2020 Kyushu floods, Government response
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the creation of a special task force, dispatched 10,000 Japan Self-Defense Forces troops to the area, and vowed to rescue the missing. On 5 July 2020, it was reported that 40,000 Self-Defense troops, Coast Guard sailors, and firemen were deployed in the rescue operation. On 7 July, the number of deployed SDF troops was doubled to 80,000.


2020 Kyushu floods, Government response
On 7 July, Japanese authorities warned that further heavy rains are expected in Kyushu.


2020 L'International Gymnix
The 2020 L'International Gymnix competition was the 29th edition of L'International Gymnix competition. It was held in Montreal, Canada from March 6-8.


2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo
The 2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Saint-Malo, France between 7 and 13 September 2020.


2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Ekaterine Gorgodze and Maryna Zanevska were the defending champions but chose not to participate.


2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Paula Kania and Katarzyna Piter won the title, defeating Magdalena Fręch and Viktorija Golubic in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Singles
Varvara Gracheva was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2020 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo – Singles
Nadia Podoroska won the title, defeating Cristina Bucșa in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2.


2020 LA Galaxy II season
The 2020 LA Galaxy II season was the club's seventh season of existence, and their seventh season in the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid.


2020 LA Galaxy II season
On March 12, 2020 the USL announced the decision to suspend the 2020 season for a minimum of 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 LA Galaxy II season
On June 19, 2020, the USL announced that the season will restart on July 11.


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


2020 LA Galaxy II season, Competitions, USL Championship, Regular season
On December 20, 2019, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.


2020 LA Galaxy II season, Competitions, USL Championship, Group stage
On June 25, 2020 the USL announced the groups alignment for the resumption of play after the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States stopped the regular season. The top two teams in the group qualifies for the postseason.


2020 LA Galaxy season
The 2020 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-fifth season of existence, their twenty-fifth in Major League Soccer.


2020 LA Galaxy season
On March 12, 2020 the Major League Soccer has suspended all games, for 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. On March 19, 2020 the suspension was extended with a target return date of May 10.


2020 LA Galaxy season
On June 10, 2020 it was announced the MLS is Back Tournament which is set to start on July 8.


2020 LA Galaxy season, Players, Transfers, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2020 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Preseason
The first preseason games were announced on December 11, 2019.


2020 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, MLS is Back Tournament
The MLS is Back Tournament is a one-off tournament during the 2020 Major League Soccer season to mark the league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament will feature a group stage, which will count toward the regular season standings, followed by a knockout round. The LA Galaxy competed in Group F. The schedule was released on July 24, 2020.


2020 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
US Soccer announced the cancellation of the tournament on August 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Leagues Cup
Major League Soccer announced the cancellation of the tournament on May 19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 LCK season
The 2020 LCK season was the ninth year of South Korea's LCK, a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.


2020 LCK season
The spring split began on 5 February and was scheduled to end with the spring finals on 13 April; however, the regular season was suspended for two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, and the split instead concluded on 25 April.


2020 LCK season
The summer split began on 17 June and concluded with the summer finals on 5 September.


2020 LCS season
The 2020 LCS season was the third year under partnership and eighth overall of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was the first year that the league used a double elimination bracket for its playoff format. Championship points and the regional finals were also removed from the World Championship qualification process.


2020 LCS season
The spring split began on January 25 and was scheduled to conclude with the spring finals on April 19; however, due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the season was temporarily suspended on March 13. Four days later, it was announced that the LCS would resume on March 20, with all matches being played online.


2020 LCS season
The summer split began on June 12 and concluded with the summer finals on September 6.


2020 LCS season
The three teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2020 were Team SoloMid (summer champions), FlyQuest (summer runners-up), and Team Liquid (third place in summer playoffs).


2020 LCS season, League changes
Riot Games announced several changes to the LCS on January 8.


2020 LCS season, League changes, Playoff format
The LCS changed its playoff format to a double elimination bracket, similar to that which was adopted by the LEC in 2019. The number of teams participating in the spring playoffs was unchanged, but the number of teams in the summer playoffs was increased to eight. Both splits' playoffs feature a winners' bracket and a losers' bracket, with the bottom two teams beginning in the losers' and the rest beginning in the winners'.


2020 LCS season, League changes, Schedule
The LCS schedule was revised for the 2020 season. Four LCS games are broadcast each Saturday and Sunday instead of five, and two games are aired during "Monday Night League", which features the two most popular matchups of the week. LCS commissioner Chris Greeley explained that this change was made to give less popular teams and players more exposure and opportunities to develop their brand, as most viewers, he argued, only tune in to watch their favorite teams.


2020 LCS season, League changes, Schedule
Following community feedback and "careful consideration", LCS officials announced that Monday Night League would be changed to Friday Night League for the summer split.


2020 LCS season, League changes, International qualifications
Championship points and the regional finals were removed from the World Championship qualification process. The results of the spring split only determined the LCS' representative for the Mid-Season Invitational, and did not have any part in determining a team's future qualification for the World Championship. The summer champions, runners-up and third place team qualified for the World Championship as the LCS' first, second and third seeds respectively.


2020 LCS season, Broadcasting
The English broadcast was available on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Twitch and YouTube. On January 20, Riot Games announced their official partnership with Chinese streaming service Huya, giving them exclusive rights to the Chinese broadcast. On April 8, it was announced that the spring playoffs would be aired on ESPN2 and the ESPN App, to fill space by programming being cancelled by the network.


2020 LD
2020 LD is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 140 meters (460 feet) in diameter. It was discovered on 7 June 2020 when the asteroid was about 0.03 AU (4.5 million km; 12 LD) from Earth and had a solar elongation of 154 degrees. The glare of the Sun had masked the approach of the asteroid since November 2019. The asteroid passed closest approach to Earth on 5 June 2020 at a distance of 0.002 AU (300 thousand km; 0.78 LD). The close approach distance is now known with an accuracy of roughly ± 1000 km. This is the largest asteroid to pass closer than the Moon this year and possibly the largest since (308635) 2005 YU55 in November 2011. The asteroid makes close approaches to Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. It will be brighter than apparent magnitude 24 until 18 July 2020.


2020 LD
With a short 6 day observation arc it was possible that the asteroid had passed 0.00008 AU (12 thousand km; 0.031 LD) from Earth in June 1918 or would pass 0.0001 AU (15 thousand km) from Venus in April 2024.


2020 LD
With a 11-day observation arc, the Sentry Risk Table lists a 1 in 9 million chance of impact on 7 June 2109.


2020 LD
(501647) 2014 SD224 is another similarly sized asteroid whose close approach will not be masked by the Sun this year.


2020 LD, Recent 100m asteroids passing inside lunar distance
Very few asteroids have known sizes or shapes. The albedo (how reflective the surface is) of these asteroids is often unknown and therefore only generic assumptions can be made about their sizes. A smaller more reflective asteroid can have the same absolute magnitude (H) of a larger less reflective asteroid.


2020 LEC season
The 2020 LEC season was the second year of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends, following its rebranding in late 2018. The spring regular season began on 24 January and was originally scheduled to conclude on 21 March; however, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season was temporarily suspended on 13 March. Four days later, it was announced that all remaining LEC matches for the spring regular season would be played online, beginning on 20 March.


2020 LEC season, League changes
On 23 April 2020, it was announced that the LEC would be given four spots at the 2020 World Championship due to the region's performance in 2018 and 2019. Unlike previous years, all of the LEC's participants at the 2020 World Championship will qualify solely through summer playoffs. Additionally, championship points awarded in the spring and summer regular seasons will no longer determine the LEC's second seed at the World Championship, nor seeding for the regional finals, which has been discontinued. Instead, they will only determine seeding for the summer playoffs. In the event of a tie in championship points, the team which earned more from the summer regular season will be awarded the higher seed.


2020 LEC season, League changes
Tiebreaker matches have also been discontinued; ties are broken either by head-to-head record or win percentage in the second round robin, with the former being considered before the latter.


2020 LEC season, Broadcasting
The English broadcast is available on the LoL Esports website, as well as on Twitch and YouTube. On 20 January, Riot Games announced their official partnership with Chinese streaming service Huya, giving them exclusive rights to the Chinese broadcast.


2020 LET Access Series
The 2020 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from August through October 2020 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2020 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The 2020 schedule was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. The table below shows the revised 2020 schedule released mid-year. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2020 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top player on the LETAS Order of Merit earned full LET membership for the 2021 Ladies European Tour.


2020 LFA season
The 2020 LFA season was the fifth season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on February 8 and was to conclude on April 26, with the playoffs beginning on May 1 and ending with the Tazón México V on May 17. Nevertheless, after week 5, on March 16, the LFA announced the suspension of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on 29 March 2020 the league confirmed that the season was cancelled.


2020 LFA season, Preseason events, Expansion and stadium changes
One new team joined the league: Pioneros, based in Querétaro City. Due to Pioneros joining the LFA and the league failing to secure a tenth expansion team, thus raising the number of teams to nine, the LFA took the decision that the Mayas would not participate in the season, returning in 2021. This decision was also made taking in consideration the change of ownership in the team.


2020 LFA season, Preseason events, Draft
The 2020 Draft was the largest so far, declaring more than 70 senior players from ONEFA, CONADEIP and FADEMAC for the first time. The Draft was held on January 11 at the FES Acatlán facilities.


2020 LFA season, Preseason events, Draft
*In exchange for draft selection in Mayan Draft, Dinos gave Fundidores selections in the second, third, fourth and fifth round of the 2020 Draft. * * In exchange for WR Aldo Narvaes and Josep Acosta, Pioneers gave Mexica selections in the fourth and fifth round of the 2020 Draft. * ** In exchange for Mayan Draft picks, Osos gave Raptors selections in the fourth, sixth and seventh round of the 2020 Draft.


2020 LFA season, Preseason events, Mayas Draft
For the 2020 season, the 8 teams of the LFA made a draft of the Mayas' players who declared themselves eligible to play the 2020 season with some other team in the league, with the intention to continue playing and not lose the pace of competition. Artilleros declined participation by arguing not to be interested in any Mayas' players.


2020 LFA season, Preseason events, Mayas Draft
*He declined his hiring for labor reasons|**Hired by the Raptors


2020 LFA season, Season structure
The training camp began in the first week of November 2019, some teams started early, as the case of Condors and Dinos that began at the end of October. The regular season is played from February to April. Each team faces each of the teams of their respective division twice, once at home and once as a visitor. There will also be 4 games between conferences, each team will have two home games and two visiting. There will be three bye weeks: one between week 5 and 6 and also for teams that enter playoffs between week 10 and the conference finals, and one week before the Tazón México V.


2020 LFA season, Season structure, Suspension
On March 16, after Week 5, the league announced the indefinite suspension of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was informed that none of the eight team players were affected by the virus. It was also announced that all the foreign players participating in the league as part of the LFA-CFL agreement would return immediately to their countries.


2020 LFA season, Season structure, Cancellation
On April 29, Alejandro Jaimes, the LFA commissioner, announced that the season would be cancelled and that the league would return until 2021.


2020 LFA season, Regular season, Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against


2020 LFF I Lyga
The 2020 LFF I Lyga is the 31st season of the I Lyga, the second tier football league of Lithuania. The season was planned to begin in March, but was delayed to June because of COVID-19 pandemic. The season finished on time on 31 October.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Team changes
The last-placed A Lyga team is normally relegated to I Lyga. Since FC Stumbras had gone out of business in July 2019, no team was relegated from A Lyga in 2019. The 7th placed team in A Lyga contests a play-off match with 2nd placed I Lyga team. In this play-off match FK Banga Gargždai beat A Lyga side FC Palanga to claim a spot in the A Lyga.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
Ultimately, the licensing process determines clubs eligibility to contest in the respective league in Lithuanian football.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
At the end of 2019 A Lyga season, a match fixing investigation was launched after irregular betting patterns were reported. In December 2019 the results of the investigation were published, resulting expulsion of FK Atlantas and FC Palanga from A Lyga, and their demotion to II Lyga. The clubs appealed, but their appeals were rejected. The clubs attempted to license to I Lyga, but the decision to demote the clubs to II Lyga stood ground.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
With reduction of numbers in A Lyga, several I Lyga clubs attempted to leapfrog into promotion to A Lyga. DFK Dainava, Vilniaus Vytis and FC Hegelmann Litauen have applied for A Lyga license. FC Hegelmann Litauen later withdrew their application, while DFK Dainava and Vilniaus Vytis had their applications rejected. FC Džiugas, last season's I Lyga winners application was also rejected failing to meet several criteria. FK Banga Gargždai was the only I Lyga club that successfully licensed to A Lyga.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
Three of the four other applicants, FC Džiugas, DFK Dainava and FC Hegelmann Litauen I Lyga licenses were automatically approved. Vilniaus Vytis failed to meet I Lyga licensing criteria, and license was not issued even after the appeal. However, the club was granted an exception with a condition that the club reaches certain milestones by 9 March. Vytis will start the season with 3 point penalty.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
In February 2020 further match fixing investigation results were published. As a result, FC Kupiškis was fined and expelled from I Lyga.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
Other I Lyga teams FK Nevėžis, FA Šiauliai, Baltijos Futbolo Akademija (which split up from partnership with FK Vilnius (2019)), FK Minija (2017), FK Jonava , Riteriai B renewed their licenses successfully, although FK Nevėžis needed to go through the appeal process. Successful licensing to I Lyga was awarded to FK Atmosfera (2012) and Žalgiris B as well, despite their results suggesting relegation to II Lyga.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
Three II Lyga teams licensed successfully to I Lyga - II Lyga Southern Group winners Kauno Žalgiris B, as well as 4th placed Panevėžys B and 13th placed Sūduva B. Other II Lyga teams that sought I Lyga licenses were FK Aukštaitija and the II Lyga Western Group winners FSK Radviliškis. The licensing criteria were not met and the promotion was not granted. FK Aukštaitija asked to grant an exception to participate without a license, but this request was rejected as well.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
III Lyga (Klaipėda`s zone) side FC Sakuona Plikiai have also attempted to license, but later withdrew their application.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Licensing Process
Only FC Pakruojis have dropped out of the I Lyga, along with Stumbras B which had gone out of business.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Season progress
The Lithuanian Football Federation announced that top four teams will qualify for promotion to A Lyga next season. The reserve teams are not eligible for promotion.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Season progress
Originally, the first round was scheduled for 21 March, and the final round to be played in October. Due to the  COVID-19 virus pandemic the start of the championship was postponed. The first round took place on 5 June, and the last round took place on 31 October.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Season progress
On 10 April the decision was taken to make changes to the format of the championship this year. The competition will take place in a form of one-and-a-half round system. In the first round all teams would play with each other. In the second round the teams would split into two groups. In the top group, the teams positioned 1-8 would play with each other, competing for promotion. The teams in the bottom group, positioned in positions 9-14 would continue the relegation fight.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Season progress
By shortening the calendar and by giving up a longer summer break the season will end by November as planned. As originally planned, the first four teams will win the right to advance to the A league in the following season. In case of refusal or ineligibility of some teams (such as reserve teams), only the teams in the top 8 positions will be allowed to seek promotion to the A league. The two bottom teams are liable for relegation.


2020 LFF I Lyga, Promotion round and Regulation round League table, Top Scorers
Data at the end of the season 31 October 2020


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad)
The 2020 LINAFOOT was the 4th season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad)
Unlike the 1st LINAFOOT edition (in 2015) organised as a full national championship and won by Gazelle FC, this edition was organized under the play-off formula.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad)
Delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the season started on 27 September 2020 and concluded on 8 October 2020.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
In zone 1, Mirim Mongo was the representative; Renaissance FC Abéché, as a champion, was zone 2 representative. The zone 3 was represented by its champion As Santos Moussoro. In zone 4, Espoir FC Bongor and AS Mairie Binder were the two representatives. Zone 5 also had two representatives, those were Or Noir FC from Doba and Djarabé FC from Moundou. AS Mine Faya was the winner, and the representative of zone 6.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
On September 2, 2020 RFC Abéché obtained its ticket for the final phase of the National Football League in N'Djamena. Placed in zone 2 with the RFC Goz Beida and the Lions Biltine, Renaissance football club of Abéché snatched its qualification by occupying the head of the standings with 4 points. The club secured the qualification by playing 0–0 with RFC Goz Beida, after the victory by forfeit against the Lions Biltine due to lack of licenses from the latter. Lions Biltine won against RFC Goz Beida by 4–1. Thus, Lions Biltine and RFC Goz Beida were eliminated with respectively 3 and 1 points.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
Started on August 26 as announced, the zonal championship in zone 5 ended on August 30, at the Municipal Stadium of Moundou, capital of the province of Logone Occidental. After two matches played by each of these three teams representing Mandoul, Logone Oriental and Logone Occidental, it was Or Noir FC Doba and Djarabé FC Moundou who obtained their qualifying tickets with 4 and 3 points respectively, in front of Ared FC Koumra who finished last with 1 point.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
On September 26, 2020, the Linafoot proceeded to the drawing of lots for the 12 teams representing 7 zones qualified for the final phase of the national championship.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
The playoff started on 27 September 2020 and concluded on 8 October 2020. The twelve teams were divided into two groups of six teams. The matches were played at three stadiums: Stade d'Académie de Farcha, Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya and Stade de Paris-Congo. All matches were being played at 03:30 p.m. local time.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Group stage
The 12 teams were divided into two groups of six teams. The top team of each group qualified for the final. The group stage matches started on 27 September 2020. Matches were being played at 3:30 p.m. local time. Considering the decision of the Homologation, Litigation and Disciplinary Committee which withdrew all points from the Foullah Édifice FC club regarding the Bakhit Djibrine case,Gazelle FC was placed 1st in the pool and qualified for the final. The final was played between Gazelle and Renaissance FC on October 8, 2020 at the Idriss Mahamat Ouya stadium. After 1–1 in a 90 minutes of the game, penalty shootout was being played, which Gazelle won 8–7, and became a national champion.


2020 LINAFOOT (Chad), Controversies, Case Bakhit
Homologation, Litigation and Discipline Commission suspended Foullah Edifice player Bakhit Djibrine due to double license, resulting in Foullah Edifice losing all its matches by forfeit. The player already had a license signed in France in July. Despite this, he signed a second license at the same time in Chad with Foullah and played this championship. As the player cannot have two licenses at the same time, Foullah sees all its points withdrawn from the matches where Bakhit has played, and he played every game.


2020 LIU Sharks football team
The 2020 LIU Sharks football team represents both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 23rd year head coach Bryan Collins and play their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They play as a second–year member of the Northeast Conference. This was the final season as head coach for Collins as he stepped down in June.


2020 LIU Sharks football team, Schedule
LIU had games scheduled against Delaware (September 19) and Lehigh (September 26), but canceled these games before the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 LPGA Tour
The 2020 LPGA Tour was the 71st edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Four Season Golf Club in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on January 16 and ended on December 20 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2020 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.


2020 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
Several events were postponed or canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results, Unofficial events
The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry official money.


2020 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2020 LPGA of Korea Tour was the 43rd season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. The season began at Twin Doves Golf Club in Vietnam in December 2019.


2020 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Korea Tour, including that event. A number of events were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 LPL season
The 2020 LPL season was the eighth year of China's League of Legends Pro League (LPL), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends.


2020 LPL season
The spring split began on 13 January, but was suspended after the first week of competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China. The season resumed on 9 March with games being played online, However, several players could not play due to travel restrictions after they returned to their hometowns. and concluded with the spring finals on 2 May.


2020 LPL season
The summer split began on 5 June and concluded with the summer finals on 27 August.


2020 LPL season, World Championship qualification, Regional Finals
Excluding the first and second seeds, the remaining four teams with the most Championship Points qualify for the Regional Finals (if Championship Points are equal, the final seeding for the regional finals is determined by teams' summer season rankings).


2020 LS Tractor 200
The 2020 LS Tractor 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on March 7, 2020 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 200 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) asphalt oval, it was the fourth race of the 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Brandon Jones won his first race of the 2020 season, and the first of his career at Phoenix Raceway.


2020 LS Tractor 200
This was the last race to run before the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 LS Tractor 200, Report, Background
Phoenix Raceway is a 1.022 mi (1.645 km), low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2020 LS Tractor 200, Practice, First practice
Ross Chastain was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.563 seconds and a speed of 130.610 mph (210.196 km/h).


2020 LS Tractor 200, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.797 seconds and a speed of 129.510 mph (208.426 km/h).


2020 LS Tractor 200, 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 LS Tractor 200, Media, Television
The LS Tractor 200 was carried by FS1 in the United States. Adam Alexander, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer, and Team Penske driver Joey Logano called the race from the booth, with Jamie Little and Vince Welch covering pit road.


2020 LS Tractor 200, Media, Radio
The Motor Racing Network (MRN) called the race for radio, which was simulcast on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Kurt Becker and Dan Hubbard anchored the action from the booth. Dillon Welch called the action from Turns 1 & 2 and Jeff Striegle called the race through turns 3 & 4. Steve Post and Kim Coon provided reports from pit road.


2020 LS Tractor 200, Standings after the race
Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.


2020 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2020 LSU Tigers baseball team will represent Louisiana State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers will play their home games at Alex Box Stadium.


2020 LSU Tigers baseball team
On March 11, the Southeastern Conference released a news statement announcing the restriction of fans at all SEC home spring athletic games, including baseball. On March 12, the Southeastern Conference released a new statement announcing the suspension of all athletics until as early as March 30. These announcements came after the COVID-19 pandemic has swept throughout the United States. On March 16, Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards announced the cancelation, closure, and postponements for facilities and events with more than 50 people until April 13, thus stopping all baseball games in the state of Louisiana until that date.


2020 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished 40–26 overall, and 17–13 in the conference. The Tigers won the Baton Rouge Regional in the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament before losing the Baton Rouge Super Regional to Florida State.


2020 LSU Tigers baseball team, Preseason, SEC Coaches poll
The SEC coaches poll was released on February 6, 2020 with the Tigers predicted to finish tied for third in the Western Division.


2020 LSU Tigers baseball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.


2020 LSU Tigers baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2020 LSU Tigers football team
The 2020 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and competed in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fourth year head coach Ed Orgeron.


2020 LSU Tigers football team
The season was not an easy one for LSU, who were the defending national champions. After starting the year with a stunning home loss to Mississippi State, the Tigers were only able to string together five wins. In addition to losing a record 14 players to the NFL draft the year before, All-American wide receiver, Ja'Marr Chase, opted out of play before the season. The Tigers also lost their starting quarterback, Myles Brennan, three games in and had to rely on true freshmen, TJ Finley and Max Johnson, for the remainder of the year.


2020 LSU Tigers football team
In spite of these obstacles, the Tigers managed to end the season on a positive note with wins over sixth-ranked Florida and Ole Miss, the former as a 24-point underdog. By comparison, LSU had already eclipsed more losses by their seventh game of the season than they had in all of 2018 and 2019 combined. Still, the victories over Florida and Ole Miss allowed LSU to avert its first losing season since 1999, when the Tigers went 3–8. The .500 season is the first for LSU since a 5–5–1 ledger in 1974.


2020 LSU Tigers football team
On December 9, LSU announced a self-imposed bowl ban for the 2020 season. Although the Tigers did not finish the season with six wins, the NCAA removed bowl eligibility requirements for the 2020 bowl season. This self-imposed bowl ban was enacted due to the ongoing NCAA investigation at LSU.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
LSU began the year ranked sixth in the preseason AP Poll, and were projected to finish in second in the SEC West behind Alabama. In 2019, the Tigers secured an undefeated regular season that included wins over top-ten-ranked teams Texas, Florida, Auburn, and Alabama. In the SEC Championship Game, LSU defeated Georgia to win their first conference title since 2011. LSU was ranked No. 1 in the final College Football Playoff rankings of the season, earning them a spot in the national semi-final game to be played at the Peach Bowl.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
They dominated fourth-ranked Oklahoma in that game, 63–28, to advance to the CFP Championship Game. There, they defeated the defending national champions Clemson, 42–25, to secure LSU's fourth claimed national title in school history, the second undefeated champion in the CFP era, and the second 15–0 season among any team in the modern era.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
LSU's record-setting offense was led by senior quarterback Joe Burrow, who won the Heisman Trophy by the largest margin in the history of the award, and broke several NCAA FBS records, including most touchdown passes (60), and highest passer rating (202.0). Burrow was drafted first overall in the 2020 NFL draft. He was accompanied on offense by 1,400-yard running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, and two 1,500-yard receivers Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson, the former winning the Biletnikoff Award as the best wide receiver in the country.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Previous season
LSU's defense was anchored by two All-American defensive backs in Jim Thorpe Award winner Grant Delpit and true freshman Derek Stingley Jr., while Linebacker Jacob Phillips led the SEC in tackles. Burrow, Edwards-Helaire, and Jefferson were drafted in the first round of the 2020 draft, Delpit was drafted in the second round, while Phillips went in the third. Both Chase and Stingley were not yet eligible to declare for the 2020 draft. Head coach Ed Orgeron was awarded several national Coach of the Year honors.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Preseason, SEC Media Days
In the preseason media poll, LSU was predicted to finish in second in the West Division behind Alabama. LSU received the second-most votes (tied with Georgia) to win the SEC Championship Game.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
LSU Tigers announced its 2020 football schedule on August 7, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 7 home, 4 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season.


2020 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
The Tigers had games scheduled against Nicholls, Rice, Texas, and UTSA, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 LSU Tigers softball team
The 2020 LSU Tigers softball team represents Louisiana State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Tigers play their home games at Tiger Park. The 2020 softball season was cut short due to the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic. As a result LSU had not played any conference games when the season ended on March 11, 2020. One notable highlight of the season was the program's first ever 7-inning perfect game thrown by Maribeth Gorsuch in a 4-0 victory over the Belmont Bruins on February 22, 2020.


2020 LSU Tigers softball team, Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2019 season 43–19 overall, and 14–10 in the SEC to finish in a tie for second in the conference. The Tigers hosted a regional during the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and later advanced to the Minneapolis Super Regional against Minnesota. The Tigers were defeated by the Golden Gophers 0 games to 2 as Minnesota advanced to the WCWS.


2020 LSU Tigers softball team, Preseason, SEC preseason poll
The SEC preseason poll was released on January 15, 2020.


2020 LSU Tigers softball team, Schedule and results
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the NFCA poll.


2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis
The 2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Charleston, South Carolina, United States between 2 and 8 November 2020.


2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Taylor Townsend were the defending champions but both players chose not to participate.


2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Doubles
Magdalena Fręch and Katarzyna Kawa won the title, defeating Astra Sharma and Mayar Sherif in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–2].


2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Singles
Taylor Townsend was the defending champion, but chose not to participate as she is on maternity leave.


2020 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Singles
Mayar Sherif won the title, defeating Katarzyna Kawa in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2020 La Course by Le Tour de France
The 2020 La Course by Le Tour de France was the seventh edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. It took place on 29 August 2020 and was the fourth event on the 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Tour de France. Originally, the event was supposed held on 19 July, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.


2020 La Course by Le Tour de France, Route
The race started and finished in Nice, taking in two laps of a hilly circuit covering 96 km (60 mi) in total. It was held before stage 1 of the men's 2020 Tour de France, which took in three laps of the same circuit. The original route for the race would have taken place in Paris featuring circuits along the Champs-Élysées.


2020 La Course by Le Tour de France, Teams
Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and fifteen UCI Women's Continental Teams made up the twenty-three teams that competed in the race. Each team entered six riders except for CCC Liv and Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank, which entered five each. Of the 136 riders in the race, only 62 finished, while a further 51 riders finished over the time limit.


2020 La Course by Le Tour de France, Prize money
The total amount of prize money for the 2020 edition of the race was €20,000 The majority of the prize money was allocated according to the final result.


2020 La Course by Le Tour de France, Prize money
In addition to the 20 first finishers, there were also prizes in the Queen of the Mountains classification (€300, €200, and €100 for the first 3 riders on each of the two climbs) and a €2000 prize for the most combatitive competitor which was won by Annemiek van Vleuten.


2020 La Drôme Classic
The 2020 Royal Bernard Drôme Classic was the 7th edition of the La Drôme Classic cycle race. It was held on 1 March 2020 as a category 1.Pro race on the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and 2020 UCI ProSeries. The race started and finished in Livron-sur-Drôme.


2020 La Drôme Classic
The race was won by Australian rider Simon Clarke of EF Pro Cycling, who outsprinted French rider Warren Barguil of Arkéa–Samsic and Italian rider Vincenzo Nibali of Trek–Segafredo.


2020 La Drôme Classic, Teams
Twenty teams were invited to the race. Of these teams, seven are UCI WorldTour teams, twelve are UCI Professional Continental teams, and one is a UCI Continental team. Each team could enter up to seven riders, though many only entered six, including Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles, Circus–Wanty Gobert, Deceuninck–Quick-Step, EF Pro Cycling, Riwal Readynez, and Trek–Segafredo. 74 of the 134 riders finished the race.


2020 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2020 La Flèche Wallonne was a road cycling one-day race that was to have taken place on 22 April 2020 in Belgium, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was rescheduled to 30 September, and it was the 84th edition of La Flèche Wallonne and part of the 2020 UCI World Tour. It was won by Marc Hirschi.


2020 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The 23rd running of the women's Flèche wallonne was originally planned on 22 April 2020, but was rescheduled to 30 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race started and finished in Huy. The route featured seven categorized climbs, including two ascents of the Mur de Huy. The finish line was on the top of the final ascent of the Mur. For the first time in its 23-year history, the women's race was broadcast live. The organisation provided almost an hour of live coverage.


2020 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The race was won for the sixth consecutive time by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen.


2020 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, Route
The race started and finished in Huy, following a similar route as the 2019 race. The final 32 km loop was covered twice, totalling 124 km.


2020 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, Teams
Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and sixteen UCI Women's Continental Teams competed.


2020 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
The 2020 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a road cycling stage race that took place in Gabon and Cameroon between 20 and 26 January 2020. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2020 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 15th edition of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.


2020 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Teams
Fifteen teams were invited to the race, of which one was a UCI WorldTeam, two were UCI Professional Continental teams, four were UCI Continental teams, and eight were national teams. Each team entered six riders into the race for a total of 90 riders, of which 72 finished the race.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election
The 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election was triggered on 6 November 2019 by the resignation of Tom Watson as deputy leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom. It was won by Angela Rayner on the third ballot. It was held alongside the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election
To qualify for the ballot, candidates needed nominations from 10% (22) of the party's Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of European Parliament (MEPs), followed by support from either 5% (33) of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), or from at least three affiliated groups, including two trades unions and representing at least 5% of affiliated members.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election
Five candidates, Rosena Allin-Khan, Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner received sufficient nominations from MPs and MEPs to proceed to the second round of nominations. Rayner achieved sufficient support from affiliates to qualify for the final ballot on 20 January, at which point she also had the greatest number of nominations from CLPs. Burgon achieved sufficient support from affiliates on 29 January, while Butler and Murray achieved sufficient support from CLPs on 2 and 7 February, respectively. Allin-Khan became the final candidate to reach the threshold when she received her 33rd CLP nomination on 8 February.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election
The results were announced on 4 April 2020, with Rayner announced as the winner and becoming deputy leader.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Background
Tom Watson resigned as deputy leader of the Labour Party and as an MP in November 2019 ahead of the 2019 United Kingdom general election.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Procedure
The election was conducted under a pure "one member, one vote" (OMOV) system. Candidates were elected by members and registered and affiliated supporters, who all received a maximum of one vote and all votes were weighted equally. For example, members of Labour-affiliated trade unions needed to register as affiliated Labour supporters to vote.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Procedure
To stand, challengers needed to be nominated by at least 10% of the combined membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP), meaning twenty-two MPs or MEPs at the time. They also needed to be nominated by at least 5% of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), or party affiliates that consist of at least 5% of affiliate members including at least two trades unions. Affiliates consist of affiliated trades unions, socialist societies and the Co-operative Party. The vote, as in previous elections, will be held under the alternative vote (instant-runoff) system.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Campaign
Dawn Butler, the shadow equalities secretary, announced on 7 November 2019 that she would stand to be deputy leader. Khalid Mahmood, the shadow Europe minister, announced his candidacy on 17 December 2019. The shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon announced that he would stand on 31 December 2019 with an article in Tribune.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Campaign
On 9 January, Mahmood withdrew from the contest, saying it had become clear he was unlikely to win the support of the necessary 22 MPs or MEPs.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Campaign
The five remaining deputy leadership candidates achieved the requisite 22 MP/MEP nominations by the 13 January deadline and proceeded to the next stage of the contest.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Candidates, Nominated by parliamentarians
The following individuals were nominated by the necessary number of Labour parliamentarians and were subject to receiving backing from the required number of constituency parties or affiliated organisations.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Nominations
Candidates first needed to be nominated by at least 10% (22) of current Labour MPs and MEPs, who comprise the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP). Candidates who passed this threshold then need nominations from at least 5% (33) Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), or at least three affiliates including at least two trades unions that together represent at least 5% of affiliated members.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Nominations
The table below shows the number of nominations achieved by each candidate. A green background indicates that the candidate has met the nomination requirements. A pink background indicates that the candidate has withdrawn from the contest.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Endorsements
Candidates and potential candidates also received the support of notable people who are not current Labour Party MPs.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results
The result of the election as well as the corresponding contest for leader of the Labour Party was announced at 10:45 (BST) on 4 April 2020. The announcement was originally due to take place at a special conference in London, but because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was cancelled in favour of a "scaled-back event". Because of this, members would only find out the results by means of an email and coverage in the mainstream media.


2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election, Results
Angela Rayner was elected. Rosena Allin-Khan came second, which was different from the results predicted by opinion polls.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)
The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Brendan Howlin stepped down as Labour leader on 12 February 2020, in the aftermath of the party's poor showing at the 2020 general election.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)
The election was won by Alan Kelly who received 55% of the votes cast.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Background
Brendan Howlin was elected unopposed as Labour Party leader in a 2016 leadership election. While Labour had a modest gain of six seats in the 2019 local elections, it lost one seat in the 2020 general election, resulting in the party having its lowest ever number of seats in Dáil Éireann with just six TDs elected. Howlin subsequently announced that he would resign as Labour leader stating that it had been "an honour" to lead the party but feels it is time to step down.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Procedure
The Labour Party Executive Board met in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin on 15 February to agree on the rules for the contest. Only party TDs were eligible for the post of leader, and candidates must have been nominated by either two TDs (they could nominate themselves) or five constituency councils. All members of the party had a vote, provided they had been a paid-up party member since 28 August 2018.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Procedure
Postal ballot papers were sent to Labour members on 15 March and the closing date for returning votes was on 3 April. A voter had to be a fully paid-up member for 21 days before polling day - meaning the last day they could sign up was 13 March.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Candidates, Declined
The following individuals were discussed in the media as potential leadership candidates, but did not stand:


2020 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland), Debates
Several hustings events and public debates were scheduled to take place throughout the leadership campaign; however, as a result of the COVID-19 situation, the Labour Party canceled the remaining hustings in Galway and Dublin.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 2020 Labour Party leadership election was triggered after Jeremy Corbyn announced his intention to resign as the leader of the Labour Party following the party's defeat at the 2019 general election. It was won by Keir Starmer who received 56.2 per cent of the vote on the first round. It was held alongside the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
To qualify for the ballot, candidates needed nominations from 10 per cent (22) of the party's Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of European Parliament (MEPs), followed by support from either 5 per cent (33) of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), or from at least three affiliated groups, including two trade unions and representing at least 5 per cent of affiliated members. Five candidates (Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry) received sufficient nominations to proceed to the second round of nominations. Starmer had the most nominations from MPs and MEPs at 88, followed by Long-Bailey and Nandy with 33 and 31 nominations respectively. Phillips and Thornberry each received 23 nominations, one above the minimum threshold to proceed.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
Three candidates, Long-Bailey, Nandy and Starmer, received sufficient combined support from affiliates and constituency parties to proceed to the final ballot. Starmer received the most nominations from both CLPs and affiliates having received nominations from 374 CLPs and 15 affiliates, followed by Long-Bailey with 164 CLPs and seven affiliates, and finally Nandy with 72 CLPs and four affiliates. The results were announced on 4 April 2020, with Starmer winning the election in the first round with 56.2 per cent of the vote, beating Long-Bailey and Nandy and taking over from Corbyn.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background
Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour Party leader in a 2015 leadership election and re-elected leader in 2016 following a challenge from Owen Smith. While Labour gained 30 seats in the 2017 general election, it lost 60 seats in the 2019 election, resulting in the party having its lowest number of seats in the House of Commons since 1935. Corbyn subsequently announced that he would resign as Labour Party leader following a "process of reflection."


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
The election was conducted under a pure one member, one vote (OMOV) system, using the instant-runoff voting electoral system with preferential balloting to calculate the result. Votes were cast using postal ballots and online voting forms. Candidates were elected by members and registered and affiliated supporters, who all received a maximum of one vote, and all votes were weighted equally. This meant that, for example, members of Labour-affiliated trades unions needed to register as affiliated Labour supporters to vote. Members who joined before 20 January were eligible to vote.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
To stand, candidates needed to be nominated by at least 10 per cent of the combined membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP), meaning 22 MPs and MEPs at the time. As a result, a maximum of nine candidates can stand. They also needed to be nominated by at least 5 per cent of Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), meaning at least 33 CLPs, or at least three party affiliates that consist of at least 5 per cent of affiliate members including at least two trades unions. Affiliates consist of affiliated trades unions and socialist societies.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
The timetable for the election was set by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) on 6 January 2020.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
Nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party and European Parliamentary Labour Party opened on 7 January and closed on 13 January. Between 15 January and 15 February, constituency parties and affiliate organisations could nominate their preferred candidate. Applications to become a registered supporter opened on 14 January and closed on 16 January. Voting in the membership ballot opened on 24 February and closed at midday on 2 April. The result of the leadership election was announced on 4 April. The special conference planned for the announcement of the election result was "scaled-back" on 12 March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Immediately following the 2019 general election, Keir Starmer, the Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, was considered favourite to win the leadership election by the online gambling company Betfair. Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, was considered another front runner. Various other figures were considered as possible leadership candidates, including Lisa Nandy, the MP for Wigan, who said on 15 December 2019 that she was "seriously thinking" about standing for the leadership. On 29 December, Long-Bailey wrote an article for The Guardian declaring her interest in standing and laying out her strategy for a "progressive patriotism".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Some party figures, including the former MP Caroline Flint and the MP Wes Streeting, argued for a "clean break" from the previous leadership. However, Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite the Union,  said that the next leader should "carry on the tradition", describing Long-Bailey and Angela Rayner as his preferred candidates. Party figures affiliated with Long-Bailey and MPs such as Corbyn, as well as centrist figures like Alastair Campbell, encouraged supporters of their preferred candidates to join the party to vote in the leadership election. Roy Hattersley, a former deputy leader of the party, wrote on 21 December that MPs should refuse to accept Long-Bailey if she were elected leader.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
The shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, was the first to announce, on 18 December, that she was standing for the leadership. She laid out her pitch in an article for The Guardian. She said that her first priority would be to deal with antisemitism in the party by implementing recommendations from the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Labour Movement and the Equality and Human Rights Commission. She criticised Corbyn's senior advisers for overruling her as the shadow foreign secretary and for their strategic decisions in the 2019 general election.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Clive Lewis, the shadow minister for sustainable economics, announced on 19 December that he would stand. He said that as leader, he would give more democratic power in the party to its members. He argued that the party should work more with other political parties on the left, and proposed constitutional reforms including supporting proportional representation and reform of the House of Lords. In January 2020, he proposed a referendum about the future of the British royal family. He was criticised for his response to claims against him of sexual harassment, for which he had been cleared by a disciplinary body within Labour, which "seemed unapologetic".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Jess Phillips announced her candidacy in Grimsby  on 3 January 2020. She criticised the party's approach to Brexit and Scottish independence, saying that she was opposed to a second referendum on Scottish independence. She said that she would be open to arguing for the UK to rejoin the European Union. Criticising the party's manifesto at the 2019 general election, Phillips said that she would support nationalising railways but would not prioritise further nationalisation.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Nandy announced that she would stand in a letter to the Wigan Post on the same day as Phillips. She argued that the party needed a "bridge" to join areas in northern England where the party was losing seats and metropolitan areas where the party was gaining support.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Starmer, who a poll had indicated was the most popular potential candidate heading into the leadership election, announced his candidacy with a video posted to social media on 4 January followed by a launch in Stevenage.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Announcements
Long-Bailey announced that she would stand in an article for Tribune magazine on 6 January. Long-Bailey was seen by many observers and party colleagues as the continuity candidate, who would have continued to take the party in the same direction as Corbyn. While she disputed the description, her campaign stressed ideological continuity with Corbyn. She attracted attention for rating Corbyn "ten out of ten" as a politician, and called for constitutional reform to spread power more evenly across the country, including abolishing the House of Lords.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
Candidates first needed to receive nominations from at least 5 per cent of the party's MPs and MEPs to progress to the second round of nominations. Starmer won the support of enough MPs and MEPs to progress to the next round of nominations on 8 January, when he was also endorsed by the trade union Unison. The following day, Long-Bailey, Nandy and Phillips got enough MP and MEP nominations to progress.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
The deadline for PLP and EPLP nominations was 2.30 pm on 13 January. Lewis, with only five nominations including himself, withdrew from the contest shortly before the deadline. Thornberry was also short of the required nominations at the beginning of the day, but managed to obtain enough to qualify less than ten minutes before the deadline, helped by MPs who had formerly nominated Lewis. After the close of nominations, the party announced that Long-Bailey, Nandy, Phillips, Starmer and Thornberry would proceed to the next stage of the election.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
Starmer received 88 nominations, more than any other candidate, followed by Long-Bailey with 33 and Nandy with 31. Phillips and Thornberry were each nominated by 23 MPs and MEPs, one more than the minimum requirement of 22. Shortly after these nominations were published, Starmer was heavily favoured in the betting odds.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
Corbyn-supporting group Momentum balloted its members on a proposal that the group endorse Long-Bailey (alongside Angela Rayner for deputy). Of the 7,395 respondents 70 per cent backed Long-Bailey, but the organisation was criticised by commentators and by some Momentum members for not giving the option to endorse other candidates.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
Starmer became the first candidate to qualify for the ballot on 20 January with his third affiliate nomination, from the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers; by that point, he was also leading in nominations from Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs). Phillips withdrew from the election on 21 January, saying that she was unable to unite the party. Nandy became the second candidate to quality for the ballot on 22 January, having received backing from the GMB and National Union of Mineworkers unions and the Chinese for Labour socialist society. Long-Bailey was the third candidate to qualify, following further trade union support.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
However, Thornberry failed to achieve enough nominations, falling just short of the required number of constituency party nominations and being eliminated on 15 February 2020.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Nominations stage
The Labour Party reported two members of Starmer's campaign to the Information Commissioner's Office on 6 February of hacking into the party's membership database. The campaign described the complaint as "utter nonsense". The campaign chair, Jenny Chapman, suggested that the allegations were a result of the Starmer team alerting party officials the week before to a possible data breach by Long-Bailey's campaign, though there is no evidence that this occurred.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign, Membership ballot
The first public hustings to feature the final three candidates was held in Glasgow, Scotland on 15 February.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
The following individuals were nominated by the necessary number of Labour MPs and MEPs as well as receiving backing from the required number of constituency parties or affiliated organisations to proceed to the final ballot before members.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Eliminated
Emily Thornberry failed to receive backing from the required number of constituency parties and affiliated organisations.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Withdrawn
The following candidates withdrew either during the process to receive nominations from MPs and MEPs or during the process to receive nominations from constituency parties or affiliated organisations.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Declined
The following individuals were discussed in the media as potential leadership candidates, but chose not to stand:


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Nominations
Candidates first needed to be nominated by at least 10 per cent (22) of current Labour MPs and MEPs, who comprise the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP). Candidates who passed this threshold then need nominations from at least 5 per cent (33) Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs), or at least three affiliates including at least two trades unions that together represent at least 5 per cent of affiliated members.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Nominations
The table below shows the number of nominations achieved by each candidate. A green background indicates that the candidate met the nomination requirements. A pink background indicates that the candidate withdrew from the contest.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results
The result of the election as well as the corresponding contest for deputy leader was announced at 10:45 am (BST) on 4 April 2020. The announcement was originally due to take place at a special conference in London, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was cancelled in favour of a "scaled-back event".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results
Keir Starmer won the Labour leadership election in the first round of voting.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Results
Turnout was 62.6 per cent. There were 490,731 returned ballots, from a total of 784,181 eligible voters. 136 ballot papers were spoiled.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
Long-Bailey created a four-point plan titled "Aspirational socialism"; empower the movement and raise trade union membership; a "Democratic Revolution" and; a "Green Industrial Revolution". Long-Bailey promised that she would continue to develop the "Green New Deal" policies that she had introduced to the party's 2019 election manifesto. On democratic reform, Long-Bailey called for constitutional reform to spread power more evenly across the country, including abolishing the House of Lords.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
Long-Bailey stated that if she were to win the leadership election the Labour Party would maintain its commitment to bring energy, water, rail and mail back into public ownership. She has also supported open selection as a process of selection for Labour MPs.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
Long-Bailey and her platform were described by the media as "continuity Corbyn" because of her closeness to Corbyn, Momentum and the left of the Labour party, although she rejected the label.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
In response to the release of U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Long-Bailey criticised the proposals, stating that they would "only perpetuate conflict" and "undermine rights of the Palestinian people".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Long-Bailey made several recommendations to the government. She advocated the government look at a universal basic income for all people in the United Kingdom regardless of wealth, and to eliminate the five-week waiting time before claimants can receive Universal Credit. Later in March, she advocated a National Food Service, where workers from Royal Mail deliver basic goods like food, medicine and toiletries to households to reduce pressure on supermarkets. In an article, Long-Bailey advocated that the government should buy shares in key industries and put these shares into a "social wealth fund".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
She stated that: "This crisis should make us realise that we’re all connected – that the chief executive relies on the refuse worker, the corporate lawyer on the supermarket worker, and the politician on the nurse. And this realisation should power how we rebuild our economy when the crisis is over."


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Long-Bailey
Long-Bailey was the first candidate to publish a list of donors to her campaign, with primary funding coming from trade unions Unite (£215,000) and the Communication Workers Union (£52,000), plus small individual donations solicited from members of left-wing organisation Momentum (£120,000).


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
In January, Nandy accused the Blair and Brown governments of continuing the "consensus that Thatcher built". She criticised New Labour for being "as tight as the Tories". She called for "a modern, empowering welfare state for the 21st century". She praised Corbyn for shifting party policy towards a position that opposes austerity and stated her intention to abolish Universal Credit.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
During the party hustings held in Bristol, Nandy argued that the honours system should have references to the British Empire removed, and instead replaced with 'Excellence'.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
Nandy defended free movement within the European Union, while also arguing that concerns about its flaws should not be simply dismissed as "racist anti-immigrant rhetoric".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
Nandy is opposed to Scottish independence and argued that Labour should "look to Catalonia and Quebec" as examples for dealing with "divisive nationalism", later clarifying that the party can learn from the Socialist Party in Spain that has show how "the cause of social justice has beaten divisive nationalism". She has said she wants Scottish Labour to be represented in the shadow cabinet and has also pledged not to interfere in devolved policymaking, allowing Scottish Labour to decide their own approach to independence. She also stated that British federalism would not resolve the political division between England and Scotland.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
In February, deputy leadership candidate Richard Burgon proposed a "Peace Pledge" to ensure that the party would not support future military action unless its members vote in favour of such a policy. Nandy voiced her strong disapproval of the pledge. She argued that civilians in war zones could not afford to wait for such a ballot to pass and it was irresponsible to share such classified information.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
In an interview with The Jewish Chronicle, Nandy acknowledged that the party had lost the trust of the British Jewish community as a result of its "failure of leadership" and poor handling of antisemitism in the Party. She also said that she believed that the word 'Zionism' had become "horribly distorted and weaponised" by some in the party; Nandy denounced those who questioned Israel's right to exist and reiterated her view that advocating the rights of Palestinians does not contradict support for Israel. She has chaired Labour Friends of Palestine since 2018.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
When she spoke to the Evening Standard in January, Nandy called on party general secretary Jennie Formby to publish the evidence that had been submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, as part of the commission's investigation into institutional antisemitism in the party. She added that openness and transparency would necessary to rebuild trust with the British Jewish community.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
Nandy said that she would conduct a "fair recruitment process" for parliamentary candidates and end the practice of "parachuting" those favoured by the leadership. She criticised the centralised approach taken during the 2019 general election, in which a number of candidates were "imposed" by Corbyn and his allies. Nandy has also stated that she would end the practice of nominating peers to the House of Lords. This announcement came after the Labour Party controversially nominated John Bercow, former Commons Speaker, and Karie Murphy, Corbyn's former chief of staff.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
During a speech in Bassetlaw, one of the "red wall" constituencies gained by the Conservatives in 2019, Nandy announced that a future shadow cabinet led by her would involve the representation of local Labour councillors, giving a seat to the elected Leader of the Local Government Association Labour Group. She also pledged that she would give councillors the right to nominate candidates in future leadership elections, just as MPs and MEPs had during the previous month.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
Nandy expressed opposition to open selection and in favour of the current method for selection of Labour MPs.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Nandy
Nandy released a list of donors to her leadership campaign, which was principally supported by the GMB trade union and featured four private donations of over £10,000 from individuals including her husband Andrew Collis, businessmen Jason Stockwood and Tom Shutes, and Hope Not Hate chair Simon Tuttle.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Starmer
Starmer has positioned himself in opposition to austerity, stating that Corbyn was "right" to position Labour as the "party of anti-austerity". Starmer indicated he will continue with the Labour policy of scrapping tuition fees. He also pledged "common ownership" of rail, mail, energy and water companies. Starmer has called for ending outsourcing in the NHS, local government and justice system.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Starmer
In February 2020, Starmer announced that he would continue the policy introduced under shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, to raise taxes on the top five per cent of earners with incomes of more than £80,000.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Starmer
Starmer has argued that the party should propose the reintroduction of free movement within the European Union.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Starmer
In response to the release of Trump's peace plan to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Starmer described the proposals as "inconsistent with international law and human rights protections".


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Starmer
Starmer has said he is "not against the principle" of open selection but has not indicated clear support or opposition to it.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Campaign platforms, Starmer
Starmer's leadership campaign gained funding from trade union Unison, and donations from several individuals, including £100,000 and £5,000 respectively from barristers Robert Latham and Richard Hermer, as well as hotel bills totalling £2,500 from a company linked to Labour donor Farah Sassoon.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Hustings and debates, Public hustings
Several hustings events took place throughout the campaign, for both leadership and deputy leadership candidates. Labour-organised hustings took place on weekends throughout January and February 2020, at 11 locations in Great Britain. No hustings were held in Northern Ireland.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Hustings and debates, Public hustings
The locations sparked criticism from some candidates because of lack of geographic spread. After the backlash, two new events in Leeds and Brighton were later added by Labour's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC), although the one in Leeds was subsequently cancelled after Starmer dropped out due to his mother-in-law being critically ill. The Guardian also announced that it would host a hustings in Manchester on 22 February, chaired by journalist Anushka Asthana. Starmer's mother-in-law passed away on 9 February, resulting in the postponement of the Dudley hustings scheduled for that day, which later took place on 8 March 2020 as the final hustings.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Hustings and debates, Televised debates
On 12 February, a debate took place on Newsnight, moderated by presenter Katie Razzall and broadcast on BBC Two. A second debate was held the following day, moderated by Victoria Derbyshire on her programme, followed by a third one chaired by Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Channel 4 News.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Endorsements
Candidates and potential candidates received the support of organisations, publications, and of notable individuals. This list does not include official parliamentary, constituency or affiliate nominations.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Endorsements, Withdrawn candidates
Clive Lewis was endorsed by the journalist and broadcaster Paul Mason before he withdrew. Before she withdrew, Jess Phillips was endorsed by the journalist and former Spectator editor Matthew d'Ancona, Labour MP Margaret Hodge, the Labour peer Philip Hunt and Melanie Onn, the former MP  for Great Grimsby.


2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polls, Voting intention for Labour under each candidate
A poll was also conducted to garner the prospective voting intentions of the public for the Labour Party under each leadership candidate in a general election.


2020 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh election
Elections were held in October 2020 for the 26 seats of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 15 and the Indian National Congress won 9 seats respectively out of the 26 seats. The other 2 seats were won by 2 independent candidates.


2020 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh election
Tashi Gyalson was elected the Chief Executive Councillor. The previous elections were held in 2015.


2020 Ladies European Tour
The 2020 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2020 Ladies European Tour
The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. Among the cancellations was The Evian Championship, one of the LPGA Tour's five major championships.


2020 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows part of the 2020 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.


2020 Ladies European Tour, Schedule, Unofficial events
The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry official money.


2020 Ladies' National Football League
The 2020 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, was a ladies' Gaelic football competition taking place in early 2020.


2020 Ladies' National Football League
The league was originally scheduled to end in April 2020, but public health measures introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland caused the competition to be cancelled in March 2020, and the leagues declared null and void.


2020 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
The 2020 Ladies' National Football League consists of three divisions of eight teams and one of seven. Each team plays every other team in its division once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.


2020 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:


2020 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.


2020 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The top two teams in Division 1 contest the Ladies' National Football League final.


2020 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The top two teams in divisions 2, 3 and 4 contest the finals of their respective divisions. The division champions are promoted.


2020 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The last-placed teams in divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.


2020 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2020 Lafayette Leopards football team represents Lafayette College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards are led by fourth-year head coach John Garrett and play their home games at Fisher Field. They are a member of the Patriot League.


2020 Lafayette Leopards football team
On July 13, 2020, the Patriot League announced that it would cancel its fall sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced a spring schedule on February 5, with the first games set to be played on March 13.


2020 Lafayette Leopards football team, Previous season
The Leopards finished the 2019 season 4–8, 4–2 in Patriot League play to finish in second place.


2020 Lafayette Leopards football team, Schedule
Lafayette had games scheduled against Sacred Heart (September 5), Navy (September 12), Penn (September 26), and Harvard (October 17), which were all later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.


2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team
The 2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represented Lamar University in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Vincent–Beck Stadium and are members of the Southland Conference. The team was coached by Will Davis in his 4th season at Lamar. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced a suspension of Spring sports through March 30  due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference announced that all remaining Spring 2020 sports contests were cancelled on March 14.


2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team
The Cardinals played 15 games in the shortened season with an overall record of 7–8, and a 0–3 record in conference play.


2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team, Previous season
In 2019, the Cardinals  finished the season 13th in the Southland with a record of 18–36, 9–21 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament.


2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team, Previous season, Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll was released on February 6, 2020. Lamar was picked to finish twelfth in the Southland Conference with 87 votes.


2020 Lamar Cardinals baseball team, Previous season, Preseason All-Southland Conference team
The preseason all-conference team is based on votes by the conference head coaches. Players who were named to the previous season's first and second teams are automatically named to the preseason team for their respective positions.


2020 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2020 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Blane Morgan and played their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. Originally scheduled to play an eleven-game regular season schedule in 2020, the Cardinals played shortened 6 game schedule in Spring 2021 with all games against conference members due to the COVID19 Pandemic. The Cardinals finished the season with a 2–4 overall record. The conference record was also 2–4 tied for fifth place with McNeese.


2020 Lamar Cardinals football team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the season with a 4–8 overall record. They were 2–7 in Southland play finishing in eleventh place. After receiving a contract extension through the 2021 season at the conclusion of the 2018 season, head coach Mike Schultz was relieved of his duties after the 2019 season completed.


2020 Lamar Cardinals football team, Preseason, Spring practice and Spring game
Lamar Football announced on February 21 over its Twitter account that Spring practice will start on March 25. Fourteen sessions have been scheduled. The Spring game, scheduled for April 25, will conclude the sessions. The Spring game was canceled on March 19, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Lamar Cardinals football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their spring preseason poll in January 2021. The Cardinals were picked to finish seventh in the conference. In addition, two Cardinals were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team


2020 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team
The 2020 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team represented Lamar University in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Lady Cardinals played their home games at Lamar Softball Complex and are members of the Southland Conference. The team was coached by Amy Hooks in her second season at Lamar. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced a suspension of Spring sports through March 30  due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference announced that all remaining Spring 2020 sports contests were cancelled on March 14. The Lady Cardinals played 20 games in the shortened season with an overall record of 8–12, and a 0–3 record in conference play.


2020 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team, Previous Season
In 2019, the Lady Cardinals  finished the season 7th in the Southland with a record of 23–34, 14–13 in conference play. They lost to Northwestern State in the first round of the 2019 Southland Conference Softball Tournament.


2020 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team, Previous Season, Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches and Sports Information Directors Poll was released on January 30, 2020. Lamar was picked to finish eighth in the Southland Conference with 110 votes.


2020 Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team, Previous Season, Preseason All-Southland Conference team
The preseason all-conference team is based on votes by the conference head coaches. Players who were named to the previous season's first and second teams are automatically named to the preseason team for their respective positions.


2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
The 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe is the twelfth season. The calendar consists of five rounds. Every event features two 50 Minute races. 2020 marks the 2nd season of the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo. There can be two drivers or one driver per car. A car is entered in one of four categories: Pro, Pro- Am, Am and Lamborghini Cup (LC)


2020 Lanka Premier League
The 2020 Lanka Premier League also known as My11Circle LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. Five teams based on various Sri Lankan cities played a total of 23 matches. It was originally scheduled to start in August but was rescheduled several times due to restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Lanka Premier League
On 5 November, the tournament was given the green light to go ahead, with all the matches being played at the MRIC Stadium in Hambantota, from 26 November to 16 December 2020. The opening ceremony took place before the first match. In November 2020, Indian fantasy cricket league platform My11Circle was named the title sponsor with a bid of Rs 150M (15 crore) for the tournament.


2020 Lanka Premier League
Jaffna Stallions won by 53 runs against Galle Gladiators in the final and became the inaugural Champions of LPL.


2020 Lanka Premier League, Squads
The player draft was scheduled to be held on 1 October 2020. It was later rescheduled to 9 October 2020. The draft was again rescheduled for a second time to 19 October 2020 due to the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. The squads were announced at the draft via Zoom.


2020 Lanka Premier League, Squads
South African players Faf du Plessis and David Miller alongside Englishman Dawid Malan pulled out of the tournament as they were named in the limited overs squads for the series between English and South Africa in November 2020. Pakistani players Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Wahab Riaz pulled out of the tournament as they were named in the 35 member Pakistan squad for the series against New Zealand in December 2020. Colin Ingram pulled out of the tournament due to his Big Bash League stint with Hobart Hurricanes while Carlos Brathwaite also withdrew from the tournament after being signed by the Sydney Sixers for the upcoming 2020-21 Big Bash League season.


2020 Lanka Premier League, Squads
Lendl Simmons replaced Carlos Brathwaite in the Dambulla Viiking team while Brendan Taylor and Johnson Charles who were initially not picked by any franchises in the draft were signed by the Dambulla Viiking to complete the six foreign players slot. Jaffna Stallions signed Kyle Abbott, Duanne Olivier and Tom Moores who were not initially part of the draft while Ravi Bopara replaced Asif Ali in Jaffna Stallions to complete its six foreign player slot. Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan who was not initially picked by any franchises in the draft was later signed by the Kandy Tuskers.


2020 Lanka Premier League, Squads
Manvinder Bisla who was picked by Colombo Kings in the draft had later pulled out of the tournament owing to the strict 14-day quarantine procedure to foreign players. Chris Gayle pulled out of the tournament due to a side strain and also due to failing to negotiate the contract terms with the Kandy Tuskers franchise. Lasith Malinga also withdrew citing fitness issues and lack of match practice. Ravi Bopara who was later drafted into the Jaffna Stallions squad also pulled out citing payment issues.


2020 Lanka Premier League, Squads
Canadian batsman Ravinderpal Singh was tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving at the Colombo airport. Andre Russell who also arrived with him in the same flight was kept under self-isolation. He was immediately taken to the hospital and reports yet to emerge whether he would be replaced by another player. More replacements were later announced on 20 November 2020. Sohail Tanvir who was set to play for Kandy Tuskers was replaced by Dale Steyn after testing positive for COVID-19. In later reports, it was revealed that one Pakistani player, one Indian player and one Indian television production technician whose names were not disclosed have been tested positive for COVID-19.


2020 Lanka Premier League, Venues
Initially, matches were scheduled to be held in Kandy, Dambulla and Hambantota. The possibility of moving the tournament to either Malaysia or the United Arab Emirates was once considered to circumvent the 14-day quarantine. In the end, health officials agreed to reducing the quarantine period for foreign players from 14 days to 7 days. Following the urge from health officials, all 23 matches would be held in Hambantota.


2020 Lanka Premier League Final
The 2020 Lanka Premier League Final was a Twenty20 cricket match played on 16 December 2020 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka between Galle Gladiators and Jaffna Stallions to ascertain the winner of 2020 Lanka Premier League. Jaffna Stallions won the match against Galle Gladiators by 53 runs to be the Champions of inaugural LPL.


2020 Lanka Premier League Final, Route to the Final
During the group stage of the 2020 Lanka Premier League each team played eight matches, two against each of the other sides contesting the competition. The top four teams progressed to the playoff stage. Galle Gladiators concluded the league stage in fourth position with 4 points by winning two of their matches, losing six. Jaffna Stallions finished the league stage in third position with 9 points by winning four and losing three of their matches.


2020 Lanka Premier League Final, Route to the Final
Galle Gladiators reached the final after defeating Colombo Kings by two wickets in the first semifinal. Jaffna Stallions qualified for the final after trouncing Dambulla Viiking by 37 runs in the second semifinal.


2020 Lanka Premier League Final, Match, Summary
The final was played on 16 December between the Jaffna Stallions and Galle Gladiators at Hamabantota's MRIC Stadium.


2020 Lanka Premier League Final, Scorecard
Toss : Jaffna Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.


2020 Lanka Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Johnson Charles, 4.4 ov), 2-66 (Charith Asalanka, 7.2 ov), 3-70 (Avishka Fernando, 8.4 ov), 4-139 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 15.5 ov), 5-159 (Shoaib Malik, 17.5 ov), 6-175 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 18.6 ov)


2020 Lanka Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Hazratullah Zazai, 0.3 ov), 2-3 (Danushka Gunathilaka, 1.2 ov), 3-7 (Ahsan Ali, 1.4 ov), 4-62 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 8.2 ov), 5-76 (Shehan Jayasuriya, 9.5 ov), 6-93 (Dhananjaya Lakshan, 11.6 ov), 7-110 (Azam Khan, 13.5 ov), 8-114 (Mohammad Amir, 14.1 ov), 9-130 (Sahan Arachchige, 17.3 ov)


2020 Lao Premier League
The 2020 Lao Premier League is the 31st season of the Lao Premier League. The season started on 12 July 2020. It is played in triple round-robin format, with 15 total rounds.


2020 Lao Premier League, Teams
A total of 7 teams participate in the 2020 Lao League season.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Laois Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of the Laois GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Laois, Ireland. The championship consisted of 16 teams and had a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. A team to lose two matches was knocked out of the championship.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship
Portlaoise were the defending champions after they defeated Killeshin in the previous years final.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship
Rosenallis returned to the senior grade after claiming the 2019 I.F.C. title.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship
The final, not played until 15 August 2021 because of Covid-19, was won by Portarlington who claimed their first title since 2001 beating Graiguecullen in the final by 1-15 to 0-7.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship
Arles Kilcruise were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2021 following their relegation play-off final loss to Courtwood. This ended their 21-year stay in the top flight of Laois club football since claiming the 1999 Laois Intermediate Club Football Championships.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Round 1
All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A, while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners from this round will enter the draw for the Quarter-Finals, while the 4 losers will play in Round 3.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners from this round will go into Round 3, while the 4 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Round 3
The 4 losers from Round 2A enter this round and play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners from this round will go into the draw for the Quarter-Finals.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The Quarter-Finals will eliminate four teams, leaving 4 teams. These teams will face off against each other in the Semi-Finals.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Semi-Finals
In the Semi-Finals, two further teams will be eliminated, leaving the best from each set to play each other in the Final.


2020 Laois Senior Football Championship, Final
The remaining two teams play against each other to determine the champion.


2020 Las Vegas Aces season
The 2020 Las Vegas Aces season is the franchise's 24th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the 3rd year the franchise was based in Las Vegas. The regular season tipped off on July 26, 2020 versus the Chicago Sky.


2020 Las Vegas Aces season
This WNBA season would’ve had an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league began a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, which started on July 24.


2020 Las Vegas Aces season
The Aces got off to a rough start to their season, losing two of their first three games. However, from there, the team would go on a seven-game winning streak and four game winning streak, only separated by a single loss. Their 12–3 record on August 29, would secure them a playoff birth. They lost on September 1, and that would be their last loss of the season. The Aces finished on a six-game winning streak, including a final day victory over the Seattle Storm to finish 18–4. The victory on the final day of the season secured them the first seed in the playoffs by virtue of a tie-breaker.


2020 Las Vegas Aces season
As the first seed, the Aces received a double-bye into the Semifinals of the playoffs. In the Semifinals, they played the seventh seeded Connecticut Sun. The Aces lost two of the first three games, but rebounded to win the final two games of the series to advance to the Finals. In the finals they faced the second seeded Storm. The Storm swept the best-of-five series three games to none, and the Aces finished runners up.


2020 Las Vegas Aces season, Transactions, WNBA draft
The Aces will make the following selection in the 2020 WNBA draft.


2020 Las Vegas Lights FC season
The 2020 Las Vegas Lights FC season is the club's third season, and their third season in the United Soccer League Championship (USL-C), the second division of American soccer. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL-C Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.