2020 Thuringian government crisis, Political consequences, Election polls
Immediately after Thomas Kemmerich's election as Minister President, opinion research institutes in Thuringia conducted election polls which revealed clear shifts in favor of the Left and losses of the CDU. According to several polls, the FDP, which had barely reached the five percent hurdle in the state election, would only get four percent and would no longer be represented in the state parliament.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, New elections
One possible way out of the government crisis was to dissolve parliament and hold new elections. According to Article 50 of the Thuringian State Constitution, one third of the members of the Landtag should have submitted a motion to this effect and a two-thirds majority should have approved it.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, New elections
New elections were demanded, for example, by the black-red coalition at federal level. After a meeting of the coalition committee chaired by Angela Merkel on February 8, 2020, the federal chairmen Norbert Walter-Borjans, Saskia Esken (both SPD), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) and Markus Söder (CSU) called for new elections to the Thuringian state parliament. It is a novelty in German politics that the leaders of the parties involved in the federal government have called for the election of a new state parliament. As an explanation they gave "reasons for the legitimacy of politics."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, New elections
In connection with Kemmerich's announcement of his resignation, the FDP faction at state level announced that it would support a motion to dissolve parliament under Article 50 of the state constitution. The CDU faction in the state parliament, however, was critical of new elections.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, New elections
Another point of criticism in new elections was the long period of time until a new government was formed. Thuringia's state constitution stipulates that new elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution of the state parliament. Since Kemmerich is now only acting Minister President, he would not have been able to ask for a vote of confidence or appoint ministers during that time. In this context, Bodo Ramelow (The Left) warned of a "fundamental state crisis" and a "political deadlock."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, New elections
According to the Thuringian state constitution, it is not possible to dissolve the state parliament by referendum, as is the case in Berlin, for example.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Election of a new Minister President
The election of a new Minister President could replace Thomas Kemmerich in the office of Minister President. To this end, a constructive vote of no confidence was initially considered by the Left Party, the SPD and the Greens. With Kemmerich's resignation, a normal election became possible. Several candidates were considered for this.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Election of a new Minister President
The Left, SPD, and Greens wanted to elect Bodo Ramelow as Minister President, as originally planned. As in the election on 5 February 2020, they would have needed four additional votes from the CDU or FDP to do so. Alexander Gauland, leader of the AfD faction in the Bundestag, recommended that the Thuringian AfD faction elect Mr. Ramelow in a forthcoming election, in order to "certainly prevent him – because he would then not be allowed to accept the office either."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Election of a new Minister President
Torben Braga, the parliamentary managing director of the AfD faction in the Thuringian state parliament, objected to this proposal and stated that the AfD had elected Kemmerich for reasons of content, not just to prevent Ramelow. The parliamentary group of the Left party in the state parliament rejected a candidacy of Ramelow if there was no firm promise from the CDU or FDP to support the candidacy with the necessary votes.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Election of a new Minister President
This was offset by calls for another candidate. The chairperson of the CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, suggested that the SPD and the Greens should nominate their own candidate "who does not divide the state, but unites it." Politicians such as Volker Bouffier (CDU) or Christian Lindner (FDP), on the other hand, called for a politically independent personality to be elected Minister President, who should prepare new elections in an expert government. Both variants met with rejection from the Left, SPD and the Greens.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Election of a new Minister President
Jacques Schuster, the chief commentator for Die Welt, welcomed the proposal, commenting that Bodo Ramelow's attempt to form a red-red-green government led by the Left party, despite the lack of a parliamentary majority, was the real core of the problem. Karin Prien and Daniel Günther (CDU), on the other hand, saw the CDU's symmetrical distancing from the Left and AfD as "the root of the evil." Cooperation with the Left party should not be ruled out.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Election of a new Minister President
Finn Rütten commented in Stern that equating the AfD and the Left Party (horseshoe theory) would in no way do justice to the situation in Thuringia. Rütten's opinion was that while Björn Höcke was spreading nationalistic ideas and was only satisfied with the absolute majority, the Left Party had been showing for decades that it was involved in shaping democratic, responsible policies when it came to participation in government. Party researcher Michael Lühmann interpreted the cultivation of sweeping hostility towards the Left as a "life lie" of the east-german CDU, in order to distract from its own past as a bloc party.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Technical transitional government under Lieberknecht
On 17 February 2020, representatives of the Left, SPD, Greens and CDU met for the first time for negotiations with the aim of finding a joint solution to avert the "incipient state crisis" (Ramelow quote).


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Technical transitional government under Lieberknecht
Bodo Ramelow proposed a solution in this round in which new elections and the election of a new Minister President would be directly linked. The state parliament should decide on its own dissolution, and at the same time elect Christine Lieberknecht (CDU) as Minister President for the legislative period remaining until the new elections. He also suggested that Lieberknecht should form a "technical" government in which three key ministries would be reappointed: the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Chancellery. Christine Lieberknecht had gained respect across party lines during her time as President of the Landtag (1999-2004) and has relevant government experience as former Minister President of Thuringia (from 2009 to 2014).


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Approaches to overcoming the government crisis, Technical transitional government under Lieberknecht
The CDU Thuringia rejected this and suggested that Lieberknecht should remain in office longer than Ramelow had intended and lead a full cabinet of experts. Lieberknecht thereupon withdrew her willingness to run as interim minister president and announced that she had only wanted to accept Ramelow's proposal for a solution with quick new elections. This "contradiction with the CDU" could "not be resolved." In Lieberknecht's opinion, true political stability in the Thuringian parliament could only be achieved by recognizing the real majority situation and by agreeing on reliable parliamentary cooperation between the CDU and the Left.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Agreement on Ramelow as Minister President
On 21 February 2020, the Left Party, SPD, Greens and CDU agreed on measures to overcome the government crisis. This was in response to the CDU's request for a postponement of the new elections, as well as to the Red-Red-Green's plan to temporarily re-elect Ramelow as Minister-President.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Agreement on Ramelow as Minister President
The cooperation of the four parties provides for Bodo Ramelow to be elected Minister President on 4 March 2020 and to lead a minority government of Left, SPD, and Greens. In return, it was agreed that new elections to the Landtag would not take place until 25 April 2021. A so-called "stability mechanism" is to ensure a functioning government during this period: the CDU undertakes to coordinate all motions in the state parliament with the government parties beforehand in order to rule out that CDU, FDP and AfD together block the government. At the same time, the Left, SPD, and Greens are also to come to an agreement with the CDU in advance on plans. The state budget for 2021 should also be drawn up in this way.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Agreement on Ramelow as Minister President
Both with this agreement, and with Kemmerich's election previously, which was a cooperation with the AfD, the CDU Thuringia violates an incompatibility decision of the federal party, which excludes any cooperation with the Left and AfD. The federal level of the CDU therefore rejects the compromise. Its Secretary-General Paul Ziemiak said that it was "about the [...] fundamental convictions and values [of the CDU] and not about political games." Mike Mohring contradicted, "that the group does not refuse stable conditions and will accept offers from others for a stable situation."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Listing of candidates
Left, SPD and Greens nominated Bodo Ramelow as candidate, as stated in the agreement reached with the CDU.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Listing of candidates
Two days before the election of the Minister President, the AfD declared that its parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke would run against Ramelow. According to its parliamentary faction leader Torben Braga, the intention is to reveal the voting behaviour of the CDU and FDP, because if Ramelow "should receive more than the 42 votes of the red-red-green camp and be elected as Minister President, it should be clear to every observer that these votes did not come from the AfD. The CDU and FDP would have thus "broken their promise not to elect Ramelow and not to allow a continuation of the red-red-green coalition."


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Listing of candidates
The FDP faction announced it would boycott the election to make it clear that they reject both candidates (Ramelow and Höcke).


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Listing of candidates
On the morning of the election, Ramelow declared that he had asked the CDU faction to abstain from voting, as it made no sense "to burn CDU members of parliament in the first ballot with Höcke's candidacy and the irresponsible disappearance of the FDP." A simple majority would therefore suffice in the third round of voting.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Election of Ramelow as Minister President
As in the election for Minister President in February 2020, the Thuringian constitution provides that in the first two rounds of voting, the Minister President is elected by an absolute majority of the members of the state parliament. If this is not successful, the third round of voting takes place. In this round, the candidate with the most votes is considered elected.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Election of Ramelow as Minister President
In both the first and second rounds of voting on 4 March 2020, Bodo Ramelow received 42 votes, which should have come from the parliamentary groups of the Left, SPD and Greens. Björn Höcke received 22 votes, which corresponded to the parliamentary strength of the AfD. The 21 abstentions in each case were to be attributed to the CDU faction. The FDP was present at the election, but did not vote.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Election of Ramelow as Minister President
In the third round of voting, the AfD parliamentary group withdrew the candidacy of Björn Höcke, leaving Bodo Ramelow as the only remaining candidate. Ramelow received 42 votes in favour, 23 against and 20 abstentions. He was thus re-elected Minister President.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Election of Ramelow as Minister President
In his inaugural speech, Ramelow expressed his pleasure at the end of the government crisis, thanked the CDU in particular for concluding the stability pact, and called on the parliamentary groups in the state parliament to cooperate constructively. He sharply criticized the AfD for setting a trap for the FDP and CDU, accusing them of not respecting the parliament and democracy. He also justified it by saying that he had refused to shake hands with Björn Höcke, who wanted to congratulate him. He said that he would only shake his hand if Mr. Höcke stopped "trampling democracy underfoot" and instead defended it.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Reactions
The General Secretary of the SPD, Lars Klingbeil, expressed his relief about the election of Ramelow. He wrote on Twitter: "The chaos in Thuringia has come to an end for the time being. I am very glad that another taboo break by the FDP and CDU has not occurred." Katja Kipping, the federal chairwoman of the Left party, expressed similar sentiments; Germany could learn from Thuringia that the political right wing would not win against a "genuine alternative based on solidarity." FDP leader Lindner thanked Ramelow for having criticized the tactics of the AfD during Kemmerich's election in his inaugural speech.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Reactions
The AfD, on the other hand, expressed criticism. Federal spokesman Jörg Meuthen accused CDU and FDP of having helped a Left politician into office by abstaining or not participating in the debate. The FDP, on the other hand, emphasized that by refusing to participate in the election, they had expressed their rejection of both candidates. Björn Höcke criticized that the new Minister President had shown lack of manner by refusing to shake hands. He had wanted to show Ramelow that he accepted his democratic election.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Election for Minister President in March 2020, Reactions
In the Süddeutsche Zeitung, however, Boris Herrmann wrote of Ramelow's "well-founded gesture" and a "symbolic deed, perhaps even one for the history books." Höcke was "not just any AfD politician, but the leader of that wing that has obviously set itself the goal of undermining the system from the far right." His "programmatic approach, his poisoned language and his undignified tactics in the state parliament" made it clear that he "just did not want to belong".


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Further developments in 2021
The Landtag election scheduled for April 25, 2021, based on the stability pact, was initially postponed to September 26, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 16, 2021, this date was also cancelled because several members of the CDU and later also of the Left had announced that they would not agree to the dissolution of the state parliament necessary for new elections, and the parliamentary groups of the Left and the Greens did not want to make the decision dependent on the votes of the AfD. The governing parliamentary groups of the Left, SPD and Greens declared that they would not make any further attempt to dissolve the Landtag.


2020 Thuringian government crisis, Further developments in 2021
A few days later, the AfD parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament filed a motion of no confidence against Ramelow and proposed Björn Höcke as the new Minister President. In the vote on July 23, 2021, 22 deputies voted for the motion and 46 against. The CDU parliamentary group had previously announced that it would not participate in the secret ballot and remained seated in the chamber. Because the motion was rejected, Ramelow remained Thuringia's Minister President. AfD deputy Stefan Möller had previously told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur that he saw no chance of success, saying, "The vote of no confidence is not aimed at Bodo Ramelow," but "primarily in the CDU's corner and marginally also in the direction of the FDP."


2020 Tigray regional election
On 9 September 2020, the Ethiopian region of Tigray held an election for its state council. The election was considered illegal by the federal government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who postponed the 2020 general election earlier in the year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the election organisers, the Tigray People's Liberation Front won 98.2% of the vote and 100% of the 152 seats that were contested.


2020 Tigray regional election, Electoral environment
France 24 reported aging war veterans and university students formed long lines to partake in the elections.


2020 Tigray regional election, Electoral environment
600 candidates from five parties competed for 152 seats in the 190 seat legislature. The distribution of the remaining 38 seats will be determined at a later date by participating parties.


2020 Tigray regional election, Electoral environment
The campaign featured televised debates among leaders of different parties. Opposition parties stated that while they had good access to regional media, they also faced some threats and intimidations.


2020 Tigray regional election, Electoral environment, Boycott
Arena Tigray boycotted the election on the grounds of "political provocations by the TPLF", the COVID-19 pandemic and what it saw as the illegitimacy of the election. The Tigray Democratic Party also stated that it would boycott the election.


2020 Tigray regional election, Consequences
This regional election has partly led to the Tigray War in the Tigray Region.


2020 Tigray regional election, Results
On 11 September 2020 the Amharic language service of the BBC reported that, of the 190 members of the state council, 152 were controlled by the TPLF and 38 were to be distributed to rival parties.


2020 Tigray regional election, Results
However, in local reports in September 2020, the Tigray Region state council allocated 16 seats to the four opposition parties.


2020 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.


2020 Tim Hortons Brier
Newfoundland and Labrador's Brad Gushue rink won their third Brier Tankard by defeating Alberta's Brendan Bottcher rink 7–3 in the final. Gushue won the Tankard in 2017 and 2018. Bottcher finished runner-up in the past two Briers as well, losing to Gushue in 2018 and Kevin Koe in 2019.


2020 Tim Hortons Brier
On Tuesday, March 3, Saskatchewan skip Matt Dunstone curled two perfect games in the same day (Draws 10 & 11) against higher ranked teams Ontario (John Epping) and Canada (Kevin Koe). It was the first time a curler curled two perfect games in the same day in Canadian Men's Curling Championship history.


2020 Tim Hortons Brier
At the end of the Championship pool round on Friday March 6, four teams were tied for the fourth place berth in the playoffs, requiring 3 tiebreaker games to determine the final team eligible for the playoff round.


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Kevin KoeThird: B.J. NeufeldSecond: Colton FlaschLead: Ben HebertAlternate: Ted Appelman


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Brendan BottcherThird: Darren MouldingSecond: Brad ThiessenLead: Karrick MartinAlternate: Pat Janssen


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Fourth: Jim CotterSkip: Steve LaycockSecond: Andrew NerpinLead: Rick SawatskyAlternate: Brad Wood


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : James GrattanThird: Paul DobsonSecond: Andy McCannLead: Jamie BrannenAlternate: Chris Jeffrey


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Brad GushueThird: Mark NicholsSecond: Brett GallantLead: Geoff WalkerAlternate: Jeff Thomas


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Brad JacobsThird: Marc KennedySecond: E.J. HarndenLead: Ryan HarndenAlternate: Lee Toner


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jamie MurphyThird: Paul FlemmingSecond: Scott SaccaryLead: Phil CrowellAlternate: Kevin Ouellette


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : John EppingThird: Ryan FrySecond: Mat CammLead: Brent LaingAlternate: John Morris


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Alek BédardThird: Louis QuevillonSecond: Émile AsselinLead: Bradley LequinAlternate: Daniel Bédard


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jamie KoeThird: David AhoSecond: Shadrach McleodLead: Cole ParsonsAlternate: Matt Ng


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams
Skip : Jake Higgs Third: Dale KohlenbergSecond: Christian SmitheramLead: Ed MacDonaldAlternate: Sheldon Wettig


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Teams, Wild card game
A wild card play-in game was played on February 28. It was contested between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their respective provincial championships: the West St. Paul Curling Club's Mike McEwen rink from West St. Paul, Manitoba; and the Penetanguishene Curling Club's Glenn Howard rink from Penetanguishene, Ontario. Team Wild Card entered the Brier as the number 3 seed.


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern Time Zone (UTC−05:00).


2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Championship pool standings
The top four teams from each pool advance to the Championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin will be carried forward into the Championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games are not carried forward.


2020 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Tipperary Senior Football Championship (sponsored by FBD Insurance) is the 130th edition of the Tipperary GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Tipperary, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 clubs with the winner going on to represent Tipperary in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship.


2020 Tipperary Senior Football Championship
Clonmel Commercials were the defending champions and retained the title after a 1-16 to 1-15 win against Loughmore-Castleiney in the final on 27 September.


2020 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 Tipperary Senior Football Championship.


2020 Tipperary Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The winners of the group stage progress to the semi-finals. The bottom teams of each group enter the relegation play-off.


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 130th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 27 January 2020. The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 25 July and ended on 20 September 2020.


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Borris-Ileigh were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Drom-Inch in a penalty shoot-out at the quarter-final stage. Burgess were relegated after a 1-17 to 0-16 defeat by Éire Óg Annacarty in a playoff.


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
On 20 September 2020, Kiladangan won the championship after a 1-28 to 3-20 extra-time defeat of Loughmore-Castleiney in the final at Semple Stadium. This was their first ever championship title.


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Loughmore-Castleiney's John McGrath was the championship's top scorer with 1-64.


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship.


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Team Changes, To Championship
Promoted from 2019 Tipperary Senior Roinn II (Séamus Ó Riain Cup)


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Team Changes, From Championship
Relegated to 2020 Tipperary Senior Roinn II (Séamus Ó Riain Cup)


2020 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage
The championship format essentially remained the same with 16 teams being divided into four groups of four teams, however, on 25 June 2020 the management committee of the Tipperary County Board announced the removal of the preliminary quarter-finals and the abolition of a place for a divisional champion in the knock-out stage.


2020 Tipperary county football team season
The following is a summary of Tipperary county football team's 2020 season. David Power was in his first year as manager. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.


2020 Tipperary county football team season
On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0–17 to 0–14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years.


2020 Tipperary county football team season
To mark the centenary of Bloody Sunday, Tipperary wore special commemorative jerseys in white and green in the final, a replica of the colours worn by the Tipperary team which played Dublin at Croke Park in 1920.


2020 Tipperary county football team season
Tipperary went on to play Mayo in the All-Ireland Semi-final on 6 December. In foggy conditions they lost the game by 5-20 to 3-13 after being behind by 4-12 to 1-5 at half-time.


2020 Tipperary county football team season, Awards
In January 2021, Kevin Fahey, Bill Maher, Colin O’Riordan and Conor Sweeney were nominated for an All-Star award.


2020 Tipperary county football team season, Awards
On 19 February 2021, Conor Sweeney was named at full-forward on the All-Star team for 2020, becoming the third ever Tipperary player to win an All-Star award.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season
The 2020 season was Liam Sheedy's second year in charge since returning as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team, having been previously in charge from 2008 to 2010.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season
The team were sponsored by world leading CEO advisory firm Teneo for the second year in a deal worth up to €180,000 a year on a rolling 12-month contract.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season
Tipperary are the defending All-Ireland champions and were attempting to retain the title for the first time since 1965.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season
On 13 December 2019, Eoin Kelly was added as a selector on the team having been a free-taking coach in 2019. Also former manager Eamon O'Shea took up a role as Performance Director having been part of the backroom team in 2019.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season
The team traveled to Mexico and New York in January for their team holiday, returning on 15 January.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season
On 9 March, the day after their final league game against Galway, the Tipperary panel and management flew to Alicante for a weeks warm weather training, returning to Shannon Airport on 13 March. The travelling party stayed in private accommodation where there were no other residents and remained in this private location for the duration of their stay. The team went into self-isolation after returning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 senior hurling management team, 2020 squad
The following players made their competitive senior debut in 2020.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 Munster Senior Hurling League
Tipperary opened their season on 15 December with a one-point defeat to Clare in the opening group game of the 2020 Munster Senior Hurling League at MacDonagh Park. The match was shown live on the Irish Examiner website. On 20 December, Tipperary played their second game in the competition against Limerick in the  Gaelic Grounds. They lost by 2–22 to 1–17 in front of a crowd of 1,628. The match was also shown live on the Irish Examiner website.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary started their league campaign on 25 January with an evening match against Limerick in Semple Stadium in front of 11,867, the game was televised live by Eir Sport. Tipperary began the match with 8 of the All Ireland winning fifteen but started the league campaign without the Borris-Ileigh players after there loss the week before in the All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship Final. They lost the game by 0–18 to 2-14 after having a nine-point lead at half-time 0–13 to 0-4 and then a ten-point lead early in the second half.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
A week later on the 1 February, Tipperary played Cork in the second round of the league at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, the game was televised live by Eir Sport and RTE 2. Cork won the game 2–24 to 1–25 in front of 9,821. Tipperary goalkeeper Brian Hogan scored a penalty, four minutes from the end of regulation time, to make it a one-point match, before Cork scored again late to win by two. John O'Dwyer went off late in the game with an injury which turned out to be nothing serious after visiting hospital


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
Tipperary traveled north to play Antrim in a challenge on 8 February before their third game of the league against Galway on 26 February. The Galway game was called off due to the effects of Storm Dennis.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
On 23 February, Tipperary played Westmeath in round 3. The game was moved from Nenagh to Semple Stadium and Tipperary won the game on a 3–27 to 0-16 scoreline in front of 2436. They had a 2–14 to 0–07 lead at half-time after goals from Cian Darcy and Jake Morris.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
On 1 March, Tipperary played Waterford in round 4 at Semple Stadium. The game was shown live on TG4. The previous week, seven players departed from the panel, Jason Ryan, Mark McCarthy, Killian O’Dwyer, Paul Maher (Moyne), Tom Fox, Conor Hammersley and Jamie Moloney. Two Waterford players, Austin Gleeson and Kevin Moran were sent off before Cathal Barrett was shown a red card in the first half after an umpire reported an off the ball incident with Dessie Hutchinson. Tipperary had an 0–14 to 1–8 lead at half time and went on to win by 0–24 to 2-16.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
On 8 March, Tipperary played their rearranged and final group game against Galway in Pearse Stadium. The game was shown live on TG4. Playing with the wind in the first half, they had a 3–7 to 0–9 lead at half time after two goals from John McGrath and one from Jason Forde. McGrath got his first goal after three minutes when he cut in from the right before firing into the left corner of the net.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 National Hurling League, Summary
His second came after 21 minutes when he received the ball on the left and cut in to place the ball past the goalkeeper from a tight angle into the right corner of the net. After 35 minutes, Forde scored his goal by shooting low to the right of the net after running in on goal from a pass by Cian Darcy. During some heavy rain showers in the second half, Galway came back with three goals to win by 3–21 to 3–13 in front of 5,750. With this defeat Tipperary failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. It is the first occasion that Tipperary failed to progress beyond the regulation rounds since knock-out was introduced in 2012.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The 2020 Munster Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. GAA President John Horan speaking on 10 May said he could not see Gaelic games being played at any level while social distancing remains, with training activity of any kind banned until 20 July. The draws for the rescheduled Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships took place live on RTÉ's Six One news on Friday 26 June.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary began their Munster Championship campaign against Limerick on 1 November.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Championship Semi-final (v Limerick 1 November)
Tipperary played Limerick at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the Munster Championship semi-final on 1 November. There were no spectators allowed due to COVID-19 and the game was played in very wet and windy conditions with near 50kmh winds. The Tipperary team named for the match showed Mark Kehoe coming into the half-forward line with Seán O'Brien named in the half back line. The match was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with analysis by and Henry Shefflin and Donal Óg Cusack.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, Munster Championship Semi-final (v Limerick 1 November)
Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Anthony Daly. Limerick played with the wind in the first half and had a 1-17 to 1-8 lead at half-time. The Tipperary goal was scored by Jake Morris after 18 minutes low to the net one handed after a pass from Séamus Callanan. John McGrath got Tipperary's second goal after 55 minutes, shooting low to the middle of the net past the diving goalkeeper after a pass from Noel McGrath where he appeared to pick the ball off the ground. Limerick's Aaron Gillane was named as the man of the match after scoring 2-6. Tipperary progressed into the All-Ireland qualifiers after this defeat with a match against Cork on 14 November.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Championship was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but commenced in October 2020. After the defeat to Limerick in the Munster Semi-final, Tipperary went into the qualifiers. After the first round draw on 2 November, Tippeary received a bye into the second round. The second round draw was held on 9 November with Tipperary drawn against Cork.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifier Round 2 (v Cork 14 November)
Tipperary played Cork on 14 November in round 2 of the All-Ireland qualifiers. There were no spectators allowed again for this match due to COVID-19 and the game was again played in very wet and windy conditions. The Tipperary team named for the match showed showed Niall O'Meara coming into the half back line. The match was televised live on Sky Sports with analysis from Jamesie O'Connor, JJ Delaney and Ollie Canning. Commentary on the game was provided by Nicky English.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifier Round 2 (v Cork 14 November)
Tipperary played with the wind in the first half and had a 0-9 to 1-4 lead at half-time, Patrick Horgan got the goal for Cork in the 22nd minute when he ran in on goal to score with a low shot past the dive of Brian Hogan into the left corner. Weather conditions improved in the second half and the first Tipperary goal was scored by Jason Forde in the 41st minute with a shot to the right corner to the net after he got away on the right from Damien Cahalane.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifier Round 2 (v Cork 14 November)
Jake Morris got the clinching score with the second goal in the 68th minute, running in on goal before shooting low to the right of the net after a pass from Willie Connors. Tipperary progressed into the All-Ireland quarter-finals where they would meet Galway on 21 November. Michael Breen was named man of the match.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Quarter-Final (v Galway 21 November)
Tipperary played Galway on 21 November in the All-Ireland Quarter-finals. There were no spectators allowed again for this match due to COVID-19 and the game was played in dry sunny conditions. The Tipperary team was named the night before with no changes from the Cork match. The match was televised live on RTÉ 2 as part of the Sunday Game presented by Joanne Cantwell with analysis by and Henry Shefflin and Derek McGrath. Commentary on the game was provided by Ger Canning alongside Brendan Cummins. Tipperary were leading at half-time by 2-13 to 2-9.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Quarter-Final (v Galway 21 November)
The first Tipperary goal came from captain Séamus Callanan after four minutes when he cut in from the left after Daithí Burke had slipped and shot low to the right of the net. In the 11th minute Cathal Mannion got past Niall O'Meara and shot to the net from a tight angle on the left. In the 21st minute, Brian Concannon got a second goal for Galway when he shot to the net from the right.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Quarter-Final (v Galway 21 November)
Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher scored Tipperary's second goal in the 32nd minute at the second attempt after his initial shot rebounded to him, shooting low to the net at the town end. Cathal Barrett was sent off in the 52nd minute after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Brian Concannon. Galway got a third goal in the 66th minute when Aidan Harte shot low into the right-hand corner of the net to put Galway into a one point lead. Galway held on to win by two points.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, Awards
The nominations for the PwC All-Stars were announced on 16 January 2021 with Tipperary receiving two nominations in the 45-player shortlist, Ronan Maher and Michael Breen. Jake Morris was also nominated for the Young Hurler of the Year. The awards show was held on 20 February with no award wins for Tipperary.


2020 Tipperary county hurling team season, Retirements
On 11 December, Sean O'Brien announced his retirement from inter-county hurling.


2020 Tipsport Kaufland Cup
The 1st Tipsport Kaufland Cup was held from 7 September 2020 to 19 February 2021.


2020 Tipsport Premier League
2020 Tipsport Premier League is an ongoing darts tournament - the first edition in its history. The tournament was inspired by Premier League Darts, which is organized by the professional darts organisation, PDC. The idea to play this tournament was created during the world-wide pandemic of COVID-19. The meaning of the competition is, apart from the fight against the coronavirus, also an introduction of more Czech players to the general public. For players it is a great opportunity to practice and compete during this hard time and to gain much needed experience for future years of their careers. The winner of the first edition was Vítězslav Sedlák, who defeated in the final 10 - 6 Alexander Mašek.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Format
The format of the tournament is very similar to Premier League Darts, which is organised by the PDC. The main difference is the absence of a draw, each match has a winner and a loser. Each match starts with a bulls-eye shootout, which decides who will start the match. The first player to throw on the bulls-eye is the one that is listed as the first in the schedule. Values of the shootout are: 50 - the red middle; 25 - the green middle; outside. If both players score the same value, the shootout continues in the reversed order until the decision.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Format
Phase 1:  In the first phase of the competition (9 rounds), ten players play each other. Phase 1 matches have a maximum of eleven legs, allowing for the winner being first to six. At the end of Phase 1, the two bottom players are eliminated from the competition.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Format
Phase 2: In the second phase of the competition (7 rounds), eight remaining players play again each other. Phase 2 matches have a maximum of thirteen legs, allowing for the winner being first to seven. At the end of Phase 2, the bottom four players in the league table are eliminated from the competition. The first four players in the league table qualify for the Play-off.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Format
Play-off: The top four players in the league table contest the two knockout semi-finals with 1st playing 4th and 2nd playing 3rd. The semi-finals are first to 10 legs (best of 19). The two winning semi-finalists meet in the final which is also best of 19.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Venues
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and regulations from the government of the Czech Republic, all players will play from their home. All players have a webcam prepared in their home environment, through which it is possible to watch every thrown dart. After each throw, players announce their score. Viewers see both dartboards at the same time, along with the scoreboard which is powered by DartConnect.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Prize money
The first edition of the tournament does not include any prize money for players. On the contrary, the tournament has a charity meaning. For every thrown "180", the official partner of 2020 Tipsport Premier League, the company Tipsport, donates 500 CZK for purchase of medical equipment (face masks, ventilators etc.) for the fight against the coronavirus.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Players
For the first edition of Tipsport Premier League, 10 players have been chosen in advance including the former PDC World Youth Championship runner-up and JDC World Darts Championship runner-up, Adam Gawlas and the former PDC World Cup of Darts national team member, Pavel Jirkal. Other players have experience from international tournaments and are the best players in Czech Republic. The current Czech number one, Karel Sedláček, though invited, could not compete due to the contract obligations to PDC.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Table and streaks, Table
After the first nine rounds in phase 1, the two bottom players in the table are eliminated. In phase 2, the eight remaining players play in a single match on each of the seven nights. The top four players then compete in the knockout semi-finals and final on the playoff night.


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Table and streaks, Table
One point is awarded for a win, zero points for a loss. When players are tied on points, the following rules are applied:


2020 Tipsport Premier League, Table and streaks, Table
(Q) = Qualified For The Playoffs ; (E) = Eliminated From Playoff Contention


2020 Tipsport liga
2020 Tipsport liga is the twenty-third edition of the annual football tournament in Czech Republic.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta
The 2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on September 5th, 2020. This race was the sixth round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the second round of the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta
The overall race was won by the #7 Acura Team Penske duo of Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor. In LMP2, Scott Huffaker, Patrick Kelly, and Simon Trummer claimed PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports' second class victory of the season. BMW Team RLL triumphed in GTLM, scoring their second win in as many endurance races with Connor De Phillippi and Bruno Spengler behind the wheel. GTD was won by Meyer Shank Racing's #86 entry of Mario Farnbacher, Matt McMurry, and Shinya Michimi.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta, Background
The race was brought about as a replacement to the annual 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, which was canceled in 2020 due to New York state COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions. In late August, Tire Rack was announced as the title sponsor of the event. After fan entry was prohibited at the previous round at VIR, spectators were allowed to attend the event, albeit subject to strict COVID-19 restrictions, including a lack of paddock access and facemask mandates.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta, Background
On August 27, 2020, IMSA released their latest technical bulletin, outlining BoP for the race. In DPi, the lone change was a 15 kilogram weight reduction for the Cadillac. Similarly in GTLM, a 20 kilogram weight increase for the Porsche was the only adjustment made. In GTD, the Aston Martin received a 7.1 kilowatt increase to its average power delta, alongside increases to its turbocharger boost ratio. Several GTD cars also underwent fuel capacity adjustments. The Aston Martin, BMW, and Ferrari all received slight increases, while the Lamborghini received a one liter fuel capacity decrease.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta, Background, Entries
A total of 28 cars took part in the event, split across four classes. 8 were entered in DPi, 2 in LMP2, 6 in GTLM, and 12 in GTD. Due to the endurance nature of the event, many teams drafted in a third driver, with teams in the LMP2 and GTD classes obligated to do so. Tristan Vautier, after running the majority of the early season with JDC-Miller Motorsports' #85 entry, was entered as a third driver in the #5. As a result, Stephen Simpson returned to the #85 to partner Matheus Leist.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta, Background, Entries
The preliminary LMP2 class list featured four entries, which reduced to two by the time the green flag dropped. Starworks Motorsport withdrew early, and were followed by Performance Tech Motorsports after travel restrictions prohibited driver Cameron Cassels from traveling to and from his native Canada. In GTD, the third driver demands forced AIM Vasser Sullivan to split the championship-contending duo of Aaron Telitz and Jack Hawksworth, placing Telitz in the #12 and leaving Hawksworth in the #14. GRT Grasser Racing Team also returned to IMSA competition, after most recently competing in the season-opening 24 Hours of Daytona. They fielded a Lamborghini for Richard Heistand, Steijn Schothorst, and Richard Westbrook.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta, Qualifying
Hélio Castroneves took overall pole for the event. Patrick Kelly scored pole position in LMP2, while Nick Tandy started first in GTLM. Frankie Montecalvo claimed his second pole of the season in GTD.


2020 TireRack.com Grand Prix at Road Atlanta, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by .


2020 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 2020 Tirreno–Adriatico was a road cycling stage race that was originally scheduled to take place between 11 and 17 March 2020 in Italy. On 6 March 2020, it was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns in Italy and rescheduled to 7 to 14 September. It was the 55th edition of Tirreno–Adriatico and part of the 2020 UCI World Tour.


2020 Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams
All nineteen UCI WorldTeams and five wildcard UCI ProTeams made up the twenty-four teams that participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders, making up a starting peloton of 175 riders. Of these riders, 152 finished the race.


2020 Tirreno–Adriatico, Stages, Stage 5
11 September 2020 — Norcia to Sassotetto, 202 km (126 mi)


2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election
The 2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement election were held on January 19, 2020. For the first time, a one member, one vote voting system was adopted for all 17 positions contested. The winner, Tracy Davidson-Celestine, the first female political leader for the party, will go on to contest the Chief Secretary position of the Tobago House of Assembly in the 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election.


2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election, Background
The announcement of the election was made on November 10, 2019 by Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly and Political leader of the Tobago Council of the People's National Movement, Kelvin Charles while speaking at the PNM's 49th annual convention, Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain.


2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election, Positions contested
A total of 45 candidates contested the 17 positions on the Executive of the Tobago Council, the winner are as follows:


2020 Tobago Council of the People's National Movement leadership election, Result
Tracy Davidson-Celestine was elected leader in the second round of voting. The result of the election are as follows:


2020 Togolese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Togo on 22 February 2020. Incumbent president Faure Gnassingbé of the Union for the Republic (UPR) was re-elected for his fourth term with 71% of the vote in the first round. His closest challenger was Agbéyomé Kodjo, a former prime minister and leader of the newly established Patriotic Movement for Democracy and Development, who received 19% of the vote.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Electoral system
Constitutional amendments approved in May 2019 changed the electoral system for the presidency to the two-round system, replacing the previous first-past-the-post system.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Electoral system
The amendments were made following the December 2018 parliamentary elections, which had been boycotted by fourteen opposition parties in protest against 'bias', a refusal to return to the 1992 constitution, and using constituencies boundaries that favoured the UPR. As a result, the ruling UPR had won 59 of the 91 seats.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Electoral system
The constitutional amendments also reintroduced term limits that had been abolished in 2002. The changes limiting a president to serving two five-year terms. However, the limits did not apply retrospectively, allowing Faure Gnassingbé to serve two future terms in addition to the three he had already served.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Campaign
In October 2019 the main opposition party, the National Alliance for Change, confirmed its leader Jean-Pierre Fabre would be its candidate.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Campaign
In January 2020, Emeritus Archbishop of Lomé, Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro, called for the suspension the elections to allow electoral reforms to be carried out. Kpodzro had endorsed and campaigned for Agbéyomé Kodjo, and when news broke on the morning of the elections that Kodjo was leading in the polls it is reported that both were put under house arrest.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Conduct
In February 2020 the Committee to Protect Journalists published a letter urging the Togolese government to refrain from throttling internet service as it had been done in 2017 and 2018, calling it a key danger to the states democratic process.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Conduct
The Independent National Electoral Commission was reported to have removed the accreditation of the National Consultation of Civil Society of Togo a key observer group before voting had begun.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Conduct
On election day the military surrounded Kodjo's home following reports that he was leading the count.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Conduct
After observing the elections, ECOWAS determined that they were free and transparent, commending the population for its peaceful participation as an improvement from protests years prior against the long reign of the Gnassingbe family. However, sporadic internet shutdowns were recorded across the capital and other major cities, prompting both international watchdogs and opposition parties to question the results.


2020 Togolese presidential election, Aftermath
On 25 February Kodjo filed a petition at the Constitutional Court asking it to overturn the results. Three days later, he and Kpodzro called for public protests, resulting in the military surrounding their homes and the Ministry of Territorial Administration stating that protests would be illegal. Members of the National Assembly responded by accusing Kodjo of planning a coup.


2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season
The 2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the sixteenth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Hajime Miki on his first and only season as team manager.


2020 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season
Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the COVID-shortened season in fourth place with a record of 55–57–8.


2020 Tokelauan general election
General elections were held in Tokelau on 23 January 2020.


2020 Tokelauan general election, Electoral system
The General Fono consists of a Faipule and a Pulenuku elected in each of the three villages (Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu). Each village also elects one delegate for every 100 residents.


2020 Tokyo Marathon
The 2020 Tokyo Marathon (Japanese: 東京マラソン2020) was the fourteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo, and was held on Sunday, 1 March. A World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event held that year. Last year's winner, Birhanu Legese, successfully defended his title by winning with a time of 2:04:15, while Lonah Chemtai Salpeter set a new course record as well as a new Israeli national record by winning with a time of 2:17:45. The men's wheelchair race was won by Japanese racer Tomoki Suzuki, and the women's wheelchair race was won by Japanese racer Tsubasa Kina.


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election
The 2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election took place on 5 July 2020 to elect the Governor of Tokyo. In a result viewed as an endorsement of her handling of Tokyo's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, incumbent Yuriko Koike was re-elected by a wide margin, increasing her share of the vote to 59.7%.


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election, Candidates
A total of 22 candidates registered candidacies for the election.


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election, Candidates
Incumbent Governor Yuriko Koike announced her campaign for re-election on 12 June 2020. Similar to her first campaign for Governor, Koike ran as an independent and did not receive the endorsement of any party, aside from the support of the regional Tomin First party which she founded in 2017. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party considered endorsing Koike in the 2020 election, unlike in the 2016 gubernatorial election in which the party endorsed a separate candidate, however the party ultimately chose not to endorse any candidate, instead encouraging members to vote freely. Koike was widely expected to win a second term, based on opinion polling conducted in the weeks prior the election.


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election, Candidates
Kenji Utsunomiya, a lawyer and former chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, announced his candidacy on 28 May 2020. Utsunomiya was considered the main opposition to Koike, having received endorsements from a coalition of opposition parties including the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party. This was Utsunomiya's third campaign for Governor of Tokyo, having also ran in the 2012 and 2014 elections.


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election, Candidates
Other notable candidates included Tarō Yamamoto, a former actor who founded the anti-establishment and anti-nuclear energy party Reiwa Shinsengumi in 2019, Taisuke Ono, the former Vice Governor of Kumamoto, whose candidacy received the endorsement of Nippon Ishin no Kai, Makoto Sakurai, a far-right activist and the founder and leader of the Japan First Party, and Takashi Tachibana, the head of the anti-NHK N-Koku and a former member of the House of Councillors.


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election, Candidates
Tokyo Review described the election as a "circus" viewed by many candidates as marketing opportunity:


2020 Tokyo gubernatorial election, Simultaneous legislative by-elections
Four by-elections to the assembly were held together with the gubernatorial election: in Ota Ward, Kita Ward, Hino City and the North Tama 3rd electoral district (=Chofu City+Komae City). All four were won by LDP candidates.


2020 Toledo Rockets football team
The 2020 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rockets were led by fifth-year head coach Jason Candle and played their home games at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio. They competed as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).


2020 Toledo Rockets football team, Schedule
Toledo had a game scheduled against Michigan State on September 19, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 8, 2020, the Mid-American Conference announced a cancellation of the fall football season, citing health and safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement also stated the intention for the conference to attempt to play the season in spring instead, as opposed to completely cancelling the 2020 season.


2020 Top League
The 2020 Top League was the 17th season of Japan's top tier domestic rugby union competition. The season was initially suspended after round six and then further cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.


2020 Top Seed Open
The 2020 Top Seed Open was a professional women's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts at the Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, near Lexington, Kentucky. It was a WTA International-class tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour, and was the first American tournament of the Tour to be played since its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Top Seed Open
The event was announced in early-July 2020 as one of two substitute events (alongside the 2020 Prague Open) for the Washington Open, whose organizers had declined to host the WTA Tour this season (the event was ultimately canceled later that month, citing the pandemic) in lieu of the regular US Open Series.


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


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


2020 Top Seed Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2020 Top Seed Open – Doubles
Robin Anderson and Jessika Ponchet were the defending champions when the event was held as an ITF W60 event in 2019, but Ponchet was unable to participate due to insufficient ranking. Anderson played alongside Erin Routliffe but lost in the first round to Kaitlyn Christian and Giuliana Olmos.


2020 Top Seed Open – Doubles
Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani won the title, defeating Marie Bouzková and Jil Teichmann in the final, 6–1, 7–5.


2020 Top Seed Open – Singles
Kim Da-bin was the defending champion from 2019, when it was an ITF W60 event. However, she was unable to participate due to insufficient ranking and travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Top Seed Open – Singles
Jennifer Brady won her maiden WTA tour singles title, defeating Jil Teichmann in the final, 6–3, 6–4. Brady did not drop a set, or face a tiebreak in any set, throughout the entire tournament.


2020 Top Seed Open – Singles
The second round match between Serena and Venus Williams marked the first time that two players had faced each other in four different decades. It also marked the longest gap between the first meeting and the last meeting between two players (22 years and 7 months).


2020 Top Seed Open – Singles
With her quarterfinal win, Shelby Rogers became only the 4th player ranked outside the top 100 and the first since Virginie Razzano at the 2012 French Open to defeat Serena Williams in a main draw match.


2020 Toppserien
The 2020 Toppserien was the 34th season of the highest women's football league in Norway. The season was to start initially on 21 March 2020 but due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was delayed. It finally commenced on 3 July 2020 and ended on 6 December 2020. This season featured just 10 teams.


2020 Toppserien
Vålerenga won their first Toppserien title on goal difference after finishing second the previous season.


2020 Toppserien, Format
The league consisted of 10 teams this season, which played each other twice (home and away) totalling 18 matches for a team.


2020 Toppserien, Relegation play-offs
The league's ninth placed team, Kolbotn, faced Medkila, the 2020 1. divisjon runners-up, in a two-legged play-off to decide who will play in the 2021 Toppserien.


2020 Toppserien, Relegation play-offs, 1st leg
Note- This match was played before the final round of matches as Kolbotn had played theirs a week earlier.


2020 Toppserien, Relegation play-offs, 2nd leg
Kolbotn won 6–2 on aggregate and both teams remained in their respective leagues.


2020 Toppserien, Season statistics, Disciplinary, Players
Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points.


2020 Toppserien, Season statistics, Disciplinary, Club
Points classification: Yellow card - 1 point, Red card - 3 points


2020 Tormenta FC season
The 2020 Tormenta FC season is the club's fifth season of existence, and their second season as a professional club. It is their second season playing in the third tier of American soccer and their second season playing in USL League One (USL1). This article covers the period from October 20, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL1 Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL1 Playoff Final, scheduled for October 22–25, 2020.


2020 Tormenta FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL League One club, Tormenta will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.


2020 Torneo Federal A
The 2020 Argentine Torneo Federal A also known as the 2020 Torneo Transición Federal A, was the eighth season of the Torneo Federal A, the regionalised third tier of the Argentine football league system. The tournament is reserved for teams indirectly affiliated to the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), while teams affiliated to AFA have to play the Primera B Metropolitana, which is the other third tier competition.


2020 Torneo Federal A
The competition was contested by 26 of the 30 teams that took part in the 2019–20 season, which was suspended and subsequently abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as it was optional to participate in this season. Two teams were promoted to Primera B Nacional and there was no relegation to Torneo Regional Federal Amateur. The regular season began on 4 December 2020 and ended on 31 January 2021.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Format
The competition will be split into two stages: First Promotion and Second Promotion, which in turn, will be split into two groups according to the groupings and placements of teams in the previous season. The top seven teams of each group at the time of suspension of the previous season will play in the First Promotion stage, where they will be split into two groups, while the remaining teams from each group will play in the first round of the Second Promotion stage.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Format
In both stages, the teams will be placed in groups according to the ones they were in for the previous season. In the First Promotion stage, each team will play against the other teams in their group once, with the group winners playing a final match on neutral ground to decide the first promoted team to the Primera Nacional.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Format
In the Second Promotion stage, each team will also play against the other teams in their group once, with the group winners qualifying for a knockout tournament where they will be joined by the teams that fail to earn promotion in the First Promotion stage, with the losing team of the Final having a bye to the second knockout round. The winners of that knockout tournament will earn the second promotion berth to the Primera National. Also, the losing team of the Final of the Second Promotion, has the right to play a Promotion playoff against one team from Primera B Metropolitana. There was no relegation in this season.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Resignations
The following teams declined to participate in this season and will return in the 2021 season.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory Stage, First knockout round
The first knockout round will be contested by 14 teams: the 12 teams ranked from 2nd to 7th place in their groups of the First Promotion stage and the top team from each group of the Second Promotion stage.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory Stage, First knockout round
In this round, the 14 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 14, Team 2 vs. Team 13 and so on, playing a single match on local ground. The 7 winners will advance to the second knockout round.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory Stage, Second knockout round
The second knockout round will be contested by 8 teams: the 7 winning teams from First knockout round and the losing team from the First Promotion Final. In this round, the 8 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 8, Team 2 vs. Team 7 and so on, playing a single match on local ground. The 4 winners will advance to the third knockout round.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory Stage, Third knockout round
The third knockout round will be contested by 4 teams: all the 4 winning teams from second knockout round. In this round, the 4 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3, playing a single match on local ground. The 2 winners will advance to the fourth knockout round.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory Stage, Fourth knockout round
The fourth knockout round will be contested by 2 teams: all the 2 winning teams from third knockout round. In this round, the 2 teams will be seeded according to their performance and placements in the previous stage of the competition, with teams coming from the First Promotion stage being given a higher seed, and paired against a rival according to their seed: Team 1 vs. Team 2, playing a single match on local ground. The winner will be promoted to Primera B Nacional and the loser will play a Promotion playoff against one team from Primera B Metropolitana.


2020 Torneo Federal A, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory Stage, Promotion playoff
The loser of fourth knockout round will play a Promotion playoff against one team from Primera B Metropolitana.


2020 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva
The Torneo de Promoción y Reserva was a football tournament in Peru. There are currently 20 clubs in the league. Each team will have a roster of twelve 21-year-old players, three 19-year-olds, and three older reinforcements; whenever they be recorded in the club. The tournament will offer the champion two bonus points and the runner-up one bonus point to the respective regular teams in the 2020 Liga 1.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season
The 2020 Toronto Argonauts season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 148th year of existence. This would have been the first full season with Michael Clemons as general manager following his appointment mid-way through the 2019 season. This would have also been the first season for head coach Ryan Dinwiddie.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, Personnel changes
Following the end of a disappointing season for first-year head coach, Corey Chamblin, new general manager, Michael Clemons, stated that Chamblin's position would undergo a thorough review. Over a month later, on December 12, 2019, it was announced that Chamblin would be relieved of his coaching duties and Ryan Dinwiddie would be named the team's new head coach, the 45th in team history.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL National Draft
The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Argonauts held the second selection in each round of the draft by virtue of finishing second to last in the 2019 league standings, less any traded picks. They obtained another first-round pick and gained a third-round pick after trading Zach Collaros and a fifth-round pick to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. To acquire Collaros, the Argonauts traded their fourth-round pick to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team swapped a third-round pick for a fifth-round pick with the Montreal Alouettes that saw the club acquire Ryan Bomben. The Argonauts traded a seventh-round pick and Martese Jackson to Edmonton in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2019 CFL Draft. The team also traded an eighth-round selection to Montreal in exchange for Boseko Lokombo.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL National Draft
The team also gained a territorial selection for the second consecutive year after finishing in the bottom two of the previous year's standings.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season, Offseason, CFL Global Draft
The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Argonauts were scheduled to select second in each round with the number of rounds never announced.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season, Planned schedule, Preseason
For the third consecutive season, the Argonauts were scheduled to play their home pre-season game at a U Sports football stadium.


2020 Toronto Argonauts season, Regular season
The Argonauts were scheduled to be the home team for a neutral site game for the Week 7 match-up with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The league had been contemplating returning to Moncton, having been there in the previous season, but it was officially announced on January 23, 2020 that a Touchdown Atlantic game would be played in Halifax at Huskies Stadium. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on May 20, 2020 that the game was cancelled.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season
The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 44th season of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (including in Toronto), the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season
On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players were to report to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day. The team was forced to play their home games in the home of their AAA affiliate in Buffalo, New York.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season
Due to the pandemic and the shortened season, Major League Baseball instituted certain rule changes which included the use of a universal designated hitter, a runner on second base to start extra innings, and a revised schedule. On July 30, the league and the union agreed that all remaining doubleheaders on the season would be seven innings.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season
On September 24, the Blue Jays clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2016, and on the next day they clinched their first winning season since 2016 as well. As the eighth seed in the expanded playoff format, they faced the top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays in one of four 2020 American League Wild Card Series where they were swept 2–0 in the best-of-three series.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason, Rule changes
For the 2020 season, MLB instituted several new rule changes including the following:


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, Offseason, Rule changes
Further rule changes came into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the use of the DH in the National League, a shortened schedule, and starting extra innings with a runner at second base.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, Spring training
The Blue Jays announced they would return to Montreal to finish their spring training for the seventh consecutive year. The opponents would have been the New York Yankees. However, spring training games, including the aforementioned series in Montreal, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 23, MLB announced the resumption of spring training on July 1.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, Home games
On July 18, the Canadian government denied approval for the Blue Jays to play their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, due to concerns surrounding repeated cross-border travel between the United States and Canada by teams involved in its games. With the Blue Jays denied permission to play in Toronto, this was the first season since 1968 (the year before the Montreal Expos were founded) to feature no regular season games played in Canada.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, Home games
After authorities in Pennsylvania rejected the Blue Jays' request to share PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Blue Jays struck an agreement to use Sahlen Field, home of their AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons, for their home games. The first game in Buffalo took place on August 11; the Jays' "home" games prior to that date were scheduled to be played in their opponents' stadiums (though some of these were later postponed). Under MLB's health and safety protocols, all Blue Jays home games were held behind closed doors. The Jays were the first major league baseball team to play its home games in Buffalo, New York since the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League ceased operations in 1915.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, 2020 Major League Baseball draft
The 2020 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft occurred on Monday, June 10 through June 11, 2020. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was shortened to only five rounds.


2020 Toronto Blue Jays season, Farm system
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of the entire Minor League Baseball season on June 30. The Blue Jays taxi squad was based at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Toronto Centre in Ontario on October 26, 2020, following the resignation of incumbent Liberal MP and Minister of Finance Bill Morneau. After 5 years in Parliament, and as many years as finance minister, Morneau resigned both positions on August 17, 2020, to seek the position of secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in the wake of the WE Charity scandal.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election
The seat was held for the Liberals by journalist Marci Ien on a much reduced majority, as a result of the scandal and a strong campaign fought by Annamie Paul, the new Leader of the Green Party. The Greens finished with a historic high share of the vote in the riding.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election
It was held on the same day as the by-election in nearby York Centre.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Background, Constituency
Toronto Centre is an urban constituency at the centre of Toronto. The constituency covers the heart of Downtown Toronto and contains diverse areas such as Regent Park, St. James Town, Cabbagetown, and Church and Wellesley.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Background, Constituency
The riding also contains Ryerson University, The Toronto Eaton Centre and part of the city's financial district (the east side of Bay Street). Toronto Centre is the geographically smallest and has the highest population density of any riding in Canada.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Background, Representation
Toronto Centre has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Canada since 1993. Former MPs include Bill Graham and Bob Rae, both former interim leaders of the Liberal Party.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Background, Representation
Bill Morneau became the MP for Toronto Centre at the 2015 election, and immediately joined the 29th Canadian Ministry as Minister of Finance under Justin Trudeau. He was re-elected with a marginally increased majority in 2019.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Background, Representation
Morneau resigned due to the WE Charity scandal, standing down as both finance minister and a Member of Parliament.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
It was announced on September 17 that broadcast journalist Marci Ien, co-host of The Social and former co-anchor of Canada AM, was appointed as the Liberal candidate.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
New Democrat Brian Chang, who had been the party's candidate in 2019, won the party's nomination over Caleb Chapman, Walied Khogali Ali, and Sebastian Mendoza-Price.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
The Conservatives initially nominated Ryan Lester, who later withdrew and was replaced by Benjamin Sharma, who previously ran for the party in the 2014 Trinity—Spadina by-election.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
The Greens nominated newly elected leader Annamie Paul, who previously ran in the riding for the Greens in the 2019 election. At the time of her nomination, Paul was a candidate in the party's leadership election, and received the party's permission to run in the byelection.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
Baljit Bawa announced himself as the People's Party of Canada candidate after Maxime Bernier chose to run in York Centre.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
The leader of the provincial Ontario Libertarian Party, Keith Komar, canvassed to get enough signatures to be on the federal Toronto Centre ballot.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
Perennial candidate Dwayne Cappelletti registered as a candidate for Free Party Canada, the final requirement for becoming a registered political party.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
Perennial candidate Above Znoneofthe, a member of None of the Above Direct Democracy Party, registered as No Affiliation by leaving the party affiliation box on his registration papers blank.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
Rhinoceros Party leader Sébastien CoRhino announced via Twitter that the party had a candidate in Toronto Centre and was looking for one in York Centre. The declared candidate for Toronto Centre, Sean Carson, did not appear on the list of confirmed candidates after the registration deadline.


2020 Toronto Centre federal by-election, Campaign
The Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on August 24, 2020; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no later than February 20, 2021, 180 days after the Chief Electoral Officer was officially notified of the vacancy via a warrant issued by the Speaker. Under the Canada Elections Act, the minimum length of a campaign is 36 days between dropping the writ and election day.


2020 Toronto Defiant season
The 2020 Toronto Defiant season was the second season of Toronto Defiant's existence in the Overwatch League. The Defiant were scheduled to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Roy Thomson Hall in the Toronto Entertainment District, but both were cancelled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic as the league transitioned to online play. The team ended the season with a 7 wins, 1 bonus win, and 14 losses. The Defiant and were knocked out of postseason contention by the Los Angeles Gladiators in the North American Play-ins bracket.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
In early September 2019, assistant coach Matthew "Optidox" Sims, who assisted the team with head coaching duties in 2019 after head coach Lee "Bishop" Beoum-jun was released, left the team. The following month, the team announced that former Paris Eternal head coach Félix "Féfé" Münch would be Toronto's new head coach. In late October, the team parted ways with assistant coach Sim "Mobydik" Seung-Bo and, one day later, hired David "Lilbow" Moschetto as a coach.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Defiant enter the new season with no free agents, ten players which they have the option to retain for another year, and no players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
The Defiant's first offseason pick-up was on October 23, when the team acquired Young-seo "KariV" Park from the Los Angeles Valiant. A week later, KariV was joined by his former teammate, as DPS Brady "Agilities" Girardi signed with Toronto. The team signed tank Adam "Beast" Denton from Philadelphia Fusion's academy team Fusion University on October 30.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On November 4, the Defiant announced the signing of former Los Angeles Gladiators DPS player Lane "Surefour" Roberts. The following day, they signed former Boston Uprising support Kristian "Kellex" Keller. The team then picked up former San Francisco Shock flex-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson on November 7.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Departures
On October 7, the Defiant announced that they would not exercise their option to retain flex tank Daniel "Gods" Graeser. The following day, they announced that they would elect to not retain DPS Hong "im37" Jin-ui, support Go "Aid" Jae-yoon, and tank Normunds "sharyk" Faterins. Their roster overhaul continued, as Toronto announced they would not pick up main tank Jo "Yakpung" Gyeong-mu's option the following week. In late October, the Defiant announced that they would also not retain Lee "Ivy" Seung-hyun, and they would not retain support Park "Neko" Se-hyeon.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Season start
The Defiant opened the season with a 3–1 win over the Paris Eternal. A subsequent close 3–2 loss to the Philadelphia Fusion marked the first loss of the season, followed by consecutive losses to the Atlanta Reign, Florida Mayhem, and Houston Outlaws. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic forced all OWL matches into online play, and led the league to introduce a new format involving multiple midseason tournaments: the May Melee, Summer Showdown, and Countdown Cup.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Season start
Head coach Féfé announced his retirement from professional Overwatch for personal reasons on April 14, 2020. Assistant coach David "Lilbow" Moschetto was promoted to interim head coach in his place.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, May Melee
May was marked with several roster changes for the Defiant. On May 1, 2020, support player Kellex announced his retirement from professional Overwatch. The team signed Harrison "Kruise" Pond from the Paris Eternal to fill his role; due to the constraints of the ongoing pandemic, Kruise competed for the Defiant from the Paris Eternal team house. Damage player Mangachu transitioned to a full-time coaching role on May 13, 2020. Toronto also signed damage player Thomas "zYKK" Hosono to a 14-day contract on May 22, 2020.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, May Melee
Toronto entered the May Melee as the 12th seed, facing off with the retooled Vancouver Titans in a qualification match they won 3–2. However, the Defiant were promptly swept by the Atlanta Reign 3–0 and eliminated from the tournament.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Summer Showdown
On June 2, 2020, the Defiant announced the signing of tank player Seb "numlocked" Barton, initially as an assistant coach but then as a player. Barton had formerly been signed to the Los Angeles Valiant, but had been released by the Valiant at the end of the 2017-2018 season. The team primarily fielded numlocked as the starting main tank for the remainder of the season over Beast.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Summer Showdown
General Manager Jae-sun Won announced his departure from the Defiant and retirement from professional Overwatch on June 7, 2020.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Summer Showdown
The Defiant entered the Summer Showdown as the 11th seed, and were selected by the fifth-seeded Los Angeles Valiant for their knockout stage matchup. However, with the prevailing Genji-focused metagame at the time, ushered in by buffs to the hero's abilities prior to the tournament, the Defiant were able to best the Valiant 3–1 with former Valiant player Agilities' Genji as the centrepiece. The Defiant narrowly defeated the Atlanta Reign 3–2 in the subsequent quarterfinal, before falling 3–0 at the hands of the Philadelphia Fusion in the tournament semifinals.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Summer Showdown
On June 21, 2020, the team announced that zYKK had been upgraded to a long-term contract.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Regular season, Countdown Cup
Toronto entered the Countdown Cup as the eighth seed following victories over the Washington Justice and Vancouver Titans, 3–0 and 3–2, respectively, but were knocked out in the first round by the Los Angeles Gladiators, 3–2.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Postseason
Leading up to the playoffs, Toronto lost back-to-back games to the San Francisco Shock and Dallas Fuel, entering the playoffs as the ninth seed. The team went up against the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Gladiators once more in their first match-up and lost 3–2 to end their season.


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:


2020 Toronto Defiant season, Awards
Agilities, Kariv, and Nevix were selected to play in the 2020 All-Star Game. Logix, while not selected as an all-star, was invited to the Widowmaker 1v1 tournament during All-Star weekend.


2020 Toronto FC II season
The 2020 Toronto FC II season is the sixth season in the club's history. Having previously competed in the USL, this would have been the club's second season in USL League One (USL1), the third tier of professional soccer in the United States. On July 8, 2020, the team announced they would not play in the 2020 USL1 season because of COVID-19 restrictions. They plan to return for the 2021 season.


2020 Toronto FC II season, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 2, 2020.


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


2020 Toronto FC season
The 2020 Toronto FC season was the 14th season in the history of Toronto FC. The club entered the season as defending MLS Eastern Conference champions. They were scheduled to compete for the first time in the Leagues Cup, however it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They participated in the MLS is Back Tournament, which was the beginning of the resumed season following the postponement of regular season matches due to the pandemic.


2020 Toronto FC season
On September 11, 2020, Connecticut governor Ned Lamont announced that Toronto FC would finish their season's home matches at Pratt & Whitney Stadium due to travel restrictions outside the United States due to the pandemic.


2020 Toronto FC season
On October 11, Toronto FC became the first MLS team to clinch a playoff berth following a 1–0 win over FC Cincinnati.


2020 Toronto FC season, Squad, Roster slots
Toronto had eight International roster slots and three Designated Player slots available for use in the 2020 season.


2020 Toronto FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
The following players were selected by Toronto FC in the 2020 SuperDraft held on January 9.


2020 Toronto FC season, Pre-season
Toronto FC's pre-season officially began on January 18 when players and staff attended BMO Training Ground to undergo medical evaluations. Their first official training session of the season occurred on January 20 in Orlando, Florida as part of the team's preliminary training camp. The team resumed training camp on February 5 at the University of California, Irvine and played a series of friendly matches.


2020 Toronto FC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Summary
Note: Table does not include three group matches of MLS is Back Tournament. (Pld 3, W 1, D 2, L 0, GF 6, GA 5, GD +1, Pts 5)


2020 Toronto FC season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Matches
The 2020 Major League Soccer schedule was originally released in full on December 19, 2019, 12:00 PM ET. However, the season was suspended on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the cancellation of matches. The season resumed in July with the MLS is Back Tournament, where the three group stage matches counted as regular season games. Following the tournament, the regular season continued; however, due to travel restrictions between the United States and Canada, the league's three Canadian teams played their next six matches against each other in Canada, with these matches also serving as the qualification process for the 2020 Canadian Championship.


2020 Toronto FC season, Competitions, Canadian Championship, Qualification
As part of the MLS regular season, Canada's three Major League Soccer clubs played each other three times from August 18 to September 16. The team with the most points from this series, Toronto FC, qualified for the Canadian Championship.


2020 Toronto FC season, Competitions, Leagues Cup
Toronto FC was set to compete for the first time in the Leagues Cup after not qualifying the CONCACAF Champions League and finishing in fourth place in the Eastern Conference during the 2019 regular season. They were to host a club from Liga MX in Mexico and entered the draw as the fifth seeded MLS team. The tournament was cancelled on May 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the 45th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 10 to 21, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the festival took place primarily on an online streaming platform, although limited in-person screenings still took place within the constraints of social distancing restrictions.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival
Officially the festival concluded on September 19, with the final film premieres and events taking place that day; however, due to the 48-hour rental period applying to film viewings on the online platform, the festival platform remained open until September 21 to honour tickets purchased on closing day.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
The festival's executive director Joana Vicente and artistic director Cameron Bailey spoke about the festival's plans in a video conference call launching the international We Are One: A Global Film Festival; Bailey also discussed some of the festival's plans in an interview on IndieWire's "Screen Talk" podcast. Plans included efforts to act as a "united platform" to screen films that had been slated to premiere at other cancelled festivals such as the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, and efforts to capitalize on the resurgence of drive-in theaters by staging some live screenings at drive-in venues.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
In a joint statement with the Venice Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, which along with TIFF are generally considered the "big four" autumn film festivals that often compete with each other to land major film premieres in a normal year, the organizers of all four festivals committed to a spirit of collaboration and unity, designed "to serve the filmmakers, audiences, journalists and industry members who keep the film ecosystem thriving."


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
On June 24, organizers indicated that a smaller program of 50 films would be screened in a conventional manner, using social distancing strategies such as drive-in or outdoor screenings, over the first five days of the festival, and would then remain available on a dedicated streaming platform for the remainder of the festival. The digital platform was launched in July 2020 as the Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox, with a curated selection of past TIFF films available for short-term digital rental in the weeks leading up to the festival.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
The digital platform included both a professional option for international critics and industry, and a public option available only to Canadian viewers; ticket prices were the same regardless of whether the viewer was attending a physical screening or watching the film online. The industry platform also included an additional program of 30 films not part of the official public program, designed to act as a film market due to the pandemic-associated shutdown of international travel.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
Venues for the festival included the TIFF Bell Lightbox, with social distancing strategies in place, as well as two outdoor screens at Ontario Place and one at Polson Pier. The Isabel Bader Theatre was initially announced as one of the screening venues, but was removed from the event calendar due to social distancing restrictions remaining in place at the University of Toronto. Initially, organizers announced that in-person film screenings would be "masks optional", but were criticized for creating a potential superspreader event as the social nature of the festival could increase the risk for COVID-19 transmission. The festival reversed the decision within 24 hours, citing a surge of new cases in Ontario, and made masks mandatory at the physical screenings.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
With a smaller than normal program, both festival programmers and critics noted that films which have a tendency to be overlooked at a normal TIFF, such as documentaries and titles by emerging film directors in the Discovery program, could potentially have a better chance than usual of standing out and gaining attention.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Planning
In 2021, Bailey and Vicente indicated that although the 2020 festival saw reduced ticket sales compared to 2019, it was simultaneously the most successful event in the festival's entire history in terms of business activity and sales to film distributors.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Ambassadors
Due to the unprecedented nature of the 2020 festival, and the fact that celebrities and filmmakers were largely not able to attend the festival in person, the festival announced a roster of 50 "TIFF Ambassadors", actors and filmmakers who helped to promote the festival through interactive digital experiences and events.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Awards, TIFF Tribute Awards
The festival presented the TIFF Tribute Awards, which were introduced in 2019 to honour actors and filmmakers for distinguished achievements over the course of their careers. Honorees in 2020 included Anthony Hopkins, Chloe Zhao, Mira Nair and Kate Winslet. For the first time, the ceremony was broadcast live by CTV Television Network, and was hosted by Tyrone Edwards and Chloe Wilde of CTV's eTalk.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Awards, Regular awards
Award winners were announced on September 20. The People's Choice Awards were still presented in all three categories, although due to the reduced number of films in the Documentary and Midnight Madness streams, only winners were named for those awards rather than runners-up; however, first and second runners-up were still named for the main People's Choice award.


2020 Toronto International Film Festival, Awards, Regular awards
However, some of the juried awards were suspended, or presented in a different form than usual; notably, the Platform Prize was not presented as no films were named to the Platform program, and the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film was not presented due to the limited number of eligible films. Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, in association with TIFF, announced the creation of the Shawn Mendes Foundation Changemaker Award, which awards filmmakers who create films with a social message.