2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
The season's first quarantine hub occurred immediately after the resumption, and featured the clubs from South Australia and Western Australia – the most tightly restricted state at that time. The clubs were relocated to south-east Queensland – with the Western Australian teams arriving in Round 2 and the South Australian teams arriving in Round 3 (after their Round 2 Showdown game in Adelaide). The visiting teams played each other and the two Queensland-based clubs in a hub until Round 5. The two West Australian teams remained in the hub for an additional week and flew back to West Australia following Round 6, and the South Australian hub members returned to South Australia after Round 5 but still travelled weekly to Queensland over subsequent weeks.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
From that point on, three three-week quarantine hubs were staged in Perth, to allow matches to be played there despite season-long quarantine requirements. Each time, two interstate clubs travelled at once from Queensland, and played each other while in quarantine, then the two Perth clubs while out of quarantine. These hubs were:


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
Fremantle and West Coast later returned to a Queensland hub for the final four rounds of the home-and-away season.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
Teams could also travel from Queensland to the Northern Territory, where three games were played. However, season-long Tasmanian border restrictions to all states resulted in no AFL matches being played in the state for the first time since 2000.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
Border restrictions ultimately also precluded the playing of any finals in Victoria or New South Wales – including the Grand Final – and limited finals in Western Australia to the first week only, since the bye week after Round 18 allowed time to quarantine. For the first three weeks of finals, clubs unable to play in their home states were given the option to nominate a preferred home ground from the Gabba, Metricon Stadium and Adelaide Oval for home finals.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
On 2 September, the Grand Final was formally scheduled for Saturday 24 October, the latest in the year a Grand Final had been played; it was scheduled at night to avoid a clash with the 100th running of the Cox Plate that afternoon, making it the first Grand Final not to be played in the afternoon timeslot; and, it was scheduled at the Gabba, making it the first AFL Grand Final to be played outside of Melbourne.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quarantine hubs and club relocation
The hub arrangements resulted in many other fixturing anomalies. Among the most notable occurred in Round 6, when all nine games were played in New South Wales and Queensland, traditionally rugby league territory. Whole rounds were played with no matches in Melbourne, which had only previously occurred in Round 8, 1952 (the promotional National Day Round). Clubs hosted several fixtured home games at interstate venues, and hub stadiums were sometimes used for multiple games on the same day – the first time this had happened in senior VFL/AFL football since a double-header in Round 19, 1986. The desire to compress the schedule meant that the seven-game Round 10 and six-game Round 15 were played entirely on weekdays, the first time this had happened outside of rounds played on a public holiday.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Crowds
Government restrictions on gatherings meant that, starting in Round 1, crowds were locked out of senior VFL/AFL matches for the first time in the code's history. State governments gradually allowed crowds, often small and restricted in size, into games, starting immediately from the resumption in Round 2 in South Australia and New South Wales, from Round 3 in Queensland, and from football's resumption in Round 7 in Western Australia. The sizes of allowable crowds changed as the season progressed, with early season Queensland and New South Wales crowds limited to only a few hundred, while half-full crowds were allowed in the largely virus-free Western Australia from Round 7.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Crowds
Starting in Round 2 after the resumption of the season, broadcasters experimented with adding artificial crowd noise to lend a more normal feel to their telecasts to overcome the lack of genuine crowds in stadiums.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rule changes
Throughout the season, matches were played for a shortened length of 16 minutes plus time on per quarter, instead of 20 minutes plus time on. This was originally done at the start of the season, in the hope that playing shorter games could facilitate more frequent games than weekly, maximising the games which could be played before the anticipated suspension of the season; but this did not eventuate, since the season was suspended after only one round.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rule changes
It was then retained after the resumption to lighten the load on players to take account for the compromised training schedule; and, to allow make-up games to be more easily scheduled between rounds when matches were postponed or refixtured. As a direct result of this, it was a very low-scoring season, and several records or long-standing marks in low scoring were set during the season.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Financials
When the season was suspended, the league and clubs were faced with an acute cashflow shortage, as the gate and broadcast revenues which had been budgeted for stopped immediately; clubs deriving revenues from gaming and other public venues also saw those revenues drop when public gatherings were restricted.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Financials
The league and clubs all stood down or severely reduced hours for huge percentages of their staff during the suspension; furthermore, the AFL agreed with both the AFLPA and ALFUA to enact significant play cuts for the players and umpires for the season, amounting to 50% of their wage from the point of the suspension until the end of the season, and increasing to 70% for any period of suspension which extends beyond the end of May. The league successfully obtained a $500–600 million line of credit with the National Australia Bank and ANZ Bank, leveraged against its ownership of Marvel Stadium, to cover its and its clubs' cash shortfalls during the suspension.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Financials
Resuming the season and playing the shortened 17-game season in full, even without crowds, was important to ensure the league still took in most of its television revenue. Prior to the resumption, the league renegotiated its $417-million-per-year broadcast deals with the Seven Network and Foxtel, ultimately resulting in a total television revenue reduction of approximately $150 million over 2020–2022. On top of this, the cost of running the Queensland hubs, including medical costs for ongoing COVID-19 testing, resulted in a $60 million expense for the league.


2020 AFL season, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Financials
The overall financial losses for the league in the 2020 season, compared with the budgeted results prior to the pandemic, were less than but in the order of $100 million – a substantially better result than the $1 billion loss which was feared as a worst-case scenario when the season was originally suspended.


2020 AFL season, Pre-season, Marsh Community Series
The pre-season series of games returned as the 2020 Marsh Community Series, with teams playing two games each. The games were stand-alone, with no overall winner of the series. Each team played two games, many at suburban or regional venues, while all games were televised on Fox Footy.


2020 AFL season, Pre-season, State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match
A one-off benefit match was played on 28 February 2020, as a fundraiser for the relief effort for the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. The league donated $2.5 million to disaster relief funds in association with the match. Selection for the two teams was under state of origin rules, and it was the first interstate representative match featuring AFL-listed players since the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match held in 2008. Played prior to the pandemic's spread to Australia, it was the highest-attended football match of the year,


2020 AFL season, Premiership season
As the coronavirus situation developed, only the first round was played as originally drawn. The rest of the fixture was redrawn into a new seventeen-round season in which each team played each other once. The new rescheduled fixture was released gradually through the season, often at short notice, to allow the fixture to respond to developments in the spread of the virus.


2020 AFL season, Win/loss table
Bold – Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above margin


2020 AFL season, Attendance, By club
In this table, home matches which were played behind closed doors are not included in the total count of home games, and therefore do not contribute to the home average.


2020 AG2R La Mondiale season
The 2020 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team will begin in January at the Tour Down Under.


2020 AIHL season
The 2020 AIHL season was going to be the 21st season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It was originally scheduled to run from 18 April 2020 until 23 August 2020, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 29 August and 30 August 2020. However, on 12 March 2020 the league announced the postponement of the 2020 season to a to be determined date due to COVID-19.


2020 AIHL season
Then on 29 July 2020, the AIHL commission's return to play committee announced the official cancellation of the 2020 AIHL season due to July COVID outbreaks on the east coast as well as continued border closures for WA and SA. This marked the first time the Goodall Cup was not awarded since 1993, when the competition was cancelled as a result of financial problems.


2020 AIHL season, Teams
In 2020 the AIHL had planned to have 8 teams competing in the league.


2020 AIHL season, League business
On 11 February 2020, the AIHL announced the league would be adopting the international standard sixty minutes match length. Between 2013 and 2019 the AIHL ran fifty minute matches, while prior to that the league ran forty-five minute matches. The change increases the league's matches by ten minutes and standardises the period lengths to twenty minutes each. The change came into effect for the 2020 season. On 12 March 2020, the CBR Brave announced they would be livestreaming all home matches at Phillip Ice Skating Centre for the 2020 season. A partnership with production company Wonqy would deliver the stream.


2020 AIHL season, League business
Later on 12 March 2020, AIHL commissioner, David Turik announced the 2020 season would be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The AIHL Commission held consultation with the teams and took medical advice from State and Federal Governments in coming to the decision. The Commission did not release a new proposed start date for the 2020 season but will meet regularly to discuss progress and determine if there is a time period for the season to be moved to.


2020 AIHL season, League business
In late July the AIHL commission's return to play committee released a public update to advise the 2020 season had been cancelled and would not go ahead. In early August, a new incorporated body was established in Brisbane, Queensland with the mission to expand the league and secure an AIHL licence for 2022.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 7 January 2020, the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs co-announced the organisation of an exhibition charity match to be played between the two teams to raise money for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. The match was scheduled for 19 January 2020 at O’Brien Icehouse. The Ice defeated the Mustangs 5–2 in the charity match with the event raising over $50,000.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 13 January 2020, it was announced that the South Australian ice hockey community, including the Adelaide Adrenaline, Adelaide Rush and Avalanche alumni had arranged for an exhibition charity match for 9 February 2020. The match was named The Bushfire Appeal Ice Hockey Classic with teams broken into ‘Locals’ and ‘Rest of the World’. In front of a packed out IceArenA, the Locals came from 6-4 down in the second intermission to claim a 7-6 (OT) victory. The Locals won with a golden goal scored by Adelaide Rush player Tash Farrier in the 3v3 overtime period. The event raised $23,951 with all money going to CFS Foundation and Kangaroo Island Mayoral Relief and Recovery Bushfire Fund to assist with the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island fire recovery effort.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 27 January 2020, the Sydney Ice Dogs and Sydney Bears announced they would hold a bushfire recovery appeal charity match between the two teams at Macquarie Ice Rink on 21 February 2020. All proceeds would go to the NSW Rural Fire Service and Australian Red Cross. The Bears defeated the Ice Dogs 6–3 in the event.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 28 February 2020, Melbourne Mustangs announced the annual pre-season exhibition Melbourne derby involving the Mustangs and Ice would be held at the Icehouse on Saturday 4 April. On 16 March 2020, the Ice and Mustangs officially cancelled their pre-season exhibition game due to COVID-19 and the postponement of the AIHL season.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 2 March 2020, Adelaide Adrenaline announced a pre-season exhibition match against a South Australian Select team for 21 March 2020 to be held at the Adelaide IceArenA. On 15 March 2020, the Adrenaline officially cancelled their pre-season exhibition game due to COVID-19 and the postponement of the AIHL season.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 30 July 2020, one day after the cancellation of the 2020 AIHL season, the Newcastle Northstars and Sydney Ice Dogs announced the formation of the 2020 Hawkesbury Classic exhibition series between the two teams. The four match series was originally to be held at both the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle and Macquarie Ice Rink in Sydney between 2 August and 22 August 2020. On 14 August 2020, it was revealed the series would be extended by three matches, creating a full seven match series.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
Game One ended with the Ice Dogs claiming a 3–2 overtime victory to take a 1–0 lead in the series. Game two saw the Ice Dogs double their lead in the series to 2–0 with a 3–2 overtime victory. Game three was won by the Northstars in a 5–4 shootout victory, halving the Ice Dog's series lead to 2–1.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
On 11 January 2020, Adelaide Adrenaline announced former player and head coach Sami Mantere had been re-appointed as head coach for the 2020 season. Sami replaced outgoing head coach, Jim Fuyarchuk, who held the position for the last two seasons.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
On 31 January 2020, Melbourne Ice announced their new head coach for 2020 would be Canadian Michael Marshall. Michael hails from Calgary, Alberta and joins the team off the back of four years coaching in Sweden.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
On 8 February 2020, Perth Thunder announced Dave Ruck had ended his three-year tenure as head coach of the West Australian team. The 2017 AIHL coach of the year would be replaced by the recently retired former Thunder player, Ben Breault. The appointment is the first senior head coaching role for Breault.


2020 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
On 24 February 2020, CBR Brave announced head coach Rob Starke would not be returning for the 2020 AIHL season. Starke had left Canberra and moved back to Canada for personal and professional reasons in the off-season. Rob left the Brave having guided the team to their first three titles including the 2018 Goodall Cup. On 27 February 2020, the Brave announced Stuart Philps as the team's new head coach and Rob's replacement.


2020 AIHL season, Regular season
The regular season began on 18 April 2020 and ran through to 23 August 2020 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup finals weekend.


2020 AIHL season, Regular season, Skater statistics
2020 AIHL season top-ten lists for the following four skater statistical categories: Points, Goals, Assists and Penalty minutes.


2020 AIHL season, Regular season, Goaltender statistics
2020 AIHL season top-ten lists for the following two goaltender statistical categories: Goals against average and Save percentage


2020 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2020 finals weekend is scheduled to begin on 29 August with the Goodall Cup final held on 30 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advance to the finals weekend, which is to be held at STADIUM in LOCATION. The series is a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The winner of the final lifts the historic Goodall Cup.


2020 AIK Fotboll season
The 2020 season was AIK's 129th in existence, their 92nd season in Allsvenskan and their 15th consecutive season in the league. The team was competing in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen.


2020 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2020 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Current youth players with first-team experience
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Players in/out, Out
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.


2020 AMA Supercross Championship
The 2020 AMA Supercross Championship is an American motorcycle racing championship that started January 4, 2020, and ended June 21, 2020. Ten of the 17 rounds had been completed when the season was suspended on March 12, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 14, 2020, promoter Feld Entertainment announced the season would conclude with races on Wednesdays and Sundays at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah.


2020 AMA Supercross Championship, Results, Events Rescheduled / Relocated
Races at rounds 11-17 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 25, 2020, Feld Motor Sports announced their intention to complete the season later in the year. On May 14, 2020, the Feld Motor Sports announced the season would finish with seven races over May and June behind closed doors. These races were held at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, which was to have hosted just Round 17 on May 2. Six venues lost their events.


2020 AMA Supercross Championship, Season Recap
Justin Barcia opened the season with his second consecutive win at Anaheim 1. One week later, Ken Roczen took his first win three years after suffering a hard crash that had left him with a badly injured arm. At Round 3, Eli Tomac became the third different winner in as many races to open the 2020 season. Roczen and Tomac would proceed to dominate the middle portion of the season, with the exception of the San Diego Supercross where defending champion Cooper Webb took the victory.


2020 AMA Supercross Championship, Season Recap
After the season was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic, Feld Motor Sports announced the season would  finish in four weeks with seven rounds in Salt Lake City, with Sunday and Wednesday rounds only. Webb and Tomac would win most of the races while Roczen and Zach Osborne would each win 1. Tomac would win the title.


2020 ANA Inspiration
The 2020 ANA Inspiration was the 49th ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament, held on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. Originally scheduled for April 2–5, the tournament was postponed to September 10–13, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was its 38th year as an LPGA major championship, and it was the second major of 2020 following the AIG Women's Open, held in August.


2020 ANA Inspiration
The championship was held in a bubble and behind closed doors, although residents of the Mission Hills gated community were able to watch from within the boundaries of their own homes. A large blue colored structure, dubbed the "Big Blue Wall", was erected behind the 18th green, where a grandstand would normally have been, in order to promote the championships main sponsor. This attracted much criticism since it served as a backstop, preventing approach shots from going into the water behind the green.


2020 ANA Inspiration
Due to expected conditions in the California desert in September, with forecast temperatures in excess of 105 °F (41 °C), the LPGA allowed caddies to ride in carts for the duration of the tournament. Players could also ride in carts during practice rounds, but were still required to walk during the tournament.


2020 ANA Inspiration
Mirim Lee won her first major championship with a birdie at the first extra hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda. The three had tied at 273 (15-under-par) after 72 holes. The big blue wall played its part, as both Lee and Henderson used the backstop on the final hole of regulation play to make eagle and birdie respectively to tie Korda, who could only make par.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field
Players were eligible to compete in the ANA Inspiration by means of various qualification criteria. Those who received exemptions included past champions, recent LPGA major winners, leading players from the LPGA Tour and the U.S. Women's Amateur champion. On September 4, a field of 105 players was confirmed.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field
Seven past champions were in the field; Pernilla Lindberg, Lydia Ko, Brittany Lincicome, Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis, Morgan Pressel and seven-time major winner Inbee Park. Other leading contenders included 2017 Women's PGA Champion and world number two Danielle Kang, world number three Nelly Korda, and two-time major winner and world number four Park Sung-hyun. Among the six amateurs in the field were U.S. Women's Amateur champions Rose Zhang (2020) and Gabriela Ruffels (2019).


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field
Several past champions did not compete; they included defending champion and world number one Ko Jin-young and 2017 winner Ryu So-yeon. Also missing were many other leading South Korean players, including Kim Hyo-joo and Lee Jeong-eun, numbers 10 and 11 respectively in the world rankings. 2020 Women's British Open champion Sophia Popov was also not in the field as her exemption for winning the first major of 2020 was not active until 2021.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field
Two days prior to the tournament starting, England's world number 28 Charley Hull was forced to withdraw from the field after testing positive for COVID-19. The LPGA reported that no other players had returned a positive test.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open and The Evian Championship in the previous five years


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
4. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2016 ANA Inspiration through the week immediately preceding the 2020 ANA Inspiration


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
5. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA Inspiration


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
6. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open and The Evian Championship


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
7 . Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money list


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
8. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 9 March 2019


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
9. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money list


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
10. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competition


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
11. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
12. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competition


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
13. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Qualification criteria
14. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur players


2020 ANA Inspiration, Field, Final field
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Céline Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Chella Choi, Chun In-gee, Carlota Ciganda, Cydney Clanton, Perrine Delacour, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, María Fassi, Dana Finkelstein, Kristen Gillman, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Georgia Hall, Nasa Hataoka, Caroline Hedwall, Brooke Henderson, Esther Henseleit, Dani Holmqvist, Caroline Inglis, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Yui Kawamoto, Cristie Kerr, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Cheyenne Knight, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Jennifer Kupcho, Brittany Lang, Nicole Broch Larsen, Bronte Law, Andrea Lee, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Pernilla Lindberg, Lin Xiyu, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Leona Maguire, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Stephanie Meadow, Olivia Mehaffey (a), Emilia Migliaccio (a), Azahara Muñoz, Yealimi Noh, Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist, Ryann O'Toole, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Kaitlyn Papp (a), Annie Park, Park Hee-young, Inbee Park, Park Sung-hyun, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Mel Reid, Gabriela Ruffels (a), Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Hinako Shibuno, Jenny Shin, Jennifer Song, Klára Spilková, Angela Stanford, Linnea Ström, Thidapa Suwannapura, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Kelly Tan, Patty Tavatanakit, Charlotte Thomas, Lexi Thompson, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Anne van Dam, Lindsey Weaver, Amy Yang, Jing Yan, Lei Ye (a), Angel Yin, Rose Zhang (a)


2020 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, First round
World number three Nelly Korda returned a six under par round of 66 to secure a one stroke lead at the conclusion of the first round. One stroke behind were two time major winner and 2016 runner-up Chun In-gee, and Madelene Sagström. 2016 Women's PGA Champion Brooke Henderson, and 2017 Women's PGA Champion and world number two Danielle Kang were in a group of five players a stroke further back. Ten players were tied at three under par including former ANA Inspiration winners Lydia Ko (2016) and Brittany Lincicome (2009, 2015).


2020 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Third round
Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda were tied for the lead after three rounds. Henderson reached the turn on 30 and had a round of 65, while Korda dropped three strokes at the 5th and 6th holes and finished with a 71. 17-year-old Rose Zhang, the winner of the U.S. Women's Amateur, scored 67 and was tied for 7th place.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Final round
Overnight leaders Brooke Henderson and Nelly Korda shared and alternated the lead for much of the final round, with neither able to stretch their lead beyond one stroke until a double-bogey on the 13th hole by Henderson was followed by a birdie on the 14th hole by Korda, which moved her to 15 under par. Mirim Lee closed to within one stroke of Korda with a chip-in for birdie on the 16th hole, her second hole-out of the day after chipping in on the 6th hole. Henderson also made a birdie on the 16th to move back to 14 under par as Lee dropped back to 13 under par with a bogey on the 17th.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Final round
On the par-5 closing hole, Lee hit her second shot over the green and, after taking a free drop from against the blue wall, proceeded to chip-in for an eagle, her third hole-out of the day, to tie Korda at 15 under par. Playing behind Lee, Korda drove into the rough and had to lay-up short of the water guarding the front of the final green. Henderson was able to go for the green and, like Lee, went over the back with her ball finishing inside the blue wall. Korda could only make par after missing the green with her approach, and Henderson, having taken a free drop, was able to get up-and-down for birdie to tie Korda and Lee and force a three-way playoff for the title.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Final round
Rose Zhang, the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, finish tied for 11th with an 8-under-par 280, taking low-amateur honors. Her 72-hole score of 280 was the lowest amateur score in the tournament's history. Her finish allowed her to reach number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff was held on the par-5 18th hole; Mirim Lee won with a birdie on the first extra hole.


2020 ANA Inspiration, Media
Golf Channel televised the championship for the tenth consecutive year.


2020 ANZ Premiership season
The 2020 ANZ Premiership season was the fourth season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The league was contested by six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches played between March and August. Defending premiers Central Pulse won their second consecutive premiership, defeating Mainland Tactix by 12 goals in the Grand Final.


2020 ANZ Premiership season
Following the first round of fixtures, the season was suspended due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The season recommenced on 19 June, with most matches played at the Auckland Netball Centre.


2020 ANZ Premiership season, Format
The 2020 ANZ Premiership season originally changed from a 13-round to a 16-round season.


2020 ANZ Premiership season, Format
Following the suspension of the season after round 1, the re-arranged fixture was reduced to ten rounds. At the conclusion of these matches, the top two teams meet in the Grand Final, and the other teams  compete for finishing positions from third to sixth.


2020 AP exams controversy
The 2020 Advanced Placement examination controversy involved College Board, a nonprofit education company, allegedly performing a series of potentially illegal activities, including phishing students and creating unfair testing conditions. Estimates indicated that 4,914,000 AP tests were taken online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with some experiencing technical difficulties while submitting their examinations. In response, a lawsuit was filed against the College Board alleging breach of contract, gross negligence, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment and violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.


2020 AP exams controversy, Controversies, Previous controversies
The College Board has received criticism for its high exam fees, the sale of student data in 2019, the recycling of past SAT Exams, reporting errors, and alleged monopolistic business practices. The company has also been accused of violating their non-profit status because of its high executive compensation.


2020 AP exams controversy, Controversies, Phishing scam
On April 1, 2020, the College Board allegedly created an account and subreddit on Reddit, for the intention of posing as a student to find and cancel the scores of other students who intended to cheat. The account was later criticized for being a phishing scam, attempting to collect student data of supposedly cheating students. Before the events took place, the subreddit r/APTests2020 was created in which posts have by the account included encouragements to cheat during the exam. On May 12, 2020, the subreddit was inundated with photos of anime pornography.


2020 AP exams controversy, Controversies, COVID-19 pandemic and controversy
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the College Board announced the cancellation of several SAT exams scheduled for Spring 2020 as well as the creation of an online at-home AP exam. Online AP examinations were open-note and lasted only 45 minutes. Many students reported issues with the online exams and more than 10,000 students had to retake the exams as a result. The College Board was also criticized for administering the exams during times inconvenient for students outside of the contiguous United States with exams in some countries like Japan and South Korea being scheduled at 3:00 a.m. In response, the College Board has offered free CLEP testing to students overseas who were unsatisfied with their scores.


2020 AP exams controversy, Controversies, Lawsuit
On May 16, 2020, a class-action lawsuit joined by FairTest was filed against the College Board based on alleged breaches of contract, gross negligence, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. An earlier lawsuit alleged that the company used "unfair and deceptive means" to sell student data.


2020 AP1
2020 AP1 is an Apollo near-Earth object roughly 5 meters (20 feet) in diameter. On 2 January 2020 it passed 0.00218 AU (326 thousand km; 0.85 LD) from Earth. With a short 1-day observation arc it is roughly expected to pass about 0.01 AU (1.5 million km; 3.9 LD) from Earth on 7 January 2022, but with an uncertainty of ±8 days for the close approach date it could pass significantly closer or further.


2020 AP1, Discovery
2020 AP1 came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 24 December 2020. On 2 January 2020 it passed 0.00218 AU (326 thousand km; 0.85 LD) from Earth. It was then discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 4 January 2020, when it was 0.006 AU (900 thousand km; 2.3 LD) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 134°. Being such a small and faint asteroid with the bright glare of the waxing gibbous moon in the sky, it was only observed for 1 day. The Earth approach increased the asteroid's orbital period by roughly 21 days.


2020 AP1, 2022
The asteroid will come to perihelion around 25 December 2021. The poorly constrained orbit has the asteroid passing 0.01 AU (1.5 million km; 3.9 LD) from Earth on 7 January 2022 with an uncertainty region of about ±2.5 million km extending over ±8 days.


2020 AP1, 2022
The JPL Small-Body Database shows a linear minimum possible distance of 0.000007 AU (1,000 km) from the center of Earth, which would be inside of the 6,371 km radius of Earth. It is not listed on the more thorough Sentry Risk Table because Sentry accounts for orbit propagation nonlinearities along the line of variations and the nonlinearities do not intersect where Earth will be.


2020 ARCA Menards Series
The 2020 ARCA Menards Series season was the 68th season of the ARCA Menards Series. It began on February 8 with the Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona International Speedway and ended on October 16 with the Speediatrics 150 at Kansas Speedway. 2020 was the first season that the series was sanctioned by NASCAR.


2020 ARCA Menards Series
Bret Holmes won the drivers championship, his first in the series.


2020 ARCA Menards Series
When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including a few ARCA drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.


2020 ARCA Menards Series, Rule changes
ARCA adopted the current NASCAR points system after using the 1975-2010 NASCAR points system up until 2019. Additionally, steel-bodied cars were phased out entirely in favor of composite-bodied cars.


2020 ARCA Menards Series, Schedule
The complete schedule was released on October 10, 2019. That came after a soft reveal of some Sioux Chief Showdown tracks on October 2.


2020 ARCA Menards Series, Schedule
The season was paused from March to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of races were cancelled, rescheduled, or shifted to other tracks as a result of the pandemic.


2020 ARCA Menards Series, Schedule, Broadcasting
Fox and MAVTV continued to share broadcasting rights to the schedule, consistent with previous years.


2020 ARCA Menards Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
Note: The pole winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.


2020 ARCA Menards Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East
The 2020 ARCA Menards Series East season was the 34th season of the ARCA Menards Series East, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began on February 10 at New Smyrna Speedway with the Skip's Western Outfitters 175, and concluded on October 11 at Five Flags Speedway with the Pensacola 200. 2020 marked the first season the series was known as the ARCA Menards Series East, after it was known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East for the previous ten years.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East
Sam Mayer entered the season as the defending champion, and won all but one race to score his second consecutive championship in the series.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East
When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including a few ARCA drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East, Schedule
On November 6, 2019, NASCAR released the schedule for the 2020 season. As part of the unification of the former K&N East and West series with the ARCA Menards Series, the schedule decreased from fourteen races in 2019 to eight races in 2020. The number of races was originally seven, however, an additional race at Fairgrounds Speedway was announced on December 14, 2019.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East, Schedule
The races at Memphis International Raceway, Iowa Speedway, Watkins Glen International as well as Bristol Motor Speedway's second race were taken and moved from the East Series schedule to the ARCA Menards Series schedule. New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which had two East Series races in 2019, retained only one race in 2020. Five Flags Speedway, Fairgrounds Speedway and Toledo Speedway were added to the East Series schedule, moving over from the ARCA schedule. Berlin Raceway, which hosted  an East Series race in 2017, was added back. The races at South Boston Speedway and World Wide Technology Raceway were completely dropped from the schedule.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East, Schedule
NBCSN carried television coverage of all races on a tape-delay basis.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East, Schedule, Schedule changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The event at Five Flags Speedway, originally scheduled for March 14, was postponed to October 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 25, 2020, series officials announced the cancellation of races at Berlin Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway and replaced them with a date at Toledo Speedway, which served as a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series. The race at Fairgrounds Speedway was also cancelled.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
Note: The pole-winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.


2020 ARCA Menards Series East, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West
The 2020 ARCA Menards Series West was the sixty-seventh season of the ARCA Menards Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began on February 20 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring with the Star Nursery 150, and ended on November 6 at Phoenix Raceway with the Arizona Lottery 100.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West
2020 marked the first season under the ARCA Menards Series West name after being known as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West for the last ten seasons.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West
When the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers from all NASCAR series, including a few ARCA drivers, participated in the inaugural eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series during that time.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West, Schedule
On January 6, 2020, NASCAR released the schedule for the 2020 season. As part of the unification of the East and West series with the ARCA Menards Series, the schedule decreased from fourteen races in 2019 to eleven races in 2020. The number of races was originally ten, however, an additional race at Utah Motorsports Campus was announced on March 3, 2020.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West, Schedule
As part of the unification of the East and West series with the ARCA Menards Series, the West will participate in the Sioux Chief Showdown, a ten-race series within the main ARCA series featuring drivers from each of the three branches.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West, Schedule
In terms of TV, NBC will continue to broadcast the West Series schedule on tape delay as they have in the past.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
Note: The pole-winner also receives 1 bonus point, similar to the previous ARCA points system used until 2019 and unlike NASCAR.


2020 ARCA Menards Series West, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. * * – All laps led.


2020 ARIA Music Awards
The 2020 ARIA Music Awards is the 34th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) and consist of a series of awards. The ARIA Awards ceremony occurred on 25 November 2020, with Delta Goodrem as host. However, due to COVID-safe restrictions, it was without an audience and was broadcast from the Star Event Centre, Sydney on the Nine Network around Australia. In place of the usual Red Carpet event, a pre-show was broadcast from The Star's backstage and was hosted by Ash London and Mitch Churi. The pre-show had 16 awards presented ahead of the main ceremony.


2020 ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA CEO Dan Rosen had explained to Lars Brandle of Billboard, "There will be an ARIA stage with real people on it, [it] just won't have a live audience in there." Nine Network's Brooke Boney announced the nominees on 13 October via ARIA's YouTube channel with Dean Lewis, Guy Sebastian, and Tones and I appearing. Tame Impala won the most awards with five from seven nominations, Lime Cordiale received the most nominations with eight and Sampa the Great received six nominations, while winning three. Archie Roach was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.


2020 ARIA Music Awards
During the ceremony he was joined on a stage in Warrnambool by family, friends and collaborators to sing, "Took the Children Away". A tribute performance of "I Am Woman", in memory of 2006 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee, Helen Reddy (1941–2020), was given by an ensemble of female singers backed by a virtual chorus.


2020 ARIA Music Awards
Sampa the Great won Best Hip Hop Release for the second year in a row. The category had been created after splitting Best Urban Release into two. Upon her win in the previous year, she was the first female person of colour to win a hip hop award at the ARIAs. However her acceptance speech "about diversity and inclusivity" was not broadcast as the network switched to a commercial. HuffPost's Alicia Vrajlal reported that various artists had criticised "systemic racism" in Australia and its music industry for years.


2020 ARIA Music Awards
At the 2020 ceremony Sampa the Great performed "Final Form", introduced by her rapping an acceptance speech which included reference to the hurt inflicted by the previous year's ARIA broadcast. Prior to this year's ceremony, Rosen had acknowledged his organisation had handled diverse artists poorly and admitted that "we need to do better."


2020 ARIA Music Awards, Performers
A tribute performance of "I Am Woman", in honour of Helen Reddy, was given by an ensemble of Australian female singers, they were introduced by former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The ensemble comprised Amy Shark, Christine Anu, Delta Goodrem, Emma Watkins, Jessica Mauboy, Kate Ceberano, Marcia Hines, Montaigne, the McClymonts and Tones and I. They were backed by a virtual choir of Amy Sheppard, Christie Whelan Browne, Clare Bowen, Dami Im, Emma Donovan, Erika Heynatz, Fanny Lumsden, Graace, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, KLP, Maddy Jane, Missy Higgins, Mo'Ju, Odette, Samantha Jade, Teeny Tiny Stevies, Thandi Phoenix and Wendy Matthews.


2020 ARIA Music Awards, Presenters
Delta Goodrem hosted the 2020 ARIA Music Awards main ceremony with the presenters: Briggs, Brooke Boney, Christine Anu, Guy Sebastian, Hamish Blake, INXS, Joel Creasey, Julia Gillard, Kate Ceberano, Keith Urban, Kylie Minogue, Mick Fleetwood, Richard Wilkins, Robbie Williams, Sophie Monk, Tim Minchin, Tones and I, and Tuma Basa & A$AP Ferg. Pre -Show presenters were: Briggs, Anu, Ceberano, Matt Okine & KLP, Mia Rodriguez, Montaigne, Morgan Evans and Nat's What I Reckon.


2020 ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
Upon the announcement of Archie Roach's induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame, the Indigenous Australian musician reflected on changes for local First Nations people during his career. He had released his debut album, Charcoal Lane, in May 1990 and its lead single, "Took the Children Away" (September 1990). He detailed his own experience of the Stolen Generations and addressed the issue of the Australian government's policy, where Indigeous children were forcibly removed from their parents. Roach observed, "When you have written a song and perform a song you just hope people listen to it. I am glad that I was among the first people that opened up about that and began that conversation." He also acknowledged the wider acceptance of Indigenous artists, "I feel more Australian now, I feel more part of the broader community rather than a sub-group or a subculture."


2020 ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame inductee
For the virtual ceremony Roach was at the Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool (his hometown), where he was joined for his song, "Took the Children Away", by family, friends and collaborators including Paul Grabowsky (piano), Paul Kelly (vocal), Linda Bull (vocal), Jessica Hitchcock (vocal), Steve Magnusson (guitar), Sam Anning (bass guitar), Dave Beck (drums), Erkki Veltheim (violin), and Nola Roach (vocal). Besides his induction Roach won two more awards, Best Male Artist and Best Adult Contemporary Album for Tell Me Why (November 2019).


2020 ASB Classic
The 2020 Auckland Open (sponsored by ASB Bank) was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the women's event, and the 44th edition of the men's event. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 6 to 12 January 2020 for the women, and from 13 to 18 January 2020 for the men.


2020 ASB Classic, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2020 ASB Classic, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 ASB Classic, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 ASB Classic, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 ASB Classic, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


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


2020 ASB Classic – Men's Doubles
Ben McLachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff were the defending champions, but Struff chose not to participate.


2020 ASB Classic – Men's Doubles
McLachlan played alongside Luke Bambridge and successfully defended the title, defeating Marcus Daniell and Philipp Oswald in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–3.


2020 ASB Classic – Men's Singles
Tennys Sandgren was the defending champion, but lost to John Isner in the second round.


2020 ASB Classic – Men's Singles
Ugo Humbert won his first title on the ATP Tour, defeating Benoît Paire in the final, 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–6(7–5).


2020 ASB Classic – Women's Doubles
Eugenie Bouchard and Sofia Kenin were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2020 ASB Classic – Women's Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2020 ASB Classic – Women's Singles
Julia Görges was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Caroline Wozniacki.


2020 ASB Classic – Women's Singles
Serena Williams won the title, defeating Jessica Pegula in the final, 6–3, 6–4. This was Williams’ first title since giving birth to her daughter Olympia, and made her the first player in the Open Era to win singles titles across four decades.


2020 ASEAN Para Games
The 2020 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 10th ASEAN Para Games, is a cancelled biannual multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities which was intended to be held after the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. Participants were expected from 11 countries in Southeast Asia. The games, patterned after the Paralympics, was to include athletes with various disabilities.


2020 ASEAN Para Games
This was to have been the second time Philippines hosted the ASEAN Para Games with the first being in 2005.


2020 ASEAN Para Games
The Games was initially set to be held in January 2020 but was rescheduled to March 2020, about three months after the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, due to financial and logistical constraints despite it is only five months prior to the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The sporting event was postponed for a second time, to October 3 to 9, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Summer Paralympics was delayed to the following year for the same reason.


2020 ASEAN Para Games
The Games were formally canceled on May 8, after the Philippine government reallocated funds meant for the games to efforts against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Host selection
It is customary for the host nation of the Southeast Asian Games to also host the ASEAN Para Games within the same year. In July 2012, Brunei was initially selected to host the 30th Southeast Asian Games; consequentially the 10th ASEAN Para Games. However, on 4 June 2015, Brunei withdrew its hosting rights to the Games due to absence of government support. The withdrawal of Brunei's hosting rights were also due to the country's lack of sporting facilities, accommodation, and preparation of their athletes.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Host selection
With Brunei's withdrawal, the Philippines and Thailand expressed its interest to host the games. Vietnam, the 2021 Southeast Asian Games host, was also offered to host the 2019 SEA Games, but declined.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Host selection
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) in July 2017 announced that the Philippines will be hosting the Games. However within the same month, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) addressed the POC that it is withdrawing its support for the Philippine hosting of the 2019 Games, saying that government decided to reallocate funds meant for hosting to the rehabilitation efforts of Marawi, which was left devastated following the Battle of Marawi.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Host selection
It was later reported that the POC's insistence on handling all matters of the hosting; finance, security and the conduct of the Games as it did for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, which led to the withdrawal of support by the PSC. However, on August 16, the Philippines, through the POC president Peping Cojuangco, confirmed that the country will hosting the 2019 SEA Games, after Cojuangco wrote to President Rodrigo Duterte and appealed for reconsideration.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Host selection
During the closing ceremony of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, the symbolic ASEAN Para Sports Federation council flag was handed over by Malaysian Paralympic Council President SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin to the Paralympic Committee of the Philippines (PPC) president Michael I. Barredo. In contrast of other closing ceremonies held throughout the ASEAN Para Games, only a video promoting tourism and featured disabled athletes in the Philippines was presented instead of a grand presentation for the next host country.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Preparations
Preparations for the Philippines' hosting of the 10th ASEAN Para Games officially began by April 2018. Then-Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano is serving as the chairman of the 10th ASEAN Para Games organizing committee.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Preparations
The official one-year countdown for the 2020 ASEAN Para Games was held at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center in Quezon City on January 18, 2019; exactly one year before the scheduled opening of the games.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Delays and cancellation
Due to financial and logistical constraints the games were rescheduled for March 20 to 28, 2020. Malaysia formally protested the move, saying that postponing the games, affected their preparations for the competition including concerns over bookings for members of their delegation.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Delays and cancellation
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) expressed that an undisclosed amount of television broadcast revenue from the 2019 Southeast Asian Games should be used to fund the hosting of the ASEAN Para Games.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Delays and cancellation
In February, the 2020 ASEAN Para Games was postponed for the second time, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. It was initially planned that the games be held sometime between March to June before it was tentatively scheduled for October 3 to 9, 2020.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Development, Delays and cancellation
However the PSC on April 29 withdrew funding for the Games following a directive from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to defer sporting events in the Philippines until December 2020 and the government's call to redirect resources to deal with the pandemic. The ASEAN Para Sports Federation announced on May 8, the formal cancellation of the 2020 ASEAN Para Games.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Venues
Just like the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the 2020 ASEAN Para Games was to be hosted in three hubs in Clark, Manila, and Subic. The opening and closing ceremonies were planned to be held in Clark.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, Venues
Under the pretense that the games were to host 17 sports including a demonstration event; nine sports will be held at venues at the New Clark City and the Clark Freeport Zone, six sports at the Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone, tenpin bowling at the Santa Lucia Lanes in Cainta, Rizal and obstacle course at the SM Aura at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Participating nations
All 11 members of ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) were expected to take part in the 2020 ASEAN para Games. Prior to the postponement of the games to March 2020, about 1,500 athletes are expected to participate with Thailand sending the biggest delegation. Below is a list of all expected participating NPCs.


2020 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Sports
The ASEAN Para Sports Federation hosted a meeting at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila from June 8 to 9 which was to determine which sports are to be contested in the 2020 Para Games. The organizers had initial plans to host 14 sports. There were additional plans to host four more sports namely: 7-a-side (cerebral palsy) football, triathlon, wheelchair tennis and shooting  By January 24, the host was targeting to organize around 500 events covering 16 sports and a demonstration event.


2020 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2020 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament was scheduled to be held at Swanson Stadium, home field of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles baseball team in Fort Myers, Florida from May 20 through 23. The winner of the tournament would have claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. On March 12, 2020, the NCAA cancelled all winter and spring sports championships due to the coronavirus pandemic, thus cancelling the tournament.


2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament is the 41st year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament will be held March 3, 5, and 8, 2020 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The teams are seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The two tiebreakers used by the ASUN are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play.


2020 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament was the 34th edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place from March 7, 11 and 15, 2020 in several arenas at campus sites. The winner would have received the league's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.


2020 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
The ASUN Championship is a three-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams will compete in the championship, with the higher seeded team in each matchup hosting the game.


2020 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour in 2020 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2020 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 57 tournaments with prize money ranging from $35,000 up to $162,480. It was the 43rd edition of challenger tournaments cycle and 12th under the name of Challenger Tour.


2020 ATP Challenger Tour
The Challenger Tour was suspended between 13 March and 16 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule
This was the complete schedule of events on the 2020 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2020 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule, April – July
No tournaments were held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, see cancelled tournaments below.


2020 ATP Challenger Tour, Cancelled tournaments
The following tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2020 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2020 ATP Cup
The 2020 ATP Cup was the first edition of the ATP Cup, an international outdoor hard court men's tennis tournament held by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Serving as the opener for the 2020 ATP Tour, it was the first ATP team tournament since the last edition of the World Team Cup in 2012. It was held on 3–12 January 2020 at three venues in the Australian cities of Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney.


2020 ATP Cup
Serbia won the tournament, defeating Spain 2–1 in the final.


2020 ATP Cup, Background
On 1 July 2018, ATP director, Chris Kermode announced that he had plans to organize a men's team tennis tournament which came after the Davis Cup changed their format six months prior to the announcement. The tournament which at the time of the announcement had the name World Team Cup which was identical with the previous World Team Cup that took place in Düsseldorf from 1978 to 2012.


2020 ATP Cup, Background
Four months later, on 15 November, the ATP with Tennis Australia announced that the tournament was renamed to the ATP Cup with twenty four teams playing at three cities in preparation for the Australian Open. Those cities would later be revealed to be Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, with the Hopman Cup being axed due to the new tournament.


2020 ATP Cup, Entries
In September 2019, the first 18 countries in the ATP Cup Standings qualified for the ATP Cup, based on the ATP Ranking of its No. 1 singles player on 9 September and their commitment to play the event. Host country Australia received a wild card. Switzerland was withdrawn as a qualifying country after 3rd rated Roger Federer withdrew from the event, for personal reasons. The final six teams qualified in November, based on ATP Rankings at 11 November.


2020 ATP Cup, Format
The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four teams each in a round-robin format. The six winners of each group and the two best runners-up would qualify for the quarter-finals. A country's position within its group was determined by ties won, then matches won, and then sets and games won percentages unless two or more teams were tied, in which case a head-to-head win took precedence over matches won.


2020 ATP Cup, Group stage
The draw for the ATP Cup was revealed on 16 September 2019 with Brisbane getting Groups A and F, Perth getting Groups B and D, and Sydney getting Groups C and E.On 14 November, the final five qualifiers were placed in the draw, along with Bulgaria who replaced Switzerland after they withdrew from the competition.


2020 ATP Cup, Group stage, Overview
G = Group, T = Ties, M = Matches, S = Sets


2020 ATP Cup, Knockout stage
The knockout stage took place at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney.


2020 ATP Finals
The 2020 ATP Finals (also known as the 2020 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 15 to 22 November 2020. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2020 ATP Tour. This was the final year that London hosted the event. On 14 August 2020, it was announced the tournament would be held without spectators in attendance following guidelines imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.


2020 ATP Finals
The tournament took place from 15 to 22 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 51st edition of the tournament (46th in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2020 ATP Tour. The event took place on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour.


2020 ATP Finals
In singles (and in doubles with teams in place of individual players), the eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four. During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format. The two players in each group with the best results, including head-to-head records, progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage.


2020 ATP Finals, Champions, Doubles
Wesley Koolhof /  Nikola Mektić def. Jürgen Melzer /  Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–2, 3–6, [10–5].


2020 ATP Finals, Format
The ATP Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches, including the final, were best of three sets with tie-breaks in each set including the third. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
Eight players compete at the tournament, with two named alternates. Players receive places in the following order of precedence:


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
In the event of this totaling more than 8 players, those lower down in the selection order become the alternates. If further alternates are needed, these players are selected by the ATP.


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
Provisional rankings are published weekly as the ATP Race to London, coinciding with the 52-week rolling ATP rankings on the date of selection. Points are accumulated in Grand Slam, ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour tournaments from the 52 weeks prior to the selection date, with points from the previous years Tour Finals excluded. Players accrue points across 18 tournaments, usually made up of:


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
All players must include the ranking points for mandatory Masters tournaments for which they are on the original acceptance list and for all Grand Slams for which they would be eligible, even if they do not compete (in which case they receive zero points).


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
Furthermore, players who finished 2017 in the world's top 30 are commitment players who must (if not injured) include points for the 8 mandatory Masters tournament regardless of whether they enter, and who must compete in at least 4 ATP 500 tournaments (though the Monte Carlo Masters may count to this total), of which one must take place after the US Open. Zero point scores may also be taken from withdrawals by non-injured players from ATP 500 tournaments according to certain other conditions outlined by the ATP. Beyond these rules, however, a player may substitute his next best tournament result for missed Masters and Grand Slam tournaments.


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
Players may have their ATP Tour Masters 1000 commitment reduced by one tournament, by reaching each of the following milestones:


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
If a player satisfies all three of these conditions, their mandatory ATP Tour Masters 1000 commitment is dropped entirely. Players must be in good standing as defined by the ATP as to avail of the reduced commitment.


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Singles
The ATP Cup will count as an additional event in a player's rankings breakdown.


2020 ATP Finals, Qualification, Doubles
Eight teams compete at the tournament, with one named alternates. The eight competing teams receive places according to the same order of precedence as in Singles. The named alternate will be offered first to any unaccepted teams in the selection order, then to the highest ranked unaccepted team, and then to a team selected by the ATP. Points are accumulated in the same competitions as for the Singles tournament. However, for Doubles teams there are no commitment tournaments, so teams are ranked according to their 18 highest points scoring results from any tournaments.


2020 ATP Finals, Points breakdown, Singles
On 16 March 2020, the ATP rankings were frozen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this pandemic, the ATP changed its ranking system for 2020 as the promotion for the 2020 ATP Race is no longer valid. The ATP Rankings of 9 November 2020 will be used for the ATP Finals singles qualification.


2020 ATP Finals, Points breakdown, Singles
Note: Ranking points in italics indicate that a player did not qualify for (or used an exemption to skip) a Grand Slam or Masters 1000 event and substituted his next best result in its place.


2020 ATP Finals, Points breakdown, Singles
Below is the unofficial ATP Race ranking for only 2020 events.


2020 ATP Finals, Points breakdown, Doubles
Note: The US Open doubles points breakdown was the same as an ATP Masters 1000 because of a reduced 32-draw size.


2020 ATP Finals, Head-to-head
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament.


2020 ATP Finals – Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but did not qualify this year.


2020 ATP Finals – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić won the title, defeating Jürgen Melzer and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–5]. This victory was their first ATP Tour title together.


2020 ATP Finals – Doubles
After the conclusion of round robin play, Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury were in contention to finish the season as the year-end world No. 1 doubles team. They lost to Melzer and Roger-Vasselin in the semifinals and as a result, top seeds Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares finished 2020 as the year-end world No. 1 doubles team.


2020 ATP Finals – Doubles, Draw, Group Mike Bryan
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won, then head-to-head records; 5) ATP rankings


2020 ATP Finals – Singles
Daniil Medvedev defeated Dominic Thiem in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 to win the Singles title at the 2020 ATP Finals. It was his first title at the ATP Finals, and he became the first player to defeat the top 3 ranked players in the world en route to a title since David Nalbandian at the 2007 Madrid Masters, as well as the fourth player to do so overall after Nalbandian, Novak Djokovic and Boris Becker.


2020 ATP Finals – Singles
Stefanos Tsitsipas was the defending champion, but he was eliminated from the competition in the round robin. This was the first time since 2009 that the defending champion was eliminated in the round robin.


2020 ATP Finals – Singles
Novak Djokovic was attempting to equal Roger Federer's record of most ATP Finals titles (6), but he lost to Thiem in the semifinals. His loss guaranteed a maiden ATP Finals winner for the fifth consecutive year.


2020 ATP Finals – Singles
Rafael Nadal was attempting to become only the second male player (after Andre Agassi) to complete the career Super Slam, but he lost to Medvedev in the semifinals.


2020 ATP Finals – Singles
Andrey Rublev and Diego Schwartzman made their debuts at the event.


2020 ATP Finals – Singles
Despite qualifying with the world No. 5 ranking, Federer was absent due to a knee injury. Between 2001 and this event, Federer only missed the 2016 year-end championships.


2020 ATP Finals – Singles, Draw, Group London 2020
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, then percentage of games won; 5) ATP rankings


2020 ATP Tour
The 2020 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2020 tennis season. The 2020 ATP Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Finals, the ATP Tour Masters 1000, the ATP Cup, the ATP Tour 500 series, the ATP Tour 250 series, and the Davis Cup (organised by the ITF). Also included in the 2020 calendar were the tennis events at the Next Generation ATP Finals, and the Laver Cup, neither of which distributed ranking points. Several tournaments were suspended or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. On 17 June 2020, ATP issued the revised calendar for Tour resumption.


2020 ATP Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2020 calendar.


2020 ATP Tour, Schedule, April–July
No tournaments were played due to the COVID-19 pandemic (see affected tournaments below).


2020 ATP Tour, Schedule, Affected tournaments
The COVID-19 pandemic affected many tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. Tournaments from 9 March to 21 August were either cancelled or postponed. The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to 2021 and the ATP Rankings were also frozen over this period, with the last official rankings being released on March 16. The following tournaments were suspended or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 ATP Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 ATP Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Finals, the ATP Tour Masters 1000, the ATP Tour 500 series, and the ATP Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:


2020 ATP Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles or mixed doubles:


2020 ATP Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2020 ATP Tour, Statistical information, Best ranking
The following players achieved a career-high ranking this season in the top 50 (bold indicates players who entered the top 10 for the first time):


2020 ATP Tour, ATP ranking
These are the ATP Rankings and yearly ATP Race Rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players and doubles teams at the current date of the 2020 season. Rankings were frozen until the resumption of the 2020 season on 3 August 2020.


2020 ATP Tour, Retirements and comebacks
The following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 in singles, or top 100 in doubles, for at least one week) who returned from retirement, announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2020 season:


2020 ATP Tour Masters 1000
The thirty-first edition of the ATP Masters Series. The champion of each Masters event is awarded a 1,000 rankings points.


2020 Aalesunds FK season
The 2020 season was Aalesund's first season back in Eliteserien since their relegation at the end of the 2017 season. They finished the season bottom of the league and where relegated back to the 1. divisjon at the first opportunity.


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


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


2020 Aalesunds FK season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
The 2020 Mexican Open (alson known as the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the men's Mexican Open (20th for the women), and part of the 2020 ATP Tour and the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place in Acapulco, Mexico between 24 and 29 February 2020, at the Princess Mundo Imperial.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles
Alexander and Mischa Zverev were the defending champions, but lost to Adrian Mannarino and Fabrice Martin in the quarterfinals.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [11–9].


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles
Nick Kyrgios was the defending champion, but retired from his first round match against Ugo Humbert due to a wrist injury.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal won the title, defeating Taylor Fritz in the final, 6–3, 6–2. This was the third time that Nadal won the Acapulco Open, and the first time on hard court.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles
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2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles
Victoria Azarenka and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but Azarenka chose not to participate and Zheng chose to compete in Doha instead.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Doubles
Desirae Krawczyk and Giuliana Olmos won the title, defeating Kateryna Bondarenko and Sharon Fichman in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–5).


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Singles
Wang Yafan was the defending champion, but lost to compatriot Wang Xiyu in the first round.


2020 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Women's Singles
Heather Watson won the title, defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez in the final, 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–1.


2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team
The 2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team represented Abilene Christian University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Adam Dorrel and played their home games at Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 1–5 overall record.


2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 overall record, and a 4–5 record in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their original preseason poll in July 2020. The Wildcats were picked to finish seventh in the conference, prior to their schedule split from the rest of the league. In addition, four Wildcats were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team


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


2020 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team, Schedule
Abilene Christian had a game scheduled against Texas A&M, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Abkhazian Cup
The 2020 Abkhazian Cup was the 26th edition of Abkhazian Cup organized by Football Federation of Abkhazia. The competition began on 8 September 2020 and ended in 1 November the same year.


2020 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams
This edition of the competition was attended by 8 teams: FC Afon, Sadz Tsandripsh, Yertsakhu Ochamchira, Samurzakan Gal, FC Gagra, Dynamo Sukhum, Nart Sukhum  and Ritsa FC.


2020 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams
The Abkhazia Cup champion team qualifies for the Abkhazia Super Cup final and face the Abkhazian Premier League champion team.


2020 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams
The final of the Abkhazia Cup took place on November 1, 2020. The two teams qualified for the grand final match were FC Gagra and Ritsa FC.


2020 Abkhazian Cup, Participating Teams
FC Gagra's team won by the score of 2x1 and became champion of the Abkhazia Cup 2020. With this victory, the club already has six Abkhazia Cup trophies.


2020 Abkhazian Premier League
The 2020 Abkhazian Premier League was the 28th edition of Abkhazian Premier League organized by Football Federation of Abkhazia.


2020 Abkhazian Premier League, Participating Teams
This edition of the competition was attended by 10 teams:


2020 Abkhazian Premier League, Participating Teams
The Abkhazian Premier League champion team qualifies for the Abkhazia Super Cup final and face the Abkhazian Cup champion team.


2020 Abkhazian Premier League, Participating Teams
The team that won the competition was Nart Sukhum, who scored 30 points.


2020 Abkhazian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Abkhazia on 22 March 2020 following the decision of the Supreme Court to annul the results of the 2019 election on 10 January, and the subsequent resignation of President Raul Khajimba due to protests against his presidency.


2020 Abkhazian presidential election
Aslan Bzhania was considered the frontrunner in the elections, and was elected with around 59% of the vote.


2020 Abkhazian presidential election, Aftermath
After the elections results were announced, Bzhania gave a press conference. He announced planned constitutional reforms and that Alexander Ankvab would be the next prime minister.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 December 2020 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The race was the seventeenth and final round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the race and led every lap from pole position, followed by Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton who completed the podium. Red Bull Racing got their first victory at Yas Marina in seven years. McLaren secured third place in the Constructors' Championship which saw them score their highest finish in the Constructors' Championship since 2012. This also meant that for the first time since 2015, a team other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull finished in the top three in the Constructors' Championship.


2020 Abu Dhabi 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 aborted opening round in Australia, prompting the FIA to draft a new calendar. The Bahrain Grand Prix was moved to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix's original date, delaying the race by two weeks. Due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, organisers announced that the Grand Prix would take place behind closed doors.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the pre-season entry list with the only exception being Romain Grosjean, who was replaced by Pietro Fittipaldi at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Mick Schumacher drove for Haas in the first practice session, in place of Kevin Magnussen, while Robert Kubica drove for Alfa Romeo Racing, in place of Antonio Giovinazzi. Robert Shwartzman, who competed in Formula 2, was also due to appear in the first practice session, driving for Haas. However, he did not appear on the entry list. Lewis Hamilton was confirmed as an entrant shortly before the race, having tested negative for the coronavirus, which had caused him to miss the previous round.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
This was the final race as Racing Point for the Silverstone based team and as Renault for the Enstone based team as they are due to be rebranded as Aston Martin and Alpine respectively for 2021. The race will also marked the 100th Grand Prix start for Haas and the 400th for Renault.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Background, Tyres
Sole tyre supplier Pirelli provided the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (the softest selection available) for use in dry conditions. Pirelli tested the 2021 tyre compounds during the second practice session.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Background, Penalties
Charles Leclerc incurred a three-place grid penalty for the race after causing a collision with Sergio Pérez at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Pérez and Kevin Magnussen were required to start from the back of the grid for exceeding their quotas of power unit elements.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Practice
The first practice session ended with Max Verstappen fastest ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Ocon. The second practice session was red-flagged for 10 minutes after Kimi Räikkönen's Alfa Romeo Racing C39 caught fire, and ended with Valtteri Bottas fastest ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Verstappen set the fastest time in the third free practice session, followed by his teammate Alexander Albon and Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Qualifying
Max Verstappen of Red Bull got pole position for the first time since the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix and the third of his career overall. This was the only pole position of the season achieved by a car not powered by a Mercedes engine and the first time since 2013 that Mercedes have not taken pole at the Yas Marina Circuit. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton qualified 2nd and 3rd for Mercedes with Lando Norris of McLaren in 4th, Alexander Albon in the other Red Bull 5th and Carlos Sainz Jr. 6th. Sebastian Vettel started his last race for Ferrari from 13th place. George Russell qualified 18th fastest on his return to Williams ahead of Pietro Fittipaldi of Haas and teammate Nicholas Latifi.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
Verstappen led every lap of the race from pole. Bottas and Hamilton completed the podium with the top 3 remaining in grid order. Albon managed to overtake Lando Norris for 4th place. Norris finished fifth ahead of his team mate Sainz in 6th, with McLaren finishing third in the Constructors' Championship, helped by the fact that Racing Point's Sergio Pérez retired with a technical problem on lap 9. Renault driver Ricciardo, who achieved the fastest lap, was next in 7th with Gasly in 8th. Ocon passed Stroll for 9th on the final lap. Kimi Räikkönen's Alfa Romeo was the lead Ferrari-powered car, finishing 12th ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel. Pietro Fittipaldi was the last of all the finishers in 19th place, two laps down of race winner Verstappen.


2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The Race reported that Hamilton was criticised after the race for saying that he was not feeling "100%" since he had COVID-19, although he felt grateful to be alive. Verstappen was pleased with victory but did not necessarily think the team would be title challengers in 2021. George Russell said he found readapting to the Williams for this event much tougher than adapting to the Mercedes for the Sakhir Grand Prix.


2020 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
The 2020 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships was the 27th edition of acrobatic gymnastics competition. It was originally scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 29 May to 31 May 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed, and took place on 2 July to 4 July 2021.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio
The 2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio on September 27th, 2020. This race was the sixth round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the fifth round of the 2020 WeatherTech Sprint Cup.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio
Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor claimed their third consecutive overall victory for Acura Team Penske, while Antonio García and Jordan Taylor were crowned victors in GTLM for the fourth time that season. In GTD, Jack Hawksworth and Aaron Telitz of AIM Vasser Sullivan similarly scored their third class victory of the season.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, Background
The event was one of the first postponed by IMSA as a result of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, with the organization citing CDC regulations on public gatherings as the official cause of postponement. A tentative reschedule for the weekend of September 27th followed shortly thereafter, which became the finalized date on which the race was held. As with most events on the 2020 calendar, the race was held with a limited number of spectators in accordance with Ohio Department of Health guidelines. A maximum of 6,000 spectators were permitted, facemasks were required, temperature checks were instituted, and paddock access was restricted. Acura Team Penske duo Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya entered the race as defending champions.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, Background
On September 11, 2020, IMSA released their latest technical bulletin outlining BoP for the race. The DPi class featured changes to fuel capacity, as the Cadillac and Mazda received three liter fuel capacity increases. No changes were made to GTLM competitors. In GTD, the Acura received a decreased fuel capacity of one liter, while the Porsche and Lexus received increases of one and two liters respectively. The Aston Martin also received a 30 kilogram weight decrease.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, Background, Entries
A total of 24 cars took part in the event, split across three classes. 8 were entered in DPi, 4 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. JDC-Miller Motorsports' driver lineup once again shuffled, as Matheus Leist and Stephen Simpson were replaced by Tristan Vautier and Gabriel Aubry. Porsche's factory GTLM effort was sidelined at Mid-Ohio after positive COVID-19 tests within the team's 24 Hours of Le Mans camp, which had competed the previous weekend with much of their IMSA cohort in attendance. As a result, the already anemic GTLM class was further reduced to just four competitors. GTD featured a late withdrawal of the Scuderia Corsa Ferrari, as driver Cooper MacNeil was competing in both Ferrari Challenge and IMSA competition, and was leading the championship of the former. The Ferrari Challenge was racing at Laguna Seca, so MacNeil's IMSA entry was pulled from the Mid-Ohio race.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, Qualifying
Dane Cameron took overall pole for the event. Jordan Taylor started first in GTLM, while Aaron Telitz was quickest in GTD.


2020 Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .


2020 Adelaide 500
The 2020 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 Superloop Adelaide 500) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Thursday 20 February through to Sunday 23 February 2020. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and marked the twenty-second and final running of the Adelaide 500. It was the first event of fourteen in the 2020 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.


2020 Adelaide 500
The race was supported by the opening rounds of the Super2 Series, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Touring Car Masters, Boost Mobile Super Trucks and National TA2 Series.


2020 Adelaide International
The 2020 Adelaide International was a tournament on the 2020 ATP Tour and 2020 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Adelaide, Australia.


2020 Adelaide International
This was the first edition of the tournament, replacing the Sydney International, and took place at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre from 12 to 18 January 2020.


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


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


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


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


2020 Adelaide International – Men's Doubles
This was the first edition of the event. Máximo González and Fabrice Martin won the title, defeating Ivan Dodig and Filip Polášek in the final, 7–6(14–12), 6–3.


2020 Adelaide International – Men's Singles
This was the first edition of the event. Andrey Rublev won the title by beating Lloyd Harris 6–3, 6–0.


2020 Adelaide International – Women's Doubles
Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Darija Jurak in the final, 2–6, 7–5, [10–5].


2020 Adelaide International – Women's Singles
Ashleigh Barty won the title, defeating Dayana Yastremska in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2020 Adelaide International – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2020 Adelaide Lightning season
The 2020 Adelaide Lightning season is the 29th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).


2020 Adelaide Lightning 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 56-game regular season fixture, plus a four-game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final). Each team will contest 14 games starting on 12 November, with the grand final scheduled for 20 December.


2020 Aden airport attack
On 30 December 2020, a plane carrying members of the recently formed Yemeni government landed at Aden International Airport in the southwest of Yemen. As passengers disembarked, there were explosions and gunfire, leaving 28 people dead and 107 others injured. None of the passengers were hurt in the attack and the Yemeni cabinet members were quickly transported to Mashiq Palace for safety.


2020 Aden airport attack
The airport attack allegedly led U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to designate the Houthis, suspected of carrying out the attack, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a move predicted to cause "famine on a scale that we have not seen for nearly 40 years" and cause the deaths of "hundreds of thousands, if not millions of innocent people". The designation went into effect the day before U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn in, and Pompeo's successor Antony Blinken revoked the designation about four weeks later.


2020 Aden airport attack, Background
In order to deal with the infighting between the Yemeni government forces and those of the secessionist Southern Transitional Council, a new cabinet was formed with the backing of neighbouring Saudi Arabia. The formation of the new unity government, which includes equal numbers of representatives from each region of Yemen's northern and southern areas, was the result of over a year's worth of intense negotiations mediated by the Saudis, and was meant to end the infighting so that the two sides could fight together against the Houthi rebels in the ongoing civil war.


2020 Aden airport attack, Background
Although the Yemeni government had been based in the temporary capital city of Aden after the Houthi rebels took control of the capital city Sanaa, its recent operations had usually been conducted while in exile in Saudi Arabia, since the Southern Transitional Council had seized Aden over a year earlier and forced the government out.


2020 Aden airport attack, Background
After the new 24-member cabinet was announced earlier in December, the new unity government, led by Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, was sworn in by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on 26 December 2020 in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh.


2020 Aden airport attack, Background
The newly formed and internationally recognized government had planned to televise its return from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, to signal to its citizens that their worries were going to be addressed. The event was also meant to mark the successful result of the lengthy negotiations.


2020 Aden airport attack, Attacks
On 30 December 2020, a Yemenia plane flew from Saudi Arabia to the port city of Aden in southwestern Yemen, carrying members of the newly formed Yemeni government, including the prime minister, as well as the Saudi ambassador to Yemen. The airport hall was crowded with local officials as well as civilians hoping to greet the members of the new cabinet. Hundreds of people had gathered on the airport apron outside.