2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Results, Results in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug
The main reason is believed to be due to the strong disagreement by the residents of the subject of the federation to unite with Arkhangelsk Oblast. The interim governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yuri Bezdudny, said: "Yes, the majority of the inhabitants of the Nenets spoke out against the Russian vote. But their voices are not against amendments, it is a reaction on the topic with the unification of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Arkhangelsk Oblast. Nearly half of the district's residents spoke in favor of the amendments. Their opinion also needs to be respected. Most importantly, the elections in the Nenets Autonomous Region were fair, transparent, without violations and in compliance with all sanitary standards."


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Results, Results in the Komi Republic
Late in the evening of July 1, after processing 5.2% of the protocols in the Komi Republic, 68.88% of the participants voted against amendments to the Constitution, 29.93% voted in favor. However, after a few minutes, the results were reversed. The Central Election Commission specified that after processing 28.31% of the protocols 66.19% of the voters supported the constitutional amendments in the republic, 32.89% were against. CEC Chairman Ella Pamfilova explained that the cause of the error was the tiredness of the election commission members: “Well, elementary, as I was told, people were tired. The line has slipped - and that’s it, sorry”.


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Results, Results in the Komi Republic
Grigory Kablis, the former chairman of the party of the Progress Party in the Komi Republic, explained to the publication Seven by Seven that since the data of the final protocols are not entered manually, but using QR codes through the GAS Vybory system (starting in 2017 in the Komi Republic), then the operator error during data entry was excluded.


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Results, Results in the Komi Republic
Kablis suggested that after receiving at 21:00 automatically the preliminary results, which he called "very different from the average for Russia", at about 21:05 all territorial election commissions in the Komi Republic were forbidden to enter data in the GAS Vybory. Those polling stations that showed negative results were ordered to recount ballots. In general, Kablis concluded that “there was no trust in the electoral system of Russia in general and the Komi Republic in particular,” he said.


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Reactions
A number of foreign leaders congratulated President Putin by phone, including President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev,  President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Reactions
The United States said that it was "troubled by reports of Russian government efforts to manipulate the result of the recent votes on constitutional amendments." The European External Action Service said that it "expect[s] all reports and allegations of irregularities, including voter coercion, multiple voting, violation of secrecy of the vote and allegations of police violence against a journalist who was present to observe, to be duly investigated."


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Reactions, Accusations of fraud and coercion
Forbes and The Moscow Times have discussed allegations of fraud presented by physicist Sergei Shpilkin, who alleged that 22 million votes could be fraudulent, and alleged similar tactics to those used in both the 2011 legislative election and 2018 presidential election, for which he previously published statistical evidence alleging fraud.


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Reactions, Accusations of fraud and coercion
The Associated Press reported that prizes were offered as encouragement to vote, that voters with Russian passports from eastern Ukraine were bused across the border to vote, that during early voting several ballot boxes were unattended at night, and that in Moscow, some journalists and activists said they were able to cast their ballots both online and in person in a bid to show the lack of safeguards against manipulations.


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Reactions, Accusations of fraud and coercion
Golos, an independent Russian election watchdog, claimed that the electoral process was "rigged from the start" and "unfairly skewed by a noisy one-sided propaganda campaign."


2020 Russian constitutional referendum, Reactions, Accusations of fraud and coercion
The New York Times reported that employees at state-funded libraries in St. Petersburg complained that they had been ordered by their institutions to vote and on which day. The newspaper also suggested that "a long propaganda campaign preceded the referendum", and that public discourse focused mainly on the patriotic elements of the bill, such as remembering the war dead of World War II, enshrining the Russian language, and pension protection. The controversial elements, such as the zeroing of Putin's previous terms and a weakening of judicial independence, saw almost no mention in official messaging or public discourse.


2020 Russian regional elections
The 2020 Russian regional elections took place across three days from 11 to 13 September 2020 in 28 out of the 85 federal subjects of Russia. Elected were 18 directly-elected governors, 2 indirectly-elected governors and 11 regional parliaments. The elections also coincided with local elections in many cities. A total of 156,000 candidates stood for 78,000 positions at regional, local and municipal levels. The vote was extended over three days in a move the government said was to avoid over-crowding and reduce the risk from COVID-19.


2020 Russian regional elections
Candidates for the ruling United Russia party and their allies won all 20 governorships with more than 50% of the vote, meaning they would not need to hold a second round run-off. However, the party lost their majority in the regional parliaments of Tomsk, Novosibirsk and Tambov.


2020 Russian regional elections
The elections were seen as a dress rehearsal for the 2021 State Duma elections.


2020 Russian regional elections, Campaign
The election was led by incumbent candidates from the governing United Russia party competing against the "systemic opposition" parties including the Liberal Democratic Party, A Just Russia and the Communist Party. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny called on opposition voters to use "Smart Voting" by voting for candidates most likely to win against United Russia. Navalny fell ill three weeks before the election with Novichok poisoning while campaigning in Tomsk.


2020 Russian regional elections, Campaign
The campaign in Archangelsk Oblast came after the governor had proposed fully integrating the Nenets Autonomous Okrug into the Oblast. This had provoked demonstrations until the proposals were withdrawn.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war
On 8 March 2020, Saudi Arabia initiated a price war on oil with Russia, facilitating a 65% quarterly fall in the price of oil. In the first few weeks of March, US oil prices fell by 34%, crude oil fell by 26%, and Brent oil fell by 24%. The price war was triggered by a break-up in dialogue between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia over proposed oil-production cuts in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia walked out of the agreement, leading to the fall of the OPEC+ alliance. Oil prices had already fallen 30% since the start of the year due to a drop in demand. The price war is one of the major causes and effects of the ensuing global stock-market crash.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war
In early April 2020 and again in June 2020, Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to oil production cuts. The price of oil became negative on 20 April. Oil production can be slowed, but not stopped completely, and even the lowest possible production level resulted in greater supply than demand; those holding oil futures became willing to pay to offload contracts for oil they expected to be unable to store.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Background
Beginning in 2014, U.S. shale oil production increased its market share; as other producers continued producing oil, prices crashed from above $114 per barrel in 2014 to about $27 in 2016. In September 2016, Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to cooperate in managing the price of oil, creating an informal alliance of OPEC and non-OPEC producers that was dubbed "OPEC+." By January 2020, OPEC+ had cut oil production by 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd), with Saudi Arabia making the largest reductions in production.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Background
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, factory output and transportation demand fell, bringing overall demand for oil down as well, and causing oil prices to fall. On 15 February 2020, the International Energy Agency forecasted that demand growth would fall to the lowest rate since 2011, with full-year growth falling by 325,000 barrels per day to 825,000 barrels per day, and a first quarter contraction in consumption by 435,000 barrels per day.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Background
Although demand for oil was falling globally, a drop in demand in China's markets, the largest since 2008, triggered an OPEC summit in Vienna on 5 March 2020. At the summit, OPEC agreed to cut oil production by an additional 1.5 million barrels per day through the second quarter of the year (a total production cut of 3.6 million bpd from the original 2016 agreement), with the group expected to review the policy on 9 June during their next meeting. OPEC called on Russia and other non-OPEC members of OPEC+ to abide by the OPEC decision. On 6 March 2020, Russia rejected the demand, marking the end of the unofficial partnership, with oil prices falling 10% after the announcement.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Background
Earlier in February 2020, the Trump administration had put sanctions on Russia's largest oil company Rosneft. Russia may have seen the oil war as a way to retaliate against U.S. sanctions, some media outlets claim.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Contrary views on a price war
Russian and Saudi officials both deny the existence of a price war against each other or any other country. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that new planned contracts can be implemented immediately if necessary. During the negotiations, Russian officials have argued that it was too early for cuts before understanding the full impact the virus outbreak has on oil prices, and that an existing shortfall of about one million barrels a day, caused by the political turmoil in Libya, was helping to offset a slump in demand at the time.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Contrary views on a price war
Pavel Sorokin from the Russian Ministry of Energy doubted that the cuts would work with stating following quotes: "We cannot fight a falling demand situation when there is no clarity about where the bottom is." "It is very easy to get caught in a circle when, by cutting once, you get into an even... worse situation in say two weeks: oil prices would shortly bounce back before falling again as demand continued to fall." when asked in interviews. More reports confirm the Russian side made a proposal to extend the current OPEC+ combined cuts of 1.7 million barrels per day for at least 3 months, in order to assess the real impact the coronavirus crisis has on oil demand before more cuts, with OPEC refusing ultimately.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
On 8 March 2020, Saudi Arabia announced unexpected price discounts of $6 to $8 per barrel to customers in Europe, Asia, and the United States. The announcement triggered a free fall in oil prices and other consequences that day, with brent crude falling by 30%, the largest drop since the Gulf War. The West Texas Intermediate, a grade of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing fell 20%. On 9 March 2020, stock markets worldwide reported major losses thanks in part to a combination of price war and fears over the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
Effects were felt outside of oil prices and stock markets as well; following the announcement, the Russian ruble fell 7% to a 4-year low against the U.S. dollar. In the days after the announcement, oil prices and markets recovered somewhat, with oil prices increasing by 10%, and most stock markets recovering the day after Black Monday. On 10 March, Saudi Arabia announced that it would increase its production from 9.7 million barrels per day to 12.3 million, while Russia planned to increase oil production by 300,000 barrels per day. At the time, Aramco's short term oil production capacity was around 12 million bpd (sustained at 10.5 million bpd), and the firm has been instructed to expand this to 13 million.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
As demand continued to fall dramatically, oil prices went down further, reaching a 17-year low on 18 March where Brent was priced at $24.72 a barrel and WTI at $20.48 a barrel.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
Oil prices remained depressed for the rest of March. On 2 April, U.S. President Donald Trump, after significant internal pressure, called Saudi Arabian crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman, threatening to withdraw U.S. military support if OPEC and its allies did not cut oil production. The following day, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered energy minister Alexander Novak to prepare an extraordinary OPEC meeting and stated that global production could be cut by 10 million barrels. In response to Putin's statement, oil prices jumped.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
Even with a 10 million bpd cut, the International Energy Agency estimated that global oil stockpiles will still increase by 15 million bpd. IEA's director, Fatih Birol, stated that 50 million jobs related to oil refining and retail was at risk globally. US oil prices increased by 25% on 2 April, the biggest one-day increase in history. Brent oil increased to $32 on 3 April.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
Later on 3 April, Saudi foreign and energy ministers released statements criticising Putin, blaming Russia for not taking part in the OPEC+ agreement.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
On 9 April, Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to oil production cuts. Reuters reported that "If Saudi Arabia failed to rein in output, US senators called on the White House to impose sanctions on Riyadh, pull out US troops from the kingdom and impose import tariffs on Saudi oil."


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
OPEC expected demand to fall by 6.8 million bpd, later to reduce by up to 35 million bpd. On 9 April, OPEC and Russia agreed to reduce by 10 million bpd. USA expected its production to fall by 2 million bpd at the end of the year. OPEC requested Mexico to cut by 400,000 bpd. Mexico proposed to cut its oil production by 100,000 bpd for two months, from 1.781 mbd to 1.681 mbd.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
The WTI delivery price difference between months resulted in unusually high contango; purchasing cheap physical oil to storage for later sale.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
On 20 April the price of WTI oil for May delivery (expiring on 21 April) fell into negative territory (-$37/bbl) for the first time in recorded history due to depressed demand and insufficient storage capacity, particularly at the WTI  measuring location in Cushing, Oklahoma where pipelines meet and working capacity is around 76 million barrels (technical storage capacity is 92 million barrels). On 24 April, Cushing reached nearly 64 million barrels, or 81% of capacity. Gasoline prices also fell. 104 oil tankers came to U.S. shores to offload more oil.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Events
While WTI fell on 20 April, some Canadian oil fell to $0, shutting down some production, and Brent oil fell to $18/bbl.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact
Oil revenue is a significant government income for several oil producing countries. Low oil price put pressure on state financials.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On Saudi Arabia
Saudi Aramco announced a cut in capital expenditures from $35–40 billion planned to $25–30 billion. The government also increased its debt ceiling from 30 to 50 percent of GDP, due to both oil prices and the impact of the pandemic, and planned to cut its spending by 5 percent as its budget deficit was expected to increase from 6 to 9 percent.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On Russia
The Russian government had initially forecast that it would run a surplus of 930 billion roubles ($11.4 billion) in 2020, but following the outbreak of the price war stated that it expected to run at a deficit. The ruble has dropped, having fallen over 30 percent between the start of 2020 and 18 March.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On stock markets
Prior to opening on 9 March 2020 (Monday), the Dow Jones Industrial Average futures market fell over 1,300 points and suspended trading as a result due to a combination of coronavirus concerns and the oil price war. On Monday, 9 March 2020, stock markets globally experienced major point drops due to a combination of panic over the COVID-19 pandemic and the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. The Dow Jones fell over 2,000 points, or 7.8%, exceeding the futures market prediction and becoming the largest point drop in its history.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On stock markets
Other stock markets were similarly affected, with the S&P 500 contracting by 7.6% and the NASDAQ Composite contracting by 7.2%. Italy's FTSE MIB suffered the largest drop in percentage, with the index falling 11%. In the United States, the drops triggered circuit breakers designed to prevent stock market crashes, leading to 15-minute pauses in trading.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On other producers
In response to the drop in price, multiple oil producers in North America cut the drilling of new wells. Shale oil producers in North America generally require oil prices above $40 per barrel to sustain operations, and the cuts in new oilfields is expected to nullify the expected growth in US oil production. At $35 per barrel of crude oil, only 16 shale producers could operate new wells profitably, and most producers had expected a per barrel price of $55–65 in 2020.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On other producers
Consultancy Wood Mackenzie estimated that with Brent at $25/barrel, 10% of oil production globally would not be able to cover its base operating cost, particularly heavy crude oil producers such as Venezuela, Mexico and oil sands in Canada, where the price dipped below $5 per barrel. The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts show that U.S. crude oil production would fall from 13.2 million bpd in May 2020 to 12.8 million bpd in December 2020 due to the price war, and would then fall to 12.7 million bpd in 2021.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On other producers
In the US, Whiting Petroleum Corporation, which produced 120,000 barrels per day, was the first major producer to declare bankruptcy due to the oil price crash. Diamond Offshore Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor, also filed for bankruptcy, citing the price war and the drop in oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On other producers
Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil producers also announced price discounts to their buyers, though Iraq's discount was lower than that of Saudi Arabia's. The United Arab Emirates also announced an increase in production to 4 million barrels per day, higher than the country's estimated output capacity of 3.5 million bpd.


2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, Impact, On other producers
Norway, Europe's largest oil exporter, saw a drop in its currency to historic lows against the Euro, with the Norwegian Central Bank preparing a currency intervention for the first time in two decades. Nigeria's Central Bank also devalued its naira against the dollar, while the country's stock market and bond prices (alongside Angola's) fell.


2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey, and competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by 12th-year head coach Greg Schiano, in the first season of his second stint with Rutgers.


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


2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Previous season
The Scarlet Knights finished the 2019 season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Schedule
Rutgers had games scheduled against Monmouth, Syracuse, and Temple, but canceled these games on July 9 due to the Big Ten Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Roster and Coaches
* Jim Paganos was unable to coach in 2020 due to knee replacement surgery. Charlie Noonan replaced him as the interim defensive line coach.


2020 Réunion Premier League
The 2020 Réunion Premier League is the 71st season of the Réunion Premier League, the professional league for association football clubs in Réunion, since the league's establishment in 1950. The season started on 19 July 2020.


2020 SANFL Grand Final
The 2020 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final was an Australian rules football match played at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 18 October to determine the premiers for the 2020 SANFL season.


2020 SANFL Grand Final
The match was contested by North Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens in the first grand final meeting between the two teams, although North Adelaide did play West Torrens in the 1949 SANFL Grand Final.


2020 SANFL Grand Final
Woodville-West Torrens won the grand final, defeating North Adelaide by 39 points, and claiming their fourth premiership and their first since 2011. Woodville-West Torrens midfielder Jordan Foote was awarded the Jack Oatey Medal as the best player on the ground.


2020 SANFL Women's League season
The 2020 SANFL Women's League season was the fourth season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 14 February and concluded with the Grand Final on 23 August. The competition was contested by eight clubs, all of whom were affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Following the fourth round of competition, the season was suspended for over three months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, though upon resumption in June the season continued uninterrupted and concluded in late August 2020.


2020 SANFL season
The 2020 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) is the 141st season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season was originally scheduled to run from April 2020 until September 2020; however its commencement was delayed to June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of clubs participating in the season was reduced to eight, as Adelaide and Port Adelaide were barred from fielding their reserves teams by the Australian Football League.


2020 SANFL season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, three weeks prior to the scheduled start of the premiership season. Governmental restrictions on non-essential public gatherings greater than 500 people meant that, as a minimum, matches would need to be played before empty stadiums, as was planned for the Australian Football League; however, it was announced on 16 March that SANFL season was suspended indefinitely.


2020 SANFL season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
A shortened season may still be played commencing no earlier than 31 May, depending on the status of the pandemic; no decision has yet been made on whether the season will be cancelled entirely, but this remains a possibility in the event of a prolonged pandemic. South Australia's two AFL clubs, Adelaide and Port Adelaide, did not field teams as the AFL issued an order banning its clubs from fielding AFL-listed players in state leagues. On 14 June 2020, the first two rounds of the revised fixture were announced, with all games in those rounds to be played at Adelaide Oval.


2020 SBS Drama Awards
The 2020 SBS Drama Awards (Korean: SBS 연기대상; Hanja: SBS 演技大賞; RR: SBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), was held on 31 December 2020 at 21.00 (KST) at SBS Prism Tower, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. This year being the 30th anniversary of the founding of SBS, the awards ceremony was announced by Park Eun Bin and Jo Byung-gyu in a teaser on 17 December 2020. The show was hosted by Shin Dong-yup and Kim Yoo-jung. In order to observe COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols, the awards presentation was held without an on-site audience.


2020 SBS Entertainment Awards
The 2020 SBS Entertainment Awards (Korean: SBS 연예대상; Hanja: SBS 演藝大賞; RR: SBS Yeon-ye Daesang) presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 19, 2020 at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Cha Eun-woo, Lee Seung-gi. The nominees were chosen from SBS variety, talk and comedy shows that aired from December 2019 to November 2020.


2020 SEC Championship Game
The 2020 SEC Championship Game presented by Dr. Pepper was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game determined the 2020 champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game, the 29th SEC Championship, featured the Florida Gators, champions of the East division, and the Alabama Crimson Tide, champions of the West division.


2020 SEC Championship Game, Teams, Florida
Florida entered the championship game with a record of 8–2, all in conference play. Their losses came against Texas A&M and LSU, each by three points. Florida compiled a record of 7–5 in prior SEC Championship Games, having last appeared in 2016 and having last won in 2008.


2020 SEC Championship Game, Teams, Alabama
Alabama entered the championship game with a record of 10–0, all in conference play. The scored at least 38 points in each of their regular season games, and won each contest by at least 15 points. Alabama compiled a record of 8–4 in prior SEC Championship Games; after last losing in 2008, they won each of their next six appearances (2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018).


2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, scheduled for March 11–15, 2020. On March 12, after the tournament had begun, the SEC cancelled the remaining games due to the spread of COVID-19.


2020 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 14 SEC schools were slated to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.


2020 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina through March 8, 2020. The South Carolina Gamecocks won the tournament.


2020 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2020 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the 2020 Southeastern Conference season. The tournament is being contested over five days between November 13–22 at the Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. The South Carolina Gamecocks are the defending champions.


2020 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament
Due to the shortened conference season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's conference tournament includes every team, in a format identical to that of the men's and women's basketball tournaments.


2020 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, Match summaries
All matches are played at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. All times are Central.


2020 SEC Women's Soccer Tournament, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 56 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 4.31 goals per match.


2020 SJK season
The 2020 season was Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 13th competitive season, and seventh in the Veikkausliiga.


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


2020 SK Brann season
The 2020 season was Brann's fifth season back in Eliteserien since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.


2020 SK Brann season, Season events
On 12 June, the Norwegian Football Federation announced that a maximum of 200 home fans would be allowed to attend the upcoming seasons matches.


2020 SK Brann season, Season events
On 26 June, Lars Arne Nilsen left Brann by mutual consent. On 8 August, Kåre Ingebrigtsen was announced as Brann's new manager.


2020 SK Brann season, Season events
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.


2020 SK Brann season, Season events
On 30 September, the Minister of Culture and Gender Equality, Abid Raja, announced that clubs would be able to have crowds of 600 at games from 12 October.


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


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


2020 SL1
2020 SL1 is a near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group, discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii on 18 September 2020. With an estimated diameter of 0.9–2.0 km (0.56–1.24 mi), it is the largest potentially hazardous asteroid discovered in 2020.


2020 SL1, Discovery
2020 SL1 was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii on 18 September 2020. It was first observed in the constellation Triangulum at an apparent magnitude of 22.3. The asteroid was moving at an on-sky rate of 0.56 arcseconds per minute, from a distance of 1.94 AU (290 million km; 180 million mi) from Earth.


2020 SL1, Discovery
The asteroid was subsequently listed on the Minor Planet Center's Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page (NEOCP) as P116Atg. Follow-up observations were carried out by the Astronomical Research Observatory (H21) and the asteroid was identified in earlier Mount Lemmon Survey (G96) observations from 28 August and 17 September 2020. The listing was confirmed and publicly announced as 2020 SL1 on 19 September 2020.


2020 SL1, Discovery
Since discovery, 2020 SL1 has been identified in several precovery observations from Pan-STARRS 1 between November 2012 and January 2015 as well as October 2012 observations from the Mount Lemmon Survey. The earliest known precovery observations were identified in three Sloan Digital Sky Survey images from 25 October 2008.


2020 SL1, Orbit and classification
2020 SL1 orbits the Sun at an average distance of 2.52 AU once every 3.99 years. Its orbit has a high eccentricity of 0.64 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic plane. Over the course of its orbit, its distance from the Sun ranges from 0.91 AU at perihelion to 4.1 AU at aphelion, crossing the orbits of Earth and Mars. Since its orbit crosses that of Earth's while having a semi-major axis greater than 1 AU, 2020 SL1 is classified as an Apollo asteroid.


2020 SL1, Orbit and classification
Having a long observation arc over 12 years, the orbit of 2020 SL1 is well-defined with a condition code of 1. Although it is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid due to its large size combined with its small minimum orbit intersection distance of 0.047 AU (7.0 million km; 4.4 million mi) from Earth's orbital path, the asteroid will not make any close approaches within 0.1 astronomical units (15×10^6 km; 9.3×10^6 mi) over the next 200 years. The closest Earth encounter by 2020 SL1 in the last 200 years was on 10 July 1972, when it passed within 0.073 AU (10.9 million km; 6.8 million mi) of Earth at closest approach.


2020 SL1, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
Based on an magnitude-to-diameter conversion and a measured absolute magnitude of 17.35, 2020 SL1 measures between 0.9 and 2.0 kilometers in diameter for an assumed geometric albedo of 0.25 and 0.05, respectively. It is the largest potentially hazardous asteroid discovered in 2020, followed by 2020 QF6 with an absolute magnitude of 17.8.


2020 SMU Mustangs football team
The 2020 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs were led by third-year coach Sonny Dykes and played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas, a separate city within the city limits of Dallas, competed as members of the American Athletic Conference.


2020 SMU Mustangs football team
After finishing their regular season with a record of 7–3 (4–3 in conference play), the Mustangs accepted an invitation to the Frisco Bowl, where they were slated to play the UTSA Roadrunners. However, the bowl was subsequently canceled, due to COVID-19 concerns within the SMU football program.


2020 SMU Mustangs football team, Previous season
The Mustangs finished the 2019 season 10–3, 6–2 in The American play to finish in third place in the West Division. The Mustangs competed in the postseason bowl season, ultimately losing to FAU in the Boca Raton Bowl 28–52.


2020 SMU Mustangs football team, Game summaries, at Tulsa
at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK


2020 SO
2020 SO is a near-Earth object identified to be the Surveyor 2 Centaur rocket booster launched on 20 September 1966. The object was discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at the Haleakala Observatory on 17 September 2020. It was initially suspected to be an artificial object due to its low velocity relative to Earth and later on the noticeable effects of solar radiation pressure on its orbit. Spectroscopic observations by NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility in December 2020 found that the object's spectrum is similar to that of stainless steel, confirming the object's artificial nature. Following the object's confirmation as space debris, the object was removed from the Minor Planet Center's database on 19 February 2021.


2020 SO, Overview
As it approached Earth the trajectory indicated the geocentric orbital eccentricity was less than 1 by 15 October 2020, and the object became temporarily captured on 8 November when it entered Earth's Hill sphere. It entered via the outer Lagrange point L2 and will exit via Lagrange point L1. During its geocentric orbit around Earth, 2020 SO made a close approach to Earth on 1 December 2020 at a perigee distance of approximately 0.13 lunar distances (50,000 km; 31,000 mi).


2020 SO, Overview
It also made another close approach on 2 February 2021, at a perigee distance of approximately 0.58 LD (220,000 km; 140,000 mi). Since discovery the time of uncertainty for the February 2021 closest approach to Earth was reduced from ±3 days to less than 1 minute. It will leave Earth's Hill sphere around 8 March 2021.


2020 SO, Overview
Paul Chodas of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory suspects 2020 SO of being the Surveyor 2 Centaur rocket booster, launched on 20 September 1966. The Earth-like orbit and low relative velocity suggest a possible artificial object. Spectroscopy may help determine if it is covered in white titanium dioxide paint. Goldstone radar will make bistatic observations transmitting from the 70-meter DSS-14 and receiving at the 34-meter DSS-13. As a result of the bistatic DSS-14/RT-32 radar observations, a rotation period of about 9.5 seconds was obtained, which corresponds to the photometric observations. Obtained range-Doppler radar images confirm that the object has an elongated shape with a length of about 10 meters and a width of about 3 meters.


2020 SO, Overview
Around the time of closest approach on 1 December 2020, the object was only brighten to about apparent magnitude 14.1, and required a telescope with roughly a 150mm (6") objective lens to be seen visually. It displays a large light curve amplitude of 2.5 magnitudes, signifying a highly elongated shape or albedo variations on its surface. It has a rotation period of approximately 9 seconds.


2020 SO, Overview
At the time of its discovery, 2020 SO had unremarkable motion typical of a main-belt asteroid. However, the four observations that Pan-STARRS obtained over the course of 1.4 hours showed non-linear motion due to the rotation of the observer around Earth's axis, which is a signature of a nearby object.


2020 SO, Overview
In January and February of 2036, it will again approach Earth with a geocentric eccentricity less than 1 since the relative velocities will be small, but will not be within Earth's Hill sphere of 0.01 AU (1.5 million km).


2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
The 2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship was the tenth overall season of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and the fourth under the internationally recognised TCR formula. It was also the third time the championship has run under the STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship banner. Originally due to start on 15 May at Ring Knutstorp and end on 4 October at Mantorp Park, the season start was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A revised calendar was due to be published sometime after Easter.


2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Robert Dahlgren and Brink Motorsport are the reigning Drivers' and Teams' champions respectively.


2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, Entrants
The following teams and drivers are set to compete in the 2020 season:


2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, Race calendar and results
The following 4 rounds are scheduled to take place in 2020:


2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Championship points were awarded on the results of each race at each event as follows:


2020 SW
2020 SW is a tiny near-Earth asteroid discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 18 September 2020, six days before it made its closest approach to Earth. The asteroid passed within 21,600 kilometres (13,400 mi) from Earth's surface on 24 September 2020 11:13 UT, within the geostationary altitude of 36,000 kilometres (22,000 mi). The encounter with Earth perturbed the asteroid's heliocentric trajectory from an Apollo-type orbit to an Aten-type orbit with a semi-major axis within one astronomical unit from the Sun. As a result, the asteroid will not make any close approaches to Earth within 0.01 astronomical units (4 LD) in the next 200 years.


2020 SW
With an estimated diameter roughly 4–9 metres (13–30 ft) across, 2020 SW is comparable to the size of a small school bus. Had it impacted Earth, it would mostly have disintegrated as a fireball during atmospheric entry and might have left a common strewn field. Extensive observations of its brightness during the close encounter show that it is an elongated body with a rapid rotation period of 28.5 seconds.


2020 SW, Discovery
2020 SW was discovered on 18 September 2020 by the Mount Lemmon Survey under astronomer Kacper W. Wierzchoś, stationed at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. The asteroid was first observed in the constellation Pegasus at an apparent magnitude of 21.4. It was moving at an on-sky rate of 1.41 arcseconds per minute, from a distance of 0.02 AU (3 million km; 2 million mi) from Earth.


2020 SW, Discovery
The asteroid was subsequently listed on the Minor Planet Center's Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page (NEOCP) as C378AD2. Follow-up observations were carried out by four other observatories including Pan-STARRS 1 (F51) and the Catalina Sky Survey (V06). Within one day after the asteroid's discovery, the listing was confirmed and publicly announced as 2020 SW on 19 September 2020.


2020 SW, Orbit and classification
2020 SW is currently on an Earth-crossing Aten-type orbit with an orbital semi-major axis of 0.941 AU and an orbital period of 0.91 years. With a nominal perihelion distance of 0.743 AU and an aphelion distance of 1.140 AU, 2020 SW's orbit extends from Venus to Earth, resulting in occasional close passes with these planets. The nominal minimum orbit intersection distances (MOID) with Venus and Earth are approximately 0.02421 AU (3,622,000 km; 2,250,000 mi) and 0.00042 AU (63,000 km; 39,000 mi), respectively. 2020 SW has an orbital eccentricity of 0.211 and an inclination of 2.3 degrees to the ecliptic.


2020 SW, Orbit and classification
Before the Earth encounter on 18 September 2020, 2020 SW had a more distant Apollo-type orbit crossing the path of Earth. It had a perihelion distance of 0.822 AU and a semi-major axis of 1.015 AU, with an orbital period of 1.02 years. The orbit had an orbital eccentricity of 0.190 and an inclination of 4.2 degrees to the ecliptic.


2020 SW, Physical characteristics, Albedo and diameter
Based on an magnitude-to-diameter conversion and a measured absolute magnitude of 29.06, 2020 SW measures between 4 and 9 metres in diameter for an assumed geometric albedo of 0.25 and 0.05, respectively. Given its small size, 2020 SW can be compared to a small school bus. It is too small to pose any threat to Earth and its nominal orbit is not known to be on an impact trajectory with the planet. Even had it impacted Earth, it would mostly have disintegrated as a fireball during atmospheric entry and might have left a common strewn field.


2020 SW, Physical characteristics, Shape and rotation
The 2020 SW close encounter with Earth provided an opportunity for astronomers to take detailed measurements of its light curve to determine the asteroid's rough shape and rotation period. On 24 September 2020, within 10 hours before closest approach to Earth, 2020 SW was continually observed by astronomer Peter Birtwhistle at the Great Shefford Observatory (J95) for 2 hours and 51 minutes. He derived a period of 0.0079039±0.0000001 h (28.4540±0.0004 s) and a light curve amplitude of 0.73, indicating an elongated shape with a minimum a/b ellipsoid aspect ratio of 1.6. Earlier independent observations of 2020 SW by astronomers at the Northolt Branch Observatories produced similar measurements of the asteroid's light curve, providing a period of 0.00790±0.00001 h (28.44±0.04 s) and an amplitude of 0.72.


2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 10. The remainder of the tournament was to be held on March 13 and 14, 2020 at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The tournament champion would have received the SWAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament. On March 12, the remainder of the SWAC Tournament, along with all other NCAA postseason tournaments, was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight teams qualified for the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used for teams with identical conference records. The top 4 seeds hosted their quarterfinal round games.


2020 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament scheduled to take place from March 10–14, 2020. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 10. The remaining rounds and the semifinals and championship were to be held at the Bartow Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The winner would have received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.


2020 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Unlike most NCAA Division I basketball conference tournaments, the SWAC tournament does not include all of the league's teams. The tournament instead features only the top eight teams from regular-season SWAC play. On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 SaarLorLux Open
The 2020 SaarLorLux Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Germany, from 27 October to 1 November 2020 and had a total prize of $90,000.


2020 SaarLorLux Open, Tournament
The 2020 SaarLorLux Open was the only Super 100 tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour and also part of the SaarLorLux Open championships, which had been held since 1988. This tournament was organized by German Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.


2020 SaarLorLux Open, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Saarlandhalle in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany.


2020 SaarLorLux Open, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF Tour Super 100 event.


2020 SaarLorLux Open, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$90,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2020 Sabah FA season
The 2020 season was Sabah's fifth competitive season in the highest tier of Malaysian football since the foundation of Malaysia Super League in 2004. It is also the 1st season for Sabah to play in Malaysia Super League after winning the 2019 Malaysia Premier League which got promoted. Along with the Malaysia Super League, the club participated in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.


2020 Sabah FA season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Sabah state election
The 2020 Sabah state election took place on 26 September 2020 to elect all 73 elected members of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly. The previous Assembly was dissolved on 30 July 2020.


2020 Sabah state election
The snap state election was called prematurely after a political crisis arose. Both Shafie Apdal, incumbent Chief Minister and leader of Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition government and Musa Aman, leader of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition opposition claimed to have the majority to form the government. However, the Governor of Sabah, Juhar Mahiruddin decided to dissolve the State Legislative Assembly on the advice of Shafie.


2020 Sabah state election
The state election was conducted under the special standard operating procedures (SOP) imposed by the Electoral Commission (EC) due to the New Normal as the country is still under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) due COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Sabah state election
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition won the election with a simple majority of 38 seats. The coalition consists of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (14) From Barisan National Party seat  - Won 14 seats and Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (11), Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR) (6) From Perikatan Nasional Party seat - Won 17 seats with supported by United Sabah Party (PBS) (7). Hajiji Noor from BERSATU - Perikatan Nasional Party was sworn in as Chief Minister 3 days later. Perikatan Nasional with 17 seats, Barisan Nasional with 14 seats, and PBS with 7 seats made Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) the biggest electoral coalition in Sabah since September 2020.


2020 Sabah state election, Background
The 14th general election witnessed 29 seats from the government side and 31 seats from the non-government side filled the State Legislative Assembly. This count, however, did not include six seats from United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) and four from UMNO that switched allegiance from Musa to Shafie. The government side has 11 safe seats and four fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has two safe seats and fivefairly safe seats.


2020 Sabah state election, Constituencies
13 new seats are added into the existing 60 state constituencies as a result of redelineation of Sabah state constituencies approved by the Dewan Rakyat on 17 July 2019. The new seats are Bengkoka, Bandau, Pintasan, Pantai Dalit, Darau, Tanjung Keramat, Limbahau, Tulid, Telupid, Sungai Manila, Lamag, Segama and Kukusan.


2020 Sabah state election, Retiring incumbents
The following members of the 15th State Legislative Assembly retired.


2020 Sabah state election, Contested seats
391 candidates from 14 parties and 56 independent candidates are contesting in this state election. Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS) becomes the only party to contest in all 73 State Legislative Assembly seats.


2020 Sabah state election, Opinion polling
The following table shows recent opinion polling from last two weeks.


2020 Sabah state election, Election pendulum
The 14th general election witnessed 29 seats from the government side and 31 seats from the non-government side filled the State Legislative Assembly. This count, however, did not include 6 seats from United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO) and 4 from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) that switched allegiance from Musa to Shafie. The government side has 11 safe seats and 4 fairly safe seats, while the non-government side has 2 safe seats and 5 fairly safe seats.


2020 Sabah state election, Aftermath
Warisan saw a gain of 2 more seats from its previous 21 seats in the 2018 election. While its ally PKR and DAP retained their number of seats with 2 and 6 respectively. Warisan also made history by becoming the first and only single party in Sabah to not govern the state despite winning the most seats overall.


2020 Sabah state election, Aftermath
On the other side, STAR, led by Jeffrey Kitingan won 6 seats compared to 2 in the previous election, with most of the seats won hailing from the interior of Sabah which is dominated by the Kadazan-Dusun-Murut (KDM) community. UPKO, even though representing the KDM community, managed only 1 seat in this election, a loss from 6 seats in the previous election.


2020 Sabah state election, Aftermath
PPBM or Bersatu, despite being a Malay-based party from West Malaysia and contesting in Sabah for the first time, won 11 seats.


2020 Sabah state election, Aftermath
Just two months later, assemblywoman for Bugaya passed away, triggering a by-election. However it was blocked by the state of emergency for this constituency along with the by-election for Gerik constituency.


2020 Sabah state election, Aftermath, COVID-19 pandemic
Following the Sabah state government's announcement on 9 August that the state election would be held on 26 September, several members of the public and democracy observers urged local authorities to consider postal voting due to the ongoing pandemic and in order to reduce virus transmissions during the election. On 21 August, the High Court dismissed an appeal by 33 Sabah assemblymen against Governor Juhar Mahiruddin's consent for the dissolution of Sabah's legislative assembly, allowing the state election to go ahead. On 11 September, the Federal Court dismissed Datuk Jahid Noordin Jahim's appeal to stop the election, allowing nominations to proceed the following day.


2020 Sabah state election, Aftermath, COVID-19 pandemic
The return of voters and politicians from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia has caused a significant influx of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Daily reported cases increased to three digit numbers. Several of these ministers and politicians had reportedly not complied with standard procedures around COVID-19. On 14 October, the Federal Government announced the implementation of a Conditional Movement Control Order in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya due to the rising number of cases.


2020 Sacramento Republic FC season
The 2020 Sacramento Republic FC season was the club's seventh season of existence. The club played in the USL Championship (USL-C), the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Sacramento Republic FC competed in the Western Conference of the USL Championship. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL-C Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.


2020 Sacramento Republic FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of Republic FC's schedule was announced on July 2.


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


2020 Sacramento mayoral election
The 2020 Sacramento mayoral election was held on March 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of Sacramento, California. It saw the reelection of Darrell Steinberg. Since Steinberg won a majority in the first round, no runoff was required.


2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
The 2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Mark Nofri and played their home games at Campus Field.


2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team, Previous season
The Pioneers finished the 2019 season 7–5, 4–3 in NEC play to finish tied for third place.


2020 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team, Schedule
Sacred Heart had games scheduled against Stony Brook (September 26) and Penn (October 10), which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.


2020 Safari Rally
The 2020 Safari Rally (also known as the KCB Safari Rally Kenya 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 16 and 19 July 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set to mark the sixty-eighth running of Safari Rally and planned to be the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Nairobi in Nairobi County and consisted of eighteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 315.12 km (195.81 mi).


2020 Safari Rally
Colin McRae and Nicky Grist were the overall reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles as they were no longer active in the sport. Ford World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2002, when Safari Rally held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners. However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2012.


2020 Safari Rally, Background, Preparation and cancellation
The return of the Safari Rally was long pushed by the FIA president Jean Todt. A candidate event was successfully run in 2019, with WRC safety delegate Michèle Mouton visited the rally. On 27 September 2019, the rally was officially announced to be a part of the championship for the first time since 2002. However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed its return to the championship to 2021.


2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on Friday 5 June 2020.


2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
The ruling coalition, Team Unity consisting of PAM, CCM and PLP, won a landslide victory with nine out of the eleven directly elected deputies.


2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election, Electoral system
Eleven of the fifteen seats in the National Assembly are elected, with the other four members appointed by the Governor-General at some point after the elections. The eleven elected seats are elected in single-member constituencies using plurality voting.


2020 Saint Louis FC season
The 2020 Saint Louis FC season was the club's sixth and final season of existence, and their sixth consecutive season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer. Saint Louis additionally competed in the U.S. Open Cup. This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USL-C Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USL-C Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.


2020 Saint Louis FC season, Competitive, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club, St. Louis FC will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.


2020 Saint-Barthelemy Championships
The 2020 Saint Barthélemy Championships are the 17th season of the competition. Per obtained statistics, the competitions began sometime in early to mid 2020, and as of 17 November 2020, about 7 matches have been played. It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the competition.


2020 Saint-Barthelemy Championships
The competitions are broken into several mini cups and tournament. The only known competition that was played during the season was the 2020 edition of the Trophée José da Silva, or the Coupe de Noël.


2020 Saint-Just shooting
On 23 December 2020, a mass shooting occurred in Saint-Just, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Three members of the National Gendarmerie were fatally shot, and a fourth was injured.


2020 Saint-Just shooting, Incident
Shortly after midnight on 23 December 2020, two gendarmes went to a residence in response to domestic violence. The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Frédérik Limol, without warning fired shots killing a gendarme and injuring another. After Limol set his house on fire, he then shot and killed two more responding gendarmes. According to the Mayor of Saint-Just François Chautard, Frédérik Limol's house has been destroyed by the fire. Limol crashed his car into a tree; he was found dead inside the car, having apparently committed suicide.


2020 Saint-Just shooting, Victims
The victims are assigned to National Gendarmerie, which is responsible for smaller towns and rural and suburban areas. The officers killed are identified as Cyrille Morel, age 45; Remi Dupuis, age 37; and Arno Mavel, age 21.


2020 Saint-Just shooting, Perpetrator
The shooter was identified as 48-year-old Frédérik Limol, a former soldier. He was heavily armed at the time of the incident, and attacked the officers with a military-style semi-automatic rifle. Limol escaped from the attack scene and committed suicide while crushing with his car against a tree.


2020 Saint-Just shooting, Reaction
The President of France Emmanuel Macron posted on his Twitter account, "They were intervening to rescue a woman who was the victim of domestic violence in Puy-de-Dôme, three gendarmes were killed, a fourth wounded. The Nation joins in the pain of families. To protect us, our forces act at the risk of their lives. They're our heroes." France's Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin said, "Last night, the National Gendarmerie lost three of its own, three of its soldiers led by the French service."


2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round
The 2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races for Formula 2 cars that took place on 28-29 November 2020 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the penultimate round of the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship and ran in support of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.


2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report
Callum Ilott collected another pole ahead of feature race, outpacing Felipe Drugovich by +0,391 seconds. Drugovich did a better tyre management than Ilott, which helped him to achieve his first feature race win. Jehan Daruvala took his first podium after long battle with Mick Schumacher.


2020 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report
Robert Shwartzman made his fourth win, after starting from the reverse-grid pole. The podium was completed by Nikita Mazepin and Louis Delétraz.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix 2020) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 6 December 2020. The race was contested over 87 laps of the 'Outer Circuit' configuration of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the first Formula One race on this track configuration.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
The race was the sixteenth and penultimate round in the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the second of two back-to-back races in Bahrain, with the Bahrain Grand Prix having taken place on the 'Grand Prix' configuration of the circuit one week beforehand. The race also marked the first running of the Sakhir Grand Prix.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
The race was won by Sergio Pérez of Racing Point, who took his first Formula One victory and Racing Point's only win as a constructor. Esteban Ocon finished second for the Renault team to claim his maiden podium in Formula One, while Pérez's teammate Lance Stroll finished third, giving Racing Point their only double podium finish as a constructor. Pérez became the first Mexican Formula One driver to win a race since Pedro Rodríguez won the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix. Racing Point became the first British constructor to win a race since Lotus F1 at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Recovering from a first-lap spin, Pérez won having inherited the lead on lap 64 of the race after longtime race leader George Russell fell foul of a pitstop error and a puncture.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
This was the first race not to feature Lewis Hamilton since the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix and Romain Grosjean since the 2012 Italian Grand Prix.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Most of the races originally planned for the 2020 championship were postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FIA drafted a new schedule in order to maximise the number of races on the calendar. In August 2020 the Sakhir Grand Prix was added to the schedule. It was held on 6 December 2020, one week after the Bahrain Grand Prix was held at the same venue. The Grand Prix was officially held behind closed doors, but authorities did give guest passes to local health workers and their families to attend in recognition of their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Circuit layout
This race used the 'Outer Circuit' layout, the first Formula One race to be held on this layout. At 3.543 km (2.202 mi) it was shorter than the 5.412 km (3.363 mi) 'Grand Prix' layout, which had been used for the Bahrain Grand Prix the week prior. The race was contested over 87 laps to exceed the 305 km (190 mi) race distance mandated by the regulations. Lap times in all sessions were under one minute. The only other World Championship Grand Prix weekend where sub-one minute lap times had been achieved was the 1974 French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Circuit layout
McLaren driver Lando Norris likened the layout's high speed nature to the Thruxton circuit in the United Kingdom, whilst regular Williams driver George Russell said he expected the layout to be "bonkers". Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo expressed his hope that the circuit would provide good overtaking opportunities, with Carlos Sainz Jr. of McLaren suggesting that choosing the correct setup, particularly downforce levels, would be difficult.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Circuit layout
Some drivers declared themselves unhappy with the circuit layout after driving it in the Friday free practice sessions. Drivers such as Sainz Jr. and Max Verstappen feared potential safety issues during the first and second knockout sessions in qualifying, with the high probability of close proximity between cars on track due to the short lap distance and the potential huge discrepancies in closing speeds between cars, particularly in the early parts of qualifying, with Sainz saying the layout "was on the verge of being dangerous" and urging the FIA to take action.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Circuit layout
Verstappen also described the layout as "not the most exciting" while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel called the layout "too short" and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc said the circuit reminded him of his karting days. Despite driver concerns of the exceptionally short laptime creating traffic problems in qualifying, the FIA confirmed they would not relax the sport's rules on impeding during qualifying  and that penalties would still be handed out to any driver found guilty of impeding a competitor.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the pre-season entry list with three exceptions: debutant Pietro Fittipaldi replaced Romain Grosjean for Haas, after the latter's crash at the previous week's Bahrain Grand Prix. World Champion Lewis Hamilton tested positive for the coronavirus the week before the race and, in accordance with Bahrain  and FIA protocols, he was declared unfit to participate. This marked the first time that Hamilton did not take part in a Formula One race since his debut at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix. Williams driver and Mercedes protégé Russell replaced Hamilton. Jack Aitken, who had been competing in Formula 2, replaced Russell at Williams, making his Formula One race debut.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Background, Tyres
Sole tyre supplier Pirelli brought their C2, C3, and C4 compound tyres (the middle range of hardnesses) for teams to use in dry conditions.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Practice
The first of three practice sessions took place on Friday evening, with Russell at the top of the timesheet for Mercedes ahead of Red Bull Racing drivers Verstappen and Alex Albon. The second practice session took place on Friday night and Russell was again fastest, from Verstappen and Racing Point driver Sergio Pérez. The third practice session took place on Saturday, and Verstappen was fastest ahead of Bottas and AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Qualifying
Valtteri Bottas with his pole time of 53.377 seconds set a new record for the shortest pole position lap (in terms of time duration) in F1 history breaking the record Niki Lauda set in qualifying for the 1974 French Grand Prix which was 58.790 seconds.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Russell made a quick getaway off the starting grid to take the lead of the Grand Prix at turn 1, with teammate Valtteri Bottas behind in second. A three way fight for third began behind the two Mercedes, between Leclerc, Verstappen and Pérez. As the three navigated turn four, Leclerc braked late and hit Pérez, causing the Mexican to spin and damaging Leclerc's front right suspension. Verstappen slowed and took the turn wide, but could not turn in time to avoid the barrier on the outside of the turn. The incident triggered a safety car. Leclerc and Verstappen retired, but Pérez was able to rejoin and, after a tyre change, ran at the back of the field. After the race, Leclerc was penalised three grid spots for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for his part in the incident.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The safety car was withdrawn on lap 7 with Russell gradually widening his lead from Bottas. Behind them, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll, as well as AlphaTauri and Renault's drivers completed the top eight. Pérez made his way up into a points-paying tenth position by lap 20. By lap 50, all teams had made their first round of pit stops. The top three were Russell, Bottas, and McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr.. Pérez, having taken a second stop for fresh tyres, ran in ninth.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
With the leaders on lap 54, Nicholas Latifi retired his Williams from 13th place, after turn 8 with an oil leak, triggering a virtual safety car (VSC). Several drivers behind the two leading Mercedes pitted for tyres. Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo were caught out by how brief the VSC was, and dropped down the order as they pitted under racing conditions. Pérez, who did not pit during this safety car period, made his way up to third, with Esteban Ocon's Renault in fourth and Lance Stroll in fifth.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
On lap 61, Jack Aitken, racing for Williams in 15th place, spun and knocked off his front wing at the final turn, which came to rest on the track on the opening of pit straight. The second virtual safety car of the race was called to allow marshals to remove the wing from the track. Mercedes elected to pit both its drivers on lap 63, at which time the virtual safety car was changed to a full safety car. Radio communication issues to Mercedes's tyre crews led to confusion over which tyre crew was to prepare first.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Russell was sent out illegally with Bottas's front tyres, and Bottas remained in the pit box for nearly half a minute before being sent out with the same tyres he had come in on, after Mercedes realised the error. Russell was then forced to pit again on the next lap to fit a set of his own tyres. The Mercedes pit errors left Bottas in fourth and Russell in fifth, behind Pérez, Ocon, and Stroll in the top three positions.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
When the safety car ended on lap 69, the top four drivers were under threat from Russell, who was the only driver among them on fresh tyres. Russell was able to pass Bottas, Stroll and Ocon, in that order, by lap 73, putting him in second position, chasing Pérez for the lead of the race. Bottas dropped to ninth on his worn hard tyres, passed by Russell, Sainz, Ricciardo, Albon and Kvyat on fresher mediums. On lap 78, Russell's car suffered a rear left tyre puncture, forcing him to pit yet again for a new set of tyres.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Emerging in 14th position, Russell was able to fight back up to ninth on his new soft tyres in the closing laps to earn his first World Drivers' Championship points, and a point for the fastest lap of the race, Russell's fastest lap of 55.404 seconds was the first sub-60 second fastest race lap in the sport's 70 year history, beating the record for shortest fastest race lap duration of 1:00.00 set by Jody Scheckter at the 1974 French Grand Prix. The stewards later concluded that only a monetary fine for Mercedes was necessary for the pit stop errors on Russell's car.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Pérez won the Grand Prix for Racing Point, the first victory of his 190-race career. He was followed by Ocon in second, while Stroll in the other Racing Point completed the podium. As of 2021, this is Racing Point's only win as a constructor and as a legal entity. Of the team's predecessors, Jordan Grand Prix last won a race at the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix. Pérez was the first Mexican Formula One driver to win a race since Pedro Rodríguez at the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix. Ocon achieved his first Formula One podium. Racing Point's double-podium finish gave them 40 points and moved them back up into third in the Constructors' Championship, after it had lost that position to McLaren in the previous race.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Following the race Pérez said that he felt he could have held off Russell prior to the Briton being forced to pit for a puncture, declaring that "we won today on merit." Russell said that he felt he had the pace to win. Russell also impressed Mercedes with how he coped with the pressure of the weekend in general. Russell's regular team, Williams, admitted that they missed his input during the weekend. The win for Pérez meanwhile loudened the calls for him to be given a seat at Red Bull for 2021 in place of incumbent Albon.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The poor performance of Bottas compared to Russell led to criticism both from the media and from Mercedes themselves. The pit stop mix-ups at Mercedes were put down to a radio failure. Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo was left frustrated after feeling his team gave rivals Racing Point the opportunity to win with strategic errors.


2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Following the Mercedes tyre mix-up, the FIA tweaked the tyre usage rules for 2021 so that driver/team would no longer face the risk of being disqualified for putting the incorrect tyres on the car.


2020 Salford Red Devils season
This article details the Salford Red Devils's rugby league football club's 2020 season.


2020 Salford Red Devils season, Fixtures and results, Challenge Cup
Salford Red Devils's sixth round opener was due to be against the previous season's champions St Helens, to whom they were runners-up in the Grand Final. However, like all Round 6 ties, it was postponed and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Salford was one of a number of teams to receive a bye to the quarter finals.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake
At 7:09 AM MDT on March 18, 2020, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, with an epicenter 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Magna, Utah, beneath the site of the planned Utah Inland Port. It was the first major earthquake to occur within the Salt Lake Valley since the city was founded, the state's strongest earthquake since the 1992 St. George earthquake, and the first earthquake of similar magnitude to occur near Salt Lake City since 1962, when a magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck a similar location in Magna.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Geology
Salt Lake City lies at the eastern boundary of the Basin and Range Province. The major active fault zone is the normal Wasatch Fault that throws down to the west. The footwall (upthrown part) is formed by the Wasatch Range with part of the Great Basin lying in the hanging-wall (downthrown part), at one time filled by Lake Bonneville, with the Great Salt Lake forming the largest remnant. The fault zone is broken up into six segments that appear to rupture separately. Paleoseismic investigations indicate that 19 surface rupturing earthquakes have occurred in the last 6,000 years along the fault system.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake's focal mechanism and depth were both consistent with displacement on the Wasatch fault system at depth.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Earthquake
Significant shaking was felt in downtown Salt Lake City, and the earthquake was reportedly felt as far away as Wyoming and southern Idaho. The most distant report of shaking related to the earthquake occurred in Cokeville, Wyoming, over 110 miles (180 km) away from the epicenter. According to USGS, ~27,000 people reported feeling the earthquake.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Earthquake, False reports on social media
About an hour after the earthquake, users of social media began to spread rumors stating that another, much larger earthquake would occur in Salt Lake City following the original quake. The Utah Emergency Management dismissed these claims through their webpage, on Twitter  and local news sources, stating that the original earthquake was likely the strongest.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Aftershocks
More than 50 aftershocks were recorded within two hours of the main tremor. As of 11:00 MDT March 26, a total of 591 aftershocks have been observed and located by the University of Utah seismic network. The largest of the aftershocks were two M 4.6 events that occurred at 08:02 and 13:12 MDT on March 18. During the same time interval there were 33 events of M3 and greater.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Aftershocks
On the night of April 14, 2020, about a month after the main shock, a 4.2 magnitude aftershock occurred. Less than 2 days later on the morning of April 16, another aftershock of identical magnitude (4.2) occurred in the same location. Because data appeared to indicate dwindling of local seismicity, the prolonged mainshock-aftershock time period, and relative consecutiveness and similarity of the aftershock pair led them to be a point of interest for Utah seismologists. It has been theorized that the first aftershock triggered the second. Coincidentally, the second aftershock occurred 2 hours before the Great Utah ShakeOut, one of many statewide earthquake awareness and preparedness organizations.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Injuries
Though some minor injuries occurred, no major injuries or fatalities were reported as a result of the earthquake.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
After the earthquake, Utah Emergency Management said that serious damage was not expected, but there were reports of minor damage. Bricks fell off some buildings.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
The Salt Lake Temple was undergoing a seismic upgrade at the time of the earthquake, and sustained minor damage. The Angel Moroni statue that sits atop the highest spire lost its trumpet following the earthquake. Some stones were displaced as well. The construction crews working on the seismic upgrade were sent home.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
The historic Rio Grande Depot, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, and dozens of mobile homes in West Valley City were damaged. As of December 2020, the Rio Grande Depot had still not re-opened due to damage being worse than initially thought, forcing a café that had occupied the building for 39 years to relocate.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
8,200 U.S. gallons (31,000 L) hydrochloric acid leaked from a tank at Kennecott Utah Copper's refinery in Magna due to the earthquake, which authorities said was confined to the facility and did not impact public safety.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
Radio station KMRI 1550 AM lost its transmitting tower located in West Valley City. The station was forced off air, and another station at the site KIHU 1010 AM was operating at reduced power. Both transmitters were very near the epicenter. KMRI filed for special temporary authority to go silent due to the collapse.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
A preliminary survey of Salt Lake County government-owned buildings recorded at least $48.5 million worth of damage. Cyprus High School in Magna suffered some of the most significant damage, and West Lake Junior High in West Valley City was declared "a complete loss". Injuries in most schools were largely avoided due to the transition to online learning brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. As this only covered government-owned buildings, actual damage was expected to be much higher. Despite extensive damage to Magna's historic downtown core, city officials did not expect that any of the historic structures within Magna will need to be condemned. Despite damage to about 145 structures deemed as historic throughout the Salt Lake Valley, only 1 of them was damaged enough to require demolition.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage
The cost for all building-related damages has been estimated to be about $62 million out of the $629 million in total economic losses, not including public infrastructure.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage, Power outages
Around 50,000 power outages were reported from customers across northern Utah following the earthquake from several damaged power lines, according to Rocky Mountain Power. The number of outages was down to 10,000 by 1:38 PM MDT, and down to 2,600 by the evening.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Damage, Power outages
The earthquake caused power outages near Salt Lake City International Airport, and a ground stop was enacted on the airport. The control tower was evacuated, and passengers in terminals and concourses were moved onto buses. Cars on the TRAX light rail system were held at their nearest stations. Roughly 55,000 electricity customers lost power throughout the Salt Lake Valley. Items were shaken off walls and shelves in homes and businesses, and bricks were shed off façades. The Granite School District cancelled its planned events for the day to assess earthquake damage. The Salt Lake City School District also cancelled their lunch delivery program and device delivery services for the day, but resumed both on Thursday. The district reported little to no damage on all of their owned buildings.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, COVID-19 pandemic issues
The earthquake took place during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which had caused many residents to stay home from work or school to avoid infection. The day of the earthquake, Governor Gary Herbert said, "This is extremely bad timing, because we already have the coronavirus issue going on right now causing a lot of anxiety."


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, COVID-19 pandemic issues
The earthquake disrupted some of the public health response to the pandemic. Testing at the Utah Public Health Laboratory was stopped, and the 24/7 coronavirus hotline went offline temporarily.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, COVID-19 pandemic issues
Salt Lake City schools were already closed due to the pandemic. The earthquake disrupted the operations of school districts throughout the Salt Lake Valley who were distributing food and learning materials to families.


2020 Salt Lake City earthquake, Impacts, Airport
Salt Lake City International Airport was shut down and "60 to 70 flights" were diverted. Passengers were evacuated, which was easier because the airport already had fewer people than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic (about 9,000 compared to 24,000 under normal circumstances). A water line was damaged in Concourse D. News photos showed water flowing from a ceiling in one passenger area. The airport reopened at 1:15pm.


2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election
The 2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the next Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 3, 2020, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives and gubernatorial elections. This marked the sixth election to the office since the post was created in 2000.


2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election
On January 2, 2019, incumbent two-term County Mayor, Democrat Ben McAdams, resigned after being elected to represent Utah's 4th congressional district, triggering a 30-day deadline for the Salt Lake County Democratic Party Central Committee to vote for the replacement mayor. On January 26, 2019, the Committee elected county councilwoman at-large Jenny Wilson, unsuccessful 2018 Senate candidate, to succeed McAdams. No primary elections were held. Wilson was re-elected to a full term, beating Republican candidate, Riverton city Mayor Trent Staggs in the general election.


2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election
Wilson was one of three Democrats to win the county statewide, alongside presidential candidate Joe Biden and Attorney General candidate Greg Skordas, while the county backed Republican Spencer Cox for Governor.


2020 Salute to America
The 2020 Salute to America was an event with flyovers and fireworks arranged by the Trump administration held on Independence Day, July 4, 2020. It was the second event of its kind; the first was held a year prior, in 2019. The 2020 event was especially notable for being held amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and for not requiring masks or social distancing (despite reccomendations to do so from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health officials due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Although masks were handed out free of charge, few of those that attended wore one.


2020 Salute to America
Ten lawmakers had asked President Trump to cancel the event prior to its being held.


2020 Salute to America
It took place primarily at the National Mall, with Trump giving remarks at the South Lawn of the White House at the start of the event.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis
The 2020 Salvadoran political crisis, commonly referred to as the numeronym 9F, was an incident in El Salvador on 9 February 2020. During the political crisis, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sent forty soldiers of the Salvadoran Army into the Legislative Assembly building in an effort to coerce politicians to approve a loan request of 109 million dollars from the United States for Bukele's security plan for the country.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis
The event has been condemned by foreign governments, the political opposition, and human rights organizations and is considered the first major political crisis in the country since the conclusion of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992 and has been referred to as a coup attempt.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Background
In early 2020, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele wanted to secure a loan of 109 million dollars from the United States for law enforcement funding in the Territorial Control Plan. The plan sought to increase funding for the National Civil Police and reduce street crime by violently confronting gangs. His plan was met by resistance from opposition parties, notably the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), as his previous policies regarding law enforcement witnessed an increased militarization of police forces.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Background
Neither the political party Bukele ran under during the 2019 election, the center-right Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA), and his newly formed center-right political party, Nuevas Ideas (NI), held a majority in the Legislative Assembly which was held by ARENA and the FMLN. During his campaign, he swore he would crack down on gang violence and corruption. The two parties refused to approve Bukele's loan request as they demanded greater transparency regarding where the funds would be allocated, which Bukele refused to accept. Negotiations broke down leading to an effective gridlock in the Legislative Assembly by the end of January 2020.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Crisis
On 6 February, Bukele invoked article 167 of the Constitution of El Salvador, calling on the Council of Ministers to convene in the Legislative Assembly on 9 February to convene a vote on the loan. The article itself provides for the convening of extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Legislative Assembly in cases of national emergency. Less than half of the Legislative Assembly's voting members attended the session. Hours before the meeting in the Legislative Assembly was due to occur, Bukele met with fifty top military officials and discussed sending soldiers into the Legislative Assembly during the meeting. The military officers already been aware that Bukele had intended to do so since the day prior.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Crisis
On 9 February, Bukele entered the Blue Room, the room where the Legislative Assembly met, by force accompanied by forty military personnel and sat in the chair of Assembly President Mario Ponce. He spoke saying, "It's clear who's in control of the situation and we're going to put the decision in the hands of God," and he began to pray. After a few minutes, he exited the building and addressed a crowd of supporters stating that God urged him to be patient. He further stated, "We're going to give these scoundrels a week and if they haven't approved the plan by then, we convene them again," in reference to the politicians he needed to approve the loan request.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Aftermath and domestic reactions
Small demonstrations protesting Bukele's military action were reported, mainly grouped at the University of El Salvador in San Salvador. In contrast, many Salvadorans spoke out on social media in support of Bukele, praising him for his hard stance on crime and gang violence. On 16 February, a crowd of supporters protested outside the Legislative Assembly demanding the approval of the loan.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Aftermath and domestic reactions
The day after the incident, lawmakers condemned Bukele's action. Ponce stated "We cannot respond to the executive branch with a gun to our head" and called the incident an attempted coup. When met with accusations of staging a coup and acting with dictatorial powers, he stated: "If I was a dictator, I would have taken control of everything." The government claims that around 50,000 supporters were present, while local media outlets place the figure at 5,000. That day, no murders were reported in the country and Bukele cited that as evidence that his policies were effective. Bukele later Tweeted: "If the deputies do not attend they will be breaking with the constitutional order and the people will have the power to apply Article 87 of the Constitution." Article 87 allows the people to begin an insurrection to restore constitutional order in the country.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Aftermath and domestic reactions
ARENA and the FMLN denounced the incident as a self-coup attempt, where a national leader or group illegally seizes more control than allowed by laws or a constitution, and called for the Organization of American States to intervene. Leonardo Bonilla, then the only independent deputy of the Legislative Assembly, stated, "So they’re going to make us vote with a rifle to the head? ... This isn’t the way a democracy works." Felissa Cristales, a politician from the Nationalist Republican Alliance, stated that "No Salvadoran can be in favor of this; El Salvador is a country where democracy has cost blood."


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Aftermath and domestic reactions
FMLN leadership accused Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, the Police Chief of El Salvador, of ordering soldiers and officers to harass politicians and their families. The FMLN also stated that it would seek to hold an inquiry with René Merino Monroy, the Minister of National Defense, and Rogelio Eduardo Rivas Polanco, the Minister of Justice and Public Security, in regards to the events of 9 February. On 21 August 2020, Merino Monroy was summoned to the Legislative Assembly and asked who ordered the military to be mobilized in the Legislative Assembly, but Merino Monroy refused to answer. Félix Ulloa, the Vice President of El Salvador, stated in an interview with Jorge Ramos in March 2021 that the entry of soldiers into the legislature was a "mistake" and that it was not necessary.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Aftermath and domestic reactions
The Supreme Court of El Salvador prohibited the President from calling the Legislative Assembly and also prohibited all public forces, including the Ministry of Defense, from exercising functions other than those allowed by the Constitution. Bukele expressed dissatisfaction with the order and stated that "the system protects itself," but abided by the Supreme Court's order.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Aftermath and domestic reactions
On 24 February, Monsignor José Luis Escobar Alas, President of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador and the Archbishop of San Salvador, asked people to "lower the tone of mutual attacks, or one for the other, because in this way we cannot move forward, because in the end the one that is affected is the people to avoid a new conflict," in reference to the Salvadoran Civil War.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, International reactions
A spokesperson for the United States Department of State stated that Bukele's actions were "unacceptable" and "violates the separation of powers of the democratic institutions of that country." The United States Ambassador to El Salvador, Ronald D. Johnson, denounced Bukele's actions but supported his calls for patience.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, International reactions
Erika Guevara Rosas, the Director for the Americas of Amnesty International, condemned the military and the police and raised concerns of what the event could mean for the future of human rights in the country. Birgit Gerstenberg, the resident coordinator of the United Nations System in El Salvador, stated that "El Salvador has made important achievements and has been deepening its democracy and the rule of law through respect for different opinions and dialogue as way to reach agreements that benefit the whole country; We trust that the spirit of dialogue will always prevail."


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Legacy
The crisis has been cited as an instance of democratic backsliding by several organizations and political scientists which state that it endangered the future of democracy in El Salvador. Both the Nationalist Republican Alliance and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front subsequently compared the entry of the soldiers to the legislative to the storming of the United States Capitol in January 2021. The Grand Alliance for National Unity has stated that there is no valid comparison between the attack on the United States Capitol and the entry of soldiers to the Legislative Assembly. Bukele sending the soldiers to the Legislative Assembly, together with his later actions during the COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador, have led many of his opponents to call him authoritarian and a dictator.


2020 Salvadoran political crisis, Legacy
Several sources and politicians have called the incident a coup or self coup attempt. Prior to 9F, the last successful coup d'état in Salvadoran history was the 15 October 1979 coup d'état which overthrew President Carlos Humberto Romero and began the Salvadoran Civil War.


2020 Salvadoran protests
The 2020 Salvadoran protests is minor protests by workers, unions, doctors and students calling for the resignation of president Nayib Bukele over the 2020 Salvadoran political crisis and murder, unpaid wages and delay of payments, internet services, working conditions, crime and many more issues in El Salvador. Protesters wore Wichita cloth and have reportedly erected roadblocks and have blockaded small highways, university students led marches from 15 to 16 July and nurses led strikes from 13 to 15 May. Discontent with arbitrary arrests began in late-March against no food or jobs, leading poor citizens to protest and unrest against the arrests of survivors have been ongoing. In March-April, small groups of old and middle-class men have held protests against no work or housing in San Salvador.


2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
The 2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bearkats were led by seventh-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium.


2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team, Background
In August 2020, the Southland Conference canceled all fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with the hope that sports would be playable in Spring 2021. That decision canceled all 12 games of the Bearkats' original schedule, putting their season on hold indefinitely. A revised schedule for Spring 2021 was later released.


2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their spring preseason poll in January 2021. The Bearkats were picked to finish second in the conference. In addition, nine Bearkats were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team


2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team, Schedule
Sam Houston State had games scheduled against Mississippi Valley State and Tarleton State, but were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team, Schedule
In the delayed 2020 season, played in early 2021, the Bearkats went 6–0 in regular season games. The team then won four games in the FCS Playoffs to complete an undefeated 10–0 season, including a 23–21 victory over South Dakota State in the FCS Championship Game, securing the Bearkats their first FCS title.


2020 Samford Bulldogs football team
The 2020 Samford Bulldogs football team represents Samford University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by sixth-year head coach Chris Hatcher and play their home games at Seibert Stadium. They play as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).


2020 Samford Bulldogs football team, Schedule
Samford had a game scheduled against Florida State, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Sammarinese local elections
The 2020 Sammarinese local elections were held on 29 November, to elect the mayors and the councils of the 9 municipalities of San Marino. These elections were initially scheduled to take place on 15 December 2019, but were postponed to 21 June 2020 due to a snap general election called for 8 December. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elections were postponed once again to 29 November 2020.


2020 Sammarinese local elections
In September 2020, the Grand and General Council approved the passive sufrage for foreigners having resided in San Marino for a period of at least 10 years, as well a reduction of seats in the municipal councils.


2020 Sammarinese local elections, Election system
Active and passive suffrage was entitled to resident Sammarineses over 18 years old, as well as foreingers having resided in San Marino for at least 10 years. Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of councillors is defined according to the population:


2020 Sammarinese local elections, Election system
Candidates for the municipal councils ran on lists led by a mayoral candidate. Voters elected a list and were allowed to give up to two preferential votes. Seats were allocated with the d'Hondt method if the winner had obtained at least 62.5% of the votes. Otherwise, five seats would have been allocated to the winning party (four seats if the council had six members) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The mayoral candidate of the winning list was proclaimed mayor.


2020 Sammarinese local elections, Election system
In case of a tie for the first position, a second round would have taken place between the two mayoral candidates. In case of a tie in the second round, the youngest candidate would be elected. In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 35%.


2020 Sammarinese local elections, Results
Overall turnout was 41.1%, 4.7pp lower than in 2014. The highest turnout was recorded in the smallest municipalities: Chiesanuova and Montegiardino.