2011 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election controversies, Political donations
Just one month before the election in October 2011, a leaked document revealed that Jimmy Lai, media mogul of Apple Daily has long been donating money to many supporters of democracy groups. For example, the Democratic Party received HK$13,690,000 from 2006 to 2010. While the Civic Party received HK$14,566,500 for the same period. Democracy supporter Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen was also seen receiving more than HK$20 million, and the radical League of Social Democrats received HK$1 million last year. Former chief secretary Anson Chan received HK$1.3 million from 2007 to 2009. According to Sina.com Lai was said to have donated about $10 million to democracy camp groups in a 5-year span. The Wall Street Journal saw this as part of "a fresh campaign to accuse pro-democracy politicians of being stooges of foreign powers".


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election controversies, Political donations
Since 2009–2010 the top four political parties received a total of $70 million in donations. Pro -establishment political groups are known to receive handsome political donations from many prominent Hong Kong businessmen. Out of that sum more than half ($48,370,000) went to the DAB. This amount was also 2.5 times more than the next pro-Beijing camp, Liberal Party as well as 7 times more than the sum received by pro-democracy camp groups like Civic Party and Democratic party. The DAB received eight times the amount as the Democratic Party in 2009–10.


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election controversies, Political donations
However, there is a serious shortage of people donating to the democracy camp parties. Other than Lai, there seems to be nobody else in HK donating to the democracy camps any more. According to Emily Lau, first there is definitely a question of transparency with regards to who is donating money. There is also the issue of revealing donors. The WSJ believed that the taboo on discussing the activities of the Communist Party of China implies the Hong Kong government will never pass a law governing political parties. It added: "As a result, donor transparency will never be mandated." The Communist Party of China bans and punishes people once they know who is donating to democracy camps. In this election, the well-financed pro-Beijing parties swept the polls.


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Pre-election controversies, Foreign domestic workers right of abode issues
Right of abode for foreign domestic workers in HK became an election issue as the Civic Party was closely identified with the legal advisers who represented one such Filipina. The court case Vallejos v. Commissioner of Registration was one of the primary case in 2011. Pro -Beijing DAB argued that 125,000 workers were eligible, and would cause unemployment in Hong Kong to rise from 3.5% to between 7 and 10%. The Pan-Democrats, particularly the Civic Party, were disadvantaged by this as many HK residents fear granting Filipinos permanent residency will affect them.


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Results
A post-handover record of 1.2 million voters cast their ballots. The pro-Beijing DAB secured the most seats. Albert Ho held his seat, but many other pro-democracy camp heavyweights lost their seat including Tanya Chan, Ronny Tong and Lee Cheuk-yan. Democratic Party vice chairman Sin Chung-kai admitted that this was "a warning to the pro-democracy camp".


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Post-election issues
Following the election, pan-democrats complained of irregularities in voter registration records, and a number of candidates who lost in marginal seats made allegations of electoral fraud to the police. The government was criticised for failing to address the issue back in 2006 after alleged instances where multiple voters had registered under a same address surfaced. In defence, Chief Secretary Stephen Lam said that the matter was "investigated thoroughly five years ago", and that "no evidence of vote rigging were found". The police received 16 such complaints in 2011.


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Post-election issues
Among the irregularities alleged was that almost 100 voters in Central used registered offices and hotels as their home addresses. Democratic Party candidate, Winfield Chong, who lost by 24 votes, said six buildings in the Sai Wan constituency used by approximately 120 voters to register were either being demolished or had been demolished; Yeung Sui-yin, who lost the Belcher seat by 33 votes, filed a complaint with the police, also alleging ballot rigging.


2011 Hong Kong local elections, Post-election issues
ADPL candidate Lam Kin-man, who lost King's Park constituency by two votes, took up his complaint with the ICAC. Lam alleged that, for example, five registered voters at one flat in the constituency where he was candidate all had different surnames; none of the voters registered at seven flats were present or past owners. two units said to have been used for storage purposes each had 10 registered voters. Following up on the allegations, the ICAC mounted "Operation Wave Spray", according to which 22 suspects were found to have "provided false information about their residential addresses to election officers"; six of them were charged.


2011 Hong Kong–Macau Interport
The 67th Hong Kong–Macau Interport is an association football match held in Macau on 11 June 2011. Macau captured the champion by winning 1-0.


2011 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
The 2011 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship was held on 5 November and 12 November 2011. The first leg was played at Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong, with the second leg taken place at Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium, Shanghai.


2011 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
Wofoo Tai Po was selected to represent Hong Kong due to a better league position (5th) in the previous season than the other applicant Citizen (6th).


2011 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
The second leg in Shanghai is also named as 2011 Dongping National Forest Park Cup after sponsorship from Shanghai Cong Ming Travel.


2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season
The 2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season began on Thursday, April 7 and ended on September 11.


2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season, All-Star game
The 2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse All-Star Game will be the 2nd midseason exhibition between the all-stars divided in teams North and South. The all-stars from Amsterdam, Bussum and Haarlem and Hoofddorp will make up team North. The all-stars from The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht will make up team South.


2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season, All-Star game
The game will be held on June 19 at the Sportcomplex De Paperclip, the home of UVV.


2011 Honkbal Hoofdklasse season, All-Star game, Rosters
Votes were cast online. The results were published on June 13.


2011 Honolulu Challenger
The 2011 Honolulu Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Honolulu, United States between 24 and 30 January 2011.


2011 Honolulu Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Honolulu Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Ryan Harrison /  Travis Rettenmaier def. Robert Kendrick /  Alex Kuznetsov, walkover


2011 Honolulu Challenger – Doubles
Kevin Anderson and Ryler DeHeart were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Ryan Harrison and Travis Rettenmaier won the final against Robert Kendrick and Alex Kuznetsov who withdrew before the match.


2011 Honolulu Challenger – Singles
Michael Russell was the defending champion, but lost to Ryan Harrison in the semifinals. Harrison went on to win the title after defeating Alex Kuznetsov 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in the final.


2011 Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup XXIII (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) corresponds to the 23rd edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. The tournament commenced on 1 January 2011 at the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia. The tournament was contested on hard courts.


2011 Hopman Cup
The tournament was attended by over seventy eight thousand people over the course of the week. This is the biggest attendance at the Hopman Cup where the tournament was held over eleven sessions. Up until the eighteenth edition there was a play-off giving twelve sessions of play.


2011 Hopman Cup
Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group progressed to the final. Spain were the 2010 champions but were not invited to defend their title. In the final the United States of America team of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and John Isner defeated Belgium's Justine Henin and Ruben Bemelmans 2–1. This was the USA's sixth Hopman Cup title.


2011 Hopman Cup, Tournament
The 2011 Hyundai Hopman Cup is an invitational tennis tournament and is also known as the Official Mixed Teams Championships of the ITF. The 2011 cup has prize money of A$1 million and follows the traditional round robin format, the leading teams after three round robin matches will qualify for the final. All matches are the best of three sets with the exception of the doubles where a match tie break, first to ten points, will be played if the match is tied at one set all. All ties will be played in this format; women's singles, men's singles and finally mixed doubles. In the event of a tie in the final group standings the following will be used to separate the nations;


2011 Hopman Cup, Seeds
The seeds for the 2011 Hopman Cup were decided by tournament director Paul McNamee, Rob Casey and Geoff Masters.


2011 Hopman Cup, Seeds
United States were originally seeded second. But when Serena Williams was replaced with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the USA were demoted and not seeded with Italy now the number 4 seeds as Belgium and Great Britain move up a seed.


2011 Hopman Cup, Group A, Teams and Players
Group A was headed by the number one seeds Serbia. Serbia was represented by Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic. Djokovic is currently ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals at number 3, and is the 2008 Australian Open champion. Djokovic comes into the tournament fresh from reaching his third grand slam final at the US Open and winning the Davis Cup as well as reaching a career high of world number two in 2010. Ivanovic is the 2008 French Open champion and former world number one as ranked by the Women's Tennis Association and 2008 Australian Open finalist.


2011 Hopman Cup, Group A, Teams and Players
Ivanovic had a mixed 2010, she teamed up and then split with Heinz Günthardt before winning her first title in two years at Linz before picking up the Tournament of Champions in Bali she is currently the world number seventeen. The pair have played together in the Hopman Cup before in 2006, where they missed out on the final by losing two more sets when compared to America's record.


2011 Hopman Cup, Final
Serbia qualified for the final after winning their opening two matches, 3–0. They needed just one rubber against Belgium to qualify. After Henin beat Ana Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic booked Serbia's second trip to the Hopman Cup final defeating Bemelmans in straight sets. However, due to Ivanovic having an abdominal strain injury, Belgium replaced Serbia in the final, sneaking in above Australia because of their 2–1 win in the last rubber of the group.


2011 Hopman Cup, Final
The United States of America qualified, after Bethanie Mattek-Sands won her singles match giving the USA the one rubber they needed to win the group; coupled with Francesca Schiavone's retirement from the opening rubber of the other tie; which ended Italy's chances of qualifying for the final. This meant that the USA needed to win one rubber to eliminate France.


2011 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic
The 2011 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic was held from September 30 to October 3 at the Tartan Curling Club in Regina, Saskatchewan as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$16,000. The event was held in a triple-knockout format.


2011 Horizon League Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Horizon League Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26, near the close of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top six of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright State's Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. Top seeded Wright State won their fourth Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2011 Horizon League Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The league's six teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only.


2011 Horizon League Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Zach Tanner was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Tanner was a third baseman for Wright State.


2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament was played Tuesday, March 1 through Tuesday, March 8. The Horizon League Network broadcast the opening rounds, which were played at the home courts of the higher seeds. The quarterfinals and semifinals were broadcast by ESPNU and took place at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, the home court of the #1 overall seed, the Milwaukee Panthers. As Milwaukee defeated Valparaiso in its semifinal match, it secured host status for the championship game against Butler as well; the final was broadcast by ESPN/ESPN3.com. Butler defeated Milwaukee 59–44 in the final, winning its second consecutive Horizon League  tournament title and receiving an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament.


2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All Horizon League schools played in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2010–11 Horizon League season record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 2 teams received a bye to the semifinals.


2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seedsSecond round and semifinals hosted by #1 overall seed (Milwaukee)Championship game hosted by highest remaining seed


2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament, Honors
Matt Howard of Butler was named the tournament MVP for the second successive year.


2011 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2011 Horizon League Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Horizon League to determine the Horizon League’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2011 Horsham District Council election
The 2011 Horsham District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections and the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. The Conservatives increased their majority on the council to 12, winning a total of 34 seats.


2011 Horsham District Council election, Council composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2011 Horsham District Council election, Ward results, Holbrook West
Peter Burgess stood as an Independent in Holbrook West in 2007, the year when this seat was last contested.


2011 Hotan attack
The 2011 Hotan attack was a bomb-and-knife attack that occurred in Hotan, Xinjiang, China on July 18, 2011. According to witnesses, the assailants were a group of 18 young Uyghur men who opposed the local government's campaign against the burqa, which had grown popular among older Hotan women in 2009 but were also used in a series of violent crimes. The men occupied a police station on Nuerbage Street at noon, killing two security guards with knives and bombs and taking eight hostages. The attackers then yelled religious slogans, including ones associated with Jihadism, as they replaced the Chinese flag on top of a police station with another flag, the identity of which is disputed.


2011 Hotan attack
After a firefight with police around 1:30 p.m., 14 of the attackers were killed, and four were captured. Six of the hostages were rescued alive, while two were killed in the attack. Local and national governments said the attack was organized terrorism motivated by religious extremism, and found that two of the attackers have links to the militant East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). A team from China's counter-terrorism office was sent to Hotan to investigate the attack. ETIM acknowledged responsibility for the attack on September 8, as well as for the attacks in Kashgar later that same July. Six men were handed prison or death sentences for their involvement in both attacks later in September.


2011 Hotan attack, Background
Hotan is a city of 360,000 people, 96% Uyghur and 3% Han, in Hotan Prefecture, China. Hotan Prefecture is a predominantly agricultural county and the poorest in Xinjiang, so it is a frequent source of migrant workers to wealthier Xinjiang cities like Ürümqi. Uyghurs tend to have less wealth than their Han counterparts; as a result, many Uyghurs are unemployed and subsist on Chinese social welfare benefits. The city receives few domestic tourists because of terrorism fears, but southern Xinjiang officials are trying to integrate the region into the international economy by creating a special economic zone in nearby Kashgar. Hotan had recently celebrated the opening of the city's first passenger-train service in June.


2011 Hotan attack, Background
Xinjiang has been experiencing an Islamic revival, manifest in decreased alcohol consumption and increased beard length in Hotan. Most visibly, since the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, many religious Hotan women of an older age began to wear a long face-concealing Islamic garment, which is more similar to the uniform of the female Chechen suicide bomber than to traditional Uyghur attire.


2011 Hotan attack, Background
Authorities became concerned with the fashion trend after a spate of murders and robberies outside Hotan where the perpetrators wore face-concealing veils, so they ineffectively campaigned to discourage women from wearing the veils, using slogans such as "show off your pretty looks and let your beautiful long hair fly". Uyghur terrorist attacks usually take the form of IEDs and vehicle-borne bombs in heavily-policed areas. Compared to the 1990s, such bombings from 2000 onward have tended to claim civilian as well as traditional police and bureaucratic targets.


2011 Hotan attack, Attack
According to a subsequent investigation, a group of 18 anti-government religious extremists arrived in Hotan from Kashgar on July 16, two days before the attack; they brought "several dozen different knives including cleavers, axes and switchblades" with them. The men, Uyghurs between the age of 20 and 35, prepared for the attack at the local bazaar, buying materials to create explosives. The attack was executed on July 18, around the Iktar Grand Bazaar in the center of Hotan, when the group entered a government building and took several hostages.


2011 Hotan attack, Attack
According to witnesses, the men approached the gates of the Nuerbage (Naarburg) Street police station around noon with weapons concealed in cardboard boxes, stabbing a Uyghur security guard to death when they got close enough. The guard, Memet Eli, was 25 years old and engaged to be married in September. After killing Eli, the men shouted slogans in Uyghur denouncing the government's campaign against the Islamic veil, in what onlookers described as Kashgar and Aksu accents. Variously described as "terrorists", "rioters", or "thugs" in accounts, the men proceeded to storm the police building wielding molotov cocktails, knives, and grenades.


2011 Hotan attack, Attack
Shouting jihadist slogans such as "Allah is the only god!" and "Holy war!" they broke into the police station, wherein they took police hostages, smashed computer hardware and furniture, and set fires. Two Uyghur women submitting forms inside the police office were trapped inside a smoky room before being rescued through the windows by street vendors.


2011 Hotan attack, Attack
The men proceeded to take down the Chinese flag atop the police station to put up another flag, with conflicting reports about the new flag's design. The government says the flag was black with white Arabic lettering: the Black Standard commonly known as the "black flag of jihad". Residents interviewed by the Financial Times say it was the "blue half-moon flag" used by Xinjiang independence advocates, while a resident quoted in the South China Morning Post said it was black with a crescent. Nuerbage police station chief Abulaiti Maitiniyazi (Ablet Metniyaz) was a witness to the attack.


2011 Hotan attack, Attack
He recalled shouting to the men in Uyghur for a peaceful settlement, but receiving molotov cocktails and rocks in return. A Han  People's Armed Police paramilitary officer was killed by a molotov cocktail when his squad was forcibly entering the ground level. According to Maitiniyazi, it was when the attackers hacked at the civilian hostages' faces, noses and ears with knives with intent to kill that police fatally shot 14 of the assailants and captured the other four for questioning, ending the attack within 90 minutes of the initial break-in. Six of the eight hostages were rescued alive, while two Han women hostages were hacked to death during the operation, and four Uyghurs were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries.


2011 Hotan attack, Reaction
The Xinjiang regional government called the incident an organized, "long-planned" "terrorist attack", and a team from China's national counter-terrorism office was sent to Hotan to investigate the causes of the violence. Media called it "one of the most serious eruptions of violence" since the July 2009 Ürümqi riots. An expert at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations said that the attack aimed to create fear in the public. On July 19, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Public Security announced that two of the 18 attackers had links to ETIM.


2011 Hotan attack, Reaction
Citing the deaths of Uyghur civilians in the attack, a government spokesperson said that the attack was apparently not ethnically motivated. But the environment in the city after the attack bore signs of ethnic tension. Many Han residents of the city feared for their lives, recalling a spate recent violent crimes against Han people by Uyghurs in Hotan. Many businesses owned by Han shut down, and both local and visiting Han are said to have "almost disappeared in the Uygur-dominated areas". On August 13, the elite counterterrorist Snow Leopard Commando Unit was deployed to Hotan and Kashgar to secure the cities ahead of the China-Eurasia Expo in September.


2011 Hotan attack, Reaction
The anti-China pro-Uyghur independence World Uyghur Congress (WUC) in Germany claimed that the attack was preceded by the violent suppression of a peaceful protest two hours earlier. However, the Financial Times interviewed local Han and Uyghur residents, and none of them had any knowledge of a demonstration before the attack. A local government spokesperson also denied that there was a mass protest before the attack. WUC spokesperson Dilxadi Rexiti (迪里夏提, also known as Dilxat Raxi) accused the authorities of lying, rhetorically asking "If the attack was premeditated, why didn't the police take precautions".


2011 Hotan attack, Reaction
Several Indian security analysts claimed that Pakistani-based terror groups were linked to the attack. Both the director of the Institute of Central Asia at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences and Chinese counter-terrorist expert Li Wei alluded to the influence of foreign terrorist organizations in the attack  without mentioning any specific country, which the Times of India claimed referred to Pakistan. However, the Chinese government, which has good relations with Pakistan, and the WUC, did not give any remarks on the alleged connection to terrorists based in Pakistan.


2011 Hotan attack, Reaction
On September 8, the US-based terrorist monitoring group SITE reported on a video made by ETIM leader Abdul Shakoor Damla claiming responsibility for the July Hotan and Kashgar attacks on behalf of his group. On September 14, the Xinjiang Legal Daily reported that six men were tried for their involvement in the Hotan and Kashgar attacks. Four were given death sentences, and two were given 19-year jail terms, for charges including "leading and organizing a terror group, manufacturing illegal explosives, intentional homicide, [and] arson". Xinjiang authorities have unveiled a package of policy responses to the attacks to placate Muslim Uyghurs, which include increasing quotas for Uyghur participation in local government and increasing government subsidies for religious schools.


2011 Houston Astros season
The Houston Astros' 2011 season was the 50th season for the franchise in the National League in Houston, their 47th as the Astros and their 12th season at Minute Maid Park. The 2011 Astros became the first team in the franchise's 50-year history to lose 100 games in a single season.


2011 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs scored; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home runs; RBI=Runs batted in; BB=Base on Balls; SO=Strikeout; AVG=Batting average; SB=Stolen bases


2011 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting
x Was not part of the team at end of the season


2011 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W=Wins; L=Losses; ERA=Earned run average; G=Games pitched; GS=Games started; SV=Saves; SVO=Saves Opportunity; IP=Innings pitched; H=Hits; R=Runs; ER=Earned runs allowed; HR=Home Run allowed; BB=Walks allowed;  SO=Strikeouts


2011 Houston Cougars football team
The 2011 Houston Cougars football team (also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH) represented the University of Houston in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the 66th year of season play for Houston. The program was a member of Conference USA in its West Division.


2011 Houston Cougars football team
The team was coached by fourth-year head football coach Kevin Sumlin, and played its home games at Robertson Stadium—a 32,000-seat stadium on campus in Houston. After missing a majority of the 2010 season due to injury, starting quarterback Case Keenum had returned for 2011.


2011 Houston Cougars football team
The Cougars finished the regular season 12–0, setting a new school record for wins. It was also the first undefeated and untied regular season in the program's 66-year  history; however, the team lost to Southern Miss 49–28 in the 2011 Conference USA Football Championship Game. Had the team won the championship game, Houston would have garnered its (and C-USA's) first-ever Bowl Championship Series berth, as well as its first major-bowl appearance since the 1985 Cotton Bowl. Instead, Houston played in the TicketCity Bowl against Penn State—at the site of the Cotton Bowl—beating Penn State 30–14.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Pre-season, Top 25 rankings
During the pre-season, Houston was ranked in several notable top 25 polls. Phil Steele ranked the team as No. 21. Just outside the Top 25, Houston was ranked as No. 30 in ESPN.com's power rankings, No. 31 by Sporting News, No. 36 in the AP Poll, and No. 37 in the Coaches' Poll.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA
UCLA of the Pac-12 Conference traveled to Robertson Stadium in Houston's season opener. The Bruins led the overall series with Houston 3–2, which started on September 17, 1977, in the Astrodome. In 2010, the Bruins had defeated the Cougars 31–13 in the Rose Bowl.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The game's first quarter consisted of a 10–0 lead of Houston over UCLA. Senior running back Michael Hayes was credited with the first touchdown of the game. Redshirt junior Matt Hogan was responsible for the PAT as well as a 35-yard field goal later in the quarter. Although the Bruins' Johnathan Franklin and Joseph Fauria with quarterback Richard Brehaut managed to score two touchdowns, Houston still outscored UCLA in the second quarter. Michael Hayes scored another touchdown for Houston, and fellow senior running back Bryce Beall. Senior wide receiver Tyron Carrier scored the third Cougar touchdown when he received a 23-yard pass from senior quarterback Case Keenum before the half. Houston went to the locker room with a 31–14 lead.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, UCLA
In the second half, UCLA struck back to make the game close, as UCLA scored an unanswered 14 points in the third quarter with two touchdowns by Derrick Coleman and Brehaut respectively. However, the both teams' offenses struggled in the fourth quarter. Houston's senior offensive lineman Chris Thompson recovered a fumble from teammate Bryce Beall in the UCLA end zone to receive credit for a touchdown. Following the score, UCLA's Brehaut completed an 11-yard pass to Anthony Barr in another UCLA touchdown. Freshman kicker Kip Smith's kick was blocked by Houston, thus halting the PAT. Houston won the game with a 38–34 score.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, North Texas
Houston traveled to Denton, Texas, to face North Texas of the Sun Belt Conference for the thirteenth time in program history. A former conference-mate of Houston in the Lone Star Conference, Gulf Coast Conference, and Missouri Valley Conference, the Mean Green led the all-time series against the Cougars 7–5. However, Houston had won their last three games against North Texas. The game marked the opening of a new home for the Mean Green at Apogee Stadium. Its attendance was 28,075, and was the third-largest in North Texas' history.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
In Houston's second away game of the season, the team traveled to Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana, to compete against Louisiana Tech of the Western Athletic Conference for the sixth time in history. The two programs had first met in 1948, and Houston led the all-time series 3–2. Louisiana Tech's record was 1–1, and was coached by second-year Sonny Dykes. With a lopsided 14–34 score heading into the fourth quarter, Houston managed to achieve their biggest comeback in school history by shutting out the Bulldog offense, and scoring 21 points to win the game.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech took a 7–0 lead after Lennon Creer scored a 1-yard rushing touchdown with 11:12 left in the first quarter. Tech extended their lead over Houston to 10–0 after Matt Nelson kicked a 30-yard field goal with 10:10 left in the second quarter. Houston scored its first points of the night with 7:21 left in the second quarter when Case Keenum connected with Michael Hayes for a 54-yard touchdown to cut Louisiana Tech's lead to 10–7. Louisiana Tech answered with a 2-yard touchdown run by Ray Holley and a 47-yard field goal by Nelson to take the 20–7 lead at halftime.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
Both teams traded punts to open the third quarter. With 6:47 left in the third quarter, Louisiana Tech QB Nick Isham completed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Quinton Patton to increase Tech's lead to 27–7. After Quinn Giles intercepted a pass by Case Keenum, Ray Holley scored his second rushing touchdown in the game on a 7-yard TD run to bring the Louisiana Tech lead to 34–7 with 5:11 left in the third quarter.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
Houston began their comeback when Keenum completed a 50-yard touchdown pass with 4:27 left in the third quarter to make the score Louisiana Tech 34, Houston 14. Bryce Beall ran for a 2-yard touchdown to cut the Tech lead to 34–21 with 12:53 left in the fourth quarter. After Houston recovered a fumble by Tech's Ray Holley, Houston completed an 80-yard drive down the field with a 4-yard touchdown run by Beall to make the score 34–28 Louisiana Tech with 7:25 remaining in the game. Houston took its first lead of the night after Keenum threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to make the score Houston 35–34 with 1:36 remaining in the game. Houston went on to win the game after Tech turned the ball over on downs in the last minute of the game.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech generated 444 yards on offense on 98 plays. Lennon Creer and Ray Holley combined for 47 carries, 161 yards, and three touchdowns on the ground, as Louisiana Tech ran 66 rushing plays in the game which is tied for the 2nd-most carries by a Bulldog team in the history of the program. Quinton Patton caught five passes for 82 yards and one touchdown for the evening and was later named to the Fred Biletnikoff Award Watch List after the game as a result of his play through the first three games of the 2011 college football season. The crowd of 24,628 at Joe Aillet Stadium for the Louisiana Tech vs. Houston marked the sixth-largest crowd for a Louisiana Tech football game at Joe Aillet Stadium.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Georgia State
Houston returned home for their game against Georgia State. An NCAA Division I FCS independent, Georgia State was coached by Bill Curry, and had a 1–2 record at this point in the season. This was the first meeting between the two teams, and it marked the end of Houston's out-of-conference schedule. With a score of 56–0, this was Houston's first shutout victory since the 1999 season, when they defeated Louisiana–Lafayette 45–0. Senior quarterback Case Keenum threw for 415 yards, and two touchdowns before being replaced by Cotton Turner in the third quarter of the game.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Georgia State
A sell-out game with 32,005 in attendance, the matchup was regionally televised on Comcast Sports Southwest.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Marshall
Case Keenum became the Football Bowl Subdivision's career leader in total offense, throwing for 376 yards and tying his career high with six touchdown passes as Houston beat Marshall 63–28. The senior quarterback needed 130 yards to eclipse the record (16,910 yards) set by Hawaii's Timmy Chang from 2000–04. He moved past Chang on a 30-yard pass to Justin Johnson with 3:56 left in the first quarter. A.J. Graham threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score for Marshall, which lost handily despite gaining 506 yards and winning possession time by 24 minutes.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, SMU
This game marked the 26th meeting of the SMU Mustangs and the Houston Cougars. They last met in the previous season on October 23, 2010, where Houston defeated SMU with a final score of 45–20. Following Houston's 37–7 victory, Houston now leads the series 17–9–1.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, SMU
The game was previewed on ESPN's College GameDay, where it was broadcast live from the University of Houston campus outside of the Cullen Performance Hall. It was the first time that Houston had hosted an episode of the show, and the first time that it had visited a Conference USA school. Cougar alumnus Carl Lewis appeared as a guest on the show. The game itself was nationally broadcast on Fox Sports Net.


2011 Houston Cougars football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane had an opportunity to accomplish one of the goals set long before the season started: Win the C-USA Western Division Title and play the C-USA Championship game. The task was not easy. Undefeated #8 Houston Cougars (11–0, 7–0 in C-USA) were coming to Tulsa to face off against Tulsa Golden Hurricane (8–3, 7–0 in C-USA). The winner was guaranteed to host the C-USA Championship game against the C-USA Eastern Division Title. The Golden Hurricane kept the game close for the first half, but 457 yards and 5 Touchdowns by Case Keenum proved to be too much for the Golden Hurricane to keep up with.


2011 Houston Dynamo season
The 2011 Houston Dynamo season was the sixth season of the team's existence, breaking the record for the most seasons played for a Houston soccer team. The Dynamo had been tied with Houston Hurricanes, who competed in the USISL D3 Pro League from 1996 to 2000. It was the Dynamo's sixth season with head coach Dominic Kinnear and majority owner Philip Anschultz. It was Chris Canettis first season as team president, having worked as chief operating officer for the previous five.


2011 Houston Dynamo season
Prior to the season, Houston was switched to MLS's Eastern Conference along with Sporting Kansas City due to expansion teams Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps joining the Western Conference. It was the Dynamo's final season playing at Robertson Stadium, with the new BBVA Compass Stadium set to open the following year.


2011 Houston Dynamo season
After failing to qualify for the playoffs in 2010, Houston rebounded and finished 2nd in the conference. During the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Houston beat the Philadelphia Union 3–1 over two legs. In the Eastern Conference Final, Houston defeated Kansas City 2–0 to reach their third ever MLS Cup, where they fell 1–0 to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the final. The Dynamo failed to qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, losing to Sporting Kansas City in the Qualification Semi-finals.


2011 Houston Dynamo season, Final roster
Appearances and goals are totals for MLS regular season only.


2011 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2011 Houston Dynamo season, Player movement, Out
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2011 Houston Dynamo season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Standings
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2011 Houston Texans season
The 2011 Houston Texans season was the franchise's 10th season in the National Football League and the 6th under head coach Gary Kubiak. The Texans improved on their record from the 2010 season, despite losing starting quarterback Matt Schaub & backup Matt Leinart to season ending injuries. Third stringer T.J. Yates filled in, and earned the franchise's first playoff berth by defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 20–19 in Week 14 and clinching the AFC South. It also assured the Texans of at least one playoff game at home—the first NFL playoff game in Houston since 1993. After reaching the Divisional match against the Baltimore Ravens, the Texans suffered their maiden loss in the NFL Playoffs, losing 20–13.


2011 Houston Texans season
Prior to the season, former Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips was hired as defensive coordinator, replacing Frank Bush who was terminated by Texans owner Bob McNair. The Texans defense made major improvements in Phillips' first year calling Houston's defensive plays. The team allowed the fourth-fewest points in the league in 2011 (compared to fourth most in 2010), the second-fewest yards allowed (third-most in 2010) and third-fewest yards per play (4.8, compared to 6.0, second-worst in 2010).


2011 Houston Texans season
Not only do the 2011 Texans hold the record for least points conceded in the average game of a season for the team with 17.4 points, which happened nine times, but they also got a +103 point differential, which is the best in franchise history. Of the Texans' 10 wins, 9 of them were decided by at least 6 points.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Indianapolis Colts
The Texans began their season at home against the AFC South division foes, Colts. With the win, the Texans started the season out at 1–0.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Miami Dolphins
The Texans went on the road to face the Dolphins. With the win, the Texans improved to 2–0.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Oakland Raiders
With the loss, the Texans fell to 3–2 and they lost both their second game and first home game against  the Raiders.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
'*HOU – Ben Tate 11 yd. run (Neil Rackers run), Texans 37–9


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With the win, the Texans went on their bye week 7–3. However, Matt Schaub was lost for the season due to a Lisfranc injury on his right foot.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win, not only the Texans improved to 8–3, but swept the Jaguars for the 1st time since 2006. The Texans had to play the remainder of the season with T.J. Yates at QB after losing Matt Leinart for the season with a broken collarbone.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the last-second win, the Texans improved to 10–3 and clinched the franchise's first playoff berth and AFC South division title.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Carolina Panthers
With the loss, the Texans' seven-game winning streak was snapped, falling to 10–4. Houston also lost to the Panthers for the first time in franchise history.


2011 Houston Texans season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans
With the loss, the Texans would end their season at 10–6 and the AFC's #3 seed.


2011 Houston Texans season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoff Game: vs. #6 Cincinnati Bengals
Making their NFL postseason debut as the AFC's #3 seed, the Texans began their playoff run at home in the AFC Wild Card Round against the #6 Cincinnati Bengals, in a rematch of their Week 14 contest. Not only was this the Texans' first postseason game, it was the franchise's first game ever broadcast nationally on NBC, they were also the last NFL team to finally play on NBC, since their 2006 inception.


2011 Houston Texans season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoff Game: vs. #6 Cincinnati Bengals
Houston trailed in the first quarter with Bengals running back Cedric Benson getting a 1-yard touchdown run, yet the Texans answered with an 8-yard touchdown run from running back Arian Foster. Cincinnati struck back in the second quarter with kicker Mike Nugent getting a 37-yard field goal, but Houston took the lead with a 39-yard field goal from kicker Neil Rackers, followed by rookie defensive end J.J. Watt returning an interception 29 yards for a touchdown. From there, the Texans took control with rookie quarterback T.J. Yates finding wide receiver Andre Johnson on a 40-yard touchdown in the third quarter, followed by a 42-yard touchdown run by Foster in the fourth quarter.


2011 Houston Texans season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoff Game: vs. #6 Cincinnati Bengals
With the win, the Texans improved their overall record to 11–6.


2011 Houston Texans season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Divisional Playoff Game: at #2 Baltimore Ravens
With the loss, the Texans finished the overall season 11-7.


2011 Houston mayoral election
The Houston Mayoral Election of 2011 took place on November 8, 2011.


2011 Houston mayoral election
The incumbent Mayor Annise Parker ran for a second two-year term in office and was re-elected. There were four other declared candidates: Long time Houstonian , a manufacturing businessman. Native Houstonian, Houston Deputy Fire Chief , Kevin Simms, a former volunteer intern in Councilman Jarvis Johnson's office and local businessman Dave Wilson.


2011 Howard Bison football team
The 2011 Howard Bison football team represented Howard University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by first year head coach Gary Harrell and played their home games at William H. Greene Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season
The 2011 Huddersfield Giants season was their 148th in the Rugby Football League, and its 13th in Super League. This season saw the Fartowners finish in fourth place and lose both of their playoff matches, which The Guardian and Love Rugby League described as disappointing given their strong start to the season. The Claret and Gold were at top spot three times in the year, before a mid-season slump caused them to drop down the table, and finish fourth; the significant achievement was finishing above every other Yorkshire team.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Table
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Pre-Season
The Giants Started preseason with a 30–18 loss to Batley Bulldogs, then they came back to the Galpharm for Eorl Crabtree's testimonial match against Hull Kingston Rovers, an experimental side beat the Robins 18–12. They then faced their toughest test, against St. Helens, winning against a relatively full-strength team.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
The First Match of the campaign was against title rivals Warrington Wolves who's signings included Joel Monaghan, and Giants Man of Steel and Captain, Brett Hodgson. The Match was a fitting opening for the Wolves, who were knocked out of the running for a historic double, by a length of the field effort from Leroy Cudjoe in the Play-offs. Huddersfield came out victors by 28–18.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
Then they travelled to Castleford, who were top of the table, in what was dubbed somewhat prematurely a 'Top of the Table' clash, a wet weather game slowed the Fartowners, who left Wheldon Road losers 12–18. In the first home game of the year, they faced Hull F.C. in front of the Huddersfield Crowd – after an early shock, they ran out 20–10 winners.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
The Giants started March with a hard trip down to in-form Harlequins who were in the midst of their best start in their history. After another scrappy affair, the Giants finished the game 18–10 winners. They returned to Yorkshire to face rivals Bradford Bulls at the Galpharm Stadium. In a rout, the Bulls were beaten 50–16, with tries from Jermaine McGillvary, Leroy Cudjoe, David Fa'alogo, Scott Grix, new signing Dale Ferguson, Graeme Horne and Larne Patrick and 7 goals from Danny Brough.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
In their biggest game yet, they faced an injury effected Wigan, however after an impressive performance from Josh Charnley and Sean O'Loughlin, they lost 20–6. After this defeat, they travelled to Craven Park to face Hull Kingston Rovers. After floodlight troubles threatened to harm the match, the visitors played some great Rugby, and won 38–16.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
The Claret and Gold started April hosting Wakefield Trinity, a spirited performance by Wakefield against a much changed Fartown team saw Wakefield scare them, only leading 6–4 at Half-Time. By the end of the match, they led 34–10. Then they hosted the Warrington Wolves again at the Galpharm, which after a superb performance, they ran out 29–10 winners. They then went to Headingley, searching for their first ever win there in the Super League era.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
Over 3,000 fans turned out to see a historic victory, a heated affair, with 2 sending offs, a fight, and six Huddersfield tries, the game finished 38–6, and marked a new era in Huddersfield Giants history. During the Easter Period, they started on a Tuesday night at home to Salford City Reds, where despite the visiting side showing some clever and pretty rugby, they ended the game with a 52–22, picking up the 2 points. They then travelled to the South of France to face an excellent Catalans Dragons side. After a Scott Dureau drop goal, the Giants unluckily lost 13–12.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
The Giants played just two Super League games during May. Returning for a Saturday Night 'Clash of the Titans' with St. Helens, the Giants won 40–18 against the Injury ravaged Saints side. After which they returned to the KC Stadium, they played Hull F.C. on the same day as the 2011 League One Play-off Final, winning 34–20, with tries from Michael Lawrence, Danny Brough, Lee Gilmour and a hat trick from veteran winger David Hodgson.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
Huddersfield started June at The Shay, where the team would play until urgent pitch work would be completed at their home ground, The Galpharm Stadium, with a game versus the Castleford Tigers. The Tigers and the Giants both wore their predominantly white kit. The mix up was sorted when the Tigers wore a Halifax old shirt. The Giants ran in eight tries in a 40–18 rout in front of a crowd of over 5,000. They then travelled to Wakefield Trinity, where the home team upset the Top-4 Giants in a 13–10 win.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
At their second 'On the Road' game in Halifax, they beat Catalans 28–20 on Sky Television, the highlight of the match being a Damien Blanch try for the visitors. The Giants ended the month at Wigan in a match labelled 'The Big One' with a huge ticketing push from both teams attracted a 19,169 crowd to the DW Stadium, the Giants were outplayed, and Wigan won easily 46–12, with Hodgson and Kirmond getting the only tries.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
The Start of July was the end of the Giants time at The Shay, where the played Crusaders, in front of their smallest crowd of the year, 4,892. With 12 points to the Debuting Gregg McNally, the Giants beat the Bottom of the Table Crusaders 40–12. They then went to the Halliwell Jones Stadium to visit Warrington Wolves, who wanted revenge after losing the last 3 against the Giants, after being behind 22–0 at half time, found hard, but fell short.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
After this they faced what must be the most disappointing result of the year, a 36–0 humiliation by the Bradford Bulls. The Giants returned to the Galpharm Stadium with a homecoming victory, in the last game of July, they beat Hull Kingston Rovers and made 4th spot a little safer again.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
Pulling towards the 'Business End' of the Season, the Giants faced St. Helens in [Widnes]'s Halton Stadium, Saints temporary home. They outplayed the Giants, who never looked like threatening. In a close fought match, the Giants still lost out 19–6, Foster kicking 3. They then travelled to the Willows, expecting a victory, but in a disappointing turn of events, lost out 24–18. Huddersfield had won just 4 in 10.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
In the last two games pulling towards the play-offs, the Giants hosted two very different sides, Harlequins had looked good early on, but since the last time the two sides met, they had slumped, and would have been bottom, if not for points deductions to Wakefield Trinity and Crusaders. The Giants however pulled out all the stops, and hammered the enthusiastic, but ultimately unsuccessful Quins side. They then hosted Leeds Rhinos, in a match dubbed 'the Battle of Yorkshire', although Huddersfield had already secured 4th spot, ahead of the Loiners. In a tight affair, Leeds beat the confident Giants side, looking to do a double, by 7 points, 24–31.


2011 Huddersfield Giants season, Season review
In the first week of the play-offs, without Leroy Cudjoe, Shaun Lunt and Joe Wardle, the Giants were hammered by an excellent Warrington Wolves side, although the refereeing of Steve Ganson was called into question, with Nathan Brown, Huddersfield's coach, saying '[ Ganson] obviously got the game wrong the other day'. The Giants then hosted the Leeds Rhinos.


2011 Hull City Council election
The 2011 Hull City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and Labour gained control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.


2011 Hull City Council election, Ward results
No elections were held in Bricknell, St Andrews, Southcoates East and Southcoates West wards.


2011 Hull Kingston Rovers season
In 2011, Hull Kingston Rovers competed in the 16th season of the Super League and also in the 2011 Challenge Cup. Hull Kingston Rovers made the playoffs only to be knocked out by the Catalans Dragons in the first round.


2011 Hull Kingston Rovers season, Fixtures and results
Source: . Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.


2011 Hulu Langat landslide
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2011 Hulu Langat landslide
The 2011 Hulu Langat landslide was a landslide that occurred on 21 May 2011, in Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. 16 people—15 children and a caretaker of an orphanage—were killed in the landslide which was caused by heavy rains at the Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in Kampung Sosrowijayan (FELCRA Semungkis), Hulu Langat, Selangor, southeast of Kuala Lumpur. The landslide occurred at about 2:30 pm MST.


2011 Hulu Langat landslide, Causes of landslides
The Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage is located at Jalan Sungai Semungkis, Kampung Sosrowijayan (FELCRA Semungkis), Hulu Langat, Selangor, a hilly rural area vulnerable to landslides. According to the Minister of Women, Family and Community when asked about this incident, Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the orphanage was not registered under any agency under the Ministry or any other ministry. The landslide occurred at 2:20 pm MST, and so far reported only orphanage is an important building that was buried by a landslide.


2011 Hulu Langat landslide, Causes of landslides
The search and rescue efforts commence at 2.45 pm, 25 minutes after the landslide occurred. During this operation, found a total of 16 orphans and guardians who died and nine survived with injuries. The rescue operation ended after the last victim removed from the scene at 5:30 am the following day. follow-up operation started at 8 am, 22 May, to explore locations around the ruins of tragedy and cleaning of waste to ensure that no more victims are trapped.


2011 Hulu Langat landslide, Causes of landslides
The search and rescue operations conducted by 754 members of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department, Malaysian Civil Defence Department, the Malaysian Search and Rescue Team (SMART), Fourth Division of Malaysian Army, General Operations Force (GOF) (Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA)) and St. John Ambulance. The work is relatively easy to find because the location of the victim close to each other.


2011 Hulu Langat landslide, Causes of landslides
The landslide was due to the house was located too near to a steep cut-slope. During the landslide, most of the children were having an event under a temporary canopy setup under the slope, many of them were trapped under the canopy when the landslide mass came down. The heavy and prolonged rain since several days ago and disturbance on the up-slope also attributed to the occurrence of the tragedy.


2011 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2011 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2011 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).


2011 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2011 Lumberjacks were led by fourth-year head coach Rob Smith. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season as champion of the GNAC with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 7–1 GNAC). This was the first conference championship for the Lumberjacks since they won the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) in 1995 and the nine wins was that highest since the 10-win 1968 Camellia Bowl championship team. The Lumberjacks averaged 35 points per game, outscoring their opponents 349–197 for the 2011 season.


2011 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2012 NFL Draft.


2011 Hun Sen Cup
Hun Sen Cup, the main football knockout tournament in Cambodia. The 2011 Hun Sen Cup was the fifth season of the Hun Sen Cup, the premier knockout tournament for association football clubs in Cambodia involving Cambodian League and provincial teams organized by the Football Federation of Cambodia.


2011 Hun Sen Cup
National Defense were the defending champions, having beaten Phnom Penh Crown 3–2 in the previous season's final.


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage
The matches were arranged in four regions, two groups in each region. The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the eight groups in Group stage progressed to the Round of 16 playing in Phnom Penh.


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Battambang Centre
Group A - Prek Pra Keila, Kon Rithysen, Banteay Meanchey, Mekong Kampuchea University


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Battambang Centre
Group B - Build Bright United, Battambang, Oddar Meanchey, Pailin


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Kampong Thom Centre
Group C - Preah Khan Reach, Preah Vihear, Chhlam Samuth, Kratie


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Kampong Thom Centre
Group D - Phnom Penh Crown, Kampong Thom, Baksey Chamkrong, Neak Khiev


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Prey Veng Centre
Group E – Chhma Khmao, Western University, Stung Treng, Kandal


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Prey Veng Centre
Group F - National Defense, Prey Veng, Police Commissary, Life University


2011 Hun Sen Cup, Group stage, Takeo Centre
Group H - Kirivong Sok Sen Chey, Kampong Speu, Kampot, Koh Kong


2011 Hungarian Athletics Championships
The 2011 Hungarian Athletics Championships were the 116th edition of the Hungarian Athletics Championships, which took place on 6–7 August 2011 at the Városi Szabadidőközpont in Szekszárd.


2011 Hungarian Athletics Championships, Qualification standards
Athletes who have attained the qualification mark in each specific event might participate at the championships:


2011 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships took place between January 8 and 9, 2011 at the Budapesti Gyakorló Jégpálya in Budapest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2011 World Championships and the 2011 European Championships.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydíj 2011) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 31 July 2011 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary It was the eleventh round of the 2011 Formula One season, and the 27th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and the 26th time it had been held as a round of the World Championship. The 70-lap race was won by McLaren's Jenson Button, in his 200th Grand Prix start, after starting from third on the grid. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who started the race from pole position, finished in second place for Red Bull Racing, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium in third position for Ferrari.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 85 points over Mark Webber, who finished the race in fifth position. Lewis Hamilton, fourth in the race, remained in third place in the championship, 3 points behind Webber in third, and one ahead of Alonso. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was cut to 103 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 65 points behind in third position. This was the last race for Nick Heidfeld.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
After being replaced by Karun Chandhok in Germany, Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli returned to his seat alongside Heikki Kovalainen. Bruno Senna also made his first appearance in a car at a Grand Prix this season, replacing Nick Heidfeld in the first free practice season for Renault. Renault team principal Éric Boullier stated that the team were assessing their testing and reserve drivers – in particular Senna and GP2 championship leader Romain Grosjean – as potential replacements for Heidfeld.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded super-soft compound as the softer "option" compound, as opposed to the previous year where Bridgestone brought the white-banded medium compound as the prime.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Sébastien Buemi received a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Nick Heidfeld at the Nürburgring.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
This race was Jenson Button's 200th Grand Prix; and also the 100th Grand Prix of the 2.4 litre V8 engine since it became mandatory in F1 in 2006. It was the 100th Grand Prix for Nico Rosberg and also for the Toro Rosso team.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into the weekend, Sebastian Vettel led the World Championship with 216 points, 77 more than teammate Mark Webber - his lead had dropped after Germany for only the second time this season, but only by 3 points. After his victory the previous week in Germany, Lewis Hamilton had become the only driver other than Vettel to win multiple Grands Prix thus far in 2011; he was on 134 points, 5 behind Webber, yet 4 ahead of Fernando Alonso. Jenson Button had dropped to fifth in the standings after two retirements in the last two Grands Prix, on 109 points.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Red Bull Racing still seemed dominant in the Constructors' table, despite scoring their season's fewest points the previous week in Germany, and led on 355 points. McLaren looked set to continue their good form and pace this weekend, although were 112 points behind Red Bull on 243. Alonso had scored the most points of any driver in the last three Grands Prix, and had put Ferrari a clear third on 192 points. Mercedes and Renault were both over 100 points behind Ferrari on 78 and 66 respectively in fourth and fifth places. Williams, Team Lotus, HRT and Virgin Racing had all mathematically dropped out of title contention at the last race - although, none realistically had any chance of winning.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Practice
In practice 1, Lewis Hamilton topped the leaderboard with a time of 1:23.350 following on from his win at the Nürburgring the weekend before, Sebastian Vettel came second with a time of 1:23.564 and Fernando Alonso third with a time of 1:23.642.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Practice
In second practice, Hamilton once again clocked the best time of 1:21.018, Alonso improved on his previous lap with a 1:21.259, and Jenson Button was third fastest in 1:21.322. Both Mark Webber and Vettel failed to impress in second practice provoking Red Bull Racing to break the curfew on working hours in order to make drastic changes to the car.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Practice
This extra time spent working on the cars worked for Vettel because he then topped the leaderboard with a lap of 1:21.168, Alonso's fastest lap was 1:21.468 and Button clocked a lap off 1:21.639, Lewis Hamilton who topped the timings in the first two practices could only manage a 1:22.667, the seventh fastest time.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Q1 saw the three newest teams fall out again – the two closely matched HRTs of Vitantonio Liuzzi and then Daniel Ricciardo sandwiched by the Virgin cars of Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Glock. Jarno Trulli returned to his Lotus car and praised the new power steering system, despite being out-qualified by teammate Heikki Kovalainen. Sébastien Buemi was the only man to qualify on the softer compound tyres and ended up in 18th on track, but would start 23rd due to his five-place grid penalty. Buemi decided to not use any of his three sets of super-soft tyres in qualifying to save them for the race.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In the second qualifying session, every driver set a lap on the option tyres except two. Lewis Hamilton still managed to take his McLaren into Q3 with the sixth fastest Q2 time on the prime tyres, and Pastor Maldonado, who did not set a timed lap. It was notable that Red Bull Racing and Ferrari needed to use options when Hamilton could use primes.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Jaime Alguersuari – a man who had come from far back to score points a few times in 2011, like his teammate did at this weekend set the slowest Q2 time and dropped out on the same row as Rubens Barrichello's Williams. Neither Renault made the top 10, Vitaly Petrov in 12th and Nick Heidfeld in 14th. One Force India and one Sauber failed to make the cut – Kamui Kobayashi (13th) joined Heidfeld on row 7, and similarly Paul di Resta just missed out with 11th.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Sergio Pérez opted not to go out in the third part of qualifying, to save tyres and started tenth, alongside the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher, who was again beaten by teammate Nico Rosberg, who qualified seventh. Adrian Sutil continued his improved form to start eighth. Only the 3 big teams chose to do two timed runs and they occupied the top six places. Lewis Hamilton had a good lap, breaking the 1 minute, 20 seconds barrier for the first time that weekend.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
After they had all done their first stint, Hamilton was fastest with reigning world champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel only slightly slower. Vettel improved his lap time on his second run, and took his eighth pole of the season. Hamilton joined him on the front row, ahead of Button, Massa, Alonso and Webber.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
After mixed conditions wreaked havoc in the support races, the Grand Prix started with a wet surface. At the start of the race, the track was described as, "not very wet, but slippery" by Jenson Button; this meant that it would be much more difficult to get heat into the tyres at the start of the race. This also provided dilemmas for the team's engineers, as the conditions were not wet enough to use the full wet tyres, which would disintegrate very quickly if used, while the dry tyres were presumed to not give enough grip. This meant that all of the drivers started on intermediates.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel easily established a lead into the first corner, with Lewis Hamilton following in second after spending the first two corners successfully defending from Button in third. The Ferraris and Mark Webber struggled to get off the line on a damp track, the Mercedes cars of Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were fourth and fifth. Alonso and Webber dropped down to sixth and seventh, with Felipe Massa down in eighth followed by Paul di Resta and Kamui Kobayashi.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Massa took seventh from Webber early on the first lap, while Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso battled throughout the rest of the lap for fifth, culminating with Alonso passing Schumacher at the last corner. The Ferraris continued their recovery, as Alonso quickly dealt with Rosberg and closed in on Button, but he ran wide at Turn 3, allowing Rosberg to reclaim the position. Massa passed Schumacher, with Webber also following him through. Lewis Hamilton made repeated attempts to pass Vettel around Turns 1 and 2.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The World Champion was able to hold him off until the fifth lap when he made a mistake and went wide at Turn 3, handing the lead to Hamilton, and allowing Jenson Button to catch up. Hamilton, now on a clear track was released and started to pull away from the rest of the field and was 5.5 seconds clear after ten laps. Alonso had by then taken fourth from Rosberg again, whereas his teammate Massa spun off on the slippery conditions, rejoining down in 9th. Jarno Trulli become the first retirement with a water leak.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the track began to dry out, Webber was the first to pit for slick tyres and immediately set quick sector times. Button changed to slicks a lap later, but the leading duo of Hamilton and Vettel as well as Alonso stayed out a lap longer. Hamilton was unaffected due to the lead he had built, but Vettel and Alonso conceded places to Button and Webber who were able to pass them before they had fully heated up their slick tyres. After the entire field had pitted for slicks, the order at the front was Hamilton leading Button, followed by the Red Bulls of Vettel and Webber with Alonso, Rosberg, di Resta, Schumacher, Massa and Kamui Kobayashi completing the top ten.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton continued to extend his lead, building up a 9-second gap to Button by lap 20 while Button seemed to be preoccupied in holding back Vettel. However, then Button steadily began to close in on Hamilton whilst simultaneously pulling away from Vettel. Hamilton went to the pits for a new set of tyres, and was still comfortably ahead after Button and Vettel had made their respective stops. While Webber and Alonso fought for fourth, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa battled for eighth until Schumacher retired with a gearbox problem.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso made an extremely early third pitstop for a new set of super-softs in the hopes of emerging onto a clear circuit in an attempt to undercut Webber, but Webber responded by staying out longer and opting for the soft tyres during his stop. Even though this dropped him behind Alonso, it ensured that if the race stayed dry, he would not need to pit again, unlike Alonso.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button and Vettel also chose soft tyres, but Hamilton followed Alonso's suit and ran on the super-softs which meant that he, too, would need a further stop to make it to the finish. The race was interrupted by a brief shower a few laps later, making the circuit slippery again. Hamilton spun at Turn 8, forcing Paul di Resta off the circuit and allowing Button to catch up. Hamilton and Button traded places several times, with the leader being given the first choice for pit strategy. Hamilton prevailed, and elected to return to the intermediate tyre compound.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
However, the circuit started to dry out again within two laps, forcing Hamilton to make another stop for dry tyres. He was also given a drive-through penalty for forcing Paul di Resta off the circuit. Elsewhere, Heikki Kovalainen become the fourth and final retirement for the same reason as his teammate, giving Lotus Racing another double failure to finish.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
This left Button leading from Vettel, as neither had pitted for the intermediates, while Hamilton dropped down to sixth behind Felipe Massa and Webber. Hamilton moved up to fifth when Massa made his final scheduled stop. Hamilton and Webber fought for fourth place, and as the two passed a massively congested midfield pack, Webber got stuck behind one of the backmarkers, allowing Hamilton the opportunity he needed to take fourth. Over half a minute in front of them, Alonso started closing in on Vettel at a rate that meant second place was a possibility by the end of the race, but then suffered another spin and he was forced to settle for third.


2011 Hungarian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Jenson Button went on to win the race, his 200th Grand Prix start and the scene of his maiden victory ahead of Vettel in second and Alonso. Hamilton was fourth from Webber, whilst Massa – who had out-qualified Alonso for the first time since the 2010 Belgian Grand Prix – was the final car classified on the lead lap in sixth place. It was the fifth race in a row the driver who started in eighteenth place had gone on to score points when Buemi finished eighth. Di Resta triumphed over a midfield battle for seventh, with Rosberg dropping down to ninth behind Sébastien Buemi, whose teammate Jaime Alguersuari took the final point, whereas Kamui Kobayashi's tyre-saving strategy failed to work and left him outside the points.


2011 Hungaroring GP2 Series round
The 2011 Hungarian GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 30 and 31, 2011 at Hungaroring, Hungary. It was the seventh round of the 2011 GP2 season and the sixth round of the 2011 GP3 season. The race supported the 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix.


2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election
The 2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Background
The leader of the council, Conservative Ian Bates, stood down at the election, with Jason Ablewhite being chosen as the new leader by the Conservative group on the council in March 2011 defeating Doug Dew. Other councillors who stood down at the election included Mike Newman who has been a member of the council since the 1970s and the deputy leader of the council Mike Simpson. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour contested most seats along with a number of candidates from the UK Independence Party and one independent in St Ives South.


2011 Huntingdonshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained 4 seats from the Liberal Democrats to win 19 of the 22 seats on the council that were contested. The Liberal Democrats won only 2 seats at the election, with the party losing Kendal Cooper in St Neots Priory Park and Gordon Thorpe in St Neots Eaton Socon, as well as seats in Fenstanton and Huntingdon North. Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party won 1 seat in Ramsey, but also took control of Ramsey Town Council, the first council the party took control of in the United Kingdom. Labour failed to win any seats, but did get an increased vote share and got within 41 votes in Huntingdon North.


2011 Huntington Hammer season
The 2011 Huntington Hammer season was the first season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise. The Hammer were able to finish the season with a 7–7 record. In the playoffs, they were defeated by the Eastern Kentucky Drillers.


2011 Huntington Hammer season
The team was owned by principal owner, Cecil Vandyke, along with co-owners Bill Nichols and Rick Kranz. On January 6, 2011, Josh Resignalo was named the first head coach in Hammer history. Resignalo was relieved on his coaching duties following an April 9 loss to the Saginaw Sting. Defensive coordinator, Michael Owens, was named the interim head coach.


2011 Huntington Hammer season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated June 4, 201121 Active, 7 Inactive, 0 PS


2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election
Elections to Hyndburn Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council-seats were up for election.


2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Background
Before the election  Conservatives had a single-seat majority of 18 councillors, Labour had 15 councillors, while Independent (politician) had 2 councillors.


2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Background
Conservative and Labour candidates contested for every ward-seat. Independents were defending a single-seat, but 'various' candidates were contesting five-wards. Ukip's only single candidate contested in the Central-ward.


2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was -


2011 Hyndburn Borough Council election, Local Election result
The four (out of 16) Hyndburn Local Borough Council ward seats that were NOT up for re-election in 2011 included the following wards - Netherton in Gt. Harwood, Peel and Spring Hill in Accrington, plus St. Andrews in Oswaldtwistle.


2011 Hypo-Meeting
The 37th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 28 and May 29, 2011 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon event was part of the 2011 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. Trey Hardee and Jessica Ennis led the men's and women's competition, respectively, after the first day. Ennis (6790 points) and Trey Hardee (8689 points) were the winners of the events overall.


2011 I-League 2nd Division
The 2011 I-League 2nd Division is the fourth season of the second division of the I-League, the Indian professional football league. A total of 21 teams were divided into three groups and top two teams from each group played in final round, they will be joined by Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa.


2011 I-League 2nd Division, Schedules and Groups
The Second Division League fixtures for the preliminary round were as follows. Group A matches were scheduled to be played from March 27 to April 9, while Group B Matches would be held from April 2 to April 18 and Group C matches would be played from March 31 to April 17.


2011 I-League 2nd Division Final Round
2011 I-League 2nd Division Final Round involves eight teams, two from every group of 2011 I-League 2nd Division plus Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa. Currently United Sikkim FC, Southern Samity, Mohammedan SC, Royal Wahingdoh FC, Vasco SC and Ar-Hima FC  have qualified for Final round.


2011 I-League 2nd Division Final Round
The top two teams at the end of final round qualify for 2011-12 I-league only if they complete all AFC requirements.


2011 I-League U19
The 2011 I-League U19 was the third edition of the I-League U19.


2011 I-League U19
All teams played the other teams in their group once and the group winners (4 group winners) play 3 final fixtures against each other, producing 6 games a season for the group winners and just 3 games for the other teams that did not make the final stage. JCT won the title on better goal difference.


2011 I-League U19, League Tables
The first phase of the U-19 Football Tournament for I-League teams was held from April 26 to May 6, 2011 at four venues. Group A saw teams from Goa battling out for a place in the final round. Dempo, Salgaocar, Churchill Brothers and Sporting Clube de Goa are clubbed in Group A.


2011 I-League U19, League Tables
Kolkata hosted Group B encounters which featured East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Chirag United and Shillong Lajong. ONGC, Mumbai, Pune FC and FC Air India were in Group C and played their matches in Mumbai with Punjab hosting Group D matches of teams comprising JCT, Viva Kerala and HAL.


2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
The 2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge was the second edition of the annual, global series of hammer throw competitions organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The winners were Krisztián Pars of Hungary (239.03 metres) and Betty Heidler of Germany (228.09 metres). Heidler retained her title from 2010, making her the first athlete to win the series twice. Both the final scores were records for the challenge.


2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
A total of nine meetings featured on the circuit, with six women's and seven men's contests spread across those events. The point scoring format was cumulative – the final standings were decided by the sum of athletes' three best throws on the circuit. Only the best throw by an athlete from each meet was taken into consideration.


2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Calendar
Roughly contiguous with the IAAF World Challenge circuit, a permit hammer throw event was held at nine of the fourteen meetings of that circuit.


2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Final standings, Men
A total of twelve men recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.


2011 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Final standings, Women
A total of nine women recorded valid marks at three meetings and made the final standings.


2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
The 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge was the 9th edition of the annual international race walking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Ten meetings were scheduled for the competition: the race walk events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, five IAAF permit meetings, and four area permit meetings.


2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
Athletes who gained enough points from competing at these meetings were entered into the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final, where they competed for a total pot of US $200,000 in prize money. Reigning Olympic champions Valeriy Borchin and Olga Kaniskina won the final race and the series.


2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge, Calendar
The following ten meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2011 Race Walking Challenge. The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.


2011 IAAF Road Race Label Events
The 2011 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the fourth edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). All five World Marathon Majors had Gold Label status. The series included a total of 65 road races: 26 Gold, 25 Silver and 14 Bronze. In terms of distance, 39 races were marathons, 13 were half marathons, 9 were 10K runs, and 4 were held over other distances.


2011 IAAF Road Race Label Events
The Yokohama Women's Marathon featured twice in the series, as the 2010 event was delayed from November to February 2011 due to a schedule clash with the APEC Japan 2010 meeting, also held in Yokohama.


2011 IAAF World Challenge
The 2012 IAAF World Challenge was the second edition of the annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured a total of fourteen meetings – one more than the previous year as the Jamaica International Invitational was added to the schedule.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20, 2011. The races were held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation
The United States had expressed an interest in hosting the competition, but Punta Umbria was chosen as the host at the IAAF Council Meeting in November 2009. It will be the third occasion that Spain has hosted the competition, coming thirty years after Madrid held the 1981 edition.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation
The course for the competition, set in a wooded area, has a 2 km loop format with an additional 600 m section for the start and finish of each race. A number of top runners were invited to preview the course in early 2011 and all confirmed that they were pleased with its quality. Defending champion Joseph Ebuya said he liked the course but suggested that organisers add additional barriers along the route, claiming its flat features would make it difficult for runners to devise a race strategy.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation
Multiple world champion Kenenisa Bekele will not compete for a third year running, owing to his failure to return to fitness following a season-long calf injury.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation, Qualification
Athletes can gain qualification into the World Championships through performances at either their national trials or through the following IAAF Permit Meetings:


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation, Pre-race form
The results of the Kenyan Cross Country Championships ruled out the defending men's and women's champions (Joseph Ebuya and Emily Chebet) before the World Championships had begun: despite his strong form on the circuit that season, Ebuya dropped out of his national race, while an ankle injury prevented Chebet from gaining selection.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation, Pre-race form
Unlike previous years, no former champion was present in the line-up for the men's senior event at the World Championships. This left three East African national champions as some of the foremost contenders – Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai, Hunegnaw Mesfin of Ethiopia and Ugandan runner Moses Kipsiro. Teklemariam Medhin, a young Eritrean and runner-up in 2010, had also demonstrated strong form with wins on the Spanish cross country circuit. The men's team race was also anticipated to be a battle between these four East Africa nations.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation, Pre-race form
Past champions were similarly absent from the women's senior race. Linet Masai was one of principal protagonists once more, having been pipped into second place by a fellow Kenyan at both the 2009 and 2010 editions. One of her strongest rivals was yet again one of her countrywomen, this time in the form of track specialist Vivian Cheruiyot. Four-time long race bronze medallist Meselech Melkamu led the Ethiopian team, which included Genzebe Dibaba (sister of past winner Tirunesh) among its representatives. Aside from two others in the Kenyan team (Lineth Chepkurui and Pauline Korikwiang), American Shalane Flanagan and Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal were the remaining prominent names expected to challenge for the medals.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Preparation, Pre-race form
In the junior races, the foremost runner was Isaiah Koech, who had set world junior indoor bests on the track in the months preceding the competition. A victory at the Kenyan junior race established him as a contender for the cross country title. Although the Kenyan junior women team did not have a star name, it was favoured to defend its team title against the Ethiopian challengers in an event at which the country is traditionally strong.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Senior men's race (12 km)
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, were published.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Senior women's race (8 km)
Complete results for senior women, and for senior women's teams were published.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Junior men's race (8 km)
Complete results for junior men and for junior men's teams were published.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Results, Junior women's race (6 km)
Complete results for junior women and for junior women's teams were published.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 423 athletes from 51 countries participated. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes of  Iraq and  Nigeria did not show.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain, on March 20, 2011. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 109 athletes from 32 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain, on March 20, 2011. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 92 athletes from 28 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain, on March 20, 2011. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Race results, Senior men's race (12 km), Individual
†: Athlete disqualified due to IAAF Rule 40.1 - anti-doping rule violation‡: Athletes disqualified due to IAAF Rule 125.5 - unsporting conduct


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 120 athletes from 35 countries participated in the Senior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes of  Iraq and  Nigeria did not show.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain, on March 20, 2011. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF.


2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 102 athletes from 26 countries participated in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2011 IAFL season
The 2011 IAFL season was the 25th regular season of the Irish American Football League.


2011 IAFL season
The regular season began on Sunday, March 6, at the UCD Bowl featuring 2 of the University sides in the competition. Trinity College defeated UCD 20 - 16.


2011 IAFL season
Marcus Naylor, safety of the Dublin Rebels, was named MVP for the 2011 season. In Shamrock Bowl XXV, the League's championship game, played at Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin, the Dublin Rebels defeated the UL Vikings to win their seventh Shamrock Bowl.


2011 IAFL season, Schedule, Opening Weekend
The IAFL Kickoff Game, the first game of the season took place on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 1 pm IST with the University Bowl Game featuring UCD taking on Trinity College at the UCD Bowl in the IAFL College Championship Game. Trinity won the game 20 - 16 in what was a close game. This was the only game to take place in the opening weekend with the rest of the teams playing their matches in the next 3 weeks.


2011 IAFL season, Schedule, Week 4
By Week 4, all teams had played at least 1 game. The Cork Admirals, Belfast Trojans and Dublin Dragons were the final teams to play at least 1 game.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One
The 2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place between 9–15 July 2011. It was the inaugural edition of the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship's Division One. Uganda hosted the event, with all matches played in the capital, Kampala.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Three
The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Twenty20 Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place between 24–27 February 2011. Ghana hosted the event.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two
The 2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two is a cricket tournament that took place between 14–19 May 2011. South Africa hosted the event.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.


2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One
The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division One is a cricket tournament that took place between 18–23 July 2011. The United States of America hosted the event.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Three
The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division Three is a cricket tournament that took place between 14–18 March 2011. Costa Rica hosted the event.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Three, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Two
The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Twenty20 Division Two was a cricket tournament that took place between 9–13 April 2011. Suriname hosted the event.


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Two, Teams
The team that qualified for winning the 2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Three was as follows:


2011 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC Awards
The 2011 ICC Awards were held on 12 September 2011 in London, England. They were presented at a grand ceremony in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). The ICC had been hosting ICC Awards since 2004, which were now into their eighth year. Previous events were held in London (2004), Sydney (2005), Mumbai (2006), Johannesburg (2007, 2009), Dubai (2008) and Bangalore (2010). The ICC awards the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy to the Cricketer of the Year, which is considered to be the most prestigious award in world cricket.


2011 ICC Awards, Selection Committee
Chaired by ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, the ICC Selection Committee was charged with two main tasks. Using their experience, knowledge and appreciation of the game, they selected the ICC World XI Teams and provided a long list of nominations to the 25 members of the voting academy to cast their votes in the individual player award categories.


2011 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
Kumar Sangakkara was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the Test Team of the Year. Other players are:


2011 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
MS Dhoni was selected as both captain and wicket-keeper of the ODI Team of the Year for the second time. Other players are:


2011 ICC Awards, Short lists
The short lists for the 2011 LG ICC Awards were announced by the ICC on 26 August 2011. They are the following:


2011 ICC Awards, Nominations
The following are the nominations for the 2011 LG ICC Awards:


2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division One
The 2011 ICC EAP Trophy Division 1 was played between 4–7 July 2011 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The tournament was a Twenty20 competition with the winner promoted to the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.


2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.


2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division One, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.


2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division Two
The 2011 ICC EAP Trophy Division 2 was played between 2–8 April 2011 in Apia, Samoa. The tournament was a Twenty20 competition. After a round robin group stage of five matches, Samoa easily beat the Philippines in the final, winning the tournament and promotion to Division One.


2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division Two, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division One
The 2011 ICC European Twenty20 Championship Division One was a cricket tournament that took place between 19–24 July 2011. It forms part of the European Cricket Championship. Jersey and the Guernsey hosted the event.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division One, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Three
The 2011 ICC European Twenty20 Championship Division Three is a cricket tournament that took place between 11–14 May 2011. It forms part of the European Cricket Championship. Slovenia and Austria hosted the event.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Three, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Three, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Three, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two
The 2011 ICC European Twenty20 Championship Division Two is a cricket tournament that took place between 20–25 June 2011. It forms part of the European Cricket Championship. Belgium and the Netherlands hosted the event.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two, Statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.


2011 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two, Statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures.


2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven
The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament took place from 1 to 8 May 2011. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Botswana hosted the event.