2020 Aden airport attack, Attacks
Around 13:24, as the passengers disembarked, massive explosions were heard. A local security source had reported that "three mortar shells had landed on the airport's hall", while Yemeni Communication Minister Naguib al-Awg, who was among those flown in, has suggested they were drone strikes, and a spokesperson for the chairman of the Southern Transitional Council believed they were missiles. The Telegraph has reported that analysis of the explosion footage showed one explosion occurring on the north side of the airport terminal, and the second occurring around 30 seconds later about 20 metres (70 ft) away. One of the wounded recalled that a "missile hit the terminal's gate" while he was metres away.


2020 Aden airport attack, Attacks
The explosions sent the crowd of hundreds scrambling for cover, with the disembarking ministers either running back up into the plane or down the stairs to find shelter. Gunfire then erupted from armoured vehicles. Bodies lying on the airport apron and elsewhere at the airport were seen after the attack as thick plumes of black and white smoke emanated from the airport terminal.


2020 Aden airport attack, Attacks
Most of the casualties were reportedly civilians—including airport staff—with Voice of America reporting that most of the casualties had reportedly occurred within the terminal. However, all passengers that were aboard the plane remained unharmed. The cabinet members, as well as the Saudi ambassador, were quickly taken to Mashiq Palace, the presidential palace in Aden, for safety.


2020 Aden airport attack, Attacks
Another blast was heard about four hours later around Mashiq Palace. No casualties as a result of the later explosion were reported. Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya reported that an "explosive-laden drone" had been intercepted and destroyed nearby.


2020 Aden airport attack, Casualties
At least 28 people were killed and 107 others were injured, with at least 30 wounded seriously enough to require major surgery. The casualties included aid workers and journalists, as well as government officials and members of the military.


2020 Aden airport attack, Casualties
Three members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were killed, including two Yemenis and one Rwandan; three others were wounded, with one seriously so. Also among the dead was a reporter of Belqees TV, a Yemeni television news channel, who was reporting live from the airport when his connection went silent. Yemeni Minister of Information Moammer al-Iryani also reported that at least ten other journalists had also been wounded.


2020 Aden airport attack, Casualties
Yasmin al-Awadhi, deputy minister of housing and urban development at the Ministry of Public Works and Highways and one of the few female government officials, was killed in the attack. It was also reported that a deputy minister of youth and sport as well as a deputy transport minister were amongst those injured. In addition, September Net, a website of the armed forces of Yemen, reported that four colonels had died in the attack.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
Yemen's Foreign Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak initially blamed the Houthis for the attack, and stated that four ballistic missiles had been fired at the airport, but made the statement without providing evidence. The Houthis denied responsibility, with its deputy information secretary placing the blame on the continued infighting between the government and the Southern Transitional Council, and naming the latter as the party most likely to have carried out the attack.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
The Southern Transitional Council also blamed the Houthis, as well as Qatar and Turkey. Western officials stated that it was likely the work of Houthi rebels, but had not ruled out al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) or dissatisfied southern separatist factions.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
Communication Minister Naguib al-Awg insisted that the plane had been the original target of the attacks, as the plane had landed later than previously planned. Deputy Information Minister Oussama Sharem stated that civilians heading to Cairo that were waiting inside had been targeted.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
A United Nations flight that was originally heading to Aden that day ended up altering its course due to the attack.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
Early the next day, a Saudi-led coalition conducted air strikes on Sanaa, the Houthi-held capital, apparently in retaliation for the previous day's attacks, which it had blamed on the Houthis. Warplanes carried out attacks over several hours, striking the airport as well as other areas of the city. Al Jazeera confirmed that there had been more than eight raids, while Houthi-owned television channel Almasirah reported that fifteen different locations had been hit in the city and the surrounding governorate, including sites in Sanhan and Bani Hashish Districts. Casualties had not been reported.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
By morning, military checkpoints had been set up throughout Aden, and streets had been manned by security forces. The airport reopened on 3 January 2021 amidst continued reconstruction, with Transport Minister Abdel Salam Hamid having announced the previous day that flights would return to normal.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
About a week after the attack on the airport, on 6 January 2021, six civilians were killed and seven wounded during a Houthi shelling in the southwestern governorate of Taiz. The Houthi offensive continued for at least five days, with a spokesperson for the Yemeni army reporting that, in total, 12 people had been killed, 30 injured, and 50 taken as civilian hostages.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath
On 7 January 2021, the UN secretary-general's special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, visited the airport to review the damage sustained and met with members of the new cabinet. That evening, a loud explosion was heard outside a central prison in Aden. Several cars and a wall were damaged, but no casualties were reported.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
On 10 January 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he intended to designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), effective 19 January 2021, referring to the airport attack as an example of the Houthis' terrorist capabilities. Foreign Policy's sources reported that the attack led the administration "on an irreversible track toward the designation", despite the administration understanding that the designation would likely significantly exacerbate the humanitarian disaster in Yemen.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
The Yemeni government welcomed the designation and urged the international community to take similar action, while various UN officials and a number of countries, including China, France, and Russia, voiced their concern over the humanitarian impact of the designation during a meeting of the UN Security Council on 14 January 2021.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock explained that because about 90 percent of the food in Yemen is imported, and formally designating the Houthis as an FTO would result in parties previously contributing to the food supply chain possibly aborting operations for fear of being put out of business or in jail due to U.S. regulations associated with the designation, Pompeo's decision would likely result in "a large-scale famine on a scale that we have not seen for nearly 40 years".


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
ICRC director of operations Dominik Stillhart also voiced concerns about the designation's "chilling effect", while the executive director of the UN's World Food Programme, David Beasley, stated that the designation "is literally going to be a death sentence to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of innocent people".


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
In addition, a member of the transition team of then–U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, who took office the day after the terrorist designation became effective, stated that the decision to adopt the designation "feel[s] like sabotage", and accused Pompeo of "literally risking hundreds of thousands of lives" in order to "feed his own domestic political ambitions".


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
On 19 January, the day the designation went into effect, Biden's nominee for secretary of state Antony Blinken stated, during his Senate confirmation hearing, that the designation did "nothing particularly practical in advancing the efforts against the Houthis", and "propose[d] to review [the designation] immediately to make sure that what we are doing is not impeding the provision of human assistance".


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
On 22 January, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department confirmed that they had begun reviewing the designation and were working hard to quickly reach a conclusion. Twenty-two aid groups, including International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, and Save the Children, urged the Biden administration to revoke the designation to avoid "put[ting] millions of lives at risk" and "hurt[ing] UN-led efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict".


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
On 25 January, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a temporary exemption from sanctions for some transactions with the Houthis, with the exemption scheduled to expire on 26 February. However, the UN has noted that parties contributing to the food supply chain still intend to withdraw from Yemen due to the terrorist designation, notwithstanding the Treasury's month-long exemption.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
Tens of thousands of Yemenis marched in Sanaa on 25 January to protest the terrorist designation.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
It has been conjectured that a number of explosions occurring days after the terrorist designation became effective were due to Houthi missiles targeting Riyadh, and that the Houthis were no longer taking responsibility for their attacks partially due to the terrorist designation.


2020 Aden airport attack, Aftermath, Terrorist designation
On 5 February, a U.S. State Department official confirmed  that the Biden administration was planning to revoke the terrorist designation, after having informed members of Congress of the decision earlier that day. The news came about a day after President Biden announced that he was ending U.S. support of Saudi Arabia's participation in the Yemeni Civil War. Secretary of State Blinken later formally announced on 12 February that he was revoking the designation, effective 16 February.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Local investigation
President Hadi has directed Interior Minister Ibrahim Haydan to head a committee to investigate the attack, with support from the military. Prime Minister Saeed later announced that "[p]reliminary results of the investigation ... show that Houthi militants were behind the attack" which was carried out by guided missiles, and that Iranian experts had also been involved. Saeed also stated that there had been three precision-guided missiles, and that they had targeted the plane, the arrivals hall, and the airport lounge. Saeed added that experts would be examining the missile remains that had been collected by investigators to determine their origins.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Local investigation
On 14 January 2021, Al Arabiya reported that, earlier that day, the interior ministry stated that the missiles used were ballistic, that they had been launched from Houthi-controlled territory over 100 km (60 mi) away, and that "Iranian and Lebanese experts were behind the missile launching systems of the rockets" used in the attack. Interior Minister Haydan noted that the "medium-range surface-to-ground ballistic missiles" used "a navigation system that relied on a precise GPS-guided technology". He added that "only the Houthi militia has this system in Yemen". Haydan also noted that the missiles used had serial numbers similar to missiles used in other Houthi attacks that relied on the same technology. He also added that the missiles had a range between 70 km (43 mi) and 135 km (84 mi).


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Local investigation
Minister Haydan's report stated that the first missile hit the airport's lounge  at 13:24:34, the second missile hit the aircraft parking area at 13:25:09, and the third missile hit the stone wall of the garden outside the lounge at 13:25:33. The minister also noted that the place where the plane was scheduled to park had been changed at the last moment due to a crowd that had gathered on the apron to receive the plane's passengers. He added that the second missile landed where the plane had been initially scheduled to park, and stated that this confirmed that the plane had been deliberately targeted.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
On 9 February 2021, investigative news site Bellingcat and human rights project Yemeni Archive published the findings of a joint investigation based on publicly available open-source intelligence. The two sites concluded that three missiles had struck the airport, with two of them having been launched from the vicinity of a police training center in Dhamar Governorate about 200 km (120 mi) roughly to the north of Aden International Airport, and one being launched from Taiz International Airport or its environs roughly 140 km (90 mi) from the airport in Aden.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
The investigators noted that these missile launch sites were in Houthi-controlled territory, suggesting that the Houthis were responsible for the attack. Both parties also noted that there actually appeared to be two missiles that launched from the area around the Taiz airport, but one of them seemed to have failed and landed near a factory close to the Taiz airport. In addition, by analyzing shadows in missile launch videos found online, they determined that the launches occurred not long after 13:00.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
The investigators reported that the first missile that struck the Aden airport exploded a few metres up the northern wall of the terminal, underneath an overhanging roof; the second missile hit the airplane parking bay closest to the terminal, about 50 m (160 ft) away from where the plane carrying the ministers was parked; and the third missile impacted a low wall immediately north of the terminal.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
By analyzing the crater it made and the smoke rising from it after it exploded, the investigators determined that the missile that landed in the parking area came from the northwest, roughly in the direction of Taiz. They also determined that the other two missiles that hit the airport came roughly from the north, but were unable to be much more precise because those two missiles had struck walls. However, due to the missiles' angles of arrival and the timing of the publicly available missile launch videos, the investigators reasoned that these two missiles were the ones seen launched from Dhamar, and the missile that landed in the parking area was the one successfully launched from Taiz.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
Yemeni Archive noted that Minister Haydan claimed that the second missile hit where the plane was originally scheduled to park before it was changed at the last moment, and Bellingcat stated that a journalist at Yemeni news site Bawabatii who was present at the attack had also reported the same.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
Bellingcat also pointed out that a red carpet had been laid out for that bay, which was the one closest to the terminal, and added that about two months earlier, a red carpet had also been laid out for a flight in which passengers had deplaned via a stairway that had lined up with the red carpet.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
The investigators were unable to make significant conclusions about the type of missiles used by examining the images of the missile fragments that have been posted publicly. However, images claimed to be those of the missile that fell near the factory in Taiz appear to show that the missile had control-canards, which suggests that guided missiles had been used.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, Open-source investigation
Bellingcat also speculated that the Badr-1P, a Houthi guided missile claimed to have a range of 150 km (93 mi), could have been used in the launch from Taiz, but since Dhamar is roughly 200 km (120 mi) from the airport in Aden, those missiles may not have been Badr-1P missiles unless they had been somehow modified.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, International investigation
Varied groups and parties, including the governor of Aden, have requested the United Nations to supervise an international investigation.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, International investigation
On 3 February 2021, Xinhua reported that a local government source stated, on the condition of anonymity, that a UN plane had arrived at the airport that day carrying a team of "senior international experts" to investigate the airport attack. The anonymous source also stated that the team of experts had examined the bombing site and interviewed airport officials before heading to Mashiq Palace to meet with government officials.


2020 Aden airport attack, Investigations, International investigation
An investigation by the UN team of experts found Yemen's Houthis were responsible for the attack.


2020 Aden airport attack, Reactions
UN Secretary-General António Guterres "condemn[ed] the deplorable attack" on the airport, and offered condolences to the victims' families as well as the Yemeni government and its people, as reported by his special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths. Griffiths also considered the attack "a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law" that "potentially amounts to a war crime".


2020 Aden airport attack, Reactions
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit also condemned the attack on the airport, calling it a "cowardly terrorist act". Aboul Gheit also expressed sorrow for the victims and hope that the wounded remained safe.


2020 Aden airport attack, Reactions
The European Union strongly condemned the attack and reaffirmed its belief that "there can only be a political solution to the conflict in Yemen", offering condolences to the victims' families and support for those seeking a peaceful resolution.


2020 Aden airport attack, Reactions
A spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack in Aden, which he blamed on the Saudi-led coalition, and called for dialogue instead of violence.


2020 Aden airport attack, Reactions
A number of other nations, including  Egypt, India, Jordan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States, condemned the airport attack.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open
The 2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2020 WTA 125K series.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open
For women, the tournament draw size was increased from 32 to 128 (and hence, the prize money and ranking points offered increased, as well). This was done to allow players unable to participate in the US Open qualifying to compete, which was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open
It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 17 August and 6 September, 2020.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Men's Doubles
Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Arthur Rinderknech won the title after defeating Zdeněk Kolář and Lukáš Rosol 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Men's Singles
Mario Vilella Martínez was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka won the title after defeating Aslan Karatsev 7–6(7–2), 6–4 in the final.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Women's Doubles
Nicoleta Dascălu and Raluca Șerban were the defending champions but chose not to participate.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Women's Doubles
Lidziya Marozava and Andreea Mitu won the title, defeating Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Nadia Podoroska in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Women's Singles
Tamara Korpatsch was the defending champion, but will compete in the 2020 US Open instead, which is to be held during the same week.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Women's Singles
Kristína Kučová won the title, defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2020 Advantage Cars Prague Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
The 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, also known as the Samos–İzmir earthquake, occurred on 30 October 2020, with a moment magnitude of 7.0, about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Many buildings were severely damaged or collapsed as a result of the earthquake, with the Church of the Dormition of Mary in Karlovasi, Greece, partially collapsing, while in the Turkish city İzmir, which was heavily affected by the earthquake, dozens of buildings were either damaged or completely collapsed. Emergency services in both countries immediately attended the scene, as rescue efforts continued into the night.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
One hundred and seventeen (117) people died in Turkey's İzmir Province, with 1,034 more injured. In Greece, there were two fatalities and nineteen minor injuries. The earthquake is the most powerful in the Aegean Sea since 1981, and the deadliest in İzmir Province since a magnitude 6.6 killed four people in 1955. It is has the highest fatality count since the 2011 Van earthquakes. The earthquake is also the deadliest in the year of 2020, and the third major earthquake to strike Turkey that year.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tectonic setting
The Aegean Sea is a seismically active region with complex plate tectonics interaction both within and surrounding the Aegean Sea Plate. The region has several major plate boundary including the North Anatolian Fault which runs through northern Turkey, where the Anatolian Plate slides past the Eurasian Plate along this right-lateral strike-slip fault. Another major boundary is the East Anatolian Fault where the Arabian Plate interacts with the Anatolian Plate. This transform fault was responsible for the 2020 Elazığ earthquake.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tectonic setting
At its southern edges, the African Plate converges north at 5–10 mm/yr towards the Aegean Sea Plate at a rate of 5–10 mm/yr. It subducts or dives beneath the Aegean, occasionally producing great megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis including the 365 Crete earthquake. However, the subduction rate along the Hellenic subduction zone at 35 mm/yr which greatly exceeds the velocity of the African Plate. For that, north-south extension within the Aegean Sea Plate in the back-arc compensate the subduction rate. Shallow crustal earthquakes within the Aegean Sea Plate is a result of this extension, accommodated by east-west trending normal faults.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tectonic setting, Historical seismicity
Samos Island and İzmir region have been rocked by major earthquakes throughout the past centuries. The first records dated back to 200 BC describing an earthquake of magnitude 6.0–6.5, and intensities VII–VIII. Another earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.0 struck the region in 47 AD. On the island of Samos, these earthquakes usually have minimal effects. The nearby city Izmir however have suffered serious catastrophe as a result of earthquakes.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tectonic setting, Historical seismicity
The most destructive event in the region was the 1688 Smyrna earthquake which had an epicenter near İzmir. Estimated magnitude 7.0, the earthquake killed some 15,000 to 20,000 people in the city.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tectonic setting, Historical seismicity
Other major events took place in 1739 and 1788, causing major damage in the city.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tectonic setting, Historical seismicity
On 11 August 1904, Samos was rocked by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake causing substantial damage to Greece and Turkey, killing four. That earthquake according to researchers, was caused by an onshore fault (Pythagorion Fault) on the island.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake occurred as a result of pure normal faulting at a shallow crustal depth within the Aegean Sea Plate in the eastern Aegean Sea, about 250 km north of the closest main plate boundary. The Hellenic Trench is where the African Plate moves north at a rate of approximately 10 mm per year with respect to the Eurasian. Therefore, this earthquake is considered an intraplate earthquake due to its location.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Earthquake
The North Samos Fault, also known as the Kaystrios Fault is an east–west striking, north–northeast dipping normal fault located offshore, north of the coast of Samos. It likely ruptured entirely during the earthquake for a length of approximately 60 km. The epicenter of the earthquake suggest it was on the western extension of the Kuşadası Fault, part of the geologically active Büyük Menderes Graben. The earthquake released a seismic moment of 3.3 × 10^19 Nm, which corresponded to its moment magnitude at 7.0. A maximum slip of 4.6 meters at a depth of 7 km was inferred. The earthquake produced up to 1 meter of slip at the seafloor, which resulted in the moderate tsunami and tectonic uplift and subsidence on land. A 2009 study determined that the fault had the potential to produce an earthquake of magnitude 6.8.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Earthquake
The magnitude of the earthquake was frequently misreported as 6.6 Mww in the Turkish media, due to an erroneous announcement by AFAD. The quake was reportedly felt in the Greek island of Crete, the BBC added. While minor shaking was also felt in some regions of Athens.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Earthquake, Ground motion and intensity
The earthquake achieved a peak ground acceleration (pga) of 0.27 g in Samos. Weaker ground acceleration was recorded at 0.1 g in İzmir, however, in the Bayraklı and Karşıyaka metropolitan districts, these ground motions were amplified with longer periods of 1.5 seconds. Ground motions were severely amplified in these districts due to the soil condition consisting of loose sediments. In the Turkish town Kuşadası, the peak ground acceleration was 0.18 g. At 22.27 km away from the epicenter on Turkish soil, the highest pga was recorded 0.98 g.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks and aftershocks
The earthquake was preceded by a foreshock sequence consisting of 39 events over a period of three months.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks and aftershocks
As of 8 November, over 2,800 aftershocks have been recorded. The mainshock may have been preceded by a foreshock on 5 May the same year.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami
Tsunami information was issued by the Kandilli Observatory Earthquake Monitoring and Tsunami Warning Center to the Earthquake Research Department of Turkey 11 minutes after the earthquake but was not broadcast to the coastal regions. The tsunami arrived between 10 and 15 minutes after the mainshock.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami
Multiple social media posts showed water rushing through streets and ports in the region following the earthquake, along with tsunami warnings being issued for the islands of Ikaria, Kos, Chios and Samos. Flooding from the coasts reached heights of 1.9 meters (6 feet), however at Akarca, the tsunami reached heights of 6 metres (19 feet). In Azmak, the tsunami penetrated 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) inland, 0.82 kilometres (0.5 miles) in Akarca, and 0.32 kilometres (0.2 miles) in Sigacik. Recorded heights of the tsunami from this event were larger that of other similar magnitude quakes in the same region with the exception of the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami
Moderate damage to the Turkish and Greek coast were caused by the tsunami, with no structural damage to buildings reported. The tsunami produced unusually long basin oscillations, persisting for over a day after the earthquake. The earthquake itself generated an unusually large tsunami for its magnitude and normal focal mechanism.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami, Turkish coast
In Alaçatı on the Çeşme Peninsula, the tsunami flowed up a stream and inundated inland by as much as 2.49 km. It took a fishing vessel 1.16 km inland along the stream during the inundation. Analysis of video footage on the coast showed that the tsunami had a maximum height of 1.7 meters when it struck.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami, Turkish coast
East of Alaçatı is Zeytineli, where the tsunami severely damaged unoccupied resort houses along a stretch of beach. Debris from the damaged structures were strewned along the beach. Concrete blocks were also displaced by as much as 25 meters. A maximum inundation of 760 meters was measured, as well as a flow height of 1.9 meters at a palm tree, some 50 meters from the shore.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami, Turkish coast
In Akarca, north of Samos, the tsunami run-up heights were up to 3.8 meters, reaching as far as 290 meters inland. The maximum wave height in this area was 6 meters. A 2.2-meter surge flooded and damaged a diving center near the coast. Garden walls and fences of homes at the shore were also damaged. Cars and boats were among the large objects picked up by the surge and moved inland. The only known fatality from the tsunami was reported in this town.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami, Greek coast
Multiple social media posts showed water rushing through streets and ports in the region following the earthquake, along with tsunami warnings being issued for the islands of Ikaria, Kos, Chios and Samos. On the island of Samos, the tsunami caused major flooding on its northern coast, and was recorded my multiple people on video camera. No deaths were reported by the tsunami. Many offices and businesses were immediately flooded when the surge broke through windows and doors. Waves of 1.5 to 2.0 meters traveled as far as 101 meters inland.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami, Greek coast
Damage to boats and cars were widely reported after the tsunami struck. A number of small boats and cars were carried inland or lost at sea by the tsunami. Some boats were smashed along breakwater structures as well. Shops, hotel lobbies, restaurants, offices and homes suffered slight damage when the tsunami inundated the ground level and indoors.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Tsunami, Greek coast
A maximum run-up height of 3.35 meters was measured on the northern coast of Samos about 5.8 km east of Karlovasi Port. The tsunami caused some material damage to a home that was located at the coast.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Geological effects
The earthquake produced significant coseismic uplift on the island of Samos. Surface ruptures were also observed on the island. Uplift along the beaches, ports, and coasts were recorded at Samos. At Karlovasi, up to 24 cm of permanent uplift was measured at a breakwater off the coast. Approximately 1.5 km west of Karlovasi is the Akra roaky coast consisting of marble, which was uplifted 20 cm. Between 15 and 20 cm of uplift was measured at Ayios Nikolaos, located 12 km southwest of the earthquake epicenter.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Geological effects
An aftershock measuring Mw  4.5 on January 23, 2021 generated 8 to 10 cm of additional uplift in the same area. Same measurements were recorded at a marina in Marathokampos, and an aftershock on January 20 caused further uplift of the coast. The Pythagoreio Fault in Pythagoreio, 29 km southeast of the earthquake, generated 20 cm of surface deformation during the quake. An estimated uplift of 25 cm is thought to have occurred at Potokaki as reported by tourists.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Geological effects
Small normal-mechanism surface ruptures were documented near the villages of Kontakaiika, Ayios Nikolaos, and Ayios Elias. Vertical displacements of up to 8 cm were observed on the ground, and across roads. The coseismic surface ruptures resulted in some damage to roads and brick walls. Although the uplifts were on the order of several centimeters, these surface ruptured added up to a length of 1 km.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Geological effects
Small landslides, rockfalls and slope failures were reported along fault scarps on Samos. Some instances of rockfalls caused minor traffic disruption when they partially blocked roads. A small rockfall caused slight damage to an adjacent building in Kokkari.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Geological effects
Ground cracks appeared on a road at Malagari. The cracked caused part of the road, and small trees to slide several centimeters closer to the shore as a result of lateral spreading. Minor liquefaction occurred at the beach near the town as well.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Impact
Initially, Turkish Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu stated that at least six buildings were destroyed in İzmir, but the city's mayor Tunç Soyer later put the number of collapsed buildings closer to 20. On-site investigations by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization revised the number of collapsed and intentionally demolished buildings to 103. At least 700 others suffered serious damage, and in 814, damage was moderate. Slight structural damage was reported in 7,889 buildings while the other 159,000 were unaffected.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Impact
Most of the buildings that collapsed were built in the 1990s, based on outdated earthquake regulations from 1975. Poor construction practices and code compliance were reasons for the collapse. Additionally, the first floors of these buildings were altered for commercial use such as shops. Taller buildings with heights of 100 to 240 meters, however, did not sustain structural damages. The city is also built on soft sediments in a basin which amplified the intensity of shaking despite its distance from the epicenter.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Impact
On 4 November, mayor of İzmir Tunç Soyer stated that 15,000 people lost their homes only in İzmir in the earthquake. Total damage is estimated to be in the millions for Greece, and over $400 million for Turkey.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Impact
Greek authorities from Samos stated that although buildings were damaged across the island, the worst sustained was in Karlovasi, where a large church had partially collapsed. In Karlovasi, over 100 buildings were damaged upon inspection. It is the first time since the 2017 Aegean Sea earthquake that there are earthquake-related deaths in Greece.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Impact
On-site inspections of buildings on the isand began hours after the quake, and ended on November 15. Of the 4,245 buildings inspected, 57% were declared unafe for inhabitation. At least 87% of damaged buildings were of masonry construction while 6% were reinforced concrete types. Damage mostly consisted of partial collapse or shear cracks. Churches and other religious buildings suffered significant but repairable damaged in the quake. Archeological sites and items of historical value were damaged, some of which beyond repair. At the Archaeological Museum of Pythagorion, vessels and sculptures were destroyed. The parameter wall of the Castle of Lycurgus Logothetis suffered partial collapses. A crack appeared in the marble structure of the Archaeological Museum of Vathy.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Impact, Casualties
One hundred and seventeen (117) people were killed and 1,034 were injured in Turkey, all but one in the city of Izmir. The other Turkish victim outside Izmir died from drowning in the advancing tsunami in the district of Seferihisar. Additionally, two teenagers died in Greece after being crushed by a wall on the island of Samos; 19 others were injured in Greece.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Relief operations
Right after the earthquake, Turkish Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca stated that about 40 ambulances, 35 emergency rescue teams and two ambulance helicopters had reached the scene, while Turkey's Ministry of National Defence stated that one of its planes had departed from Etimesgut Air Base to transport AFAD and gendarmerie teams to the region. The Turkish Red Crescent immediately deployed teams from six cities to provide food to those affected by the earthquake. More than 1,200 workers were involved in rescue efforts involving at least 13 buildings in İzmir, which continued into the night.


2020 Aegean Sea earthquake, Relief operations
According to Al Jazeera, the personnel involved in the rescue operations had reached about 8,000, including 25 rescue dogs. Turkish authorities stated that 106 people were rescued, while the local government had set up tents to house about 2,000 people overnight. A three-year-old Ayda Gezgin was also said to have been the second little girl rescued on Tuesday, from an 8-story building. A total of 17 collapsed buildings were part of the search and rescue operations, according Mehmet Gulluoglu, head of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency.


2020 Afghan Premier League
The 2020 Afghan Premier League was ninth season of Afghan Premier League, the Afghan league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season commenced on 24 September 2020. Shaheen Asmayee won their fifth title defeating Simorgh Alborz in the final, 1–0.


2020 Afghan Premier League, Teams
The following eight teams, which represent the country's eight main regions, participate in the 2020 Afghan Premier League.


2020 Afghan Premier League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 18 September 2020.


2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup
The 2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup was a Limited-overs competition that took place in Afghanistan between 13 and 22 August 2020. It was the fourth year of domestic List A cricket to be played in Afghanistan, following the announcements by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in February and May 2017. However, despite the 2019 edition of the Provincial Challenge Cup having List A status, the same was not applied to the 2020 edition. Eight teams qualified for the tournament, and were divided into two groups of four.


2020 Afghanistan Provincial Challenge Cup
Khost Province won the tournament, after beating defending champions Nangarhar Province by five wickets in the final, with Shahidullah scoring a century.


2020 Afghanistan flood
A series of flash floods occurred in Afghanistan in June 2020. They were caused by torrential rain in Charikar, Parwan Province. The flood killed at least 190 people and injured 250 others, and destroyed hundreds of houses. The Ministry of Disaster Management has also reported some casualties and destruction of infrastructure in the provinces of Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Nangarhar, Panjshir, and Paktia.


2020 Afghanistan flood
Recovery efforts were complicated by the ongoing War in Afghanistan, as in some areas, delivering assistance was not possible due to fighting.


2020 Afghanistan flood
The death toll of the flood rose to 160 on 29 August 2020. 129 of the deaths occurred in Parwan.


2020 Afghanistan flood
The death toll rise to 190 and 172 were injured on 1 September 2020.


2020 Afgooye bombing
On 18 January 2020, a suicide car bombing killed four and injured at least 20 others in Afgooye, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Most of the casualties were police officers protecting Turkish contractors building a road. The al-Qaeda-linked extremist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.


2020 Afgooye bombing, Background
Al-Shabaab began as the armed wing of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), which later splintered into several smaller factions after its defeat in 2006 by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the TFG's Ethiopian military allies.


2020 Afgooye bombing, Background
The group often carries out attacks in Somalia, especially in and around Mogadishu. It less frequently attacks other African countries which support Somalia, especially neighbouring Kenya. Al-Shabaab carries out attacks to try to undermine Somalia's central government, which is backed by the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping troops, (AMISOM). On 14 October 2017, the worst attack by the organization killed more than 500 people with two bomb explosions that targeted Somalia's capital city Mogadishu.


2020 Afgooye bombing, Turkish involvement in Somalia
Turkey is a large donor of humanitarian aid and reconstruction to Somalia. Turkey maintained an embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, until the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991. During the drought of 2011, Turkey contributed over $201 million to the humanitarian relief efforts in the impacted parts of Somalia. Turkey assisted in the building of several hospitals, and helped renovate and rehabilitate the Aden Adde International Airport and the National Assembly building, among other initiatives.


2020 Afgooye bombing, Attack
Al-Shabaab militants detonated a car bomb near Afgooye, which is in Lower Shabelle and is approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Mogadishu. A Somali police commander said the intended target was Turkish construction workers. The suicide bomber sped into an area where the engineers and police were having lunch. Local witnesses described a "massive explosion" and "clouds of smoke". The casualties were mostly police officers providing security. Following the attack, al-Shabab issued a statement, "We are behind the martyrdom of the suicide car bomb in Afgoye".


2020 Afgooye bombing, Reactions
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense wrote on Twitter: "We curse and condemn in the strongest terms the bomb terror attack which targeted innocent civilians in Somalia".


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
The 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations was the 6th edition of the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa. The tournament was held in Morocco between 28 January – 7 February 2020 (original dates were 17–26 April 2020).


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup (except for 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was organized as the 2011 African Futsal Championship was cancelled). The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CAF representatives.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Morocco were the defending champions and successfully managed to defend their title after beating Egypt 5–0 in the final.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Qualification, Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. South Africa withdrew from the tournament on 15 January 2020 as they refused to play in Laayoune of Western Sahara due to the Western Sahara conflict. They were replaced by Mauritius, which were eliminated by South Africa in the qualifying round. South Africa, together with Mauritius which withdrew after playing one match in the final tournament, were banned from the next two editions of the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Group stage
The draw for the final tournament took place on 7 December 2019, 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the Palais des Congrès in Laayoune. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. For the draw, the hosts Morocco were seeded in position A1, and Egypt, which had the highest ranking among the other teams, were seeded in position B1. The remaining six teams were drawn from one pot to fill the other positions in the two groups.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Article 68):


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time (two periods of 5 minutes each) and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Goalscorers
There were 83 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 5.93 goals per match.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification
The 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification was the qualification process organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, the 6th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Africa.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification, Format
The five winners of the preliminary round qualified for the final tournament.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification, Preliminary round
Morocco qualified automatically as hosts, and Egypt and Mozambique also qualified automatically as the other African teams in the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, while the remaining five spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took take place in October 2019.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification, Preliminary round
South Africa won 11–1 on aggregate. South Africa withdrew from the tournament on 15 January 2020 as they refused to play in Laayoune of Western Sahara due to the Western Sahara conflict and were replaced by Mauritius.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification, Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. South Africa, which originally qualified, withdrew and were replaced by Mauritius.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations qualification, Goalscorers
There were 27 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations squads
The following is a list of squads for each national team which competed at the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations. The tournament took place in Morocco, between 28 January–7 February 2020. It was the sixth competition organised by the Confederation of African Football.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations squads
The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of maximum 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. CAF published the final lists with squad numbers on their website on 25 January 2020.


2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations squads
The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 28 January 2020, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2020 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards
The 2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards was held 14 March 2020 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.


2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards
The 2020 African Magic Viewers' Choice Awards was held 14 March 2020 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.


2020 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards
The nominees were revealed on February 6,2020. There was 28 categories and seven of those categories was open to public voting. 21 of the categories was decided by the AMVCA panel of judges. The MultiChoice Talent Factory Award was included as a new category.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations
The 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations, officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations, was supposed to be the 12th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations (14th edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women's national teams of Africa.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations
On 30 June 2020, following a virtual meeting by CAF in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled due to "challenging conditions" according to CAF and rather approved the maiden CAF Women's Champions League which is scheduled to begin in 2021. Subsequently, the men's edition scheduled to take place the following year was moved to 2022, while the 2020 African Nations Championship was postponed to 2021.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations
The tournament was earlier scheduled to take place between 23 November to 20 December 2020, and would originally be expanded from eight to 12 teams. Nigeria were the defending champions.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Host selection
The Republic of the Congo were named as the hosts in September 2018. They withdrew as hosts in July 2019.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Host selection
No official replacement hosts were named by the CAF before the tournament was cancelled. Some sources mentioned Tunisia as possible hosts, but no official confirmation was given. Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea were also reportedly interested in hosting.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Qualification
A record total of 36 women's national teams entered the qualifying rounds. However, all qualifying matches, originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020, were postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before the tournament was cancelled.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
The 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification was a scheduled women's football competition which would have decided the participating teams of the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
A total of 12 teams would qualify to play in the final tournament, including the hosts which would qualify automatically.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
On 30 June 2020, following a decision by CAF, the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Draw
A record total of 36 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Format
Qualification ties were to be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Schedule
The first round matches were originally scheduled for 6–14 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, the CAF announced that all first round matches had been postponed until further notice.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Schedule
The second round matches were originally scheduled for 1–9 June 2020. On 3 April 2020, FIFA had recommended that all June 2020 international matches be postponed.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Schedule
On 30 June 2020, the CAF announced that the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations had been cancelled.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Bracket
The 11 winners of the second round would have qualified for the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.


2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification, Second round
Winners would have qualified for 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.


2020 African Badminton Championships
The 2020 African Badminton Championships (officially known as All Africa Individual Championships 2020) is the continental badminton championships to crown the best players across Africa. The tournament is being held at the Cairo Stadium Hall 2 in Cairo, Egypt, from 14 to 16 February 2020.


2020 African Badminton Championships, Tournament
The 2020 African Badminton Championships is a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa.


2020 African Badminton Championships, Tournament, Venue
This tournament was held at the Cairo Stadium Hall 2 in Cairo, Egypt.


2020 African Badminton Championships, Tournament, Point distribution
The individual event of this tournament is graded based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Challenge event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.


2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held in Diamniadio, Senegal from 20 to 29 February 2020.


2020 African Entertainment Awards USA
The 6th AEAUSA was held at New Jersey on December 20, 2020 with no live audience due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony was broadcast live on AEAUSA YouTube channel. Nominees were revealed on October 9, 2020. The ceremony seeks to reward excellence in entrepreneurship, community leadership, and the entrainment industry in Africa and the diaspora.


2020 African Entertainment Awards USA
The ceremony was sponsored by Empak Corp, and Siderz Entertainment LLC.


2020 African Entertainment Awards USA, Nominations and winners
The following is a list of nominees and the winners are listed highlighted in boldface.


2020 African Judo Championships
The 2020 African Judo Championships took place in Antananarivo, Madagascar, from 17 to 20 December 2020.


2020 African Judo Championships
The championships were originally scheduled to be held in Casablanca from 16 to 19 April, then in Rabat from 28 to 30 November, but were postponed both times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship
The 2020 African Men's Handball Championship was the 24th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and was held from 16 to 26 January 2020 in Tunisia. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and 2021 World Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship
Egypt won their seventh title by defeating Tunisia 27–23 in the final.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship, Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 19 October 2019 in Tunis. Senegal withdrew before the tournament.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship, Match officials
On 13 January 2020, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) has selected eight couples of referees.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship, Placement round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship, Main round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.


2020 African Men's Handball Championship, Final ranking and awards, All-Star Team
The all-star team and awards were announced on 3 February 2020.


2020 African Nations Championship
The 2020 African Nations Championship, known as the Total African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2020) was the 6th edition of the African Nations Championship, a biennial football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) exclusively featuring players from the respective national championships.


2020 African Nations Championship
The tournament was held in Cameroon from 16 January to 7 February 2021. Originally it was scheduled to be played from 4 to 25 April 2020. However, CAF announced on 17 March 2020 that the tournament had been postponed to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 30 June, CAF announced that the tournament would be rescheduled to January 2021.


2020 African Nations Championship
Ethiopia were formerly awarded as host of the tournament, but the EFF admitted it was not ready to host this competition, and hosting rights were awarded to Cameroon instead. The final tournament was originally to be played during January and February 2020, but it was moved to April 2020, before being postponed again.


2020 African Nations Championship
Unlike the Africa Cup of Nations, the competing national teams must be composed of players playing in their domestic league. For example, a Cameroonian player is only eligible to play for the Cameroon national team if he is playing for a Cameroonian club.


2020 African Nations Championship
CAF has delivered a satisfactory certificate to Cameroon in which they indicated the percentage of attendance in line with health exigencies outlined by FIFA. Twenty five percent of spectators were admitted in the different stadia during the first phase of the competition, that is group matches and It could rise to 50 per cent in the knock-out phases of the competition.


2020 African Nations Championship
Morocco were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title, defeating Mali in the final.


2020 African Nations Championship, Host selection
Ethiopia were originally officially appointed to host the tournament on 4 February 2018, after the final of the previous tournament in Morocco. Cameroon were appointed to replace Ethiopia to host the tournament on 13 April 2019.


2020 African Nations Championship, Qualification
The qualifying rounds took place in 2019. Djibouti and Gabon were banned as they withdrew during the 2018 African Nations Championship qualification. Djibouti, along with the original hosts Ethiopia were later reinstated.


2020 African Nations Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Tunisia qualified for the tournament but withdrew in January 2020. On 20 January 2020, Libya, which were eliminated by Tunisia in the qualifying round, were invited to take part in place and given a deadline of 28 January 2020 to decide whether to participate. Libya decided to accept the invitation. Tunisia were banned from the next edition of the African Nations Championship.


2020 African Nations Championship, Venues
Matches were held in four venues at three cities: Yaoundé, Limbe and Douala. The fixtures were announced on 24 February 2020.


2020 African Nations Championship, Squads
Each squad can contain a maximum of 23 players (Regulations Article 72).


2020 African Nations Championship, Match officials
The following 43 match officials officiated during the 2020 African Nations Championship.


2020 African Nations Championship, Draw
The draw of the final tournament was held on 17 February 2020, 19:00 WAT (UTC+1), at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de Yaoundé in Yaoundé. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Teams were allocated into four pots, with the hosts Cameroon seeded in Group A and the defending champions Morocco seeded in Group C.


2020 African Nations Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.


2020 African Nations Championship, Group stage
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74):


2020 African Nations Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 75).


2020 African Nations Championship, Goalscorers
There were 62 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 1.94 goals per match.


2020 African Nations Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2020 African Nations Championship, Awards, Tournament team rankings
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2020 African Nations Championship Final
The 2020 African Nations Championship Final was a football match to determine the winners of the CHAN 2020 tournament and took place on 7 February 2021 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé, Cameroon. It was contested by Mali and Morocco.


2020 African Nations Championship Final
Morocco won 2-0 to claim their second title. By doing so, they became the first team to win back-to-back titles since the tournament's inaugural edition in 2009. They also tied with DR Congo as the most successful teams in the tournament.


2020 African Nations Championship Final, Venue
The final was held at the multi-purpose Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in the capital city ofYaoundé, Cameroon. Built in 1972, it currently has a capacity of 40,000 seats. It is used mostly for football matches and is named after Ahmadou Ahidjo, who was President of Cameroon from 1960 until 1982. The stadium has been renovated in 2016 ahead of the Africa Women Cup of Nations tournament. It is the home stadium of Canon Yaoundé and Tonnerre Yaoundé. The stadium is also known as the home venue of the Cameroonian national football team, who drew the stadium's record attendance of 120,000 in a football match in the 1980s.


2020 African Nations Championship Final, Background
Mali and Morocco both made their 4th appearance at the tournament, and their second final. Mali previously contested the final in 2016 losing 3-0 to DR Congo. Morocco meanwhile reached the final of the previous edition defeating Nigeria 4-0 to become the first host nation to win the title. The final was also the first meeting between the two sides at the CHAN tournament.


2020 African Nations Championship Final, Background
Mali were 57th in the FIFA World Rankings (9th among African nations), while Morocco were 35th (4th among African nations).


2020 African Nations Championship Group A
Group A of the 2020 African Nations Championship will take place from 16 January to 24 January 2021. The group consists of Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.


2020 African Nations Championship qualification
The 2020 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2020 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2020 African Nations Championship qualification
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Cameroon which qualified automatically as hosts.


2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Teams
Originally, a total of 47 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 30 January 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. A re-draw of the Central Eastern Zone (CECAFA) was announced on 3 July 2019, after Ethiopia (original hosts) and Djibouti (originally banned) were included. A re-draw of the Central Zone (UNIFFAC) was also made, after Cameroon (new hosts) were excluded from qualifying. Therefore, a total of 48 (out of 53) teams CAF  member national teams entered the qualifying rounds after the re-draws.


2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Northern Zone
Tunisia won 3–1 on aggregate, but withdrew in January 2020. As a result, Libya qualified.


2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Central Zone, First round
Central African Republic won on walkover after São Tomé and Príncipe withdrew.


2020 African Nations Championship qualification, Goalscorers
There were 146 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.28 goals per match.


2020 African Nations Championship squads
The 2020 African Nations Championship was an international football tournament held in Cameroon from 16 January to 7 February 2021. Unlike the Africa Cup of Nations, this tournament exclusively requires players to be registered to a club within their country to be eligible. Expatriate players, even if they play in Africa, cannot participate in the event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) allowed the 16 teams involved to register a list of 33 players, unlike the normal 23-man squad.


2020 African Nations Championship squads
Each national team had to submit its list of 33 players to CAF until 6 January 2021 deadline, 10 days before the start of the tournament.


2020 African Nations Championship squads
The age listed for each player is on 16 January 2021, the first day of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in cursive were registered as reserves.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group A, Cameroon
The 23-man squad and 10 reserves were announced on 11 January 2021. Forward Christian Mayo was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Hans Moussima.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group A, Zimbabwe
The 23-man squad and 10 reserves were announced on 4 January 2021. The ten reserves players registered were: defenders Frank Makarati, Tymon Mvula and Munyaradzi Diro-Nyenye; midfielders Devon Chafa, Jeansmith Mutudza, Phineas Bamusi, Ishmael Wadi, Nqobizitha Masuku, Tichaona Chipunza and the forward Thomas Chideu. On 13 January 2021, the reserve Thomas Chideu replaced forward Tawanda Nyamandwe who tested positive for COVID-19. Zimbabwe's squad consisted of only 23 players, the reserve players did not travel to Cameroon.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group B, DR Congo
The 33-man squad was announced on 6 January 2021. On 7 January 2021, defender Arsène Zola and midfielder Mokonzi Gbazeke were replaced by Doxa Gikanji and Kadima Kabangu respectively due to administrative reasons.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group B, Congo
The 30-man squad was announced by CAF on 16 January 2021. Congo's squad that traveled to Cameroon consisted of 25 players and was announced on 31 December 2020. Reserve forward Judea Mouandzibi was called up to join the 25-man squad on 23 January 2021.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group B, Niger
The 33-man squad was announced by CAF on 16 January 2021. Niger's squad in Cameroon consisted of 29 players and was announced on 16 January 2021.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group D, Zambia
The 31-man squad was announced on 29 December 2020. Midfielder Felix Bulaya and forward Roger Kola were ruled out due to administrative reasons. On 7 January 2021, goalkeeper Allan Chibwe and defender Fackson Kapumbu were summoned to join the squad. Forward Jonathan Munalula was also registered in the squad. Eventually, on 15 January 2021, Zambia's squad was reduced to 28 players by the manager Milutin Sredojević, with defender Fackson Kapumbu, goalkeeper Richard Nyirenda and midfielder Chaniza Zulu being dropped.


2020 African Nations Championship squads, Group D, Namibia
The 31-man squad was announced on 14 December 2020. Defender Larry Horaeb was replaced by Charles Hambira. Namibia's squad that traveled to Cameroon consisted of 28 players and was announced on 14 January 2021.


2020 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2020 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships also known as The 15th African Championships was held from 10 to 15 March 2020 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This was the second time that the African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were hosted by Egypt. These championships are organized in conjunction with the African Aerobic Gymnastics Championships.


2020 African Sahel floods
The 2020 African Sahel floods were extreme floods that struck numerous West, East, and Central African countries in August and September of 2020 due to extreme rainfall. But over 760,000 people in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo Republic, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, and Tunisia  were affected and hundreds killed.


2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2020 African Qualification Tournament for Tokyo Olympic Games was held in Rabat, Morocco from February 22 to February 23, 2020. Each country may enter a maximum of 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one athlete in each division. The winner and runner-up athletes per division qualify for the Olympic Games under their NOC.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 7th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Three teams would have qualified from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in India as the CAF representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled. As a result, all remaining qualifying matches were cancelled.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Draw
A total of 20 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 10 May  2020 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Schedule
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all second round matches, originally scheduled for 1–3 and 8–10 May 2020, had been postponed until further notice. The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020. However, in October 2020, CAF announced that all third round matches, rescheduled for 30 October – 1 November and 20–22 November 2020, were again postponed due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19. The CAF sent a letter to the member associations on 21 December 2020 confirming the cancellation of the qualifiers.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Bracket
The three winners of the second round would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Preliminary round
Zambia won on walkover after Namibia withdrew, citing financial constraints.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Preliminary round
São Tomé and Príncipe won on walkover after DR Congo did not appear for the first leg.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, First round
Morocco won 4–0 on aggregate and awarded as a 3–0 after Botswana did not appear for the second leg due to concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Second round
Winners would have qualified for 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2020 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Goalscorers
There were 101 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 4.39 goals per match.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 10th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Two teams would have qualified from this tournament for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the CAF representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled. As a result, all remaining qualifying matches were cancelled.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Draw
A total of 29 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draw procedures were as follows:


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Format
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to determine the winner.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Schedule
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all first round matches, originally scheduled for 20–22 and 27–29 March 2020, had been postponed until further notice. The CAF announced the new dates in July 2020. However, on 15 August 2020, CAF announced that all first round matches, rescheduled for 3–5 and 10–12 September 2020, were again postponed due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19. The CAF sent a letter to the member associations on 21 December 2020 confirming the cancellation of the qualifiers.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Bracket
The two winners of the third round would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Preliminary round
Gabon won on walkover after DR Congo did not appear for the first leg.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Third round
Winners would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2020 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Goalscorers
There were 94 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.92 goals per match (as of 2 February 2020).


2020 African Volleyball Championship U19
The 2020 African Volleyball Championship U19 was held in Abuja, Nigeria from 4 to 8 March 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.


2020 African Volleyball Championship U19
Nigeria finished the 4-team round-robin tournament on top of the standing to clinch their first title.


2020 African Volleyball Championship U19, Qualification
9 CAVB under-19 national teams have registered to participate in the 2020 African Championship U19. But, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Egypt, Madagascar and Tunisia later withdrew.


2020 African Volleyball Championship U19, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2020 African Volleyball Championship U21
The 2020 African Volleyball Championship U21 was held in Cairo, Egypt from 20 to 24 February 2021. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.


2020 African Volleyball Championship U21
Egypt finished the 4-team round-robin tournament on top of the standing to clinch their fifth title.


2020 African Volleyball Championship U21, Qualification
5 CAVB under-21 national teams have registered to participate in the 2020 African Championship U21. But, Central African Republic later withdrew.


2020 African Volleyball Championship U21, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2020 African Wrestling Championships
The 2020 African Wrestling Championships was held in Algiers, Algeria from 8 to 9 February 2020.


2020 African Wrestling Championships
Competitions were held in three age groups: cadets, juniors, and seniors according to United World Wrestling rules.


2020 Afrin bombing
On the afternoon of 28 April 2020, a truck bombing occurred a few meters away from the governor's residence in Raju street in Afrin, Aleppo Governorate. A bomb in a tank truck was detonated at an open-air market in Souk Ali in the city centre. According to the governor of the neighbouring Hatay province, across the Turkish border, the explosion was believed to have been caused by the rigging of a fuel tanker with hand grenades. The attack killed at least 53 civilians (including 11 children) and 12 Turkish-backed fighters, and injured over 50 others. Many people, alongside those who got trapped in their cars were burnt to death as a result of the blast, Syrian activists disclosed.


2020 Afrin bombing, Responsibility
The Turkish government blamed the People's Protection Units (YPG). The Syrian Democratic Council and the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, condemned the bombing and blamed Turkish policy, pointing out that "gangs armed by Turkey" had been involved in similar attacks.


2020 Afrin bombing, Responsibility
According to the German Marxist newspaper Junge Welt, the nature of the attack and recent tensions suggests a jihadist group. Clashes between jihadist militias regularly take place in the Afrin and Idlib regions. Significant tensions have recently re-emerged between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the main rebel jihadist force in Idlib, and the Turkish government. HTS has accused Ankara of treason since the Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreed in early March 2020. The week prior to the Afrin bombing, the militiamen destroyed a Turkish tank while the Turkish Air Force allegedly destroyed a HTS base by drone.


2020 Afro-Asian U-23 Champions Cup
The Afro-Asian U-23 Champions Cup was an international football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between representative nations from these confederations, usually the winners of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations and the winners of the AFC U-23 Championship.


2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast
On 4 November 2020, a blast at a chemical factory in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India caused deaths of 12 people and injuries to nine others.


2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast, Incident
A blast occurred at Sahil Enterprise, a chemical factory on Piplaj road in Pirana, Ahmedabad at 11:22 am IST. Kanika Texo Fab, a textile facility next to the factory, had around 30 people working when the blast occurred. The building collapsed and several people died and others injured due to the fallen debris. A total 12 people, including five women, died. Nine others, including four women, were admitted to the L G Hospital, six of whom were in critical condition.


2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast, Rescue and compensation
The fire brigade arrived with 60 firefighters and 24 fire engines. The rescue operation lasted till 8:00 pm IST.


2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast, Rescue and compensation
The Government of Gujarat had announced an ex gratia of ₹4 lakh (US$5,600) each to the families of those killed.


2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast, Investigation
The Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani had ordered the investigation. An inquiry commission comprising two members was formed for investigation. The FIR was filed by Gujarat Police against the owner of the chemical factory and two owners of the estate on 5 November 2020.


2020 Ain municipal elections
The 2020 Ain municipal elections took place on 15 March 2020, with a second round of voting initially expected for 22 March 2020. Like the rest of France, the second round was initially suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 22 May, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced that the second round of voting would take place on the 28th of June.


2020 Ain municipal elections, Incumbent and elected mayors
The election was marked by political stability, with the right remaining largely the majority political force in the department. The left, having largely been defeated in 2014, was unable to regain seats lost in Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Attignat, Belley, Ferney-Voltaire, Montluel, Ornex, Prévessin-Moëns, Trévoux and Villars-les-Dombes. In 2020, the left continued its political erosion by losing seats in Miribel and Reyrieux, but was consoled with the re-election of Jean-François Debat (PS) in Bourg-en-Bresse.


2020 Ain municipal elections, Communes with candidates
In three communes, Buellas, Péron and Point d'Ain no candidates stood for election.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2020 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by 14th-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They competed as members of the Mountain West Conference.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team, Previous season
The Falcons finished the 2019 season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to finish in second place in the Mountain Division. Following the season they were invited to the Cheez-It Bowl where they defeated Washington State by a score of 31–21.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days were originally scheduled to take place from July 27–29, 2020, virtually, but were canceled.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
The preseason poll was released on July 21, 2020. The Falcons were predicted to finish in third place in the MW Mountain Division. The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Preseason All−Mountain West Team
The Falcons had three players selected to the preseason All−Mountain West Team; two from the offense and one from the defense.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team, Schedule
Air Force announced its 2020 football schedule on February 27, 2020. The original 2020 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the suspension of the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the nature of their institutions and rivalries, Air Force kept scheduled games with Army and Navy in order to play for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy in the fall. Scheduled games against Duquesne and Purdue from the orginial schedule were canceled and Mountain West Conference play was suspended.


2020 Air Force Falcons football team, Schedule
On September 25, the Mountain West announced that their Board of Directors had met and approved plans to resume the football season. The revised schedule was announced on October 1, with conference play beginning on October 24. The Falcons had six conference games scheduled, two less than their MW counterparts to account for their service academy match-ups. The Army game, originally scheduled for November 7, was postponed indefinitely on November 5 with both schools saying they would reschedule the game if possible. The Wyoming game, originally scheduled for November 14, was canceled on November 8. The Colorado State game, originally scheduled for November 26, was canceled on November 25. On that same day, the Air Force-Army game was rescheduled for December 19 at Michie Stadium.


2020 Akron Zips football team
The 2020 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Zips were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio. They competed as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). In their fifth game, the Zips defeated Bowling Green, 31–3, to break their 21-game losing streak dating back to the 2018 season.


2020 Akron Zips football team, Schedule
Akron had non-conference games scheduled against Clemson, Youngstown State, New Mexico State, and UMass, which all were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
The 2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twenty-second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between 7 and 13 December 2020.


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Lucie Hradecká and Andreja Klepač were the defending champions but Hradecká chose not to participate. Klepač partnered Kirsten Flipkens, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ekaterine Gorgodze and Ankita Raina.


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Gorgodze and Raina went on to win the title, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Kaja Juvan in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–6].


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Ana Bogdan was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2020 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Sorana Cîrstea won the title, defeating Kateřina Siniaková in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3.


2020 Al-Habboubi Square attack
The Al-Habboubi Square attack occurred on 27 November 2020 as part of the 2019-2021 Iraqi protests. After finishing Friday prayers, an armed group known as the Peace Companies attacked civil protesters at the Al-Habboubi Square in Nasiriyah, Iraq. The attack left 4 civil protesters dead and 70 protesters injured. The attack's alleged motive was to expel protesters from the area. After the attack, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi dismissed the police chief of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Major Hazim Mohammed Al-Waily. A curfew was imposed in the city afterwards.


2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team
The 2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represents Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs are led by third-year head coach Connell Maynor and play their home games at Louis Crews Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team
On May 3, 2021, A&M was voted HBCU National Champions by the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls, after finishing the season undefeated. Their selections marks the first time in history the Bulldogs finished the season ranked as the #1 team in black college football. A&M is ranked #22 in the 2020-21 Division I FCS Coaches Poll, Coach Maynor is a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award for the top coach in FCS and QB Aqeel Glass is a finalist for Walter Payton Award for best FCS player.


2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team, Schedule
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Mississippi State, Stephen F. Austin, and UAB were canceled. The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17. Initially, A&M's spring schedule featured 6 games, 3 away, 2 home and the Magic City Classic. The Bulldogs won their first game via forfeit after Alcorn opted out of their spring season. Additionally, games against Mississippi Valley State and Prairie View A&M were postponed and later canceled due to COVID cases in their respective programs.


2020 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team, Schedule
On March 3, the Bulldogs added a non-conference game against South Carolina State. Their last scheduled home contest against Grambling State was also canceled without a makeup game schedule. Alabama A&M lost its final opportunity to host a game at Louis Crews Stadium when the SWAC moved its championship game to a neutral site due to confusion over tiebreakers as a result of COVID related cancellations.


2020 Alabama Amendment 1
2020 Alabama Amendment 1, the Citizen Requirement for Voting Measure, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment decided on November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 Alabama elections. The amendment passed with 77.01% of the vote.


2020 Alabama Amendment 1, Contents
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to amend Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 177 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to provide that only a citizen of the United States has the right to vote.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team will represent the University of Alabama in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide will play their home games at Sewell–Thomas Stadium.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Previous season
The Crimson Tide finished 30–26 overall, and 7–23 in the conference.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Previous season, SEC media poll
The SEC media poll was released on February 6, 2020 with the Crimson Tide predicted to finish in last place in the Western Division.


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


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the Crimson Tide's 126th overall season, 87th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and 29th within the SEC Western Division. They played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and were led by 14th-year head coach Nick Saban (with second-year offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian serving as acting coach for Game 8 due to COVID-19 protocols).


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
They finished the season undefeated with a record of 13–0 (11–0 in the SEC) and as national champions. Looking to build on the successes of the 2019 campaign, Alabama entered the 2020 season as the favorite to win the Western Division and meet the Florida Gators in the 2020 SEC Championship Game. Alabama closed the regular season with a 11–0 record including five wins against Top 25-ranked teams—and met the Gators for the SEC Championship in a rematch of the 2016 contest. Alabama was victorious by a final score of 52–46 to capture their 9th SEC championship title.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The following day, final College Football Playoff (CFP) standings were unveiled. No. 1 ranked Alabama would meet No. 4 ranked Notre Dame for the Rose Bowl game in a rematch of the 2013 contest, defeated the Fighting Irish 31–14 to meet No. 3 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes for the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in a rematch of their 2015 contest. In the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Crimson Tide defeated the Buckeyes, 52–24, to capture their third CFP National Championship title in seven years. The victory over Ohio State gave Alabama their 18th national championship in football (their 13th wire service title since the AP Poll began in 1936) and their tenth perfect season since 1925.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The season marked the first time a wide receiver at Alabama won the Heisman Trophy, as DeVonta Smith won the award over several finalists including Clemson Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence. In addition to the Heisman, Smith won numerous other awards, including the Maxwell Award and the Biletnikoff Award. Other award winners included quarterback Mac Jones (Davey O’Brien Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award), running back Najee Harris (Doak Walker Award), Alex Leatherwood (Outland Trophy), Landon Dickerson (Rimington Trophy), the offensive line (Joe Moore Award), and offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian (Broyles Award). Six players were named to various All-America Teams with Patrick Surtain II, DeVonta Smith, Alex Leatherwood, Landon Dickerson, and Najee Harris as unanimous selections and Mac Jones as a consensus selection.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The team finished the 2020 season with a final ranking of No. 1 in both the AP and Coaches' Polls.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season
In 2019, the Crimson Tide began the year ranked second in the AP Poll and were favorites to repeat as SEC champions. The Tide won their first eight games of the season, but third-ranked Alabama fell 41–46 in a highly anticipated match-up with the second-ranked LSU Tigers, who went on to win the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship 42–25 against the Clemson Tigers.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season
The Tide went on to win their next two games but ended up falling 45–48 to their rival, the Auburn Tigers, in their final regular season game on a missed field goal that would have sent the game into overtime. This ensured that Alabama would not make the College Football Playoff for the first time since its inception in 2014. In the postseason, the Crimson Tide were selected to play against the Michigan Wolverines in the 2020 Citrus Bowl, which they won 35–16. This was the Tide's first bowl game since 2010 that was not a New Year's Six bowl or BCS National Championship. The Tide finished the season ranked #8 in both the AP and the Coaches Poll.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Offseason, Offseason departures
Six Alabama players with remaining eligibility declared early for the 2020 NFL Draft. In addition, 14 seniors from the 2019 team graduated.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, SEC Media Days
In the preseason media poll, Alabama was predicted to win the West Division and the Conference Championship Game.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SEC teams
The Crimson Tide placed 11 players (at 13 positions) on the 2020 Preseason SEC Team as selected by SEC coaches and 13 players (at 15 positions) on the 2020 Preseason SEC Team as selected by SEC media.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule, Spring game
The Crimson Tide were scheduled to hold spring practices in March and April 2020 with the  Alabama football spring game, "A-Day" to take place in Tuscaloosa, AL on April 18. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the events were canceled.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule, Regular season
Alabama originally announced its 2020 football schedule on August 7, 2019. The planned schedule consisted of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral site game for the regular season.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule, Regular season
The COVID-19 pandemic upended this schedule. On July 30, the SEC announced that its non-conference games would be canceled and its teams would play a schedule of ten conference games. This eliminated the Crimson Tide's scheduled  non-conference games against Georgia State, Kent State, USC and UT Martin. Per the new schedule, Alabama was set to host five SEC conference opponents:   Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State (rivalry),Texas A&M, and arch-rival Auburn for the 85th Iron Bowl to close out the regular season on the road.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule, Regular season
Alabama was to travel to five SEC opponents: Arkansas,  Ole Miss (rivalry), Missouri, Tennessee (Third Saturday of October) and rival LSU (rivalry) to close out the SEC regular season on the road. Alabama was not scheduled to play SEC East opponents Florida, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt in the 2020 regular season. The Crimson Tide's bye week was scheduled during Week 7 (on November 7).


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, No. 22 Auburn Tigers
Steve Sarkisian served as interim head coach for the Iron Bowl after Nick Saban had to be quarantined due to COVID-19 protocols.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team
The 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2020 NCAA Division I softball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games at Rhoads Stadium.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team, Previous season
The Crimson Tide finished the 2019 season 60–10 overall, and 18–6 in the SEC to finish first in the conference. The Crimson Tide hosted both a Regional and Super Regional during the  2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and advanced to the Women's College World Series. The Crimson Tide were defeated by Oklahoma in the WCWS semifinals.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team, Preseason, SEC preseason poll
The SEC preseason poll was released on January 15, 2020.


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