2020 Vijayawada fire, Background
India has recorded numerous cases related to fire accidents in the history mainly due to lack of safety facilities and inadequate fire extinguishers. The Visakhapatnam gas leak, the Delhi factory fire, and the Delhi hotel fire were the country's worst fire accidents in the recent times. India is currently the second worst affected country in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the fire incident has posed further burden and humiliation to the healthcare sector impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in India.


2020 Vijayawada fire, Incident
The fire blaze erupted at the Vijayawada coronavirus hotel facility killing around 11 COVID-19 patients, injuring 22 others. The fire broke out initially in the first floor and second floor before spreading quickly to third and fifth floors. It was reported that two patients who were panickingly rushed, screamed for help and jumped from the hotel terrace to escape from the blaze. Nine patients died due to suffocation caused by fire blaze and one reportedly died succumbing to burn injuries. There were a total of about 30 patients being treated for COVID-19 along with ten hospital staff prior to the incident.


2020 Vijayawada fire, Development
Ramesh Hospitals Vijayawada branch had Memorandum of understanding agreement with the Swarna Palace Hotel to run and maintain a COVID-19 centre on a lease basis. It was revealed that the COVID-19 centre was opened in the Swarna Palace on 9 August 2020 and on the same day itself a fire broke out due to electrical defects. A FIR was also filed against both the Ramesh Hospitals and the Swarna Palace for the possible acknowledgment regarding the electrical defects before establishing the COVID-19 centre. Vijayawada COVID-19 hotel facility was later blamed for violating fire safety norms and measures.


2020 Vijayawada fire, Response
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced a relief package compensation of five million rupees for the affected families. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his deep condolences regarding the tragic incident and tweeted that he was anguished by the terrible incident.


2020 Viking FK season
The 2020 season was Viking's 2nd consecutive year in Eliteserien, and their 70th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. The club participated in the Eliteserien and the UEFA Europa League. The Norwegian Cup was cancelled.


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


2020 Viking FK 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 Viking FK season, Friendlies
On 12 December 2019, Viking announced the friendly matches to be played in pre-season.


2020 Viking FK season, Friendlies
On 12 March 2020, all football in Norway was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Viking FK season, Competitions, Eliteserien, Matches
The Eliteserien fixtures were announced on 19 December 2019. The season was originally scheduled to start on 4 April, but due to the coronavirus pandemic the football season was delayed. The new start date for the league was 16 June.


2020 Viking FK season, Competitions, Norwegian Cup
The 2020 edition of the Norwegian Football Cup was cancelled.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion
On January 23, 2020, a gas leak from a truck transporting liquefied petroleum gas caused an explosion in Villa El Salvador, Lima metropolitan area, Peru. The consequent fires affected at least 20 homes and several vehicles.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Accident
On January 23, 2020, around 06:50 a.m. local time (11:50 GMT) ( UTC + 1), a tanker truck of gas from the private company Transgas suffered an accident on Mariano Pastor Revilla Avenue, known as Route C in Villa el Salvador, district of Lima. According to the video of a security camera in the area, the truck was traveling along the avenue, until it reached the intersection with Villa del Mar Avenue, which had a slope.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Accident
When trying to pass through this, the truck hit the slope strongly, which caused a break in a valve that was at the bottom of the truck. Because of this, the  LPG which contained the truck began to escape from the tank in a matter of minutes, expanding by about 250 meters. The truck driver got off and tried to repair and close the valve without success, so he started yelling at people to get away from the place.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Accident
After the expansion of the gas by a block, there was a deflagration caused by a small spark that was advancing until it reached the tank truck. As a result, one person died instantly and several were injured, in addition to causing several fires throughout that block. Many of the injured were very close to the gas leak or sleeping in their homes. The lack of information on how to act in situations of this kind caused people not to worry too much about the fact until a few seconds before the deflagration, which contributed to the large number of people injured.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Consequences
More than 15 units of firefighters moved to the area of the event. The consequent fires were classified by the Fire Department as code 3 (out of control). More than 50 people were transferred to the Emergency Hospital of Villa El Salvador, which collapsed in the face of the number of injured, finally referring them to various hospitals in the capital. With the passing of the hours, 8 people died, including 2 minors. 20 homes were affected and several vehicles ended up burned. Several families were left homeless.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Consequences
The Minister of Health, Elizabeth Hinostroza, said the majority of the injured are in critical condition, so the number of deaths could increase with the passing of the hours. While the director of the Emergency Hospital of Villa El Salvador, Carlos León, said that the majority of the injured presented between 70% and 80% of the body burned. On the other hand, the municipality of Villa El Salvador closed the premises of the Transgas company after the incident occurred.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Consequences
The truck driver, who also suffered burns and was initially considered deceased, was detained at the police station in Villa El Salvador.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Consequences
Hours later, while the Firemen were still working in the area, there was a new gas leak very close to the scene. This incident was quickly resolved without serious incident.


2020 Villa El Salvador explosion, Investigation
The National Police of Peru are conducting investigations to determine fault.


2020 Villanova Wildcats football team
The 2020 Villanova Wildcats football team represents Villanova University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by fourth-year head coach Mark Ferrante and play their home games at Villanova Stadium. They compete as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.


2020 Villanova Wildcats football team
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.


2020 Villanova Wildcats football team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2019 season 9–4, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Southeastern Louisiana.


2020 Villanova Wildcats football team, Schedule
Villanova had games scheduled against Lehigh (September 3) and Bucknell (September 12), but canceled these games on July 13 due to the Patriot League's decision to cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020.


2020 Vincentian general election
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 November 2020. Nomination day was 20 October 2020. The result was a victory for the Unity Labour Party, its fifth in a row; the party won nine of the fifteen seats, gaining one seat. These elections marked the first time since 1998 that the party which received the most votes did not win the most seats.


2020 Vincentian general election, Electoral system
The 15 elected members of the House of Assembly are elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system. A further six members are appointed: four by the government and two by the opposition.


2020 Vincentian general election, Electoral system
As the previous elections had been held in 2015, the current elections were constitutionally required to be held by March 2021. While the previous three elections had been held in December, PM Ralph Gonsalves chose to hold this election in November.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background
Several minor parties decided not to contest the elections. The SVG Party and the United Progressive Party both ended their campaigns before Nomination Day. The leader of the Democratic Republican Party, Anesia Baptiste, announced her resignation on 9 October; she also stated that the party would not participate in the upcoming elections.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, Unity Labour Party
The ULP campaigned for a record fifth term in power, with PM Gonsalves dubbing himself the "5-Star General". Gonsalves pointed to the Argyle International Airport and the Canouan Airport as examples of the party's record in improving infrastructure. He criticized the NDP for supporting Citizenship by investment (CBI), and later alleged that foreign strategists were directing the NDP campaign and spying on the ULP. In contrast to the "foreign influences" of the NDP, Gonsalves emphasized that the ULP's party manifesto had "come from the bowels of the people of this country". He explained that new foreign investments in hotels and airports would allow the SVG to remain the sole country in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States without a CBI program.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, Unity Labour Party
Gonsalves' son Camillo, the incumbent East St. George MP, criticized the NDP for nominating a returning emigrant like Fitzgerald Bramble, rather than someone who had been living in the country more recently.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, New Democratic Party
After leading the NDP in the four previous elections, former PM Arnhim Eustace stepped down as party president in 2016, and retired from the Assembly in 2020.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, New Democratic Party
The new leader Godwin Friday criticized the ULP's cronyism and its inability to improve the country over its 19 years in power: while the ULP leaders benefited from government projects, the average citizen faced rising costs-of-living and an unemployment rate of over 30 percent. This situation led many young Vincentians to emigrate, further handicapping development. To combat this, Friday proposed several incentives, such as decreasing the national VAT rate and the interest rate on student loans and reforming the port customs system. He also proposed an increase in the minimum stipend for workers in the national service.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, New Democratic Party
While the NDP had been advocating for the country to switch recognition from Taiwan to China since 2016, the party moderated its stance after meeting with Vincentians currently studying in Taiwan on scholarship. Instead, the party indicated that it would maintain ties with Taiwan in return for increased investment in SVG.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, New Democratic Party
Shevern John, the NDP candidate for North Windward, was denied leave from her job as a schoolteacher in order to contest the election, a benefit specified in the collective bargaining agreement between the SVG Teacher's Union (SVGTU) and the Public Service Commission (PSC). She was forced to resign instead. In 2010, three teachers wanting to run as NDP candidates had also been forced to resign; the SVGTU obtained a court decision in the teachers' favour, but the PSC had not reinstated the teachers as of 2020.


2020 Vincentian general election, Background, SVG Green Party
In its statements, the GP criticized both the ULP and the NDP for their overreliance on the tourism industry. The party promised free university education and wireless internet for all citizens. In addition, the GP proposed Green economy initiatives in order to encourage more-sustainable economic growth and provide better jobs for the local population. The initial funding for these initiatives would come from abolishing loopholes such as the "Mustique Act", which granted the (mostly foreign) residents of Mustique exemptions from tax and customs duties. Being smaller than the other two parties, the GP signalled support for joining a coalition government.


2020 Vincentian general election, Candidates
33 candidates were nominated in total: 15 each from the ULP and the NDP, 2 from the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party, and one ULP member running as an independent in South Leeward.


2020 Vincentian general election, Results
For the first time since 1998, the ULP did not win the popular vote. However, the ULP saw their majority increase by one seat, North Leeward, which the ULP won by 7 votes. All other seats remained in the hands of the party previously holding them. The NDP candidate for North Leeward, Roland "Patel" Matthews, requested a recount. Some ballots from both sides were rejected in the recount; the final tally showed the ULP winning by 1 vote.


2020 Vincentian general election, Results
The National Monitoring and Consultative Mechanism (NMCM), a domestic election observer, judged the election to be free and fair overall. This was corroborated by a CARICOM observer mission.


2020 Vincentian general election, Results
Gonsalves was sworn in for his fifth term on 7 November, with Montgomery Daniel sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister. The Governor-General, Susan Dougan, congratulated Gonsalves on his record win; she then reminded him to "create a structure for healing" society after the election, reaching out to opposition supporters as well as his own.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election
The 2020 elections for members of the Virginia Beach City Council were held on November 3, 2020. Five seats on the council, including the Mayor of Virginia Beach in the 2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election, were up for election in this cycle. While officially nonpartisan, most of the candidates were affiliated with and endorsed by various political parties.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
On January 9, 2020, hotel worker C. Conrad Schesventer II announced his campaign for the Virginia Beach City Council to represent the Rose Hall district.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
On May 1, 2020, sales representative Mike Anderson declared his candidacy for the Kempsville seat on the City Council. On June 3, 2020, City Council member Michael Berlucchi announced that he would be running for re-election to keep his seat in the Rose Hall district. A day later, retired businessman Garry Hubbard announced his candidacy for the Rose Hall district seat as well. On June 10, 2020, healthcare network support consultant Brandon Hutchins announced that he would be running for the At-Large seat on the council. Nine days later, former delegate from Virginia's 85th house district Cheryl Turpin announced that she would also be challenging council member Berlucchi for his seat in the Rose Hall district.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
On July 4, 2020, City Council member Sabrina Wooten announced her re-election campaign for her seat on the council representing the Centerville district. Two days later, financial advisor Bill Dale declared his candidacy for the Kempsville seat on the council. On July 9, 2020, Turpin announced that she was withdrawing from the race due to personal reasons specifically concerning her elderly mother.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
In a statement, she elaborated on her decision saying, "At this time I must intensify my advocacy on behalf of my mother, who is 87 years old and suffering from cognitive changes, as challenges attached to the current COVID-19 crisis increase." A day later, City Council member Jessica Abbott announced that she would be running for her incumbent seat representing the Kempsville district. Two days after that, funeral director Eric Wray II declared that he would be challenging Wooten for her seat on the council serving the Centerville district.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
On July 22, 2020, Lucia Owen, a candidate for an at-large seat on the Virginia Beach City Council, announced that she was withdrawing from the race due to family priorities. She said that she had recently been involved in a car accident and she was currently pregnant and concerned about going out campaigning during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That same day, longtime City Council member Rosemary Wilson announced that she would be running for a sixth term representing the at-large seat.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
On August 4, 2020, businesswoman Nadine Marie Paniccia announced that she too would be seeking to challenge council member Wilson for the at-large seat on the council. On September 14, 2020, Anderson announced that he was withdrawing from the Kempsville election.


2020 Virginia Beach City Council election, Background
On November 4, 2020, results confirmed that all five incumbents on the council, including Wilson, Wooten, Abbott, Berlucchi, and Dyer, had won re-election.


2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election
The Virginia Beach mayoral election of 2020 took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected the next Mayor of Virginia Beach, which has a council-manager system of government. The mayor presides over city council meetings and serves as the ceremonial head and spokesperson of the city. The mayor is elected to a four-year term through direct election and the office has no term limits. The mayoral election occurred simultaneously with the election of four seats on the city council. These elections were nonpartisan, as are all municipal elections in Virginia Beach.


2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election
The election saw incumbent mayor Bobby Dyer face challengers Jody Wagner, the former Virginia Secretary of Finance and Virginia State Treasurer, and Richard "RK" Kowalewitch, a local businessman. Dyer defeated Wagner and was reelected to a second term by a margin of 51.64% to her 43.83%.


2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election, Background
On February 27, 2020, city council member Aaron Rouse announced his intention to seek the office. When reached by The Virginian-Pilot for comment on the announcement, Bobby Dyer confirmed that he would be seeking re-election. On May 30, 2020, Rouse announced that he was dropping out of the race citing the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for ending his campaign. On June 9, 2020, former Virginia Secretary of Finance Jody Wagner announced that she would challenge Dyer in the upcoming election. On June 12, 2020, businessman Richard W. "RK" Kowalewitch announced that he would also challenge Dyer.


2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election, Background
On October 8, 2020, the Virginia Beach Forum conducted a series of interviews with Dyer, Wagner, and Kowalewitch.


2020 Virginia Beach mayoral election, Background
On November 4, 2020, results confirmed that Dyer had won the election and been reelected to a second term. That morning, Wagner conceded to Dyer saying in a statement that they "both agreed that what our city needs right now is unity, and I look forward to working with him to move our city forward and address the critical challenges we face. While I am disappointed in the outcome of the election, I am incredibly grateful for the support from friends, family, and our entire community."


2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cavaliers were led by fifth-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall and played their home games at Scott Stadium. The team competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).


2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team
After completing their regular season with an overall 5–5 record (4–5 in ACC play), the program announced on December 13 that it would not participate in any bowl game.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Schedule
Virginia had games scheduled against Georgia, Old Dominion, UConn, VMI, and Florida State, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers football team, Schedule
The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
The 2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-fifth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 80th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 68th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
Virginia entered the 2020–21 season as the defending ACC Champions and NCAA Tournament finalists.


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


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
The Cavaliers finished the fall season 3–4–1 and 2–3–1 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the North Division. In the ACC Tournament they defeated Wake Forest in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions Clemson in the Semifinals. They finished the spring season 4–4–0 and 2–4–0 in ACC play, to finish in fourth place in the Coastal Division. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This marked the first NCAA tournament that the Cavaliers did not qualify for snice 1980.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
In the 2021 MLS SuperDraft, the Cavaliers had five players drafted: Brett Halsey, Irakoze Donasiyano, Daniel Steedman, Nathan Crofts, and Colin Shutler.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, Background
The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 21–1–2, and final ACC record of 6–1–1. The Cavaliers were seeded first-overall in the 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they won their first ACC championship since 2009. The Cavaliers earned an automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 39 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded first overall in the tournament, where they reached the championship game, before losing on penalties to Georgetown.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, Player movement, Players arriving
The signing class was formally announced on August 6, 2020.


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


2020 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team, Preseason, ACC media poll
The ACC men's soccer media poll was released on September 8, 2020. Virginia was picked to win the ACC North Division.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team
The 2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twentieth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team
The Cavaliers finished the fall season 8–3–1, 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC Tournament they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before losing to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Cavaliers finished the spring season 2–1–1 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, the Cavaliers defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, BYU in the Second Round, Rice in the Third Round, and TCU in the Quarterfinals before losing to Florida State on penalties in the Semifinals.


2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Updated November 10, 2020Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place in Virginia, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Virginia primary was an open primary, wherein any registered voter can vote, regardless of party registration. The state awarded 124 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 99 are pledged delegates allocated at the local level.


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary
The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Virginia primary as polls closed. His victory was much more massive than most polls predicted. Biden won Virginia by over 30 points, winning nearly every county in the state across nearly all demographics. His strongest performances were among African-American voters, suburban voters and he also handily won nearly all rural counties dominated by white, working-class voters.


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Virginia is one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday".


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Absentee voting began 45 days earlier, on January 18, 2020, for voters able to give an acceptable reason for being unable to vote on March 3.


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting took place throughout the state from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. In the open primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 99 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 99 pledged delegates, between 4 and 7 are allocated to each of the state's 11 congressional districts and another 13 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 21 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates will be allocated as Virginia shares a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday; these numbers do not yet account for these delegates.


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
After city and county caucuses between Saturday, April 18, and Monday, April 20, 2020, during which district delegates will be elected for subsequent congressional district conventions on Saturday, May 2, 9, and 16, 2020, as well as the state convention. At the congressional district conventions, national convention district level delegates will be nominated. The state convention will then convene on Saturday, June 13, 2020, to vote on the 21 pledged at-large and 13 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 99 pledged delegates Virginia sends to the national convention will be joined by 25 unpledged PLEO delegates (14 members of the Democratic National Committee; 9 members of Congress, including both Senators and 7 U.S. Representatives; the governor; and former DNC chair Terry McAuliffe).


2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary, Candidates
Ballot access to the primary was not automatic, and potential candidates had to file a 5,000-signature petition from qualified voters, with at least 200 signatures from each of the state's 11 congressional districts by December 12, 2019, to appear on the primary ballot.


2020 Virginia Question 1
The 2020 Virginia Question 1, also known as the Virginia Redistricting Commission Amendment was a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution to establish a political commission in order to draw the districts of the U.S House of Representatives seats in Virginia, as well as the districts of the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate. The amendment was on the November 3 ballot. According to a Christopher Newport University poll over 70% of Virginians support redistricting reform.


2020 Virginia Question 1
The amendment shifted the power of redistricting from the Virginia General Assembly to a political commission composed of four members from the Virginia Senate, with two from each party; four members from the Virginia House of Delegates, with two from each party; and eight other citizens of Virginia. The amendment passed with 65.69% of the vote, winning a majority of support in every county and independent city with the exception of Arlington County, Virginia.


2020 Virginia Question 1, Support
The initiative was supported by Republicans and had the support of the Virginia AARP and ACLU.


2020 Virginia Question 1, Opposition
The initiative was opposed by the state Democratic Party and some elected Democrats on the grounds that it would give inordinate power to the judges tasked with selecting citizens for the commission and that the system would not guarantee the representation of minorities on the commission. In August 2020, Former Virginia Democratic Chairman and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2021 Paul Goldman wrote a letter to the Virginia Department of Elections, arguing the wording of the question was misleading. The Virginia Supreme Court rejected this challenge saying that the Department of Elections must put the question on the ballot with the wording agreed to by the legislature.


2020 Virginia Question 1, Results
The amendment passed with 65.59% of the vote. Only Arlington County voted against the amendment.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented Virginia Tech during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hokies were led by fifth-year head coach Justin Fuente and played their home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia, competing as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
After completing their regular season with a 5–6 record (5–5 in ACC play), the program announced on December 16 that players had voted to end their season and would not consider a bid to a bowl game. The Hokies had appeared in a bowl game for 27 consecutive seasons, dating back to the 1993 Independence Bowl. This was fourth-longest streak of consecutive bowl game appearances in college football history.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Schedule
Virginia Tech had games scheduled against Liberty, Middle Tennessee, North Alabama, and Penn State, which were all canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies football team, Schedule
The ACC released their schedule on July 29, with specific dates selected at a later date.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team
The 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 49th season of the University fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by twelfth-year head coach Mike Brizendine.


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


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team
The Hokies finished the fall season 3–2–2 and 3–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the North Division. In the ACC Tournament they lost to Clemson in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 4–4–2 and 2–4–0 in ACC play, to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Oregon State in the Second Round before losing to the number six seed Seton Hall in the Third Round to end their season.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Previous season
The 2019 Virginia Tech men's soccer team finished the season with a 10–6–3 overall record and a 2–4–2 ACC record. The Hokies were seeded eleventh–overall in the 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Hokies won their first round match up against Louisville, but fell to Wake Forest in the quarterfinals. The Hokies earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the tenth overall seed Virginia Tech defeated New Hampshire in the second round, before losing to Stanford in the third round.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team, Preseason, Preseason rankings, ACC Media Poll
The ACC men's soccer media poll was released on September 8, 2020. Virginia Tech was picked to finish third in the ACC North Division.


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


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team
The 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 28th season of the university fielding a program and 17th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 10th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.


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


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team
The Hokies finished the fall season 5–8–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 3–1–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.


2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team, Previous Season
The Hokies finished the season 12–5–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eight place. They were not invited to the ACC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Xavier in the First Round.


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


2020 Virginia elections
Virginia state elections in 2020 was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. With the exception of its Democratic Party presidential primary election held on March 3, 2020 (its Republican Party presidential primary was cancelled by the state party), its primary elections were held on June 23 of that year.


2020 Virginia elections
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Virginia voters will elect their Class II U.S. Senator and all of its seats to the House of Representatives. There are also two ballot measures which will be voted on.


2020 Virginia elections
The state deadline for voter registration was extended for two extra days "after a severed fiber-optic cable kept voters from registering online" on October 13.


2020 Virginia elections
To vote by mail, registered Virginia voters must request a ballot by October 23 (remotely) or by October 31, 2020 (in-person). As of early October some 1,562,706 voters have requested mail ballots.


2020 Virginia elections, Federal offices, United States House of Representatives
There are 10 U.S. Representatives in Virginia that will be up for election. Another seat is open after the incumbent, Denver Riggleman, lost renomination in its Republican convention. Republican primary conventions were held instead of primaries at differing dates for each district.


2020 Virginia elections, Ballot measures, Question 1
Question 1, Redistricting Commission is to amend the state constitution so that the redistricting process for federal and local elections is no longer left to the state legislature but instead delegated to a commission selected by a panel of judges largely selected by majority and minority party leaders in the state legislature. The initiative is supported by both Democrats and Republicans and has the support of the Virginia AARP and ACLU. It is opposed by the state Democratic Party and some elected Democrats on the grounds that it would give inordinate power to the judges tasked with selecting citizens for the commission and that the system would not guarantee the representation of minorities on the commission.


2020 Virginia elections, Ballot measures, Question 1
In August 2020, Former Virginia Democratic Chairman and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2021 Paul Goldman wrote a letter to the Virginia Department of Elections, arguing the wording of the question was misleading. The Virginia Supreme Court rejected this challenge saying that the Department of Elections must put the question on the ballot with the wording agreed to by the legislature.


2020 Virginia elections, Ballot measures, Question 2
Question 2, Motor Vehicle Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans asks if an automobile or pickup truck that is owned by a veteran of the US military or Virginia National Guard with a disability that is 100% service related should have that vehicle be exempt from local and state property taxes.


2020 Virginia elections, Ballot measures, Question 2
Question 2 passed with a majority of voters in every county and independent city voting in favor of it.


2020 Vision Campaign
The 2020 Vision Campaign is a failed international campaign pushing for a nuclear-weapon-free world by the year 2020. It was initiated on a provisional basis by the Executive Cities of Mayors for Peace at their meeting in Manchester, UK, in October 2003. It was launched under the name 'Emergency Campaign to Ban Nuclear Weapons' in November of that year at the 2nd Citizens Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons held in Nagasaki, Japan. In August 2005, the World Conference endorsed continuation of the Campaign under the title of the '2020 Vision Campaign'.


2020 Vision Campaign, Campaign objectives
1. Adoption of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol by the 2010 NPT Review Conference 2. Directly thereafter, an end to nuclear weapon acquisition and threats and, as soon as possible thereafter, a clampdown on all weapon-usable fissile materials 3. Conclusion of a Nuclear Weapons Convention prior to 2015 NPT Review Conference4. Securely destroy all nuclear weapons by the 2020 NPT Review Conference


2020 Vision Campaign, Campaign objectives
Working with mayoral associations, City Halls and various civil society advisors and actors, the 2020 Vision Campaign is pushing internationally for signatures to the , leading to the adoption of the  in 2010.


2020 Vision Campaign, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol
Since May 2008, the main focus of the work of the 2020 Vision Campaign has been the signature drive for the  in support of the . The Protocol embeds the final objective of the 2020 Vision Campaign in a realistic framework. As a protocol complementary to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), it seeks to challenge national governments to follow through on the commitments they made in Article VI of the Treaty.


2020 Vision Campaign, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol
By signing the Cities Appeal, Mayors and elected local officials around the world are given the chance to get behind the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol ahead of the formal and final presentation of the results of the international signature drive at the 2010 NPT Review Conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.


2020 Visions
2020 Visions (sometimes called 20/20 Visions) is a science fiction comic book written by Jamie Delano and drawn by four artists. Originally serialized as a twelve-issue full-color limited series from 1997 to 1998 at the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, it was later collected in black-and-white in a 2004 hardcover by Cyberosia Publishing and a 2005 trade paperback by Speakeasy Comics. A new edition of the trade paperback was released in color in 2019 by ComicMix.


2020 Visions, Overview
The series consists of four different stories told over three issue arcs, each having its own artist, and each blending a different genre with prospective science-fiction:


2020 Visions, Overview
With all stories taking place in the year 2020, they are all loosely connected by a genetic relationship between the main protagonist of each tale.


2020 Visions, Reception
Publishers Weekly commented that "the William Burroughs-influenced squalor and grotesquerie that Delano indulges in constantly have no real payoff" and described the art for the final two arcs as "ugly and frequently unclear." While admiring Delano's "plenty of clever ideas [...] unfortunately, it all doesn't hold together as a single book."


2020 Visions (album)
2020 Visions is the sixth album by Stephen Dale Petit, released digitally on 12 June 2020 and on vinyl and CD on 25 September 2020.


2020 Visions (album)
It was recorded over a 12 month period beginning in March 2017 at Sputnik Sound, Nashville with Vance Powell producing. The album has been described as “prophetic”, its lyrical themes predicting many 2020 world events despite having been finished in “mid-2018”.


2020 Visions (album)
2020 Visions was named Best Blues Album of the Year by Classic Rock magazine.


2020 Visions (album)
The album features Petit's core band of Jack Greenwood on drums and Sophie Lord on bass, with guest appearances from Paul Jones (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band) and Shemekia Copeland. The album cover and insert were designed by Klaus Voormann.


2020 Visions (album)
The album's release was originally scheduled for late 2018, but Petit received a cancer diagnosis in September 2018, causing the album's release to be postponed for more than a year whilst he completed intensive chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The release was further delayed by UK lockdown restrictions for Covid-19 resulting in the lengthy shuttering of all bricks and mortar music retail stores throughout the country.


2020 Visions (album), Pre-production and band recording sessions
Petit began writing the earliest songs for “2020 Visions” during rehearsals for his UK tour with Walter Trout in November 2015. Album tracks “The Ending Of The End” and “On Top” were debuted during the 2015 tour dates.


2020 Visions (album), Pre-production and band recording sessions
Speaking of his modus operandi when approaching the album, Petit stated:


2020 Visions (album), Pre-production and band recording sessions
“[2020 Visions] is not supposed to be just a traditional Blues record, (though its) born of the Blues […] once you’re there you can let the songs have their own head not dictated by or based on some guardrail or boundary. I let them be what they wanted to be [… ] For Blues to continue into the future, it has to return to what it always was, a live organic music made in response to the musician’s life.”


2020 Visions (album), Pre-production and band recording sessions
With the writing continuing around live shows and festival performances throughout 2016, intensive pre-production rehearsals took place in early 2017 after which Petit and his band (comprising Jack Greenwood on drums and Sophie Lord on bass) flew to Nashville on the 26 March 2017. Recording commenced the next day, 27 March 2017, at Sputnik Sound, Nashville with co-owner Vance Powell producing. Powell had also recorded Petit’s previous studio album “Cracking The Code”. The initial full band recordings were completed over the course of 6 days, recorded live with all the musicians in the room together. Petit remarked of the sessions:


2020 Visions (album), Pre-production and band recording sessions
“It’s one of the reasons I’m so proud of the album, the ensemble playing. They’re bringing performances to the music, capturing lightning in a bottle; everybody rose to the occasion and played their asses off.” When Petit mentioned that a few songs ‘wanted keyboards’, Powell suggested Daniel Ellsworth, who joined Petit, Lord and Greenwood live in the studio to play Hammond organ and piano on two songs, “The Ending of The End” and “Zombie Train”.


2020 Visions (album), Additional recording sessions and special guests
Following the live band recordings, Petit returned to Nashville throughout 2017 and 2018 to overdub guitar parts, vocals and oversee the mixing sessions. Most of Petit's vocal performances were recorded at Eve Studios, Stockport, England.


2020 Visions (album), Additional recording sessions and special guests
The recording session for Shemekia Copeland was carried out remotely. "When we did the session, she was in Chicago, I was in London and we did it by Skype! There are a lot of harmonies there and there’s a lot of Shemekia… it sounds glorious. I was kind of concerned because I wanted to double them or triple them, and I thought she was going to go, 'No man, I’m outta here, I'm done!' But she was fabulous, she had a great attitude."


2020 Visions (album), Additional recording sessions and special guests
Speaking of Jones' contribution to the album, Petit commented: "He's just phenomenal; he's got great energy and I think he played some astonishing harp. But the genius of it is that it's all in aid of the song, even though it's proper virtuoso harp playing. I don't use the word genius haphazardly or casually, but if you took what he's playing and put it on a standard blues progression, you'd be blown away. And yet it fits perfectly into the song, so that is just true genius."


2020 Visions (album), Additional recording sessions and special guests
Petit had planned to feature additional special guests, including Dr. John on the track "Zombie Train". Petit states: "The original idea was to have Iggy Pop and Dr. John do it, and I had actually been in touch with Dr. John. But he became so ill, and he was not well for a good 18 months to 2 years before he died. So I ended up cutting that vocal." The composition of "Sputnik Days" saw Petit collaborate with guitarist Mick Taylor.


2020 Visions (album), Additional recording sessions and special guests
Ringo Starr makes a cameo appearance during the intro section of "The Ending of the End".


2020 Visions (album), Album themes and running sequence
Petit has described the album as “a slightly dystopian vision, or post-apocalyptic dystopian or pre-apocalyptic dystopian. The three main threads are the title track “2020 Visions”, “The Fall of America” and “Zombie Train”. They are the main pillars I suppose, so everything else is built in around that.”


2020 Visions (album), Album themes and running sequence
Of the new approach to his writing process on 2020 Visions, Petit states:


2020 Visions (album), Album themes and running sequence
“I really was kind of channelling… a Shaman, or John the Revelator, trying to use spider-sense and any other sense… I was just trying to put my finger up to the wind to catch the zeitgeist I suppose. It felt kind of odd; I’ve never really gone for anything like that, so this was all fresh territory in terms of my writing. But it all just started to work and I went with it… ”


2020 Visions (album), Album themes and running sequence
Music News writer Andy Snipper commented of the album's synchronicity of current events: “[2020 Visions] mirrors what is happening now and the blistering anger at the state of leadership in the modern world is visceral.”


2020 Visions (album), Album design and vinyl packaging
Both the album cover and the pull-out circular collage insert featured on the vinyl release of the album were designed by Klaus Voormann. They also comprise the artwork for the CD release, though adapted to the format. Petit had to “audition” for Voormann prior to his agreeing to work together. Describing his initial conversations with Voormann, Petit remarked: “He wouldn’t become involved without hearing the music, and he really made me jump through hoops. I was thrilled when he agreed.”


2020 Visions (album), Album design and vinyl packaging
The circular collage insert for 2020 Visions contains a hidden Easter Egg by Voormann, who included the same signature and photograph of himself that he’d hidden in The Beatles Revolver album cover.


2020 Visions (album), Album design and vinyl packaging
The Vinyl packaging has been heralded by critics, with Charles Shaar Murray commenting that "the intricate lyrical tapestry and kaleidoscopic soundscape are exquisitely reflected and enhanced by the album’s spectacular artwork”.


2020 Visions (album), Album design and vinyl packaging
Blues Matters Steve Banks compared the album design to that of the iconic design of Led Zeppelin 3 and described the vinyl release as “incredible - [2020 Visions] is worth it for the artwork alone.”  Classic Rock praised the artwork and design of the album as “Stunning”.


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
2020 Visions was named Number One in the Best Blues Albums of the Year category by UK's Classic Rock magazine.


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
“Petit has been nudging greatness for years, and this is his masterpiece” it stated, adding his “revolutionary approach to the blues is validated with 2020 Visions” with music that “roars from the speakers, thunderous blues music […] and powerful lyrics” concluding “you don’t make a record like this by sticking to the straight and narrow”  - Henry Yates, Classic Rock Magazine.


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
Former NME writer Charles Shaar Murray commented that “Petit decisively furthers his revolutionary approach to the blues… [2020 Visions] is a high water mark for Petit as a songwriter" and, of Petit’s guitar playing on the album stated that “Petit bestows otherworldly heights of higher six-string powers upon us… [Petit and his band] turn in performances which astonish, disturb, seduce and convince.”


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
Music-News awarded 2020 Visions 5/5 stars and described the album as “prophetic… Petit’s hardest hitting album to date” as well as praising Petit as “one of the most skilled axe men of his generation”.


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
Blues Matters gave the album an 8 star review, stating "[2020 Visions] is 3-piece Blues at its best".


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
The US based Blues Rock Review described 2020 Visions as being "like an epic drive where you're constantly changing the radio station and never finding a bad song. Petit and his band are fluent in many styles and toggle through them, often within a single tune, resulting in complex tracks that still manage to make your heart race and your head bang."


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
Guitarist Magazine said the album was an "absolute banger" giving the album a 9 out of 10 review citing Petit’s "blues guitar mastery” and the “rock-solid rhythm section comprising bassist Sophie Lord and drummer Jack Greenwood”.


2020 Visions (album), Critical reception
Velvet Thunder Magazine praised 2020 Visions as "an astonishing virtuoso performance" and commented: "[2020 Visions] started playing and, before I knew it, I'd gone from 'let's check out a couple of minutes' to being 20 minutes deep and having my jaw on the floor. If all blues sounded like this I'd say Robert Johnson got a hell of a deal at that crossroads."


2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup
The 2020 Visit Tucson Sun Cup was the tenth edition of the preseason exhibition soccer tournament among Major League Soccer (MLS) and United Soccer League (USL) teams. It was held from February 15 to February 22 in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona.


2020 Vissel Kobe season
The 2020 Vissel Kobe season was Vissel Kobe's seventh consecutive season in the J1 League following promotion to the top flight in 2013 and their 22nd J1 League season overall. The club also took part in the J. League Cup, the 2020 Japanese Super Cup, and the 2020 AFC Champions League. The club secured their first ever appearances in the latter two competition as winners of the 2019 Emperor's Cup.


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


2020 Vissel Kobe 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 Viterra Championship
The 2020 Viterra Championship, Manitoba's provincial men's curling championship, was held from February 5 to 9 at the Eric Coy Arena in Winnipeg. The winning Jason Gunnlaugson rink represented Manitoba at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier and finished with a 5–6 record.


2020 Viterra Championship
Jason Gunnlaugson won his first Viterra Championship by defeating Mike McEwen 7–4 in the final.


2020 Viterra Championship, Knockout Brackets
32 team double knockout with playoff roundFour teams qualify each from A Event and B Event


2020 Vodafone Senior League
The 2020 Fiji Senior League is the second-highest division within the Fiji football league system after the Fiji Premier League in Fiji Senior League (Vodafone Senior League for sponsorship reasons). It is currently contested by 11 teams with two groups of 5 and 6 teams and is run and overseen by the Fiji Football Association.


2020 Vodafone Senior League, Teams
A total of eleven teams compete in the league in two groups of five and six teams each


2020 Vodafone Senior League, Play-Offs
The play-offs will be played between the top one of each group, which will be Bua vs Nadroga, The winner is be promoted to 2021 Fiji Premier League.


2020 Vojvodina provincial election
Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina on 21 June 2020. Initially organised for 26 April 2020, they were postponed by a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia.


2020 Vojvodina provincial election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by closed-list proportional representation from a single provincial constituency. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 3% of all votes cast (lowered from 5% at the previous elections) although the threshold is waived for ethnic minority parties.


2020 Vojvodina provincial election, Electoral lists
2. Ivica Dačić – "Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), United Serbia (JS) – Dragan Marković Palma"


2020 Vojvodina provincial election, Electoral lists
4. Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség — Pásztor István / Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians — István Pásztor


2020 Vojvodina provincial election, Electoral lists
5. Vojvodina Front — (League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Together for Vojvodina, Vojvodina's Party, Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, Montenegrin Party, Democratic Bloc)


2020 Vojvodina provincial election, Electoral lists
9. Academician Muamer Zukorlić — Straight Ahead — Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP) — Democratic Party of Macedonians (DPM)


2020 Vojvodina provincial election, Results
Just like on the national level, many opposition parties boycotted the elections, leading to the ruling SNS-led For Our Children alliance winning over 60% of both votes and seats.


2020 Volgograd explosion
On the afternoon of August 10, 2020, a large explosion occurred at a gas station in Volgograd, Russia. The explosion caused 13 injuries and could be felt thousands of meters away, knocking firefighters to the ground. The explosion went viral on social media and even getting global media attention.


2020 Volgograd explosion, Explosion
On the afternoon of August 10, a large fire broke out at a gas station in Volgograd, Russia. Firefighters were called around 12:40 local time (8:40 UTC) to battle the blaze. The fire soon went out of control producing a large explosion. This explosion was accompanied by a shockwave which could be felt thousands of meters away. The shockwave knocked down firefighters and injured 13 people. Fortunately, all staff at the gas station were able to safely evacuate before the fire escalated. The explosion also caused a huge fireball which rose several meters into the air. It took 70 firefighters and a firefighting robot to finally extinguish the fire.


2020 Volgograd explosion, Footage
Video of the explosion soon became viral on social media networks. Some residents of the area ventured out to film the blast. The video was widely shared on YouTube in the days following the explosion.


2020 Volta a Portugal
The 2020 Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Edição Especial was the 82nd edition of the Volta a Portugal road cycling stage race and was held from 27 September to 5 October 2020. Originally, it was due to take place from 29 July to August 8, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a 2.1-rated event on the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and covered 1,183.9 km (735.6 mi) over eight stages.


2020 Volta a Portugal, Teams
Five UCI ProTeams and the nine Portuguese UCI Continental teams made up the fourteen teams of seven riders each that participated in the race. 89 of the 98 riders in the race finished.


2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The 2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (English: Tour of the Valencian Community) was held from 5 to 9 February 2020 and was the 71st edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. It was a 2.Pro event on the 2020 UCI Europe Tour, as well as part of the inaugural UCI ProSeries. The race was run entirely in the autonomous community of Valencia with five stages covering 800.2 kilometers, starting in Castelló de la Plana and finishing in Valencia.


2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The race was won by Slovenian Tadej Pogačar of the UAE Team Emirates team. Australian rider Jack Haig of Mitchelton–Scott and British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart of Team Ineos finished second and third respectively.


2020 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams
Twenty-one teams were invited to the race. These teams consisted of twelve UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams, and two UCI Continental teams. Each team entered seven riders, except for Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè and UAE Team Emirates, which each submitted six riders. Of the 145 riders that started the race, 137 finished.


2020 Volta ao Algarve
The 2020 Volta ao Algarve was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Algarve region of Portugal between 19 and 23 February 2020. It was the 46th edition of the Volta ao Algarve and is rated as a 2.Pro event as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries.


2020 Volta ao Algarve, Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to the race. Of these teams, twelve are UCI WorldTour teams, five are UCI Professional Continental teams, and eight are UCI Continental teams. Every team entered seven riders, except for Alpecin–Fenix, which entered six riders. A total of 174 riders started the race, of which 163 finished.


2020 Volvo Car Open
The 2020 Credit One Bank Invitational is a women's tennis event on the 2020 WTA Tour. Originally scheduled  as the Volvo Cars Open between April 4 – 12, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a postponement and a change to the event by Charleston Tennis, which owns the event.


2020 Volvo Car Open, History
On May 22, 2020, Ben Navarro, the organiser of the Charleston Open, announced the reformatted event. Credit One Bank sponsored the event, billed as the return of top-level women's tennis to competitive play in the United States. The 48th edition of this tournament was reformatted as a 16-player women's tennis all-star tournament using Laver Cup rules. The event was held behind closed doors, with prize money and the benefactor being the Medical University of South Carolina. It was held at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States, as a clay court tournament held on green clay. It took place from June 23 until June 28 2020.


2020 Volvo Car Open, History
Madison Keys and Bethanie Mattek-Sands were captains of the 16-player event featuring Sofia Kenin, Sloane Stephens, Victoria Azarenka, Amanda Anisimova, Monica Puig, Ajla Tomljanovic, Danielle Collins, Alison Riske, Shelby Rogers, Genie Bouchard, Jennifer Brady, Leylah Fernandez, Emma Navarro and Caroline Dolehide. There were 24 matches in total with 16 singles and eight doubles matches.


2020 Volvo Car Open, History
The tournament counted towards Universal Tennis Rating points. Each match was worth points depending on the day of the event, with only singles matches on the first day and only doubles matches on the final day. A team needed 25 of a possible 48 points to win the event.


2020 Volvo Car Open, History
All matches were two-set matches. If the match was tied after two sets, a ten-point tiebreaker was played.


2020 Volvo Car Open, History
The team lead by Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Team Peace, won the event, 26–22. Jennifer Brady had the best performance of the tournament, going 4-0 in her four matches, the only undefeated player.


2020 Volvo Car Open, Schedule
NOTE:  The first two matches on Wednesday were "Day One" matches. For purposes of this tournament, Days One and Two are one-point matches, Days Three and Four are two-point matches, and Days Five and Six are three-point matches.


2020 Voronin Cup
The 2020 Mikhail Voronin Cup took place on December 17–21 in Penza, Russia.


2020 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 2020 Vuelta a Andalucía was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Andalucía region of Spain between 19 and 23 February 2020. It was the 66th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía and is rated as a 2.Pro event as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries.


2020 Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams
Twenty-one teams were invited to the race. Of these teams, eight are UCI WorldTour teams, twelve are UCI Professional Continental teams, and one is a UCI Continental teams. Each team entered seven riders, except for AG2R La Mondiale with six and Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles with five. Of the starting peloton of 144 riders, 127 finished.


2020 Vuelta a Burgos
The 2020 Vuelta a Burgos was a men's road bicycle race which took place from 28 July to 1 August 2020 in the Spanish province of Burgos. It was the 42nd edition of the Vuelta a Burgos stage race, which was established in 1946. The race was rated as a 2.Pro event and formed part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries. The race was made up of five stages.


2020 Vuelta a Burgos, Teams
Twenty-three teams participated in the race, including 14 of the 19 UCI WorldTeams, six UCI Professional Continental teams, and three UCI Continental teams. Each team entered seven riders except for Israel Start-Up Nation, which entered only six, for a starting peloton of 153 riders. 127 riders finished the race.


2020 Vuelta a España
The 2020 Vuelta a España was the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three grand tours. It was won for the second consecutive year by Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma.


2020 Vuelta a España
The race was originally scheduled to be held from 14 August to 6 September 2020. In April 2020, the 2020 Tour de France was rescheduled to run between the 29 August and 20 September, having been postponed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 15 April, UCI announced that both the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta would take place in autumn after the 2020 UCI Road World Championships. On 5 May, UCI announced that the postponed Giro and the Vuelta would run between 3 and 25 October and between 20 October and 8 November, respectively. For the first time since 1985, the race was not 21 stages long; instead, it was held in a reduced format over 18 stages.


2020 Vuelta a España, Teams
Twenty-two teams made up the field that participated in the 2020 Vuelta a España. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Additionally, three second-tier UCI ProTeams were invited to participate in the event. The teams were announced on 8 May 2020.


2020 Vuelta a España, Pre-race favourites
Defending champion Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo–Visma) was considered the pre-race favourite, followed by his teammate and 2017 Giro d'Italia champion Tom Dumoulin. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), winner of the 2019 Giro d'Italia, was seen as one of their main challengers, alongside Enric Mas (Movistar Team) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama–FDJ). Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana) was also seen as a top contender, having unexpectedly abandoned the Giro d'Italia during the second stage. Other riders considered as contenders included two time former champion Chris Froome (Ineos Grenadiers), his teammate Iván Sosa, 2009 champion Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and Team Jumbo–Visma's Sepp Kuss.


2020 Vuelta a España, Pre-race favourites
Riders believed to be the main contenders for victories on the sprint stages were Pascal Ackermann (Bora–Hansgrohe), Sam Bennett (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) and Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates).


2020 Vuelta a España, Route and stages
The full route of the 2020 Vuelta a España was announced on Tuesday 17 December 2019 in Madrid. The first three stages of the 2020 Vuelta were originally due to be held in the Netherlands, starting in Utrecht. This was due to be the fourth time the Vuelta has started outside Spain and the second start in the Netherlands, following the 2009 Vuelta a España. In hosting the start of the race, Utrecht was to become the first city to host stages of all three grand tours.


2020 Vuelta a España, Route and stages
However, on 29 April 2020, the organisers announced that the opening three stages in the Netherlands were cancelled, before confirming later that same day that the race would be shortened to 18 stages and, except for the cancelled stages, follow the exact same route as announced previously. As a result, for the first time since 1961, the race departed from the Basque Country.


2020 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The Vuelta a España has four individual classifications, for which jerseys were awarded daily to the leading rider, as well as a team competition. The primary classification is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses will be awarded at the end of every stage apart from the individual time trial (stage 13). The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the leader of the general classification, and wears the red jersey. The leader of the general classification at the end of the race is considered the overall winner of the Vuelta a España.


2020 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The second classification is the points classification. Riders receive points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stages. The points available for each stage finish are the same regardless of the stage's type, unlike in the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, in which wins in flat stages are worth up to 2.5 times more points than wins in mountain stages. As a result the winner of this classification is often also a contender for the overall win. The leader is identified by a green jersey.


2020 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The next classification is the mountains classification. Points are awarded to the riders that reach the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs are categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, third-, second-, and first- and special-category. The leader wears a white jersey with blue polka dots.


2020 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
The last of the individual classifications is the young rider classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage for each rider born on or after 1 January 1995. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the leader of the young rider classification, and wears the white jersey.


2020 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
There is also the team classification. After each stage, the times of the three highest finishers of each team are added together, and all the members of the leading team wear a red number bib on the following stage. The victory is awarded to the team with the lowest cumulative time at the end of the event.


2020 Vuelta a España, Classification leadership
In addition, there is one individual award: the combativity award. This award is given after each stage (excluding the individual time trial) to the rider "who displayed the most generous effort and best sporting spirit." The daily winner wears a yellow number bib the following stage. At the end of the Vuelta, a jury decides the top three riders for the “Most Combative Rider ofLa Vuelta”, with a public vote deciding the victor.


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9
The 2020 Vuelta a España is the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Irun with a hilly stage on 20 October, and Stage 9 occurred on 29 October with a stage to Aguilar de Campoo. The race will finish in Madrid on 8 November.


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 1
20 October 2020 – Irun to Arrate, 173 km (107 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 2
21 October 2020 – Pamplona to Lekunberri, 151.6 km (94.2 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 3
22 October 2020 – Lodosa to Laguna Negra de Urbión (Vinuesa), 166.1 km (103.2 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 4
23 October 2020 – Garray to Ejea de los Caballeros, 191.7 km (119.1 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 5
24 October 2020 – Huesca to Sabiñánigo, 184.4 km (114.6 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 6
25 October 2020 – Biescas to Aramón Formigal, 146.4 km (91.0 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 7
27 October 2020 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Villanueva de Valdegovia, 159.7 km (99.2 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 8
28 October 2020 – Logroño to Alto de Moncalvillo, 164 km (102 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 9
29 October 2020 – Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo, 157.7 km (98.0 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 9, Stage 9
Pascal Ackermann of Bora–Hansgrohe was promoted to the winner of the stage after original stage winner Sam Bennett of Deceuninck–Quick-Step was relegated by the race jury for aggressively shoulder barging into Emīls Liepiņš of Trek–Segafredo in the run-in to the sprint.


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18
The 2020 Vuelta a España is the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Irun with an hilly stage on 20 October, and Stage 10 will occur on 30 October with a stage from Castro Urdiales. The race will finish in Madrid on 8 November.


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 10
30 October 2020 – Castro Urdiales to Suances, 185 km (115 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 11
31 October 2020 – Villaviciosa to Alto de la Farrapona, 170 km (110 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 12
1 November 2020 – La Pola Llaviana to Alto de L'Angliru, 109.4 km (68.0 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 13
3 November 2020 – Muros to Mirador de Ézaro, 33.7 km (20.9 mi) (ITT)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 14
4 November 2020 – Lugo to Ourense, 204.7 km (127.2 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 15
5 November 2020 – Mos to Puebla de Sanabria, 230.8 km (143.4 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 16
6 November 2020 – Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo, 162 km (101 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 17
7 November 2020 – Sequeros to Alto de la Covatilla, 178.2 km (110.7 mi)


2020 Vuelta a España, Stage 10 to Stage 18, Stage 18
8 November 2020 – Hipódromo de la Zarzuela to Madrid, 124.2 km (77.2 mi)


2020 Vuelta a Guatemala
The 2020 Vuelta a Guatemala was a road cycling stage race that took place in Guatemala between 23 October and 1 November 2020. The race was rated as a 2.2 event as part of the 2020 UCI America Tour, and was the 60th edition of the Vuelta a Guatemala.


2020 Vuelta a Guatemala, Teams
Two UCI Continental teams, one national team, and eleven domestic teams make up the fourteen teams that participated in the race. Only three of those teams did not enter the maximum of six riders; ASO Quetzaltenalgo-C.Castelli, Canel's–Zerouno, and Decorabaños each entered five. This meant that 81 riders started the race, of which 61 finished.


2020 Vuelta a Murcia
The 2020 Vuelta a Murcia was the 40th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race. It was from 14–15 February 2020 as a UCI Europe Tour category 2.1 race. The race was won by Xandro Meurisse of the Circus–Wanty Gobert team.


2020 Vuelta a Murcia, Teams
Eighteen teams of up to seven riders started the race:


2020 Vuelta a San Juan
The 2020 Vuelta a San Juan was a road cycling stage race that took place in the San Juan Province of Argentina between 26 January and 2 February 2020. The race is rated as a 2.Pro event as part of the 2020 UCI America Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries, and was the 38th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan.


2020 Vuelta a San Juan, Teams
Twenty-seven teams were invited to the race. Of these teams, six are UCI WorldTour teams, five are UCI Professional Continental teams, nine are UCI Continental teams, and seven are national teams. While the six Argentinean teams (Agrupación Virgen de Fátima–SaddleDrunk, Argentina, Municipalidad de Pocito, Municipalidad de Rawson, Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan, and Transportes Puertas de Cuyo) entered seven riders, the other 21 teams submitted six riders, resulting in a starting peloton of 168 riders, of which 155 riders finished the race.


2020 Vålerenga Fotball season
The 2020 season was Vålerenga's nineteenth season in the Eliteserien since their promotion in 2001.


2020 Vålerenga Fotball season, Season events
Prior to the start of the season, Osame Sahraoui, Brage Skaret and Brede Sandmoen were promoted from the youth team.


2020 Vålerenga Fotball season, Season events
On 31 January, Dag-Eilev Fagermo was appointed as Vålerenga's manager after Ronny Deila had left for New York City earlier in the month.


2020 Vålerenga Fotball 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 Vålerenga Fotball season, Season events
On 8 June, Fredrik Holmé was promoted to the Vålerenga first team.


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


2020 Vålerenga Fotball 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 W Series
The 2020 W Series was a planned motor racing championship that was scheduled to be the second W Series season. The championship was to be exclusively open to female racing drivers as a Formula 3-level racing series.


2020 W Series
The planned championship season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a 10-event eSports league for female racing drivers only was held on the iRacing platform in its place. The league was ultimately won by Beitske Visser.


2020 W Series, Driver selection
The top twelve finishers from the 2019 championship were automatically eligible to compete in the 2020 season, leaving eight vacancies in the driver line up. Forty new drivers applied to take part in the season; however, only fourteen of those took part in the first test which took place between 16 and 18 September 2019 at the Circuito de Almería, Spain.


2020 W Series, Driver selection, Applications
The following eight drivers competed in the 2019 W Series but did not automatically qualify for 2020:


2020 W Series, Driver selection, Applications
The following eight drivers attempted to qualify for the 2020 W Series, having not competed in 2019 but were unsuccessful or elected not to race in W Series:


2020 W Series, Calendar
The series was scheduled to continue supporting the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for most races. Races at Hockenheimring, Circuit Zolder and Misano World Circuit were replaced by races at Igora Drive, Anderstorp Raceway and Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. On 16 January 2020, the series announced it would stage races in the Americas, operating as a support category for the United States and Mexico City Grands Prix.


2020 W Series, Calendar
On 4 June 2020, the series announced that it would not hold on-track races for the 2020 season, with Formula 1 Managing Director of Motorsports, Ross Brawn, stating "It is a big disappointment for all of us that due to the difficulties presented by COVID-19 the events will not take place."


2020 W Series, Esports League
The inaugural season of the W Series Esports League virtual championship was announced on 7 May 2020, with all 18 drivers who qualified to race in the on-track championship taking part in the sim racing series. The league partnered with Logitech G, Beyond Entertainment, and iRacing to bring 27 virtual races to 10 circuits with all drivers competing in digital versions of the Tatuus Formula Renault 2.0 race car. Visser clinched the championship title in 9 rounds ahead of Silverstone, winning 11 races and achieving pole position 12 times.


2020 W-League Grand Final
The 2020 W-League Grand Final was the final match of the 2019–20 W-League season to decide the champions of women's soccer in Australia for the season.


2020 W-League Grand Final
The match was played between Melbourne City and Sydney FC behind closed doors at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Victoria. Spectators were not permitted at the match due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 W-League Grand Final
Melbourne City won the match and in so doing claimed their fourth W-League championship, the most of any club in the W-League. Steph Catley, the game's only goalscorer, was awarded player of the match.


2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were to be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 12–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.


2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
On March 12, both the WAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
8 of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games was set to play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 11–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have receive the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Women's Tournament.


2020 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Eight of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2020 WAFL Women's season
The 2020 WAFL Women's season was the second season of the WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The season commenced on 18 July and concluded with the Grand Final on 19 September 2020. The competition was contested by six clubs, one more than the previous season with the addition of South Fremantle, all of whom were affiliated with men's clubs from the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The commencement of the season was delayed several months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 WAFL season
The 2020 WAFL season (officially the 2020 Optus WAFL Premiership Season) was the 136th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on July 18th due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced West Coast into recess for this season.


2020 WAFL season
Perth played in its first finals match since 1997, against West Perth at Provident Financial Oval. Contrariwise, Peel, for over a decade and a half Perth’s perennial rivals for the wooden spoon, became the first team since 1999 to finish a Westar Rules/WAFL season without a win – indeed, before this COVID-19-shortened season, no WAFL team had managed only one win in a season since the Thunder in 2003.


2020 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2020 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 61st tournament in conference history. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020 on campus locations. On March 12, 2020, the WCHA announced the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.


2020 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first two rounds of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. The top eight conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standings, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The higher seeded teams each earned home ice and host one of the lower seeded teams.


2020 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The final was a single game held at the campus site of the highest remaining seed.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
The  2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational was the 22nd WGC Invitational held July 30 – August 2 at the TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Originally planned for July 2–5, it was rescheduled and played with no spectators in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
FedEx Cup leader Justin Thomas won his second WGC Invitational title, and returned to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking having last held that position in June 2018. Thomas became the third-youngest player to win 13 times on the PGA Tour since 1960, behind Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Venue, Course layout
TPC Southwind was designed by Ron Prichard, in consultation with tour pros Hubert Green and Fuzzy Zoeller. TPC Southwind opened thirty-three years ago in 1988, and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by the PGA Tour.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Field
The field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields. In order to ensure a field of 78 players, changes were made to the exemption criteria with the addition of players ranked outside the top-50 in the world rankings. The adjustment was due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Field
An Byeong-hun (2), Abraham Ancer (2,3,4), Patrick Cantlay (2,3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (2,3,4,5), Tony Finau (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Adam Hadwin, Im Sung-jae (2,3,4,5), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4,5), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Marc Leishman (2,3,4,5), Li Haotong, Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Joaquín Niemann (5), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,4), Pan Cheng-tsung, Patrick Reed (2,3,4,5), Xander Schauffele (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3,4,5), Cameron Smith (2,3,4,5), Justin Thomas (2,3,4,5), Gary Woodland (2,3,4)


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Field
Christiaan Bezuidenhout (3,4,6), Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Matthew Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4,5), Sergio García (3,4), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4,5), Billy Horschel (3,4), Jazz Janewattananond (3,4,6), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Brooks Koepka (3,4,5), Shane Lowry (3,4), Graeme McDowell (5), Rory McIlroy (3,4,5), Collin Morikawa (3,4,5), Kevin Na (3,4,5), Victor Perez (3,4,5), Jon Rahm (3,4,5), Chez Reavie (3,4), Scottie Scheffler, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson (3,4), Erik van Rooyen (3,4), Matt Wallace (3,4), Bernd Wiesberger (3,4,5), Danny Willett (3,4,5)


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Field
Daniel Berger (4,5), Jason Day (4), Viktor Hovland (4), Ryan Palmer (4), Kevin Streelman (4)


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Field
Cameron Champ, Tyler Duncan, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones, Andrew Landry, J. T. Poston, Sebastian Söderberg, Nick Taylor, Michael Thompson, Brendon Todd


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Round summaries, First round
With only one top-10 finish since August 2019, defending champion Brooks Koepka tied his career-best score with a 62 to take the first-round lead. Koepka has a reputation of peaking during major season, and the first major of the season is due to be held the following week.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Round summaries, Second round
Brendon Todd took a 36-hole lead attempting to gain his third victory this PGA Tour season, two strokes ahead of Rickie Fowler who was also aiming for his first World Golf Championship win.


2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Round summaries, Third round
Brendon Todd maintained his 36-hole lead. Tom Lewis tied the tournament and course record with a 9-under 61 to move 47 spots upthe leaderboard.


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship
The 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship was a golf tournament played February 20–23 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. It was the 21st time the WGC Championship is played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2020. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is 2,400 meters (7,870 ft) above sea level.


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship
Patrick Reed won his second WGC Championship (first in Mexico), by a single stroke ahead of Bryson DeChambeau. DeChambeau was leading heading into the final stages, but scored an aggregate one-over-par on the final 4 holes, whereas Reed birdied the 15th, 16th, and 17th. During the final round five players had a share of the lead, with the other main challengers being Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Erik van Rooyen.


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field
The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Orders of Merit from the six main professional golf tours. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field
An Byeong-hun (2), Abraham Ancer (2,3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2), Paul Casey (2,3), Bryson DeChambeau (2,3), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,5,6), Tommy Fleetwood (2,3,5,6), Sergio García (2), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), Billy Horschel (2), Im Sung-jae (2,3,4), Shugo Imahira (2,7), Jazz Janewattananond (2,10), Dustin Johnson (2,3), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Shane Lowry (2,5), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,6), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5), Francesco Molinari (2), Kevin Na (2), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6), Victor Perez (2,5,6), Jon Rahm (2,3,5), Chez Reavie (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3), Xander Schauffele (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3), Webb Simpson (2,3,4), Cameron Smith (2,4), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Erik van Rooyen (5), Matt Wallace (2,5), Bubba Watson (2), Lee Westwood (2,6), Bernd Wiesberger (2,5), Danny Willett (2,5,6), Gary Woodland (2,3)


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, Field
Jorge Campillo, Benjamin Hébert, Marcus Kinhult, Kurt Kitayama, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Robert MacIntyre, Matthias Schwab


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, Round summaries, First round
For the second year running, world number one Rory McIlroy led the tournament after the first round, after shooting a 6-under-par 65 to take a two-shot lead over Justin Thomas and Bubba Watson. McIlroy had an eagle on the 11th hole (his second hole) and had five birdies in his round. No players completed a bogey-free round, with the field shooting a combined 100-over par and a scoring average of 72.389, the highest of any WCG round at Chapultepec.


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, Round summaries, Second round
The average score was more than 2 stokes lower on day two, than on day one. An 8-under 63 gave Bryson DeChambeau solo lead after making 31 of 32 putts inside 15 feet through two rounds, which also meant he had a career high of total putting distance of 265' 10". On his 30th birthday, Erik van Rooyen was the only player to shoot a bogey-free round, and matched Justin Thomas' course record with a 9-under 62. Rory McIlroy struggled compared to his first round, but three late birdies meant he stayed within 3 strokes of the lead going into day three.


2020 WGC-Mexico Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Having already won twice in the current PGA Tour season, Justin Thomas shot a 6-under 65 to lead by one stroke after 54-holes, a feat he also achieved at the 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship. Overnight leader Bryson DeChambeau could only hit a level par 71, despite being 3-under after the first two holes, and finished 4 strokes behind Thomas. Jon Rahm set a new tournament and course record after scoring a 10-under 61 which included nine birdies and a hole-in-one on the 17th to finish the day level with DeChambeau.


2020 WK League
The 2020 WK League was the twelfth season of the WK League, the top division of women's football in South Korea. The regular season ran from 15 June to 16 November 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total amount of rounds were reduced from 28 to 21.


2020 WK League
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won the title for the eight consecutive season after defeating Gyeongju KHNP in the final. Before the season, Gumi Sportstoto relocated to the city of Sejong.


2020 WK League, Foreign players
The total number of foreign players was restricted to three per club, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries. Boeun Sangmu are a military team and were not allowed to sign any foreign players.


2020 WK League, Playoff and championship
The playoff will be played as a single-elimination match, with the Championship Final played over two legs.


2020 WNBA Finals
The 2020 WNBA Finals, officially WNBA Finals 2020 presented by YouTube TV for sponsorship reasons, was the best-of-five championship series for the 2020 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Finals feature the top seeded Las Vegas Aces facing off against the second seed Seattle Storm. Despite losing both regular season meetings against Las Vegas, the Storm dominated the series, sweeping the Aces in three straight games. Led by Finals MVP Breanna Stewart, Seattle won all three games by double-digits, claiming their second title in three years and fourth in franchise history.


2020 WNBA Finals, Road to the Finals, Changes due to COVID-19
The Finals were less affected than the regular season for the WNBA. Format and seeding remained the same as it has in recent years. However, the teams continued to play at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, thereby eliminating any home court advantages teams might have had in a normal playoffs. Dates for the playoffs remained largely the same as a normal season. No fans were allowed in the arena during the playoffs.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary
This finals was the fourth time in the five years since the WNBA switched playoff formats in 2016 that two teams from the same conference met in the WNBA Finals. In 2016 and 2017, two teams from the Western Conference met and in 2019 two teams from the Eastern Conference met. This Finals is also the fourth time that the top two seeds have made it to the finals since the WNBA switched playoff formats in 2016. The lone non-top two seed to make the finals was the third seeded Washington Mystics in 2018.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary
The Las Vegas Aces qualified for the finals after finishing first in the regular season standings, which earned them a double-bye into the semifinals. In the semifinals, they defeated the Connecticut Sun in five games.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary
The Seattle Storm qualified for the finals after finishing second in the regular season standings, which earned them a double-bye into the semifinals. In the semifinals, they defeated the Minnesota Lynx in a three-game sweep.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary, Game 1
Game one started tense, with the first quarter finishing 23–21 in favor of the Storm. The Storm extended their lead via a big second quarter, which they won by fifteen points. Seattle took an eighteen point lead into halftime. The Aces came out of halftime strong, winning the third quarter by fifteen points and cut the overall lead to three. However, the Storm won the fourth quarter by eleven points to take the game by thirteen overall. They take a one game lead in the best-of-five series.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary, Game 1
The Storm were led by Breanna Stewart who recorded thirty seven points and fifteen rebounds. Jewell Loyd also contributed 28 points. Sue Bird set a WNBA Finals single game record for assists in a game with sixteen. The Storm's bench contributed fifteen total points. The Aces were led by Angel McCoughtry with twenty points. A'ja Wilson added nineteen and three other players scored in double digits. The Aces' bench scored sixteen points.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary, Game 2
Game two started with the Storm winning the first quarter by seven points. The Aces made a small comeback and won the second quarter by one point. Therefore, the Storm took a lead of six points into half time. The Storm won the third quarter by a point and the fourth quarter by six points to win the game by thirteen points overall. The Storm won the first two games by the same thirteen point margin to take a 2–0 lead in the series.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary, Game 2
Five Storm players scored in double digits, including three who scored at least twenty points. Breanna Stewart was the leading scorer with twenty-two points, and she was closely followed by Alysha Clark and Natasha Howard, who both scored twenty-one. Jordin Canada also added ten from the bench. Sue Bird recorded back-to-back double digit assist games, with sixteen in Game one and ten in this game. The Aces had four total players score in double digits. They were led by A'ja Wilson with twenty and both Angel McCoughtry and Emma Cannon scored seventeen.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary, Game 3
Similar to the first two games, game three started off close, with Seattle clinging to a 23-21 lead at the end of the first quarter. However, the Storm dominated the rest of the way, outscoring the Aces 69-38 through the remaining 30 minutes. The 33 point margin of victory was by far the most lopsided of the series after Seattle had won the first two games by 13 points each.


2020 WNBA Finals, Summary, Game 3
WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart fittingly lead the Storm in points once again with 26. Jewell Loyd added 19 points and a team-high 9 rebounds while Jordin Canada managed 15 points off the bench. Alysha Clark and Natasha Howard each pulled down seven rebounds and combined for 15 points. Sue Bird added seven assists on the way to her fourth WNBA title, all with the Storm. A'ja Wilson led the Aces in scoring and passing with 18 points and four assists. Jackie Young added 11 points for Las Vegas while Carolyn Swords led the Aces in rebounds with 10.


2020 WNBA Playoffs
The 2020 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the WNBA's 2020 season being played in Bradenton, Florida at the IMG Academy, known for the season as the "wubble." The Seattle Storm defeated the Las Vegas Aces three games to zero in the finals to claim the franchise's fourth WNBA title.


2020 WNBA Playoffs, Format
Following the WNBA regular season, the top eight teams in the overall league standings, without regard to conference alignment, qualified for the playoffs and were seeded from one to eight. Seedings were based strictly on regular-season record. The team with the best record received the #1 seed, the team with the next best record received the #2 seed, and so on. The top two seeds earned double byes (i.e., advanced directly to the semifinals), while the next two seeds received first-round byes.


2020 WNBA Playoffs, Format
These seedings were used to create a bracket that determines the matchups throughout the playoffs. The first round of the playoffs consisted of two matchups based on the seedings (5-8 and 6-7). The two winners advanced to the second round with a matchup between the number three seed and the lower of the advancing seeds and another matchup between the number four seed and the other first round winner. The winners of the first two rounds advanced to the semifinals, where the lower-ranked seed of the winners faces the number one seed, with the other remaining team facing the number two seed.


2020 WNBA Playoffs, Format, Changes due to COVID-19
The playoffs were less affected than the regular season for the WNBA. Format and seeding remained the same as it has in recent years. However, the teams continued to play at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, thereby eliminating any home court advantages teams might have had in a normal playoffs. Dates for the playoffs remained largely the same as a normal season. No fans were allowed in the arena during the playoffs.


2020 WNBA Playoffs, Broadcast
On September 8, the league announced that all playoff games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, with games being shown on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2. On-air personalities will call the games from ESPN's home campus in Bristol, Connecticut with one reporter on location at IMG Academy. Ryan Ruocco, Pam Ward, Rebecca Lobo and LaChina Robinson, were announced as the announcers, while Holly Rowe will be the reporter at IMG Academy.