2020 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Format
Contrary to previous tournaments, the 2020 edition was only contested by the top four teams in the conference.


2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between March 5-8, 2020 at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Samford won the tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.


2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2020 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on  ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season
The 2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season is the 25th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season was originally slated to begin on August 28 and conclude on November 4, 2020, culminating with the 2020 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season
On August 13, 2020, the NCAA suspended all fall championships, which coincided with the SOuthern Conference suspending all fall sports through the end of the calendar year. On September 16, 2020 the NCAA voted on men's soccer resuming play for the 2020–21 academic year on February 3, 2021 as the earliest date to schedule fixtures and April 17, 2021 as the latest date to schedule fixtures.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season
Despite the delay, teams on an individual basis can schedule competitive fixtures during the Fall 2020 semester. Thus far, Mercer is the only SoCon team that has opted to play games in the fall.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
The 2019 season saw Furman win the SoCon regular season championship, posting a 5–1–0 SoCon record and a 11–7–1 season record. Mercer successfully three-peated in the SoCon Tournament, winning their third consecutive SoCon Tournament championship.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
In the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, Mercer lost in the opening round to Charlotte.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Background, Coaching changes
The 2019–20 offseason saw Charlie Hubbard depart VMI as a head coach. On March 5, 2020, Hubbard resigned to take an assistant coach position with James Madison University. Hubbard coached VMI for one season and finished with an overall record of 1–16–0. On March 23, 2020, VMI assistant coach, Max Watson, was promoted to head coach.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Fall 2020 season, Rankings, United Soccer Coaches
During the fall 2020 season, United Soccer Coaches ran a Top 5 poll for the programs playing in fall.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Fall 2020 season, Rankings, TopDrawerSoccer.com
During the fall 2020 season, United Soccer Coaches ran a Top 10 poll for the programs playing in fall.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Spring 2021 season, Preseason poll
The preseason poll will be released in December 2020 or January 2021.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Spring 2021 season, Preseason national polls
The preseason national polls were originally to be released in July and August 2020. Only CollegeSoccerNews.com released a preseason poll for 2020.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Spring 2021 season, Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Spring 2021 season, Rankings, Regional rankings - South Region
The United Soccer Coaches' south region ranks teams among the ACC, Atlantic Sun, and SoCon.


2020 Southern Conference men's soccer season, 2021 MLS Draft
The 2021 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021. No players from the SoCon were selected in the draft.


2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
The 2020-2021 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Nick Hill and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They played as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.


2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football team, Previous season
The Salukis finished the 2019 season 7–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish tied for third place.


2020 Southern Illinois Salukis football team, Schedule
Southern Illinois had a game scheduled against Wisconsin on September 12, which was later canceled before the start of the 2020 season. An August 29 matchup with Kansas was announced on July 25.


2020 Southern Jaguars football team
The 2020 Southern Jaguars football team represents Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars are led by eighth-year head coach Dawson Odums and play their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2020 Southern Jaguars football team
On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the football program. The conference is formalizing plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.


2020 Southern Jaguars football team, Previous season
The Jaguars finished the 2019 season 8–5, 6–1 in SWAC play to finish in first place in the West Division. They ultimately lost the SWAC Championship Game to Alcorn State 24–39.


2020 Southern Jaguars football team, Schedule
The 2020 schedule originally consisted of 5 home, 3 away, and 3 neutral site games in the regular season. The Tigers will travel to SWAC foes Alabama A&M, Alabama State, and Prairie View A&M. The Tigers will play host to SWAC foes Jackson State, Alcorn State, and Arkansas–Pine Bluff. The Tigers will play two neutral site conference games—the Dallas State Fair Showdown against Texas Southern at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX and the Bayou Classic against Grambling State at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA.


2020 Southern Jaguars football team, Schedule
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Florida A&M, Florida Memorial, Morehouse, and Tennessee State were canceled.


2020 Southern Jaguars football team, Schedule
Southern's revised schedule, released by the conference on August 17, will feature six games; 2 home, 3 away, and 1 at a neutral site.


2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at the M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). Head coach Jay Hopson, who was in his fifth year, resigned after one game and was replaced by interim head coach Scotty Walden. Walden himself resigned after four games to become the head coach at Austin Peay and was replaced by Tim Billings.


2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Previous season
The Golden Eagles finished the 2019 regular season 7–6, 5–3 in CUSA play to finish in third in the West Division. The team was invited to play in the Armed Forces Bowl against Tulane, where the Golden Eagles took their sixth loss of the season.


2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Preseason, CUSA media days
The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.


2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Schedule
Southern Miss announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.


2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Schedule
The Golden Eagles had games scheduled against Auburn, Jackson State, Tennessee Tech and UTEP that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was announced on August 6, 2020 that Auburn would be replaced by Tulane and Jackson State would be replaced by Tennessee Tech.


2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team
The 2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represents Southern Utah University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fifth-year head coach Demario Warren and play their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah. They play as a member of the Big Sky Conference.


2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team, Previous season
The Thunderbirds finished the 2019 season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.


2020 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team, Preseason, Polls
On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Thunderbirds were predicted to finish twelfth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.


2020 Southern Vipers season
The 2020 season saw Southern Vipers compete in the new 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side topped the South Group of the competition, winning all six of their matches, therefore progressing to the final, where they played Northern Diamonds. The Vipers went on to become the inaugural winners of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as they won  by 38 runs, with bowler Charlotte Taylor taking 6/34. Taylor was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 15 wickets, whilst Vipers captain Georgia Adams was the leading run-scorer, with 500 runs.


2020 Southern Vipers season
After the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the ECB announced the beginning of a new "women's elite domestic structure". Eight teams were included in this new structure, with Southern Vipers being one of two teams that had their brand retained as a domestic regional hub. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Southern Vipers were captained by Georgia Adams and coached by former Vipers player Charlotte Edwards, and played their home matches at the Rose Bowl and the County Ground, Hove.


2020 Southern Vipers season, Squad
Southern Vipers announced their squad for the season on 14 August 2020. Georgia Elwiss withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Charlotte Taylor. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (29 August 2020).


2020 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2020 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was a baseball tournament scheduled to be held from May 20–23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams were to meet in the double-elimination tournament held at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The winner of the tournament would have earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. All tournament games were scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN+.


2020 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
On March 12, 2020, the NCAA cancelled all winter and spring sports competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic, thus cancelling the tournament.


2020 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2019–20 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was scheduled from March 11–14, 2020. The first two games of the tournament were held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas on March 11, 2020. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced the remainder of the tournament would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament winner would have received an automatic invitation to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.


2020 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals.


2020 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
LU is No. 6 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times (LU 4-0 vs. HBU/UIW; MCN 3-1 vs. HBU/UIW; AMCC 3-1 vs. HBU/UIW)


2020 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
MCN is No. 7 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times (MCN 7-3 vs. HBU/UIW/LU/UNO/SLU; AMCC 6-4 vs. HBU/UIW/LU/UNO/SLU)   Note:  This contradicts the tie-breaker rules listed on the conference website, which indicates that after the three-team tie is broken, the first step of the two-team tiebreaker should apply, which would have then awarded the higher seed to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi based on its 1-0 record vs. McNeese State.


2020 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, was scheduled to take place March 12–15, 2020 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The tournament was cancelled on March 12 just before the first game. The winner of the tournament would have received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.


2020 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds and regular season standings
Only the top 8 teams qualified for the Southland Conference Tournament. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.


2020 Southside Flyers season
The 2020 Southside Flyers season is the 29th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). With a grand final win over the Townsville Fire, the Flyers took home their fourth championship title. This win marked their first title since rebranding.


2020 Southside Flyers season
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season. The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 52-game regular season fixture, plus a four game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final).


2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
The 2020 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 29–30 August 2020 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the seventh round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix.


2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report
Yuki Tsunoda achieved his second pole, setting the time 0,128 seconds faster than Nikita Mazepin in the Qualifying. Mazepin crossed the finish line first in the race but he was handed a five-seconds time penalty for forcing Tsunoda off the track multiple times. Schumacher was another person on podium.


2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report
Shwartzman benefited from his good start and collision between Dan Ticktum and Roy Nissany, reclaiming the championship lead from Ilott with the sprint race win. Schumacher returned on podium, bringing Prema their first double on the finish of the sprint race. Guanyu Zhou completed the podium.


2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round
The 2020 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 29 and 30 August 2020 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix.


2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round, Entries
Max Fewtrell left Hitech Grand Prix after the Barcelona round. He was replaced by Frenchman and series rookie Pierre-Louis Chovet. At Carlin Buzz Racing, David Schumacher was hired as a full-time driver, leaving Charouz Racing System to replace the German with Michael Belov. Finally, Sophia Flörsch could not attend the Spa round due to her commitments in the European Le Mans Series, and was replaced by Euroformula Open driver Andreas Estner at Campos.


2020 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round, Classification, Qualifying
The Qualifying session took place on 28 August 2020, with Lirim Zendeli scoring pole position.


2020 Spain Masters
The 2020 Spain Masters (officially known as the Barcelona Spain Masters 2020) was a badminton tournament which was held at the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain, from 18 to 23 February 2020 with a total prize purse of $170,000.


2020 Spain Masters, Tournament
The 2020 Spain Masters was the fourth tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour and also part of the Spain Masters championships, which have been held since 2018. This tournament was organized by the Spanish Badminton Federation and sanctioned by the BWF.


2020 Spain Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain.


2020 Spain Masters, 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 Super 300 event.


2020 Spain Masters, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$170,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2020 Spanish Athletics Championships
The 2020 Spanish Athletics Championships was the 100th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Spain. It was held on 12 and 13 September at various locations, due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Spanish Athletics Championships
The club championships in relays and combined track and field events were contested separately from the main competition.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2020 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2020) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 August 2020 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. The race was the sixth round in the 2020 Formula One World Championship, and took place one week after the previous round, the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The opening rounds of the 2020 championship were heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the planned opening round in Australia was called off two days before the race was due to take place; prompting the FIA to draft a new calendar. The Spanish Grand Prix was originally intended to be held on 10 May.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Background, Championship standings before the race
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship by 30 points from Red Bull-Honda driver Max Verstappen. Four points behind Verstappen was Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led by 67 points from Red Bull Racing. In third place was Ferrari, who were 58 points behind Red Bull and 2 points ahead of fourth-placed McLaren.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as those on the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. Roy Nissany took part in the first practice session for Williams in place of George Russell.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Background, Tyres
The C1, C2 and C3 tyre compounds were made available for teams to use by Pirelli, the hardest three tyre compounds available. These were the same compounds used at the 2019 event.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Free practice
Bottas topped the first practice session ahead of teammate Hamilton. Hamilton went on to top the other two sessions, while Esteban Ocon (driving for the Renault team) spun into the wall during the final session while attempting to avoid a collision with the Haas of Kevin Magnussen.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Hamilton claimed his 92nd pole position in Formula One, beating Bottas, his teammate, by a less than a tenth of a second. It was the eighth consecutive year that a Mercedes driver had taken pole for the Spanish Grand Prix. Bottas said that Hamilton's speed advantage came in the final part of the lap. Verstappen was third ahead of the two Racing Points of Sergio Pérez and Lance Stroll. Alex Albon qualified in sixth, over seven-tenths of a second behind teammate Verstappen.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
McLaren teammates Carlos Sainz Jr and Lando Norris qualified in seventh and eighth while Charles Leclerc qualified ninth for Ferrari with a time less than a tenth of a second slower than Albon's time. Scuderia AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly qualified tenth after he could not match the pace he had had in the second part of qualifying during the top ten shootout. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and AlphaTauri's Daniil Kvyat were slower than their teammates and failed to make it out of the second segment. Vettel qualified eleventh and Kvyat twelfth. The Renault cars had looked fast in practice but Daniel Ricciardo could only manage thirteenth place while Ocon was fifteenth. Lap times were slower than those in qualifying for the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix because of the hot August weather.


2020 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The race took place in dry conditions with track temperatures varying between 42 °C (108 °F) and 50 °C (122 °F). After starting in second, Bottas was overtaken by Verstappen and Stroll at the first corner. Bottas then used the drag reduction system on the fifth lap to pass Stroll and move back up into third place. Hamilton won the race by 24 seconds, lapping everyone except for Verstappen and Bottas, who completed the podium in second and third place. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc retired from the race with a mechanical problem after he spun at the chicane. Leclerc's teammate Sebastian Vettel finished seventh after driving for more than half the race distance on one set of soft tyres.


2020 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2020 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships was the 56th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA), which serves as the Spanish national indoor championship for the sport. A total of 26 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over two days on 29 February and 1 March at the Pista Cubierta de Expourense in Ourense, Galicia.


2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the first round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 19 July 2020. It was initially scheduled to be held on 3 May but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
Fabio Quartararo took his first victory in the premier class, the first for a French rider since Regis Laconi at the 1999 Valencian Grand Prix, the first for a Yamaha satellite team, as well as the first non-Honda satellite rider to win a Grand Prix.


2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The originally scheduled calendar for the 2020 championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Qatar, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. The start of the championship was delayed until 19 July, with the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto  hosting the Spanish Grand Prix as the opening round of the championship.


2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Organisers of the race signed a contract with Dorna Sports, the sport's commercial rights holder, to host a second round at the circuit on 26 July (a week after the first race) to be known as the Andalusian Grand Prix. The back-to-back Spanish races would mark the first time that a country hosts back-to-back races in the same season. This would also mark the first time in the sport's history that the same venue and circuit layout would have hosted back-to-back World Championship races and the first time that a MotoGP race weekend was held behind closed doors.


2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
Twenty two riders representing eleven teams entered the race. Álex Márquez and Brad Binder made their competitive debuts with Repsol Honda and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing respectively, and Iker Lecuona started his first full season with Red Bull KTM Tech3 having previously raced for them at the 2019 Valencian Grand Prix.


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


2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger
The 2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Ortisei, Italy between 16 and 22 November 2020. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour.


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


2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Doubles
Nikola Ćaćić and Antonio Šančić were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Albano Olivetti won the title after defeating Ivan and Matej Sabanov 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Singles
Jannik Sinner was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Singles
Ilya Ivashka won the title after defeating Antoine Hoang 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2020 Sparta earthquake
The 2020 Sparta earthquake was a relatively uncommon intraplate earthquake that occurred near the small town of Sparta, North Carolina, on August 9, 2020 at 8:07 am local time. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 5.1, and a shallow depth of 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi). Shaking was reported throughout the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States. It was the strongest earthquake recorded in North Carolina in 104 years, the second-strongest in the state's history, and the largest to strike the East Coast since the 2011 Virginia earthquake.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Geology
The earthquake occurred near the Piedmont region and Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the eastern Appalachian Mountain range which formed due to an ancient continental collision with the African Plate roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician period. Many thrust faults were formed during this time as the mountain grew in size. When Pangea broke up, the uplift of the Appalachians ultimately ceased, leading to increased erosion rates due to the steep terrain. Ever since, the mountains have been gradually diminishing in size to their current state today. The mountains also played a role in where the quake was felt, with "DYFI" reports sharply decreasing west of the Appalachians.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Geology
Erosion carries sediments out of the mountains and down towards the Atlantic Ocean (on the east side) and the Gulf of Mexico (on the west). This movement of sediment can alleviate the pressure of overlying rocks and cause ancient faults (once active during the mountain building processes) to reactivate and create earthquakes. It is believed this is a factor in the 2020 Sparta earthquake as well as others in the region such as the 2011 Virginia earthquake.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Geology
The area of the earthquake is located marginally within the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone. The ETSZ is responsible for a number of moderate-sized earthquakes in the past, with the last notable earthquake occurring in eastern Tennessee in 2018.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Earthquake
The focal mechanism for the earthquake suggest oblique-reverse faulting on either a northwest, or south-striking fault. It produced "Very strong" shaking, and over 100,000 reported feeling it.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks
There were 8 foreshocks ranging from Md1.8 to 2.6, the earliest of which was a Md2.1 that occurred on August 8, one day prior to the 5.1 mainshock.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Earthquake, Aftershocks
The strongest aftershock of the sequence was a Md2.9 that struck 2 days after the mainshock. In total, there were 20 recorded aftershocks as of August 27, 2020.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Impacts, Damage
Widespread damage occurred in Sparta, which had already been debilitated by the COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina. Damages include collapsed ceilings, chimneys, and masonry; damaged water mains; cracked and deformed roads; uprooted headstones; and displaced appliances and items. Wes Brinegar, the town's mayor, issued a state of emergency to apply for FEMA and state financial aid. Damage was worse than initially thought, with at least 525 structures being damaged, and 60 with major damage, meaning at least 40% of the structure was a total loss. 19 people lost their homes, 25 were declared uninhabitable, and scammers took advantage of the damage, charging people up to $500 USD for repairs, but never showing up.


2020 Sparta earthquake, Impacts, Damage
Governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, toured the damage in Sparta, releasing a statement later, stating "We’ve dealt with a hurricane, a violent tornado, and now an earthquake all in the middle of a pandemic: North Carolinians are resilient."


2020 Sparta earthquake, Impacts, Injuries
There were no fatalities. A seven-year-old boy in Sparta who was cut by a falling picture frame was the only reported injury.


2020 Special Honours
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.


2020 Special Honours (Australia)
The Special Honours Lists for Australia are announced by the Sovereign and Governor-General at any time.


2020 Special Honours (Australia)
Some honours are awarded by other countries where Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State and Australians receiving those honours are listed here with the relevant reference.


2020 Special Honours (Australia)
This list also incorporates the Mid Winters Day honours list and the Bravery honours list's.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise members of the Country Fire Authority who are recognised for their actions after an armed offender set fire to a house and vehicles at Meadow Heights in Victoria.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise an officer of the Queensland Police Service and a member of the public who are recognised for their actions during the rescue of a man from a burning vehicle at Gympie in Queensland.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise five members of Fire and Rescue New South Wales and two Ambulance New South Wales paramedics who are recognised for their actions during the rescue of a man trapped in a trench at a building site in Castle Hill, New South Wales.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise members of the Tactical Response Group of the Western Australian Police Force who are recognised for their actions during the apprehension of a violent offender near Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise officers of the New South Wales Police Force and Queensland Police Service who are recognised for their actions during the apprehension of two armed offenders following a high-speed vehicle pursuit near Tweed Heads in New South Wales.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise members of the Malabar Emergency Unit who are recognised for their actions during a prison riot at Long Bay Gaol in New South Wales.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise members of the public who are recognised for their actions during the rescue of passengers and driver following a bus crash in Lamington National Park in Queensland.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise five members of a group who rescued a man from a burning vehicle at Corowa, New South Wales.


2020 Special Honours (Australia), Group Bravery Citation
Awardees comprise two members of a group for their actions following a boat collision at Bradley's Head, New South Wales.


2020 Speedway European Championship
The 2020 Speedway European Championship season was the eighth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 20th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the seventh series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.


2020 Speedway European Championship
Every round of the 2020 championship took place in Poland due to the global coronavirus pandemic. For the first time the winner of the series earned a spot in the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix series.


2020 Speedway European Championship
The title was won by Robert Lambert, who beat Leon Madsen by three points. The pair won all five rounds between them, with Madsen winning the first three before Lambert won the last two. Grigory Laguta took third place overall, while defending champion Mikkel Michelsen claimed fourth.


2020 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
For the 2020 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.


2020 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
Defending champion, Mikkel Michelsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Grigory Laguta, Leon Madsen, Kacper Woryna and Bartosz Smektała secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2019 season. Due to the cancellation of the SEC Challenge, the rest of the line-up was completed by nominations from each of the national federations.


2020 Speedway European Championship, Calendar, Championship Series
All five events in the final series took place in Poland due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company


2020 Speedway Grand Prix
A new points system was introduced with overall positions deciding the number of championship points a rider scored from a Grand Prix (GP), and points scored in each individual heat used to determine a rider's progress in a GP.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix
The series was dominated by Polish venues with six of the eight races held in Poland. Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix series, and he successfully retained his title in 2020 by winning four of the eight rounds. Former three-time champion Tai Woffinden finished second after winning a run-off with Fredrik Lindgren. Maciej Janowski, Leon Madsen and Jason Doyle completed the top six, thus earning places in the 2021 series.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
For the 2020 season there were 15 permanent riders, who were joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
The top eight riders from the 2019 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2019 season.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification, Qualified riders
•Michelsen was handed a spot after initial wildcard pick Greg Hancock announced his retirement from the sport and first reserve Martin Smolinski withdrew due to injury.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix, Calendar
The 2020 season originally consisted of 10 events, the same number as in 2019. The Slovenian round had been replaced by a new round in Russia. The British Grand Prix was originally scheduled to be held on July 18, but was cancelled on June 1. The first round in Warsaw was postponed to August 28, the Czech Grand Prix was postponed to September 19 & the German Grand Prix was postponed to a unknown date, all due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rounds in Hallstavik and Målilla were cancelled on June 18. On July 29 a final revised calendar was published by the organisers of the series, with a total of 8 rounds; 6 in Poland and 2 in the Czech Republic.


2020 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2020 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2020 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Glasgow, Žarnovica, Lamothe-Landerron and Abensberg and the Grand Prix Challenge at Goričan. The three riders that qualified were Matej Žagar, Niels-Kristian Iversen and Max Fricke.


2020 Speedway of Nations
The 2020 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the third FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition was scheduled to consist of a two-legged final but was reduced to a single leg because of heavy rain on the opening day. The Speedway of Nations normally also includes a semi-final stage, which was due to be run in Latvia in September. The semi-final was cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the top seven nations from the 2019 Speedway of Nations were seeded direct to the final.


2020 Speedway of Nations
Germany withdrew from the competition, and were replaced by the Czech Republic. The final was originally scheduled to be staged on 24 and 25 October 2020 at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. but was rescheduled and held in Lublin on 17 October due to increased COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom.


2020 Speedway of Nations
The one-off final was won by Russia, who completed a third consecutive title win. The bad weather brought the final to an early finish after 15 heats with Russia and Poland tied on 23 points each. Russia were declared champions by virtue of beating Poland in their head to head in heat 8.


2020 Spielberg Formula 2 round
The 2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 4 and 5 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, in Austria as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the first round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.


2020 Spielberg Formula 3 round
The 2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 4 and 5 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It is the first round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.


2020 Spielberg Formula 3 round, Entries
17 drivers made their full-time FIA Formula 3 Championship debut, with only Jenzer driver Federico Malvestiti having had experience in the category before.


2020 Spielberg Formula 3 round, Entries
The other rookies were Formula Renault Eurocup champion Oscar Piastri and Formula Regional European champion Frederik Vesti at Prema Racing, Italian F4 champion Dennis Hauger at Hitech Grand Prix, ADAC F4 Championship winner Théo Pourchaire and Aleksandr Smolyar at ART Grand Prix, Olli Caldwell at Trident, Enzo Fittipaldi and Jack Doohan at HWA Racelab, Lukas Dunner at MP Motorsport, Calan Williams and F4 UAE champion Matteo Nannini, Roman Staněk, David Schumacher and 2020 Toyota Racing Series winner Igor Fraga at Charouz, BRDC F3 champion Clément Novalak, Enaam Ahmed and Cameron Das at Carlin Buzz Racing, and Sophia Flörsch at Campos Racing.


2020 Spielberg Formula 3 round, Entries
Logan Sargeant switched from Carlin to Prema, Max Fewtrell and Liam Lawson moved to Hitech from ART Grand Prix and MP Motorsport respectively, Sebastián Fernández went from Campos to ART, meanwhile Lirim Zendeli and David Beckmann came to Trident from Charouz and ART respectively, and Bent Viscaal made a move to MP Motorsport from HWA. The other drivers, namely Jake Hughes (HWA), Richard Verschoor (MP), Alex Peroni and Alessio Deledda (both Campos) returned to their previous year's team respectively.


2020 Split Open
The 2020 Split Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Split, Croatia between 28 September and 4 October 2020.


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


2020 Split Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


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


2020 Split Open – Doubles
Treat Huey and Nathaniel Lammons won the title after defeating André Göransson and Hunter Reese 6–4, 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2020 Split Open – Singles
Francisco Cerúndolo won the title after defeating Pedro Sousa 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season
The 2020 season was the 111th season in the history of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. The season covered the period from January 2020 to 25 February 2021.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, COVID-19 pandemic
On 25 February 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Brazil. No decision was made regarding sports events at first, but after the disease started spreading quickly, it was announced on March 13 that some of the 2020 Campeonato Paulista matches would take place behind closed doors. Eventually on March 16, after the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol had decided to postpone their tournaments indefinitely, the Federação Paulista de Futebol also decided to suspend the Campeonato Paulista for the time being.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, COVID-19 pandemic
It was announced on 26 March that the clubs decided to grant 20 days of vacation from 1 April until 20 April for their players. That period was extended for another 10 days on April 15. Corinthians announced on 30 April that 25% of the players' salary and 70% of the staff's salary would be reduced amid the pandemic. On 23 June, the club made a return to non-contact training, with social distancing rules still in place, while a full-return only began on 1 July. During return tests, 24 players tested positive (13 of them already recovered) and 34 people from the staff as well (with 29 of them recovered).


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, COVID-19 pandemic
On 8 July, it was announced that the Campeonato Paulista would return on 22 July, while the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A would begin on 8 August. The season is now expected to end on 24 February 2021.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, Arena Corinthians' naming rights
On 1 September (Corinthians' 110th anniversary), a special event live from the stadium was held to announce the Arena's new name. It was officially renamed Neo Química Arena, part of a 20-year partnership with Hypera Pharma, Brazil's largest pharmaceutical company. Neo Química is Hypera's generic drugs division, which already served as Corinthians' main sponsor during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The full contract is expected to be around R$300–320 million.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, Presidential election
On 28 November, the election to decide Corinthians' new president for the 2021–2023 term was held featuring only associates of the social club, meaning that less than three thousand people would decide the winner. Duílio Monteiro Alves (who was Sanchez's football director until September) defeated former president Mário Gobbi Filho and August Melo with only 1081 votes (38 percent of the total).


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, Presidential election
Duílio assumed office on 4 January 2021, bringing back former president Roberto de Andrade as the new football director and Alessandro Nunes (captain of the 2012 Copa Libertadores and 2012 FIFA Club World Cup titles) as football manager.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Background, Sponsorship
On January 23, 2021, Corinthians announced that Banco BMG would not remain as the main sponsor, but rather move to a different spot in the uniform. Two days later, it was announced that Neo Química will be the new main sponsor for the next five seasons.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Managerial changes
On September 11, 2020, Tiago Nunes was fired after losing a home match a day earlier to Palmeiras. Despite being hired on November 7, 2019, he only took charge at the beginning of this season. The club announced that Dyego Coelho, former player and current U20 manager, would take over as caretaker.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Managerial changes
On October 12, 2020, Coelho was removed from his interim position and Corinthians announced Vágner Mancini, who was then-Atlético Goianiense manager, as their new head coach.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Campeonato Paulista
For the 2020 Campeonato Paulista, the 16 teams were divided in four groups of 4 teams (A, B, C, D). They faced all teams, except those that are in their own group, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the quarterfinals. The two overall worst teams were relegated. The tournament returned to a previous format in which the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held in one-match playoffs.


2020 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista season, Copa do Brasil
Due to being qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores, Corinthians entered the competition at the round of 16.


2020 Sport Club Internacional season
The 2020 season is Sport Club Internacional's 110th season in existence. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Gaúcho and the Copa Libertadores.


2020 Sport Club Internacional season, Players, Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2020. Appearances include league matches only. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Sport Club Internacional season, Competitions, Campeonato Gaúcho
For the 2020 Campeonato Gaúcho, the 12 teams are divided into two groups. In the first group phase, teams play against those in the same group. In the second group phase, teams will play against teams in the other group. In each group phase, the top two teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals.


2020 Sporting Kansas City II season
The 2020 Sporting Kansas City II season is the club's first year under the new name of Sporting Kansas City II, fifth year of play and their second season in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the top tier of United Soccer League. The second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. The team will continue play at Children's Mercy Park.


2020 Sporting Kansas City II season
The season was suspended on March 12, for 30 days, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Following that decision, on March 18 the USL extended its temporary suspension until May 10.


2020 Sporting Kansas City II season, Player movement, Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2020 Sporting Kansas City II season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their ownership by a higher division professional club (Sporting Kansas City), SKC II is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2020 Sporting Kansas City season
The 2020 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-fifth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the tenth year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker. The season was suspended on March 12, for 30 days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following that decision, on March 19 Major League Soccer extended its temporary suspension until May 10. Following that decision, on April 17 Major League Soccer extended its temporary suspension until June 8.


2020 Sporting Kansas City season, Summary, Preseason
Sporting will spend the whole of its pre-season training camp in Scottsdale, Arizona for the sixth straight year, led by Coach and Sporting Director Peter Vermes. From January 19 to Feb 1 and from Feb. 8–22 the club will practice in Scottsdale before kicking off its 25th season in Major League Soccer on Feb 29 or March 1.


2020 Sporting Kansas City season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of August 16, 2019.


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


2020 Sporting Kansas City season, Player movement, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2020 Sporting Kansas City season, Player movement, Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2020 Sporting Kansas City season, Player statistics, Injury record
- Player is injured  - Player has recovered from injuryLast updated: March 2, 2020Source:


2020 Sri Lankan blackouts
The 2020 Sri Lankan blackouts were a series of electrical blackouts that occurred on 17 August 2020, beginning around 12.30 pm SLST (UTC+5:30) and lasting over seven hours. The nationwide blackouts occurred due to a transmission technical failure at the Kerawalapitiya Grid-Sub station. The Ceylon Electricity Board announced that the cause of the blackout had not yet been determined, describing it as an unspecified failure. The Ministry of Power stated that a special committee had been appointed to investigate the root cause behind the blackout.


2020 Sri Lankan blackouts, Development
The outage caused disruption in day-to-day activities of the public, including causing traffic congestion in Colombo due to malfunctioning of traffic signals and malfunctioning water supply services. Power was restored to the south of the island relatively early, due to it being powered by the Samanala Dam.


2020 Sri Lankan blackouts, Development
Initially, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Power claimed that the outage occurred due to a failure in the Yugadanavi Power Plant. The Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma later stated that the outage would be resolved within a space of two hours but the restoration process was delayed for hours due to cascading failures. The power was restored in most parts of the country including Colombo at around 8.30 pm and was regarded as the worst nationwide blackout faced by the country since 2016. The blackout further aggravated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The blackout did not disrupt Bandaranaike International Airport, the main airport of the country, which was closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals, offices and other infrastructure had backup power generators.


2020 Sri Lankan blackouts, Background
Sri Lanka's electricity demand is currently met by thermal power stations (54.59%), major hydroelectric power stations (33.50%), and wind farms (2.12%), small hydro facilities (8.01%) and other renewables such as solar (1.78%). Sri Lanka as a whole faced major nationwide blackout during March 2016 which lasted for over eight hours. Localised regional power cuts are common in Sri Lanka despite the rare occurrence of nationwide blackouts.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament. 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance coalition claimed a landslide victory in the election, winning 145 seats, while Samagi Jana Balawegaya won 54 seats, Tamil National Alliance won 10 seats and National People's Power won 3 seats. The main opposition United National Party suffered the worst showing in its history following a split over party leadership, finishing in fourth place with only one seat.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
The election was postponed at least twice due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, before the date was finalized as 5 August 2020. Prior to the election, a coronavirus-proof mock election was conducted by the Election Commission in June 2020 as a trial run in order to comply with health guidelines.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Initial reports revealed that the overall voter turnout was estimated at 70%, comparatively less than the turnout during the 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, mainly due to the impact of COVID-19. Vote counting started on 6 August 2020 at around 9 am. The new parliament is expected to reconvene on 20 August 2020.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
In November 2018, the date was briefly moved forward by more than a year to 5 January 2019 after President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament during a constitutional crisis and called for a snap election. The Supreme Court later suspended the dissolution and ordered a halt to the snap election, effectively moving the election's date back to 2020.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Contesting parties
The main parties and alliances contesting in the election included the alliance of Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapakse, the ruling Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), the main opposition United National Party (UNP) of Ranil Wickremasinghe, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) of Sajith Premadasa, former opposition TNA of R Sampanthan and National People's Power (NPP) of Anura Kumara Dissanayaka. President Gotabaya was previously elected president in November 2019.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Contesting parties
Samagi Jana Balawegaya, a breakaway faction from the United National Party, was formed by Sajith Premadasa in February 2020 following a rift and creative differences between Sajith and Ranil Wickremasinghe regarding the leadership of the UNP. The party itself claimed a position as a main opposition party prior to the election despite being newly formed.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Development
On 19 March 2020, Chairman of the Election Commission  Mahinda Deshapriya revealed that the election would be postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sri Lankan government initially insisted that scheduled forthcoming the election would proceed as planned on 25 April despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, and the authorities banned election rallies and meetings. During the video conference with SAARC leaders, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa initially confirmed that the parliamentary elections would be held as scheduled. Even with the president's comments holding the elections as scheduled, the Election Commission in Sri Lanka put off the date to 20 June 2020, using its powers. This created a crisis between the president's office and the Constitution, and the matter went to the courts.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Development
On 10 June 2020, Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya confirmed that the postponed parliamentary elections would be held on 5 August 2020 with strict health measures and guidelines.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Development
According to various sources, vote turnout initially had a slow start, mainly due to the virus fears, but started to pick up gradually in late morning. This was the first Sri Lankan general election held amid a disease outbreak; the Election Commission recommended that voters bring their own blue or black ballpoint pen  in order to make the proceedings easier along with precautionary distancing guidelines. The authorities also required that voters wear face masks and use hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting polling stations.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Development
On election day, Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya cast his vote by visiting the polling station rather than opting for a postal vote. This also marked his first voting appearance in a polling station in nine years. Approximately 82,000 security personnel and more than 60,000 health officials were deployed during the election. The Colombo Stock Exchange was closed early at around 12:30 pm.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Exit poll opinions
Initial exit poll reports and opinions stated that the ruling SLPFA were favourites to emerge victorious in the elections, mainly owing to the predominant success in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic and due to the negative publicity about the UNP-led government, which was accused of a major intelligence failure which was triggered by the aftermath of the 2019 Easter attacks.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election campaigns
The candidates were reported to have spent 2.2 billion rupees during the election campaign, with SJB being reported to have spent a higher amount compared to other parties. Campaigns were mostly arranged by the candidates on social media platforms such as Facebook, due to the ban on public gatherings owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, UNP became the first party to launch the digital election campaign.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election campaigns
Sri Lanka's treasury department issued 8.5 billion rupees to the election department for election expenditures. In July 2020, President Gotabaya of SLPFA was awarded the Zero carbon certificate for conducting his election campaign representing SLPFA in eco-friendly manner. His election campaign also became the first zero carbon election campaign in the world.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election campaigns
SLPP's political campaign was primarily based on economic revival as well making changes to the constitution, including amending the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, controversially passed following the 2015 parliamentary election. Rajapaksa brothers were critical of the 19th amendment as it reduced the major powers of the executive President.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election campaigns
All election campaigns were restricted on 2 August 2020 by the Election Commissioner.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Background
During the constitutional crisis in 2018, Sirisena dissolved parliament and ordered a snap election after his nominee for Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, failed to gain a majority in Parliament to back his nomination.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Background
However, after the constitutionality of the dissolution was challenged before Sri Lanka's Supreme Court, the dissolution was suspended, and the snap election was put on hold while the court case was ongoing. On 13 December 2018, the Supreme Court ruled the dissolution of the parliament unconstitutional, moving the election back to its original date.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Background
On 19 March 2020, the Election Commission postponed the elections without announcing a new date due to the COVID−19 pandemic. On 20 May 2020, the Election Commission informed that the Supreme Court clarified a fix date 20 June 2020 for the election. On 10 June 2020, Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya confirmed that the postponed parliamentary elections were to be held on 5 August 2020. On 17 July 2020, the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine issued a gazette regarding the health guidelines for the election after a long delay.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, COVID-19
On 19 March 2020, Sri Lanka reported an increase in cases from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the government went ahead with nominations for the election until 18 March 2020. On 19 March, soon after the nominations ended, the Elections Commission with its powers postponed the elections. The proposed date which was initially mentioned as 25 April 2020 was pushed back until 20 June 2020 due to the virus outbreak, and was later postponed further to its final date. Sri Lanka also joined countries such as Poland, South Korea, Singapore, Syria and Serbia to have held the elections in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Lanka is also the first South Asian nation to hold elections in the middle of the pandemic.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, COVID-19
The health authorities also made special arrangements regarding the safety of the voters by disinfecting the polling station including the internal and external booths of the station with sanitizers prior to the election.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election violations
Around 340 minor incidents were reported regarding the election violations according to the survey of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence. It reported around 167 cases of illegal campaigning, 59 cases of intimidation, 24 cases of illegal poster cutouts and some cases regarding health guidelines violations. SLPFA party recorded the highest number of complaints around 161, while SJB recorded complaints of 40 and 18 complaints were recorded against the UNP.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election violations, Alleged manipulation attempts
Candidate Sashikala Raviraj accused Jaffna District candidate M. A. Sumanthiran who was representing Tamil National Alliance  of misconduct during the preference vote count in the Jaffna District and being seated inside the vote counting centre after the conclusion of the parliamentary election in contrast to the regulations as candidates are restricted from entering the counting centre during the process of counting votes after the election. However Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) noted that the claims of manipulation are false and is driven by social media misinformation and ignorance of the counting process.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election violations, Alleged manipulation attempts
Sumanthiran denied the accusations noting that counting is done at different locations and brought to the electoral district's primary counting centre and that counting booth has agents from all parties who must provide their verification and agreement for the results to be finalised. Sumanthiran revealed that he was at his house during the counting and was not present in any counting centre and only visited the announcement area when the results were going to be released and that other candidates including Sashikala Raviraj were also present and spoke with the Returning Officer.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Election violations, Allegations of unlawful action against the UNP
The SJB accused the head of the UNP, Ranil Wickremesinghe, of attempting to save his seat in the parliament through preference votes and SJB claimed that the UNP didn't attain at least 5% of the total votes in order to secure a national seat in the parliament.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Electoral system
196 MPs were elected from 22 multi-member electoral districts using the D'Hondt method with an open list, a proportional representation system (with a de facto threshold that is on average 11%). The remaining 29 seats were allocated to contesting parties and independent groups in proportion to their share of the national vote. The electoral commission announced that voters can vote for one main party and can cast votes to a maximum of 3 individuals as preferential votes.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Results
The first official results were released on 6 August 2020 in the afternoon starting with the postal votes in the Galle District.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Results
The SLPFA became the largest group in Parliament after securing 59.09% of votes and 145 seats, winning in 18 electoral districts, whilst the main opposition SJB won 23.90% of votes and 54 seats. The SLPFA managed to exceed the majority cutoff of 113, obtaining 128 seats from districts and 17 seats from the national list, for a total of 145 seats.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Results
The result is expected to further increase the influence the Rajapaksa family has over Sri Lankan politics, and the SLPFA only requires five seats from collaborating smaller parties to reach the majority needed to enact constitutional changes, including some that may overturn amendments enacted in 2015 (which included strengthening the role of Parliament and the Prime Minister, as well as putting independent commissions in charge of judiciary appointments, police, public services and the conduct of elections).


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Results
A total of four other members of the Rajapaksa family (aside from Mahinda) were elected as MPs, including his son Namal, his eldest brother Chamal and his son Sashindra, and his nephew, Nipuna Ranawaka. The SJB, which received second highest number of votes and seats in the election, is set to dethrone the UNP as the main opposition party of the country despite being newly formed following a split over disagreements on party leadership. Parties aligned with the Tamil minority lost a few seats, likely weakening their influence and putting into doubt any progress toward their desire for autonomy within a federal state.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Results
The Election Commission revealed that Mahinda Rajapaksa received the highest number of preferential votes during the election with 527,364 votes.


2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, Swearing-in
Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the fourth time on 9 August 2020 at Kelaniya Temple on the outskirts of Colombo.


2020 St George North by-election
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of St George North on November 11, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent BLP Member of Parliament Gline Clarke, who has represented the constituency for the past 26 years, to accept the post of Barbados High Commissioner to Canada. It was the first election to take place since Prime Minister Mia Mottley's governing Barbados Labour Party won all seats in the House of Assembly in the 2018 Barbadian general election.


2020 St George North by-election, Result
Toni Moore won the election, keeping the seat in BLP hands. Shortly after the election, Grenville Phillips II, the leader of the Solutions Barbados party, announced that he was retiring from further political activity.


2020 St George North by-election, Result
Turnout was over 14% lower in the district than in 2018, with less than half of eligible voters participating.


2020 St Helens R.F.C. season
This article details the St Helens's rugby league football club's 2020 season.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season
The 2020 St Kilda Football Club season was the 122nd season contested by the St Kilda Football Club in the league, and the inaugural season in which the club fielded a team in the AFL Women's competition.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, 2019 off-season list changes, Trades
The Saints began the  2019 trade period with a significant amount of work to do, following at least four players requesting to join the club. Bradley Hill (Fremantle), Paddy Ryder (Port Adelaide), Dougal Howard (Port Adelaide) and Zak Jones (Sydney) all told their respective clubs of their desire to be traded to the Saints at the end of the 2019 season.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, 2019 off-season list changes, Trades
The Saints also discussed at trading out four-time best and fairest winner Jack Steven, widely rumoured to desire a move to Geelong for personal reasons, while many in the media reported that Josh Bruce was interested in a trade to the Western Bulldogs. Richmond's Dan Butler and Port Adelaide's Sam Gray have also expressed interest in being traded to the Saints.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, 2019 off-season list changes, Trades
The Saints began the trade period holding picks 6, 59, 76 and 82.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, 2019 off-season list changes, Free agents
On 22 November 2019, the Saints acquired former Geelong ruckman Ryan Abbott as a delisted free-agent.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, 2019 off-season list changes, Draft
At the 2019 National Draft on 28 November 2019, the Saints selected Ryan Byrnes (pick 52) and Leo Connolly (Pick 64). At the 2019 Rookie Draft St Kilda used pick five to draft Jack Bell.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Pre-season
The Saints secured the opportunity to hold opening game of the pre-season Marsh Community Series by hosting the first senior game in more than 25 years at their spiritual home of Moorabbin Oval (currently known as RSEA Park due to naming sponsorship). The Saints' played a practice game a week later, also again the Hawks. The Saints' second pre-season series game saw the team travel to the regional town of Morwell in the La Trobe Valley of East Gippsland in south-eastern Victoria.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
The Saints were scheduled to play a match in Shanghai in June against Port Adelaide, however, ahead of the 2020 season the AFL announced that the game had been moved to Melbourne due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fixture change will see the Saints play the Power at Docklands Stadium in Round 12 on 7 June, as opposed to in Shanghai in Round 11. As the coronavirus situation deteriorated in early March, the AFL determined that no spectators would be permitted to attend games until further notice.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
On the 22nd of March, at the conclusion of Round 1, the AFL determined to suspend the remainder season until further notice due to the coronavirus situation. In mid-May, the AFL announced that the resumption of the 2020 season would begin on 11 June, with non-contact training to be permitted from the 18th and contact training to be permissible from 25 May.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFL announced that the 2020 fixture would be reduced from 23 rounds to 17. The first five rounds of the revised 2020 AFL fixture were announced by the AFL on the 25th of May. Due to COVID-19, players are required to follow strict guidelines and avoid contact with the wider public as part of the conditions set by the government and AFL to allow resumption of the competition. Rounds six and seven are expected to be announced following the conclusion of Round three.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
On the 29th of June the AFL announced that the Saints' round 5 game with Carlton was rescheduled from Saturday 4th (at the MCG) to Thursday 2nd of June (at Docklands). This was due to additional restrictions being placed on Victorian teams flying to Queensland following a spike in Coronavirus cases in Victoria in late June, resulting in the need to again adjust the fixture. On 3 July the AFL announced a significant fixture change along with a relocation of the Saints to a 'hub' in the Queensland region of Noosa, possibly for the remainder of the season.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
This was due to a deteriorating COVID-19 situation in Victoria. The Saints' revised round six and seven fixtures (against Geelong at the Docklands on the 9th and Port Adelaide on the 19th also at Docklands) were replaced with matches against Fremantle and Adelaide in Queensland and South Australia respectively. The change in fixture coincided with the  relocation of all 10 Victorian teams to 'hubs' in Sydney and south-east Queensland.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
Due to the status of the Saints of a relatively young side, with few players having spouses or children, it was theorised that the temporary relocation would give them an edge over older sides, whose players had been demoralised as a result of having to leave their families behind In order to continue playing. On Monday 13 July, the AFL announced the Round 8 fixture. On the 24th of July the Saints announced that veteran defender Nathan Brown would leave the team's Queensland hub to return to Melbourne for family reasons.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season
Brown's decision was fully supported by the club with Simon Lethlean saying that "he is such a respected member of our team and the spiritual leader of the connection, culture and standards that we are building here at the Saints. The players and staff love the big fella and we will miss him – but he has made the right call for him and his family, and we are very proud of him for that."


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, Revised 2020 AFL fixture
Notes:a From round 1 to round 5, all matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, 2020 Finals Series
The Saints qualified for finals having finished the regular season in 6th place on the premiership ladder. The ladder position also allowed the Saints to 'host' the Second Elimination Final, with the Saints negotiating to play at the Gabba despite reports of a league desire to play the game at the Adelaide Oval. "We have played a lot footy at the Gabba this season and, given where we are currently based in Noosa, it was certainly our preference.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, 2020 Finals Series
Saying that, we were prepared to play wherever the game was fixtured and I know internally with the discussions I have had with players and coaches, that was certainly the mindset of the group," CEO Matt Finnis stated. Teams who finish the regular season in positions five to eight on the ladder compete in a 'sudden death' elimination final. The Saints won the Second Elimination Final against the Western Bulldogs, qualifying for a Semi Final place.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, 2020 Finals Series
Although kicking 2 goals, tapping 20 hit-outs and being involved in seven scoring attempts in a best-on-ground performance, Paddy Ryder injured his hamstring in the dying minutes of the game; the injury was deemed severe enough to rule Ryder out for the remainder of the year in a serious blow for the Saints. The Saints will face Richmond in the Semi Final after the Tigers lost to Brisbane in their Qualifying Final.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, 2020 Finals Series
As Richmond finished in third place on the ladder, the Tigers had the right to select the Queensland-based venue for their 'home' final and chose Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. Defender Jake Carlisle left the Saints' quarantine hub on the 5th of October to be present for the birth of his third child. Carlisle had been one of his side's best players in the win over the Bulldogs.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, 2020 Finals Series
Of Carlisle's departure (which will rule him out for he remainder of the season), Chief Operating Officer Simon Lethlean said the club was fully supportive of the decision: “we thank Jake for staying as long as he possibly could before heading to NSW to be with Mel for the birth. He has been away from his young family for a number of months now and we thank him for making that sacrifice. We support him in this decision and wish Jake, Mel, Nash and Layker all the best in the coming weeks."


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, 2020 Finals Series
Following the win against the Western Bulldogs, defender Ben Long was charged with 'Engaging in Rough Conduct' against the Bulldogs' Jack Macrae by the Match Review Panel who assessed the incident as Careless Conduct, Medium Impact and High Contact and was offered a one match suspension. The Saints appealed the ruling, however, it was upheld by the AFL Tribunal. The Saints appealed again to the AFL Appeals Board, however despite a two-hour hearing and 30-minute deliberation this also failed with Long ultimately handed a one-match sanction. As a result of the three forced changes, Shane Savage, Josh Battle and Jonathan Marsh were added to the squad for the semi final against Richmond. The Saints were ultimately defeated by Richmond by 31-points who dominated scores from stoppages and centre clearances, normally not a trait of 2019 premiers.


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, Post-Season Awards and Accolades
Hunter Clark (half back), Nick Coffield (interchange) and Max King (full forward) were selected for the AFL Players' Association 22Under22 side which recognises the best players aged 22 and under throughout the course of the season. Coffield took a team-high 100 marks from his 16 games, completing the season as one of only five players – and the youngest – to make 100. Coffield topped St Kilda's total intercepts (86) and intercept marks (34), finished equal-second for rebound-50s (47) alongside Dougal Howard and overall second for effective disposals (202).


2020 St Kilda Football Club season, Regular season, Post-Season Awards and Accolades
Clark finished top-three for his side's disposals (274) and ground-ball gets (85) and was also voted in over 80 per cent of the total fan-submitted 22Under22 teams. King finished runner-up in the Saints’ goalkicking (20) and outright first for marks inside-50 (26) and earned a Rising Star nomination in round 12 against Essendon. Jack Steele finished equal third (with Melbourne's Christian Petracca) in the Brownlow Medal after polling votes in nine games and earning best on ground in the matches against Carlton, Adelaide, Port Adelaide and Gold Coast.


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season
The 2020 season was St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 's 91st year in existence and was the Supersaint's 69th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the first full season with Stephen O'Donnell as manager, having taken over from Harry Kenny on 31 August 2019.


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season
The season was hit by the Coronavirus pandemic after just 4 league games, which resulted in the league being halted from March to July as well as being halved from 36 games to just 18, the League of Ireland Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup were also abandoned in earlier rounds than Pat's had entered into. The season finished with Pat's in 6th place, while they were knocked out of the FAI Cup by Finn Harps in the first round.


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Squad statistics, Appearances, goals and cards
Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). Last updated – 10 November 2020


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Squad, Squad statistics, Captains
Last updated: 10 November 2020Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches onlyMatches started as captain onlyCountry: FIFA nationality; No. : Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit
Supplier: UmbroSponsor(s): MIG Insurance Brokers (Front of Jersey)Manguard Plus (Back of Jersey - Top)Bill Griffin Motors (Back of Jersey - Bottom)Greenisle Hotel (Sleeves of Jersey)


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit
The club released new Home & Away kits for the season, with the 2019 season's away kit being used as the Third kit for the season.


2020 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season, Club, Kit
Key:LOI=League of Ireland Premier DivisionFAI=FAI CupEAC=EA Sports CupLSC=Leinster Senior CupFRN=Friendly


2020 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
The 2020 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team represent St. Francis College during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Terrier's home games are played at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981 and is coached by Tom Giovatto, who was in his fourteenth year at the helm of the Terriers.


2020 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the season was delayed to Spring 2021 and shortened to only 7 conference games. The Terriers finished regular season play at 5–1–1 and won the NEC Regular Season Championship. The NEC Tournament only featured #1 seed St. Francis Brooklyn and #2 seed LIU Sharks in a single-game championship, which St. Francis won in double overtime on penalty kicks. The Terriers then advanced to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament where they defeated the Milwaukee Panthers in the first round. The Terriers then lost to nationally ranked Indiana in overtime in the second round of the tournament.


2020 St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team, 2020 squad
As of May 3, 2021. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
The 2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 22nd in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons' men's team competed in the NRL's 2020 Telstra Premiership season. The women's team, meanwhile will play their third season in the NRLW's 2020 Telstra Women's Premiership season. Both teams competed in the 2020 NRL Nines, with the men's side coming runners-up and the women's side winning the tournament.


2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season
On 13 August, Paul McGregor departed as the head coach of the men's team. Assistant coach Dean Young took over as the interim coach of the first team for the remainder of the season.


2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, Season results, NRL season
a Matches in rounds two, three and four were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons season, Season results, NRL season
b Adam Gee was substituted after half time as referee in the round 18 game for Matt Cecchin after receiving a calf injury during the game.


2020 St. Louis BattleHawks season
The 2020 St. Louis BattleHawks season was the first season for the St. Louis BattleHawks as a professional American football franchise. They played as charter members of the XFL, one of eight teams to compete in the league for the 2020 season. The BattleHawks played their home games at The Dome at America's Center and were led by head coach Jonathan Hayes.


2020 St. Louis BattleHawks season
Their inaugural season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the XFL officially suspended operations for the remainder of the season on March 20, 2020.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 2020 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 139th for the St. Louis Cardinals of the Major League Baseball (MLB), a franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 129th season for the Cardinals in the National League (NL), and their 15th at Busch Stadium III. They entered the season as defending NL Central champions.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season
On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season
On July 1, 2020, it was announced the Cardinals would play the Chicago White Sox on August 13 in the inaugural MLB at Field of Dreams game, replacing the New York Yankees. The appearance in Dyersville, Iowa also replaces the team's canceled trip to London in June for a series with National League Central rivals, the Chicago Cubs. On August 3, MLB canceled the Field of Dreams game due to "logistical problems."


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season
The Cardinals made the expanded playoffs but lost to the San Diego Padres in the 2020 National League Wild Card Series. The Cardinals suffered just their second winner-take-all game loss in the postseason over their last 10 winner-take-all postseason games played dating back to 2002 (2012 NLCS Game 7 being the other).


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season
On August 13, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox were scheduled to play the first ever MLB at Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa. But due to the pandemic and the MLB commissioner announcing the 60-game season and that the AL and NL will play against each other in the same division, the Yankees were taken off the match. On July 1, the MLB announced that the Cardinals will replace the Yankees in the game against the White Sox. The game was subsequently postponed to August 12, 2021, with the White Sox' opponent once again being the Yankees. Also, on June 13–14, the Cardinals were supposed to play against the Chicago Cubs in the London Series. But that was also cancelled due to the pandemic.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Season standings, National League Central
If rescheduled games are the difference between the 5–8th seed in the playoffs, they are not played. The Cardinals did not play two games.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, COVID-19 outbreak
On July 31, 2020, the Cardinals announced two of their players have tested positive for COVID-19. Their game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Milwaukee that day was postponed. Following additional positive test results, the rest of the three-game series with the Brewers and the four-game series with the Detroit Tigers were also postponed. It was later revealed that there were six staff members who had tested positive and seven players including Yadier Molina, Paul DeJong, Edmundo Sosa, Rangel Ravelo, Junior Fernández, and Kodi Whitley. Because of the timing of a simultaneous move to the IR list, it is speculated that the seventh player was Carlos Martinez, which he later confirmed on his personal Instagram.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, COVID-19 outbreak
As the Cardinals prepared to return to play against the Chicago Cubs again on August 7, three additional members of the Cardinals tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the three-game series against the Cubs was postponed. A day later, the Cardinals three-game series against the  Pittsburgh Pirates was also postponed. It was later announced that the players were Austin Dean and roommates Ryan Helsley and Lane Thomas. Additionally, one other staff member had newly tested positive bringing the team total of positive tests to 17, including 10 players. Austin Gomber was added to the Covid IL due to contact tracing even though he has not tested positive and returned to play on August 19.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, COVID-19 outbreak
On August 13, it was announced that the Cardinals' season would resume that Saturday with a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox. Multiple doubleheaders would be added throughout the season to try to make up as many lost games as possible. As part of a series of roster and staff changes, former third base coach Jose Oquendo returned to the team as an addition to the coaching staff while assistant coach Willie McGee opted out for the season due to personal health concerns. Third base coach Pop Warner returned to the club in time for the August 27 doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, COVID-19 outbreak
The Cardinals took the unusual step of renting 41 cars and having staff and players drive from St. Louis to Chicago in their own cars to avoid any further outbreaks. The Cardinals returned to play on August 15 with a doubleheader against the White Sox. After finishing the three-game series against the White Sox, the Cardinals played two doubleheaders in three days against the Cubs. In the second game of each doubleheader, the Cardinals were the designated home team. As a result, the Cardinals played eight games in five days. They finished that stretch with a 4–4 record.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, COVID-19 outbreak
Molina was activated and returned to the lineup on August 20 and many of the others affected were expected to return to the team within a week.


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Roster, Debuts
The following players made their Major League Baseball debuts during the 2020 season


2020 St. Louis Cardinals season, Minor league system and first-year player draft, Major League Baseball draft
The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft took place on June 10 and June 11. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to five rounds.


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
The 2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and a WTA Premier tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between 10 February and 16 February 2020.


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles
Margarita Gasparyan and Ekaterina Makarova were the defending champions, but Gasparyan chose not to defend her title. Makarova retired from professional tennis in January 2020.


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara won the title, defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Alexa Guarachi in the final, 4–6, 6–0, [10–3].


2020 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles
Kiki Bertens was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Elena Rybakina in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2020 St. Petersburg Open
The 2020 St. Petersburg Open is a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts that is part of the 2020 ATP Tour. It is the 25th edition of the St. Petersburg Open. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from September 21 to 27, 2020, but was moved to October 12–18, and, since the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused many tournaments to be cancelled, upgraded to ATP 500 level for this one year. It is taking place at the Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.


2020 St. Petersburg Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2020 St. Petersburg Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
Divij Sharan and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate. Sharan is instead participating at the Cologne tournament and Zelenay at the Sardinia tournament.


2020 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
Jürgen Melzer and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Marcelo Demoliner and Matwé Middelkoop in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4).


2020 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
The tournament was played on a hard surface. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and many ATP tournaments having been cancelled, this year's event was upgraded to ATP 500 level.


2020 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Reilly Opelka.


2020 St. Petersburg Open – Singles
Andrey Rublev won the title, defeating last year finalist Borna Ćorić in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season
The 2020 season was Stabæk's 24th season in the top flight of Norwegian football.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Season events
On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Season events
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Season events
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Stabæk Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season
The 2020 Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks season was the eighth season of the Stadium Super Trucks and the first in which the series was split into two championships, with the Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks in the United States and the Boost Mobile Super Trucks in Australia.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season
Much of the series' calendar after the season-opening Adelaide 500 in February—held as a combination event with the Boost Mobile Super Trucks—was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic. After a six-month hiatus, the trucks returned in August at Road America. Standings were not officially tracked by the series, but Robby Gordon was the lone driver to record podium finishes in every race while reigning champion Matthew Brabham won twice.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Schedule
The full schedule was revealed on November 21, 2019, with the series being divided into the American Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks and the Australian Boost Mobile Super Trucks; both championships intended to run three combination rounds.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary
The 2020 season began with a combination race weekend with the Boost Mobile Super Trucks at Adelaide Street Circuit. The weekend, which was promoted as an "Australia v USA Series", saw eight Australian drivers and three Americans (defending champion Matthew Brabham holds dual citizenship with both countries). Robby Gordon and Bill Hynes, who ran the full 2019 schedule, returned for Adelaide; fellow American Sara Price made her SST return after last racing in 2017.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary
Gordon won Race 1 after starting first (he did not set a qualifying time due to steering problems, placing him on pole position due to an inverted grid) and holding off a charge by Toby Price on the final turn. Matt Mingay and Paul Morris dominated the second race until Gordon and Brabham passed them late in the event; the two ran side by side to the finish with Brabham winning by just 0.0361 seconds. Shae Davies, a series newcomer, won the final race after avoiding early wrecks and distancing himself from the field as they fought for position.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Prix of Long Beach, originally scheduled for April 18–19, was canceled, ending a nine-year streak for SST at the street circuit dating back to the series' inaugural season in 2013. The combination Perth SuperNight at Wanneroo Raceway on May 16–17 was postponed, though SST intends to commit to the rescheduled date once it is finalized. Another combination weekend with the Gold Coast 600 on October 31–November 1 was excluded from the revised Supercars schedule in May.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary
On May 18, Honda Indy Toronto was removed from its July 11–12 date after local legislation expanded the city's ban on major events through the month, with race officials planning to find a new date. The Grand Prix of Portland, planned for September 5–6, was called off on July 27, followed by the Honda Indy 200 (August 7–9) at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course being postponed on August 1.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary
After a six-month dormancy, the season resumed in early August at Road America as a support event for the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Five drivers made their series debuts during the weekend: Barry Boes (Trans-Am Series), Gordon's son Max, Jett Noland and Zane Smith (NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series), and Zoey Edenholm (Formula 4 United States Championship). John Holtger, whose SST debut came at the track in 2019, Arie Luyendyk Jr., and two-time SST champion Sheldon Creed also returned to the trucks. Luyendyk won the first race after rolling over early in the event, while Brabham beat out Gordon to win the second.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Season summary
The series initially planned to return to Lake Elsinore Diamond, which held races in 2017 and 2018, in October before it was called off.


2020 Stadium Super Trucks season, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
Points are approximate based on the points system and unofficial as the series did not track standings for the 2020 season.


2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The 2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represents Stanford University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal play their home games at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond under third year coach David Esquer.


2020 Stanford Cardinal baseball team, Previous Season
The Cardinal started February off hot winning the 2019 Angels College Classic and kept going through March winning the series against ranked Cal State Fullerton and ranked Texas five of the seven games. They continued winning when they got into the conference season but would stumble against #1 ranked UCLA losing two of three to them.