2020 Supermarket Heroes 500
The 2020 Supermarket Heroes 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that was originally scheduled to be held on April 5, 2020 and was rescheduled to May 31, 2020, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete short track, it was the ninth race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race was won by Brad Keselowski after Joey Logano and Chase Elliott wrecked as Elliott got loose and hit Logano coming off turn 4 with 3 laps to go.


2020 Supermarket Heroes 500, Report, Background
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating.


2020 Supermarket Heroes 500, Report, Background
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was moved from its original April 5 date to May 31. Sponsor K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. also rebranded the event to the "Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500" to honor grocery store workers during the pandemic. The event was held behind closed doors with ticketholders later given the option of exchanging the tickets for later events, including the 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race that is to be held at Bristol at 20% capacity.


2020 Supermarket Heroes 500, Qualifying
Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole for the race as determined by a random draw.


2020 Supermarket Heroes 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 20th race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Mike Joy and five-time Bristol winner Jeff Gordon covered the race from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte. Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.


2020 Supermarket Heroes 500, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race which will was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the turn 3 suites when the field raced down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini covered the action on pit lane.


2020 Supersport 300 World Championship
The 2020 Supersport 300 World Championship was the fourth season of the Supersport 300 World Championship of motorcycle racing.


2020 Supersport 300 World Championship, Race calendar and results
The 2020 season calendar was announced on 21 November 2019, with 10 races scheduled.


2020 Supersport 300 World Championship, Race calendar and results
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Jerez, Assen, Aragon and Misano rounds were rescheduled to a later date, while the Imola and Oschersleben rounds were cancelled. As a result of updates made to the MotoGP calendar for the same reason, the French round date was also affected. Despite having already been rescheduled, the Assen round was later postponed to a to-be-determined date, along with the Donington round.


2020 Supersport 300 World Championship, Race calendar and results
On 19 June, an updated calendar was published; for the restart, Jerez and Portimão were brought forward from their respective dates and a second round at Aragon was added to the schedule. Other four rounds—the first at Aragon, as well as Barcelona, Magny-Cours and Misano—either kept their original or revised dates, although the latter event was labelled as 'to be confirmed'. Two rounds—Donington and Assen—were included without a confirmed date and were subsequently cancelled on 24 July. The Misano round was cancelled and replaced by a round in Estoril on 18 August.


2020 Supersport 300 World Championship, Race calendar and results
Along with the calendar, the event timetable was also revised, as an additional race to be held on Saturday was added to each weekend.


2020 Supersport World Championship
The 2020 Supersport World Championship was the twenty-fourth season of the Supersport World Championship, the twenty-second held under this name.


2020 Supersport World Championship, Race calendar and results
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Qatar round was postponed to an unannounced date and the Jerez, Assen, Aragon and Misano rounds were rescheduled to a later date, while the Imola and Oschersleben rounds were cancelled. As a result of updates made to the MotoGP calendar for the same reason, the French round date was also affected. Despite having already been rescheduled, the Assen round was later postponed to a to-be-determined date, along with the Donington round.


2020 Supersport World Championship, Race calendar and results
On 19 June, an updated calendar was published; for the restart, Jerez and Portimão were brought forward from their respective dates and a second round at Aragon was added to the schedule. Other five rounds—the first at Aragon, as well as Barcelona, Magny-Cours, San Juan and Misano—either kept their original or revised dates, although the latter two events were labelled as 'to be confirmed'. Three rounds—Losail, Donington and Assen—were included without a confirmed date and were subsequently cancelled on 24 July. The San Juan round was cancelled on the 13 August whilst the Misano round was cancelled and replaced by a round in Estoril on 18 August.


2020 Supersport World Championship, Race calendar and results
Along with the calendar, the event timetable was also revised, as an additional race to be held on Saturday was added to each remaining weekend.


2020 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 2020 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 42nd edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It was played between the champions of the 2019–20 Primeira Liga and winners of the 2019–20 Taça de Portugal, Porto, and the runners-up of the Taça de Portugal, Benfica, on 23 December 2020. Porto won the match 2–0 to secure their second Supertaça title in three years and extend their record to 22 titles overall.


2020 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, the FPF, Porto and Benfica announced on 1 July 2020 that this season's Supertaça would be suspended, providing a clearer schedule at the start of the season. A month later, on 5 August, the date of 23 December was decided for the match.


2020 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Venue
The Portuguese Football Federation announced on 16 October 2020 that the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro would host this season's Supertaça in December, as well as the postponed finals from the previous season's Taça de Portugal Feminina and Taça da Liga Feminina. This was the tenth time the Supertaça was played at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, having hosted all Supertaça matches but two since 2009, both of them played at Estádio Algarve, in 2015 and 2019.


2020 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Pedro MartinsRicardo SantosFourth official:Rui CostaVideo assistant referee:Bruno EstevesAssistant video assistant referee:André Campos


2020 Surabaya mayoral election
The 2020 Surabaya mayoral election was held on 9 December 2020, as part of the 2020 simultaneous local elections across Indonesia.


2020 Surabaya mayoral election, Candidates, Nominations
Cahyadi, who had worked under the current incumbent mayor Tri Rismaharini, received endorsements from Rismaharini's previous campaign team, and later on Rismaharini also participated in campaigning for Cahyadi. His running mate Armudji was a member of the East Java Regional People's Representative Council, and used to be speaker of the Surabaya city council.


2020 Surabaya mayoral election, Candidates, Nominations
Arifin's running mate was Mujiaman, formerly president director of the municipal water company.


2020 Surabaya mayoral election, Campaign
Two rounds of public debates were held between the candidates on 4 and 18 November 2020. In terms of reported campaign donations, the Eri-Armudji ticket received Rp 1.8 billion, while the Machfud-Mujiaman ticket received Rp 7.3 billion. On 1 December 2020, the Surabaya branch of PDI-P filed a report against the Machfud-Mujiaman campaign team for using Rismaharini's imagery in campaigning material while she had declared her support for the Eri-Armudji ticket.


2020 Surabaya mayoral election, Campaign
A number of survey organizations conducted opinion polls regarding the mayoral election, with differing results.


2020 Surakarta mayoral election
The 2020 Surakarta mayoral election was held on 9 December 2020, as part of the 2020 simultaneous local elections across Indonesia. The mayoral seat was contested between Gibran Rakabuming Raka and independent candidate Bagyo Wahyono.


2020 Surakarta mayoral election, Candidates, Nominations
The local office of PDI-P initially appeared to be intent on nominating Surakarta's deputy mayor Achmad Purnomo for the mayoral race, but Gibran entered the race through the provincial branch of the party, and the central board of the party itself eventually opted to nominate Gibran, alongside Teguh Prakosa who was the party's secretary in Surakarta. Achmad himself had also previously made statements regarding his intention to withdraw his mayoral nomination. The incumbent mayor F. X. Hadi Rudyatmo had previously endorsed Purnomo, but accepted Gibran's nomination.


2020 Surakarta mayoral election, Candidates, Nominations
Bagyo was accepted as an independent candidate after collecting enough support in form of ID card submissions numbering 38,831, in excess of the 35,870 required to be accepted. His candidacy was based on grassroots support by the Tikus Pithi Hanoto Baris organization. His running mate, FX Supardjo, served as the head of a local Rukun Warga community.


2020 Surakarta mayoral election, Campaign
Along with other elections in the 2020 local elections, face-to-face campaigning which could result in large crowds are explicitly prohibited by the General Elections Commission (KPU), due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, Wahyono's campaign team stated that they would continue to conduct their campaigning offline, citing the effectivity of such methods compared to online campaigns, and supporters of both candidates formed sizeable crowds during both candidates' registration to the KPU office.


2020 Surakarta mayoral election, Campaign
Public debates were held between the two candidates on 6 November and 23 November 2020.


2020 Surinamese general election
Parliamentary elections were held in Suriname on 25 May 2020. The elections occurred concurrently with an economic crisis in Suriname, as well as the COVID-19 crisis.


2020 Surinamese general election, Electoral system
The 51 seats in the National Assembly are elected using party-list proportional representation under the D'Hondt method in ten multi-member constituencies containing between two and seventeen seats. The ten electoral constituencies are coterminous with the ten administrative districts of Suriname. Voters also have the option of casting a preferential vote for one of the candidates on the chosen list in order to increase their place in the list, and the candidate(s) having obtained the most preferential votes in the lists that obtained seats are declared elected. The National Assembly subsequently elects the President.


2020 Surinamese general election, Campaign
Both the V7 and A-Combination coalitions were dissolved shortly after the prior elections. Electoral alliances (which may have allowed residual votes of the combined parties to obtain an extra seat) were banned in 2019. The Amazon Party and Party for Law and Development decided to cooperate for the elections, with Amazon Party candidates appearing on the list of the Party of Law and Development. The pair of ABOP and Pertjajah Luhur, as well as the pair of BEP and HVB, also decided to cooperate, opening their lists in certain regions to the other if one lacked a viable presence there.


2020 Surinamese general election, Campaign
As a new parliament elects the president of the country after it sits, incumbent President Dési Bouterse (who had been ruling since 2010) and his NDP were hoping to pull off an election win in order to re-elect him for a third term, thereby retaining his national immunity from arrest for homicide charges he was convicted of by a Surinamese military court in 2019 regarding his involvement in the December murders. Europol also had an active warrant out for his arrest since 16 July 1999 for cocaine trafficking, although Suriname does not extradite its own citizens. According to WikiLeaks cables released in 2011, Bouterse was active in the drug trade until 2006.


2020 Surinamese general election, Campaign, Economy
The second Bouterse cabinet was inaugurated in 2015 amid a recession that would peak the following year. The country's debt would end up nearly doubling between 2015 and 2019, partially because of economic woes as well as increased government spending and hiring of new government employees, which then made up 53% of the country's workforce (with an average wage of under US$350 per month). A poll among the readers on the website of Dagblad Suriname, a popular newspaper, showed that about two weeks before the elections, around 90% were concerned about the debts that Suriname had to pay off.


2020 Surinamese general election, Campaign, Economy
In January 2020, it was announced that the equivalent of around US$100 million had disappeared from the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS). Robert-Gray van Trikt, the Governor of the Central Bank, was remanded in custody on suspicion of conflicts of interest and falsification of loan dates. In April, the Public Prosecutor's Office filed a request with the National Assembly to indict Minister of Finance Gillmore Hoefdraad with the aim of prosecuting him.


2020 Surinamese general election, Campaign, Economy
The Inter-American Development Bank also forecast a 5.6% decline in the economy due to COVID-19, and during the same time, prices for oil (a well of which was recently discovered off the country's coast) sharply fell, causing a loss of interest from investors. The government also passed a law on 22 March temporarily blocking foreign exchange transactions as a result of the value of the Surinamese dollar falling. On 1 April, Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's credit rating from B to CCC.


2020 Surinamese general election, Campaign, COVID-19
The elections took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suriname's first case was diagnosed on 13 March, and the country closed its borders completely the following day. A curfew from 8pm to 6am was implemented over the following weeks.


2020 Surinamese general election, Conduct
The vote still had not been officially certified four days after the election. Four opposition parties alleged that this was because the ruling National Democratic Party was attempting to tamper with the results. On 28 May Ronnie Brunswijk of the opposition General Liberation and Development Party stated that NDP-affiliated people, including Dési Bouterse's grandson, came to the building where votes were being counted and attempted to steal boxes of votes and start fires.


2020 Surinamese general election, Conduct
On 28 May the Onafhankelijk Kiesbureau (Independent Electoral Office) announced that it would take at least two weeks before the electoral results were declared final. After four new cases of COVID-19 were identified, the process of counting the votes was halted.


2020 Surinamese general election, Results
The final results were released on 16 June, with no change in seat allocation from the preliminary figures. Candidates subsequently had two weeks to either raise objections, or approve the results. On 19 June, the Independent Electoral Office declared the results binding, but the results of Tammenga and Pontbuiten would be re-examined, and the results published within three weeks. On 3 July, the results from Tammenga and Pontbuiten were declared binding. There were only minor changes in the counts, and no significant shifts.


2020 Surinamese general election, Results
The VHP had its best election result since 1973, more than doubling its previous number of seats and becoming the largest party in the National Assembly. President Dési Bouterse's NDP lost more than a third of its seats, which was partly attributed to the country's economic problems and the criminal charges brought against him. ABOP had its best result since its foundation in 1990, winning eight seats, while the PL had its worst result since its establishment, winning only two seats, with one of them being an ABOP member acting as lijstduwer in Wanica.


2020 Surinamese general election, Aftermath
On 28 May, it was announced that VHP and ABOP had started negotiations for a coalition government, and that it was likely that the NPS would be included. The PL also expressed interest. The coalition of the four parties would have 33 seats (a majority) in the National Assembly.


2020 Surinamese general election, Aftermath
However, the election of the country's president requires a two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly, meaning the coalition would either need one other legislator from the NDP or BEP to cooperate in order to elect the coalition's choice, or would need to put forward a nominee acceptable to at least one of the other two parties. If a presidential election fails to elect a candidate, a joint meeting of the Assembly, districts and the resorts (De Verenigde Volksvergadering) is held, with a winner elected by a majority vote.


2020 Surinamese general election, Aftermath
On 30 May it was announced that a coalition had been formed consisting of VHP, ABOP, NPS and PL. VHP leader Chan Santokhi announced his candidacy for President of Suriname, and ABOP leader Ronnie Brunswijk was announced as the coalition's candidate for Chairman of the National Assembly. Other positions allocated under the agreement include Vice-Chairman of the National Assembly and governor of the Central Bank of Suriname for the VHP, Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Social Affairs for PL, and Minister of Education and Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs for the NPS. ABOP was given the nomination for vice president, as well as the Minister of Justice and Police, Minister of Trade, Industry & Tourism and Minister of Natural Resources and Regional Development. The remaining ministerial posts were to be held by the VHP.


2020 Surinamese general election, Aftermath
On 29 June the National Assembly sat for its first session during which Ronnie Brunswijk was elected Chairman of the National Assembly unopposed. Dew Sharman became Vice Chairman. On 1 July Paul Somohardjo, Chairman of Pertjajah Luhur and coalition partner of the new government, was diagnosed with COVID-19. Testing revealed that NPS chairman Gregory Rusland and ABOP chairman Ronnie Brunswijk were also COVID-19 positive. On 3 July Dew Sharman, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, announced that the presidential elections would be postponed until 10 July at the earliest, with the vote later set for 13 July. Potential candidates were required to announce their candidacy on 7 and 8 July.


2020 Surinamese general election, Aftermath
On 7 July the coalition nominated Chan Santokhi for the presidency and Ronnie Brunswijk as vice president. The nominations were supported by all 33 coalition MPs. As no other candidates were nominated by the deadline on 8 July, Santokhi and Brunswijk were elected on 13 July by acclamation in an uncontested election. They were inaugurated on 16 July on the Onafhankelijkheidsplein in Paramaribo in ceremony without public due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final
The 2020 Svenska Cupen Final was played on 30 July 2020 between Allsvenskan clubs IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF. The match was played on Gamla Ullevi, the home ground of IFK Göteborg. The final was the culmination of the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen, the 64th season of Svenska Cupen and the eight season with the current format. The final was initially planned for 30 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of the pandemic, the final was played without attendance.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final
IFK Göteborg won the match 2–1 after extra time, their eighth Svenska Cupen title, and earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final, Venue
Since the 2014–15 season, the venue for the Svenska Cupen final is decided in a draw between the two finalists. The draw for the final was held on 9 July 2020, immediately after the semi-finals, and decided that the final would be played at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg, the home venue of IFK Göteborg. This was the second cup final to be hosted at the venue and the first since 2015, notably the last time IFK Göteborg made an appearance in the cup final.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final, Background
The Allsvenskan clubs IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Malmö FF were already qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League through their position in the 2019 Allsvenskan.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final, Background
IFK Göteborg played their first final since 2015 and their thirteenth in total. Malmö FF played their first final since 2018 and their 20th in total. IFK Göteborg won their seventh title in their previous final appearance while Malmö FF have lost in their last three final appearances. Having previously met in 1986, this was the second final to contest the two clubs. Malmö FF won the prior meeting in the final of the competition.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final, Background
Prior to the final, Malmö FF had won four straight league matches and found themselves in second place in the league table while IFK Göteborg had tied their last four games and were sitting in 11th place. The clubs also played each other in the league three days after the cup final, also at Gamla Ullevi, with Malmö FF winning 3–0.


2020 Svenska Cupen Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. (H: home, A: away)


2020 Sweden riots
On 29 August 2020, riots broke out in the Swedish cities of Malmö and Ronneby. After Swedish police prevented Rasmus Paludan, a Danish extremist politician, from entering the country, far-right anti-immigration activists held protests and burned the Quran. In response, a mob of 300 people gathered in counter-protest, burned tires, threw rocks and chunks of concrete at the police, and smashed bus shelters, and witnesses heard shouts of "Allāhu ʾakbar" and "La ilaha ilallah".


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Malmö
On 26 August 2020, police in Malmö denied Rasmus Paludan, a Danish far-right politician and the leader of Denmark's extremist Hard Line party, permission to hold a meeting named "Islamization in the Nordic countries". On 28 August, he was deported and banned from entering Sweden. Swedish police suspected he would break the law. His supporters nonetheless went ahead with the event, and burned a copy of the Qur'an in Rosengard, a predominantly immigrant neighborhood. In a separate event, Paludan's supporters kicked a copy of the Qur'an around Malmö's main square like a football, for which three people were arrested on suspicion of inciting hatred. A prominent Malmö imam responded "Those who are acting in this way have nothing to do with Islam".


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Malmö
At around 7 PM, about 300 people gathered in Malmö's Amiralsgatan street, south of the Rosengård Centrum Shopping Centre for a demonstration against the Qur'an burning, which soon turned violent. Rioters threw chunks of concrete and stones at the police, smashed bus shelters, overturned lampposts, and burned objects. Antisemitic chants were also raised in the gatherings. The riots continued till about 3 in the morning.


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Malmö
The police in Malmö received reinforcements from Gothenburg and police began using drones for aerial surveillance of the Rosengård district.


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Malmö
The unrest continued the following day, there were multiple incidents with arson in the Rosengård, Bellevuegården, Rådmansvången and Solbacken city districts. The Gullviskolan school was severely damaged by suspected arson. Three people were arrested with bottles containing flammable liquid suspected for preparing attacks on police or rescue services.


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Malmö
The riots gradually came to an end by 31 August after residents, police and religious leaders took to the streets to promote calm.


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Malmö
The rioters caused damage worth about a million crowns (about 100 thousand euro). Most of the costs were due to replacing and repairing street lights, traffic lights, bus shelters and cleaning up the area. This sum does not include costs for police actions.


2020 Sweden riots, Incidents in Ronneby
The riots spread to Ronneby the following day when about 20 persons were involved in public violence in Ronneby, where they set fire to tires, threw rocks at police, emergency services and buildings. A policeman was wounded when he was struck by a rock. Arriving police were at first outmatched and had to retreat and wait for reinforcements. Three people were arrested and six were detained, suspected of violent rioting. The rioters protested against the burning of a Quran in front of a community building which was used by the Arab culture association (Sweish: Arabiska kulturföreningen) for Friday prayers. According to an eyewitness, the rioters attempted to set fire to a church in Ronneby but a bystander put out the fire with his jacket, whereupon the rioters attacked him and he was wounded. The riot got extensive exposure in social media.


2020 Sweden riots, Aftermath
About 15 people were arrested, and several police officers were injured. Most of the suspects of the Ronneby riots were men aged 18-30 and previously known to police for trading narcotics, vandalism and theft. All spokesmen interviewed by public service broadcaster SVT agreed that the rioters weren't "true Muslims".


2020 Sweden riots, Aftermath
On 31 August, the police started investigating reports of antisemitic hate speech from the rioters.


2020 Sweden riots, Aftermath
In November 2020, prosecutors declared that burning the Qu'ran does not constitute hate speech against a minority and therefore halted the investigation.


2020 Sweden riots, Related events
On 29 August, clashes broke out at an anti-Islam rally Oslo, Norway, after a protester desecrated the Qur'an at the rally.


2020 Swedish Athletics Championships
The 2020 Swedish Athletics Championships (Swedish: Svenska mästerskapen i friidrott 2020) was the 125th national outdoor track and field championships for Sweden. It was held from 14–16 August in Uppsala and organised by Upsala IF.


2020 Swedish Athletics Championships, Championships
Swedish outdoor championships took place at several venues beyond the main track and field championships.


2020 Swedish Football Division 2
The 2020 Division 1, part of the 2020 Swedish football season is the 15th season of Sweden's fourth-tier football league in its current format.


2020 Swedish Football Division 2, Teams
84 teams contest the league divided into six sections - Norra Götaland, Norra Svealand, Norrland, Södra Svealand, Västra Götaland and Östra Götaland. The Division comprises 60 teams returning from the 2019 season, six relegated from Division 1 and 18 promoted from Division 3. The champion of each section will qualify directly for promotion to Division 1, the runner-up from each section enters a six-team, two-group playoff, with the winner of each group earning promotion to Division 1. The bottom two teams in each section are relegated to Division 3 with the 12th place team in each section entering a relegation playoff.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour
The 2020 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour is the 37th season of the Swedish Golf Tour (SGT) for men, which since 1999 is part of the Nordic Golf League, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour
The 2020 Nordic Golf Laegue schedule initially consisted of 26 tournaments, 16 of them, in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Spain, included in the 2020 SGT. After a four-month break and rescheduling, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 SGT schedule included 12 tournaments, two of them played in Spain in February and March, the remaining 10 in Sweden. Due to travel restrictions, four tournaments was taken away from the 2020 Nordic Golf League Order of Merit Golfbox Road to Europe, but was still counted on the 2020 MoreGolf Mastercard Tour and still earned OWGR points.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour
Qualifying School for the 2021 Swedish Golf Tour and Nordic Golf League season took place 30 September – 1 October 2020 over 36 holes at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, Stockholm Golf Club and Kungsbacka Golf Club simultaneously.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour, Schedule
SunBirdie Winter SeriesNotes:Fjällbacka Open rescheduled from 14–16 May(a) denotes amateur


2020 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
The 2020 Swedish Golf Tour was the 35th season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule
The season saw an attempt to rebrand the existing set of tournaments as a pan-Nordic tour, and launch the Nordic Golf Tour (NGT). However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the events outside Sweden were cancelled and the remaining Swedish events were removed from the 2020 LET Access Series (LETAS) schedule. Most tournaments held in Sweden went ahead, but with a reduced purse.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule, Swedish Golf Tour, Ranking
The ranking was shared between Line Toft Hansen and Louise Rydqvist.


2020 Swedish Golf Tour (women), Schedule, Nordic Golf Tour, Ranking
The ranking, named the Road to Creekhouse Ladies Open, was won by Linn Grant, who earned an invitation to the Creekhouse Ladies Open at Kristianstad Golf Club on the 2021 Ladies European Tour.


2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships (Swedish: Svenska inomhusmästerskapen i friidrott 2020) was the 55th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Sweden. It was held on 22 and 23 February at the Telekonsult Arena in Växjö.


2020 Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships
The national indoor championship in combined track and field events was held separately on 1 and 2 February at the Sollentuna friidrottshall in Sollentuna Municipality.


2020 Swiss Wheelchair Curling Championship
The 2020 Swiss Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from February 6 to 9, 2020 in Brig.


2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship
The 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's national women's curling championship, was held from February 9 to 15 in Thun, Switzerland. The winning Elena Stern team was supposed to represent Switzerland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada but the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship
The event featured the reigning World Champion rink Silvana Tirinzoni from Aarau, the Elena Stern rink from CC Oberwallis and two time World Champion team Binia Feltscher from Langenthal. In the final, Stern capped off an undefeated week by defeating Tirinzoni's team for the third time during the competition. Feltscher won the bronze medal with a 9–8 win over Nora Wüest.


2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).


2020 Swiss referendums
Several federal referendums were held in Switzerland in 2020, with voting on 9 February, 27 September and 29 November. Voting was also planned for 17 May, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Swiss referendums, February referendums
Two referendums were held on 9 February, with voters asked whether they approve of a popular initiative to increase affordable housing by promoting housing cooperatives, and an optional referendum on whether legislation preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation should be overturned or retained.


2020 Swiss referendums, February referendums
The affordable housing initiative – to require 10% of new flats to be owned by housing cooperatives and abolish government subsidies for renovating luxury flats – was put forward by the national alliance of tenants' association and supported by left-leaning parties, and was approved after 106,000 signatures were submitted. The vote on the anti-discrimination in respect of sexual orientation legislation was initiated by the Federal Democratic Union and the youth wing of the Swiss People's Party (Young SVP) after the legislation was approved in December 2018. A December 2019 opinion poll showed support for the affordable housing at 66% with 30% against, while overturning the anti-discrimination legislation had the support of only 28% of voters, with 69% against.


2020 Swiss referendums, February referendums
The affordable housing proposal was rejected by 57% of voters, although more than 60% voted in favour in Basel and Geneva, areas more affected by the lack of affordable housing. The anti-discrimination legislation was approved by 63% of voters, with the strongest support in the canton of Vaud.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums
Three referendums were initially scheduled for 17 May 2020 but were rescheduled (by a decision of the Federal Council of 18 March 2020) for 27 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first cancellation of a federal referendum since 1951 when polling was postponed due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. The referendums were: one on the "For moderate immigration (limitation initiative)" popular initiative; one on a 2019 amendment of the federal Law on Hunting; and one on the 2019 amendment of the Federal Law on Federal Direct Tax regarding tax deductions for childcare expenses.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Immigration restriction referendum
The immigration initiative proposed ending the free movement of people into Switzerland with the European Union (EU) that was initially granted under the 1999 Agreement on the Free Movement of People. Under the agreements, citizens of the EU have the right to live and work in Switzerland and citizens of Switzerland have the right to live and work in the EU. The government recognizes professional qualifications, the right to buy property and social insurance benefits. The referendum, which was sponsored by the Swiss People's Party (SVP), requires that the government terminate the agreement within one year of passage. It would also bar the government from concluding any agreements that would grant the free movement of people to foreign nationals.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Immigration restriction referendum
Between 1990 and 2020, the population of Switzerland increased from 6.6 million to 8.6 million. Of the total population, 25% are non-Swiss, with most of those being primarily from the EU. This is the second major anti-immigration initiative supported by the SVP in the last decade. The 2014 Swiss immigration initiative passed with a narrow majority of 50.33%; however protracted negotiations with the EU resulted in a 2016 compromise agreement that the SVP criticized as weak. The SVP has argued that the free movement hurts older Swiss workers, who would lose their jobs to young immigrants from the EU.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Immigration restriction referendum
Opponents have argued that, because of guillotine clauses in the bilateral agreements with the EU, this would terminate the Bilateral I agreements with the EU which include provisions on the reduction of trade barriers as well as barriers in agriculture, land transport and civil aviation. Germany is Switzerland's largest market with more cross-border trade amounting to more than Switzerland's trade with China and the United States combined. Most major parties in Switzerland oppose the initiative. The referendum failed to pass.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Federal tax allowance for children referendum
The referendum on the federal tax allowance for children was supported by the Social Democratic Party. In 2019, the Parliament approved a law to increase the income allowance for children from 6,500 to 10,000 CHF. The benefits would flow to those that pay the federal direct tax, which would include approximately 60% of families, primarily with taxable income above 100,000 CHF; the Social Democratic Party opposed the changes, charging that they would benefit wealthier families and sought the refendum to block the implementation. The think tank Avenir Suisse estimated that the increase in the child allowance, if passed, would cost 370 million CHF in lost revenue.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Hunting law referendum
The hunting law referendum asked voters whether legal changes making it easier to kill wolves should be blocked. The changes were approved by the Federal Council and the parliament. After the reintroduction of wolves to Switzerland, packs have increased and 300 to 500 farm animals are killed by wolves each year. Prior to the change, the hunting law allowed killing wolves only if they have killed more than 25 goats or sheep within one month. The changes in the law would allow preemptive hunting of wolves if they are too close to herds or villages.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Hunting law referendum
It would also limit compensation to farmers that do not protect their herds with dogs or fences. Opponents argued that killing of wolves could increase attacks on livestock as it would disintegrate packs and force young wolves to hunt for easy prey rather than big game. The Green Party and the Social Democratic Party joined with animal conservation groups to oppose implementation of the new law. They submitted 65,000 valid signatures to place the measure on the ballot.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Fighter jet purchase referendum
The referendum to block the purchase of new fighter aircraft to replace the  Swiss military's existing fleet of F-5s and F/A-18s was supported by the Group for a Switzerland Without an Army, the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party. The Federal Council and the Parliament had approved the purchase at a cost of 6 billion CHF. Viola Amherd, the head of the Defence Department, supported the purchase because the existing F-5s are more than 40 years old and fly only in good weather and the useful life of the F-18 will end in 2030.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Fighter jet purchase referendum
The opponents have branded the purchase as wasteful and argued that air police services could be conducted with lower-cost light fighters. Opponents of the acquisition submitted more than 65,000 valid signatures to place the referendum on the ballot. The government will require that Swiss firms receive contracts amounting to 60% of the purchase price. Should the referendum pass, the government would be authorized to purchase the fighters with the Lockheed Martin F-35, the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Paternity leave referendum
A referendum to block a new paternity-leave law was supported by elements of the SVP. In 2019, the Parliament passed a law giving fathers two weeks of leave at 80% of gross income after the birth of a child. The leave will be paid by the Federal Social Insurance office and will be funded by contributions from both workers and employees at an estimated cost of 230 million CHF annually. Switzerland had been the only country in Western Europe without paternity leave.


2020 Swiss referendums, September referendums, Paternity leave referendum
Susanne Brunner and Diana Gutjahr of the SVP advocated for the referendum and worked to collect the necessary 50,000 signatures to oppose what they consider to be additional interference in the labor market and a burden on employers from additional costs and taxes. The Social Democrats, Greens, the Christian Democratic Party, the Green Liberals and the Conservative Democratic Party all supported paternity leave; the national SVP opposed paternity leave, although some sections of the party supported it. FDP.The Liberals supported paternity leave in parliament but did not endorse a side in the referendum.


2020 Swiss referendums, November referendums
Two referendums were scheduled for 29 November, both of which were popular initiatives: "Responsible companies – to protect human beings and the environment" and "For a ban on financing producers of war material".


2020 Swiss referendums, November referendums
The "Responsible Companies" initiative failed despite receiving a majority of the popular vote due to its rejection by a majority of the cantons. The initiative to ban the funding of weapons makers also failed.


2020 Sydney Sevens
The 2020 Sydney Sevens was the fourth tournament in the 2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the Australian Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 February 2019 at Western Sydney Stadium. Fiji won the tournament to claim their sixth Australian title, narrowly defeating South Africa in the final by 12–10.


2020 Sydney Sevens
This was second tournament in 2019–20 to have only one team from each pool qualify to the cup knockout phase.


2020 Sydney Sevens, Format
The sixteen teams were drawn into four pools of four teams, with each team playing the others in their pool once. The knockout round qualifications were determined by the final pool standings, with the four teams that topped their pool advancing to the semifinals to compete for berths in the cup final or third place match.


2020 Sydney Sevens, Format
The remaining teams had only one further classification match each, based on their position, table points and differential in the pool standings. The four teams that finished second in their pool were paired into direct playoffs for either 5th place or 7th place. The teams that finished third were paired into the playoffs for 9th or 11th. Teams that were last in their pool were paired into playoffs for 13th place or 15th place.


2020 Sydney SuperSprint
The 2020 Sydney SuperSprint (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 BP Ultimate Sydney SuperSprint) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Saturday 27 June through to Sunday 28 June 2020. The event was held at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales. It was the third event of the 2020 Supercars Championship and consisted of three races of 125 kilometres.


2020 Sydney SuperSprint
It marked the first round of the championship held since the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of races at the Melbourne 400 in March.


2020 Sydney Uni Flames season
The 2020 Sydney Uni Flames season is the 41st season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).


2020 Sydney Uni Flames season
Brydens Lawyers remain as the Flames' naming rights sponsor for the eighth consecutive season.


2020 Sydney Uni Flames season
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season. The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 56-game regular season fixture, plus a four game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final). Each team will contest 14 games starting on 12 November, with the grand final scheduled for 20 December.


2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
The 2020 Sydney Women's Sevens was the fifth tournament within the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the Australian Women's Sevens. It was held over the first weekend of February 2020 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney and was run alongside the men's tournament.


2020 Sydney Women's Sevens
In the final, New Zealand claimed their fourth tournament victory in a row as they defeated Canada 33–7.


2020 Sydney Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match. The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.


2020 Sydney Women's Sevens, Teams
There were twelve national women's teams in the tournament, the eleven core teams for the series plus Japan as the invited side.


2020 Symetra Tour
The 2020 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2020 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour.


2020 Symetra Tour, Schedule and results
A number of tournament were postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Symetra Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event.


2020 Symetra Tour, Leading money winners
Normally, the top ten money winners at the end of the season would have gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2021 season. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the top five will gain cards. Those players will also receive entry in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open.


2020 Syracuse Orange football team
The 2020 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by fifth-year head coach Dino Babers and played their home games at the Carrier Dome, competing as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2020 Syracuse Orange football team
Syracuse finished their season with a 1–10 record, their worst record since 2005.


2020 Syracuse Orange football team, Previous season
The Orange finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division.


2020 Syracuse Orange football team, Schedule
Syracuse had games scheduled against Colgate, Rutgers, and Western Michigan, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Syracuse Orange football team, Schedule
The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected on August 6.


2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team
The 2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 97th season and 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, is in his eleventh year. The Orange played their home games at SU Soccer Stadium in Syracuse, New York.


2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team
The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in Spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.


2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team
The Orange finished the fall season 2–4–2 and 0–3–2 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the North Division. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They finished the spring season 2–4–3 and 0–3–1 in ACC play, to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.


2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team, Background
The 2019 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 8–7–5 overall record and a 2–4–2 ACC record. The Orange were seeded tenth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated North Carolina in the first round, before losing to eventual champions Virginia in the second round. The Orange earned an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, the Orange defeated Rhode Island in the first round before losing to St. John's in the second round.


2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team, Background
At the end of the 2018-19 season, two Orange men's soccer players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft: Ryan Raposo and Nyal Higgins.


2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Syracuse Orange women's soccer team
The 2020 Syracuse Orange women's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Orange were led by head coach Nicky Adams, in her second season. They played home games at SU Soccer Stadium. This is the team's 24th season playing organized women's college soccer, and their 7th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2020 Syracuse Orange women's soccer team
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.


2020 Syracuse Orange women's soccer team
The Orange finished the fall season 1–7–0, 1–7–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. The Orange did not participate in the spring season and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.


2020 Syracuse Orange women's soccer team, Previous season
The Orange finished the season 3–11–2 overall, and 1–7–1 in ACC play to finish in thirteenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.


2020 Syracuse Orange women's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in Syria on 13 April 2020 to elect members of the People's Council of Syria. However, on 14 March they were postponed to 20 May due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 7 May, it was decided to postpone the elections until 19 July. Syria's parliamentary elections occur every four years, with the last held in 2016.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election
A total of 1,656 candidates ran for office, competing for all 250 seats in Syria's parliament.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Background
The previous parliamentary election was held on 13 April 2016, although its results were not recognized by the United Nations. On 3 March 2020, President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree setting the date of the election to 13 April 2020. The decree stipulated that 127 of the 250 members of the People's Council were to be workers and farmers, while 123 were to be from other segments of the population. All were to be elected from 15 multi-member constituencies. The announcement came amid a government offensive on Idlib Governorate, the last province mainly controlled by the Syrian opposition. The opposition Syrian National Coalition called the election a "theatrical election by the Assad regime" with millions uprooted or in exile.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Background
In the months leading up to the election, there were heavy disputes within the Syrian government, as President Assad quarreled with the influential Maklouf family. Accordingly, pro-Assad factions attempted to weaken Maklouf allies, including the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP). The SSNP had previously acted as a kind of opposition within the government and was regarded as the country's most powerful party after the Ba'ath Party. Besides the Ba'ath Party and the SSNP, the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) was considered as a runner-up, as it had substantial grassroots support. In addition, several candidates in the election were affiliated with or leaders of militias involved in the civil war, including Baqir Brigade, ex-Ba'ath Brigades, Hezbollah, and tribal militias. One candidate was Madloul Omar al-Aziz, an ex-al-Nusra Front member who had defected to the government in course of the civil war.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 250 seats of the People's Council of Syria are elected through party bloc voting in 15 multi-member constituencies. Voters in a riding choose a closed list of candidates that they cannot change from the proposed ones, and the one with the most votes wins all the seats at stake in the riding. Each list is made up of a minimum of two-thirds of Ba'ath Party candidates and half of workers and peasants, so that the total of the latter is 127 out of the total of 250 elected deputies.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Electoral system
In practice, committees appointed by a commission whose members are themselves chosen by the president decide on the validity of the candidacies of "workers and peasants," meaning the president has de facto control over who is allowed to run under that designation, and political parties other than the ruling Ba'ath Party are prohibited from criticising the national government or the Ba'ath Party under a ban on "weakening national sentiment". All members of the National Progressive Front are also loyal to the Ba'ath Party.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Conduct
The electoral process was accessible to Syrians living in all areas held by the Syrian government, the SDF allowed elections as well under joint government-SDF control, which is around 70% of the country's total territory. This made the 2020 election the first time since the beginning of the country's civil war in which a government-sponsored election was held in the provinces of Raqqa, Al-Hasakah and the government-controlled parts of Idlib. Previously, the armed groups that controlled those areas did not allow the Syrian Government to organize elections within them. However, the SDF did not allow the election to take place in areas under its exclusive rule, as they see an election prior to dialogue and agreement on a solution to the end of the civil war as premature.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Conduct
The country's electoral authorities stated that the elections were fair, noting that candidates, their representatives and the media would be allowed to monitor the voting and vote counting process. The Syrian Opposition and armed rebel groups within it, which don't recognize the government at all, rejected the election completely and refused to take part in it, leaving the ruling coalition to face very little opposition at the polls. The Middle East Institute claimed that "widespread electoral fraud" had taken place before and during the election. Aleppo candidate Fares Shehabi and the mostly Kurdish Youth and Justice Party protested on Facebook against irregularities; Youth and Justice Party candidate Borween Ibrahim was consequently arrested.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Conduct
As the election was held during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, voters had their temperature checked before being allowed into the voting premises, while election officials were required to wear masks and ensure that queues of voters observed social distancing.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Conduct
Unknown individuals detonated a bomb inside a polling center in Busra al-Harir on election day, coinciding with two other bombings in the Syrian capital of Damascus, which detonated near a mosque in the Naher Aisha neighbourhood and killed at least one person.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Results
Results were delayed as they had to be re-run in 5 of the over 7,000 total voting districts. Voting was held in 70% of Syrian territory.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Results
The nationwide turnout for the election was 33.17%, as 6,224,687 voters voted in the election. This represented a decline in turnout, which the Syrian government attributed to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Syria. Observers concurred that the deadly pandemic had significantly affected turnout, but added that the news of the election day bombings, wartime poverty and a lack of confidence in the ability of the parliament to end the crisis that had beset Syria since the start of the country's civil war were also major contributing factors to the low turnout.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Results
There were several changes to the ethnic and religious makeup of parliamentary as a result of the election. Four Armenians were elected to the People's Council, an increase of one compared with the previous elections. The country's large Kurdish minority received six seats, and "token increase" from 2016. Druze received eight seats, though six of these were Ba'ath Party loyalists unlike in the 2016 election, where opposition-leaning Druze had received more support. There was a marginal increase in Alawite, Sunni, and Murshidi MPs. The number of Christian representatives declined from 22 to 18.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Results
The pro-government National Progressive Front and its allies won 183 of the 250 seats. Overall, the NPF lost seats, particularly due to the SSNP suffering heavy losses, being reduced to three seats. These were attributed to the clashes between Assad and the SSNP before the election. The Ba'ath Party received 66.8% of the seats, registering victory. Militia representatives running as independents won several seats. In addition, candidates affiliated with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad won several seats which was interpreted by observers as showcasing her growing influence within the Syrian government.


2020 Syrian parliamentary election, Results
In addition, the election resulted in a reduced representation of women, as 27 female candidates secured a seat, compared to 32 in 2016.


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup
The 2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Barcelona, Spain between 5 and 11 October 2020.


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Doubles
Simone Bolelli and David Vega Hernández were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Doubles
Szymon Walków and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn won the title after defeating Harri Heliövaara and Alex Lawson 6–1, 4–6, [10–8] in the final.


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Singles
Salvatore Caruso was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Singles
Carlos Alcaraz won the title after defeating Damir Džumhur 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis
The 2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis is a professional tennis tournament to be played on clay courts. It is the sixth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in São Paulo, Brazil between 23 and 29 November 2020.


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place in Florianópolis but was relocated to São Paulo and took the São Paulo Challenger de Tênis namesake.


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Doubles
Luis David Martínez and Felipe Meligeni Alves won the title after defeating Rogério Dutra Silva and Fernando Romboli 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles
This was the first edition of the tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place in Florianópolis (hard court) but was relocated to São Paulo (clay court) and took the São Paulo Challenger de Tênis namesake after restrictions in Santa Catarina state due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis – Singles
Felipe Meligeni Alves won the title after defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6–2, 7–6(7–1) in the final.


2020 São Paulo FC season
The 2020 season was São Paulo's 91st season in the club's history and their 60th in the top-flight of Brazilian football. São Paulo competed in 6 competitions: the Série A, the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores, the Copa Sudamericana, and the Copa do Brasil.


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


2020 São Paulo FC season, Statistics, Goalscorers
In italic players who left the club during the season.


2020 São Paulo FC season, Statistics, Assists
In italic players who left the club during the season.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election
The 2020 São Paulo municipal election took place in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, with the first round taking place on 15 November 2020 and the second round taking place on 29 November 2020. Voters voted to elect the Mayor, the Vice Mayor and 55 city councillors for the administration of the city.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election
The result was a 2nd round victory for incumbent Mayor Bruno Covas of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB), winning 3,169,121 votes and a share of 59,38% of the popular vote, defeating political activist Guilherme Boulos of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), who took 2,168,109 votes and a share of 40.62% of the popular vote.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background
In the 2016 São Paulo mayoral election, João Doria of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) was elected Mayor of São Paulo in first round with a share of 53,29% of the popular vote, defeating then incumbent Mayor Fernando Haddad, of the Workers' Party (PT). Later, Doria resigned to run for governor of the State of São Paulo in the 2018 São Paulo gubernatorial election against then incumbent governor Márcio França, leaving his Vice Mayor Bruno Covas to assume as Mayor of São Paulo. While facing cancer since October 2019, Covas was nevertheless confirmed as candidate for the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) for reelection.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Other candidates
A traditional runner in the mayoral elections and federal deputy for the State of São Paulo, Celso Russomanno of the Republicanos, was endorsed by incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro as a more aligned candidate to his government, in opposition to Covas' coalition and somewhat opposition to the government, particularly in his handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Other candidates
The election would see the rise of well known and famous political and social activist Guilherme Boulos, who had previously disputed the 2018 Brazilian general election as a presidential candidate and who now had been elected in the primaries of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) to run as their candidate for the city of São Paulo. Slowly, he would rise to become the dominant left-wing opponent to Covas' more ideologically broad coalition of voters and Russomano's base of Bolsonaro's supporters. He would later become the front-runner in the second round alongside Covas.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Other candidates
Similarly to Boulos' profile, the election would also see the rise of political YouTuber and influencer Arthur do Val, known by his pseudonym "Mamãefalei" and YouTube channel of the same name, who had previously been elected in the 2018 São Paulo gubernatorial election as state deputy. He ran on a platform of right-wing liberal economic policies to revitalize and embellish São Paulo's town center and proposals to dealing with the "Cracolândia" area of São Paulo, known for its high incidence of drug trafficking and drug use. He was endorsed to run for the Patriota in a broad opposition to both Boulos' left-wing, Covas' coalition and Russomanos' base of Bolsonaro supporters.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Other candidates
Former governor of the State of São Paulo Márcio França, who had lost reelection in the 2018 São Paulo gubernatorial election to João Doria, was endorsed to run as the candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB). He ran on a moderate and traditional social democratic platform. Among his proposals he defended free bus tickets during Sundays and holidays, as well as a reduction of the working time to 6 hours a day, and 3 working days during the week.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Other candidates
The Worker's Party (PT), struggling to maintain leadership ever since the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff, decided to seek out for a new figure and endorsed Jilmar Tatto as their candidate. He also ran as a traditional social democrat. Among his proposals were an increase to property tax for the rich, and creation of a communication channel for the city's government, which would serve as its official broadcasting service on news agencies, TV and public newsletters.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Other candidates
Among other lesser known candidates were Joice Hasselmann (PSL), Andrea Matarazzo (PSD), Marina Helou (REDE), Levy Fidelix (PRTB), Orlando Silva (PCdoB), Antonio Carlos (PCO) and Vera Lúcia (PSTU).


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Background, Extinction of Sabarás' candidacy
Filipe Sabará was nominated candidate for the New Party (NOVO), but later he would be expelled from the party due to alleged inconsistencies in his curriculum, violating the party's code of ethics. Ultimately, the Regional Electoral Tribunal of São Paulo, at the party's request, ruled to extinguish his candidacy and the end of his campaign after his vice candidate Maria Helena declined to continue running.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, the city recorded the highest abstention rate ever, with around 29.29% of voters abstaining from voting in the first round, and around 30,78% of voters abstaining from voting in the second round, also resulting in one of the lowest turnouts seen for the municipal elections of São Paulo.


2020 São Paulo mayoral election, Outgoing Municipal Chamber
The result of the last municipal election and the current situation in the Municipal Chamber is given below:


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season
The 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the inaugural season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 29 May.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season
On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 2021, effectively ending this season after two rounds of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Season format
Five of the six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which was to take place over 10 weeks and would consist of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing 4 matches at home and 4 matches away. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season would have moved on to the championship playoffs while the fifth-place club would have progressed to a challenge trophy playoff.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Season format
The challenge trophy would have been contested over two matches between the fifth-place regular season club and Cafeteros Pro. Each club would have hosted one match in this series.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Season format
The championship would have been contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Regular season
The regular season began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 16 May.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Regular season, Standings
Green background indicates teams in position for the Championship PlayoffsBlue background indicates team in position for the Challenge Trophy (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. Last Updated: 14 March 2020


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Regular season, Matches
The following were the matches for the 2020 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Regular season, Matches
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.


2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season, Playoffs, Challenge Trophy
The fifth-place regular season club would have contested the challenge trophy against Cafeteros Pro over two matches.


2020 Súper TC 2000
The 2020 Súper Turismo Competición 2000 Championship was the 42nd season of Turismo Competición 2000 and the 9th season of Súper TC 2000, the premier touring car category of Argentina. It started in September 2020 and finished in February 2021 having been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina. Matías Rossi won the championship, his second of the Súper TC 2000 era and fifth overall.


2020 T20 Blast
The 2020  Vitality Blast was the 2020 season of the t20 Blast, a professional Twenty20 cricket league being played in England and Wales. It was the third season in which the domestic T20 competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), which was branded as the Vitality Blast due to the tournament's sponsorship deal. On 12 August 2020, following a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ECB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.


2020 T20 Blast
In the North Group, the Notts Outlaws and Lancashire Lightning qualified for the quarter-finals. In the Central Group, Gloucestershire became the first team to qualify. The South Group saw Surrey and Kent Spitfires qualify. Following the conclusion of the group stage, the Northants Steelbacks, the Leicestershire Foxes and the Sussex Sharks had also confirmed their spots in the quarter-finals.


2020 T20 Blast
Surrey, Lancashire Lightning and Gloucestershire all won their quarter-final matches to progress to Finals Day. The match between the Leicestershire Foxes and the Notts Outlaws finished in a tie. The Notts Outlaws advanced to Finals Day after they had scored more runs in the powerplay.


2020 T20 Blast
For the first time in the tournament's history, Finals Day was washed out, with all the matches rescheduled to played on 4 October 2020, the designated reserve day. If no play was possible on the reserve day, the ECB announced that the matches would have been played on 7 October 2020. Play was delayed further on the reserve day due to rain, and as a result the two semi-finals were reduced to 11 overs per side, and the final was shortened to 16 overs per side. Surrey beat Gloucestershire by six wickets in the first semi-final, and the Notts Outlaws beat Lancashire Lightning by five wickets in the second semi-final. In the final, the Notts Outlaws beat Surrey by six wickets to win the tournament and their second domestic T20 title.


2020 T20 Blast, Background
The tournament was scheduled to start on 28 May 2020, and finish on 5 September 2020. However, on 24 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that no professional cricket would be played in England before 1 July 2020. In late May 2020, the ECB looked at the scheduling of domestic cricket for the summer, with the t20 Blast likely to go ahead, including the traditional Final's Day at Edgbaston. The ECB also confirmed that no domestic cricket would be played before 1 August 2020. On 29 June 2020, the ECB confirmed that the county cricket season would begin on 1 August 2020, with the format agreed in early July.


2020 T20 Blast, Background
On 7 July 2020, the majority of counties voted to start the tournament on 27 August 2020, with Finals Day taking place at Edgbaston on 3 October 2020.


2020 T20 Blast, Teams
The teams were placed into the following groups. The top two teams in each group progressed to the quarter-finals, where they were joined by the two best third-placed teams:


2020 T20I Balkan Cup
The Bulgaria cricket team toured Romania in October 2020 to contest the Balkan Cup over four Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The matches were played between 16 and 18 October 2020 at the Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground in Ilfov County. Romania's only previous official T20I matches were played in August 2019 during the Continental Cup, which was also hosted at the Moara Vlasiei Ground. Bulgaria lost their previous series against Malta a month prior to this tour. Bulgaria won the opening match, but Romania took both matches on the second day. The Bulgarians were bowled out for only 60 runs in the final game and Romania went on to claim the series 3–1.


2020 T20I Nordic Cup
The 2020 T20I Nordic Cup was a planned Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that had been due to take place in Denmark between 26 and 28 August 2020. The participating teams were to be the hosts Denmark, along with Finland and Germany. The six-match double round-robin series, followed by a final, would have been played at Svanholm Park in Brøndby. The visiting sides were each also scheduled to play a warm-up match against the hosts on 25 August 2020 prior to the start of the tournament.


2020 T20I Nordic Cup
Denmark had also prepared for the tournament by hosting a tour of the Norwegian national team that consisted of two 50-over matches and four unofficial Twenty20 matches between 27 and 31 July 2020, with Denmark winning both of the 50-over matches and the T20 series ending level at two wins apiece.


2020 T20I Nordic Cup
The tournament was cancelled on 19 August 2020 due to increasing rates of COVID-19 infection in Denmark resulting in travel restrictions. Cricket Finland provisionally agreed to play the same series in early summer 2021.


2020 TBL season
The 2020 TBL season is the third season of The Basketball League (TBL). In March 18, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled without completion.


2020 TBL season, League changes, Organization
On June 29, 2019, league CEO Evelyn Magley announced Kayla Crosby as the director of team development for approving new teams. Crosby is the owner and founder of the Jamestown Jackals.


2020 TBL season, League changes, Teams
It was announced that the Albany Patroons had been sold to new ownership. The Yakima SunKings were not included as 2020 member and the Mesquite Desert Dogs withdrew due to the travel constraints as the only remaining west coast team.


2020 TBL season, League changes, Teams
The league also added the Columbus Condors, Dayton Flight, Dallas Skyline, Gulf Coast Lions, Indy Express, Lewisville Yellow Jackets, and the Tri-State Admirals as expansion teams. The TBL added the Gulf Coast Lions, based in the Bradenton/Sarasota area, as the league's seventh new team for the 2020 season. The San Diego Waves were replaced by expansion San Diego Armada while the Waves were being relocated, but neither team would make the 2020 schedule.


2020 TBL season, Awards
Plaer of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)Guard of the Year: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)Forward of the Year: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline)Center of the Year: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)


2020 TBL season, Awards, All-League 1st Team
PG: Corey Taite (Tri-State Admirals)PG: Daylon Guy (Dallas Skyline)SG: Bassel Harfouch (Tampa Bay Titans)F: Ricardo Artis III (Dallas Skyline)F/C: Terry Maston (Dallas Skyline)


2020 TBL season, Awards, All-League 2nd Team
G: Shadell Millinghaus (Albany Patroons)G: Joe Retic (Indy Express)G: Andy Bosley (Columbus Condors)G/F: Robert Vaden (Indy Express)F/C: Anthony-Moe (Albany Patroons)


2020 TBL season, Awards, All-League 3rd Team
PG: Taishaun Johnson (Dayton Flight)PG: Micheal Lenoir (Lewisville Yellow Jackets)G/F: Davon Hayes (Owensboro Thoroughbreds)F: Balsa Bazovic (Owensboro Thoroughbreds)F: James Currington (Tri-State Admirals)


2020 TBL season, Draft
The 2020 player draft for the league was held on December 8, 2019. The first overall TBL selection Rahim Williams was taken by Gulf Coast Lions.


2020 TBL season, Draft
Although some of the players chosen in the draft had played semi-professional or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.


2020 TC America Series
The 2020 TC America Series is the second season of the TC America Series. The series consists of 3 classes: TCR, TCA, and TC. All races are 40 minutes in length with 4 per weekend; 2 for TCR & TCA cars, and 2 for TC cars.


2020 TC America Series, Calendar
The final calendar was released on 12 November 2019 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SRO America announced that the events at Virginia International Raceway and Sonoma Raceway would become tripleheader weekends to replace cancelled race events at St. Petersburg and Lime Rock Park.


2020 TC America Series, Entry list
Note: A car marked with STP is entered only for the St. Petersburg makeup races at Sonoma.


2020 TC America Series, Championship standings
Championship points are awarded for the first ten position in each race. Entries are required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.


2020 TCR Asia Pacific Cup
The 2020 Carsales TCR Asia Pacific Cup was due to be the first edition of the TCR Asia Pacific Cup held at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on 13–15 March 2020. The race was going to be contested with TCR touring cars and run in support of the 2020 Australian Grand Prix. The cup would've run as part of the 2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The event was cancelled due to Coronavirus pandemic.


2020 TCR Asia Pacific Cup, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers were entered into the event:


2020 TCR Asia Series
The 2020 TCR Asia Series season was set to be the fifth season of the TCR Asia Series.


2020 TCR Asia Series, Race calendar
The provisional 2020 schedule was announced on 26 November 2019, with five events scheduled. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the TCR Asia Series was to be split into two seasons, TCR Asia North and Asia South which was also cancelled.


2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series
The 2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 Carsales TCR Australia Touring Car Series season) was to be the second season of the TCR Australia Touring Car Series. The series was set be run as part of the renamed Motorsport Australia Championships series. The rescheduled season-opener was due to be held in Sydney Motorsport Park and it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers were under contract to compete in the 2020 championship:


2020 TCR Australia Touring Car Series, Race calendar
The calendar was announced in October 2019 with seven confirmed rounds, plus two non-championship rounds. The final calendar was published in January 2020. A revised calendar, expanding into 2021 was released on 26 May 2020.


2020 TCR China Touring Car Championship
The 2020 TCR China season was the fourth season of the TCR's Chinese Touring Car Championship.


2020 TCR China Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results
The revised calendar was announced on 21 July 2020. Another revised calendar for the following rounds was announced on 20 October 2020.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series
The 2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 HC Container TCR Denmark Touring Car Series) is the inaugural season of the TCR Denmark Touring Car Series. The season started on the 18/19 April at Jyllandsringen and will end on the 10/11 October at Padborg Park.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Calendar
Five events are set to take place in Denmark. Two of the former rounds were scheduled to be supporting the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Calendar
Each round will consist of three 15-minute and 1-lap races, the starting order for the first race will be based on the results from qualifying while the second race will utilise a reversed grid of the top eight cars from qualifying. The third and final race will have its grid decided by the most points gathered from the first two races.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Calendar
The 2020 calendar was announced on 17 December 2019 with the addition of a round supporting the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix announced on 19 February 2020.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Calendar
The opening round of the season was then moved to 2–3 May 2020 due to the  COVID-19 pandemic. Round 2 of the championship, that was due to take place in Aarhus, supporting the Classic Race Aarhus event, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until 2021.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Calendar
On 1 May 2020, a new, premliminary, calendar was released featuring a double header round at Jyllandsringen.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Test days
The official test days for the season were announced on 16 January 2020. The announced dates were the 1, 2 and 16 April at Jyllandsringen. These will also serve as the series' media days for photos and interviews for the drivers and team to take place. These were later postponed to 9–10 June.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Results and standings
1 – Original race 1 was replaced by a qualifying session for the then Race 1, and normal points were awarded.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Results and standings
2 – Original race 1 was replaced by a qualifying session for the then Race 1, and normal points were awarded.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Denmark Touring Car Series, Results and standings, Teams' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
The 2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy (also called 2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy powered by ESET for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the TCR Eastern Europe Trophy. The season began on 24 July at the Automotodrom Grobnik and ended on 18 October at the Hungaroring.


2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
Dušan Borković won the championship with 3 races to go.


2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy, Calendar
A new calendar was announced on 25 April 2020 with all rounds supporting the ESET V4 Cup.


2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy, Results, Drivers' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy, Results, Teams' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy, Results, Juniors' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 70% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series
The 2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series is the fifth season of TCR Europe Touring Car Series. The season will begin at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in April and May and will end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in October.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Josh Files is the defending drivers' champion, while Target Competition is the defending teams' champion.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, Calendar
The calendar was announced on 22 May 2020 with 6 rounds scheduled.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, Rule changes, Sporting changes
The race format is set to be changed for 2020 from 23 minutes + 1 lap to fixed length at 55 kilometers with the first two laps under safety car added to the total race distance similar to the rules set by the World Touring Car Cup. The change was made due to some of the races were mostly spent under safety car. Along with the fixed race distance, a maximum of 30 full-season entries would be allowed.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, Results and standings, TCR Europe standings, Drivers' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, Results and standings, TCR Europe standings, Teams' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series, Results and standings, TCR Europe standings, TCR BeNeLux Drivers' standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
The 2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will be the sixth season of the ITCC to run under TCR regulations and the 34rd season since the national touring car series was revived in 1987 as the Campionato Italiano Turismo.


2020 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results
The calendar was announced in December but due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been postponed to a date yet to be decided.


2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series
The 2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series was the second season of the TCR Japan Touring Car Series. The series supported the 2020 Super Formula Championship.


2020 TCR Japan Touring Car Series, Race calendar
The calendar was announced in 2019 with six confirmed dates with all rounds held in Japan and supporting the Super Formula Championship. A revised calendar was released in July 2020.


2020 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
The 2020 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship was the second season of the TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship. A three-round season will be held at Sepang International Circuit from 18 January to 1 March. Luca Engstler became the Drivers' champion with an equal number of points with Dan Lloyd, ahead of wins four to one.


2020 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results
The calendar was released on 25 July 2019 with all rounds being held within Malaysia.


2020 TCR Middle East Touring Car Series
The 2020 TCR Middle East season was set to be the fourth season of the TCR Middle East Series. The series was to be promoted by Creventic. The championship was set to start at Dubai Autodrome in Dubai on 9 January and end at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 17 January.


2020 TCR Middle East Touring Car Series
The champion of the season would have been given a seat in a car in the second-running of the TCR Spa 500 event on the 1-3 of May.


2020 TCR Spa 500
The 2020 TCR Spa 500 will be the second edition of the TCR Spa 500 endurance touring car race. It is promoted by the WSC, the group behind the TCR concept, and Creventic, who promotes the 24H Series.


2020 TCR Spa 500
The race will be scheduled for 500 laps of the 7,004 metres (4.352 mi) circuit, for a total of 3,502 kilometres (2,176 mi), with a time-certain finish of 23 hours from the green flag of the race.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team
The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represents Texas Christian University during the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs play their home games at Lupton Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, in his 17th season at TCU.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team
On March 13, the Big 12 Conference canceled the remainder of the season due to the Coronavirus pandemic.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team, Previous Season
The 2019 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 29–24 (11–13) regular season record and finished sixth in the Big 12 Conference standings. The Horned Frogs reached the 2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament semifinals, where they were defeated by Oklahoma State. TCU received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where they were defeated in the Fayetteville Regional final by Arkansas.


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


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs competed as a member of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were led by 20th-year head coach Gary Patterson.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team
In a season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Horned Frogs compiled a 6–4 record (5–4 in conference). The team was slated to face Arkansas in the Texas Bowl, but had to withdraw due to COVID-19 issues within the program.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Previous season
The Horned Frogs finished the 2019 season with a 5–7 record, 3–6 in Big 12 play, failing to earn bowl eligibility.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Offseason, Coaching changes
In December 2019, co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach Curtis Luper was hired as the offensive coordinator at Missouri. The other co-offensive coordinator, Sonny Cumbie, was promoted to offensive coordinator. Brian Applewhite was hired to fill his role as running backs coach.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Preseason, Big 12 media days
The Big 12 media days were held on July 21–22, 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Schedule
TCU released its 2020 schedule on October 22, 2019. The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Horned Frogs will host 1 non-conference game against Prairie View A&M and will travel to non-conference games at California and SMU. TCU will host Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Texas Tech and travel to West Virginia, Baylor, Texas, and Kansas in regular season conference play.


2020 TCU Horned Frogs football team, Schedule
The Horned Frogs scheduled games against Cal, Prairie View A&M, were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 TNT Tropang Giga season
The 2020 TNT Tropang Giga season is the 30th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2020 TSL season
The 2020 AFL Tasmania TSL premiership season is an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty-one (21) home and away rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 11 July and 17 October.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
A Tablighi Jamaat religious congregation that took place in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque in early March 2020 was a COVID-19 super-spreader event, with more than 4,000 confirmed cases and at least 27 deaths linked to the event reported across the country. Over 9,000 missionaries may have attended the congregation, with the majority being from various states of India, and 960 attendees from 40 foreign countries. On 18 April, 4,291 confirmed cases of COVID-19 linked to this event by the Union Health Ministry represented a third of all the confirmed cases of India. Around 40,000 people, including Tablighi Jamaat attendees and their contacts, were quarantined across the country.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
The Tablighi Jamaat has received widespread criticism from the Muslim community for holding the congregation despite a ban on public gatherings being issued by the Government of Delhi on 13 March.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
Criminal cases were registered against the congregation attendees in the courts across India. However, in a landmark judgement in August 2020, the Bombay High Court quashed three FIRs against 35 petitioners – 29 of them foreign nationals – who attended a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin in March and travelled from there to different parts of India. The court observed: "A political government tries to find the scapegoat when there is pandemic or calamity and the circumstances show that there is probability that these foreigners were chosen to make them scapegoats."


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
Some of the chargesheeted Muslims neither attended the Delhi congregation nor were they inclined to the Tablighi ideology, as evidenced in the case of eight chargetsheeted individuals, whose case was dismissed by the Saket district court on 25 August 2020. The Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde observed "evasiveness" in that the Government of India's affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the discriminatory and communal coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat incident by some sections of the media. He termed the statements in the document as "unnecessary, nonsensical" averments.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
On 16 December 2020, The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of a Delhi Court, Arun Kumar Garg, acquitted the 36 foreign nationals from 14 countries of all the charges levelled against them. They were facing charges under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), Section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 3 (disobeying regulation) of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and Section 51 (obstruction) of Disaster Management Act, 2005.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
Senior BJP leaders like Shivraj Singh Chouhan attributed Tablighi Jamaat congregation for a spike in cases of coronavirus in the country, a claim which was disputed by experts from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore saying that they have no data to link the spread of the pandemic to the congregation.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi
On the other hand, according to the first report in India tabled before Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan by the Department of Biotechnology in July 2020 on the genome of SARS-CoV-2 has found that a particular variant of the virus brought into the country mainly by travellers from Europe had become the most prominent across the country. India's first corona patient was a Keralite student from a state-run university in Wuhan city of China, the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Nizamuddin Markaz events
The Nizamuddin Markaz's calendar shows three events scheduled during March: Aalmi Mashwara (international executive committee meeting) during 8–10 March, and provincial gatherings Andhra Pradesh jod during 15–17 March and Tamil Nadu jod during 22–24 March. There is no indication of an ijtema held in March. An ijtema would have been too large a gathering for the Markaz building to hold.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Nizamuddin Markaz events
The Aalmi Mashwara probably attracted 1500 persons from different states of India as well as various countries in Asia and Europe. The Andhra Pradesh gathering would have also attracted similar numbers from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the neighbouring states. In addition to these, the Markaz receives a regular year-round traffic of visitors from India and abroad who come for preaching activity and are dispatched to various locations in India. It is common for them to stop at the Markaz for a few days at the beginning and end of their travel.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Nizamuddin Markaz events
The activities at the Markaz apparently went unhindered till 22 March, when a Janata curfew was observed throughout India at the instance of prime minister Narendra Modi. At the end of the Janata Curfew, a lockdown came into effect in Delhi. The group said that it was able to move out around 1,500 people on the following days with some difficulty.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Nizamuddin Markaz events
On 24 March, when a nationwide lockdown came into effect, the Markaz received a notice from the SHO of the Hazrat Nizamuddin Police Station (which is the next door neighbour of the Markaz) asking for the closure of the building. The following day, a tehsildar with a medical team visited the Markaz and many of the visitors were examined. On 26 March, the group was called for a meeting with the District Magistrate. From 27 March onward, small groups of visitors were taken for medical check-ups. On 29 March, the Markaz responded to a notice from the Assistant Commissioner of Police of Lajpat Nagar stating that it had abided by all orders and did not allow any new visitors to enter the premises during the lockdown.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Nizamuddin Markaz events
On 30 March, the authorities evacuated the building and sent about 2300 inmates to hospital wards and quarantines. Mawlāna Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi, the head of the Markaz, was not found in the building. He later responded to police enquiries stating that he was self-isolating at an unknown location.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Government measures
Delhi is a Union territory with a legislature, which in effect means that it has a divided government. Most governmental functions are under the control of the elected government, while law and order is under the control of the lieutenant governor. The Delhi Police reports directly to the Union Home Ministry, rather than any branch of the Delhi government. The parties in power in Delhi and the Union are rivals, adding to frictions and lack of coordination.


2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi, Timeline, Government measures
For its part, the Union government ordered thermal screening of passengers arriving from Malaysia, Indonesia and other Asian countries from the end of February. From 4 March, thermal screening was extended to passengers from all countries. None of the foreign attendees of the Tablighi events were caught by these measures. As of 13 March the central government had maintained that there was no health emergency in the country. There were no restrictions on gatherings until this date. Home quarantine for international arrivals was not mandated until 17 March.