2020 Preakness Stakes
The 2020 Preakness Stakes was the 145th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+3⁄16 miles (1.9 km). The race is one leg of the American Triple Crown and is held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.


2020 Preakness Stakes
The Preakness is regularly scheduled to be held on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, but the 2020 running was rescheduled to Saturday, October 3, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 2, it was announced that the race would be held without spectators, and it was won by filly Swiss Skydiver in the second-fastest time ever.


2020 Preakness Stakes, Background
This was the first time since the 1945 Triple Crown races were affected by World War II that the event took place outside of its regular May schedule. With the Belmont Stakes run on June 20 and the Kentucky Derby on September 5, the Preakness became the final leg of the 2020 Triple Crown. As different horses won the Belmont and the Kentucky Derby, it was established prior to the Preakness that there would be no Triple Crown winner in 2020.


2020 Preakness Stakes, Background
The race provided the winner with a berth in the Breeders' Cup Classic, held a month later on November 7.


2020 Preakness Stakes, Background
Per a decision by the Maryland Jockey Club, "Maryland, My Maryland" was not played before the Preakness, as had been prior tradition—the song "which celebrates the Confederacy, is considered by some to be racist".


2020 Preakness Stakes, Field
On September 22, the owners of Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law announced that he would not run in the Preakness. In his absence, the favorite was Authentic, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Haskell Invitational. When entries were taken on September 28, Authentic drew post position 9 in a field of eleven. Key rivals were:


2020 Preakness Stakes, Payout
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 0:24.48;  1⁄2 mile – 0:47.65; 3⁄4 mile – 1:11.24; mile – 1:34.74;  final – 1:53.28. Splits for each quarter-mile: (:24.48) (:23.17) (:23.59) (:23.50) (:18.54 for final 3⁄16)


2020 Premier Badminton League
2020 Premier Badminton League (also known as Star Sports PBL for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth edition of Premier Badminton League. It was played from 20 January and concluded on 9 February 2020. The season featured seven competing teams. Also, the Chennai team previously known as Chennai Smashers featured as Chennai Superstarz. Bengaluru Raptors beat Northeastern Warriors 4-2 in the finals to become champions. It was also their second consecutive title in the PBL.


2020 Premier Badminton League – League stage
These are the results of the 2020 Premier Badminton League league stage.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season
The 2020 Premier Lacrosse League season was the second season for the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The season was originally set to begin on May 29 and culminate with a championship game played in late September. Due to the spread of COVID-19, the league postponed the start of their season, and in May announced their season would take place as a championship series between July 25 and August 9, replacing NBCUniversal's coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season
The Championship Series consisted of playoff seedings based on 4 games of group play taking place at Zions Bank Stadium just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The series began with the Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club as the defending league champions and the Waterdogs Lacrosse Club joining the league as an expansion team.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Expansion
The addition of a seventh team, the Waterdogs Lacrosse Club, allows for natural bye weeks to occur for each team throughout the season. Paul Rabil first hinted at expansion in a post game interview after the 2019 Championship game. On January 1, 2020, the Premier Lacrosse League announced the Waterdogs identity. An expansion draft took place on February 12 and an entry draft will occur in March to build the new roster with veteran players.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Championship Series Schedule
Since this season was affected by COVID-19, it was called the PLL Championship Series. The season began on July 25 – August 9.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Championship Series Schedule
In their "quest for the crown," seven teams competed in the 14 Group Play games that determined playoff seeding leading into the Elimination Round. The remaining teams that were not eliminated moved onto the Semifinals, and lastly, the PLL Championship. All 20 games were played without fans at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah and broadcast four games live on NBC, ten games on NBCSN, and live streamed on NBC Sports Gold.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Expansion Draft
The 2020 expansion draft occurred on February 12 for the Waterdogs Lacrosse Club to build their initial roster. The original 6 Lacrosse Clubs submitted a roster of 11 protected players (1 goalie and 10 positional players) to the PLL. These 11 players were not be available for selection by the seventh Lacrosse Club in the Expansion Draft. Any player, with the exception of active military members and rookie holdouts, not protected by their club was entered into the pool for selection by the Waterdogs.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Player Entry Draft
The 2020 player entry draft occurred on March 16 for teams to select players arriving from rival Major League Lacrosse. On March 4, Paul Burmeister and NBCSN hosted an entry draft lottery for selection order. Out of 100 balls to select from, Waterdogs had 40, Chrome had 25, Atlas had 15, Archers had 10, Chaos had 6, Redwoods had 3, and the champion Whipsnakes had 1.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Player Entry Draft
Rob Pannell was announced to be transferring to the PLL on March 9, followed by 15 other players the following day, which comprised the selection pool for the entry draft. A total of 14 players were selected in the entry draft with remaining new players entering the league player pool.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, College Draft
The 2020 collegiate draft occurred on May 13 after being reschedule due to COVID-19 concerns. The draft was broadcast on NBCSN and featured a condensed format. With many seniors choosing to return to school on an extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA and the PLL season being condensed into a prime time tournament, the 2020 draft was conducted through two rounds. All previous draft pick trade rights from the past season were transferred to the 2021 draft.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Championship
The top-ranked, undefeated and PLL defending champs, the Whipsnakes became the repeat champions when they won their second straight championship by winning against the low-seeded, but red-hot Chaos by a score of 12–6.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Championship
In the opening first three quarters, great defense by Chaos shutdown the Whipsnakes.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Championship
However, in the fourth quarter Chaos weren't able to stop the Whipsnakes as they went on a 10–0 run fueled by attackman Zed Williams, along with Matt Rambo assists.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Championship
Williams tied the PLL single-game record with 6 goals, scoring 5 in the fourth quarter alone and was named Tournament MVP.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Ratings
This season's PLL Championship Game brought in a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 340,000 viewers on NBC, outperforming the 2019 Championship Game (276,000 viewers) by an impressive 23%.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Ratings
All 14 combined broadcasts on NBC and NBCSN averaged 153,000 Total Viewers, an increase of 33% over the 2019 inaugural PLL season.


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Awards, All-Tournament Team
Attack: Zed Williams (Whipsnakes), Matt Rambo (Whipsnakes), Josh Byrne (Chaos)


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Awards, All-Tournament Team
Midfield: Tom Schreiber (Archers), Michael Ehrhardt (Whipsnakes), Joe Nardella (Whipsnakes)


2020 Premier Lacrosse League season, Awards, All-Tournament Team
Defense: Matt Dunn (Whipsnakes), Jack Rowlett (Chaos), Garrett Epple (Redwoods)


2020 Premier League Darts
The 2020 Unibet Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the sixteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 6 February at the P&J Live in Aberdeen and ended with the Play-offs at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Thursday 15 October, after a delay was caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.


2020 Premier League Darts
Michael van Gerwen was the four-time defending champion after defeating Rob Cross 11–5 in the 2019 final. However, he was eliminated from the competition in week 16, after an 8–2 defeat to Daryl Gurney, and a poor run of form saw him slip out of the playoffs, for the first time in his career.


2020 Premier League Darts
Glen Durrant, who was on his debut in the tournament, finished the regular season in 1st place (becoming only the third player to do so, after van Gerwen and Phil Taylor, to set up a semi-final meeting between Gary Anderson. Durrant claimed a narrow 10–9 victory (including surviving 4 match darts from Anderson), before eventually winning the competition, by beating fellow debutant Nathan Aspinall 11–8 in the final to claim his first televised PDC title.


2020 Premier League Darts
This was also the first time in Premier League Darts history that the 4 players that qualified for the finals had not appeared in the finals of the previous year's edition (them being the aforementioned van Gerwen, Gurney, Cross and James Wade).


2020 Premier League Darts
On 12 March 2020, it was announced that the double-header due to be played in Rotterdam had been postponed due to coronavirus concerns. The following day it was announced that the Rotterdam dates would be moved to September, with the culmination of the tournament taking place there instead of London. On 16 March 2020. it was announced the round to be played in Newcastle would be moved to October, taking over as the tournament's final round.


2020 Premier League Darts
The May dates were postponed on 9 April 2020, with the PDC announcing a fully rescheduled calendar, the play-offs now taking place in Sheffield. Further changes were announced in July and August, with the cancellation of the events in Birmingham, Belfast, Leeds, Berlin, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, and the double header in Rotterdam; and the reinstatement of The O2 Arena as the host of the final. Ten nights were added to the calendar to be held behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The final was subsequently moved to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.


2020 Premier League Darts, Format
The tournament format will remain the same as 2019, with the only difference being the re-branding of 'contenders' to 'challengers' for this season.


2020 Premier League Darts, Format
Phase 1:In each round, eight of the nine players play each other in four matches and the ninth player plays one match against one of the nine challengers. Phase 1 matches have a maximum of twelve legs, allowing for the winner being first to seven or a six-six draw. At the end of Phase 1, the bottom player is eliminated from the competition.


2020 Premier League Darts, Format
Phase 2:In each round, the remaining eight players play each other in four matches. Phase 2 matches have a maximum of fourteen legs, allowing for the winner being first to eight or a seven-seven draw. At the end of Phase 2, the bottom four players in the league table are eliminated from the competition.


2020 Premier League Darts, Format
Play-off Night: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 first to 11 legs (best of 21).


2020 Premier League Darts, Venues
The only change of venues from 2019 to 2020 was the introduction of the P&J Live in Aberdeen, which hosted the opening night's action.


2020 Premier League Darts, Venues
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the rounds in Birmingham, Belfast, Leeds, Berlin, Rotterdam, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield were cancelled, with rounds being added in Milton Keynes to make up.


2020 Premier League Darts, Prize money
The prize money for the 2020 tournament remained at £825,000.


2020 Premier League Darts, Players
The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship final on 1 January. The top four on the PDC Order of Merit are joined by five wildcards.


2020 Premier League Darts, Players
The format is similar to that of 2019, with 9 main players plus 9 invited players, now referred to as 'challengers' in a re-brand from the tag of 'contenders'. The 9 main players earn league points if they win or draw against the challengers. The challengers do not earn any league points but they earn financial bonuses if they win or draw their match.


2020 Premier League Darts, League stage
Players in italics are "Challengers", and only play on that night.


2020 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
After the first nine rounds in phase 1, the bottom player in the table is 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 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
The nine challengers are not ranked in the table, but the main nine players can earn league points for a win or draw in the games against them.


2020 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.


2020 Premios Juventud
The 2020 Premios Juventud ceremony was held on August 13, 2020. Univision broadcast the show live from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Florida. Premios Juventud aims to inspire, motivate and empower Latino youth to become leaders for change. The awards celebrate the current trends in pop culture, music, digital, fashion, television and social media. Sebastián Yatra, Ana Patricia Gámez, Francisca Lachapel, Julissa Calderon and Borja Voces hosted the event.


2020 Premios Juventud, Performers
Mexican-American singer Ally Brooke, Dominican singer Natti Natasha, Colombian singer Greeicy Rendón and Mexican singer Danna Paola paid tribute to late tejano superstar Selena, in commemoration of the 25 years since her death.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
The 2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season is the ninth season of play for the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec. The start date of the season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a modified schedule and season.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
On 29 September, following new directives from the Government of Quebec in regards to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Quebec Soccer Federation announced that the remainder of the male PLSQ season was cancelled immediately (the female season had already been completed) with remaining matches not being played and the final standings to be determined based on points earned per game up to that date.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
A.S. Blainville was the defending champion for the male division. CS Monteuil was the defending champion for the female division, although they did not participate due to the pandemic.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
A.S. Blainville won the men's division for the fourth consecutive season and also won their first women's division title.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2019 and Changes due to pandemic
The 2020 season was originally set to begin on 2 May 2020. The men's division was set to have nine teams for the second consecutive season. Dynamo de Québec and FC Gatineau withdrew from the league following the 2018 season, while Celtix du Haut-Richelieu and former League1 Ontario club Ottawa South United joined the league. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the start of the season to be delayed. Ultimately, a shortened season featuring six of the nine teams was announced to start on 1 August and end on 3 October (later changed to 11 October).


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2019 and Changes due to pandemic
FC Lanaudière, CS Mont-Royal Outremont, and CS Monteuil opted out of the restart. Due to the pandemic, clubs who opted out would not be penalized. The winner of this season will not earn a spot in the 2021 Canadian Championship as the 2019 champion, A.S. Blainville will participate due to their removal from the 2020 competition, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three matches (two senior and one reserve) were forced to be postponed on 20 September due to a COVID-19 situation. Another three matches (two senior and one reserve) were postponed the following week as well. The remainder of the male season was cancelled on 29 September, with the standings to be decided on points earned per game.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2019 and Changes due to pandemic
On the women's side, eight teams were set to compete, up from six the previous year. Dynamo de Québec and FC Sélect Rive-Sud withdrew from the league following the 2018 season, while four new clubs - CS Longueuil, CS St-Hubert, AS Pierrefonds and Ottawa South United - joined the league. League1 Ontario and the PLSQ had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for the women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff. However, like the male division, the female division was impacted by the pandemic.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2019 and Changes due to pandemic
Initially, the women's season was set to be cancelled as only two of the eight clubs had announced their participation, however, two other clubs ultimately joined bringing the total to four participating clubs with four clubs opting out of the restart (CS Mont-Royal Outremont, AS Pierrefonds, CS St-Hubert, and the defending champions CS Monteuil). A shortened season ran from 25 July until 8 August, with a 3-game season, which was followed by a champions playoff weekend on 15 August where the first and second place teams played a championship match, while a consolation match was held between the third and fourth place teams.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Men's Division
Nine team were set to initially participate, however, three teams withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The six remaining teams were to play a shortened season from August until mid-October. Each team was to play each other twice (home and away) for a total of 10 games. However, effective 29 September, the remainder of the season was cancelled with immediate effect and remaining matches not to be played with the final standings to be determined based on points earned per game.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Men's Division, Standings
At the end of September, the remainder of the season was cancelled with immediate effect and remaining matches not to be played with the final standings to be determined based on points earned per game.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Men's Division, Reserve Division
The league operated a reserve division. Only four of the teams in the main division operated teams in the division, wth A.S. Blainville and CS Fabrose choosing not to enter reserve sides. Each team was to play each other twice for a total of 6 matches. However, on 29 September, it was announced that the remainder of the season was cancelled and remaining matches would not be played.


2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Women's Division
Eight teams were set to initially participate, however, four teams withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining four teams played a short season from late July until mid-August, with each team playing each other once, for a total of 3 games. Following this, there were matches for 1st and 3rd place. After the season, the league planned to organize some exhibition matches between the participating and non-participating teams. Matches in the women's division were played at centralized locations rather than at the home fields of the teams.


2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a technical FCS independent but in a scheduling agreement with the Pioneer Football League (PFL), which it fully joined in July 2021. Under the agreement, Presbyterian was not eligible for the PFL title, but its players and coaches were eligible for individual PFL honors. They were led by tenth-year head coach Tommy Spangler, in his second stint as Presbyterian's head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001 to 2006 and resumed in 2017. The Blue Hose play their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium.


2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
On March 4, it was announced that Roland Matthews would be promoted to defensive coordinator after spending four years as defensive line coach.


2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Previous season
The Blue Hose finished the 2019 season 2–10, 1–5 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2020 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Schedule
Presbyterian's games scheduled against Morehead State (September 5), Johnson C. Smith (September 12), Virginia–Wise (September 19), Stetson (October 3), Merrimack (November 14), and Virginia–Lynchburg (November 21), were all canceled before the start of the 2020 season.


2020 President of Ireland's Cup
The 2020 President's Cup was to be the seventh President's Cup contested for. The match was to be played between the champions of 2019 League of Ireland Premier Division and 2019 FAI Cup, Dundalk, and Shamrock Rovers. It was due to take place on 9 February 2020, at Oriel Park but was postponed due to Storm Ciara. A new date for the match was to be announced but that did not happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
The 2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly was given by the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in the Moscow Manege.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly
Putin devoted his speech to issues on demography, economics, medicine, and education. The key moment was the announcement of the constitutional reform.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Support for families with children and demography
Vladimir Putin proposed to provide monthly payments for children aged 3 to 7 years inclusive. Families whose incomes do not exceed one living wage per person will be able to receive payments.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Support for families with children and demography
Putin also proposed extending the maternity capital payment program (a one-time payment for the birth of a second child) until December 2026 and extending it already for the birth of the first child, as well as increasing the amount for the birth of the second by another 150,000 rubles (about $2,300). After this reform, families will be paid 460,000 rubles (about $7,150) for the birth of the first child, and 616,000 rubles (about $9,600) for the birth of the second. Putin also suggested that families with three children will have their mortgage repaid by the state for up to 450,000 rubles (about $7,000).


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Support for families with children and demography
According to Putin, such measures should help stimulate the growth of the birth rate in Russia. According to him, by 2024, the country should "not only get out of the demographic trap", but also ensure sustainable natural growth of the population, and the birth rate should be 1.7.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Education
Vladimir Putin demanded that all regions provide students from the first to the fourth grade with free and high-quality hot meals, regardless of family income.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Education
Putin proposed to introduce an additional payment to class teachers in the amount of at least 5,000 rubles from the Federal budget (now regional budgets are responsible for this). At the same time, the current regional payments for class leadership should be retained.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Education
Vladimir Putin proposed increasing the number of budget seats every year, especially in regional universities. Putin proposed to change the procedure for admission to universities in medical specialties: in the specialty "Medical care" to make 70% of budget seats targeted, in the specialty Pediatrics — 75%. At the same time, the regions must provide a guarantee of employment for future graduates.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Constitutional reform
One of the key points of the message to the Federal Assembly was the proposal to introduce a number of amendments to the Constitution that significantly change the balance of power. To introduce these amendments, Putin proposed holding a national referendum.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Constitutional reform
One of the amendments will concern the formation of the Russian government. At the moment, the government is formed as follows: the President appoints the Prime Minister after receiving the consent of the State Duma, and then, at the suggestion of the Prime Minister, he appoints his Deputies and Federal Ministers. If the amendments are adopted, the state Duma will appoint the Prime Minister, the State Duma will also give consent to the appointment of Deputy Prime Ministers and Federal Ministers, and the President will not be able to refuse to appoint them.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Constitutional reform
The next amendment will concern giving the State Council an official status. At the time of address, the State Council is an advisory body and is not mentioned in the Constitution.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Constitutional reform
Another amendment will tighten the requirements for presidential candidates. After the adoption of the amendment, only persons who have never previously had citizenship or a residence permit of another state, as well as have been permanent residents of Russia for at least 25 years, will be able to become President, instead of the current 10.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Constitutional reform
Another amendment will oblige the President to consult with the Federation Council when appointing heads of security services and regional prosecutors.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Main topics, Constitutional reform
The amendments will also give priority to the Constitution over international law.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Aftermath, Resignation of Medvedev's government
A few hours after the message, during a meeting of the Russian government, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced his resignation, along with his entire Cabinet. According to Medvedev, this is necessary so that Putin can make all the necessary decisions to change the Constitution. On the same day, Vladimir Putin nominated Mikhail Mishustin, the head of the Federal Tax Service, for the next Prime Minister. Medvedev was then appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia the following day.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Aftermath, Creation of a working group on changing the Constitution
On January 15, 2020, Vladimir Putin signed an order to create a working group to prepare proposals for amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The group included 75 people, including the heads of the legal committees of both houses of Parliament Andrey Klishas and Pavel Krasheninnikov, a number of State Duma deputies and senators as well as a number of public, cultural and sports figures.


2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, Coverage and viewership
The Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly was televised on five federal television channels: First Channel, Russia 1, Russia 24, NTV, World and PTR. The broadcast of the Address was watched by more than 8.4 million Russians, according to research company Mediascope.


2020 Primera B de Chile
The 2020 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Juegaenlinea.com 2020, was the 66th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 22 February 2020 and ended on 7 February 2021. Ñublense were the champions, winning their second Primera B title and earning promotion to the Chilean Primera División for the following season.


2020 Primera B de Chile
The competition was suspended from 18 March to 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Format
The tournament was played by 15 teams, 14 returning from the previous season and the Segunda División Profesional champions San Marcos de Arica. The 15 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 28 matches, with one team having a bye day in each round. The team that finished in first place at the end of the round-robin tournament earned promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the 2021 season as Primera B champions. Meanwhile, the teams finishing from second to sixth place played a playoff tournament for the second promotion berth, with the season runners-up having a bye to the final.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Format
Since no teams were relegated at the end of the previous season, a weighted table that considered the performance of teams in the previous season as well as the current one was elaborated to decide relegation. The team finishing in bottom place of this table at the end of the season was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) announced the suspension of the Primera B as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government. However, this original date had to be pushed back as clubs were only given approval to resume training sessions starting from 16 July, with the ANFP considering the weekend of 8 August as a new tentative date of resumption, following three weeks of training sessions.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 19 August, in a press conference held at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera confirmed 29 August as the date of resumption of both the first and second tier seasons, with games to be played behind closed doors. The competition eventually resumed that day, with its fifth round of matches.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Promotion playoff, Quarter-finals
Deportes Melipilla won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-final.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Promotion playoff, Quarter-finals
Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-final.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Promotion playoff, Semi-final
Deportes Melipilla won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Promotion playoff, Final
Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportes Melipilla won on penalties and was promoted to the Chilean Primera División.


2020 Primera B de Chile, Relegation
For this season, a weighted table was elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted team San Marcos de Arica only had their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season was relegated.


2020 Primera Nacional
The 2020 Argentine Primera Nacional, also known as the 2020 Campeonato de Transición Primera Nacional, was the 36th season of the Primera Nacional, the second tier of Argentine football. The season began on 28 November 2020 and concluded on 31 January 2021. The competition was contested by the thirty-two teams that took part in the 2019–20 season, which was suspended and subsequently abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Primera Nacional, Format
The competition was split into two stages: First Promotion and Second Promotion, which in turn, were split into two groups according to the groupings and placements of teams in the previous season. The top eight teams of each group at the time of suspension of the previous season played in the First Promotion stage, where they were split into two groups, while the remaining eight teams from each group played in the first round of the Second Promotion stage. In both stages, the teams were placed in groups according to the ones they were in for the previous season. In the First Promotion stage, each team played 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 Liga Profesional for the 2021 season.


2020 Primera Nacional, Format
In the Second Promotion stage, each team also played against the other teams in their group once, with the top two in each group qualifying for a knockout tournament where they were joined by the teams that failed to earn promotion in the First Promotion stage, with the two group runners-up from that stage having a bye to the third knockout round and the loser from the First Promotion final having a bye to the semi-finals. The winners of that knockout tournament earned the second promotion berth to the Liga Profesional.


2020 Primera Nacional, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory stage, First knockout round
The first knockout round was contested by 16 teams: the 12 teams ranked from third to eighth place in their groups of the First Promotion stage and the top two teams from each group of the Second Promotion stage.


2020 Primera Nacional, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory stage, First knockout round
In this round, the 16 teams were 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 16, Team 2 vs. Team 15 and so on, playing a single match on neutral ground. The eight winners advanced to the second knockout round.


2020 Primera Nacional, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory stage, Second knockout round
The second knockout round was contested by the eight winners from the previous stage. In this round, the eight teams were once again seeded according to their performance and placements in the first 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, playing a single match on neutral ground. The four winners advanced to the third knockout round.


2020 Primera Nacional, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory stage, Third knockout round
The third knockout round was contested by the four winners from the previous stage, as well as the two group runners-up from the First Promotion stage, Platense and Atlético de Rafaela. In this round, the six teams were once again seeded according to their performance and placements in the first 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, playing a single match on neutral ground. The three winners advanced to the semi-finals.


2020 Primera Nacional, Second Promotion stage, Eliminatory stage, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were contested by the three winners from the previous stage, as well as the First Promotion final losers Estudiantes (RC). In this round, the four teams were once again seeded according to their performance and placements in the first 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, playing a single match on neutral ground. The two winners advanced to the final.


2020 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women's Championship, the women's provincial curling championship for Prince Edward Island, was held from January 8 to 12 at the Montague Curling Rink in Montague, Prince Edward Island. The winning Suzanne Birt rink represented Prince Edward Island at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 5–6 record. The event was held in conjunction with the 2020 PEI Tankard, the provincial men's championship.


2020 Pro Bowl
The 2020 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2019 NFL season. It was played on January 26, 2020, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, and was televised nationally by ESPN, while being simulcast on ABC and Disney XD.


2020 Pro Bowl
Fan voting began on November 12, 2019, and ended on December 12, 2019. The initial roster was released on December 17, 2019. The Baltimore Ravens tied an NFL record (set by the 2007 Dallas Cowboys) by having 13 players selected to the game. The coaching staff for the AFC was led by John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens, and for the NFC by Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks. The AFC won the game, 38–33.


2020 Pro Bowl, Background
The NFL's three-year contract with Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, expired after the 2019 game. The league explored alternative sites, including hosting the game in Miami a week after the Super Bowl. In August 2019, the NFL decided to keep the game in Orlando for an additional year.


2020 Pro Bowl, Background, Rule changes
As in previous years, some rules for the Pro Bowl were different from the regular season. Some of the rules used in this game were:


2020 Pro Bowl, AFC roster
The following players were selected as the AFC Pro Bowl Team:


2020 Pro Bowl, NFC roster
The following players were selected as the NFC Pro Bowl Team:


2020 Pro Bowl, NFC roster, Special teams
Notes:Players must have accepted their invitations as alternates to be listed; those who declined are not considered Pro Bowlers.


2020 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
The game was televised nationally by ESPN, while being simulcast on ABC and Disney XD, and in Spanish by ESPN Deportes.


2020 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
Early in the first quarter, an ABC News special report (simulcast on ESPN, with Disney XD continuing with game coverage) interrupted the game to announce the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash; before the game, NFC players who learned of his death conducted a prayer led by Wilson, while various on-field tributes were made during the game. With coverage of Bryant's death becoming a part of the game coverage, it was decided to end the Disney XD simulcast with nine minutes remaining in the second quarter and switch to a marathon of Big City Greens.


2020 Pro Golf Tour
The 2020 Pro Golf Tour is the 24th season of the Pro Golf Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. Events take place in Central Europe and North Africa. Events carry Official World Golf Ranking points.


2020 Pro Golf Tour, Order of Merit
The top three players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2021.


2020 Pro14 Grand Final
The 2020 Pro14 Grand Final was the final match of the 2019–20 Pro14 season. The 2019–20 season was the sixth with Guinness as the title sponsor, the eleventh with a grand final and the third season with 14 teams, following the admission of two Italian teams. The match was planned to be held at Cardiff City Stadium, however, on 19 March 2020, Celtic Rugby DAC cancelled the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The re-arranged match took place on 12 September 2020 at the Aviva Stadium between defending champions Leinster and Ulster. Leinster won the match 27–5 to defend their title and complete a hat-trick of title wins.


2020 Pro14 Grand Final, Route to the final
The top two sides from each of the two conferences met in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. Teams placed second and third in opposite conferences would have met in the two quarter-finals, but this was scrapped this year. The play-offs took place immediately following the final round of derby fixtures.


2020 Pro14 Grand Final, Pre-match
The match was televised free-to-air by TG4 in the Republic of Ireland, and on BBC in Northern Ireland. It was also shown on Eir Sport.


2020 Pro14 Grand Final, Final, Details
Assistant referees:George Clancy (IRFU)Frank Murphy (IRFU)Television match official:Brian MacNiece (IRFU)


2020 Production Alliance Group 300
The 2020 Production Alliance Group 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 29, 2020 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 150 laps on the 2-mile (3.2 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the third race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Rookie driver Harrison Burton won his first ever race in the NASCAR Xfinity series.


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Report, Background
Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a 2 miles (3.2 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. It is also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is the only track owned by ISC to have naming rights sold. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Practice, First practice
Noah Gragson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 40.646 seconds and a speed of 177.139 mph (285.078 km/h).


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Practice, Final practice
Harrison Burton was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 41.267 seconds and a speed of 174.474 mph (280.789 km/h).


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Qualifying
Brandon Jones scored the pole position after a time of 39.948 seconds and a speed of 180.234 mph (290.059 km/h).


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Media, Television
The Production Alliance 300 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Team Penske driver Joey Logano, and Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Chad Knaus called the race from the booth, with Matt Yocum and Regan Smith covering pit road.


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Dan Hubbard and Steve Post anchored the action from the booth. Kyle Rickey called the action from Turns 1 & 2 and Alex Hayden called the race through turns 3 & 4. Dillon Welch and Kim Coon provided reports from pit road.


2020 Production Alliance Group 300, Standings after the race
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.


2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft
The 2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft was held on December 20, 2020 at the Quezon City Sports Club.


2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft
It is the first-ever draft held by the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP). The draft was held to determine the initial composition of PCAP's 24 teams for its inaugural 2021 season.


2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft
The draft had around 350 applicants. The draft lasted around four hours and had four rounds.


2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft
Grandmaster Eugene Torre was the first pick of the draft. The Rizal Towers selected Torre to play for them.


2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft, Draft order
All 24 teams of PCAP par icipated in the draft, with the draft order determined through the drawing of lots. Antipolo was drawn as the first team to select a player in the draft but they made a deal with 7th team Rizal Towers to swap places in the first round in order for Rizal to be able to select Eugene Torre. Torre is a friend of the Rizal Towers owner, Ed Madrid.


2020 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines draft, Trades involving draft picks, Draft-day trades
Draft-day trades were made on December 20, 2020, the day of the draft.


2020 Prosperita Open
The 2020 Prosperita Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic between 31 August and 6 September.


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


2020 Prosperita Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2020 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Luca Margaroli and Filip Polášek were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Prosperita Open – Doubles
Artem Sitak and Igor Zelenay won the title after defeating Karol Drzewiecki and Szymon Walków 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Prosperita Open – Singles
Kamil Majchrzak was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Prosperita Open – Singles
Aslan Karatsev won the title after defeating Oscar Otte 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2020 Puerto Rican general election
The 2020 Puerto Rican general elections was held on November 3, 2020 to elect the officials of the Puerto Rican government who will serve from January 2021 to January 2025, most notably the position of Governor and Resident Commissioner. In addition, there was also a non-binding status referendum to ask voters if Puerto Rico should become the 51st state of the Union.


2020 Puerto Rican general election
Pedro Pierluisi and Jenniffer González won the Governor and Resident Commissioner race, respectively. Pierluisi was elected Governor of Puerto Rico with the lowest percentage of votes ever for a winner. The Yes option won the status referendum, making it the third time the option of Statehood won.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Governor
The nominees for the position of Governor of Puerto Rico are:


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Resident Commissioner
The nominees for the position of Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico are (bold denotes incumbent candidate):


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, Senate, At-large
The ballot features candidates from five different parties and one independent candidate (bold denotes incumbent candidates).


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, House of Representatives, At-large
The ballot features candidates from five different parties (bold denotes incumbent candidates).


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Final candidates, House of Representatives, District
The ballot features candidates from five different parties and several independent candidates (bold denotes incumbent candidates).


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Referendum
"¿Debe Puerto Rico ser admitido inmediatamente dentro de la Unión como un Estado?" (Should Puerto Rico be admitted immediately into the Union as a State?)


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Referendum
There were 655,505 votes in favor of statehood (52.52%) and 592,671 votes opposed (47.48%). The referendum was non-binding, as the power to grant statehood lies with the United States Congress.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Results, Governorship
The gubernatorial election was won by Former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D), narrowly defeating Isabela Mayor Carlos Delgado (PPD/I). The margin of victory was of 1.49%, making it the third closest election in the last 20 years, the former being the 2004 election (0.18%) and the 2012 election (0.7%). In a surprising turn of events, all five parties remained registered, including the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) which had been failing to remain registered these last 4 elections.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Results, Resident Commissioner
The Resident Commissioner election was won by Incumbent Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez (PNP/R), defeating Former Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila (PPD/D) by a wide margin (9.02%). Gonzalez received the most votes out of any candidate. She will become the first female and youngest resident commissioner to be re-elected to her seat.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Results, Senate
While the New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority, the Popular Democratic Party failed to get the 1/2 majority by two seats. This senate will be the most diverse, having at least one senator of each party, including one independent senator.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Results, House of Representatives
The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority and the Popular Democratic Party gained enough seats to receive the 1/2 majority. This House of Representatives will be the most diverse, having at least one representative of each party.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Results, Mayoral
The Popular Democratic Party kept the majority of municipalities, but it lowered from 45 to 41. Many incumbent mayors lost their races after years in the position, like Ponce (12 years under PNP) and Humacao (20 years under PPD). The closest race was of Guánica, where both Ismael Rodríguez (PPD) and Edgardo Cruz (Ind) claimed victory. At the end, the Supreme Court confirmed Rodríguez as the winner.


2020 Puerto Rican general election, Results, Referendum
The option of Yes won in the referendum, making the third time Statehood wins the majority of votes. The referendum will be non-binding, as the power to grant statehood lies with the United States Congress.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum
A referendum of the status of Puerto Rico was held on November 3, 2020, concurrently with the general election. The Referendum was announced by Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced on May 16, 2020. This was the sixth referendum held on the status of Puerto Rico, with the previous one having taken place in 2017. This was the first referendum with a simple yes-or-no question, with voters having the option of voting for or against becoming a U.S. state. The New Progressive Party (PNP), of whom Vázquez is a member, supports statehood, while the opposition Popular Democratic Party (PDP) and Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) oppose it.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum
The referendum was non-binding, as the power to grant statehood lies with the US Congress. The referendum was not approved by the US Department of Justice under the Trump administration. The party platforms of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have affirmed for decades Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and to be admitted as a state, at least in theory, but individual Republican legislators have been more skeptical. For example, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2019 refused to allow a statehood vote in the Senate and called statehood for Puerto Rico "government overreach."


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum
Based on the completed official election night count, the option to pursue statehood won the referendum 52.52%–47.48%.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Background
Calls for autonomy have occurred since Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898. In 1917, statutory U.S. citizenship was extended to most Puerto Ricans, although the law could be repealed by a future United States Congress. Citizenship by birthright was established by the Nationality Act of 1940. In 1952, Puerto Rico adopted a new constitution which designated it as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico". Today, while Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and subject to federal laws, those in the unincorporated territory are unable to vote in Presidential elections, and the unincorporated territory does not have a representative vote in Congress.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Background
The lack of statehood is sometimes regarded as exacerbating the impact of natural disasters and the territory's economic crisis. This referendum follows a period of political upheaval in Puerto Rico, where an economic crisis and damage from a series of hurricanes contributed to protests that brought about the resignation of previous Governor Ricardo Rosselló in July 2019.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Background
A 2019 Gallup poll found 83% of Democrats in the US, but only 35% of Republicans, supported Puerto Rican statehood. A 2020 survey by International Policy Digest found that "The majority of Democrats showed support for statehood for both D.C. (61.8%) and Puerto Rico (69.7%)" while among Republicans, only 26.7% supported D.C. statehood and 34.8% supported Puerto Rican statehood.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Background, Previous referendums
Puerto Rico has had five previous referendums on its status. A vote in 1967 rejected statehood, with the commonwealth status option receiving the most votes. The next three referendums produced no clear majorities, with the commonwealth option receiving the most votes in 1993 and the none of the above option being the most popular option in 1998. The two-party referendum in 2012 saw a majority vote in favour of a change in the status quo and for statehood, but he way the ballot was introduced created doubt in Congress. A non-binding 2017 referendum was in favor of statehood, but had only a 23% turnout.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Campaign period
On May 16, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announced that a referendum on statehood would take place in November 2020 alongside the gubernatorial election and other elections taking place on that day. In response to the announcement, PDP member Roberto Prats stated that unilateral referendums are pointless, and status referendums should take place in cooperation with the U.S. Congress. Former PPD governor Anibal Acevedo Vila called it a "sham". Analysts have suggested the referendum was called to drive turnout for Vázquez and her PNP party in the election, shifting attention away from the difficulties Puerto Rico had faced in the recent past.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Campaign period
Under a 2014 law, the Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections (CEE) receives $2.5 million from the federal government for any referendum approved by the Justice Department on the topic of the territory's status. It is thought that the overall cost of the upcoming referendum will be $3.5 million. However, on July 29, 2020, the US Justice Department informed Puerto Rico's CEE that it would not be approving the referendum, meaning all funding will need to be handled by the Puerto Rican government. One reason given for the rejection was there being no option to vote for continuing to be a territory.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Campaign period
On August 16 Vázquez lost her party's primary to Pedro Pierluisi, who thus became the PNP candidate for Governor. Pierluisi declared that achieving statehood would be his top priority if he was elected.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Question
"¿Debe Puerto Rico ser admitido inmediatamente dentro de la Unión como un Estado?" Sí No "Should Puerto Rico be admitted immediately into the Union as a State?" Yes No


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Question
This wording imitates the wording used in the successful statehood referendums of Alaska and Hawaii. It was Puerto Rico's first status referendum to ask one simple question; previous referendums posed multiple questions or provided more than two possible answers to questions.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Reaction from Congress, presidential candidates, and political parties
A White House official responded to the announcement of the referendum, stating "The first priority for all Puerto Rico leaders should be getting their financial house in order". Republican members of Congress have come out against statehood; with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying that he would not bring statehood to a vote in the Senate and that statehood for Puerto Rico was "another example of government overreach."


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Reaction from Congress, presidential candidates, and political parties
Republican Senator for Arizona Martha McSally came out against statehood on a partisan basis, asserting that it would lead to more Democratic Party senators, despite the fact that Puerto Rico had several territory-wide offices held by Republicans at the time. On July 28, Jenniffer González, a Republican who serves as the non-voting representative of Puerto Rico in Congress, spoke to the United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections and reiterated her previous support for statehood. Florida Senator Marco Rubio has expressed his support for a "Yes" vote.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Reaction from Congress, presidential candidates, and political parties
As the Democratic Party presidential candidate, President Joe Biden indicated he believed statehood "would be the most effective means of ensuring that residents of Puerto Rico are treated equally, with equal representation on a federal level", but has written that Puerto Ricans have a right to self-determination; the Democratic Party's 2020 platform, which was voted upon in August, similarly expresses support for Puerto Ricans to determine whether the archipelago should become a state.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Reaction from Congress, presidential candidates, and political parties
The related issue of D.C. statehood was supported by the Democratic 2020 platform and by Biden, while having less support among the wider public than Puerto Rican statehood. Following the passing of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for D.C. Statehood, the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee called for federal legislators to support similar measures for Puerto Rico, and acknowledge the upcoming referendum. On July 30, former President Barack Obama called for citizens in Puerto Rico and D.C. to have "equal representation in our government".


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Aftermath
The referendum was non-binding, since the power to grant statehood lies with the U.S. Congress rather than Puerto Rico. If Puerto Rico became a state, it would be expected to have two senators, four House representatives, and six electoral college votes.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Aftermath
On March 3, 2021 Congressman Darren Soto and Commissioner González-Colón introduced H.R. 1522 titled "Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act of 2021" with 57 bipartisan co-sponsors.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Aftermath
On March 16, Senator Martin Heinrich, with 3 co-sponsors, introduced the same bill in the Senate as S. 780 a bill similar to the Admission Act of the states of Hawaii and Alaska in which it presents the transition period and a ratification vote for Statehood acting upon the results of the referendum held on November 2020, it brought mixed responses from the political spectrum including the support of Majority Leader of the House Steny Hoyer in which he in a retweet to Rep. Darren Soto made clear support of the Bill and will work with him to pass the bill.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Aftermath
President Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki reacted, saying that he supports a referendum on statehood but not directly supporting the bill. On the island the PNP and local statehood organizations support this bill. On March 18, Congresswomen Nydia Velázquez and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced H.R. 2070, the "Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021" with 73 partisan co-sponsors, that same day Senator Bob Menendez with 7 co-sponsors including fellow Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker introduced the same bill to the Senate as S. 865.


2020 Puerto Rican status referendum, Aftermath
Disregarding the November 2020 vote, the Senate bill calls for the introduction of a "Status Convention" that will give a path for the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico to elect delegates to a special assembly to formulate a ballot with non-territorial status options which will be presented to the people of Puerto Rico to vote on. Regardless of the vote, the convention will work with a special joint congress committee in which they will appoint members that come from the states with the biggest Puerto Rican populations to "determine the path to decolonization". This bill is supported by the Puerto Rico Independence Party, Citizens Victory Movement, and some members of the Popular Democratic Party, but is rejected by the pro-commonwealth status wing of the PDP and the New Progressive Party.


2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary took place on July 12, 2020. The primary was scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 29, 2020, but Puerto Rican governor Wanda Vazquez postponed the date to April 26, 2020, amid concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. The approved delay was signed by the Puerto Rican governor on March 21. It had then been postponed indefinitely until a date was chosen. The Puerto Rico primary is an open primary, with the territory awarding 59 delegates, of which 51 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Candidates
The following candidates will be on the ballot in Puerto Rico:


2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
The Puerto Rico Democratic primary was originally scheduled for June 7, 2020, but on August 2, 2019, Governor Ricardo Rosselló signed a law that moved the date to the last Sunday in March (March 29). Due to concerns amid the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the primary has been postponed to July 12, 2020.


2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
In the open primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the senatorial district level or across the entire territory in order to be considered viable. The 51 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Of the 51 pledged delegates, between 4 and 5 are allocated to each of the territory's 8 senatorial districts and another 7 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO[a] delegates[lower-alpha 1] delegates[lower-alpha 1] delegates[lower-alpha 1] delegates[lower-alpha 1] delegates[lower-alpha 1] delegates[lower-alpha 1] delegates), in addition to 11 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
On June 20, 2020, the state convention will vote on the 11 pledged at-large and 7 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. In addition, should presidential candidates be entitled to more delegates than delegate candidates presented, the additional delegates will be chosen at the state convention. The 51 pledged delegates Puerto Rico sends to the national convention will be joined by 8 unpledged PLEO delegates (7 members of the Democratic National Committee and the governor).


2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election
The 2020 Puerto Rico House of Representative election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners were be elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2025.


2020 Puerto Rico House of Representatives election
The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority, and the Popular Democratic Party narrowly surpassed the 26 seat threshold, and acquired the 1/2 majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party retained their seat, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seat respectively.


2020 Puerto Rico Senate election
The 2020 Puerto Rico Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Governor, the Resident Commissioner, the House of Representatives, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. The winners will be elected to a four-year term from January 3, 2021, to January 3, 2025.


2020 Puerto Rico Senate election
The New Progressive Party lost their 2/3 majority, but the Popular democratic Party failed to pass the 14 seat threshold, and did not acquire the 1/2 majority. The Puerto Rican Independence Party and Independent senator Vargas Vidot retained their seats, while the Citizen's Victory Movement and Project Dignity gained 2 and 1 seat respectively.


2020 Puerto Rico Senate election, Results, Senator At-Large
Every party has a seat in the senate, making it the first time since 2004 that all parties are represented. María de Lourdes placed 1st for the second time (1st being 2012) and won a third non-consecutive term; Joanne Rodríguez came in 2nd place, while Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz came in 4th place, losing 3.74% of the vote relative to his last performance.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
The 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Puerto Rico, concurrently with the election of the Resident Commissioner, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the mayors of the 78 municipalities. Incumbent New Progressive Party Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who succeeded to the governorship on August 7, 2019, is eligible to run for a full term in office, which she announced she would do on December 16, 2019.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election
However, Vázquez Garced lost her bid when former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the New Progressive Party membership vote on the nomination for governor. Pierluisi ultimately won the election on November 3, 2020, albeit by a narrow margin of 1.37%. As a result, this election was the closest race of the 2020 gubernatorial election cycle.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, New Progressive Party
On March 3, 2019, Ricardo Rosselló announced he would seek re-election as governor in the 2020 elections; however, following the Telegramgate scandal and subsequent protests in front of La Fortaleza, Rosselló announced on July 21, 2019, that he would withdraw his bid for re-election. Shortly thereafter, on August 2, he resigned as governor.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, New Progressive Party
On September 9, 2019, Pedro Pierluisi, who served briefly as de facto governor following Rosselló's resignation, announced he would seek the PNP nomination for governor for the 2020 elections.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, New Progressive Party
On December 19, 2019, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, who was elevated to governor on August 7, 2019, after Pierluisi's appointment was deemed unconstitutional, announced her intention to seek re-election to a full term as governor.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, New Progressive Party
On August 16, 2020, in an extended primary process marred by troubles delivering ballots to polling places for the original primary date of August 9, Pierluisi defeated Vázquez Garced.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Popular Democratic Party
After the defeat of Popular Democratic candidate David Bernier in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial elections, the party was mostly divided in opinions on how to move forward to the 2020 elections. While many in the party wanted to keep going with the same ideology of the Free Associated State, Carmen Yulín Cruz expressed a desire to create a new movement in the party, one that would support a free association of Puerto Rico as an independent country from the United States.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Popular Democratic Party
On August 16, 2020, in an extended primary process marred by troubles delivering ballots to polling places for the original primary date of August 9, Delgado defeated Bhatia and Cruz.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Independence Party
On December 27, 2019, the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) filed its list of candidates for the general election, including Sen. Juan Dalmau as governor. Dalmau previously ran as the PIP candidate in the 2012 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Citizens Victory Movement
After the defeat of Alexandra Lúgaro as an independent candidate and Rafael Bernabe as the candidate for the Working People's Party in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, the two candidates joined with other Puerto Rican politicians in March 2019 to form a new political party called Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (Citizen's Victory Movement).


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Citizens Victory Movement
On November 19, 2019, Alexandra Lúgaro announced her second run for governor, this time running as the MVC candidate.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Project Dignity
Project Dignity was certified as an official party by the CEE (State Commission on Elections) on January 22, 2020. It needed 47,406 petitions of endorsement to be certified, of which it received 47,856.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Project Dignity
On May 20, 2020, the party announced that Dr. César Vazquez would be their gubernatorial nominee.


2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, Other candidates, Independent
On May 5, 2020, the CEE (State Commission on Elections) certified the candidacy of Eliezer Molina after a legal dispute over the amount of endorsements required to ratify his nomination.


2020 Puerto Rico presidential primaries
Although Puerto Rico does not participate in U.S. presidential general elections because it is an unincorporated territory and not a state, and therefore cannot send members to the U.S. Electoral College, Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States and do participate in the U.S. presidential primaries.


2020 Puerto Rico presidential primaries, Democratic primary
Puerto Rico's Democratic primary was originally scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 29, 2020, but the Legislative Assembly and Governor Wanda Vázquez signed legislation on March 21 for it to be postponed to April 26, amid concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. On April 2, it was then postponed again with a new date to be determined later. By May, it was re-scheduled for July 12.


2020 Puerto Rico presidential primaries, Democratic primary
The Puerto Rico primary is an open primary, with the territory awarding 59 delegates, of which 51 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Puerto Rico presidential primaries, Republican primary
The Republican Party of Puerto Rico held an online poll of party leaders on June 5, 2020, in lieu of an actual primary, awarding all 23 of its pledged delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention to Incumbent President Donald Trump.


2020 Pulitzer Prize
The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2019 calendar year. Prize winners and nominated finalists were initially scheduled to be announced by Pulitzer administrator Dana Canedy on April 20, 2020, but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and instead announced by Canedy in a video presentation on May 4, 2020.


2020 Pulitzer Prize, Prizes
Winners and finalists are listed below, with winners marked in bold.


2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning
In late July and early August 2020, at least 100 people died after drinking illegally-made toxic alcohol in Punjab, India. Hundreds of raids were conducted in the three affected districts - Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran - along with several other places in and around the Rajpura and Shambhu border in Punjab. Forty people were arrested in relation to the incident. Seven excise officials, six policemen were also suspended over the incident.


2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning, Poisioning
In late July and early August 2020, 80 deaths were reported in Tarn Taran district alone, followed by 12 from Amritsar and 11 from Gurdaspur's Batala in Punjab, India due to toxic alcohol poisoning. The first deaths were reported in Amritsar district's Muchhal village on the night of 29 July 2020. By 31 July 2020, the Punjab state had reported 39 deaths. By 3 August, the death toll from poisoning linked to toxic liquor rose to 105.


2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning, Poisioning
The number of dead reached 121 on 7 August, which included 92 from Tarn Taran district, 15 from in Amritsar district and 14 from Gurdaspur district.


2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning, Response
On 30 July 2020, Punjab's Chief Minister Amarinder Singh gave an inquiry order into the deaths stating that "anyone found guilty will not be spared". The Punjab government also announced a Rs 2 lakh (₹200,000 (US$2,800)) compensation for each of the families of the deceased. The Punjab government suspended seven excise officials and six police officials.


2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning, Response
By 1 August, police undertook more than a hundred raids, confiscated supplies of the suspected liquor and made twenty-five arrests. By 3 August, the number of arrests made in the case went up to forty - twenty-one from Tarn Taran, ten from Amritsar rural and nine from Batala in 563 raids conducted in the three districts. 54 were arrested by 7 August.


2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning, Investigation
The initial investigation revealed that the liquor contained methanol. A Ludhiana-based paint store owner, allegedly responsible for the toxic liquor deaths revealed that he supplied the three drums of methanol, which were used to make the illegal methanol-based alcohol.


2020 Punta Open
The 2020 Punta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Punta del Este, Uruguay between 27 January and 2 February 2020.


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


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


2020 Punta Open – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Durán were the defending champions but only Durán chose to defend his title, partnering Mariano Kestelboim. Durán lost in the first round to Facundo Mena and Camilo Ugo Carabelli.


2020 Punta Open – Doubles
Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos won the title after defeating Juan Manuel Cerúndolo and Thiago Agustín Tirante 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2020 Punta Open – Singles
Thiago Monteiro was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Marco Cecchinato 7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–8), 7–5 in the final.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
The 2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They were led by first-year head coach Greg Goff.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
The season was cut short in stages by March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Previous season
The Boilermakers finished the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season 20–34 overall (7–16 conference) and twelfth place in conference standings, failing to quality for the 2019 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament


2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft
The following Boilermakers on the 2019 roster were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft:


2020 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Preseason
On June 11, 2019, head coach Mark Wasikowski left the Purdue program to return to Oregon as the head coach. Just two days later, Purdue promoted volunteer assistant, Greg Goff to head coach. On June 19, 2019, Goff named Campbell pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, Chris Marx, the team's pitching coach. On September 5, 2019, former Purdue shortstop, Harry Shipley was named a volunteer assistant coach.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Brohm.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team
On August 11, 2020, the Big Ten Conference canceled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on September 16, the Big Ten reinstated the season, announcing an eight-game season beginning on October 24.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Spring Game
The 2020 Spring Game was scheduled to take place in West Lafayette on April 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.; however, on March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference canceled the remainder of all winter and spring sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Previous season
The Boilermakers finished the 2019 season 4–8, 3–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division. Several players received season-ending injuries by the team's fourth game, including All-American wide receiver Rondale Moore, starting quarterback Elijah Sindelar, and defensive captain Markus Bailey.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Offseason, Coaching changes
On December 9, 2019, the Boilermakers announced it had fired co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, Nick Holt. On January 2, 2020, Louisiana Tech defensive coordinator, Bob Diaco was named the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Purdue. On January 17, 2020, it was announced that Special Teams Coordinator, Kevin Wolthausen and defensive line coach, Reggie Johnson, would not return as assistants in 2020. On January 21, 2020, Purdue hired North Texas special teams coordinator, Marty Biagi, as their new special teams coordinator. On January 22, 2020, Purdue rounded out it's coaching staff with the addition of Air Force defensive line coach, Terrance Jamison.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Schedule
Purdue had games scheduled against Memphis, Air Force, and Boston College, but canceled these games on July 9 due to the Big Ten Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Schedule
The Big Ten released a revised conference schedule, with every team playing a ten-game conference-only season. On September 19, 2020, yet another revised schedule was released, featuring an eight-game conference-only season plus a Championship Week cross-divisional playoff game.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Schedule
*Wisconsin's game with Purdue was cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Wisconsin. The game will not be rescheduled. Instead, Wisconsin will have a bye and will have just six games, and Purdue will have a bye and will have just seven games.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Schedule
*On December 9, Purdue and Indiana announced a mutual one-time cancellation of the Old Oaken Bucket game scheduled for December 12 after team-related activities were paused because of an elevated number of coronavirus cases within both the Boilermakers' and Hoosiers' programs. On December 13, Purdue and Indiana came to a mutual agreement to reschedule the Old Oaken Bucket game for one week later, on December 18; however, on December 15, both teams again mutually agreed to cancel the Friday contest, due to issues remaining on both teams with COVID complications.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
With the opening of the 2020 season, the Big Ten Conference season opened against the Hawkeyes of Iowa.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Purdue defeated Iowa, 24–20. Purdue opened the scoring when Aidan O'Connell found David Bell from 9-yards out. Iowa would tie the second in the second quarter when Spencer Petras scored from 1-yard out. The Hawkeyes then took the lead when Mekhi Sargent scored on a 1-yard run. Purdue tied the game with 1:40 remaining in the second quarter with a 11-yard Bell reception from O'Connell. Iowa would strike one final time with no time on the clock with a Keith Duncan 27-yard field goal to bring the halftime score to 17–14 in favor of the Hawkeyes.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
After a scoreless 3rd quarter, Iowa got the first scores of the fourth quarter on a field goal of 33-yards from Duncan to increase the lead to 6. Purdue scored again on a 29-yard J.D. Dellinger field goal. O'Connell would find Bell once more in the endzone for a 6-yard touchdown pass, and the Purdue defense would stop Iowa on 4 downs on the ensuing possession to seal the Boilermaker victory.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Purdue's October 24 season opening game was the latest season opener since 1918. Bell's three touchdown receptions were the first three or more touchdown receptions in a game since Terry Wright had three against Iowa on November 3, 2018. J.D. Dellinger's field goal was the 34th of his career and moved him into fifth all-time in Purdue history for most field goals made.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Purdue's next game would be on the road as they traveled to Champaign, Illinois to face off against the Illinois Fighting Illini for the Purdue Cannon.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Purdue defeated Illinois, 31–24. Purdue opened the scoring when Zander Horvath scored from the 1-yard line. Purdue would extend their lead in the second quarter when Aidan O'Connell found Milton Wright for 45-yard touchdown reception. The Fighting Illini then got on the scoreboard when Mike Epstein scored on a 7-yard run. The two teams would trade field goals to bring the halftime score to 17–10 in favor of the Boilermakers. Purdue extended their lead in the third quarter when O'Connell found David Bell on a 3-yard reception.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
The Boilermakers would strike again when Marvin Grant forced a Coran Taylor fumbler, recovered by Jalen Graham in the endzone. The Fighting Illini started their comeback when Taylor found Daniel Imatorbhebehe over the middle for a 28-yard reception and a 9-yard Brian Hightower touchdown catch from Taylor. Illinois was knocking on the door inside the Purdue 20 on their final possession, but were stopped short giving Purdue the 31–24 victory


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Purdue's 2–0 start was their best since 2007, and that squad opened 5–0. Bell's minimum of 100 yards receiving for the fifth consecutive game for the same stat.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, at Wisconsin (canceled)
The Purdue at Wisconsin game was canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Wisconsin. The game will not be rescheduled. Instead, the Purdue Boilermakers will have a bye, and will play just seven games.


2020 Purdue Boilermakers football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
Purdue would return home to face the Northwestern Wildcats in a battle for first place in the West Division of the Big Ten.


2020 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team
The 2020 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University Fort Wayne in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mastodons were members of the Summit League and played their home games at Mastodon Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana. They were led by first-year head coach Doug Schreiber.


2020 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team
The season was cut short in stages by March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team, Previous season
The Mastodons finished the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season 7–45 overall (2–28 conference) and sixth place in conference standings. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Mastodons failed to qualify to play in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.


2020 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team, Preseason
On July 3, 2019, Bobby Pierce stepped down as the head coach at Purdue Fort Wayne. On July 23, 2019, former Purdue University head coach, Doug Schreiber was named the Mastodons new head coach. On August 28, 2019, Schreiber named Lafayette Aviators manager, Brent McNeil, the team's pitching coach. On October 3, 2019, Schreiber finalized his staff with the hiring of Ken Jones and Gordon Cardenas.


2020 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons baseball team, Preseason, Preseason Summit poll
For the 2020 poll, Purdue Fort Wayne was projected to finish in sixth in the Conference.


2020 QG
2020 QG, also known by its internal designation ZTF0DxQ, is an Earth-crossing asteroid, a few meters in diameter. It belongs to the Apollo group, and passed above the surface of Earth approximately 2,950 kilometres (1,830 mi) away (less than one-quarter of Earth's diameter) on 16 August 2020 at 04:09 UT.


2020 QG
It was first imaged by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory about 6 hours after this closest approach, and was later identified by Kunal Deshmukh, a student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, along with colleagues Kritti Sharma, Chen-Yen Hsu and Bryce T. Bolin analyzing images from the ZTF.


2020 QG
At the time, 2020 QG passed closer to Earth than any known asteroid, except for those that became meteors. It passed closer than 2011 CQ1 and 2020 JJ. Given an absolute magnitude of 29.8, it is estimated to be around 3–6 metres (10–20 ft) in diameter so similar to Earth-impactors 2008 TC3, 2014 AA, 2018 LA, and 2019 MO.


2020 QG, Orbit and classification
2020 QG orbits the Sun at approximately 1.0–2.9 AU every 964.2 days (2.64 years) after its 2020 orbital perturbation by its close approach with Earth. Before perturbation, it orbited every 990.5 days (with a semi-major axis of 1.9 AU).


2020 QG, Orbit and classification
Before its perturbation, flying by Earth, the asteroid's orbit had an eccentricity of 0.49 and an inclination of 5.5° (with respect to the ecliptic). The asteroid came to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 1 August, and then on 16 August 2020 the close approach to Earth reduced its orbital period. From the encounter with the larger gravity field, the orbital eccentricity became 0.48 and the inclination stands at 4.7°.


2020 QG, Orbit and classification
In May 2020, before any perturbation, the asteroid had an Earth-MOID (Minimum orbit intersection distance) of 0.00027 AU (40,000 km; 25,000 mi). Hours before the close approach the Earth-MOID was 0.0001 AU (15,000 km; 9,300 mi), the close-approach perturbation (change to orbit) bringing it closer.


2020 QG, Detectability
Asteroids that are similar in size to 2020 QG are difficult to detect because they are small and therefore dim. Between 2010–2020, the asteroid was never brighter than about apparent magnitude 31 making it about 10 thousand times fainter than a typical discovery magnitude of 21. The Hubble Space Telescope needs 3 weeks of exposure time to image magnitude 31 objects and has an extremely small field of view, making serendipitous discoveries essentially impossible at those magnitudes. During the 2020 approach, the asteroid appeared dimmer than magnitude 24 until it had a solar elongation of only 60 degrees. The asteroid was imaged when it had a solar elongation of 125 degrees and was around magnitude 19.


2020 QG, Future approaches
2020 QG will make several close approaches with Earth in the future, albeit at larger distances compared to the August 2020 encounter. The next close approach by 2020 QG will be in May 2028, which it will pass by Earth from a nominal distance of 0.31 AU (120 LD).


2020 Qatar Cup
The 2020 Qatar Cup, more widely known as the Crown Prince Cup, was the seventeenth edition of the Qatar Cup, and the first edition since 2018, as the competition did not took place in 2019. It was played from January 10–17. The cup is contested by the top four finishers of the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League.


2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
The 2020 Qatar Open (also known as 2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th edition of the Qatar Open, a men's tennis tournament which is played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP Tour 250 of the 2020 ATP Tour. It took place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 11 January 2020. The tournament was awarded the Tournament of the Year award in the 250 category from the 2019 ATP Awards for the third time in five years.


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


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


2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles
David Goffin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert were the defending champions, but Goffin chose to compete at the 2020 ATP Cup instead, while Herbert chose not to participate this week.


2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Wesley Koolhof won the title, defeating Luke Bambridge and Santiago González in the final, 3–6, 6–2, [10–6].


2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Singles
Roberto Bautista Agut was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the ATP Cup instead.


2020 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Singles
Andrey Rublev won the title, defeating Corentin Moutet in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–3).


2020 Qatar Open (table tennis)
The 2020 Qatar Open is the third event of the 2020 ITTF World Tour. It took place from 3–8 March in Doha, Qatar.


2020 Qatar Total Open
The 2020 Qatar Total Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the event and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2020 WTA Tour. It took place at the International Tennis and Squash complex in Doha, Qatar between 23 and 29 February 2020.


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


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


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


2020 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan were the defending champions, but the team withdrew before their second round match.


2020 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]. Hsieh also regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking from Kristina Mladenovic.


2020 Qatar Total Open – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2020 Qatar Total Open – Singles
Elise Mertens was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Yulia Putintseva.


2020 Qatar Total Open – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating Petra Kvitová in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2020 Qatar Total Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds who played received a bye into the second round.


2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series
The 2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series was a women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that took place at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha, Qatar from 17 to 21 January 2020. Matches in the series had official WT20I games as per ICC's announcement that full WT20I status would apply to all the matches played between women's teams of associate members after 1 July 2018. Qatar and Oman both made their WT20I debut in the opening match the tournament.


2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series
The participants were originally announced to be the women's national sides of Qatar, China, Kuwait and Oman, playing in a quadrangular round-robin event followed by semi-finals and a final. However, on the first day of the event, the tournament was changed to a triangular series with China withdrawn at short notice and a new schedule was announced.


2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series
Oman booked their place in the final on day two and were joined by Kuwait the following day. Kuwait recovered from losing to Oman in the last round-robin match by defeating the same opponents in the final by a comfortable margin of 7 wickets.


2020 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2020 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 8 March 2020. The MotoGP race was cancelled after Qatari quarantine measures were put in place as a response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Because Moto2 and Moto3 teams were testing at Losail the previous week, teams were staying over in Qatar for that race and officials allowed them to participate in all scheduled events.


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


2020 Qiaojia earthquake
The 2020 Qiaojia earthquake (Chinese: 2020年巧家地震) is an earthquake that occurred China, Yunnan, 42 km west of Zhaotong (10.0km depth) on local time May 18, 2020 21:48 (2020-05-18 13:48 UTC). Moment magnitude was 5.1. Various buildings were damaged, and one house collapsed in Zhaoyang District. Four people were killed while 28 people were injured.


2020 Quaker State 400
The 2020 Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 12, 2020 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 17th race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. Cole Custer became the 1st rookie in series history to claim his 1st career win at the track as well as the 33rd different driver to have won a race in all three NASCAR national touring series.


2020 Quaker State 400, Report, Background
The tenth running of the Quaker State 400 was held in Sparta, Kentucky at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2016. The track is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc.. Kentucky Speedway, which has also hosted the ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the Indy Racing League, has a grandstand seating capacity of 107,000.


2020 Quaker State 400, Qualifying
Kyle Busch was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.


2020 Quaker State 400, Media, Television
Fox Sports televised the race in the United States on FS1. Mike Joy and Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Jamie Little handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.


2020 Quaker State 400, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the action from the booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Doug Turnbull called the action from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the action from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini called the duties on pit lane.


2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election
The 2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election was to have taken place from May 30–31, 2020 after outgoing leader Philippe Couillard resigned on October 4, 2018, and left politics after the party finished second in the 2018 Quebec general election. On March 20, 2020, the party suspended the election indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. On May 11, 2020, candidate Alexandre Cusson withdrew from the race and after a meeting of the party's executive committee, the sole remaining candidate, Dominique Anglade, was selected as leader by acclamation.


2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Background
Philippe Couillard, who won the 2013 leadership election and led the party to victory in the 2014 Quebec election resigned on October 4, 2018, after the party's second-place finish in the 2018 Quebec general election. The Liberal Party fell from 68 seats to 32 seats and only captured 25% of the popular vote, the party's lowest since Confederation.


2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Rules and procedures
On May 5, 2019, the party adopted the rules to govern the leadership election. For the first time in the party's history, the leadership would not be decided by a delegated convention but a vote of the party membership. The vote would be weighted to ensure equal regional representation by use of a points system: each of Quebec's 125 ridings would be worth 2,000 points, and the youth wing would be afforded 125,000, for a total of 375,000. A candidate would need a simple majority, or 187,501 points, to win. The entry fee was $60,000, with a maximum spending limit of $500,000.


2020 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election, Rules and procedures
However, on May 11, 2020, after Alexandre Cusson withdrew from the race and left Dominique Anglade as the sole candidate, the party's executive committee met and declared Anglade the leader by acclamation.