2020 Samoa National League
The 2020 Samoa National League is the 30th edition of the Samoa National League, the top association football league of Samoa organised by the Football Federation Samoa. This season began on 18 August 2020. Lupe o le Soaga are the defending champions.


2020 Samoa National League
The winner of the first round will qualify for the 2021 OFC Champions League, while the winner of the top eight round will qualify for the 2022 OFC Champions League.


2020 Samoa National League, Teams
A total of 12 teams from the island of Upolu. There were no promotion and relegation from the 2019 Samoa National League.


2020 San Antonio FC season
The 2020 San Antonio FC season was the club's fifth season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, it was the 11th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the USL Championship, the second division of the United States soccer league system, and were scheduled to participate in the U.S. Open Cup before it was postponed and ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first season without Darren Powell as head coach. Former assistant coach Alen Marcina was named head coach on December 9, 2019.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Pre-season
The pre-season match vs FC Dallas was announced on 19 December 2019 by SAFC. The match vs Orlando City was announced on 18 January 2020 by OCSC. The remaining schedule was released by SAFC on 21 January 2020.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, USL Championship
The season was suspended on March 12, for 30 days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The temporary season suspension was extended through Sunday, May 10 on March 18.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, USL Championship
The USL Championship announced on June 24 an updated format for the remainder of the 2020 season. All 35 Championship clubs will be divided into eight groups to complete a 16-game regular season followed by a single-elimination playoff beginning July 11. Five substitutions will be allowed for the remainder of the season. Each team will have three opportunities to make substitutions during regular play. Substitutions may also be made at halftime without counting against a club's three in-game opportunities. San Antonio FC was placed in Group D along with Austin Bold FC, OKC Energy FC, Rio Grande Valley FC, and FC Tulsa.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Results by matchday
Position in the Group D in the Western Conference. Week 1 position reset to align for Group play.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Matches
The first matches of 2020 were announced on 6 January 2020. The remaining schedule was released on 9 January 2020. Home team is listed first, left to right.


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


2020 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, USL Championship Playoffs
On September 16, 2020, San Antonio clinched a spot in the 2020 USL Championship Playoffs.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
The competition was suspended on March 13, 2020, before the first round fixtures, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was officially cancelled on August 17, 2020.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2020 San Antonio FC season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2020 San Diego City Attorney election
The 2020 San Diego City Attorney election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The primary election was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.


2020 San Diego City Attorney election
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the election, starting with a primary in March followed by a runoff in November between the top-two candidates. Incumbent City Attorney Mara Elliott advanced from the primary election to face private sector attorney Cory Briggs in the general election.


2020 San Diego City Attorney election, Campaign
The incumbent City Attorney Mara Elliott stood for reelection to a second term. She was challenged for the position by two private sector attorneys: Cory Briggs and Pete Mesich.


2020 San Diego City Attorney election, Campaign
In the March primary, Elliott received about two-thirds of the vote to advance to the general election against Briggs, the closest runner up.


2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election
The 2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on March 3, 2020. While the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is officially a nonpartisan institution, Republicans controlled four out of the five supervisory seats, while a Democrat held one. However, the election resulted in a Democratic majority for the first time in decades after Nora Vargas and Terra Lawson-Remer respectively won supervisorial elections in the first and third districts.


2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election, Background
Even though county supervisor elections are officially nonpartisan in California, Republicans held a 4–1 majority in the San Diego County Board of Supervisors heading into the 2020 election, with the one being a lone Democrat.


2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election, Results
In the general election, Democrats Nora Vargas and Terra Lawson-Remer respectively won supervisory seats in the first and third districts, assuring a Democratic majority in the next term and for the first time in a generation.


2020 San Diego County Board of Supervisors election, Post-election
On January 5, 2021, the Board of Supervisors elected Nathan Fletcher as the new chair, succeeding Greg Cox.


2020 San Diego Loyal SC season
The 2020 San Diego Loyal SC season is the club's first season of existence and their first season in the USL Championship (USLC). This article covers the period from the founding of the club to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.


2020 San Diego Loyal SC season, Competitions, USL Championship, Match results
On January 9, 2020, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule.


2020 San Diego Loyal SC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a USL Championship club, San Diego was set to enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9. The second round draw had the Loyal slated to play an away match versus Los Angeles Force scheduled for April 7. Before the match could occur, however, U.S. Soccer suspended the competition on March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before cancelling the competition altogether on August 17.


2020 San Diego Padres season
The 2020 San Diego Padres season was the 52nd season of the San Diego Padres franchise, the 52nd in the National League and the Padres' 17th Season at Petco Park. The Padres were managed by Jayce Tingler, in his first season as the Padres Manager, and  played their home games at Petco Park as members of the Major League Baseball's National League West Division.


2020 San Diego Padres season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.


2020 San Diego Padres season
On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.


2020 San Diego Padres season
The Padres became the first team in MLB history to hit a grand slam in four consecutive games, doing so in each of their four games against the Texas Rangers between August 17 and 20.


2020 San Diego Padres season
On September 13, the Padres won their 31st game of the season, ensuring that they would finish with a winning record for the first time since 2010. On September 20, the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 4–1 to clinch their first postseason appearance since 2006. They defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2020 National League Wild Card Series. The Padres won their first postseason series since the 1998 NLCS. Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series was also the first home postseason win since Petco Park opened and since Game 4 of the aforementioned 1998 NLCS.


2020 San Diego Padres season
The Padres winning Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series also clinched their first postseason series at home since Game 5 of the 1984 NLCS (also a winner-take-all game). The Padres were defeated by their NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2020 National League Division Series at Globe Life Field.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Previous season
The Padres finished the 2019 Season 70–92 in fifth place in the West Division. The Padres extended its 10-year streak of a losing record and a 15-year nonplayoff streak.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
October 31: Craig Stammen, Adam Warren, Robbie Erlin, and Aaron Loup all elect free agency


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
October 31: Padres trade Travis Jankowski to Reds for Future Considerations


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
November 4: Padres designates Jacob Nix, Seth Mejias-Brean, Carl Edwards Jr., and Eric Yardley for assignment.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
November 20: Padres selected the contract of Jorge Ona from Amarillo Sod Poodles.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
November 27: Padres traded Player To Be Named Later, Eric Lauer and Luis Urias to Brewers for Trent Grisham and Zach Davies.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
December 2: Padres traded Austin Allen and Player To Be Named Later to Athletics for Jurickson Profar.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
December 6: Padres traded Hunter Renfroe, Xavier Edwards, and Player To Be Named Later to Rays for Tommy Pham and Jake Cronenworth.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
February 8: Padres traded Manuel Margot and Logan Driscoll to Rays for Emilio Pagan


2020 San Diego Padres season, Offseason
February 12: Padres claimed 2B Breyvic Valera off waivers from Blue Jays.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Season standings, Game log
On April 18–19, the Padres were supposed to play against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Mexico Series in Mexico City. But due to the pandemic, the MLB cancelled the series.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 1
The Padres started young right hander Chris Paddack against Cardinals lefty Kwang Hyun Kim. The Cardinals got to Paddack early, when Paul Goldschmidt hit a 2-run home run, Yadier Molina singled in Dylan Carlson and Matt Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0 Cardinals. The Padres responded with an Eric Hosmer sacrifice fly in the 1st & an Austin Nola sacrifice fly in the 2nd. However, the Cardinals would get those runs back as Paul DeJong singled in Carlson & Carpenter singled in Molina to make it 6–2. Padres responded again with a Tommy Pham RBI single. In the 6th inning, Nola made it 6–4 with a sacrifice fly that ended in a double play as Jake Cronenworth was tagged out at 3rd. Dexter Fowler capped the scoring with an RBI single in the 9th to make it 7–4. Kim only lasted 3+2⁄3 and Paddack lasted 2+1⁄3.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 2
The Padres gave the ball to veteran right handed Zach Davies, while the Cardinals gave the ball to veteran Adam Wainwright. The Cardinals got to Davies early with a Molina RBI single in the 1st inning. In the 2nd, Harrison Bader singled in Carpenter and Kolten Wong hit a 2-run home run. Davies would only go 2 innings, giving up 4 runs. Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright did not fare well either, as he loaded the bases in the 4th inning with nobody out, and Wil Myers would ground into a force play to get the Padres on the board.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 2
After a Nola walk, Wainwright was pulled after 3+1⁄3. Austin Gomber relieved him and out of the jam, but not before allowing another run to cross the plate. In the 6th inning, the Cardinals struck with a Fowler RBI double and a Wong sacrifice fly. The Padres would tie the game in the bottom half of the 6th inning on back 2 back home runs from Fernando Tatís Jr. & Manny Machado. The Padres took their first lead of the series in the bottom of the 7th when Myers homered and Tatis hit his 2nd home run of the night.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 2
Back-to-back sacrifice flies got the Cardinals within a run but the Padres put away the game when Myers hit his 2nd home run of the night. Goldschmidt though, would add another home run before Padres closer Trevor Rosenthal shut the door and sent the series to a winner take all Game 3.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, Wild Card Series, Game 3
The Cardinals started ace Jack Flaherty, while the Padres went with a bullpen game. The game remained scoreless until the 5th inning, when Hosmer doubled in Tatis to get the Padres on the board first. The Padres added two more runs in the 7th inning on a fielders choice & a bases loaded walk. Cronenworth would cap off the scoring with a solo home run in the 8th inning. The Padres bullpen held the Cardinals to just 4 hits & Padres closer Trevor Rosenthal worked a 1-2-3 9th inning to send the Padres to the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, NLDS
The Padres faced their division rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, NLDS, Game 1
Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler started Game 1, while the Padres gave the ball to Mike Clevinger. Clevinger only pitched 1 inning before leaving the game with an injury. The Padres scored a run in the 4th inning on an Austin Nola RBI single. The Dodgers would respond in the 5th inning when Jake Cronenworth made a throwing error that scored Justin Turner. In the 6th inning, the Dodgers broke up a no-hitter with a double from Mookie Betts. Corey Seager hit a sacrifice fly that gave the Dodgers the lead, then Turner singled in Betts. Cody Bellinger then singled in Turner to make it 4–1. A wild pitch scored Max Muncy to make it 5-1 Dodgers. The Dodgers bullpen pitched 5 scoreless innings.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, NLDS, Game 2
Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw started Game 2, while the Padres started right hander Zach Davies. Wil Myers got the scoring started with an RBI double. The Dodgers took the lead on a Corey Seager 2 run double and a Max Muncy RBI single. Cody Bellinger added a solo home run to make it 4–1. The Padres got back in it with back 2 back home runs from Manny Machado & Eric Hosmer. The Dodgers added two more runs on a sacrifice fly & a RBI single. Mitch Moreland brought in Jake Cronenworth in to make it 6-4 Dodgers and Trent Grisham made it a 1 run game and knocked Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen from the game. Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly then shut the door after that and put the Padres in an 0-2 NLDS hole


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, NLDS, Game 3
The Dodgers gave the ball to flame-throwing right hander Dustin May, while the Padres gave the ball to rookie left hander Adrián Morejón. The Dodgers started the scoring with a fielder's choice RBI from Cody Bellinger in the top of the 2nd. The Padres took the lead in the bottom of the 2nd on a bases loaded walk & a Grisham RBI single.


2020 San Diego Padres season, Postseason, NLDS, Game 3
The Dodgers broke it open in the top of the 3rd when shortstop Corey Seager drove in right fielder Mookie Betts, third baseman Justin Turner drove in Seager, left fielder A. J. Pollock singled in Turner & designated hitter Joc Pederson singled in Pollock to make it 6–2. Dodgers catcher Will Smith singled in Betts to make 7–2 in the top of the 4th. Betts hit a sacrifice fly to score Pollock to make it 8–2. Dodgers lefty Julio Urías balked in Manny Machado to make 8-3 Dodgers. Smith drove in Betts & Turner to make it 10-3 & Bellinger tripled in Max Muncy & Smith in to make it 12–3. Dodgers pitching shut the Padres offense down from there as the Padres were swept.


2020 San Diego Seals season
The San Diego Seals are a lacrosse team based in San Diego, California. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is their 2nd season in the NLL. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.


2020 San Diego Seals season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2020 San Diego Seals season, Game log, Regular season
The eighth game of the season was a home game played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise.


2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by head coach Brady Hoke, in the first season of his second stint, and played their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, as a member of the Mountain West Conference.


2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference later reversed course and announced plans to resume play on October 24.


2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
Dignity Health Sports Park, also home to LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Wildcats of the XFL, as well as a former home stadium of the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers (which once coincidentally represented San Diego), served as the team's temporary home. The program's former home venue, SDCCU Stadium, is being demolished and will be replaced by Aztec Stadium. This was originally announced when the Mountain West planned to postpone its season.


2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team
After finishing their season with a 4–4 record (4–2 in conference games), Hoke announced on December 16 that the program was removing itself from consideration for a bowl game.


2020 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Schedules, Revised
Following cancellation of the Fresno State game scheduled for November 27, a replacement game against Colorado was scheduled for November 28; Colorado had been scheduled to play USC, which was also canceled.


2020 San Diego Toreros football team
The 2020 San Diego Toreros football team represents the University of San Diego during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by eighth-year head coach Dale Lindsey and play their home games at Torero Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL).


2020 San Diego Toreros football team, Previous season
The Toreros finished the 2019 season 9–3, 8–0 in PFL play to be PFL champions. They earned the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa.


2020 San Diego Toreros football team, Schedule
San Diego released their schedule on February 12, 2020. The Toreros had a game scheduled against Georgetown (November 21), but the game was canceled on July 13 due to the Patriot League's decision to cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. San Diego's games scheduled against UC Davis (September 5) and Cal Poly (September 19) were canceled on July 27 due to the Pioneer Football League's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to COVID-19.


2020 San Diego elections
Municipal elections were held in San Diego in 2020 for mayor, city attorney, and city council. The primary election occurred Tuesday, March 3, 2020, and the general election occurred Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Five of the nine council seats were contested. No council incumbents stood for reelection.


2020 San Diego elections
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, although most members do identify a party preference. A two-round system was used for the elections, starting with primaries in March followed by runoff elections in November between the top-two candidates in each race.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council
Seats in San Diego City Council districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 were up for election. Incumbents Mark Kersey (District 5) and Scott Sherman (District 7) were ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. The other three incumbent council members chose to run for higher office rather than seek reelection: Barbara Bry (District 1) for mayor of San Diego, Chris Ward (District 3) for California's 78th State Assembly district, and Georgette Gómez (District 9) for California's 53rd congressional district.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council, District 1
District 1 consists of the communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar Mesa, Del Mar Heights, La Jolla, Pacific Highlands Ranch, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, and University City. No Republican candidates contested the race.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council, District 3
District 3 consists of the communities of Balboa Park, Bankers Hill/Park West, Downtown San Diego, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Little Italy, Mission Hills, Normal Heights, North Park, Old Town, South Park, and University Heights.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council, District 5
District 5 consists of the neighborhoods of Black Mountain Ranch, Carmel Mountain Ranch, Miramar, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Encantada, Rancho Peñasquitos, Sabre Springs, San Pasqual Valley, Scripps Ranch, and Torrey Highlands.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council, District 7
District 7 consists of the neighborhoods of Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, Grantville, Linda Vista, Mission Valley, San Carlos, Serra Mesa, and Tierrasanta.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council, District 9
District 9 consists of the communities of Alvarado Estates, City Heights, College Area, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Kensington, Mountain View, Mount Hope, Rolando, Southcrest, and Talmadge.


2020 San Diego elections, City Council, Council President
At their first meeting on December 10, 2020, the newly seated City Council selected Jen Campbell to serve as the Council President on a 5-4 vote. The other four council members supported Monica Montgomery Steppe.


2020 San Diego elections, Ballot Measures, Polling, Primary Election
Measure C in the primary was distinct from Measure C in the General Election. The first of these did not pass.


2020 San Diego mayoral election
The 2020 San Diego mayoral election was held on November 3, 2020 to elect the Mayor of San Diego. Incumbent Kevin Faulconer was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits.


2020 San Diego mayoral election
The officially non-partisan primary election was held on March 3, 2020. The top two finishers, California State Assemblymember and former acting mayor Todd Gloria and San Diego City Council president pro tem Barbara Bry advanced to the general election. This guaranteed that a Democrat would be elected mayor of San Diego for only the third time since 1971. Gloria was then elected mayor in the November 3 election, making him the first Native American and Filipino-American mayor elected in a US city of over a million people, as well as the city's first mayor of color and the city's first openly gay mayor.


2020 San Diego mayoral election, Candidates
Note: Municipal elections in California are officially nonpartisan. The parties below identify which party label each candidate would have run under if given the option.


2020 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
The campaign for the mayor's office kicked off in early January 2019, when San Diego City Council president pro tem Barbara Bry and California State Assemblymember Todd Gloria officially announced their candidacies. They were joined in the race later that month by Tasha Williamson, a community activist who works with families who have lost members from police violence. In November 2019, with less than 100 days to go before the primary, city council member Scott Sherman became the first major Republican to file papers for the mayoral race.


2020 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
One of the issues distinguishing the candidates from each other was housing policy. Local activist attorney Cory Briggs announced in January 2019 that he would run for mayor based on opposition to the loosening of development restrictions proposed by incumbent mayor Kevin Faulconer in his State of the City speech. However, Briggs dropped out of the race by May 2019. In a June 2019 campaign email, Bry came out in favor of strong local control over land use and against statewide legislation to preempt local governments' ability to restrict new development. Gloria favored statewide efforts to increase housing supply, aligning himself with the pro-housing development "Yes In My Back Yard" (YIMBY) movement. Sherman emphasized market-based solutions to housing upon his entry into the race in late 2019.


2020 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
Another major issue was climate. Gloria emphasized his role in the establishment of the San Diego Climate Action Plan, while Bry called for the plan to be expanded and to have better metrics. Williamson spoke about environmental justice while Sherman attributed pollution to unhoused people.


2020 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
In August 2019, Gloria was accused of collecting funds for his 2020 re-election campaign to the State Assembly before filing his intent to run with the state in violation of state law. Gloria claimed this was a technical oversight and filed the relevant paperwork the next day. In November 2019, Gloria settled the case with the California Fair Political Practices Commission, paying a $200 fine.


2020 San Diego mayoral election, Primary election
The primary election was held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. In the initial results, Gloria led with more than 40% of the vote and was projected to advance to the general election. Sherman narrowly led  Bry by a little over 3,000 votes for the second spot in the general election. By the second day of counting, Bry had reduced Sherman's margin for the second spot by 30 percent to 2,140. Bry continued to gain on Sherman as more votes were counted, and on March 16 her votes surpassed his. The final results released in early April confirmed that Gloria would face Bry in the runoff election. This guaranteed that a Democrat would be elected mayor of San Diego for only the third time since 1971.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season
The 2020 season was the San Francisco 49ers' 71st in the National Football League, their 75th overall, and their fourth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch. The 49ers entered the season as the reigning NFC champions; however, the 49ers failed to improve on their 13–3 season from 2019 after a 43–17 loss to the Miami Dolphins in week 5 and failed to match their 13–3 record from last year as a result of a 37–27-week 8 loss against their division rival Seattle Seahawks.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season
They also attempted to become the first team since the 2014 Seattle Seahawks to win consecutive NFC championships and return to the Super Bowl, as well as attempt to become the first team since the 2018 New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl the year after losing it the year before. However, the 49ers were eliminated from playoff contention after a Week 15 loss to the Dallas Cowboys followed by the Arizona Cardinals' victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season
The season was mainly ravaged by injuries on both sides of the ball with many key players missing significant time, including starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and 2019 Defensive Rookie of the Year Nick Bosa. The 49ers season ended with a league-high 18 players on injured reserve. Another notable event was the suspension of home games in Santa Clara County due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the 49ers to play three home games (against Buffalo, Washington, and Seattle, losing all three) in State Farm Stadium in Arizona.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Final roster
Rookies in italics51 active, 25 inactive, 16 practice squad (+4 exempt)


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Preseason
The 49ers' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at New York Jets
Although the 49ers won easily over the struggling Jets, they suffered devastating injuries on both sides of the ball to Jimmy Garoppolo, Raheem Mostert, Tevin Coleman, Nick Bosa, and Solomon Thomas. It got so bad the team's MRI truck broke down.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at New York Giants
With Jimmy Garoppolo sidelined, Nick Mullens made his first start since 2018. He threw for 343 yards and a touchdown in a blowout win over the Giants.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With this loss, the 49ers dropped to 2–2. Nick Mullens struggled mightily in the game with two interceptions, one of which was returned by Alex Singleton for a touchdown, and was benched afterwards for C. J. Beathard. The 49ers drove all the way to within field goal range down by 5, but the clock ran out.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Miami Dolphins
With this embarrassing loss, the 49ers dropped to 2–3, already matching last season's loss total. Jimmy Garoppolo returned from injury but struggled mightily with 2 interceptions, leading to him being benched at halftime for C. J. Beathard.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Rams
The 49ers bounced back from the previous week. Jimmy Garoppolo threw 3 touchdowns and 268 yards and the 49ers defense was able to hold a red-hot Rams offense in check. With this win, they improved to 3–3, and won their third straight meeting against the Rams.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New England Patriots
This was quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo's first return to Foxboro since the Patriots traded him to 49ers in October 2017. Garoppolo played for the Patriots from 2014 to 2017, and was part of their 2014 and 2016 Super Bowl-winning teams.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Seattle Seahawks
At one point, the 49ers were down 7-30. Despite outscoring the Seahawks 20-7 for the rest of the game, the 49ers dropped to 4-4.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers
In a rematch of the NFC Championship the previous season. Aaron Rodgers threw for 305 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Packers went up 34–3 before the 49ers scored two meaningless touchdowns to make the final score 34–17 and dropping the 49ers to 4–5. As of week 9, the 49ers have a league high 24 players on the reserve lists.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Los Angeles Rams
The 49ers returned from their bye week with some much-needed reinforcement returning from injury: on offense, Raheem Mostert scored a touchdown and 43 yards rushing and Deebo Samuel had 133 receiving yards; on defense, Richard Sherman contributed by grabbing his first interception of the season. The game was largely a defensive struggle. The two teams had four combined turnovers in the first quarter, and the only points scored in the first half came on a Raheem Mostert touchdown and a Matt Gay field goal.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Los Angeles Rams
Early in the third quarter, the 49ers padded their lead to fourteen points with Javon Kinlaw's pick six and a Robbie Gould field goal. However, the momentum changed quickly as Aaron Donald forced a fumble on Raheem Mostert and it was returned for a touchdown by Troy Hill. The Rams soon scored again on a touchdown run from Cam Akers to take a three-point lead. The Rams' final drives quickly turned to punts while Nick Mullens led the 49ers on two drives resulting in field goals, including the 42-yard game winner by Robbie Gould with no time on the clock.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Los Angeles Rams
With the win, the 49ers swept the Rams for the second straight year.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Santa Clara County halting all contact sports the 49ers decided to use State Farm Stadium for 2 games


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Dallas Cowboys
With this loss, coupled with the Cardinals' victory over the Eagles, the 49ers were eliminated from playoff contention.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Arizona Cardinals
With this win, the San Francisco 49ers finished 5-3 in away games.


2020 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks
With this loss, the 49ers finished 1-7 at home and are 1-5 in their last 6 games against Seattle.


2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election
The 2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections were held on November 3, 2020 though many voted early by mail  due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Six of the eleven seats on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors were contested. One incumbent was termed out of office, another incumbent chose to retire, and four ran for reelection. The election was conducted with ranked-choice voting.


2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 1
Incumbent Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer was eligible to stand for reelection but decided against it, citing a desire to focus on personal matters.


2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 5
Incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston was eligible to run for reelection. The 2020 election was a rematch of the prior year's special election, with former Supervisor Vallie Brown aiming to win back her seat after narrowly losing by 0.8%.


2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 7
Incumbent Supervisor Norman Yee was ineligible to run due to term limits.


2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 9
Incumbent Supervisor Hillary Ronen was eligible to run for reelection. She ran unopposed.


2020 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election, Results, District 11
Incumbent Supervisor Ahsha Safaí was eligible for reelection. The race was notable as Safaí's primary opponent was former Supervisor and 2011 San Francisco mayoralcandidate John Avalos. San Francisco law states that Supervisors may serve a maximum of two continuous terms, meaning Avalos, out of office since 2017, was eligible to run for another two terms.


2020 San Francisco Giants season
The 2020 Major League Baseball season was the San Francisco Giants' 138th year in MLB, their 63rd year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 21st at Oracle Park. It is the first under the leadership of the team's new manager, Gabe Kapler, who replaced the recently retired Bruce Bochy, and new team general manager Scott Harris.


2020 San Francisco Giants season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 Opening Day.


2020 San Francisco Giants season, Season standings, National League Division Standings
The Brewers had the tiebreaker edge with their record against division opponents (19–21) better than the Giants' (18–22).


2020 San Francisco Shock season
The 2020 San Francisco Shock season was the third season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Park "Crusty" Dae-hee. The team entered the season as the defending Overwatch League champions, after winning the 2019 Grand Finals. The Shock planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley and the San Jose Civic in downtown San Jose, but both were cancelled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 San Francisco Shock season
The Shock ended the regular season with 18 wins, 7 bonus wins, and 3 losses. San Francisco faced the eighth-seeded Washington Justice on September 5 in the first round of the 2020 North America playoffs bracket, and after falling 0–2 in the match, the Shock won three straight maps to move on to the second round of the upper bracket. The team next defeated the seventh-seeded Atlanta Reign by a score of 3–1. Moving on to the upper bracket finals, the Shock faced the top-seeded Philadelphia Fusion.


2020 San Francisco Shock season
Despite keeping the maps close, the Shock came out with a 3–1 victory and advanced to the Grand Finals bracket. As the top North America seed in the Grand Finals bracket, the Shock faced Asia's second-seeded Seoul Dynasty in the bracket's first round on October 8. After the Shock came out with a quick 2–0 lead, the Dynasty evened up the score, winning the following two maps; however, San Francisco won the final map of the match and moved on to the Upper Bracket finals.


2020 San Francisco Shock season
The team faced Asia's top-seeded Shanghai Dragons in the upper finals, where, again, the Shock started the match with a 2–0 lead, but the Dragons tied up the series after four maps. The Shock won the final map of the match to advance to the Grand Finals match. In the Grand Finals match, the Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty by a score of 4–2 to win their second consecutive OWL championship.


2020 San Francisco Shock season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
On October 18, it was announced that assistant coach Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon had signed with the Paris Eternal as a coach. The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later.


2020 San Francisco Shock season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Shock enter the new season with one free agent, no players which they have the option to retain for another year, and nine players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.


2020 San Francisco Shock season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
On October 9, the Shock announce that they would not re-sign their only free agent off-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017. On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019.


2020 San Francisco Shock season, Roster, Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:


2020 San Jose Earthquakes season
The 2020 season was the San Jose Earthquakes' 38th year of existence, their 23rd season in Major League Soccer and their 13th consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.


2020 San Jose Earthquakes season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their final standings for the 2019 season, the Earthquakes were scheduled enter the competition in the Third Round, to be played April 21–23. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, forced the U.S. Soccer Federation to cancel the tournament on August 17, 2020.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 2020 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San José State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by fourth-year head coach Brent Brennan and played their home games at CEFCU Stadium and Sam Boyd Stadium as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the regular season 6–0 in Mountain West play and defeated Boise State in the Mountain West championship game. This was the Spartans' first Mountain West championship win and 17th overall conference title. The championship victory also marked San Jose State's first win over Boise State in program history.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2019 season 5–7, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
San Jose State had non-conference games scheduled against Central Michigan, UC Davis, Penn State and UConn, but all of these games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug. 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference suspended all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, MWC officials announced on Sept. 24 the conference would host a shortened fall football schedule.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
The Oct. 31 game originally scheduled at University Stadium in Albuquerque was relocated to San Jose due to COVID-19 cases related to contact tracing in Bernalillo County, New Mexico.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
On Nov. 19, the game at Fresno State scheduled for Nov. 21 was canceled because of a positive COVID-19 test and contact tracing within the Fresno State program.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
Nearly four and a half hours before kickoff, the Nov. 28 game at Boise State was canceled because of "an upward trend of COVID-19 cases and contact tracing within the Boise State football program."


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
The home game against Hawaii scheduled for Dec. 5 was moved to Aloha Stadium in Honolulu after new COVID-19 restrictions were released in Santa Clara County, where CEFCU Stadium is located.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
The Dec. 11 home game against Nevada, originally scheduled to be played at CEFCU Stadium, was moved to Sam Boyd Stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Santa Clara County.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Schedule
The Mountain West conference championship game was to be hosted by San Jose at CEFCU Stadium, but was moved to Sam Boyd Stadium due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Santa Clara County.


2020 San Jose State Spartans football team, Rankings
On Nov. 8, San Jose State received votes in the Coaches Poll for the first time since Week 2 of 2013. Then on November 15, San Jose State received votes in the AP Poll for the first time since being ranked no. 21 in the final 2012 season poll. This led to the Spartans cracking the College Football Playoff Top 25 for the first time, ranking no. 24 on Dec. 15, 2020.


2020 San José mayoral election
Mayoral and municipal elections were held in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 2 February 2020 and were the method by which the citizens of the canton of San José elected the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics, aldermen and district councilors of the capital municipality.


2020 San José mayoral election
Incumbent Johnny Araya returns to his original party, National Liberation Party, after a two-year suspension from the Ethics' Tribunal due to his resignation as presindential nominee in the 2014 Costa Rican general election, reason for which Araya was candidate from the local San José Alliance party winning previous 2016 San José mayoral election, but returning to PLN soon after. Other important candidates were PAC's nominee, economist and urban planner and founder of Rutas Naturbanas, Federico Cartín Arteaga and San José Alliance nominee Denise Echeverría Robert.


2020 San José mayoral election
Cartín was originally part of a coalition named Chepe which was integrated by PAC and the provincial party VAMOS, however the Electoral Court disbanded the coalition as VAMOS failed to nominate any of its members, a requeriment to be a coalition, but VAMOS kept its support of the candidacy. Cartín managed to return PAC as the second most voted party in San José.


2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election
The 2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election was held on November 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Among other elections, it was held concurrently with the 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. It saw the election of Popular Democratic Party nominee Miguel Romero.


2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election
Incumbent mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, a member of the Popular Democracy Party did not seek reelection to a third term, and instead ran an unsuccessful campaign for her party's nomination in the gubernatorial election.


2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election, Nominations, Citizen's Victory Movement
Citizen's Victory Movement nominated Manuel Natal Albelo, an at-large member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives.


2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election, Nominations, New Progressive Party primary
The New Progressive Party held their party's primary election on August 9, nominating Miguel Romero (a district member of the Senate of Puerto Rico) over Manuel Colón.


2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election, Nominations, Popular Democratic Party
The Popular Democracy Party cancelled its party primary election. It nominated Rossana López León, an at-large member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, without holding a primary.


2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico mayoral election, General, Litigation
Manuel Natal Albelo launched a legal challenge demanding that a new election be held for the municipality's 77th Unit, which groups together several forms of abseentee-voting and mail-in ballots. In his litigation, he alleged widespread irregularities during the counting process and leading to the election. The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in January 2021.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini) was the seventh round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the sixth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico on 13 September 2020.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The opening rounds of the 2020 championship were heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Qatar, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. However, the San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix was not impacted by this change and kept its original date.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
After the sixth round at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 70 points, lead the championship by 3 points over Andrea Dovizioso with Jack Miller a further 14 points behind.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
In the Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 102 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha with 93. Ducati Team sat one point behind the factory Yamaha in third, and 8 points ahead of fourth-placed KTM Factory Racing with 84 points, while Team Suzuki Ecstar sat 5th on 73 points.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice
The first practice session ended with Maverick Viñales fastest for  Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP ahead of  Petronas Yamaha SRT's Fabio Quartararo and  Aprilia Racing Team Gresini's Aleix Espargaró. The second practice session ended with Quartararo fastest, followed by Franco Morbidelli and Pol Espargaró.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice, Combined Free Practice 1-2-3
The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice, Free Practice 4
The first three positions of the session were as follows.


2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.


2020 San Miguel Beermen season
The 2020 San Miguel Beermen season is the 45th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2020 Sandefjord Fotball season
The 2020 season was Sandefjord's first season back in the Eliteserien following their relegation to the 1. divisjon at the end of the 2018 season.


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


2020 Sandefjord 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 Sandefjord Fotball season, Season events
On 28 November, Sandefjord's match against Odd on 29 November was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 case within the Odd squad and the whole squad having to quarantine.


2020 Sandefjord Fotball season, Squad
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2020 Sandefjord 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 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike
The 2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike is a wildcat strike launched against the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Background
In August 2018, the University of California (UC) system signed a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865 representing over 19,000 academic student employees, including graduate student teaching assistants, across the UC system. While the contract was originally ratified by a majority of members that participated in voting, 83% of graduate workers from UCSC voted against ratification. With the high cost of living in the Santa Cruz area because of nearby Silicon Valley, many UCSC graduate workers expressed dissatisfaction with the contract since it did not include a cost of living adjustment (COLA).


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Background
Graduate workers at UCSC spend 50 to 80% of their income on rent, well over the 30% threshold to be considered rent burdened. Seeking parity with University of California, Riverside, union members broke with UAW Local 2865 leadership in an effort to get the university system to pay for the $1,412 per month wage increase. Simultaneously, organizers were elected into the graduate student association on a COLA slate.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Wildcat strike actions
By the end of 2019, graduate student instructors and teaching assistants engaged in a "grading strike" by refusing to submit over 12,000 fall-quarter grades for undergraduate students. This amounted to roughly 20% of all UCSC grades not being received by the December 18 deadline.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Wildcat strike actions
On February 10, tensions escalated when graduate students initiated demonstrations which sought to block traffic flow in and out of campus. Tony Boardman, a co-president of the UCSC Graduate Student Association who was participating in the strike, estimated that about 350 of graduate student workers took part with hundreds of undergraduate student protesters. Several hundred undergraduates as well as many faculty members marched in solidarity and picketed alongside them, shutting down both entrances to UCSC for hours on Friday, February 21, with solidarity protests at many of the other UC campuses.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Wildcat strike actions
Protesters in support of COLA disrupted a computer science midterm students had been taking on February 27, 2020, for about 5 minutes. Undergraduate students present at the time later posted online to Reddit expressing their frustration and discontent with strikers. Members of the UCSC's COLA movement apologized and claimed to not know there was an ongoing midterm, adding that the disruption was intended to explain their cause to the reluctant STEM students.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Gaining support
Graduate assistants blocked all entrances to the Santa Cruz campus before dawn on March 5, 2020, as part of a day of action for all 10 campuses of a UC-wide COLA movement.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Gaining support
Graduate workers and undergraduate supporters at other UC sister schools, including Santa Barbara, San Diego, Los Angeles, Irvine, Riverside, and Berkeley have staged demonstrations in support of COLA and the striking workers. Graduate students at UC San Diego began a grading strike, withholding grades starting on March 24.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Gaining support
On March 3, the system-wide bargaining committee of UAW 2865 called for a unfair labor practice strike from its entire membership. Once ratified by a vote of the membership, the UC system would have to address the unfair labor practices in order to prevent a strike. However, these negotiations were sidetracked by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the transition to remote learning. UAW then released specific COVID related closure demands.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Reaction and effects
In a message circulated on January 6, interim provost Lori Kletzer stated that "[The grading strike] has made meeting and working together impossible... and has delayed the implementation of plans to better support graduate students." Later in the same month, UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive would voice her disapproval of the strikes as well citing the potential harm of undergraduate students.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Reaction and effects
In an open letter published on February 14, Janet Napolitano, president of the UC system, wrote that the wildcat strike "is the wrong way to go." And that "participation in the wildcat strike will have consequences, up to and including the termination of existing employment at the University." In a response letter published February 19, the UC Academic Council issued a statement calling on Napolitano not to retaliate against striking graduate students and to lessen the police presence on campus. 300 faculty at UCSC signed a letter promising not retaliate against students demonstrating for higher pay. Similar letters have garnered hundreds of faculty signatures at Berkeley and Davis.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Reaction and effects
As of February 2020, at least 17 protesters have been arrested. On February 28, 2020, more than 82 graduate students were terminated of employment for participating in the strike, causing them to lose their health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a part of negotiations following the unfair labor practice vote, the UC system reinstated these workers health insurance.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Reaction and effects
More than 500 graduate students across 22 departments have pledged not to take teaching assistant positions made vacant by the firing of student strikers.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Reaction and effects
Graduate students at universities across the country have issued statements of support including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame, and University of Mississippi.


2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike, Reaction and effects
On August 11, 2020, UCSC reinstated 41 graduate students who were fired in March.


2020 Santiago ePrix
The 2020 Santiago ePrix (formally the 2020 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Parque O'Higgins Circuit in the Parque O'Higgins of Santiago, Chile on 18 January 2020. It served as the third round of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the third annual edition of the event. The race was won by Maximilian Günther, driving for BMW i Andretti Motorsport, who started from 2nd on the grid, and became the youngest ever Formula E race winner, with António Félix da Costa coming in second, while pole-sitter Mitch Evans finished the race third.


2020 Santiago ePrix
Finishing in 6th overall was sufficient to elevate Stoffel Vandoorne to the top the Drivers' Championship standings with 38, after the then-championship leader, Alexander Sims retired from the race with collision damage, demoting him to second, with 35 points. Sam Bird's 10th place and fastest lap point enabled him to stay 3rd in the championship standings, with 28 points, while Günther's race win elevated him to 4th in the championship standings, with 25 points. Lucas di Grassi's recovery drive from 22nd on the grid to 7th, netting him 6 points was also sufficient to keep him 5th in the championship standings, with 24 points.


2020 Santiago ePrix
In the Teams' Championship, BMW i Andretti Motorsport led with 60 points, while the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team slid to 2nd, with 56 points. Envision Virgin Racing slid to 3rd, with 38 points, while Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler remained in 4th, with 32 points. Panasonic Jaguar Racing rose to 5th, with 31 points.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Background
On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 Formula E season, which would be the sixth season of the championship, with 14 races to be held across 12 cities globally. On this provisional calendar, the Santiago ePrix was planned as the 4th round of the championship.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Background
On 5 October 2019, Formula E announced the finalised calendar for the season, which would see 14 races to be held across 12 cities globally. This finalised calendar would see the race bumped up to the 3rd round of the championship, with the TBA round in December being cancelled.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Background, Pre-race concerns
Ahead of the race, in November 2019, concerns were raised about the race, due to the 2019–20 Chilean protests, which had seen postponements and suspensions of football fixtures earlier in the month, with the APEC and COP25 summits, which had been set to be hosted in the city also being cancelled, while the Copa Libertadores final was moved to Lima, Peru and Rally Chile was cancelled. In spite of the concerns, the event was officially launched of 13 November, while Formula E would continue to monitor the social-political situation in the city. Formula E later reaffirmed its commitment to racing the city, while it was later revealed that unlike Rally Chile, the race was privately funded, with the money needed to put on the race in Santiago's O'Higgins Park coming from the event organisers, without government funding.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Background, Track changes
Ahead of the race, changes to the track layout were made, most notably at the curving back straight, where the chicane was removed, while the pit lane was moved to the other side of the track, to the inside of the circuit. In addition, the sweeping right hander which was the former Turn 1 was modified, with a new left hander being added ahead of the revised corner. The final sector of the lap also saw changes, with the zig-zagging section of the track being reversed compared to the previous year.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Background, Track changes
The removal of the chicane came as Formula E looked to reduce the number of chicanes on the tracks in the championship, in the wake of several accidents happening at such locations in several races, with the highest profile incident seeing a pile-up at the first corner during the 2019 Swiss ePrix blocking the track, and causing a lengthy red flag period.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Mitch Evans scored both his, and Jaguar Racing's 2nd ever pole in the ABB Formula E Championship, after topping the timesheets in both the qualifying groups, and the Superpole shootout. During the superpole shootout, he denied Maximilian Günther pole by a margin of nearly 3 tenths, after clocking in an impressive time at the final sector of the track, being 0.22s faster than the rest of the competition, despite being the last to leave the pits for the track.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Prior to the Kiwi's sensational run in the final sector of the track, it had appeared that the German would be set to clinch his first ever Formula E pole, having clocked the fastest time in the first 2 sectors of the track, to beat his fellow countryman, Pascal Wehrlein to provisional pole by nearly 6 tenths. The Mahindra driver had left the pits first for his Superpole lap, and ended up posting a lap slower than his effort in the Group stage.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Felipe Massa came in fourth, edging out Oliver Turvey, who had posted a phenomenal time in the final sector during the Group 4 session, in his NIO 333 machine. Season 2 champion Sébastien Buemi came in 6th, and last in the Superpole session, after posting 2 slow sectors in his Nissan.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Behind the superpole runners, qualifying 7th was the Venturi run Mercedes of Edoardo Mortara, who had his lap affected, due to an incident with fellow Group 2 runner Robin Frijns, after Frijns experienced a spin on his flying lap. A massive rear end snap under braking spun Frijns around on the approach to Turn 1, where he barely missed the tyre wall. As he attempted to rejoin the track, the Dutchman delayed Mortara by around 0.4 seconds.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
In spite of this, Mortara was still able to set the fastest time in Group 2, courtesy of a strong final sector, and held provisional pole at the time. Behind Mortara were the 2 factory-run Mercedes of Nyck de Vries, and his teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, while António Félix da Costa rounded out the top 10, in his DS Techeetah. Reigning series champion Jean-Éric Vergne's tricky start to the season continued, the Frenchman coming in P11, over a second slower than his teammate, ahead of the leading Porsche of Neel Jani.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Daniel Abt, in the lead Audi took 13th, ahead of the second Porsche of André Lotterer. Alexander Sims saw his pole streak come to an end, the championship leader coming in 15th, ahead of the Envision Virgin Racing run Audi of Sam Bird, and the Dragon-Penske of Brendon Hartley. James Calado came in 18th, while the sister Dragon car of Nico Müller came in 19th. Jérôme d'Ambrosio suffered car trouble towards the end of his flying lap, leaving him languishing down in 20th, after failing to start the second race at Ad Diriyah due to a technical issue.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Qualifying
Behind d'Ambrosio, was the Virgin run Audi of Frijns, his spin dealing him a penalty in terms of his final laptime, while Lucas di Grassi had his lap affected by a crash by Oliver Rowland, which initially cost him a few tenths, before the Season 3 champion ruined his own laptime by running wide at Turn 9. Behind him, was the Nissan of Rowland, the Brit crashing heavily during the Group 1 session, and forcing his team, e.DAMS to scramble against the clock to prepare his car in time for the race. Ma Qinghua propped up the grid, and did not participate in the session, after he crashed in Practice 2, and the NIO 333 FE Team mechanics were unable to repair his car in time for the session.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Maximilian Günther scored his first ever Formula E race victory, becoming the youngest ever Formula E race winner, after triumphing in a last lap battle with António Félix da Costa. Polesitter Mitch Evans came in 3rd for Panasonic Jaguar Racing, benefitting from a penalty issued to Nyck de Vries, who had come in third on the road. De Vries lost his maiden podium, due to an infringement of the minimum battery coolant temperature. This penalty also bumped Pascal Wehrlein to fourth overall in the pecking order.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
At the start, Evans held the lead off the line, while Mahindra Racing's Pascal Wehrlein forced his way past Günther, who suffered from a poor start, at the tight off-track approach to Turn 2, which the field used throughout the race. Following this, Günther gradually fell down the order, while Evans consolidated his lead out front.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
From this point onwards, the race quietened down, until past the 40th minute, when Günther's teammate, the championship leader Alexander Sims, ground to a halt on track, prompting a full-course yellow, while the stewards removed his car, with the FCY being lifted at the 37 minute mark on the clock. In less than a lap after the restart, Oliver Rowland made contact with Sam Bird, damaging his front wing and putting Bird into a spin. Rowland would enter the pits to replace the wing shortly after the incident.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Using his Attack Mode power boost, Günther advanced on Edoardo Mortara, using the extra power to sweep past the Venturi driver and to move back into third. With Mortara in fourth and his teammate Felipe Massa in fifth, the two Venturi cars trailed the podium sitters, seemingly ready to pick up a podium, should any of the top 3 suffer from issues. However, this was not to be, as the duo activated Attack Mode against each other in a bid to attack overtake and defend from the other. Heading into Turn 10, Mortara made a lunge on Massa, putting the Brazilian into the wall, dropping him into Seventh. Reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne took advantage of this, to slip into 5th.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Meanwhile, up front, Günther activated Attack Mode to pass Wehrlein for second and with still a minute on his attack mode, Günther went for the lead, slipping past Evans on the approach to Turn 9, the extra power on hand for the German giving the Kiwi no chance to defend his position.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
With 14 minutes to go, Vergne and his teammate António Félix da Costa became the next drivers to pass the Mahindra of Pascal Wehrlein, the pair bumping Wehrlein down to fifth. Having made eight-places since the start of the race, damage to Vergne's front wing finally appeared to be affecting the Frenchman's car, his front-left tire starting to rub on the wing, leaving a trail of smoke behind him. Just 2 laps later,  with just seven minutes to go, the wing broke, forcing the reigning champion into the pits.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
Following this, Da Costa passed Evans on the long Turn 8, and set about hunting down Günther for the win. With both cars coming into Turn 10 together, Da Costa forced the BMW driver wide, locking up his fronts at the turn-10 hairpin and bumping along the side of the BMW, pulling into first place.


2020 Santiago ePrix, Report, Race
However, in spite of this, Da Costa soon found his lead under threat from Günther, due to him having to nurse battery temperatures, and on the last lap, Günther (BMW iFE.20) stormed past Da Costa at Turn 9 (DS E-TENSE FE20), pulling away from the Portuguese, and winning by a margin of 2.067s.


2020 Santos FC season
The 2020 season is Santos Futebol Clube's one hundred and eighth season in existence and the club's sixty-first consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Paulista and also in Copa Libertadores.


2020 Santos FC season
On 22 November, José Carlos Peres was impeached from the presidency of the club, and Orlando Rollo (the former vice-president) assumed the position until the end of his term. José Carlos Peres had been out of office since 28 September.


2020 Santos FC season, Players, Squad information
Source:  (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals),  (for contracts). Players in italic are not registered for the Campeonato Paulista


2020 Santos FC season, Players, Copa Libertadores squad
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2020 Santos FC season, Players, Appearances and goals
Last updated: 26 February 2021Source: Match reports in Competitive matches,


2020 Santos FC season, Players, Goalscorers
Last updated: 22 February 2021Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2020 Santos FC season, Players, Disciplinary record
As of 22 February 2021Source: Match reports in Competitive matches = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2020 Sarawak United FC season
The 2020 season was Sarawak United's 1st year in their history and also first season in the Malaysia Premier League following rebranding from Selangor United FC. Along with the league, the club also participated in the Malaysia FA Cup but was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Sarawak United FC season, Events
On 23 January 2020, Amri Yahyah signed with the club.


2020 Sarawak United FC season, Players
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2020 Sarpsborg 08 FF season
The 2020 season was Sarpsborg 08's 9th season in Eliteserien, following their return to the top level in 2012.


2020 Sarpsborg 08 FF 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 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Season events
On 10 September, the Norwegian Football Federation cancelled the 2020 Norwegian Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.


2020 Sarpsborg 08 FF 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 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Squad
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2020 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Squad, Out on loan
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2020 SaskTel Tankard
The 2020 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 29 to February 2 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melville, Saskatchewan. The winning Matt Dunstone rink will represent Saskatchewan at the 2020 Tim Hortons Brier in Kingston, Ontario, Canada's national men's curling championship.


2020 SaskTel Tankard
Matt Dunstone won his 2nd SaskTel Tankard when he defeated former teammate Kirk Muyres 4–2 in the final.


2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
The 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. It would have been the club's 111th year overall, and its 105th season of play. This would have been the second season under head coach Craig Dickenson and general manager Jeremy O'Day.


2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020. On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020. On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.


2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, CFL National Draft
The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020. The Roughriders had seven selections in the eight-round draft. The team forfeited their third-round pick after selecting Jake Bennett in the 2019 Supplemental Draft. The Roughriders also traded their second-round pick to the Montreal Alouettes in a trade for Philip Blake and Patrick Lavoie. They regained a selection in the trade for Zach Collaros to Toronto.


2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, CFL Global Draft
The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled. The Roughriders were scheduled to select seventh in each round with the number of rounds never announced.


2020 Saskatchewan Rush season
The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is the 15th in franchise history, 5th in Saskatchewan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.


2020 Saskatchewan Rush season
On June 4th, the league confirmed that the playoffs would also be cancelled due to the pandemic.


2020 Saskatchewan Rush season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2020 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from January 24–28 at the Horizone Credit Union Centre in Melville, Saskatchewan. The winning Robyn Silvernagle rink represented Saskatchewan on home turf at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 6–5 record.


2020 Saskatchewan general election
The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26, 2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date is set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to hold the election on October 26.


2020 Saskatchewan general election
The previous election re-elected the Saskatchewan Party to its third consecutive majority government under the leadership of Brad Wall. On August 10, 2017, Wall announced his resignation as leader, pending the election of his successor. On January 27, 2018, Scott Moe was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was appointed and sworn in as premier on February 2.


2020 Saskatchewan general election
The Saskatchewan Party under Moe was re-elected to its fourth consecutive majority government.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Date
Since 2010, the Legislative Assembly has had a fixed four-year term. According to the 2019 amendment to The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), "the first general election after the coming into forceof this subsection must be held on Monday, October 26, 2020". However, the act also provides that if the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the first Monday of the following April; in this case: April 5, 2021.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Date
Because the incumbent 43rd Canadian Parliament is a minority Parliament, such a federal election was possible, but it did not occur prior to the provincial election being called. The fixed election law does not infringe on the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly at an earlier date on the Premier's advice.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Date
Although Premier Moe hinted at the possibility of a snap election in the Spring of 2020, Moe announced on March 12 that he would not do so, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Date
This is the third provincial election held in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada after New Brunswick and British Columbia.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Election summary
Like the previous election, few seats changed hands, though there was a small swing in the overall popular vote to the NDP. The Saskatchewan Party retained its sweep of the central and southern rural ridings, with no rural seats changing hands. Overall, the NDP's seat total was left unchanged at 13. No other party won any seats.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Election summary
Saskatoon saw a swing to the NDP, with the New Democrats recording a net gain of one seat. The NDP picked up Saskatoon Eastview and Saskatoon University from the Sask. Party, however (especially given the overall swing to the NDP in the cities) the surprise of the night was in Saskatoon Riversdale which was won by the Saskatchewan Party for the first time ever. It was only the second time in that riding's history it was not won by the NDP, and arguably an even bigger upset since the only other such occasion was the 1982 Progressive Conservative landslide in which (unlike in 2020) the PC's had recorded a clean sweep of Saskatoon.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Election summary
Regina also saw a swing towards the NDP, which gained Regina University from the Saskatchewan Party, however this was balanced by the loss of its 2018 by-election gain of Regina Northeast. The Saskatchewan Party also re-gained the seat of Prince Albert Northcote, leaving the NDP shut out outside of Saskatoon, Regina and Northern Saskatchewan.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Election summary
The newly formed Buffalo Party finished second in four rural ridings, and finished third place in the overall popular vote despite running far fewer candidates than the Green Party or the Progressive Conservatives. The PC's finished fifth behind the Greens in overall popular vote, but recorded more votes per candidate than the Greens. The Greens were the only other party besides the Sask. Party and NDP to run anything close to a full slate of candidates, but averaged barely more votes per candidate on average than the essentially dormant Liberal Party. The Liberals ran only three candidates in order to maintain their party registration and did not run a meaningful campaign.


2020 Saskatchewan general election, Candidates by riding
Candidates in bold represent cabinet members and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol † indicates incumbent MLAs who are not running again.


2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan held municipal elections on November 9, 2020. Elections in Saskatoon, Swift Current and Maple Creek were delayed or deferred due to a snowstorm.


2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections
Listed below are selected municipal mayoral and city councillor races across the province. An "(X)" is listed next to the incumbent's name (if there is one).


2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections, Saskatoon
Due to a massive snowstorm, the Saskatoon election was extended to November 13.


2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections, Swift Current
Due to a massive snowstorm, the election was postponed until November 12.


2020 Saudi Super Cup
The 2020 Saudi Super Cup (also known as The Berain Saudi Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and King's Cup. It was played on 30 January 2021 for the second time at the King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr. With Al-Hilal winning both the 2019–20 Saudi Pro League championship and the 2019–20 King Cup, the game was played between Al-Hilal and the 2019–20 Saudi Pro League runners-up, Al-Nassr.


2020 Saudi Super Cup
The match was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Saudi Super Cup
Al-Nassr defeated Al-Hilal 3–0 to win their second title. They became the first team to win two consecutive titles and also set the record for the biggest goal margin.


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Venue
The King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the venue of the final on 20 December 2020. This was the second time the King Fahd International Stadium hosted the final and the fourth time it was hosted in Saudi Arabia.


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Venue
The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup. Its current capacity is 68,752 and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Hilal, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Background
As part of a sponsorship deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and Saudi water company Berain, the match was officially referred to as "The Berain Saudi Super Cup".


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Background
This was Al-Hilal's fourth appearance in the competition and first since 2018. Al-Hilal won the title twice, in 2015 and 2018, and finished as runners-up once, in 2016 Saudi Super Cup. This was Al-Nassr's fourth appearance in the competition and their second consecutive appearance. Al-Nassr finished as runners-up in both the 2014 and 2015 editions of the Super Cup and won their first title in 2019.


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Background
Al-Hilal qualified by winning the 2019–20 Saudi Professional League on 29 August 2020. Al-Nassr qualified after defeating Al-Ahli in the semi-finals of the 2019–20 King Cup, as Al-Hilal were their opponents in the King Cup Final and had already qualified for the Super Cup as league winners. On 28 November 2020, Al-Hilal defeated Al-Nassr 2–1 in the final of the King Cup.


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Background
This was the second meeting between these two sides in the Saudi Super Cup. Al-Hilal won in 2015 after defeating Al-Nassr 1–0 thanks to a goal from Carlos Eduardo. This was the eleventh final between these two sides, with five wins apiece in previous results. This was the 170th competitive meeting between the two.


2020 Saudi Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Alessandro Costanzo (Italy)Matteo Passeri (Italy)Fourth official:Mohammed Al-HoaishVideo assistant referee:Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Assistant video assistant referees:Mauro Vivenzi (Italy)


2020 Scheldeprijs
The 2020 Scheldeprijs was the 108th edition of the Scheldeprijs road cycling one day race. It was originally scheduled to be held on 8 April 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 14 October 2020. It was a 1.Pro event on the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries.


2020 Scheldeprijs
In previous years, the race course has included sections in both Belgium and the Netherlands, and was originally planned to start in the Dutch city of Terneuzen and finish in the Belgian city of Schoten. However, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, the race course was altered to 10 laps of a 17.4 km (10.8 mi) course in and around Schoten.


2020 Scheldeprijs
Australian rider Caleb Ewan of Lotto–Soudal won the sprint comfortably by a margin of a few bike lengths ahead of the rest of the field. After the race, the original runner-up, Pascal Ackermann of Bora–Hansgrohe, was relegated because he deviated from his line when he began to launch his sprint. In doing so, Ackermann cut across the front wheel of August Jensen of Riwal Securitas, causing the latter to fall heavily. Several other riders, including Pierre Barbier of Nippo–Delko–One Provence and Iván García of Bahrain–McLaren, also crashed in the chain reaction. As a result of Ackermann's relegation, Niccolò Bonifazio and Bryan Coquard were promoted to second and third place, respectively.


2020 Scheldeprijs, Teams
Fifteen of the nineteen UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI ProTeams, and one UCI Continental team made up the twenty-five teams that participated in the race. Each team was allowed to enter up to seven riders; the only teams not to do so were Circus–Wanty Gobert and Ineos Grenadiers with six each, and Cofidis with five. Of the 170 riders in the race, only 12 did not finish.


2020 Schweizer Cup
The 2020 Schweizer Cup (French: Cup Suisse) was held from August 20 to 23 in Baden, Switzerland. The total purse for the event was 11,000 Swiss francs on both the men's and women's sides.


2020 Schweizer Cup
Similar to the Canada Cup held in Canada, the Schweizer Cup is an annual event where the top teams in Switzerland compete in a round robin and playoff round. Team Peter de Cruz from Geneva opted out of the tournament as they prepared for the Baden Masters the following week.


2020 Schweizer Cup
In the men's event, Andrin Schnider and his team from Schaffhausen took the title in a draw to the button against Yannick Schwaller of Bern. In the bronze medal game, Jan Hess came from behind, scoring four points in the seventh end and stealing one in the eighth to defeat Jan Klossner.


2020 Schweizer Cup
On the women's side of the draw, Elena Stern from Brig-Glis came back from a 4–1 deficit at the half way point to defeat Aarau's Silvana Tirinzoni. Stern also upended Tirinzoni in the final of the 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship earlier in the year. Team Irene Schori claimed the bronze medal with a 9–6 win over Raphaela Keiser.


2020 Schweizer Cup, Men, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+02:00).


2020 Schweizer Cup, Women, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+02:00).


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from February 15 to 23 at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The winning team was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Manitoba's Kerri Einarson defeated Ontario's Rachel Homan 8–7 in the final.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
On February 18, New Brunswick's Andrea Crawford rink scored seven points in the seventh end to set a new Canadian women's national championship record for most points scored in a single end, going on to defeat Kerri Einarson's undefeated and top-ranked Manitoba rink 13–7 in Draw 10 of the tournament. In Draw 12 on February 19, Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville curled a perfect 100% game in a 4–3 win over Alberta's Laura Walker.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
This Tournament of Hearts marked the second time that Moose Jaw has hosted the Scotties; the first time that the Scotties was hosted in Moose Jaw was in 2015.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Laura WalkerThird: Kate CameronSecond: Taylor McDonaldLead: Nadine ScotlandAlternate: Kelsey Rocque


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Corryn BrownThird: Erin PincottSecond: Dezaray HawesLead: Ashley KlymchukAlternate: Dailene Pewarchuk


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kerri EinarsonThird: Val SweetingSecond: Shannon BirchardLead: Briane MeilleurAlternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Mary-Anne ArsenaultThird: Christina BlackSecond: Jenn BaxterLead: Emma LoganAlternate: Kristin Clarke


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Rachel HomanThird: Emma MiskewSecond: Joanne CourtneyLead: Lisa WeagleAlternate: Cheryl Kreviazuk


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Noémie VerreaultThird: Alanna RoutledgeSecond: Marie-Pier CôtéLead: Jill RoutledgeAlternate: Joëlle St-Hilaire


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Robyn SilvernagleThird: Stefanie LawtonSecond: Jessie HunkinLead: Kara ThevenotAlternate: Stephanie Schmidt


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Fourth: Jo-Ann RizzoThird: Sarah KoltunSkip: Kerry GalushaLead: Shona BarbourAlternate: Stacey Stabel


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Hailey BirnieThird: Chelsea DuncanSecond: Gabrielle PlonkaLead: Kimberly TuorAlternate: Rhonda Horte


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Wild card game
A wild card play-in game was played on February 14. It was contested between the top two teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System standings who did not win their provincial championship: the East St. Paul Curling Club's Tracy Fleury rink, and the St. Vital Curling Club's Jennifer Jones rink, both curling in the Winnipeg Metro Region. Team Wild Card entered the Scotties as the number 3 seed.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results, Draw 10
New Brunswick's seven-ender scored against Manitoba was the most points scored in a single end in Tournament of Hearts history.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Round robin results, Draw 12
Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville curled a perfect 100% game.


2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Championship pool standings
The top four teams from each pool advance to the championship pool. All wins and losses earned in the round robin will be carried forward into the championship Pool. Wins in tiebreaker games are not carried forward.


2020 Scottish Challenge Cup Final
The 2020 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the Tunnocks Caramel Wafer Challenge Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was a scheduled football match between Raith Rovers and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. It was the 29th final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League, and the seventh since the SPFL was formed. However on April 30 2021, the game was cancelled after a year of inactivity, leading to the clubs sharing the title.


2020 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Postponement
The match was originally scheduled for 28 March 2020, but all of Scottish football was suspended on 13 March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish Football Association confirmed on 16 March that the SPFL had postponed the match, pending further information from the Scottish Government about when and how football could be resumed. When the SPFL announced in October 2020 that the 2020–21 edition of the competition had been cancelled, it also said that the 2019–20 final would "be scheduled for a date later this season", i.e. during 2020–21.


2020 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Postponement
On 30 April 2021, it was announced that the final would not be played and that both clubs would share the title instead.


2020 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final
The competition is a knock-out tournament and was contested by 58 teams from Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in 2019–20. The competition was originally only contested by clubs in the Scottish football league system, but teams from Wales and Northern Ireland were added from 2016–17, the Republic of Ireland in 2017–18, and two teams from the English National League (fifth tier) were added from 2018–19.


2020 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, Match details
Inverness player James Keatings was initially suspended for the final, having been sent off for being shown two yellow cards during the semi-final. An appeal against one of those cards, and the resulting suspension, was rejected by a Scottish Football Association panel. A new appeal hearing was convened when one of the panel members advised the SFA that they had not considered all of the available evidence. This second panel rescinded one of the cards, which would have made Keatings available to play in the final.


2020 Scottish Cup Final
The 2020 Scottish Cup Final was the 135th final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 2019–20 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. Played on 20 December 2020, the final was won by holders Celtic in a penalty shootout to beat Heart of Midlothian after the match ended 3–3 after extra time, claiming an unprecedented fourth successive domestic treble. The same teams had contested the 2019 Scottish Cup Final.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Seven-month delay
The match was originally scheduled to take place at Hampden Park on 9 May 2020, but was postponed before the semi-finals being played with no alternative date proposed at that point, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. On 21 July, the final was rescheduled for 20 December.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Seven-month delay, European place
On 1 May 2020, UEFA confirmed that the final would have to be played before the end of the 2019–20 season in early July in order to activate the usual place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League for the winners, with the qualification spot instead going to the team finishing fourth in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership (either with fixtures completed or placings declared).


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Seven-month delay, European place
That would adversely impact Heart of Midlothian or Hibernian who were due to meet in one semi-final and had no other route to European football, whereas in the other semi-final Celtic were certain to qualify for Europe from their position at the top of the league table, and fourth-placed Aberdeen had possibilities to do so either if the league continued and they climbed to third, or if Celtic won the Cup and its entry passed to the league.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Seven-month delay, European place
On 22 May, the Scottish Football Association indicated their preference to complete the competition but to wait until such a time as spectators would be allowed to attend, primarily for financial reasons with three large attendances expected at the remaining matches. The Premiership standings at the time of postponement were declared final and three Europa League places, including one for Aberdeen, were duly allocated from the league.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Seven-month delay, Hosting
On 9 December 2020, an offer by Inverness Caledonian Thistle Chairman, Scot Gardiner, to host the final at the Caledonian Stadium in then, Tier 1 Restriction, Inverness, in order to allow 150 fans from the Highlands and Moray of either club to attend, was rejected by the SFA on the basis the Scottish Cup has a commitment to be held at Hampden, and that Celtic and Hearts, as well as broadcasters BBC and Premier Sports wouldn't be accepting of the change in venue. Had the offer been accepted, it would've been the first time since 2014 that a final had been held outside Hampden, and the first time in the tournament's 135 years the final would've been held outside Glasgow.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
Before the game, Hearts announced they would honour their former Cup-winning captain Marius Žaliūkas after his untimely passing by having every player wear his number 26 on their shorts. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After a bright start by Hearts, Celtic began to create more opportunities, and in the 19th minute Ryan Christie scored with a curling left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, very similar to the goal he scored against Aberdeen in the semi-final, and occurring at nearly the same time. As in that match, Celtic scored a second goal fairly quickly, via a penalty converted by Odsonne Édouard in a Panenka style, after an accidental but clear handball by Hearts captain Christophe Berra.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
Facing a tough task to get back into the contest, the Edinburgh side pulled a goal back early in the second half through Liam Boyce, and pulled level on 67 minutes from another header, this time by Stephen Kingsley; the ball crossed the line in mid-air by a matter of centimetres before being cleared by Christie, and the point was awarded by the referee via his wrist-worn goal detection device.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the final moments of the first period of extra time, Celtic captain Scott Brown's header was parried at close range by Craig Gordon and Leigh Griffiths turned the ball home to give the Glasgow side the lead again. With nine minutes remaining in the second period, Kingsley sent the ball across the Celtic goalmouth and Josh Ginnelly, who had chances to score earlier, found the net to square the contest at 3–3.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the penalty shootout, Christie was the first player to fail, veteran goalkeeper Gordon diving to his right to save, but inexperienced counterpart Conor Hazard then stopped attempts from Kingsley and Craig Wighton. Kristoffer Ajer converted the last kick for a 4–3 outcome from the spot, sealing a historic fourth consecutive Scottish Cup and a twelfth domestic trophy in succession for Celtic.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
All six goals and the shootout took place at the same (west) end of the stadium. The six goals scored tied the highest total since seven were scored in 1991; the two others both involved Hearts: a 5–1 loss to Rangers in 1996 and a victory over Hibernian by the same scoreline in 2012. No losing team had scored three times since Dundee United in 1991. Celtic manager Neil Lennon became the first person to win the domestic treble in Scotland as both a player and coach, having first achieved the feat with the same club in 2000–01. Celtic became the first team to use six substitutions (five under temporary COVID-19 regulations and one additional change in extra time which was widely adopted two years earlier) in a major competition in Scottish football.


2020 Scottish Cup Final, Media coverage
BBC Scotland and Premier Sports had the rights to broadcast the final, in what was the second season of a six-year deal in the United Kingdom to broadcast Scottish Cup matches from the fourth round onward.