2020 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championship was the 43rd and final World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the only staging at the Indigo at The O2 in London. It was the first BDO World Darts Championship not held at the Lakeside Country Club since 1985. Gabriel Pascaru and Thibault Tricole became the first players from Romania and France respectively to play in a World Darts Championship. Three-time men's defending champion Glen Durrant was absent from the event, having switched to the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2019. The reigning women's champion was Mikuru Suzuki. She successfully retained her title, by defeating Lisa Ashton 3–0 in the final. Wayne Warren won his first world title with a 7–4 win over fellow Welshman Jim Williams in the final. He became the oldest player ever to win a world title.


2020 BDO World Darts Championship
It was the final World Darts Championship organised by the BDO due to the collapse of the organisation in September 2020. Following the tournament, the World Darts Federation announced plans to launch the WDF World Championship in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic these plans were pushed back to 2021.


2020 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money
On 30 December 2019, less than a week before the tournament was due to start, it was announced that due to ticket sales of only 15%, the prize money would be 'reduced somewhat'. A reduction from £359,000 to £150,000 was reported in the media but prize money aside from the winners was unconfirmed. It was thought that the prize money would be reduced by half in most cases, although this was unconfirmed. On 15 January 2020, the prize fund was finally revealed with the men's champion portion dropping from £100,000 last year to only £23,000 this year. On 11 February 2020, it was reported that players had still not received any prize money, despite payment being due by 9 February, 28 days after the tournament ended.


2020 BET Hip Hop Awards
The 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards is a recognition ceremony that was held on October 27, 2020 as the 15th instalment of the BET Hip Hop Awards. The nominations were announced on September 29, 2020. Hosted by Wild 'N Out cast members and hosts of 85 South Comedy Show podcast: Chico Bean, Karlous Miller and DC Young Fly.


2020 BET Hip Hop Awards
DaBaby lead the number of nominations with twelve, with Roddy Ricch earning eleven, and both Megan Thee Stallion and Drake receiving eight each.


2020 BET Hip Hop Awards, Winners and nominees, Song of the Year
Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.


2020 BMW PGA Championship
The 2020 BMW PGA Championship was the 66th edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, which was originally due to be held 10–13 September at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London. On 28 May, the European Tour announced a new revised schedule in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic which rescheduled the tournament to 15–18 October. In August, the tournament was brought forward one week in the schedule to allow for culmination of a second, unofficial "UK Swing", starting with the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open. The tournament was played from 8–11 October.


2020 BMW PGA Championship
Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament with a score of 269, 19-under-par, after a final round 67. He finished four strokes ahead of Victor Perez. Perez was 6-under-par after 12 holes of his final round but was 2-over-par for the remaining holes, finishing with a 68.


2020 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
There was three-way tie after the first round, with Adri Arnaus, Justin Harding and Tyrrell Hatton each scoring 6-under-par 66. Defending champion Danny Willett scored 71.


2020 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Matthew Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry each added a 7-under-par 65 to their opening rounds of 67, and shared the lead at the half-way stage. Fitzpatrick found water at the 8th, his final hole, and made a double-bogey 6. Tyrrell Hatton added a 67 to his first round 66 to lie in third place, a stroke behind. 67 players made the cut, at even par and better.


2020 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Overnight leaders, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Shane Lowry, both had over-par rounds to drop down the leaderboard; Fitzpatrick scored 76 while Lowry took 74. Tyrrell Hatton took the lead after a round of 69, with Joachim B. Hansen and Victor Perez three strokes behind. Pablo Larrazábal had the best round of the day, coming home in 30 for a round of 66, while Tommy Fleetwood and David Horsey had rounds of 67 to move into a tie for 4th place with Lowry and Patrick Reed.


2020 BMW PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton won the tournament with a score of 269, 19-under-par, after a final round 67. He finished four strokes ahead of Victor Perez. Perez was 6-under-par after 12 holes of his final round but was 2-over-par for the remaining holes, finishing with a 68. Patrick Reed had an eagle at the final hole to finish tied for third place with Andy Sullivan, who had a final round 65. Ian Poulter finished fifth, with Eddie Pepperell in sixth place.


2020 BNP Paribas Open
The 2020 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2020 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional men and women's tennis tournament to be played in Indian Wells, California. The event was initially scheduled to take place on March 11–22, 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 BNP Paribas Open
It was to be the 47th edition of the men's event and 32nd of the women's event, and would be classified as an ATP Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2020 ATP Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2020 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events would be scheduled to take place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on outdoor hard courts.


2020 BNP Paribas Open
All top 75 ranked WTA and ATP Tour singles players were included in the initial entry list, but five-time champion Roger Federer withdrew after undergoing surgery on his right knee.


2020 BNP Paribas Open
Dominic Thiem and Bianca Andreescu were the defending champions in the men's and women's singles draw, respectively prior to the cancellation, although Andreescu withdrew prior to the originally scheduled start of the tournament, citing injury.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Just days before the start of the qualifying rounds, the wider spread of COVID-19 recorded a presumptive case in the state of California after declared a public health emergency in the Coachella Valley, in accordance with the Riverside County Health Department and CDC. In the planned format, the tournament would have taken place without spectators, personnel (including ball kids) must wear gloves for protective safety to avoid the risk of spreading the disease, and not to allow players holding towels or signing post-match in-person autographs via camera.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 8, 2020, organizers had announced the tournament would be cancelled due to the rising virus fears, becoming the first global sporting event to be cancelled. Never less, the ATP and WTA Tours were subsequently suspended on March 12 including the Miami Open, which was due to be held after the tournament.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Other sporting events have held in the month like the National Basketball Association had to indefinitely suspend its 2019–20 season after a player tested positive for the virus, the National Collegiate Athletic Association had to schedule its men's basketball tournament cancelled just days before it would have begun, the National Hockey League suspended its season indefinitely, and Major League Soccer suspended its season just a few games have been played. Tennis players' rankings in both seasons have started to be frozen on March 16, into a further extension of suspension of both tours until resumption of tennis events in August. This event was not included in the revised tennis schedule for the latter of 2020. Tournament director and former world number 2, Tommy Haas, told the press "We are prepared to hold the tournament on another date and will explore options."


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
In response of the tournament's cancellation, none of the players had tested positive for the virus. The state of California itself, later restricted mass gatherings up to 500 people to later in the year until a COVID-19 vaccine is found.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players
The following players were due to compete in the tournament prior to its cancellation.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following would have the seeded players. Seedings would have been based on ATP rankings as of March 9, 2020. Rank and points before were also as of March 9, 2020.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following would have the seeded players. Seedings would have been based on WTA rankings as of March 2, 2020. Rank and points before were as of March 9, 2020.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2019. Accordingly, points from her 16th best result are deducted instead.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas Open, Players, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie
The 2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia between 6 and 12 January 2020.


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Dustin Brown and Donald Young were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Andrea Pellegrino and Mario Vilella Martínez won the title after defeating Luca Margaroli and Andrea Vavassori 7–6(7–1), 3–6, [12–10] in the final.


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles
Mikael Ymer was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles
Jeffrey John Wolf won the title after defeating Yūichi Sugita 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
The 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The 2020 season was the fifth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, and also featured the 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series. The season commenced at Oulton Park on 1 August and ended on 8 November at Silverstone Circuit, after seven triple and quadruple header events for a total of twenty-four races. Kaylen Frederick won the drivers' championship ahead of Kush Maini and Belgian driver Ulysse de Pauw.


2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, Race calendar and results
The original calendar was revealed on 14 September 2019. On 14 May 2020 a revised provisional calendar was announced with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. On 11 June 2020, the rescheduled calendar was completed to feature 24 races over seven meetings. The series supported British GT.


2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one, three and four, with the second race awarding points to only the top 15. Race two, which reversed the order of the race one finishers, providing they set a lap time within 103% of the fastest driver, awarded extra points for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.


2020 BWF Continental Circuit
The 2020 BWF Continental Circuit is the fourteenth season of the BWF Continental Circuit of badminton, a circuit of 66 tournaments. The 66 tournaments are divided into three levels:


2020 BWF Continental Circuit
Each of these tournaments offers different ranking points and prize money.


2020 BWF Continental Circuit, Points distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Continental Circuit events.


2020 BWF Continental Circuit, Statistics, Performance by countries
Below are the 2020 BWF Continental Circuit performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2020 BWF Continental Circuit, Statistics, Performance by categories
To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table shall only be updated once a tournament has concluded. These tables were calculated after the XD (5/5) of International Mexicano.


2020 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2020 BWF World Junior Championships, was a tournament that was to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. It would have be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11 to 24 January 2021. Originally the event was to be held from 28 September to 11 October 2020 but had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. On 22 October, it was later cancelled and the 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand.


2020 BWF World Junior Championships, Host city selection
Auckland was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.


2020 BWF World Tour
The 2020 BWF World Tour (officially known as 2020 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 26 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 27 tournaments are divided into five levels: Level 1 was the said World Tour Finals, Level 2 called Super 1000 (three tournaments), Level 3 called Super 750 (five tournaments), Level 4 called Super 500 (seven tournaments) and Level 5 called Super 300 (11 tournaments). Each of these tournaments offers different ranking points and prize money. The highest points and prize pool was offered at the Super 1000 level.


2020 BWF World Tour
One other category of tournament, the BWF Tour Super 100 level 6, also offers BWF World Tour ranking points. Although this level is not part of the BWF World Tour, it is an important part of the pathway and entry point for players into the BWF World Tour tournaments. When the 10 Level 6 grade tournaments of the BWF Tour Super 100 are included, the complete tour consists of 37 tournaments.


2020 BWF World Tour, Finals
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2020 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented.


2020 BWF World Tour, Statistics, Performance by countries
Below are the 2020 BWF World Tour performances by country. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2020 BWF World Tour, Statistics, Performance by categories
Accurate as of XD final (5/5 matches) of the 2020 BWF World Tour Finals.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings
The player who will have the eligibility of 2020 BWF World Tour Finals needs to enter both 2020 Yonex Thailand Open and 2020 Toyota Thailand Open.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings
Information on Points, Won, Lost, and % columns were calculated after the 2020 BWF World Tour Finals.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings, Men's singles
The table below is based on the ranking of men's singles as of 26 January 2021.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings, Women's singles
The table below is based on the ranking of women's singles as of 26 January 2021.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings, Men's doubles
The table below is based on the ranking of men's doubles as of 26 January 2021.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings, Women's doubles
The table below is based on the ranking of women's doubles as of 26 January 2021.


2020 BWF World Tour, World Tour Finals rankings, Mixed doubles
The table below is based on the ranking of mixed doubles as of 26 January 2021.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals
The 2020 BWF World Tour Finals (officially known as the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the final tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour. It was held from 27 to 31 January 2021 in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand, Thailand and had a total prize of $1,500,000.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament
The 2020 BWF World Tour Finals was the third edition of the BWF World Tour Finals and was organized by Badminton Association of Thailand with sanction from the BWF. It was the last of three BWF tournaments taking place in Thailand in January 2021, after the Yonex and Toyota Thailand Opens. Participation in both Thailand Opens was mandatory to qualify and the performance during the tournaments were counted for this World Tour Finals, in addition to the 2019 Syed Modi International, 2020 Malaysia Masters, 2020 Indonesia Masters, 2020 Thailand Masters, 2020 Spain Masters, 2020 All England Open, and 2020 Denmark Open.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament, Venue
This tournament was held at the Impact Arena in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. It was originally due to be held for the third year in a row at the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, but was relocated.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Finals event.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,500,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals, Representatives, Eligible players
Below are the eligible players for World Tour Finals. Final ranking used was released on 24 January 2021, and counting the results from the 2019 Syed Modi International.


2020 BWF World Tour Finals, Representatives, Representatives by nation
§: Marcus Ellis from England and Seo Seung-jae from South Korea play in men's and mixed doubles, while Lauren Smith from England and Isabel Herttrich from Germany play in women's and mixed doubles.


2020 BWF season
The 2020 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2020 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. The world badminton tournament in 2020 consisted of:1. BWF World Tour (Grade 2)


2020 BWF season
2. Continental Circuit (Grade 3) BWF Open Tournaments: BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series.


2020 BWF season
The tournaments – Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, Super 100, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series were all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.


2020 BWF season
The 2020 BWF season calendar comprised these six levels of BWF tournaments.


2020 BWF season, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2020 calendar, with the champions and runners-up documented.


2020 BWF season, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the BWF Rankings top 100 for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional badminton, during the 2020 season:


2020 BX12
2020 BX12 is a sub-kilometer binary asteroid, classified as a near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object of the Apollo group. It was discovered on 27 January 2020 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey at the Mauna Loa Observatory during its approach to Earth of 0.02915 AU (4.361 million km; 11.34 LD). Radar observations of the asteroid were carried out by the Arecibo Observatory on 4 February 2020, revealing a natural satellite orbiting 360 m (1,180 ft) from the primary body.


2020 BX12, Discovery
2020 BX12 was discovered on 27 January 2020 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The ATLAS survey was designed for detecting near-Earth asteroids on approach to Earth, particularly those that may be considered potentially hazardous under circumstances where they can approach Earth from close distances. 2020 BX12 was identified by a team of astronomers consisting of Larry Denneau, John Tonry, Aren Heinze, and Henry Weiland, who were chiefly involved in the ATLAS project. The asteroid was discovered during its approach to Earth and was at nominal distance of about 0.11 AU (16,000,000 km; 10,000,000 mi) from the planet. At the time of discovery, 2020 BX12 was located in the constellation of Puppis at an apparent magnitude of 17.6.


2020 BX12, Discovery
The discovery of 2020 BX12 was subsequently reported to the Minor Planet Center's near-Earth object confirmation page (NEOCP), where a preliminary orbit was calculated from additional observations conducted at multiple observatories. Follow-up observations of 2020 BX12 spanned three days since its discovery, and the asteroid was formally announced in a Minor Planet Electronic Circular issued by the Minor Planet Center on 30 January 2020.


2020 BX12, Nomenclature
Upon discovery, the asteroid was given the temporary internal designation A10jUnf. After follow up observations confirming the object, it was then given the provisional designation 2020 BX12 by the Minor Planet Center on 30 January 2020. The provisional designation signifies the object's discovery date and year. Although 2020 BX12 has a sufficiently long observation arc for its orbit to be accurately determined, the asteroid has not yet been issued a permanent minor planet number by the Minor Planet Center. Once the Minor Planet Center assigns a minor planet number for 2020 BX12, it will be eligible for naming.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification
2020 BX12 orbits the Sun at an average distance of approximately 1.60 astronomical units (0.239×10^9 km; 0.149×10^9 mi), taking 2.02 years to complete one full orbit. The orbit of 2020 BX12 is highly eccentric and inclined to the ecliptic plane: it has an orbital eccentricity of 0.757 and inclination of 40 degrees, with its orbit extending from 0.76 AU at perihelion to 2.44 AU at aphelion.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification
As it approaches perihelion, 2020 BX12 moves above the ecliptic and comes closer to the Sun than Venus, whereas at aphelion, 2020 BX12 moves below the ecliptic and recedes from the Sun farther out than the orbit of Mars. The orbit of 2020 BX12 crosses that of Earth's, thus it can occasionally make close approaches to the planet, making it a near-Earth object. With a semi-major axis (average orbit distance) greater than 1 AU and a perihelion distance within that of Earth's, 2020 BX12 is formally classified under the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification
The asteroid's minimum orbital intersection distance (MOID) from Earth is approximately 0.002 AU (0.30 million km; 0.19 million mi), or about 0.78 lunar distances. Having such a small Earth MOID, 2020 BX12 is considered a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) by the Minor Planet Center, under the definition that PHAs have Earth MOIDs less than 0.05 AU and absolute magnitudes under 22. Despite this, 2020 BX12 will not make any close Earth encounters within 15 lunar distances or 0.04 AU (6.0 million km; 3.7 million mi) over the next 200 years, and the asteroid has not been listed by the JPL Sentry Risk Table as of 2020.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification
On 12 February 2020, a team of astronomers identified 2020 BX12 in several precovery images taken by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey, with the earliest images dating back to 5 January 2014. The observation arc of these precovery images spanned over six years, long enough for astronomers to refine and calculate 2020 BX12's orbit with accuracy. This greatly reduced uncertainties in the asteroid's orbit, reducing its uncertainty parameter from 8 to 1. As of February 2020 the observation arc of 2020 BX12 spans 6.09 years or 2,224 days, with an orbit uncertainty parameter of 0 according to the JPL Small-Body Database.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification, 2020 Earth approach
On 3 February 2020 at 18:56 UTC, 2020 BX12 passed 0.02915 AU (4.36 million km; 2.71 million mi), or 11.35 lunar distances, from Earth. During its close approach to Earth, the asteroid approached Earth at a rate of 25.3 km/s (57,000 mph) and its apparent visual brightness peaked around magnitude 15.7, which is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. At closest approach the asteroid's apparent motion in the sky was 1.2 degrees per hour and was in the constellation of Cetus, at an apparent magnitude of 16 and an angular separation of 20 degrees from the Moon.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification, 2020 Earth approach
The February 2020 encounter by 2020 BX12 provided an opportunity for radar observatories to study the asteroid's characteristics in detail. 2020 BX12 was the first radar target observed by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico since the one-month shutdown of observatory operations due to a series of earthquakes that have occurred in the southern region of Puerto Rico during December 2019 and January 2020. Radar observations of 2020 BX12 were conducted on 4 February 2020 by a team of astronomers led by Luisa Zambrano-Marín. Over a two-day observation period, astronomers measured the asteroid's size, shape, and rotation, along with the discovery of a small orbiting satellite.


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification, 2020 Earth approach
After the February 2020 encounter, 2020 BX12 passed perihelion on 21 March 2020. During its egress from perihelion, the asteroid made its closest approach to Mars on 28 June 2020, from a distance of 0.042 AU (6.3 million km; 3.9 million mi).


2020 BX12, Orbit and classification, Future approaches
Over the course of its orbit in the next 200 years, 2020 BX12 will continue to pass by Earth, though it will not make any approaches as close as the February 2020 encounter that would otherwise warrant attention. The last Earth encounter by 2020 BX12 from a closer distance was on 1 February 1931, when the asteroid approached Earth from a distance of 0.009 AU (1.3 million km; 0.84 million mi), or 3.5 lunar distances. The next two Earth encounters by 2020 BX12 will occur in February 2022 and 2024, with approach distances of 0.18 AU and 0.34 AU, respectively.


2020 BX12, Physical characteristics
In Arecibo delay-Doppler radar observations from 4 January to 5 January 2020, 2020 BX12 was resolved at a resolution of 7.5 meters per pixel, allowing for direct measurements of the asteroid's physical properties. Radar images show that 2020 BX12 is at least 165 m (541 ft) in diameter, implying a geometric albedo or reflectivity of 0.30 given its absolute magnitude of 20.6. 2020 BX12 appears to have a nearly spheroidal shape, which is commonly observed in other near-Earth objects such as 2005 YU55 and 101955 Bennu. The rotation of 2020 BX12 has not been fully observed in detail due to radar projection effects, thus only constraints on its rotation period can be made. From radar observations spanning two days, the rotation period of 2020 BX12 is likely at most about 2.8 hours.


2020 BX12, Satellite
The satellite of 2020 BX12 was discovered in Arecibo radar observations conducted by a team of astronomers consisting of Luisa Zambrano-Marín along with other members of the Planetary Radar Science Group. Under satellite naming conventions by the International Astronomical Union, the satellite would be provisionally designated S/2020 (2020 BX12) 1. With the discovery of a satellite around 2020 BX12, the mass and density of the primary body can be determined from the satellite's orbit. The satellite may have formed as a result of rotational fission or mass ejection of the primary body, since 2020 BX12 along with other binary near-Earth asteroids have been observed to have rapid rotation periods and spheroidal shapes.


2020 BX12, Satellite, Physical characteristics
With a diameter of at least 70 m (230 ft) across, the satellite is less than half the size of 2020 BX12, the primary component of the binary system. The magnitude difference between the satellite and primary is about 1.9, implying an absolute magnitude of about 22.5 for the satellite, given an absolute magnitude of 20.6 for the primary. Excluding delay-Doppler effects on the satellite's brightness in radar images, the satellite's albedo may be slightly higher than that of the primary (~0.3), likely around 0.36 based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion using an absolute magnitude of 22.5 and a diameter of 70 m.


2020 BX12, Satellite, Orbit and rotation
From radar images taken on 5 February 2020, the separation distance between the satellite and the primary body is estimated to be about 360 m (1,180 ft), or 4.4 times the radius of the 2020 BX12 primary. The orbital period of the satellite is thought to be around 45–50 hours (1.9–2.1 days), with the best-fit period being 47 hours (1.96 days). However, another possible orbital period of 15–16 hours (0.63–0.67 days) has not been yet been ruled out, due to projection effects of radar images. Radar observations by Arecibo suggest the satellite is likely tidally locked to the primary body, with its rotation period being synchronous with its orbital period. However, uncertainties remain in measurements of the satellite's rotation period, thus an upper limit to its period was placed at 49 hours.


2020 BYU Cougars baseball team
The 2020 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted as head coach of the Cougars for an eighth consecutive season. The Cougars were picked to finish second in the WCC Pre-season poll. However they secured more first place votes from the WCC Media than any team with 5 and were named the team to beat by Baseball America. The Cougars never got to play in conference though as all athletic events were shut down by the school March 12 due to COVID-19.


2020 BYU Cougars baseball team, Rivalries
BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. The first game against UVU was played, but the remaining 3 rivalry games were cancelled because of COVID-19.


2020 BYU Cougars baseball team, Radio Information
For the third consecutive season BYU Baseball was broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network, and for the second time ever every BYU Baseball game was broadcast on radio. Brent Norton was scheduled to provide play-by-play for his 28th consecutive season beginning with conference play, but when all games beginning March 12 were canceled it was Jason Shepherd who had called every game. Tuckett Slade provided analysis for all but 1 games. Games were carried on KOVO and KUMT.


2020 BYU Cougars baseball team, Radio Information
KOVO had 3 exclusives (Gm. 1 Feb. 15, Gm. 2 Feb. 22, and Gm. 2 Feb. 28), while BYU Radio's KUMT had 4 exclusives (Gm. 2 Feb. 15, Feb. 20, Gm. 1 Feb. 22, and Mar. 7). All games were carried live on the BYU Sports Radio App and are archived on BYU Radio.


2020 BYU Cougars football team
The 2020 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars were led by fifth-year head coach Kalani Sitake and played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the 10th year that BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent.


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Before the season, Coaching changes
Running back coach A.J. Steward took a position on the University of Arizona coaching staff and was replaced by former BYU running back Harvey Unga.


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Schedule
BYU‘s games against Michigan State, Minnesota, Utah, Arizona State, Stanford and Missouri were all canceled before the season started. These were moves by the Pac-12, Big Ten and SEC related to COVID-19 in order toreduce the spread of the virus through travel restrictions. Any other changes to the schedule will be made in accordance with these restrictions. On August 8, 2020, the Mid-American Conference suspended their season taking Northern Illinois off of BYU's schedule. On August 10, 2020, Mountain West Conference suspended their 2020 season removing Utah State, Boise State and San Diego State from the Cougars’ 2020 schedule.


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Schedule
The game at Army, scheduled for September 19 as part of the replacement slate of games, was postponed indefinitely on September 12 with both the academy and BYU pledging to attempt to reschedule the game for a later date. Subsequently, the Mountain West Conference announced that both Boise State and San Diego State would be permitted to play BYU late in the season.


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Rankings, NuSkin BYU Sports Network
The NuSkin BYU Sports Network is owned and operated by BYU Radio and features the talents of Greg Wrubell (play-by-play),  (analyst),  (reporter/sideline analyst), and  (host) for the second consecutive year. The network is in charge of producing and broadcasting all BYU Football pre and post game shows as well as coaches shows and live broadcasts. The network also does the radio portion of BYU Football Media Day, but the 2020 Media Day was canceled due to COVID-19.


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Navy
Uniform combination: white helmets, white jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Troy
Uniform combination: white helmets, royal blue jersey, royal blue pants w/ white accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
Uniform combination: white helmets, royal blue jersey w/ white accents, white pants w/ royal blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, UTSA
Uniform combination: white helmets, navy blue jersey w/ white accents, white pants w/ navy blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Houston
Uniform combination: white helmets, white jersey, royal blue pants w/ white accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Texas State
Uniform combination: white helmet, navy jersey w/ white trims and numbers, navy pants w/ white trims


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Western Kentucky
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey w/ navy trims and numbers, white pants w/ navy trims; pink gloves, socks, and long sleeves optional (Breast Cancer Survivor game)


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Boise State
Uniform combination: white helmets, white jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, North Alabama
Uniform combination: white helmet (gray facemasks), navy jersey, white pants


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Coastal Carolina
Uniform combination: white helmets (grey facemasks), white jersey, white pants w/ royal blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, San Diego State
Uniform combination: black helmets, black jersey w/ white numbers and royal blue stripes, black pants w/ royal blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars football team, Game summaries, Boca Raton Bowl: UCF
Uniform combination: white helmets, white jersey w/ royal blue numbers and royal blue stripes, white pants w/ royal blue accents


2020 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team
The 2020 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2020 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. The Cougars, led by fifth year head coach Shawn Olmstead, played their home games at Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are members of the MPSF and were picked to win the MPSF in the preseason poll. On March 12 the NCAA, BYU, and the MPSF shutdown the remainder of the season due to COVID-19, leaving BYU to end the season ranked #1 and undefeated in conference play.


2020 BYU Cougars softball team
The 2020 BYU Cougars softball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin entered the year as head coach of the Cougars for an 18th consecutive season. 2020 was the seventh season for the Cougars as members of the WCC in softball. The Cougars entered 2020 having won their last 11 conference championships and as the favorites in the WCC. The Cougars never got to play in conference though as all athletic events were shut down by the school March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Baabda prison escape
On 21 November 2020, 69 inmates escaped from a prison in Baabda, Lebanon.


2020 Baabda prison escape
It was reported that the prisoners smashed their cell doors and attacked prison guards. Fifteen escapees were re-arrested and another four turned themselves in after. Five others were killed and one was injured in a car crash after stealing the car on the run. 44 escapees were not caught.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships
The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships (also known as the 2020 Smart Badminton Asia Manila Team Championship due to sponsorship reasons) was staged at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines, from 11 to 16 February 2020. This championships was organized by the Badminton Asia with Philippine Badminton Association as host organiser and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. This tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Denmark. Competitors could also accumulate points as part of qualification process for 2020 Summer Olympics badminton tournament in Tokyo. Indonesia and Japan were the defending champions on men's and women's category respectively. They both successfully defended their title.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament
The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships officially crowned the best male and female national badminton teams in Asia and at the same time served as the Asian qualification event towards the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. Twenty-four teams, consisting of 12 men's teams and 12 women's teams entered the tournament. China and Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament due to the Philippine government's ban on foreigners regardless of nationality from visiting the host country from China due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament, Venue
This tournament was held at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament, Seeds
The seeding was based on team ranking on 21 January 2020.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament, Draw
The draw was held on 29 January 2020, at the Century Park Hotel in Manila. Both men's and women's team group stage consist of four groups with three teams.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Tournament, Draw
However due to the withdrawal of China and Hong Kong, the men's tournament groups were re-drawn on 10 February 2020. No redrawing was made for the women's tournament despite the withdrawal of India.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships men's team squads
This article lists the latest men's squads lists for badminton's 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships. Ranking stated are based on world ranking date for 4 February 2020 as per tournament's prospectus.


2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships women's team squads
This article lists the latest women's squads lists for badminton's 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships. Ranking stated are based on world ranking date for 4 February 2020 as per tournament's prospectus.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2020) was a Formula One motor race that took place over 57 laps on 29 November 2020 on the 'Grand Prix Circuit' configuration at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the fifteenth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship. It was the sixteenth time that the Bahrain Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix
This race was the first of two back to back Formula One races scheduled to be held in Bahrain. The second race, named the Sakhir Grand Prix, took place at the same venue on 6 December, but was held on a different circuit layout.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix
The race was suspended for eighty minutes following a serious accident involving Romain Grosjean, which resulted in his Haas VF-20 splitting in two and catching fire. Grosjean escaped with second degree burns on his hands. The race was Grosjean's last in Formula One, as of 2021, due to him leaving the series at the end of the year. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position ahead of Red Bull Racing teammates Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The race was originally due to take place on 22 March 2020 as the second round of the championship, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to event organisers initially announcing that no spectators would be permitted to attend the race. On 13 March 2020 the race was indefinitely postponed. It was the second time in Formula One history that the Bahrain Grand Prix was postponed after the 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix, which was ultimately cancelled. In its place, an online virtual Grand Prix was held on the original race date featuring racing drivers, celebrities, and e-sport racers.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The virtual race was won by Formula Two driver Guanyu Zhou. In August, the Bahrain Grand Prix was rescheduled to 29 November. Due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, organisers announced that the Grand Prix would take place behind closed doors. Local authorities gave special dispensation to allow local health workers to attend with their families.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. Roy Nissany drove for Williams in the first practice session, replacing George Russell, while Robert Kubica drove for Alfa Romeo Racing, in place of Kimi Räikkönen.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Background, Tyres
Sole Formula One tyre manufacturer Pirelli brought their C2, C3 and C4 compound tyres (the middle range of hardness) for teams to use in dry weather conditions. Pirelli also tested the 2021 tyre compounds during the first 30 minutes of both of Friday's two practice sessions. Drivers, particularly Lewis Hamilton, were ultimately unimpressed with the prototype tyres in practice.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Practice
The first of two practice sessions took place on Friday in unrepresentative daylight conditions and saw Hamilton top the timesheet from Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Racing Point driver Sergio Pérez.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Practice
Hamilton also topped the second session, with Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing in second and Bottas third. The second session was red flagged twice, the first time being for a crash of Alex Albon coming out of the final corner, from which the Red Bull driver emerged unharmed. The second red flag was for a stray dog that had wandered onto the track. The dog exited the racetrack unharmed, managing to escape through a gap in the marshal posts. Albon was given a new chassis for the rest of the event following his crash in the session.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Practice
Verstappen was quickest in the third practice session on Saturday, ahead of Hamilton and Bottas.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Qualifying
The second stage of qualifying was red flagged after Carlos Sainz Jr. experienced a brake failure and stopped on track.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
The 57-lap race started at the scheduled time of 17:10 local time (UTC+03:00). On the first lap, Haas driver Romain Grosjean clipped the AlphaTauri AT01 of Daniil Kvyat on the straight after turn 3, causing Grosjean's car to ricochet into the trackside crash barrier. Grosjean impacted the barrier travelling at 192 km/h (119 mph) with an estimated force of 67 g (660 m/s2; 2,200 ft/s2).


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
The impact and angle of the collision caused Grosjean's car to split in half, wedging the front half of the vehicle (including the driver's survival cell) into the crash barrier and tearing off the rear half of the vehicle from the rest of the car, igniting the car immediately upon impact. A subsequent investigation by the FIA concluded that the fuel tank's inspection hatch was "dislodged" and the fuel supply connection was ripped from the tank, allowing significant amounts of fuel to escape the tank.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
As the force of the collision caused the crash barrier to split, the front half of the car was thus able to penetrate and slip through, which in the process caused the driver's compartment to impact the upper section of the split barrier. The halo device of the driver's compartment was thus credited for saving Grosjean from more serious injuries, and possible death, by sheltering his head and body from this impact with the barrier. Speaking from his hospital bed, Grosjean said that the halo was "the greatest thing that we brought to Formula One, and without it, I wouldn't be able to speak to you today".


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
The wedging of the front of the car into the barrier hindered and delayed Grosjean's ability to climb out of the vehicle; the top half of the barrier which the car had slid through and came to rest under blocked Grosjean from being able to directly lift himself out. Grosjean thus endured the flames of the wreckage for approximately 28 seconds, while climbing around the barrier to extract himself from the vehicle unaided.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
Medical car driver Alan van der Merwe and medical delegate Ian Roberts provided treatment immediately and initially reported that Grosjean seemed to have suffered minor burns on his hands and ankles (where gaps exist between the race suit and the driver's gloves and boots) and a possible broken rib. This was later confirmed not to be the case as Grosjean only suffered second-degree burns on his hands and no broken bones. Roberts reported that Grosjean's helmet appeared to have been effective in preventing him from inhaling any smoke from the fire.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
The crash led to the race being suspended for 80 minutes as debris was cleared and the destroyed metal barrier was replaced with a line of concrete blocks. Grosjean was taken to the track's medical centre, then to Bahrain Defence Force Hospital by helicopter for further treatment. Grosjean was discharged from hospital on the Wednesday morning after his crash.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
When TV footage showing Grosjean sitting in the Medical Car was shown, the remaining 19 drivers and all 10 teams gave a round of applause in the pit lane as Grosjean was able to escape the car. The race is colloquially known as "the miracle in the desert" due to Grosjean's escape from the crash.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, First lap and Grosjean's crash
Formula One managing director Ross Brawn said that the crash would be investigated, and credited the halo cockpit protection device with protecting Grosjean. The most recent two crashes involving spearing a crash barrier in this way were in the 1973 and 1974 United States Grands Prix, where François Cevert and Helmuth Koinigg, respectively, were killed. The most recent similar crash fire prior to this occurred when Gerhard Berger crashed at the 1989 San Marino Grand Prix. At the 1994 German Grand Prix a comparable fire was started when 2.5 litres (0.55 imp gal; 0.66 US gal) of petrol leaked during a pit stop for Jos Verstappen.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Restarted race
Following the barrier repairs, the race restarted at 18:35 local time (UTC+03:00) on the third lap. Drivers restarted in the order they had crossed the second safety car line on lap one. Immediately following the restart, Kvyat and Racing Point driver Lance Stroll collided at turn eight. Stroll's car was flipped upside down but he was not injured in the crash. Kvyat was able to continue but was issued a 10-second time penalty, sending him down the order. Stroll's flipped car brought out a safety car, during which Bottas's car developed a puncture, forcing him to pit for new tyres. The safety car period concluded on the ninth lap, with Hamilton pulling clear of the rest of the field soon after. Hamilton committed to a two-stop strategy on the nineteenth lap, while Verstappen and Pérez behind changed to hard tyres for a one-stop strategy.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Restarted race
On lap 54, while running in third position, Pérez's Racing Point's engine failed and caught fire after turn 10, triggering a double-yellow caution in that zone of the track. As Lando Norris passed the scene, a track marshal, without permission from race control, crossed the track in front of him, carrying a large fire extinguisher. Norris was able to avoid hitting the marshal. Norris later commented on the radio "He's the bravest guy I've ever seen". Race director Michael Masi, while confirming the marshal acted contrary to instructions, defended the marshal's "acting on instinct" in light of the Grosjean fire earlier in the race. Following this a safety car period began which would last for the remainder of the race.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Race report, Restarted race
Hamilton won the race, with Verstappen in second position. This was Hamilton's eleventh win of the 2020 season. Pérez's retirement allowed Albon to inherit the final podium position, becoming the first Asian driver to score more than one podium finish. The two McLaren drivers finished in fourth and fifth, allowing McLaren to move ahead of Racing Point into third in the Constructors' Championship standings. Pérez's retirement also led to him losing fourth place in the Drivers' Championship standings to Daniel Ricciardo, who finished the race in seventh place behind Pierre Gasly.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Romain Grosjean released a video message after the race while in hospital. He attributed his survival of the crash to the halo device, a safety device which he had criticised in the past. Haas confirmed that Grosjean would remain overnight at the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital for treatment, and later confirmed Pietro Fittipaldi would stand in for Grosjean at the Sakhir Grand Prix.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Daniel Ricciardo was highly critical of Formula One Management (FOM) choosing to broadcast repeated replays of the incident; FOM later responded to this criticism defending their decision to show the replays as did Haas team boss Guenther Steiner. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff  also defended the use of replays whilst additionally stating that had Grosjean's injuries proved to be more serious then he would have considered withdrawing his cars and drivers from the race.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Sebastian Vettel, also a senior director of the Grand Prix Drivers Association, expressed concerns over the collapse of the guardrail involved in the crash; although the barrier is designed to deform and absorb energy from the impact in a crash. The Marshals, Dr Ian Roberts and Alan van der Merwe were awarded the FIA President's medal for their bravery and exceptional reaction to Grosjean's crash. Grosjean attended the next race, the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, where he thanked his rescuers for saving his life.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race, Investigation
In March 2021 the FIA released findings from their investigation into Grosjean's accident. The report concluded that the fire had been caused by a separation of fuel supply connection from the safety bladder, but that all driver safety measures functioned as expected. The report recommended reviews of fuel cell, survival cell and steering column construction specifications, as well as power unit mounting, fire suppression systems, and the effectiveness of drivers' gloves and helmet visors. Further research into barrier, driver warning, and firefighting systems was also recommended.


2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Race, Post-race, Investigation
The FIA's research project to improve the heat resistance of drivers' gloves resulted in four racewear suppliers trialling new gloves at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix.


2020 Bakersfield, California mayoral election
The 2020 Bakersfield, California mayoral election was held on March 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of Bakersfield, California. It saw the re-election of incumbent Karen Goh.


2020 Balestier Khalsa FC season
The 2020 season is Balestier Khalsa's 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the Singapore Premier League and the Singapore Cup.


2020 Balestier Khalsa FC season, Squad, Project Vaults Oxley SC
(Deputy Chairman, Darwin Jalil is the President for the club)


2020 Balestier Khalsa FC season, Transfer, Pre-season transfer, In
Note 1: Noor Akid Nordin returns to the team after the loan and subsequently retires from football.


2020 Bali United F.C. season
The 2020 season was the sixth season of competitive association football and fifth season in the Liga 1 played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. Their 1st-place finish in 2019 mean it was their fifth successive season in Liga 1.


2020 Bali United F.C. season
Coming into the season, Bali United were the reigning Liga 1 champions. They also qualified for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 1 and ASEAN Club Championship group stage. This season was Bali United's second with head coach Stefano Cugurra. But Emral Abus served as a head coach in the AFC Champions League because there was a slight problem with Stefano Cugurra's coaching license which makes it administratively unable to be registered as a head coach. The same case also happen in AFC Cup where Eko Purjianto was registered as head coach.


2020 Bali United F.C. season
They unable to finished all of this season competition (except for AFC Champions league which they finished in preliminary round 2) because all competition this season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Bali United F.C. season, Background
The 2019 season was Stefano Cugurra's first full season as head coach of Bali United, having taken charge in January 2019. The team went on a 12-match unbeaten run from July until September. This saw Bali United became the champions of 2019 Liga 1 with four matches left. Bali United were beaten 2–2 on away goals aggregate by Persija in the quarter-finals of 2018–19 Piala Indonesia.


2020 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January–March
Bali United started their new season with preliminary round 1 of the AFC Champions League by playing away to Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore to face 2019 Singapore Cup winners, Tampines Rovers. Playing on artificial turf, Melvin Platje gave Bali United an early lead with two goals inside 15 minute. Tampines Rovers pull one back with a goal before half time. Tampines Rovers evened the score in the 53rd minute and took the lead in the 68th minute by an own goal from their new signing, Muhammad Rahmat.


2020 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January–March
Rahmat paid for his mistake with an equalizing goal in the 81st minute and the match continues to extra time. Stefano Lilipaly and the other new signing Sidik Saimima ensured a 5–3 win and Bali United through to preliminary round 2. They once again failed to reach the group stage as they were destroyed by four-time A-League champions, Melbourne Victory five goals without reply at AAMI Park which resulted them to played in AFC Cup.


2020 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January–March
Once again Bali United were drawn into Group G. Ceres–Negros (Philippines), Svay Rieng (Cambodia), and Than Quảng Ninh (Vietnam) joined the group. The team opened their AFC Cup campaign with a win against 10-men Than Quảng Ninh after falling behind 0–1 in the first half. Rahmat and Platje started their comeback in just five minutes into the second half. Ilija Spasojević scored from a penalty before Platje sealed the game 4–1. They failed to continue their momentum as they lose to Svay Rieng. Once again played in artificial turf, they conceded two goals inside the 20th minute before Spasojević scored the only goals for the team.


2020 Bali United F.C. season, Review and events, January–March
They were held to a stalemate against Persita in the first match of March and Liga 1. A trip to the Demang Lehman Stadium to face Barito Putera five days after ended in a 2–1 win; the goals, scored by Lilipaly in the first half and the returning Lerby Eliandry in the second half. Losing three key players really affected the game of Bali United which made them lose 4–0 to Ceres–Negros in the continuation of the AFC Cup group stage. They bounce back with a 3–1 win against Madura United in the league. Platje scored two goals and Paulo Sérgio scored two assists plus a controversially disallowed goal from Spasojević marked their performance after back from injuries.


2020 Balkan Athletics Championships
The 2020 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 73rd edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 19 and 20 September at the Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.


2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
The 2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships was the 25th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held on 15 February at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey.


2020 Balkan Athletics Indoor Championships
In a closely contested competition, Romania and Ukraine each won five gold medals. Turkey won the most medals overall, with a haul of 16, followed by Romania on 12. Romania won the most women's events, with five and also won the most women's medals in total, with five. Ukraine won the most men's events, with three, and Turkey won the most women's medals in total, with ten.


2020 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2020 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cardinals were led by fifth-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium in Muncie, Indiana. They competed as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.


2020 Ball State Cardinals football team
In a season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cardinals played to a 5–1 record in a limited regular-season schedule. The team then defeated Buffalo in the conference championship game. The season ended with a victory over San Jose State in the Arizona Bowl for the first bowl game victory in program history.


2020 Ball State Cardinals football team, Schedule
Ball State had games scheduled against Indiana, Maine, and Michigan, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 28, it was announced that Ball State had added Iowa State to the schedule. Soon after, the MAC decided to cancel its season, followed by the same announcements from the Big Ten Conference, Pac-12 Conference, and Mountain West Conference.


2020 Ball State Cardinals football team, Schedule
On September 25, the Mid-American Conference changed course, playing a six-week scheduled football season starting the week of November 4.


2020 Baltic Cup
The 2020 Baltic Cup was the 19th Baltic Cup, an international football tournament contested by the Baltic states. Originally scheduled to be held in the summer 2020, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled for 1 to 10 June 2021. Estonia won their fourth title, and their first since 1938.


2020 Baltic Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 8 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.


2020 Baltic Rowing Championships
The 2020 Baltic Rowing Championships were held in Trakai, Lithuania on 7-8 of August 2020. Rowers from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia competed for the Baltic champions title.


2020 Baltic Track Cycling Championships
The 2020 Baltic Track Cycling Championships were held in Panevėžys, Lithuania on 8-9 of February 2020. Cyclists from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia competed for the Baltic champions title.


2020 Baltimore Orioles season
The 2020 Baltimore Orioles season was the 120th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 67th in Baltimore, and the 29th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The season was the Orioles' second under manager Brandon Hyde. They finished the pandemic-shortened season 25–35, their best 60-game stretch since 2017. The Orioles had their highest winning percentage since 2017 when they went 75–87. Despite these improvements, they missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season as they were eliminated from playoff contention on September 22.


2020 Baltimore Orioles season, Farm System
Due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on June 30, 2020 that the 2020 Minor League Baseball season would not be played.


2020 Baltimore Orioles season, COVID-19 Outbreak
On July 27, 2020, both away games against the Miami Marlins were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because there was a COVID outbreak in the Miami Marlins organization, and later the Orioles′ home games were also postponed. As a result, the Orioles played the New York Yankees on July 29–30.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season
The 2020 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 25th in the National Football League and their 13th under head coach John Harbaugh. They failed to improve upon their franchise-best 14–2 regular season and were denied their third consecutive AFC North title following a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12 after 18 of their players contracted COVID-19. Despite this, as well as a 6–5 start, the Ravens won their five remaining games to finish 11–5 and after a win over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17, clinched their third consecutive playoff berth. The Ravens rushed for 3,071 yds during the regular season, best in the NFL for the second consecutive season.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season
In the playoffs, the Ravens beat the Tennessee Titans 20–13 in the Wild Card round, avenging their Divisional round loss to the Titans from the previous year. The win marked quarterback Lamar Jackson's first career playoff victory and was the Ravens' first win in the playoffs since beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs. However, their season would end in the Divisional round for the second straight year, this time to the Buffalo Bills by a score of 3–17.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Preseason
The Ravens' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: Baltimore Ravens 38, Cleveland Browns 6
Lamar Jackson went 20 for 25 for 275 yards and 3 touchdowns and was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week. With the 38–6 win, the Ravens became the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive season openers by 30 points or more and the only NFL team to have scored at least 20 points in their last 24 regular season games.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: Baltimore Ravens 33, Houston Texans 16
The Ravens defense dominated the Texans, sacking Watson 4 times, with one interception and one fumble returned for a touchdown. Houston was limited to 51 yards total rushing, compared to the Ravens' 230 yards.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs 34, Baltimore Ravens 20
This loss snapped a 14-game regular season winning streak dating back to week 4 of last season; it also dropped Jackson's record as a starter to 0–3 against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. It was the Ravens' only multi-score loss of the season.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: Baltimore Ravens 31, Washington Football Team 17
Lamar Jackson threw for 193 yards and 2 touchdowns, rushed for 52 yards and 1 touchdown making him the fastest player in NFL history to reach 5,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: Baltimore Ravens 27, Cincinnati Bengals 3
Baltimore's defense dominated the matchup, sacking rookie Bengals' QB Joe Burrow seven times and allowing just 3 points in a blowout win. It also was the Ravens' fourth straight win over the Bengals.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: Baltimore Ravens 30, Philadelphia Eagles 28
After taking a 17–0 halftime lead, Baltimore survived a furious second-half rally from the Eagles, stopping a two-point conversion, recovering the ensuing onside kick, and getting a first down in the final two minutes to earn their third straight win, and their first ever road win over the Eagles.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Baltimore Ravens 24
With the loss, the Ravens fell to 5–2 and lost to the Steelers for the first time since week 9 of the 2018 season. It was also Jackson's first career loss to the Steelers since taking over as starter.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: Baltimore Ravens 24, Indianapolis Colts 10
After losing a tough game at home to the Steelers the previous week, the Ravens looked to bounce back against the Colts. The Ravens offense was limited to 55 yards of total offense in the first half, the fewest since Lamar Jackson took over as the Ravens quarterback in 2018, and trailed the Colts 10–7 going into halftime. In the second half, the Ravens scored 17 unanswered points while the defense forced a turnover, a punt and 2 turnover on downs against the Colts. With the win, the Ravens improved to 6–2. This was also the franchise's first ever road win in Indianapolis.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: New England Patriots 23, Baltimore Ravens 17
With the upset loss, the Ravens dropped to 6-3 and ended their record streak for most consecutive regular season games scoring at least 20 points, at 31.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: Pittsburgh Steelers 19, Baltimore Ravens 14
Although it was originally scheduled for Thanksgiving night, a COVID-19 outbreak with the Ravens organization caused the game to be postpone three times. 18 players were out for the Ravens, including QB Lamar Jackson, RBs Mark Ingram Jr. and J. K. Dobbins, FB Patrick Ricard, TE Mark Andrews, WR Willie Snead, DE Calais Campbell, and NT Brandon Williams. With the loss, the Ravens fell to 6–5 and were eliminated from AFC North contention. They would be swept by the Steelers for the first time since 2017.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: Baltimore Ravens 34, Dallas Cowboys 17
Most of the Ravens starters, including Lamar Jackson, returned as Ravens defeated the Cowboys. The Ravens as a team rushed for 294 yards and two touchdowns, while Jackson added 107 yards passing and two more touchdowns. The game would have also pitted WR Dez Bryant against his former team, but a positive COVID-19 test right before the game caused him to held out.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens 47, Cleveland Browns 42
In the highest scoring game in the history of the Browns–Ravens rivalry, as well as in the 2020 NFL season, Lamar Jackson rushed for two touchdowns but left the game for a short time in the fourth quarter with "cramps", allowing the Browns to rally from a 34–20 deficit to take a 35–34 lead. Backup Trace McSorley was forced into the game as a result, but left with a knee injury at the two-minute warning. Jackson then came back out and threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Brown on 4th and 5, putting the Ravens back in front, 42–35.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: Baltimore Ravens 47, Cleveland Browns 42
After Cleveland quickly drove down the field and tied the game, Jackson led the Ravens on a short drive that got them into field goal range, where Justin Tucker booted a 55-yard field goal with two seconds remaining to win the game for the Ravens. A safety on the Browns' final play capped the wild finish and brought the final score to 47–42.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: Baltimore Ravens 40, Jacksonville Jaguars 14
After a thrilling shootout win the week prior, the Ravens routed the Jaguars in Week 14 to keep their playoff hopes alive. Lamar Jackson threw for 243 yards with three touchdowns and an interception while also adding 35 yards yards and a touchdown on the ground. Jackson second touchdown throw was an 11-yard pass to WR Dez Bryant late in the second quarter. It was Bryant's first touchdown since Week 14 of the 2017 season. It also marked the first time since Week 13 of that same season that he along with Larry Fitzgerald and Antonio Brown all caught touchdown passes in the same week.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: Baltimore Ravens 27, New York Giants 13
The Ravens won their fourth straight game behind another dominant running performance as the team rushed for 249 yards. Their win coupled with critical losses by the Cleveland Browns against the New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts against the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers put the Ravens in a "win and in" playoff scenario against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: Baltimore Ravens 38, Cincinnati Bengals 3
Needing a win to clinch a playoff berth, the Ravens rushed for a club-record 404 yards — the fourth team since 1950 to rush for more than 400 in a single game — and Lamar Jackson became the first quarterback to rush for over 1,000 yards in more than one season as the Ravens routed the Bengals for their fifth straight victory. The Week 17 win secured the Ravens' third straight playoff run under Jackson.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: Baltimore Ravens 20, Tennessee Titans 13
The Ravens achieved their first playoff win since 2014 and the first for quarterback Lamar Jackson, outscoring the Titans 20–3 after trailing 10–0. It was also Jackson's first win in a game in which he trailed by two scores. In the five playoff games between the two teams, the home team has yet to win.


2020 Baltimore Ravens season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Playoffs: Buffalo Bills 17, Baltimore Ravens 3
The Ravens' season ended with a game in which they scored the fewest points since John Harbaugh became head coach. Lamar Jackson was intercepted in the end zone for a pick-six, then was later knocked out of the game with a concussion.


2020 Baltimore mayoral election
The 2020 Baltimore mayoral election was held on November 3, 2020, concurrent with the general election.


2020 Baltimore mayoral election
The primary election was to be held on April 28, 2020, with early voting from April 16 to 23. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced on March 17, 2020,  that the primary election was postponed to June 2. Brandon Scott won the Democratic Party's nomination for mayor and went on to win the general election.


2020 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates
Incumbent Mayor Jack Young, took office by default on May 2, 2019 following the resignation of Mayor Catherine Pugh. In October 2019, Young announced that he would seek election to remain mayor in 2020.


2020 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates
Notable events since the 2016 election include an escalation of crime following the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in 2017, the 2018 rebranding and launch of the BaltimoreLink bus system following Governor Larry Hogan's cancellation of the Red Line, and the Healthy Holly scandal which resulted in Mayor Pugh's resignation in 2019.


2020 Baltimore mayoral election, Democratic primary
After the first campaign finance reporting date in mid January 2019, Bernard C. "Jack" Young had $960,000 cash on hand, Thiru Vignarajah reported having about $840,000, Brandon Scott had nearly $430,000, Rikki Vaughn $218,000 cash on-hand, Mary Washington had more than $116,000, Sheila Dixon had nearly $89,000, Carlmichael "Stokey" Cannady had nearly $36,000, and T.J. Smith had about $22,000.


2020 Balyun airstrikes
On 27 February 2020, during the peak of Operation Dawn of Idlib 2, the Russian Air Force and Syrian Air Force conducted airstrikes against a Turkish Army convoy in Balyun, Idlib Governorate. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the strikes resulted in the deaths of 34 Turkish soldiers, while other sources close to the Turkish government gave death tolls of up to 50–100 Turkish soldiers killed, making it the single deadliest attack on Turkish forces since the start of their involvement in the Syrian Civil War. Between 36 and 60 soldiers were also wounded, of which 16 were reported to be in critical condition. The strikes led to the Turkish Armed Forces launching Operation Spring Shield in Idlib province.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, The strikes
At around 11 a.m. on 27 February 2020, two Russian Sukhoi Su-34 and two Syrian Su-22 fighter bombers started intensive bombing raids of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham forces in the southern countryside of Syria's Idlib province. According to Russian sources, after 1 p.m., Turkish troops conducted more than 15 MANPADS attacks against the Russian and Syrian jets, with some Russian aircraft allegedly suffering damage while evading the fire.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, The strikes
At around 5 p.m., a 400-man Turkish mechanized infantry battalion traveling in a convoy was targeted by an airstrike on the road between al-Bara and Balyun, around five kilometers north of Kafr Nabl. A light airstrike by a Su-22 halted the convoy, after which more intense bombing forced the Turkish soldiers to take shelter in the nearby buildings. According to Al-Monitor, "What followed next was likely the dropping of KAB-1500L bombs...by the Russian jets", collapsing two buildings and leaving a number of soldiers under the rubble.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, The strikes
The following day, the Russian government denied it carried out airstrikes in the area and stated it made attempts to ensure the Syrian military ceased firing to allow the evacuation of the Turkish troops, but claimed that Turkish forces should not have been in the area, where "counter-terror operations" were taking place, and that Turkey failed to notify it about the soldiers' presence in advance. The Turkish government claimed that the Russian military had already been notified of Turkish troop locations, as the two militaries had regularly liaised about these.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Turkish retaliation
According to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, Turkey responded to the airstrikes and claimed 329 Syrian government troops "neutralized" and destroyed five helicopters, 23 tanks, 10 armored vehicles 23 artillery and howitzers, five ammunition trucks, one SA-17 and one SA-22 air defense systems, three ammunition depots, two inventory depots and one headquarter building belonging to the Syrian government, which could not be corroborated. A Syrian military official acknowledged their armored and technical vehicles were heavily targeted and that their northwestern Syria arsenal suffered significant destruction. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 138 Syrian soldiers and militias as well as 27 other allied foreign fighters were killed by Turkish drone and artillery attacks between 28 February and 5 March. Syrian government fire killed seven Turkish soldiers and injured 21 more.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Turkish retaliation
Fighter aircraft, combat drones and ground fire were used in the retaliation according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense. According to Turkish sources, Turkish combat drones entered Syrian airspace while Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jets launched long range precision-guided munitions without entering Syrian airspace.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Turkish retaliation
Turkey also deployed MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles to its border with Syria the following day.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Reactions
Protests against Russia occurred at the Russian Consulate in Istanbul the day following the strikes. The Turkish cabinet had an emergency meeting concerning the airstrikes. The Turkish government then threatened retaliation against the Syrian government for the strikes, and began to encourage Syrian refugees to enter Greece and Bulgaria. In addition, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, concerning the incident.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Reactions
On 29 February 2020, the Greek delegation to NATO blocked a joint declaration intended to support Turkey regarding its military operation in Syria. According to Kathimerini, the reason for the veto was because the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany denied a Greek demand to add a paragraph regarding the issue of refugees from Turkey to Greece.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Reactions
On 2 March 2020, the U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper denied US air support for Turkey in Idlib. The Chairman of the US Joint Staffs General Mark Milley stated that they don't “have clear" intelligence of who was flying the planes that carried out the strike.


2020 Balyun airstrikes, Reactions
On 17 March 2020, the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced new rounds of sanctions against Syrian government officials and also for the first time publicly accused Russia for being responsible for the deaths of Turkish troops in Syria, saying "We believe Russia has killed dozens of Turkish military personnel in the course of their military operation," but without naming a specific incident.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup
The 2020 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2020 Bangabandhu Cup was an international football tournament organized and hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a name of tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 6th edition of the tournament, with six teams competing from 15 to 25 January 2020.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup
Palestine were the defending champions and successfully defended their title after beating Burundi 3–1 on 25 January 2020.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup, Participating nations
The FIFA Rankings of participating national teams before the draw, as of 19 December 2019.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup, Draw
The draw was held on 4 January 2020 at 12:00 BST at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka. The 6 teams were drawn into 2 groups of 3, by selecting one team from each of the 3 ranked pots.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup, Venue
All matches were held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup, Goalscorers
There were 28 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 3.11 goals per match.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup, Sponsorship
Local sports marketing company K–Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures.


2020 Bangabandhu Cup, Prize money
The following prize money amounts were given at the end of the tournament.


2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship
The 2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship, also known as 2020 Walton National Football Championship (due to sponsorship reason from Walton Group), will be sixth edition of the National Football Championship, the premier competition in Bangladesh for teams representing districts and government institutions. It is organized and hosted by the Bangladesh Football Federation. A total of 78 participants nation-wide will participate in the tournament. The format of the tournament changed in this edition as it is no more a top division league and resuming after 13 years.


2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship
Dhaka Mohammedan are the defending champions by won 2–0 against Dhaka Abahani on 8 January 2006.


2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship, Format
Along with 63 districts football teams excluding only Kishoreganj, three service teams, six public universities, five education boards, and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan will participate in the tournament. The participants districts have been divided in eight zones named Padma, Meghna, Jamuna, Shitalakshya, Brahmaputra, Surma, Chitra and Buriganga. Each zone consists eight teams except Surma, which contains seven teams. There will be knockout matches in every zone which will be played on home and away basis. In first round, a pair of teams of every zone will play each other which will decide four winners. In second round, that four winners in each zone will play zonal semifinal. In third round, the semi-final winners will face each other in zonal final. The champion from each zone will qualify for the final round.


2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship, Format
Teams representing education boards, universities & the services teams—a total of 15 teams—are divided in four groups in Sheba zone. The teams of this zone will play on round-robin basis. Champion and runners-up of Sheba zone will join eight zonal champions in the final round.


2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship, Championship round
In the championship round ten teams will contest: the eight winner teams from eight zones and two services teams.


2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship, Sponsorship
The title sponsor of 2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship is Walton Group.


2020 Bangalore riots
On the night of 11 August and the early hours of 12 August 2020, violent clashes between the police and Muslim mobs took place in the KG Halli and DJ Halli areas of the Indian city of Bangalore, Karnataka. Provoked by an inflammatory Facebook post on Muhammad that was allegedly shared by the nephew of the  Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, a state legislator of the Indian National Congress, a group of Muslims arrived at his house in protest which later turned violent.


2020 Bangalore riots
The clashes between the police and the mobs started around the residence of the legislator and spread to the police stations of KG Halli and DJ Halli. The incident resulted in the imposition of a curfew in the affected areas. 3 people were killed after police opened fire on the crowds. 30–80 policemen and several journalists, were injured by armed assailants. Murthy's property was torched during the period of violence.


2020 Bangalore riots
The following day, over 100 people were arrested by the police. Some of the crowds were also allegedly led by members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), and has led to the arrest of a few of its leaders.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
On 11 August 2020, the nephew of an Indian National Congress state legislator Akhanda Srinivas Murthy allegedly posted a derogatory remark on Facebook that targeted the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The post went viral in the area and people began gathering in front of the legislator's residence in Kaval Byrasandra in protest, demanding that the accused be arrested. The police sent two teams from the DJ Halli station to detain the nephew.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
According to the police, at around 8 p.m., small groups had arrived at Kaval Byrasandra, following which hundreds started gathering around the DJ Halli police station, demanding action against those responsible for the social media message. Members of the SDPI were reportedly present in the crowd at DJ Halli. The people present there tried to report a complaint but claimed that the police were reluctant to do so, which agitated the crowd.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
The News Minute reported there were 17–20 Muslims protesting in front of the legislator's residence at 8:30 p.m., however within the next hour the numbers swelled to around 200, joined by people armed with sticks, petrol and kerosene cans. This crowd began throwing stones, vandalising the residence and eventually set a part of the property on fire. The legislator and his family were not present inside the residence at the time of the attack. The mob reportedly also indulged in looting at the residence; according to Murthy, ornaments and sarees went missing from his house.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
Meanwhile, the police at DJ Halli station attempted to defuse the tension with the assistance of local community members but when one of the teams returned without the accused, the crowd forcefully entered the station, vandalised it and even set police vehicles on fire. At 10:30 p.m., two other Congress state legislators Zameer Ahmed Khan and Rizwan Arshad arrived at the DJ Halli station to help subdue the situation but the violence had reportedly gotten out of control by this time. The Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant also arrived around the same time.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
Between 11:00 p.m and 12:30 a.m, a group of Muslim youths also formed a human chain around the local temple near DJ Halli station to protect it in case of any escalation. According to a later testimony from the police, the situation fortunately did not snowball into a communal riot. Eventually the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) had to be called in to disperse the crowd and free the policemen trapped inside the station. The KSRP began by lathi charges, proceeded to firing tear gas, then firing warning shots and eventually fired live rounds at the crowd.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
In Kaval Byrasandra, by 10:30 p.m the mob at Murthy's house had moved to his nephew's residence, demanding that he be handed over to them and on receiving no response barged in, vandalised and looted the house. The resident family took refuge in a neighbor's house by climbing through parapets. The family's car was burned down as well. The mob eventually moved around the neighborhood setting fire to several cars and a bar. Around 11 p.m., rumours started spreading that a neighbouring police station, KG Halli, was protecting the legislator's nephew.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
During the confrontation with the police in DJ Halli, a section of the mob dispersed and a new mob was formed at KG Halli that attempted to enter the station. However, this mob was met with stronger resistance from the police and in the end resorted to burning down cars parked outside. Several policemen and journalists outside the station were injured by the armed mob. The crowds eventually scattered after the police at DJ Halli station began firing.


2020 Bangalore riots, Incident
According to The Hindu, the total number of participants in the mobs amounted to 2000 while the police firing at DJ Halli resulted in the death of 3 people. The deaths were later confirmed by the city police commissioner, according to whom at least 1000 people were involved. Between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., the police began clearing the streets while identifying and arresting those involved in the violence.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Investigation
On 12 August 2020, the JCP (Crime) Bengaluru, Sandeep Patil reported that 110 people had been arrested in relation with the violence. The accused were charged under attempt to murder and obstruction of a public servant. The Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant, stated that a curfew was enforced in the DJ Halli and KG Halli police jurisdictions while section 144 imposed in the rest of the city. Later in the same day, Pant extended the curfew till 6 a.m. of 15 August. The Central Crime Branch DCP, Kuldeep Jain justified the police firing and stated that due process was followed.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Investigation
According to his testimony, the police attempted to convince the mob but they had instead turned violent and begun throwing stones at the police due to which additional forces had to be brought in. The Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai also stated that the police had to resort to firing to bring the situation under control.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Investigation
The families of those killed in the firing claimed they were simply bystanders and did not take part in the violence, as did the family members of many arrested. The legislator's nephew, who made the objectionable post, was also arrested. However, he claimed that his Facebook account was hacked, while his father claimed his phone had been stolen two days before the post. His uncle filed an FIR for the destruction of his ancestral house, claiming 3 crores loss, and sought police protection for himself and his family.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Investigation
On 14 August 2020, the Bengaluru Police Commissioner reported that 60 more people were arrested in night operations on 14 August, bringing the total arrested to 206. One of them, the husband of a BBMP corporator, was the 7th accused in the First Information Report filed, according to which, he was one of the "conspirators." 80 of the arrested were shifted to a jail in Ballari.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Investigation
Several politicians were charged in the riots including former mayor R. Sampath Raj and one of his corporators were taken into custody on 17 November and 3 December respectively. Raj absconded for 6 weeks after escaping a hospital where he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Police claim Raj inflamed the riots in order to weaken Murthy, who he saw as his political rival, and filed charges against him relating to arson at Murthy's residence.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Response
Several Muslim community leaders visited the Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's house and prayed there, and one offered to reconstruct it. The legislator himself claimed he had a "brotherly" relationship with everyone, and that he did not know why anyone wanted to burn down his house. He also called for action against the sharer of the offending post.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Response
B. S. Yediyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka, ordered strict action against rioters involved. Congress leader and former Chief Minister of the state Siddaramaiah called for calm and condemned both the riots and the post that incited them, and called for the arrest of those who instigated them. Congress also summoned a legislator meeting over the violence. Leaders in the SDPI denied involvement in the violence and claimed it only occurred due to "police inaction against blasphemy and failure of intelligence," and criticized the police for "unecessarily dragging" their leaders into the incident.


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Response
The riots quickly became politicized, with politicians from the BJP accusing Congress of having links with the riots. BJP National Secretary B. L. Santhosh criticized the Congress for allegedly supporting the "right to riot" and engaging in "appeasement" (towards Muslims). Since the legislator is Dalit, many BJP leaders also accused Congress of being "anti-Dalit." Congress leader Priyank M. Kharge alleged the statements of Santosh were attempts to communalise the incident. Congress also criticized the Karnataka government for failing to prevent the incident, with spokesman Randeep Surjewala claiming they represented "complete failure of law and order machinery."


2020 Bangalore riots, Aftermath, Response
R. Ashoka, Revenue Minister of Karnataka, claimed the mob had "plans to move to Shivajinagar" afterwards and they had "everything they needed to create violence ready." Karnataka tourism minister C. T. Ravi and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya demanded compensation for damaged property be forcibly provided by known participants in the riots, a policy proposed by Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh following anti-CAA protests there. Several opposition leaders, including Janata Dal (Secular) leader H. D. Kumaraswamy and Karnataka Congress president D. K. Shivakumar also claimed the riots were a "planned conspiracy."


2020 Bangkok Challenger
The 2020 Bangkok Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 12 and 18 January 2020.


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


2020 Bangkok Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2020 Bangkok Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2020 Bangkok Challenger II
The 2020 Bangkok Challenger II was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 20 and 26 January 2020.


2020 Bangkok Challenger II, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2020 Bangkok Challenger II, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2020 Bangkok Challenger II – Doubles
Li Zhe and Gonçalo Oliveira were the defending champions but only Oliveira chose to defend his title, partnering Yang Tsung-hua. Oliveira lost in the first round to Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov.


2020 Bangkok Challenger II – Doubles
Gonzalo Escobar and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela won the title after defeating Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2020 Bangkok Challenger II – Singles
James Duckworth was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Bangkok Challenger II – Singles
Federico Gaio won the title after Robin Haase retired in the final trailing 1–6, 6–4, 2–4 in the third set.


2020 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Treat Huey and Nathaniel Lammons.


2020 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles
Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov won the title after defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Christopher Rungkat 3–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–5] in the final.


2020 Bangkok Challenger – Singles
Henri Laaksonen was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Bangkok Challenger – Singles
Attila Balázs won the title after defeating Aslan Karatsev 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 7–6(8–6) in the final.


2020 Bangladesh Championship League
The 2020 Bangladesh Championship League will be 8th edition of the  league since its founded 2012 by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).A total 13 teams will participate in the league. The league will commences 28 March 2020.Bangladesh Police FC are the current champions.


2020 Bangladesh Election Commission scandal
Bangladesh election commission scandal of 2020 is the revelation of a series of corruption allegations, moral degradation of the commissioners and evidence of gross misconducts before and after the controversial 2018 Bangladeshi general election and 2019 Upazila polls in Bangladesh.


2020 Bangladesh Election Commission scandal
Allegations included the misappropriation of around 20 million Bangladeshi taka for imaginary programs, embezzlement of 40.8 million BDT during the recruitment process of election commission staffs, purchasing the electronic voting machine at a higher price than the market rate, usage of extra cars by three election commissioners flouting rules and facilitating continuous and numerous election fraud by not investigating credible allegations of irregularities during the 11th Parliamentary Election and elections in Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations, Khulna City Corporation, and Gazipur City Corporation.


2020 Bangladesh Election Commission scandal
On December 19, 2020, 42 eminent citizens of the country including senior professors, economists, and election observers sent a letter to the President and urged to form the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to investigate the allegations of "financial irregularities, corruption and gross election-related misconduct" against the election commission led by KM Nurul Huda.


2020 Bangladesh Election Commission scandal, Bangladesh election administrative system
The establishment of an election commission in Bangladesh to oversee parliamentary and other local body elections, is facilitated by Article 118 of Part VII of the constitution. The commission will be formed with a chief election commissioner and no more than four election commissioners to assist him. The functionality of the commissioners and the commission is further clarified by The Representation of the People Order, 1972. According to the constitution, the commission will be an independent body and the commissioners will be appointed by the President of the country for five years. They can be removed by the President as well in case of proven misbehavior or incapacity.