2020 Caribbean Club Championship, Final stage, CONCACAF League playoff
The CONCACAF League playoff would be played between the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team and the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield winners, as long as the Shield winners comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League, with the winners qualifying for the 2020 CONCACAF League preliminary round.


2020 Caribbean Club Championship, Qualification to CONCACAF Champions League and CONCACAF League
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield and the final stage of the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, qualification of teams from the Caribbean for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League and the 2020 CONCACAF League was determined by the results of the group stage of the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield
The 2020 Caribbean Club Shield was originally to be the third edition of the Caribbean Club Shield (also known as the CFU Club Shield), the second-tier annual international club football competition in the Caribbean region, held amongst clubs whose football associations are affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), a sub-confederation of CONCACAF.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield
The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Curaçao between 3–12 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming competitions scheduled to take place over the next 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new dates of the tournament to be confirmed later. On 7 August 2020, they provided an update on the tournament, where they would make a final decision by the end of August to determine if it could be played in mid-September. On 25 August 2020, CONCACAF announced that as it was impossible to organize the tournament in September in order to provide qualification for the 2020 CONCACAF League which would start in October, the tournament was cancelled.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield
The winners of the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, as long as they fulfill the CONCACAF Regional Club Licensing criteria, would originally play against the fourth place team of the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship in a playoff match to determine the final Caribbean spot to the 2020 CONCACAF League.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield
Robinhood were the title holders, but did not qualify for the tournament.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield, Teams
Among the 31 CFU member associations, 27 of them were classified as non-professional leagues and each may enter one team in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield. A total of 15 teams (from 15 associations) entered the 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield, Venues
The matches were originally to be played at the Ergilio Hato Stadium and Stadion dr. Antoine Maduro in Willemstad.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 13 February 2020, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, United States. The 15 teams were drawn into four groups: three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The team from the host association Curaçao, Vesta, were allocated to position A1, while the remaining 14 teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield, Group stage
The winners of each group would advance to the semi-finals.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield, Knockout stage, Bracket
The winners of SF1 and SF2 would play in the final, while the losers of SF1 and SF2 would play in the third place match.


2020 Caribbean Club Shield, Knockout stage, Final
Winners would advance to CONCACAF League playoff against 2020 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship fourth-placed team for a place in 2020 CONCACAF League preliminary round, as long as they comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League.


2020 Caribbean Premier League
The 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) was the eighth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league  played in the West Indies. All matches were played in Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament started on 18 August and ended on 10 September 2020. On 10 July 2020, the local government gave its approval for the tournament to go ahead, with all the matches taking place at two venues behind closed doors. The full schedule for the tournament was confirmed on 27 July 2020. On 6 August 2020, an official press release stated that all players, officials and administrators involved in the league had tested negative on arrival ahead of a two weeks quarantine period.


2020 Caribbean Premier League
Unlike the previous edition of the tournament, the playoffs had two semi-finals and a final, and not the eliminator matches, which gave teams two chances to reach the final. The Trinbago Knight Riders were the first team to qualify for the playoffs, and were joined by the St Lucia Zouks. The Guyana Amazon Warriors became the third team to reach the playoffs, after beating the St Lucia Zouks by seven wickets. On 3 September 2020, the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets. The result meant that the Barbados Tridents were eliminated from the tournament, with the Jamaica Tallawahs taking the fourth and final place in the playoffs. The Trinbago Knight Riders finished top of the group stage, winning all ten of their matches.


2020 Caribbean Premier League
In the first semi-final, the Trinbago Knight Riders beat the Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets to advance to the final of the tournament. The St Lucia Zouks won their semi-final by 10 wickets, after the Guyana Amazon Warriors were bowled out for 55 runs, the second-lowest team total in the CPL. In the final, the Trinbago Knight Riders beat the St Lucia Zouks by eight wickets to win their fourth CPL title.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, COVID-19 safety measures
As per the agreement between the CPL and the Trinidad and Tobago government, all overseas players, team personnel, and other tournament personnel were required to self-isolate for two weeks before entering the country and two weeks after. All overseas players and personnel will be tested for COVID-19 before departure, 7 days after arrival, and 14 days after arrival. All overseas players and personnel have to enter Trinidad and Tobago no later than two weeks before the start of the tournament. Due to Trinidad and Tobago's lockdown rules, individuals may only enter the country on charter flights.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, COVID-19 safety measures
The CPL organized a number of charter flights from various locations around the world to bring players to Trinidad and Tobago. Following their arrival, all overseas players and personnel will be staying in a bubble at the Hilton Hotel in Port-of-Spain and will only leave for CPL matches. Trinidad-based players and staff will be entering the bubble the week of 10 August following mandatory testing.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, COVID-19 safety measures
The St. Lucia Zouks and the Trinbago Knight Riders were the first teams allowed to start training, being able to do so from 11 August. On 12 August 2020, Ramnaresh Sarwan, the Jamaica Tallawahs assistant coach, left the bio-secure bubble due to personal reasons.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, Squads
The following emerging and retained players were selected for the tournament, with the full squads named on 6 July 2020. At the age of 48, Pravin Tambe became the first Indian cricketer to get a contract in the Caribbean Premier League. Wahab Riaz (Tridents), Shoaib Malik (Amazon Warriors), and Shadab Khan (Amazon Warriors) were named in Pakistan's squad for their tour of England and therefore missed the CPL. Chris Gayle opted out of the CPL for personal reasons.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, Squads
The COVID-19 pandemic and related travel restrictions resulted in some last minute squad changes. Imran Tahir of the Amazon Warriors was the only South African player to take part in the tournament, after the other five South African cricketers (Rassie van der Dussen (Patriots), Tabraiz Shamsi (Tallawahs), Anrich Nortje (Zouks), Rilee Rossouw (Zouks), Colin Ingram (Zouks)) failed to confirm travel arrangements in due time. Van der Dussen was replaced by Nick Kelly. Alex Hales and Harry Gurney, both of whom were in the Tridents' squad, withdrew from the tournament.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, Squads
Fabian Allen, who was playing for the Patriots, was ruled out of the tournament after missing his flight. The Patriots will not be naming a replacement for Allen. Dennis Bulli, who was in the Patriots' squad, withdrew from the tournament following a positive COVID-19 test and was replaced by Imran Khan. Afghans Qais Ahmad (Amazon Warriors), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Tridents) and Noor Ahmad (Zouks) withdrew due to visa issues. Marcus Stoinis (Tridents) and Sunny Sohal (Patriots) withdrew due to COVID-19 concerns.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, Squads
The Tallawahs withdrew Andre McCarthy and Jeavor Royal because they came in contact with a player who tested positive for COVID-19. Corey Anderson (Tridents), Mitchell Santner (Tridents), Shamarh Brooks (Tridents), Keon Harding (Tridents), Kissoondath Magram (Amazon Warriors), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Tallawahs), Jermaine Blackwood (Tallawahs), Ramaal Lewis (Tallawahs), Jahmar Hamilton (Patriots), Roston Chase (Zouks), Zahir Khan (Zouks), Scott Kuggeleijn (Zouks), and Najibullah Zadran (Zouks) were brought in as replacement players. Cricket West Indies confirmed the revised squads for the tournament on 18 August 2020.


2020 Caribbean Premier League, Venues
The Brian Lara Cricket Academy hosted the first ten and the last ten league matches, along with all the matches in the playoffs. The remaining fixtures took place at Queen's Park Oval.


2020 Caribbean Series
The 2020 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the 62nd edition of the international competition featuring the champions of the Colombian Professional Baseball League, Dominican Professional Baseball League, Mexican Pacific League, Panamanian Professional Baseball League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. It took place from February 1 to 7, 2020 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


2020 Caribbean Series
The 2020 edition marked the first-ever appearance of Colombia in the Series, and therefore featured six teams for the second consecutive year. They replaced Cuba in the circuit, who was unable to compete due to an inability to secure travel visas in time for the competition.


2020 Caribbean Series
The Toros del Este of the Dominican Professional Baseball League won the tournament, which was their first Series championship and the 20th overall for the Dominican Republic.


2020 Caribbean Series, Format
The Preliminary Round consisted of a fifteen-game round robin, after which the top 4 teams advanced to the Semifinal Round (1st vs. 4th, 2nd vs. 3rd). The winners of the semifinal games then squared off in the Final.


2020 Caribbean earthquake
At 2:10 p.m. local time (UTC-5) on 28 January 2020, an earthquake of 7.7 Mw struck on the north side of the Cayman Trough, north of Jamaica and west of the southern tip of Cuba, with the epicenter being 80 miles (130 km) ESE of Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands or 83 miles (134 km) north of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Schools in Jamaica and buildings in Miami were evacuated after shaking was observed in parts of the U.S. state of Florida. Light shaking was also reported on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. It is the largest earthquake in the Caribbean since 1946. A tsunami warning for the Caribbean Sea was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and later withdrawn.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Tectonic setting
The eastern part of the Cayman Trough forms part of the Gonâve Microplate, which lies between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. It is bounded to both north and south by large transform faults that together accommodate the relative displacement of the two major plates.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Tectonic setting
To the north the boundary is the western part of the Septentrional-Oriente fault zone, which accommodates 6–11 mm per year of plate boundary motion, while to the south the boundary is formed by the Walton fault zone to the west of Jamaica and the Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone to the east, accommodating about 8 mm per year.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 Mww  and an estimated depth of 14.8 km (9.2 mi). The focal mechanism, combined with an analysis of seismic waveforms, is consistent with strike-slip motion on the Septentrional-Oriente fault zone. The mainshock was followed by a series of aftershocks, with the largest being a 6.1 Mww  event that occurred less than three hours later, to the southeast of Grand Cayman. The modelled rupture zone extends from just west of the epicenter of the M 6.1 aftershock to just east of the mainshock epicenter, suggesting unilateral westward propagation. Two episodes of supershear rupture have been identified from the inversion of teleseismic P waveforms.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Impact, Cayman Islands
There were cracked roads and many sinkholes. A minor tsunami of 46 cm (1 ft 6 in) was recorded. All government schools were closed to allow inspections for possible damage, but they were all reopened on January 30 as no major damage had been found that related to the earthquake.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Impact, Jamaica
A six-story building on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, containing approximately 300 students, was evacuated. Damage was reported from at least two parishes in western Jamaica.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Impact, Jamaica
Several buildings in and around the New Kingston vicinity were evacuated promptly after the earthquake, with several reports of shaking. The area was virtually shut down.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Impact, Cuba
Tremors were felt on the southern coast of the island. A spokesman for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base stated that there were no reports of damages or injuries. Granma Province was affected by the strongest shaking, being closest to the epicenter. A survey carried out by the National Center for Seismological Research, found that one house had completely collapsed and another 300 showed some damage. The houses affected were all ones that were not in good condition before the earthquake. Damage was also reported from some schools and daycare centers.


2020 Caribbean earthquake, Impact, United States
Tremors were felt throughout southern Florida and several buildings were evacuated, particularly in Miami-Dade County (450 miles away) and the Florida Keys. Several government buildings in Downtown Miami were evacuated, initially on a volunteer basis until a full evacuation was ordered by the local fire department.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of the Carlow GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Carlow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner going on to represent Carlow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship
Éire Óg were the defending champions after they defeated Rathvilly in the previous years final.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship
This was O'Hanrahans return to the senior grade after claiming the 2019 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship title, thus ending a 3-year exodus since being relegated in 2017. There was no Relegation Playoff in 2020 due to COVID-19.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Group stage
There are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Knock-out stages, Finals
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Relegation play off
There was no relegation playoff in the 2020 Championship due to Covid.


2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship, Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
There was no Leinster Club Championship in 2020 due to Covid.


2020 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
The 2020 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1927. The championship began on 24 July 2020 and ended on 30 August 2020.


2020 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
The final was played on 30 August 2020 at Netwatch Cullen Park, between Mount Leinster Rangers and Ballinkillen, in what was their first ever meeting in a final in 19 years. Mount Leinster Rangers won the match by 3-21 to 0-12 to claim their ninth championship title overall and first title in two years.


2020 Carlton Football Club season
The 2020 AFL season is the 124th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Carlton Football Club, and the fourth AFL Women's season contested by its senior women's team.


2020 Carlton Football Club season
The season was disrupted and partially curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The men's team had its most successful season since 2013, finishing 11th with a win-loss record of 7–10. The women's team reached the preliminary finals of the 2020 AFL Women's finals series, before season was cancelled without the premiership being awarded.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 124rd season contested by the Carlton Football Club.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
Contractually, Carlton's primary home ground continued to be the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with many games also to have been played at Marvel Stadium, and traditional home ground Ikon Park continued to serve as the training and administrative base; however, due to the coronavirus pandemic forcing games to be moved out of Victoria, the club hosted games at Metricon Stadium and the Gabba in Queensland and Optus Stadium in Perth, hosted no games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and used the Mercure Gold Coast as a training base for much of the season.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The club fielded its women's team in the fourth season of the AFL Women's competition, running in February and March, and Ikon Park served as the home ground for AFL Women's matches. Carlton continued its alignment with the Northern Blues in the Victorian Football League through the pre-season; but terminated the alignment on 26 March as a cost-saving measure during the coronavirus pandemic; as with all AFL clubs, Carlton had no reserves team or affiliation during the season, and reserves players were restricted to playing scratch matches against other AFL clubs. The VFL Women's season was cancelled due to the pandemic, so the club's VFL Women's team did not compete.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
Car manufacturer Hyundai, which had been a major sponsor of the club continuously since 2008, and airline Virgin Australia, which had upgraded from a secondary sponsor to a major sponsor during the 2017 season, continued as the club's two major sponsors, under deals in place until 2022; the latter sponsorship remained in place, despite the airline going into administration during the coronavirus pandemic. The club's long term on- and off-field apparel deal with Nike, which had been in place since 1998, came to an end in October 2019, and the club signed a new 10-year apparel deal with PUMA.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Club summary
The club again achieved a record membership in 2020, finishing with 67,035 members for the year. The club passed the full-year 2019 record in early March, before the season had even begun – as well as before the curtailment of the season was announced. This was the club's third consecutive huge increase in membership numbers, having increased from 50,130 to a then-record 56,005 members in 2018, then to another record of 64,269 in 2019.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, eight days prior to the scheduled start of the men's premiership season and prior to Round 6 of the women's season.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Carlton, along with all AFL clubs, were forced to find significant cost savings to cover the loss of revenue, which in Carlton's case included gate and broadcast revenue from closed and cancelled games, as well as gaming revenue as a result of non-essential venue closures across the country; the club also suffered financially as a result of joint major sponsor Virgin Australia being placed into administration, itself severely affected by travel restrictions imposed during the pandemic, although the club's partnership with Virgin continued.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
Among the cost saving decisions, Carlton ended its 18-year association with its VFL-affiliate, the Northern Blues, in late March; the club had been investing significant money in building up the club as a development ground for its reserves and a senior development pathway for the northern suburbs; but with money tight, opted to end the affiliation and adopt a lower-cost strategy of re-establishing a stand-alone reserves team, which would contest the VFL at the next opportunity.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
The Northern Blues club, which was heavily dependent on Carlton's financial support to remain viable as an entity, initially announced that it would be wound up as a result, and it was not included in the ultimately cancelled plans for a shortened 2020 VFL season; but, the club regrouped and will remain in the VFL under as a stand-alone senior Northern Bullants from 2021. As with all other AFL clubs, most of the club's workforce was stood down during the height of the pandemic.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
During July, while based interstate, the club was fined $45,000 for an inadvertent breach of COVID-19 protocols when one member of the travelling party sought childcare services outside the league's quarantine bubble.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Mark LoGiudice continued as club president, a role he has held since June 2014.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
David Teague entered his first full season as the appointed senior coach of the club, having served as caretaker during the second half of 2019 after Brendon Bolton was sacked. Teague was appointed senior coach on a three-year contract with two rounds remaining in the 2019 season. To the coaching panel over the preseason were added: Sydney assistant coach Henry Playfair, who became head of coaching performance; AFL Academy manager Luke Power, who became head of development; and Geelong Falcons coach Daniel O'Keefe in a development coaching role. Power replaced Shane Watson, who departed after four years with the club.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Following the trade and draft periods, general manager of List Management and Strategy Stephen Silvagni departed the club after five years in the role. The financial pressure of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the termination of the affiliation with the Northern Blues, resulted in Northern coach Josh Fraser being terminated.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Patrick Cripps and Sam Docherty continued in their roles as joint captains for the second consecutive season – with Docherty playing his first games as captain after having missed the 2019 season (as well as the 2018 season) due to injury. Liam Jones, Jacob Weitering and Sam Walsh were added to the club's expanded seven-man leadership group, with Ed Curnow and Marc Murphy holding their places. Veteran Kade Simpson stepped aside from the group.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Senior Personnel
Statistics are correct as of end of 2019 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes
The following summarises all player changes which occurred after the 2019 season. Unless otherwise noted, draft picks refer to selections in the 2019 National Draft.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes
The club was active in negotiations during the trading period, although ultimately executed only three trades for low picks, which included the return of life member Eddie Betts, returning to the club after six years with Adelaide. The club was involved in negotiations to secure Tom Papley from Sydney, but the deal was partly contingent on Sydney securing Essendon's Joe Daniher in a separate trade which ultimately fell through.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Playing list changes
Carlton also negotiated actively with Gold Coast to trade for uncontracted Jack Martin, offering a second-round draft pick and unable to meet Gold Coast's demands of a first round draft pick; Martin then walked out on the Suns, and Carlton signed him on a five-year $3m contract through the pre-season draft – with the contract heavily front-ended in such a way that Gold Coast, who had an earlier selection in the draft but insufficient salary cap space, couldn't redraft him.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Pre-season
The club played three full-length practice matches in the lead-up to the season and prior to the announcement of the season's curtailment. The matches against Fremantle and Brisbane were scheduled as part of the Marsh Community Series, and the match against Collingwood was arranged between the clubs in late January with the gold coin entry donation fee serving as a fundraiser for the 2019–20 Australian bushfire relief effort.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Owing to the curtailment of the AFL season and uncertainty in the fixture, portions of the fixture were gradually released during the year, and sometimes changed at short notice. The only such change which affected Carlton was in Round 5: on the Monday prior to the game, Carlton's Saturday game against St Kilda was rescheduled to Thursday night, to fill the television timeslot left by a cancelled Richmond vs West Coast match; the venue was changed from the Melbourne Cricket Ground to Marvel Stadium.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Carlton had its best home-and-away season for seven years, carrying on from a successful second half to 2019. Carlton maintained consistent performance through the majority of the season, and had a 4–4 record through the first eight rounds, with many games decided by close margins.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
From Rounds 9 to 12, Carlton went into a hub in Perth, where it lost its first two matches against Hawthorn and West Coast after holding strong leads to fall to 4–6; but, a narrow victory against Fremantle to end the hub period and a comfortable win against Gold Coast the following week brought the club back to 6–6, and still in a position to challenge for finals.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
The season's must critical juncture was in Rounds 14 and 15, when Carlton played consecutive matches five days apart against fellow eighth place aspirants Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney; but in both games, Carlton conceded four goals to none in the final quarter to lose after holding a final quarter lead, ending the club's realistic finals chances. A mathematical chance of finals remained until the Round 17 loss against wooden spooners Adelaide, and a 1–4 end to the season saw the club finish 11th, with a record of 7–10.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Across the entire season, Carlton's results were mostly in line with finishing position. Against the ten teams who finished above them, Carlton had a 2–8 record, winning against 4th placed Geelong and 7th placed Western Bulldogs; and, against the seven teams below them, Carlton had a 5–2 record, with upset losses against Hawthorn and Adelaide. The team was consistently competitive, and its heaviest defeat for the season was only 31 points – the lowest of any team in the league for the year.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
In spite of this, it was a year of wild results and momentum swings. Twice, Carlton conceded the first seven goals yet fought back – for a 1-point loss against Melbourne in Round 2, and a 5-point win against Sydney in Round 16. Twice, Carlton also blew huge leads: against Geelong in Round 3, Carlton led by 42 points before almost being overrun, winning by only two points; and against Hawthorn in Round 9, Carlton kicked the first five goals to lead by 31 points, before losing by the same amount.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Season summary, Home and away season
Two games were decided by goals after the final siren: a loss against Port Adelaide in Round 7 and a win against Fremantle in Round 12; and two wins – against Essendon in Round 4 and Sydney in Round 16, were secured only after the opponent missed gettable set shots in the final minute.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Team awards and records
Several marks in low scoring were set across the AFL during the season, in large part due to matches being played with 16 minute quarters instead of 20 minute quarters.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 19 February 2021, the club opting to defer the ceremony until well into 2021 in the hope of staging it free in the usual manner and free from the tight COVID-19 restrictions present during the month after the season. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Jacob Weitering, who polled 137 votes to win the award for the first time in his career. Sam Walsh finished second in just his second season with the club, polling 126 votes; and Ed Curnow finished third with 103 votes to become the first player since Chris Judd (2010–2012) to finish in the top three in three consecutive seasons.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, John Nicholls Medal
The 'Best Young Player' award replaced the long-standing 'Best First Year Player' award, with less stringent qualification criteria.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Leading goalkickers
Harry McKay was Carlton's leading goalkicker for the season, kicking 21 goals. It was McKay's second consecutive season as leading goalkicker – the first time a player had achieved back-to-back leading goalkicker titles for the club since Brendan Fevola in 2008 and 2009. In the shortened season, it was the fewest goals to win the title since Ian Nankervis in 1964.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
Two Carlton players were among the final three nominees for Goal of the Year:


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
Both players were defeated by Josh Daicos (Collingwood) for the award.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Individual awards and records, Other awards
The following Carlton players were selected for representative teams during the 2020 season.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's
Daniel Harford retained his position as senior coach of the team. With the departure of former captain Brianna Davey to Collingwood, Katie Loynes and Kerryn Harrington were appointed joint captains of the team for the 2020 season.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's
The club's 2020 squad is given below. The number of games played and goals scored in the 2020 season is given in parentheses.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's
Carlton was placed in Conference B for the 2020 season. When the home-and-away season was cancelled after six rounds, Carlton finished second in the conference with a record of 5–1.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's
Finishing second in Conference B after the curtailed home-and-away season, Carlton qualified for the semi-finals, hosting Brisbane, who had finished third in Conference A. Carlton had a comfortable win against Brisbane in the semi-final, gaining the lead in the second quarter and extending its advantage in each quarter thereafter before winning by 29 points.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's
This was to set up a preliminary final match against first placed Conference A team North Melbourne, but the season was cancelled before this match could be played.


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, AFL Women's
The following individual awards and honours were won by Carlton players:


2020 Carlton Football Club season, Women's teams, VFL Women's
Carlton's VFL Women's team was set to contest the VFL Women's competition for the third time; however, the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Carolina Panthers season
The 2020 season was the Carolina Panthers' 26th in the National Football League and their first under head coach Matt Rhule. The offseason saw several notable departures. Quarterback Cam Newton was released after the Panthers were unable to find a team willing to trade for him, while linebacker Luke Kuechly announced his retirement on January 14, 2020. Also Ron Rivera was appointed as the head coach of the Washington Football Team after being fired. On December 21, 2020 the Panthers parted ways with GM Marty Hurney after a total of 19 seasons with the organization.


2020 Carolina Panthers season
With a loss to the Vikings in week 12, the Panthers secured their third consecutive non-winning season. After losing their first two games and winning the next three, the Panthers suffered a five-game losing streak before beating the Lions in week 11 and losing to the Vikings before their bye week. After their week 15 loss to the Packers, Carolina was eliminated from the playoffs for the third consecutive season. With the loss to the Saints in week 17, the Panthers matched their 5–11 record from the previous season.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Final roster
Rookies in italics53 active, 12 inactive, 14 practice squad (+1 exempt)


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Preseason
The Panthers' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
In the Panther's home opener, they came close to beating the Las Vegas Raiders until a Raiders touchdown at the end of the fourth quarter. The Panthers, facing a 4th and 1 near midfield, gave the ball to FB Alexander Armah who was stuffed at the line of scrimmage, resulting in a turnover on downs; they were criticized for not giving the ball to McCaffrey. The Panthers lost 30–34 and started off the season 0–1.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Carolina traveled down south to Tampa Bay to face their new quarterback, Tom Brady. It was a scoreless first half for the Panthers while Tampa Bay managed to score 21 points. In the third Christian McCaffrey put points up on the board for Carolina. He again scored another touchdown early in the fourth decreasing the lead to seven. Soon after he left the game with a sprained ankle. Tampa Bay and Carolina then both scored field goals. Leonard Fournette ran up the field 46-yards for a Bucs touchdown. The Buccaneers defeat the Panthers 31–17. With this loss, the Panthers suffered their second consecutive 0–2 start.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: at Los Angeles Chargers
The Panthers were able to hold off the Chargers and defeat them 21–16, improving to 1–2. With this win they snapped a 10-game losing streak dating back to week 9 of last season.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals
The Panthers started the game off with scoring two touchdowns by Mike Davis and Teddy Bridgewater in the first quarter. In the second Arizona's Patrick Peterson intercepted a pass intended for Ian Thomas. Kyler Murray threw a three-yard pass to Jordan Thomas resulting in a Cardinals touchdown. Kyler Murray fumbles the ball in the third quarter and it was recovered by Carolina. The Panthers score with another Ian Thomas touchdown. Arizona answers back with a touchdown. Joey Slye kicks a field goal for Carolina, and Chase Edmonds scores a touchdown for Arizona in the fourth. Panthers win 31–21 and improve to 2–2.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Ahead of this matchup, the Panthers announced that they would be deploying robotic technology to disinfect areas around their stadium and locker room as an effort to keep fans and players safe from COVID-19.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Atlanta Falcons
The Panthers defeat the Falcons 23–16, and improve to 3–2. This was also the team's first win in Atlanta since 2014.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears
Chicago beats Carolina 23–16, and the Panthers fall to 3–3.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at New Orleans Saints
It was another close one for the Panthers but they ended up losing to Saints 24–27, and fall to 3–4. This was quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's first return to New Orleans since leaving the team via free agency during the offseason.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Detroit Lions
This was the Panthers' first shutout win since Week 14 of 2015. It was also QB P.J. Walker's first NFL start.


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos
With this loss, the Carolina Panthers are 1-6 in their last 7 games vs Denver


2020 Carolina Panthers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Washington Football Team
With the win against the Washington Football Team, the Panthers recorded their 200th win in franchise history.


2020 Cary Challenger
The 2020 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 9 and 15 November 2020.


2020 Cary Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Cary Challenger – Doubles
Sekou Bangoura and Michael Mmoh were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Cary Challenger – Doubles
Teymuraz Gabashvili and Dennis Novikov won the title after defeating Luke Bambridge and Nathaniel Lammons 7–5, 4–6, [10–8] in the final.


2020 Cary Challenger – Singles
Andreas Seppi was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2020 Cary Challenger – Singles
Denis Kudla won the title after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the final.


2020 Casting
2020 Casting (now Mad Dog 2020 Casting) is a casting agency based in London, England which supplies extras for film shoots. Previously, it was located in Hopgood St, Shepherd's Bush, in West London. 2020 casting merged with Mad Dog Casting in 2017 to form Mad Dog 2020 Casting and is now based in Ealing Studios.


2020 Casting
The agency was founded by actor Christopher Villiers and personal trainer Richard Smedley who met on the set of the film First Knight in around 1995. 2020 was "the first agency to take digital photographs of its artistes", and "the first to use text messaging systems to contact our artistes".


2020 Casting
Villiers is known for his part in the top rated ITV soap opera, Emmerdale in which he played the role of the solicitor Grayson Sinclair.


2020 Casting
2020 Casting has a sister agency, SA19 that is a leading supplier of uniformed supporting artistes to the UK film and television industry.


2020 Casting
2020 claims to have 2,600 artistes registered on their books, with a backup database of well over 30,000. They have supplied extras for more than 200 films, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Shaun of the Dead and Bridget Jones's Diary.


2020 Castleford Tigers season
This article details the Castleford Tigers's rugby league football club's 2020 season.


2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya) was the ninth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the eighth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 27 September 2020.


2020 Catalan 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. On 11 June, a new schedule based solely within Europe was announced. The Catalan Grand Prix, originally scheduled for June 7, was placed on September 27.


2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
After the eighth round at the 2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini's Coast Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso on 83 points, lead the championship by one point over Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales, with Joan Mir a further 4 points behind.


2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Background, MotoGP Championship standings before the race
In the Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 147 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha with 141. Suzuki Ecstar Team is third with 124 points, by 9 points over Ducati Team, while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing sat 5th on 110 points.


2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, Free practice, MotoGP
The first practice session ended with Fabio Quartararo fastest for  Petronas Yamaha SRT ahead of Ducati Corse's Andrea Dovizioso and Team Suzuki Ecstar's Joan Mir. The second practice session ended with Franco Morbidelli fastest for Petronas Yamaha SRT, followed by Johann Zarco and Brad Binder.


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


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


2020 Catalans Dragons season
This article details the Catalans Dragons's rugby league football club's 2020 season.


2020 Categoría Primera A season
The 2020 Categoría Primera A season  (officially known as the 2020 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 73rd season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 23 January and concluded on 29 December 2020. América de Cali entered the season as defending champions having won the 2019 Finalización tournament, and managed to defend their title by beating Santa Fe 3–2 on aggregate in the finals, winning their fifteenth domestic league championship.


2020 Categoría Primera A season
The competition was suspended from 13 March to 12 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Format
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league season was planned to be played as follows:


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Format
On 25 July 2020, DIMAYOR's General Assembly decided to continue playing the Torneo Apertura as the only tournament to be held in the season, with the semifinal stage originally planned for the Torneo Finalización. The allocation of international qualification berths was also altered, with the Copa Libertadores berth originally allocated to the Finalización winners going to the league runners-up, and the fourth Copa Sudamericana berth going to the winner of a play-off involving the aggregate table fourth best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores and the 12 teams that fail to qualify for the semifinal stage.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Format
Further format changes were confirmed on 13 August 2020, with DIMAYOR's General Assembly deciding to suspend relegation for this season and postpone it until the end of the first semester of 2021, in order to ensure teams could be able to play the same amount of matches as originally scheduled before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Format
On 9 September 2020, DIMAYOR confirmed the format to be used for the remainder of the season, with the single round-robin stage started in the Torneo Apertura being resumed and played as planned and eight teams advancing out of the first stage.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The semifinal stage was ultimately replaced by double-legged knockout series to decide the league champions, whilst the 12 teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stage would be sorted into three groups of four teams, with the group winners and the best group runners-up advancing to a single-legged semifinal stage and the winners of those semifinals facing each other in a single-legged final, with its winner playing against the aggregate table fourth-best placed team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores for the Colombia 4 berth to the 2021 Copa Sudamericana.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Teams
20 teams took part, eighteen of them returning from last season plus Deportivo Pereira and Boyacá Chicó, who were promoted from the 2019 Primera B. Both promoted teams replaced Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila who were relegated at the end of the previous season by having finished as the bottom two teams of the relegation table.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 13 March 2020, after a meeting with its member clubs, DIMAYOR announced the temporary suspension of the tournament, along with the Primera B and Copa Colombia ones, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 29 June, and after an Assembly of its member clubs, DIMAYOR presented a timetable for the implementation of the biosecurity protocol to resume its competitions, with COVID-19 testing for players and staff members of every club scheduled to be held from 10 to 15 July, and individual training resuming the following day. The resumption of collective training sessions, scheduled for 20 August, would be subject to government approval. According to said timetable, the league was scheduled to resume on 27 August, pending the fulfillment of the previous stages as well as final approval by the Colombian government.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 25 July, it was announced that the competition would resume on 30 August with alterations in its format, and pending government approval. With the Ministry of Health authorizing stages 4 and 5 of the biosecurity protocol (collective trainings and competition, respectively) on 20 August, and due to some adjustements to the protocol requested by DIMAYOR, that date of resumption had to be pushed back for at least two weeks, to mid-September.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 31 August, the Ministry of Health issued the resolution that approved the adjusted protocol and greenlit the start of collective training sessions for 1 September, while President of DIMAYOR Fernando Jaramillo confirmed that the tournament would resume on 19 September, with the postponed matches  Deportivo Cali vs. Millonarios and Deportivo Pasto vs. Deportes Tolima to be played on 13 and 14 September, respectively.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 3 September, DIMAYOR confirmed that the league would resume on 12 September 2020, with the postponed matches as it was planned, while the rest of clubs were notified that the ninth round of the competition would be played in the weekend of 19–20 September, with a meeting to confirm the competition format to be held on 9 September.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 18 September, the match Atlético Nacional vs. Deportes Tolima was suspended by DIMAYOR on advice from representatives from the Ministry of Health following the confirmation of positive COVID-19 cases in the latter team and despite having authorized the team's trip to Medellín to play the match. The match was scheduled to be played in the evening of that same day, and was eventually rescheduled for 30 September.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Liguilla, Group stage
The 12 teams that failed to qualify for the knockout stages were split into three groups of four teams according to geographical criteria and played each one of their rivals once in a single round-robin tournament, with the two highest-placed teams from the first stage in each group playing two matches at home. The three group winners and the best group runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Liguilla, Group stage
The fixture for the Liguilla group stage was unveiled by DIMAYOR on 23 November. Due to the liquidation of Cúcuta Deportivo, DIMAYOR decided to exclude that club from the competition and the Liguilla was played by 11 teams as a result, with one of the groups being comprised by three teams only.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Liguilla, Group stage, Ranking of group runners-up
The best team among the three group runners-up qualified for the Liguilla semi-finals.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Liguilla, Semi-finals
The teams with the best performance after the first stage and the Liguilla group stage hosted the match.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Liguilla, Final
The team with the best performance after the first stage and the previous stages of the Liguilla hosted the match.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Copa Sudamericana play-off
The Liguilla winners played the aggregate table fourth best team not qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores in a single match for the Colombia 4 berth in the 2021 Copa Sudamericana. The match was hosted by the aggregate table fourth best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation
A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no teams were relegated at the end of this season, with relegation being postponed until the end of the first semester of 2021 in order to ensure teams could be able to play the same amount of matches as originally scheduled.


2020 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation
Source: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.


2020 Categoría Primera B season
The 2020 Categoría Primera B season (officially known as the 2020 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the Categoría Primera B since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The tournament started on 31 January and ended on 26 December 2020, with Atlético Huila winning their third title in the competition after defeating Cortuluá in the finals.


2020 Categoría Primera B season
The competition was suspended from 13 March to 17 September due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Format
For this season, and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format was originally planned to be the same as the previous season: two tournaments (Torneo I and Torneo II) with three stages each. In the first stage of both tournaments, the 16 clubs would play each other once, for a total of 15 games. The top eight teams after the first stage would advance to the semifinal round where they would be sorted into two groups of four to play a double round-robin tournament group stage, with the top team of each group qualifying for the finals.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Format
The winners of both tournaments would play a final series on a home-and-away basis, with the winner being crowned as season champions and also earning promotion to the Categoría Primera A for the 2021 season. The season runners-up would then play the best team in the aggregate table (other than the champions) in another double-legged series for the second promotion berth. In case the season runner-up also ended up as the best team in the aggregate table, it would also be promoted and the promotion play-off would not be played.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Format
On 25 July 2020, DIMAYOR's General Assembly decided to continue playing the Torneo I as the only tournament to be held in the season, with the winners of that tournament being crowned as champions and earning automatic promotion to the top flight. The promotion play-off, if needed, would still be played by the runners-up and the best team in the aggregate table other than the champions. On 13 August 2020, DIMAYOR decided that there would not be any teams relegated from Primera A at the end of the season, meaning that this tournament would not award its champion a berth into the next year's Primera A tournament and that the promotion play-off would also be cancelled.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Teams
16 teams took part, fourteen of them returning from last season plus Unión Magdalena and Atlético Huila, who were relegated from the Primera A the previous season. Both teams replaced Deportivo Pereira and Boyacá Chicó who earned promotion at the end of the last season.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 13 March 2020, after a meeting with its member clubs, DIMAYOR announced the temporary suspension of the tournament, along with the Primera A and Copa Colombia ones, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 29 June, and after an Assembly of its member clubs, DIMAYOR presented a timetable for the implementation of the biosecurity protocol to resume its competitions, with COVID-19 testing for players and staff members of every club scheduled to be held from 10 to 15 July, and individual training resuming the following day. The resumption of collective training sessions, scheduled for 20 August, would be subject to government approval. According to said timetable, the league was scheduled to resume on 27 August, pending the fulfillment of the previous stages as well as final approval by the Colombian government.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 25 July, it was announced that the competition would resume on 30 August with alterations in its format, and pending government approval. With the Ministry of Health authorizing stages 4 and 5 of the biosecurity protocol (collective trainings and competition, respectively) on 20 August, and due to some adjustements to the protocol requested by DIMAYOR, that date of resumption had to be pushed back for at least two weeks, to mid-September.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 31 August, the Ministry of Health issued the resolution that approved the adjusted protocol and greenlit the start of collective training sessions for 1 September, while President of DIMAYOR Fernando Jaramillo confirmed that the tournament would resume on 19 September. On 3 September, DIMAYOR notified its associate clubs that the eighth round of the competition would be played in the weekend of 19–20 September, with a meeting to confirm the competition format to be held on 9 September.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, First stage, Results, Matchdays 16–17
Upon the conclusion of the first fifteen matchdays of the first stage, teams played two additional games in double-legged ties, with the teams ranked from first to eighth place after the fifteenth round being seeded and paired against a rival ranked in the bottom half of the table at that point, which were decided by a draw held on 2 November 2020. The seeded teams played at home on Matchday 17.


2020 Categoría Primera B season, Semifinals
The eight teams that advanced to the semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the finals.


2020 Cavalry FC season
The 2020 Cavalry FC season was the second season in the history of Cavalry FC. In the previous season, Cavalry won both the spring and fall seasons but lost in the finals to Forge FC.


2020 Cavalry FC season
On March 20, 2020 the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Cavalry FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Cavalry selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.


2020 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
The 2020 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship was the 56th edition of Cavan GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, the winner will not represent Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship this year due to its cancellation.


2020 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The COVID-19 pandemic brought forward the beginning and end dates for the championship but the format was not changed, although there was no relegation this year.


2020 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship
Ballinagh won the championship by defeating first-time finalists Butlersbridge in the decider.


2020 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.


2020 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship, League Stage
All 15 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship
The 2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 111th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner not representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, due to the latter competition's cancellation.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship
The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. The COVID-19 pandemic brought forward the beginning and end dates for the championship but the format was not changed, although there was no relegation this year.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship
Castlerahan were the defending champions after they defeated Ramor United in the previous years final to claim their second title in a row. However they were defeated by Crosserlough at the semi-final stage.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship
This was Laragh United's return the senior grade after a 19 year absence after claiming the 2019 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title. They were last senior in 2001.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship
Crosserlough and Kingscourt Stars contested the final on 26 September but it ended as a draw. Crosserlough won the replay to win their first title in 48 years.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship
The drawn final was the first Cavan final to be shown live on RTÉ television.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019 championship season.


2020 Cavan Senior Football Championship, League Stage
All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals.


2020 Cavan county football team season
The following is a summary of the Cavan county football team's 2020 season.


2020 Cavan county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup
The draw for the 2020 Dr McKenna Cup was made on 4 December 2019. Cavan were drawn in a group with Armagh and defending champions Tyrone.


2020 Cavan county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup
Cavan finished bottom of their group, meaning they did not progress to a semi-final.


2020 Cavan county football team season, National Football League Division 2
As a result of their relegation in 2019, Cavan competed in Division Two of the 2020 National League. The fixtures were released on 26 November 2019.


2020 Cavan county football team season, National Football League Division 2
The National League was suspended on 12 March with five rounds played, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Games resumed in October and the league was finished.


2020 Cavan county football team season, National Football League Division 2
Defeat to Roscommon on the final day meant Cavan were relegated for the second season in succession. They will compete in Division 3 in 2021.


2020 Cavan county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship was made on 9 October 2019, and pitted Cavan against Monaghan for the second successive year, with the winner facing Antrim in the quarter-finals.


2020 Cavan county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
The fixture was originally fixed for 10 May 2020. The game was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was refixed for 31 October 2020.


2020 Cavan county football team season, All-Ireland Series
After their Ulster final victory, Cavan progressed to their first All-Ireland semi-final in 23 years, where they faced five-time defending champions Dublin. Dublin ended Cavan's championship run with a 1–24 to 0–12 victory.


2020 Ceann Comhairle election
The 2020 election of the Ceann Comhairle took place on 20 February 2020 at the commencement of the 33rd Dáil. It was the second election to be performed by secret ballot.


2020 Ceann Comhairle election, Ceann Comhairle election, Rules
Under the rules for the election of the Ceann Comhairle, introduced during the 31st Dáil, candidates must be nominated by at least seven other members of Dáil Éireann. Each member may nominate only one candidate. Nominations must be submitted to the Clerk of the Dáil by not later than 6 p.m. on the day before the first day the Dáil meets after the general election in order to be valid, which for the 2020 general election was 19 February 2020. Nominations may be withdrawn at any time up to the close of nominations.


2020 Ceann Comhairle election, Ceann Comhairle election, Rules
More than one candidate was nominated, so the Dáil will voted by secret ballot in order of preference after the candidates' speeches, which may not exceed five minutes, with an absolute majority required for victory. If no candidate won a majority on first preferences, the individual with the fewest votes would be eliminated and their votes redistributed in accordance with their next highest preference, under a voting system known as the alternative vote (misleadingly described in Dáil standing orders as "the Proportional representation Single transferable vote system"). Eliminations and redistributions would continue until one member received the requisite absolute majority. Then, the House voted on a formal motion to appoint the member in question to the position of Ceann Comhairle. The Clerk of the Dáil was the presiding officer of the House during the election process.


2020 Ceann Comhairle election, Ceann Comhairle election, Candidates
The Ceann Comhairle of the 32nd Dáil, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, stood for re-election to the position. The only other candidate was Independent TD Denis Naughten. Independent TD Michael McNamara wrote to members seeking their support for his nomination but did put his name forward. Sinn Féin decided not to nominate a candidate.


2020 Ceann Comhairle election, Leas-Cheann Comhairle election
Elections for the Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Deputy Chairperson) were set for 26 March 2020 but deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Ceann Comhairle election, Leas-Cheann Comhairle election
The election eventually took place on the 23 July 2020. Fergus O'Dowd was seen as the front runner in this election, as he was the Government's nominee. However, some government TDs either voted in favour of Catherine Connolly or abstained.


2020 Centane bus crash
The 2020 Centane Bus Accident was a road accident in Centane, Eastern Cape, South Africa that occurred on March 2, 2020. 25 people were killed and approximately 62 were injured when a 65-seater bus plunged into a deep gorge. The bus had been travelling from Cebe village heading to Butterworth.


2020 Centane bus crash
According to witness accounts from the survivors, the bus, which was mainly transporting pensioners and young children and was allegedly overloaded, veered off the gravel road and plunged into a deep gorge, killing 25 people including the driver. The eastern cape transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose said that passengers had complained to the driver about the speed at which he was going. A number of injured passengers were airlifted to nearby hospitals.


2020 Centane bus crash
The accident sent shockwaves across South Africa. The president of the country Cyril Ramaphosa offered his condolences to families of the victims involved in the accident.


2020 Centane bus crash
This is a sad day for the people of the Eastern Cape and our nation at large. This tragedy leaves our country deeply saddened and forces us to focus on yet again on the need for transport providers and other road users to exercise care and consideration on our roads.


2020 Centane bus crash
The loss of so many lives in a single accident is devastating.


2020 Centane bus crash, Aftermath
President Cryil Ramaphosa promised to improve the infrastructure in Centane.


2020 Centane bus crash, Aftermath
On 13 March 2020, a mass burial was held for the victims.


2020 Centennial Cup
The 2020 Centennial Cup was to be the 50th Canadian junior A ice hockey national championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and the 50th consecutive year the national championship was awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970. The tournament was scheduled to be played at Stride Place in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba from May 9 to 17, 2020.


2020 Centennial Cup
Hockey Canada and the CJHL elected to hold the tournament in Manitoba in honour of the 50th season of the Junior A championship, originally called the Manitoba Centennial Cup. The city of Portage la Prairie and Portage Terriers previously hosted the 2015 national championship, then known as the RBC Cup.


2020 Centennial Cup
The 2020 Centennial Cup, regional championships, and member league playoffs were cancelled on March 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team
The 2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team represents the University of Central Arkansas in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bears are led by third-year head coach Nathan Brown and play their home games at Estes Stadium.


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Previous season
The Bears finished the 2019 season 9–3, 7–2 in Southland play, earning a share of the 2019 Southland Conference championship, and a first round bye in the FCS playoffs with a #8 seeding. They lost in the second round of the FCS Playoffs to Illinois State.


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their original preseason poll in July 2020. The Bears were picked to finish first in the conference, prior to their schedule split from the rest of the league. In addition, thirteen Bears were chosen to the Preseason All-Southland Team


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
(*) These teams opted out of playing in the revised spring 2021 Southland schedule, and instead played as Independent in the fall of 2020.


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Schedule
Central Arkansas had a game scheduled against Missouri, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the Southland delaying conference play until Spring 2021, Central Arkansas is playing as an independent for the 2020 season. Since they are playing more than 3 games during the fall, Central Arkansas will not participate in conference play in the spring.


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Game summaries, vs. Austin Peay
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants w/ purple accents


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Game summaries, at UAB
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants w/ purple accents


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Game summaries, Missouri State
Uniform combination: white helmet, purple jersey, purple pants w/ white and gray accents


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Game summaries, at North Dakota State
Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants w/ purple accents


2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team, Game summaries, at Arkansas State
Uniform combination: grey helmet, white jersey, white pants w/ purple accents


2020 Central Idaho earthquake
The 2020 Central Idaho earthquake occurred on March 31, 2020, at 5:52 PM MDT in the Western United States, near Ruffneck Peak in the Sawtooth Mountains in Central Idaho, 72 miles (116 km) northeast of Boise, Idaho and 19 miles (31 km) northwest of Stanley, Idaho.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Tectonic setting
Parts of central and eastern Idaho lie within the northern part of the Intermountain Seismic Belt (ISB). This area of relatively intense seismicity runs roughly north–south from northwestern Arizona, through Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, before dying out in northwestern Montana. The ISB is characterized mainly by normal faulting of late Quaternary age, indicating active extensional tectonics, as recognized throughout the Basin and Range province to the south. Some historical earthquakes show evidence of strike-slip faulting such as the two largest earthquakes of the 1935 Helena earthquake sequence.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Historical seismicity
Historical seismicity in the immediate vicinity of the March 31 earthquake is sparse; no earthquakes of M5+ have occurred within 50 km of this event over the past 50 years, and the most notable historic seismicity in the region occurred about 100 km to the east on the Lost River fault zone. This was the site of the M6.9 Borah Peak earthquake (October 28, 1983), which was followed by five other M 5+ events over the following year, and most recently a M5.0 earthquake in January 2015, about 60 km to the east of the event. The March 31 earthquake was reported to be felt in six different states,with nearly 50,000 reports of the shaking reported, as of March 2021.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Earthquake
The shock measured 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The observed focal mechanism is consistent with movement on a strike-slip fault. The solution found suggests either right lateral faulting on a fault trending west–east or left-lateral faulting on a fault trending north–south. Analysis of seismic waveforms supports left-lateral slip on a fault plane with a strike of 172°, dipping steeply to the west. The earthquake was about 16 km north of the northern tip of the Sawtooth Fault, a 60-km-long east-dipping normal fault that extends along the eastern base of the Sawtooth Range. There is currently no evidence of any surface rupture.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Earthquake
Left lateral strike-slip movement on a north–south trending fault came as a surprise as it does not seem to match the known orientation of the regional stress field. The north–south orientation is supported by InSAR data and the distribution of aftershocks. The fault responsible was not previously known and lacks any obvious topographic expression.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Earthquake
The quake had numerous aftershocks, including one with a magnitude  of 4.8 on April 1, and another with a magnitude of 4.0 on April 3. As of April 8, 2020, there had been ~300 aftershocks of 2.5 magnitude or greater. Aftershocks continued to rock the area through September.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Damage
Significant structural cracks were found on the Bridge services building and on the Custer County courthouse in Challis, Idaho.


2020 Central Idaho earthquake, Damage
The Idaho Geological Survey was prevented from doing a ground survey inspection of the impacted region due to both heavy snowfall and a statewide travel ban that was in effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two overflights revealed some avalanches that may have been caused as well as a few landslides across minor highways. The Idaho Geological Survey stated they may not be able to do a more complete inspection until Summer of 2020.


2020 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 2020 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jim McElwain and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.


2020 Central Michigan Chippewas football team, Schedule
Central Michigan had games scheduled against Nebraska and Northwestern, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Central Sparks season
The 2020 season was Central Sparks' first season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side finished second in the North Group of the competition, winning three of their six matches but failing to qualify for the final.


2020 Central Sparks season
After the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the ECB announced the beginning of a new "women's elite domestic structure". Eight teams were included in this new structure, with Central Sparks being one of the new teams, representing the West Midlands. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Central Sparks were captained by Evelyn Jones and coached by Lloyd Tennant, and played their home matches at Edgbaston and New Road.


2020 Central Sparks season, Squad
Central Sparks' squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Central Sparks' first match of the season (29 August 2020).


2020 Central Vietnam floods
The 2020 Central Vietnam floods were a series of floods in Central Vietnam which also affected some areas in Cambodia and Laos in October and early November 2020. The floods focused heavily in several provinces including Thừa Thiên Huế, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, and Quảng Ngãi. The floods were mainly caused by the seasonal monsoon, though enhanced by numerous tropical cyclones.


2020 Central Vietnam floods
Beginning in 7 October during a seasonal monsoon and tropical depressions over the Khánh Hòa province, several multitude of tropical cyclones during the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, such as Linfa, Nangka, Ofel, Saudel, and Molave, struck the northern and central regions of Vietnam, especially in areas of Laos and Cambodia, bringing high winds and excessive rainfall in these affected provinces, with accumulations peaked at 3,245 mm (127.75 in) in Hướng Linh, Hướng Hóa District, Quảng Trị around 20 October. This subsequent flooding was the first time Vietnam issued IV category disaster alert for heavy rainfall, as III category is the highest alert level.


2020 Central Vietnam floods
On 5 November, weakening Typhoon Goni entered the South China Sea and made landfall in Central Vietnam two days later as a tropical depression. Etau made landfall in Central Vietnam as a tropical storm three days later. On 12 November, Typhoon Vamco approached Vietnam as it gradually strengthened into Category 4-equivalent status after exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility.


2020 Central Vietnam floods
As of 1 December, over 243 people were reported by Vietnam Disaster Risk Management Activities (VNDMA) as dead or missing due to the floods. The floods resulted in almost đ35.2 trillion (US$1.52 billion) of damages.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Seasonal monsoon associated with tropical depressions (6–9 October)
On 7 October, a tropical depression made landfall in the Khánh Hòa province. Enhanced by the seasonal northeast monsoon, many provinces nearby suffered heavy rainfall with average accumulations of 200–300 mm. In Sa Huỳnh (Quảng Ngãi), rainfall peaked at 14.17 in (360 mm). By 11 October (before Linfa made landfall), heavy floods killed 9 people.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Linfa
On 9 October, a tropical depression formed in east Luzon. It was upgraded to a tropical storm, named Linfa, on the next day. On 11 October, Linfa struck the central Vietnamese coast in the province of Quảng Ngãi, the area that was already flooded by previous seasonal monsoon events from 6–9 October. Linfa released historic amounts of precipitation to Central Vietnam, peaking at 90.16 inches (2,290 mm) in A Lưới (Huế) making Linfa the twelfth wettest tropical cyclone on record, 59.842 inches (1,520 mm) in Hướng Linh (Quảng Trị).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Linfa
The storm destroyed a total of 382 houses and flooded 109,034 others. In addition, the storm damaged 165.1 km of national highways and 140.1 km of provincial highways. The disaster caused big losses to agricultural production by destroying 2,141 hectares (5,290 acres) of rice crops and vegetable crops, and 2,141 hectares (5,290 acres) of aquaculture, whilst killing about 685,225 cattle and poultry. In total, the storm left 174 people dead and 20 missing in Vietnam and Cambodia.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Rào Trăng 3 landslides
On the night of 11 October, heavy rainfall attributed from typhoon Linfa resulted in landslide at the Rào Trăng 3 Hydropower Plant in Phong Điền District of Thua Thien Hue province, leaving 17 construction workers missing. On 12 October 2020, a military rescue team sent to the missing workers was hit by another landslide, killing Major General Nguyễn Văn Man and 12 other soldiers. On 15 October 2020, their bodies were found by rescuers.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Nangka
In preparation for Nangka, more than 150,000 people in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes. Some Vietnamese provinces banned vessels from heading out to sea during the storm. Vinh Airport in Nghe An Province and Tho Xuan Airport in Thanh Hoa Province were closed on 14 October. Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines announced that eight flights were cancelled to the two airports.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Nangka
On 11 October, a tropical depression formed in the west of Luzon. It was upgraded to a tropical storm, named Nangka, on the next day. On 13 October, Nangka crossed the Gulf of Tonkin, and it made landfall in Ninh Bình on the next day. Wind gusts up to 120 km/h (75 mph) were reported in Nam Định. Some areas in Northern Vietnam received heavy rainfall, such as 16.18 in (411 mm) in Yên Bái and 14.76 in (375 mm) in Quảng Ninh on 16 October. The storm caused 2 deaths and 1 missing in Northern Vietnam.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Depression Ofel
Ofel made landfall after entering the South China Sea then dissipated in Central Vietnam on 16 October. 10 people were reported dead on 21 October, likely caused by Ofel's remnant and the northeast monsoon. By 20 October, rainfall had reduced significantly.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Hướng Hóa landslides
On 18 October, a sudden landslide buried barracks of an army economic division in Hướng Phùng Commune, Hướng Hoá District of Quảng Trị province, killing 22 soldiers. Another landslide in Hướng Hóa District also killed 6 people in a family and one rescuer.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Saudel
As Saudel approached Vietnam, it began to rapidly weaken due to high vertical wind shear and was downgraded to a tropical storm on 24 October 2020. The next day, it was downgraded to a remnant low as its center became mostly devoid of any deep convection. Although weakened, Saudel still brought heavy rainfall to Central Vietnam.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Saudel
The storm also caused strong winds and rough seas over waters off the Malaysian state of Sabah where the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) had issued a tropical storm advisory with the distance between the storm and nearest town is about 1,315 kilometers northwest of Kudat.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Molave
Nearly 1.3 million people were evacuated in Vietnam, as Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered boats onshore and advised preparations for the security force and residents in the area. The prime minister also compared Molave to Typhoon Damrey of 2017. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and schools were forced to close. The federal government mobilized about 250,000 troops and 2,300 vehicles to be used for search and rescue missions. Members of the Vietnamese military helped load elderly people onto evacuation buses and helped direct boats onshore. Some also helped residents put sandbags on their roof. On 27 October, Da Nang People's Committee had requested people to not leave their houses starting from 8:00 pm (local time) that night and urged all officials and workers to not come into work on the next day, among other measures in preparation for the typhoon.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Molave
On 27 October, the typhoon caused two Vietnamese fishing boats to sink. Authorities deployed search boats to search for 26 missing fishermen that were on the boats.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Molave
Molave started affecting Vietnam late on 27 October. On the morning of the 28th, the entire island of Lý Sơn and its 20,000 inhabitants lost power. The island was lashed with 165 km/h (100 mph) winds for hours. Waves as high as 6 feet (1.8 m) lashed coastal areas of Vietnam.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Molave
Molave caused widespread destruction in Central Vietnam. Wind gusts peaking at 176 km/h (109 mph) were reported in the city of Quảng Ngãi. Molave brought heavy rains; Sơn Kỳ (Quảng Ngãi) received 18.50 inches (470 mm) of rainfall over 24 hours. The typhoon damaged or destroyed 56,163 houses and left 6.5 million people without power. It killed 13 people, injured 16, and left 48 others remaining missing. As of 1 November, Vietnam reported that approximately 10 trillion VND ($430 million) worth of damages were caused by Molave.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Molave, Quảng Nam landslides
Devastating landslides caused by Molave have killed at least 28 people in the communes of Nam Trà My District of Quảng Nam province. Another landslide in Phuoc Son District buried 11 people in a same family.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Goni
Goni first moved into the South China Sea after its catastrophic landfall in Catanduanes, with its intensity ranging from 65 to 70 km/h (40 to 45 mph) before briefly weakening again into a 50 km/h (30 mph) tropical depression. Goni's convection decoupled from its low-level circulation as a result of anticyclonic wind shear generated by the nearby Tropical Storm Atsani (Siony) from Northern Luzon combined with cooler water. Goni's trough then brought showers, thunderstorms, and more flooding to an already rain-stricken Vietnam from the previous Linfa, Nangka, Ofel, Saudel and Molave which had all struck a few days earlier. Goni brought unusual floods to coastal cities of Nha Trang and Quy Nhơn.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Goni
According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, the storm would hit Da Nang and Phu Yen provinces on 5 November. On 3 November, just two days before the expected landfall, the only preparations done were to institute a no-sail policy within the storm's path which affected about 50,000 fishing boats. The following day, Quang Ngai People's Committee Chairman Dang Van Minh asked those living in landslide-prone areas to evacuate, while the National Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue mobilized more than 64,500 people and 1,718 vehicles for rescue operations.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Goni
On 5 November, Tropical Depression Goni made landfall in southern Bình Định Province, becoming the fifth tropical cyclone to strike the country in the previous 30 days. A man in Quảng Ngãi Province was swept away by floodwaters on 6 November. Another man went missing on 6 November after the ship he was captaining sunk. Twenty houses in Quảng Nam Province collapsed into a river and a school was damaged. In Bình Định Province, two houses were destroyed by landslides and 228 hectares (560 acres) of croplands were damaged. Roads in several provinces were damaged by erosion and landslides, including parts of the Ho Chi Minh Highway.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Goni
Damage in Bình Định Province from both Goni and Etau were calculated to be ₫543 billion (US$23.5 million).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Etau
Tropical Storm Etau became a tropical depression on 7 November at 12:00 UTC, and was later upgraded to a tropical storm. The storm continued its way towards Central Vietnam after crossing the Philippines.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Etau
Etau killed two people in Quảng Nam and Bình Định and damaged 31 houses when it made landfall in central Vietnam on 10 November. The storm produced over 250 mm (10 in) of rain in the provinces of Bình Định, Khánh Hòa, and Phú Yên. The storm also caused gusty winds which uprooted trees and ripped roofs of buildings, many of which were still recovering from the adverse impacts of Typhoon Molave and the weakened Tropical Storm Goni. In addition, power outages locally affected the city of Tuy Hòa.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Tropical Storm Etau
Economic losses in Tuy An, Phú Yên were counted as 122 billion VND (US$5.26 million).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Vamco
After crossing through the Philippines as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon, the storm gradually strengthened into Category 3 status as it exited from the Philippine Area of Responsibility at 01:30 UTC, 12 November.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Vamco
On 14 November, at least 460,000 people were ordered to evacuate by the government. On the morning of that same day, all flights in 5 airports, including Da Nang, Chu Lai, Phu Bai, Dong Hoi and Vinh, were ordered to be suspended or delayed.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Impact, Typhoon Vamco
Vamco began affecting Central Vietnam around midnight ICT on 15 November. Despite having weakened, a weather station on Lý Sơn island reported hourly sustained winds of 100 km/h (62 mph) and gusts of up to 115 km/h (71 mph). Strong winds downed many trees and damaged numerous homes the four provinces of Hà Tĩnh to Thừa Thiên Huế. In Thuận An, Thừa Thiên Huế, strong waves lashed docking fishing ships and civilian houses. In the city of Da Nang, storm surge destroyed many sea embankments, while washing rocks and debris onshore, and into streets. Power outages affected 411,252 customers in six central provinces. A person was killed in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, and economic losses in Quảng Bình Province reached 450 billion đồng (US$19.4 million). As of 16 November, Vietnamese Authorities reported that 325,000 people were evacuated and five people were injured due to Vamco.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Nghệ An
The flooding in Nghệ An killed two people. Damages in Nghệ An is about 3 trillion VND ($129.44 million).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Hà Tĩnh
From 16 to 19 October, some areas in Hà Tĩnh received heavy rainfall (from Tropical depression Ofel): 66.57 inches (1,691 mm) in Kỳ Thượng; 52.51 inches (1,334 mm) in Lake Kim Sơn. Flooding in Hà Tĩnh killed 6 people. Damages in Hà Tĩnh were estimated about 5.5 trillion VND ($237.47 million).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Quảng Bình
From 6 to 13 October, tropical cyclones dumped about 550-1,200 mm of rain in Quảng Bình. From 16 to 19 October, remnants of Ofel brought 41.85 inches (1,063 mm) of rain in Vạn Trạch. Flooding in Quảng Bình killed 19 people, flooded 95,000 houses and made 190,000 households lose power. Losses caused by floods and landslides in Quảng Bình was about 3,511 billion VND ($151.49 million).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Quảng Trị
From 10 to 19 October, remnants of Linfa and Ofel brought heavy rainfall to Quảng Trị. Hướng Linh district received 127.75 inches (3,245 mm) of precipitation in 13 days. Landslides hit a military barrack on 17 October, killed 22 soldiers. In total flood and landslides left 52 deaths and 2 missing, caused about 3,000 billion VND ($129.4 million) in damages. Quang Tri authorities have asked the central government to supply materials and rescue equipment, including two amphibious vehicles, 27 boats, rescue equipment and chemicals for disinfection.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Thừa Thiên Huế
In Thừa Thiên Huế, its mountainous districts received the heaviest amounts of rainfall in the region, mostly came from tropical storm Linfa. In three days, from 10 to 13 October, Linfa brought 90,16 inches (2,290 mm) in A Lưới; 89.60 inches (2,276mm) in Lake Khe Ngang, broke the historical record (2,244 mm in October 1999). Thượng Nhật saw the daily rainfall on 13 October was 28.3 in (719 mm). In total, three tropical cyclones from 6 to 19 October dumped the average amounts of precipitation about 78 to 98.42 inches (2000–2500 mm) in the province, peaked in A Lưới with 115.78 inches (2,941 mm); Bạch Mã with 112.95 inches (2,869 mm).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Thừa Thiên Huế
In total, floods caused 31 deaths and approximate 2,000 billion VND ($86.29 million) in damages in Thừa Thiên Huế.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Quảng Nam
Floods in Quảng Nam killed 13 people. The city of Hội An has been flooded after heavy rainfall occurred on 7–8 October caused by tropical low 91W. Total economic losses in Quảng Nam were about 11 trillion VND ($478 million).


2020 Central Vietnam floods, Floodings by province, Other regions
Floods and landslides due to 91W, Linfa and Ofel caused 6 deaths in Quảng Ngãi, Gia Lai, Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng and Kon Tum.


2020 Central Vietnam floods, International aid
The Vietnamese government has granted VND500 billion ($21.52 million) to five provinces worst-hit by the floods for rescue and social welfare support.


2020 Cerezo Osaka season
The 2020 season is Cerezo Osaka's fourth consecutive season in the top-division of Japanese football following promotion in 2016. In addition to the J1 League, the club also competes in the 2020 Emperor's Cup and the 2020 J.League Cup.


2020 Cerezo Osaka season, Squad, Senior team
As of 23 February 2020. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Cerezo Osaka 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 Cerezo Osaka season, Squad, Under-23 Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Challenge Cup
The 2020 Challenge Cup known as the Coral Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 119th staging of the Challenge Cup, the main rugby league knockout tournament for teams in the Super League, the British national leagues and a number of invited amateur clubs.


2020 Challenge Cup
The competition was won by Leeds Rhinos who beat Salford Red Devils 17–16 at Wembley Stadium on 17 October 2020.


2020 Challenge Cup
Defending champions Warrington Wolves who won the 2019 title beating St Helens 18–4 at Wembley Stadium on 24 August 2019 were knocked out by Salford in the semi-finals.


2020 Challenge Cup
The format of the competition remained as eight knock-out rounds followed by the final but the schedule was placed into disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic. The final was scheduled to be played on 18 July instead of the August bank holiday weekend. However on 16 March all rugby league games were suspended indefinitely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The suspension was followed, on 19 May 2020, with confirmation from the Rugby Football League (RFL) of the postponement of the Challenge Cup Final, which had been scheduled for 18 July at Wembley Stadium. The competition did not resume until 22 August with the final to be played on Saturday 17 October.


2020 Challenge Cup, Entry
Entry into the Cup is mandatory for the English and Welsh professional teams, but is by invitation for all other clubs, either professional or amateur. French side Toulouse declined to enter for 2020, after also declining to play in previous years. Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack rejoined the competition after declining to play in the 2019 competition and by agreement would play all their matches in away from home. Serbian club, Red Star who played in 2019 declined an invitation to enter in 2020 due to the demands the trip to England made on their players.


2020 Challenge Cup, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 16 March 2020, the RFL announced that all rugby league games had been suspended initially, until at least April, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on 24 March, rugby league clubs held a board meeting via conference call, attended in part by senior officials of the Rugby Football League, for further discussion of how to respond to the current public health crisis. It was agreed that until further notice, all rugby league fixtures would be suspended indefinitely.


2020 Challenge Cup, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The competition recommenced with the rescheduling of the sixth round on 22 August, after the RFL announced that rugby league could return from 2 August but with all games to be played behind closed doors. The pandemic caused Toronto Wolfpack to withdraw from the competition on 20 July, and just over a week later, on 28 July, the remaining Championship and League 1 clubs also withdrew from the competition. These withdrawals caused the RFL to reconsider the structure of the competition as only 10 Super League clubs remained in the competition. The decision was made to redraw and restructure the sixth round to comprise just two fixtures with only four teams, with the remaining six teams automatically receiving byes to the quarter finals.


2020 Challenge Cup, Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
The suspension of the competition also raised some uncertainty about the availability of Wembley as the venue for the final and it was not until 22 September that Wembley was re-confirmed as the venue for the final of the competition. It was hoped that spectators would be allowed into the final but on 28 September, the RFL confirmed that due to new COVID-19 restrictions being announced that the game will be played behind closed doors for the first time in the history of the competition.


2020 Challenge Cup, First round
The draw for the first round was made at the home of community club Bentley, near Doncaster. Ties were played over the weekend of 11–12 January 2020.


2020 Challenge Cup, Second round
The draw for the 2nd round was made at the studios of BBC Radio Leeds and broadcast live on air. Ties were played over the weekend of 25–26 January 2020.


2020 Challenge Cup, Third round
The draw for the third round was made live from Rochdale Hornets Crown Oil Arena. Ties were played on the weekend of the 8–9 February 2020. Several matches scheduled for 9 February were postponed due to the adverse weather caused by Storm Ciara and played the following weekend.


2020 Challenge Cup, Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round was made live on BBC Sport, live from Halifax's MBI Shay Stadium. Ties were played over the weekend of 21–23 February 2020.


2020 Challenge Cup, Fifth round
The draw for Round Five was streamed live on BBC Sport and Our League on Monday 24 February at 6.30pm live from Hull Kingston Rovers’ Hull College Craven Park. Rovers were one of four Super League clubs joining the competition at this stage, alongside Huddersfield Giants, Toronto Wolfpack and Wakefield Trinity. Ties were played over the weekend of 14–15 March 2020.


2020 Challenge Cup, Sixth round
The draw for the sixth round was made live from MediaCityUK in Salford on Monday 16 March 2020, and was streamed live on BBC Sport, and the Our League app from 6:00pm. Originally scheduled to be made in New York, the draw was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Challenge Cup, Sixth round
Defending champions Warrington were due to start the defence of their title at this stage, along with other Super League teams Castleford, Catalans, Hull FC, Leeds, Salford, St Helens and Wigan. Ties were scheduled to be played over the weekend of 4–5 April 2020, however due to the suspension of all rugby league games as part of the United Kingdom's response to the coronavirus pandemic meant that these dates were speculative and therefore rescheduled for a later date. The fixtures drawn on 16 March were: