2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
On December 8, Dave Van Horne, the lead play-by-play announcer for the Florida Marlins (now Miami Marlins) on the team's radio network, was named as the recipient. He began his career with the Richmond Braves in the Triple-A International League before joining the English-language radio broadcast team for the Montreal Expos in their inaugural year of 1969. He remained with the Expos through 2000 before joining the Marlins in 2001. He also called the Expos' last home game in Montreal in 2004 as a member of the visiting Marlins broadcast team. He has also called games on The Baseball Network, and called three World Series and National League Championship Series for Canadian networks, in addition to the Marlins' 2003 World Series victory.


2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
The Frick Award is Van Horne's second award for broadcasting excellence from a baseball hall of fame. In 1996, he received the Jack Graney Award, given irregularly for excellence in either writing or broadcasting, from the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Van Horne became the second Frick Award winner, after 2009 recipient Tony Kubek, to have called games for a Canadian team, and also the second Marlins broadcaster to receive the Frick Award, after 2001 recipient Felo Ramírez.


2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award
The Hall presented its Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award for the second time. The award was created in 2008 in honor of Buck O'Neil, a Negro leagues star who went on to become one of baseball's leading ambassadors until his death in 2006. The first award was presented posthumously to O'Neil at the 2008 induction ceremony. According to the Hall,


2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award
The Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors not more than once every three years to honor an individual whose extraordinary efforts enhanced baseball's positive impact on society, broadened the game's appeal, and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to the qualities exhibited by O'Neil.


2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award
As with the media awards, recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are permanently recognized in an exhibit at the museum. The Hall accepts written nominations for the award by mail at any time; the nomination must specifically state how the nominee meets the traits exemplified by O'Neil.


2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award
Roland Hemond received the O'Neil Award at the Awards Presentation. He first came to prominence as the assistant scouting director of the Milwaukee Braves in the 1950s, and became the first scouting director of the Los Angeles Angels in 1961. From there, Hemond went on to be general manager of the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles, winning the MLB Executive of the Year Award three times (1972 and 1983 in Chicago, 1989 in Baltimore). He went to the newly created Arizona Diamondbacks as Senior Executive Vice President in 1996, seeing them through their MLB debut in 1998. Hemond returned to the White Sox as an adviser in 2001, and to the Diamondbacks in 2007 as a special assistant to the president, a position he still holds.


2011 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award
Outside the front office, Hemond is president of the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America, which provides financial and other assistance to individuals connected with professional baseball. He also helped found the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation, a similar organization focused on assisting veteran scouts who need special support.


2011 Baseball World Cup
The 2011 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 39th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. Panama were first-time hosts (beating out bids from Chinese Taipei and Venezuela), with games held in four cities, from October 1 to 15.


2011 Baseball World Cup
The Netherlands defeated Cuba in the final, winning its first title, and only the second ever for a European team, after Great Britain's win of the inaugural 1938 AWS.


2011 Baseball World Cup
There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups for Round 1, with the first four of each group qualifying for an amalgamated Round 2, which determined the single-game matchups for the finals. Games were played in the Panamanian cities of Aguadulce, Chitré, Panama City and Santiago de Veraguas. The final two medals games were held in Panama City.


2011 Baseball World Cup
This was the final BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Teams
Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event or by automatic qualification by hosting the tournament.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Format
The 16 participating teams were divided into two round robin pools, the top four of each pool advancing to the second round, in which each qualified team played each of the qualified teams from the other pool. The top two teams in the standings after the second round then qualified for the championship final.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Format, Tie-breaking rules
Standings were determined by the win-loss records over all games played within a pool.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Format, Tie-breaking rules
In case of a tie, the order of the teams tied was determined by, in this sequence, (a) the win-loss record of the games played among the tied teams (=head-to-head HTH), (b) the highest difference between the ratios of runs scored per offensive innings and runs allowed per defensive innings (=Team's Quality Balance TQB), (c) the highest difference between the ratios of earned runs scored per offensive innings and earned runs allowed per defensive innings (ERTQB), (d) the highest batting average in the games played among the tied teams, (e) a coin flip.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Venues
Panama City was the primary city for the event, and also the host of Group 1, while Aguadulce, Coclé; Santiago de Veraguas; and Chitré, Herrera Province were host to Group 2.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Conditions
The tournament was marred by inclement weather, causing a number of rainout games that had to be made up, increasing the pressure on the tournament schedule. In the end, eleven of the sixteen second-round games needed to be played within two days, requiring teams to play doubleheaders of games shortened to seven innings, and the bronze medal game in the final round had to be canceled to allow the final to be played.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Final standings
*Canada awarded third place and bronze medal by rule C12 of the IBAF tournament rules, which states that the ordinary tie-breaking procedure applies in case of a rainout in the final round.


2011 Baseball World Cup, Awards
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.


2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey
The 2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey is an ice hockey tournament that was held in Basel, Switzerland between 17 and 21 August 2011. All matches were played at host EHC Basel's home St. Jakob Arena. Six teams, split into two groups of three, took part.


2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey, Teams participating
The list of teams that have been confirmed for the tournament are as listed:


2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey, Knockout stage
Key: * – final in overtime. * * – final in shootout.


2011 Basildon Borough Council election
The 2011 Basildon Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Basildon Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2011 Basildon Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after retaining all of the seats they had been defending. This left the Conservatives with 29 seats, compared to 11 for Labour. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were reduced to 2 councillors and the party lost vote share across the council. Overall turnout in the election was 35%.


2011 Basildon Borough Council election, Election result
The only change in the election saw Labour gain 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats in Nethermayne, with the winning Labour candidate, Andrew Gordon, becoming the youngest councillor at the age of 18. Among the other winners was Daniel Munyambu for Labour in Vange, who became the second Kenyan to be elected as a councillor in the United Kingdom, and the former council leader Nigel Smith who returned to the council in Lee Chapel North.


2011 Basildon Borough Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2007 election.


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


2011 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Election result
The election had 21 seats being contested, with the contest in Popley East being a by-election after Mary Brian resigned from the council. The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 34 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to have 11 councillors. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats lost one seat, but remained the second largest group with 13 seats. Independents stayed on 2 seats, while the Basingstoke First Community Party lost its only seat on the council. Overall turnout in the election was 45%.


2011 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, Election result
Labour narrowly gained the seat of Brighton Hill North from the Liberal Democrats and took South Ham from the Conservatives. However the Conservatives won Hatch Warren and Beggarwood, where the previous councillor, Phil Heath from the Basingstoke First Community Party, had stood down at the election. The winner in Hatch Warren and Beggarwood, Conservative Rebecca Bean, became the youngest councillor at the age of 24. There were also close results in Baughurst and Tadley North, and Winklebury, with the Conservatives holding both seats over the Liberal Democrat and Labour parties respectively. Meanwhile, independent Martin Biermann held his seat in Chineham with 1,335 votes, compared to 1,252 votes for Conservative John Downes.


2011 Basque foral elections
The 2011 Basque foral elections were held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 9th Juntas Generales of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa. All 153 seats in the three Juntas Generales were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2011 Basque foral elections, Foral deputation control
The following table lists party control in the foral deputations. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.


2011 Basra bombings
The 2011 Basra bombings were three bombing attacks in a busy market in Basra, Iraq, on November 24, 2011, that killed at least 19 people and wounded at least 65 more. The first bomb, concealed in a motorbike, exploded initially while the two other bombs exploded as security forces responded to the scene. As a result most of the casualties in the bombing were troops and policemen. It was the second triple bombing in Basra in just over three weeks. Ali al-Maliki, the head of the Basra provincial council security committee said, "The fingerprints of Baathists and al Qaeda are clear in these explosions." The bombing took place one day before a major energy conference was due to take place.


2011 Bassetlaw District Council election
The 2011 Bassetlaw District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election. A UK-wide referendum on whether to adopt the Alternative Vote electoral system was also held on this date. After the election, the composition of the council was:


2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
The Bath and North East Somerset Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect 65 local councillors for Bath and North East Somerset Council. Following the election, a minority Liberal Democrat administration was formed. Cllr Paul Crossley became leader of the council.


2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election, Ward results
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2007 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).


2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election, Ward results, Keynsham East
Marie Longstaff was previously elected under her maiden name Marie Brewer


2011 Bauchi State gubernatorial election
The 2011 Bauchi State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Bauchi State. Held on April 28, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Isa Yuguda won the election, defeating Yusuf Tuggar of the Congress for Progressive Change.


2011 Bauchi State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 12 candidates contested in the election. Isa Yuguda from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Yusuf Tuggar from the Congress for Progressive Change. Valid votes was 1,273,667.


2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup
The 2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Eckental, Germany between 31 October 2011 and 6 November 2011.


2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a "lucky loser" into the singles main draw:


2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, Champions, Doubles
Andre Begemann /  Alexandre Kudryavtsev def. James Cerretani /  Adil Shamasdin, 6–3, 3–6, [11–9]


2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Doubles
Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram were the defending champions but Lipsky decided not to participate. Ram plays alongside Dustin Brown, losing in the first round. Andre Begemann and Alexandre Kudryavtsev won the title against James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin 6–3, 3–6, [11–9].


2011 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles
Igor Sijsling was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Kevin Krawietz. Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Karol Beck 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt
The 2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt (English: 2011 Tour of Bavaria) was the 32nd edition of the Bayern–Rundfahrt, an annual cycling road race. Departing from Pfarrkirchen on 25 May, it concluded in Moosburg on 29 May. The 798.2 km long stage race was part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.HC event. Geraint Thomas of Team Sky won the general classification, the first Briton to win the competition.


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Teams
18 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 8 UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 4 UCI Continental Teams.


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Stages, Stage 1
25 May 2011 – Pfarrkirchen to Freystadt, 223.2 km (138.7 mi)


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Stages, Stage 2
26 May 2011 – Freystadt to Bad Gögging, 206.2 km (128.1 mi)


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Stages, Stage 3
27 May 2011 – Bad Gögging to Aichach, 180.8 km (112.3 mi)


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Stages, Stage 4
28 May 2011 – Friedberg, 26.0 km (16.2 mi) individual time trial (ITT)


2011 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Stages, Stage 5
29 May 2011 – Friedberg to Moosburg, 162.1 km (100.7 mi)


2011 Baylor Bears football team
The 2011 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–3 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place with Oklahoma (whom they defeated during the season). The ten wins tied a school record for wins in a season while the 6–3 conference record is its best since joining the Big 12. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they beat Washington, 67–56, for their first bowl win since the 1992 John Hancock Bowl.


2011 Baylor Bears football team
Junior starting quarterback Robert Griffin III won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Baylor player to win the award.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, Recruiting
Baylor's recruiting class was ranked #46 by Rivals.com and #50 by Scout.com.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, Regular season
Building on the success of the previous year's team, Baylor began the season at home with a 50–48 upset of then #14 TCU, winners of the previous season's Rose Bowl. The Bears won their next two games against Stephen F. Austin and Rice at home, before traveling to Kansas State where they lost a tightly contested game 35–36 to the greatly improved Bill Snyder-coached team. After defeating Iowa State 49–26 at home, the Bears finished October losing two straight on the road at Texas A&M and eventual conference champion Oklahoma State.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, Regular season
The Bears rebounded to finish the regular season with five straight victories including a Homecoming win over Missouri, a 31–30 overtime victory at Kansas in which Baylor tied a school record by overcoming a 21-point deficit in the 4th quarter, and the program's first win over then #5 Oklahoma on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Griffin to Terrance Williams with 8 seconds remaining in the game. Baylor concluded November in Dallas playing against Texas Tech in Cowboys Stadium; although Griffin left the game due to a concussion at the half, backup Nick Florence entered the game to lead the Bears to a 66–42 victory. Baylor's win over Texas Tech was their first since 1995.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, Regular season
The Bears finished the regular season at home with a 48–24 victory over then #22 Texas that propelled the team (9–3, 6–3 Big 12) to the Alamo Bowl with #12 and #15 BCS and AP rankings respectively. The victory also propelled quarterback Robert Griffin III to the top of the Heisman Trophy voting; he became the first Baylor player to win the award and the first Baylor player since Don Trull in 1963 to factor significantly in the voting.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Robert Griffin III was knocked out just before halftime with a concussion.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, 2011 Alamo Bowl
On December 4, 2011, Baylor accepted an invite to represent the Big-12 in the 2011 Alamo Bowl. Their opponents were the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12. The game was played at the Alamodome. The crowd of 65,256 represented the 5th largest attendance in the history of the bowl game. A very good showing since the highest ever attendance at an Alamo bowl was only 66,100 which was set several years before. The Bowl officials stated it was also the most exciting college football game ever witnessed at the Bowl.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, 2011 Alamo Bowl
The contest became the second-highest scoring bowl game in history, and the highest-scoring regulation bowl game ever. Baylor went up 21–7 early in the game, with Griffin throwing for one touchdown and rushing for another. The Huskies roared back with 28 unanswered points, and the teams finished the half with Washington leading 35–24. In the second half, with the defenses showing limited ability to cope with the high-powered offenses led by Griffin and Husky QB Keith Price, the teams traded scores.


2011 Baylor Bears football team, 2011 Alamo Bowl
The Bears overcame the halftime deficit, going ahead for good 60–56 halfway in the 4th quarter, and Baylor RB Terrance Ganaway tacked on a final 43-yard touchdown run with 2:28 left to play. Ganaway finished with 21 carries for 200 yards and 5 TDs, and was recognized as the game's offensive MVP. The victory represented Baylor's first bowl win since a victory in the John Hancock (Sun) Bowl in 1992. With the win, Baylor had their first 10-win season since 1980.


2011 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
The 2011 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the first edition of the new tournament, Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup. It took place at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 22 to 26 November 2011. Eight teams participated in the competition.


2011 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Group stage
All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)


2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships
The 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships were a beach volleyball double-gender event, which were held from June 13 to 19, 2011 in Rome, Italy. The Swatch FIVB World Championships are organized every two years, and Italy hosted the event for the first time. 48 teams per gender entered the competition making 96 total.


2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships, Men's event, Round Robin, 3rd place ranked teams
The eight best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 32.


2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships, Women's event, Round Robin, 3rd place ranked teams
The eight best third-placed teams will advance to the round of 32.


2011 Bedford Borough Council election
The 2011 Bedford Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Bedford Borough Council in Bedfordshire, England. All 40 seats of the council were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2011 Bedford Borough Council election
After the election, the composition of the council (with change) was:


2011 Bedford Borough Council election, Results
Individual gains and losses are not given due to boundary changes.


2011 Bedford Borough Council election, Results, By ward
In multi-member wards, "majority" is the margin of votes between the lowest placed elected candidate and the highest placed non-elected candidate.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
The 2011 Beef O'Brady's Bowl, the fourth edition of the game formerly known as the  St. Petersburg Bowl, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 20, 2011 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, and telecast at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season. Marshall defeated Florida International, 20–10.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
On December 3, 2011, Florida International University accepted an invitation to play in the bowl game, as the Big East Conference did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to send a representative to St. Petersburg. The following day, Marshall University accepted an invitation to play in the bowl game.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams
Both teams were making their first appearance in the Beef O' Brady's Bowl. The bowl game marked the first ever meeting between the two schools.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams, FIU
The FIU Panthers entered the bowl 8–4, finishing 4th in the Sun Belt Conference. The 2011 season was the best season yet for the team. FIU also had the best regular season record among all the FBS teams in Florida. The 2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl marked the 2nd bowl appearance in a row for the Panthers and the 2nd bowl game ever for FIU. The team was led by sophomore running back Kedrick Rhodes with 1,121 rushing yards in a season, which ranked second in school history. Rhodes also caught 26 passes for 248 yards in the passing game.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams, Marshall
Marshall entered the bowl with a 6–6 record, finishing 2nd in the C-USA-East division. Marshall only became bowl eligible in the final game of the season, in a 34–27 overtime victory over East Carolina. This was the first bowl appearance for Marshall since the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, where they beat Ohio 21–17. Marshall has a 6–3 record in bowl games coming into the game.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Teams, Marshall
Defensively, the Thundering Heard created 28 turnovers, ranking 2nd in C-USA. The defense was led by Vinny Curry, the 2011 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year, who six forced fumbles, 1 tackles for loss and 11 sacks.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Game summary
Marshall scored first with a 37-yard field goal from Tyler Warner. FIU responded with 10 unanswered points before Marshall tied the game 10–10 with 23 seconds left in the half on a 31-yard touchdown to wide receiver Aaron Dobson pass from quarterback Rakeem Cato.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Game summary
The third quarter was a defensive struggle between the two teams, and the game was still tied 10–10 entering the 4th quarter. With less than 8 minutes left regulation, Marshall was able to block a FIU punt near the goal line. However, Marshall penalties backed up the Thundering Herd to the FIU 23-yard line. Despite the penalties, Marshall was still able to score on a 39-yard field goal from Tyler Warner, giving the Thundering Herd a 13–10 lead with only 5:16 left. FIU fumbled on its next possession with 4:24 left in regulation to give the ball back to Marshall.


2011 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl, Game summary
Marshall sealed the victory on a 4th down, 35-yard touchdown pass again to Dobson from Cato to put Marshall up 20–10 with 30 seconds left in the game. Dobson was named the MVP of the bowl game after recording 7 catches for 81 yards and the only two Marshall touchdowns. Dobson's performance out shined the performance of FIU's highly touted receiver T. Y. Hilton.


2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season
The  2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season  was their 8th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in the 2004, and 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.


2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Beijing Guoan F.C. season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Beijing International Challenger
The 2011 Beijing International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Beijing, China between 1 and 7 August 2011.


2011 Beijing International Challenger, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Beijing International Challenger, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Beijing International Challenger, Champions, Men's Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana def. Harri Heliövaara /  Michael Ryderstedt, 6–7(7–4), 6–3, [10–3]


2011 Beijing International Challenger, Champions, Women's Doubles
Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan def. Tetiana Luzhanska /  Zheng Saisai, 6–2, 6–3


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and Artem Sitak were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Doubles
2nd seeds Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana won this tournament. They defeated unseeded Harri Heliövaara and Michael Ryderstedt in the final.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Singles
Franko Škugor was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Singles
Farrukh Dustov won against Yang Tsung-hua in the final (6–1, 7–6(7–4)) and win the title.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Women's Doubles
Sun Shengnan and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Women's Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan defeated Tetiana Luzhanska and Zheng Saisai in the final to win the title.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Women's Singles
Junri Namigata was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2011 Beijing International Challenger – Women's Singles
Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Kurumi Nara 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2011 Belarusian First League
The 2011 Belarusian First League is the 21st season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 23 and will end in November 2011.


2011 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2010 season
The winners of last season (Gomel) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2010 Belarusian Premier League table (Partizan Minsk).


2011 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2010 season
The runners-up of last season (SKVICH Minsk) lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Torpedo Zhodino (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.


2011 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2010 season
Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2010 season table (Kommunalnik Slonim and Lida) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2010 Second League (Gorodeya and Slutsksakhar Slutsk).


2011 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2010 season
Veras Nesvizh withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced by Klechesk Kletsk, who finished 3rd in last year's Second League.


2011 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2010 season
Slutsksakhar Slutsk changed their name to FC Slutsk prior to the season.


2011 Belarusian First League, League table, Promotion play-offs
The runners-up of 2011 Belarusian First League Partizan Minsk played a two-legged promotion play-off against the 11th placed team of 2011 Premier League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2012 Premier League and won the series 3–2. As a result, Vitebsk were relegated to the First League and Partizan promoted to Premier League. Partizan, however, were unable to start the next season due to bankruptcy and were disbanded.


2011 Belarusian Premier League
The 2011 Belarusian Premier League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April and ended in November 2011. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.


2011 Belarusian Premier League, Teams
Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2010 season in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League champions Gomel, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.


2011 Belarusian Premier League, League table, Relegation playoffs
Vitebsk will play a two-legged relegation play-off against Partizan Minsk, the runners-up of the 2011 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2012 Premier League.


2011 Belarusian Premier League, Results
Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 33 matches.


2011 Belarusian Super Cup
The 2011 Belarusian Super Cup was held on 27 February 2011 between the 2010 Belarusian Premier League champions and 2009–10 Belarusian Cup winners BATE Borisov and the 2009–10 Belarusian Cup runners-up Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino. BATE won the match 3–0 and defeated the trophy.


2011 Belarusian Women's Cup
The 2011 Belarusian Women's Cup was the twentieth edition of the competition. It was won for the first time by FK Minsk after beating Viktoria Voronovo, Nadezhda Mogilev and, finally, defending champions Zorka Minsk.


2011 Belarusian protests
The 2011 Belarusian protests were a series of peaceful protests by demonstrators in Belarus demanding the resignation of current Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, who had been the president of Belarus since 1994. Belarus is an authoritarian state, and in May 2011 presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov was sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in the 2010 elections. Lukashenko claims he won with almost 80% of the vote.


2011 Belarusian protests, Context
Much of the protesting fervor stemmed from a rapidly degrading economy that Belarus had been facing in the months before the protests.


2011 Belarusian protests, Protests, 29 June
Hundreds of people gathered in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to protest against the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Unlike previous demonstrations, the protesters this time just simply applauded. It was not long before people were forced onto police buses, and about 40 were detained.


2011 Belarusian protests, Protests, 3 July
On Belarusian independence day, about 3000 demonstrators took part in a "clapping protest" in the main square of Minsk, in which protesters clapped instead of chanting slogans. Plain clothed police later came, and arrested many protesters, including a one-armed man for clapping, and a deaf person for shouting anti-government slogans. Lukashenko and the state police were awarded the 2013 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for these actions.


2011 Belarusian protests, Protests, 3 July
Following the protest on 3 July 2011, activists widened their tactics of civil disobedience, including distributing videos of police brutality to random citizens, in order to help bolster sympathy against the authoritarian aspect of the government.


2011 Belarusian protests, Protests, 13 July
Hundreds of people showed up in Minsk with cellphones set to go off at 8 am, in gesture to tell people to "wake up". Several dozen people were arrested by the police.


2011 Belarusian protests, Reaction
The government began blocking social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.


2011 Belarusian protests, Reaction
On 29 July, the government banned assemblies and gatherings, making them illegal.


2011 Belfast City Council election
Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.


2011 Belfast City Council election
Sinn Féin emerged as the largest party, and Niall Ó Donnghaile became Lord Mayor.


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Balmoral
2005: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Castle
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Court
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent2005-2011 Change: No change


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Laganbank
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Lower Falls
2005: 5 x Sinn Féin2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Oldpark
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Pottinger
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x PUP2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Upper Falls
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP2005-2011 Change: No change


2011 Belfast City Council election, District results, Victoria
2005: 3 x Alliance, 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP


2011 Belfast West by-election
The Belfast West by-election, 2011 was a by-election for the United Kingdom constituency of Belfast West following the resignation of the constituency's Member of Parliament, Gerry Adamsin advance of his candidacy in the 2011 general election in the Republic of Ireland. A writ for a by-election was moved in the House of Commons on 16 May 2011, and the vote took place on 9 June 2011.


2011 Belfast West by-election, Background
Gerry Adams had held Belfast West for Sinn Féin from 1983 to 1992, and continuously since 1997. At the 1992 UK general election and in the 1974 and 1979 elections, the seat was won instead by the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), an Irish nationalist party, but by the 2010 general election, they were a long way behind Adams, the seat being the safest in Northern Ireland and the fourth safest anywhere in the UK. A constituency of the same name, with boundaries identical to the Westminster constituency which existed before the 2010 election, was contested at the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election, using the single transferable vote method of election. Sinn Féin candidates won five of the six seats and the SDLP the other.


2011 Belfast West by-election, Background
In 2010, the two main unionist parties, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), both stood candidates in the seat, but took only 10.7% of the vote between them. The DUP did hold one of the six Assembly seats until 2007. Although the UUP have not held their deposit in recent years, they held the Parliamentary seat until 1966.


2011 Belfast West by-election, Vacation of the seat
Members of the House of Commons, whether or not they have taken their seats, cannot resign in form, but a legal fiction has grown up to allow Members to resign in effect. Under Section 4 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, if an MP wishes to vacate their seat, they can request appointment to either of two 'offices of profit under the Crown' which disqualify them from membership.


2011 Belfast West by-election, Vacation of the seat
As an Irish republican, Gerry Adams considered a British Crown appointment politically unacceptable, and therefore submitted a letter resigning his seat to the Speaker of the House of Commons on 20 January 2011; he maintained that by doing so he had simply resigned. Notwithstanding that he had not requested it, Adams was on 26 January appointed as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a Treasury spokesperson explaining that this appointment had been made "consistent with long-standing precedent". Although David Cameron said during Prime Minister's Questions that Adams had "accepted an office for profit under the Crown", Adams denied this and received an apology from the Prime Minister's Office for not informing him of the procedure and for stating that he had applied for the "post".


2011 Belfast West by-election, Calling the by-election
In order for a by-election to take place, an MP makes a motion in the House of Commons to the Speaker to issue a warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, who then issues the writ ordering that the election take place. Traditionally, the MP comes from the same party as the member that has stood down. However, because Sinn Féin MPs do not take their seats in the Commons, the writ was moved by the Government Chief Whip, Conservative Patrick McLoughlin MP on 16 May 2011.


2011 Belfast West by-election, Candidates
Alex Attwood, the Environment Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, and the Social Democratic and Labour Party's candidate for the seat at the 2010 general election was the SDLP candidate for the by-election.


2011 Belfast West by-election, Candidates
Paul Maskey, a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, won the Sinn Féin nomination. Danny Morrison, the former publicity director of Sinn Féin, had suggested that the party should stand aside and instead back a candidacy for former Respect Party MP George Galloway.


2011 Belgian Cup Final
The 2011 Belgian Cup Final, named Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on 21 May 2011 between Westerlo and Standard Liège. It was the 56th Belgian Cup final and was won by Standard Liège.


2011 Belgian Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 Belgian Figure Skating Championships (Dutch: Belgisch Kampioenschap 2011; French: Championnat de Belgique 2011) took place between 19 and 20 November 2010 in Hasselt. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles across the levels of senior, junior, advanced novice, as well as the age-group levels of minime/miniem A, B, and C.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix
The 2011 Belgian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 28 August 2011, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the twelfth round of the 2011 Formula One season and the 67th Belgian Grand Prix to be held. The 44-lap race was won by Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel, the drivers' championship leader, after starting from pole position. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished in second place, and Jenson Button completed the podium in third position for McLaren.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix
As a consequence of the race, Vettel extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 92 points over Webber. Fernando Alonso, fourth in the race, moved into third place in the championship, ten points behind Webber in second, and eight ahead of Button. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull extended their championship lead to 131 points over McLaren, with Ferrari a further 64 points behind in third position.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The FIA banned the use of DRS through the Eau Rouge corner, since drivers had raised safety concerns similar to those held at Monaco. The overtaking aid was not permitted between the entrance to the La Source hairpin and the top of the hill after Eau Rouge. The DRS zone for the race was from Raidillon, along the Kemmel Straight until Les Combes.


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


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Background
After completing a practice session for Renault at the Hungaroring, Bruno Senna was promoted to a race seat for the Belgian Grand Prix, replacing Nick Heidfeld. The race weekend also marked the twentieth anniversary of Michael Schumacher's Formula One debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix. Schumacher wore a special gold helmet to commemorate the occasion.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Prior to the summer break, Sebastian Vettel had yet again extended his lead, in the previous race, in Hungary to 85 points over teammate Mark Webber, on 234. Webber on 149, was 3 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 4 ahead of Fernando Alonso. Jenson Button was ranked fifth in the standings, on 134 points, after winning the last race. As far as Constructors were concerned, Red Bull Racing held the lead with 383 points, however McLaren had closed the gap, but were still 103 points behind on 280. Third placed team Ferrari were on 215 points, and had a big gap to the ongoing Mercedes and Renault scrap for fourth place.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Free Practice
The first Friday session was declared wet following a shower shortly before the pit lane opened. The Mercedes cars of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg set the early pace, with lap times well under two minutes. They remained unthreatened at the top of the time sheets for the remainder of the session; Jenson Button was third-fastest with a time some nine seconds adrift of the Mercedes cars in the wet conditions. Bruno Senna's return to Formula One ended abruptly when the Brazilian driver spun at turn 9, damaging his Renault R31 enough to end his session early. Paul di Resta had a similar episode at the same corner several minutes later, forcing the session to be red-flagged while his Force India VJM04 was craned away.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Free Practice
The second session was similarly rain-affected, with only limited running taking place before the rain returned; however, the gaps between drivers were not as extreme as those witnessed during the morning session. Mark Webber set the fastest time of the session, four seconds faster than Schumacher's time in the morning session. Fernando Alonso was second ahead of Button and Lewis Hamilton. The session was free of incidents, though Renault's Vitaly Petrov suffered a steering problem that saw him finish the 90-minute session in 24th and last place having done no dry running in the session.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Free Practice
The final session on Saturday morning was once again declared wet; so wet that most drivers did not venture out until the final few minutes of the session. Mark Webber was once again fastest, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Jaime Alguersuari. Ferrari completed very little running and finished the session 23rd and 24th, with Felipe Massa recording just seven laps and Fernando Alonso failing to set a lap time despite doing an installation lap.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The first qualifying period began badly for Michael Schumacher, who lost a wheel on the approach to Rivage and crashed out on his warm-up lap, demoting him to 24th place on the grid, his worst starting position in his career. The circuit steadily began to dry out, and at the end of the session, Mark Webber was the fastest man on the circuit. Heikki Kovalainen edged into 17th place at the last minute and was safe from elimination at the expense of Paul di Resta. Because of the rapidly improving lap times, the Virgin of local driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio and the Hispanias of Daniel Ricciardo and Vitantonio Liuzzi all set times outside 107% of Webber's lap time, but all four of them were allowed to start the race.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The rain began falling again ahead of the second qualifying period, leading to a dramatic drop in lap times. Adrian Sutil crashed at the top of Eau Rouge, scattering pieces of debris across the circuit. Race control was forced to red-flag the session with seven minutes remaining in order to clear the circuit. Fernando Alonso went on to set the fastest lap time of the session, while Jenson Button moved over for Lewis Hamilton to allow the 2008 World Champion a clear lap to qualify for the third and final period. Button ultimately qualified 13th, behind Sébastien Buemi and Kamui Kobayashi, and ahead of Rubens Barrichello, Sutil – whose time was fast enough for 15th position despite causing the session to be stopped – Pastor Maldonado and Heikki Kovalainen.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In the final few seconds of Q2, four cars attempted to clear the Bus Stop chicane, including Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado. None of the cars was able to cross the start/finish line in time to be allowed to complete another timed lap, Hamilton passed Maldonado with an aggressive move, forcing Maldonado wide on the exit of the chicane.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Replays then showed Maldonado's Williams swiping across Hamilton's McLaren on the approach to Eau Rouge after the session had ended, damaging Hamilton's car enough to force McLaren to make impromptu repairs to the front wing, and the sidepod was repaired by tape in the short break before Q3. Maldonado was later penalised five grid slots because of the incident. Hamilton received a reprimand and a warning from the stewards for being partly to blame for the incident as he turned right slightly on the approach to Eau Rouge, before Maldonado moved left, striking the McLaren's front wing and sidepod.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
McLaren was able to repair Hamilton's car in time for the final qualifying period, for which a queue of cars formed in the pitlane as a dry line formed around the circuit, allowing the drivers to use the dry slick tyres for the first time during the weekend. Lap times fell rapidly during the session, with several drivers claiming provisional pole before the flag fell. Sebastian Vettel prevailed, achieving his ninth pole of the season, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber. Felipe Massa out-qualified Alonso in fourth, whilst Nico Rosberg took fifth place ahead of Jaime Alguersuari and Bruno Senna. Fernando Alonso finished the session eighth, with Sergio Pérez in ninth and Vitaly Petrov in tenth.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
In the build-up to the race, several teams requested that the FIA make available several sets of additional tyres after discovering problem with blistering – a result of continued racing at excessively high temperatures, causing air bubbles to form under the topmost layer of rubber – immediately after qualifying. This would force several drivers to start the race on compromised tyres.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
However, the FIA denied the request as the damage to the tyres had been done as a result of extreme camber settings in the car set-up; under the rules set forth by the sporting regulations, teams may replace tyres if they have been damaged, but only if the damage is a result of an accident. If the tyres are damaged as a result of car set-up, the teams would not be permitted to change their tyres. The affected drivers would have the option of changing their camber settings, but this would be in breach of parc fermé regulations and would force any driver who chose to do so to start from the pit lane, effectively moving them to the back of the grid.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
The start was messy, with two separate incidents in the first corner. Sebastian Vettel started strongly, but it was Nico Rosberg who claimed the early lead while behind them, Mark Webber made a very poor start, his Red Bull RB7 dropping into anti-stall. Bruno Senna braked too late at La Source and made heavy contact with Jaime Alguersuari in the first corner, pushing the Toro Rosso into the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso. Alonso escaped unscathed, but Alguersuari was forced to retire with front suspension damage.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Senna had to pit for repairs, and was subsequently given a drive-through penalty for causing an avoidable accident. As the cars filtered through the first corner, Timo Glock made contact with Paul di Resta, earning a drive-through penalty of his own, while the Lotuses spun trying to avoid the Glock-di Resta incident. Jenson Button's car was damaged by debris from Senna's Lotus, forcing him to make an unscheduled stop to replace his front wing. He also lost his right mirror, but the advantage of his pit stop was that he was able to change onto the softer option tyres, having started the race on the slower primes.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Nico Rosberg led the field though Eau Rouge for the first time, but was powerless to fend off Sebastian Vettel when the DRS zone was activated on lap three. Rosberg spent the rest of his first stint falling victim to several other drivers, slipping down the order, whilst Schumacher was doing the exact opposite, climbing to 15th on the first lap. The pre-race controversy surrounding tyre blistering came to a head on lap five, when the first round of pit stops began.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Mark Webber pitted first, followed by Vettel, briefly handing the lead back to Rosberg as Alonso and Hamilton both pitted. Alonso emerged from the pits to find Webber right behind him, and the Australian and the Spaniard raced side-by-side through Eau Rouge, with Webber prevailing. Behind them, Sébastien Buemi in the second Toro Rosso was forced to retire when he was hit from behind by Sergio Pérez, destroying his rear wing.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Throughout the first phase of the race, two drivers steadily began to make inroads on the field. Jenson Button, who had completed his first pit stop for a new front wing, and Michael Schumacher, who had started 24th and had managed to avoid the chaos at the first corner, both began to climb up through the midfield and were ideally placed when the safety car was deployed on lap 13. Hamilton, having just passed Kobayashi, moved to the left on the racing line leading into Les Combes.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
However, Kobayashi had not yet relinquished the position and was still on Hamilton's outside. The Sauber and the McLaren made contact, and Hamilton spun off and hit the barrier, and he retired from the race. Kobayashi was able to continue, but Daniel Ricciardo also stopped on the circuit after experiencing a vibration in his Hispania F111, and retired from 16th place. The safety car triggered a second round of stops among the leaders, with Alonso taking the lead from Vettel on lap 14, only to lose it when he made his own stop three laps later.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
With the wreckage from Hamilton's accident cleared, the safety car left the circuit and racing resumed. Vettel re-established his lead ahead of Alonso and Webber, with Button making his way through the field at a rate that suggested he had the potential to win the race. He inherited the lead on lap 31, but he had no answer to Vettel's out-lap and was forced to pit himself for the final time, emerging behind Alonso and Webber. Alonso was unable to defend against Webber, nor against Button several laps later.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button briefly attempted to catch Webber, but decided against it as it meant risking an extra pit stop. Further down the order, Michael Schumacher had recovered from 24th on the grid to sixth overall, before passing Nico Rosberg on the approach to Les Combes. Sergio Pérez became the fifth and final retirement of the race when his suspension failed, and he was able to limp back to the pits.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel went on to win the race, three seconds ahead of Webber in second and nine seconds ahead of Button in third. Alonso, who had struggled all race with a lack of grip, finished fourth ahead of Schumacher and Rosberg. Adrian Sutil finished seventh, while Felipe Massa was eighth; the Brazilian driver had pitted on lap 30, but picked up a puncture on his out-lap, forcing him to re-pit immediately. Vitaly Petrov finished ninth after a brake failure cost him ten seconds and eighth place on the final lap.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
After the controversy in qualifying, Pastor Maldonado recovered from 21st on the grid to finish tenth, achieving his first World Championship point, the first for a Venezuelan driver since Johnny Cecotto at the 1983 United States Grand Prix West. His teammate, Rubens Barrichello, finished 16th behind the Lotuses of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen after a collision with Kobayashi at the Bus Stop chicane forced him to pit for a new front wing.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
In light of the pre-race controversy over tyre blistering, Pirelli accused Red Bull Racing of putting them in an "impossible" position by lobbying for extra sets of tyres to be made available after they went outside Pirelli's recommended camber settings when setting up their cars. Paul Hembery, Pirelli's motorsport director, later stated that the company would be "more cautious" when recommending settings for the Italian Grand Prix with a view to preventing the blistering issue from arising again.


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
Lewis Hamilton had initially been critical of Kamui Kobayashi following their race-ending collision on lap twelve, saying that the crash had cost him the opportunity of a podium place. Kobayashi denied any wrongdoing, saying that he had kept as far to the side of the track as possible to allow Hamilton through and that the only way to avoid a collision was to go off the circuit. After seeing replays of the incident, Hamilton agreed with the stewards' decision, adding, "I didn't give Kobayashi enough room though, I thought I was past."


2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
Bruno Senna also admitted that it was his error and miscalculation of the La Source corner that made him collide against Jaime Alguersuari.


2011 Belgian Super Cup
The 2011 Belgian Super Cup is a football match that was played on 21 July 2011, between league winners Genk and the cup winners Standard Liège. Genk won the game one nil and with that won their first Super Cup, after already being on the losing end on five previous occasions.


2011 Belk Bowl
The 2011 Belk Bowl, the 10th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 27, 2011, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.


2011 Belk Bowl
The game was telecast at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN, and featured the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Louisville Cardinals from the Big East Conference.


2011 Belk Bowl
Previously known as the Meineke Car Care Bowl in 2010, the 2011 contest was the first under its new name and sponsorship agreement with Belk, the Charlotte-based department store chain.


2011 Belk Bowl
Louisville-NC State is expected to become a yearly game as in 2014 Louisville will join the ACC and is expected to replace Maryland in the Atlantic Division (where NC State plays).


2011 Belk Bowl, Teams, Louisville
Louisville advanced to its second straight Bowl game under second year head coach Charlie Strong. It is the first time the Cardinals have advanced to back-to-back bowl games since 2005–06, their first two years as members of the Big East. Louisville enters the game with a record of 7–5, and having gone 5–2 in Big East play. The Cardinals experienced an up-and-down season.


2011 Belk Bowl, Teams, Louisville
They started out 1–1 before going on the road and beating their hated in-state rival Kentucky 24–17 for the first time in 4 tries, in a game where highly touted freshman quarterback Teddy Bridgewater made his debut, filling in midway through for the injured Will Stein. Louisville lost three straight to drop to 2–4, before winning three straight to go to 5–4. One notable event occurred midway through the Cards' 16–14 win over Rutgers, in which senior cornerback Anthony Conner broke his neck and was carted off the field. Louisville became Bowl-eligible on November 19, in a 34–20 win at Connecticut.


2011 Bella Cup
The 2011 Bella Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Toruń, Poland between June 27 and July 3, 2011.


2011 Bella Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Bella Cup, Champions, Doubles
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon /  Tatjana Malek def. Edina Gallovits-Hall /  Andreja Klepač, 6–2, 7–5


2011 Bella Cup – Doubles
Teodora Mirčić and Marija Mirkovic were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon and Tatjana Malek won the tournament by defeating Edina Gallovits-Hall and Andreja Klepač in the final 6–2, 7–5.


2011 Bella Cup – Singles
Ksenia Pervak was the defending champion, but is still competing at Wimbledon. Edina Gallovits-Hall defeated Stéphanie Foretz Gacon in the final 6–4, 6–3.


2011 Belmont Stakes
The 2011 Belmont Stakes was the 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes and was won by Ruler on Ice. The race was run on June 11, 2011, and was televised in the United States on the NBC television network. The post time was 6:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 p.m. UTC). As in the previous year, the Belmont (the final jewel in the Triple Crown) was run without the elusive championship at stake as 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom lost in the Preakness.


2011 Belmont Stakes
Favorite Animal Kingdom lost his footing at the start and could only muster sixth; Ruler On Ice, with jockey Jose Valdivia Jr., sprinted to the finish ahead of Stay Thirsty.


2011 Belmont Stakes, Race
Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Preakness winner Shackleford both competed in the race, which was the first clash at the Belmont between winners of the first two classics since Afleet Alex scored over Giacomo in 2005.


2011 Belmont Stakes, Race
Animal Kingdom attempted to become the 12th horse to complete a Derby-Belmont double, last accomplished by Thunder Gulch in 1995. Animal Kingdom suffered from a bad start and clipped heels with another horse (not identified by his jockey) and was the last horse for the first quarter of the race, but was able to recover and finished in 6th place. Shackleford finished in 5th place after leading for most of the race before the final stretch.


2011 Belmont Stakes, Race
Other starters were Kentucky Derby second-place finisher Nehro and Mucho Macho Man, 3rd in the Derby and 6th in the Preakness. Other Derby contenders Master of Hounds (5th) and Santiva (6th) also ran.


2011 Belmont Stakes, Field
Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom was installed as the 2–1 early line favorite. For the first time, the first seven finishers from the Derby ran in the Belmont.


2011 Bengal alcohol poisonings
The 2011 Bengal alcohol poisonings killed 167 people in December 2011 in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal after consumption of spurious liquor mixed with methanol (methyl alcohol).


2011 Beninese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 30 April 2011, after being delayed from 17 April 2011. Turnout was reportedly low. The election saw a six-seat increase for the Cauri Forces for an Emerging Benin, composed of allies of the president Yayi Boni, which took nearly half the parliamentary seats. The election consolidated Boni's victory in the 2011 presidential elections the previous month; Adrien Houngbédji, the second-placed candidate, had rejected the validity of the presidential election results.


2011 Beninese parliamentary election, Campaign
Around 20 parties and 1,600 candidates contested the elections. The major opposition was formed by a new alliance of parties, Union Makes the Nation, whose leader Houngbédji had run for president in 2006 under the banner of the Democratic Renewal Party.


2011 Beninese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Benin on 13 March 2011 after being postponed twice from 27 February and 6 March 2011. Incumbent President Yayi Boni ran for re-election against thirteen other candidates, including former National Assembly head and political veteran Adrien Houngbédji and Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané, president of the West African Development Bank. He won 53.18% of the vote, enough to win a second term without a run-off. It is the first time since the restoration of democracy in Benin that a candidate has won the presidency in a single round. A second round run-off would have been held on 27 March 2011 if it had been necessary.


2011 Beninese presidential election, Candidates, Adrien Houngbédji
Adrien Houngbédji, leader of the Democratic Renewal Party and runner-up to Boni in 2006, pledged to increase employment in the country's agriculture sector by investing 14 billion CFA francs ($28 million) in buying tractors and other heavy equipment for Beninese farmers. He also pledged to create an agricultural bank and lower the national income tax.


2011 Beninese presidential election, Protests
A series of protests and rioting hit the nation after growing opposition amid street protests against the results and popular protests eventually persuaded throughout the country. Countrywide opposition protests were held amid shootings and strikes in Cotonou and other cities. 1 was killed in the clashes and protests eventually dwindled.


2011 Benue State gubernatorial election
The 2011 Benue State gubernatorial election was the 7th gubernatorial election of Benue State. Held on April 26, 2011, the People's Democratic Party nominee Gabriel Suswam won the election, defeating Steven Ugbah of the Action Congress of Nigeria.


2011 Benue State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 13 candidates contested in the election. Gabriel Suswam from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Steven Ugbah from the Action Congress of Nigeria. Valid votes was 1,110,606.


2011 Bergen International Film Festival
The 2011 Bergen International Film Festival is arranged in Bergen, Norway 19th–26 October 2011, and was the 12th edition of the festival. It features over 175 feature films and documentaries, a new record for the festival. For the first time the festival arranges a competition program for Norwegian documentaries, as BIFF tries to establish itself as the leading arena for the documentary genre in Norway.


2011 Bergen International Film Festival, Films in competition, Scandinavias Best Music Video
This year the five videoes from the respective three countries was nominated by NRK P3 in Norway, SVT in Sweden and the magazine Soundvenue in Denmark.


2011 Berlin Marathon
The 2011 Berlin Marathon was the 38th edition of the annual marathon event and was held on Sunday 25 September on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The men's race was won by Patrick Makau of Kenya in a world record time of 2:03:38 hours. The women's winner was Florence Kiplagat, also from Kenya, won in a time of 2:19:44 hours, which made her the ninth fastest woman of all-time. It was the first marathon she had completed in her career. In total, 32,991 runners managed to finish the 2011 edition of the marathon, comprising 25,577 men and 7414 women.


2011 Berlin Marathon
Prior to the race, the two favourites for the men's competition were Makau (the defending champion and then-fifth fastest ever) and the world record holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia – the race marked the first outing since Haile had declared retirement following a poor showing at the 2010 New York City Marathon. There were a large group of pacemakers aiding the elite men for the first part of the race. The leading group, including the two favourites and three others (Edwin Kimaiyo, John Kyui and Emmanuel Samal), reached the halfway point in 61:44 minutes.


2011 Berlin Marathon
Makau became the first runner to break away at the 26 km mark and he began zig-zagging along the course in the hope of disrupting Haile Gebrselassie, who followed. The tactic worked as the Ethiopian came to an abrupt halt, later dropping out entirely. Makau sped away unopposed and finished the race with a world record, beating his rival's former mark by 21 seconds. Behind him, Stephen Kwelio Chemlany, who started as a pacemaker, continued to the finish to take second place with a time of 2:07.55 hours and Kimaiyo was third to cross the line in 2:09:50 hours, making it a Kenyan podium sweep.


2011 Berlin Marathon
The two headline athletes for the women's race were Germany's Irina Mikitenko, the 2008 champion, and world record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain. Radcliffe had not raced in a marathon for two years, due to injury and childbirth, and stated that her target was to gain the qualifying time for the 2012 London Olympics. A trio of Russians, Lidiya Grigoryeva, Tatyana Petrova and Nailiya Yulamanova were considered the other main contenders for the elite women's race.


2011 Berlin Marathon
However, it was Florence Kiplagat (the 2009 World Cross Country Champion) who assumed the lead at the start of the race and set a fast pace. Only Radcliffe followed, but she fell back after 12 km as she was unable to match the Kenyan's speed. Kiplagat was never overtaken and crossed the line in a time of 2:19:44 hours, becoming the ninth fastest woman of all-time and completing her first ever marathon (she had started the 2011 Boston Marathon but dropped out). Radcliffe was in second place for much of the race, but was overtaken after 33 km by Mikitenko, who ran a more steady-paced race. The German was the eventual runner-up in 2:22:18 hours, while Radcliffe took third with a time of 2:23:46 hours.


2011 Berlin Marathon
The wheelchair races saw Swiss athletes take the top two places: Marcel Hug narrowly defeated Heinz Frei in the men's race and there was just one second between the women's winner Edith Hunkeler and runner-up Sandra Graf. Ewan Fernandez and Sabine Berg were the men's and women's winners in the in-line skating marathon.


2011 Berlin state election
The 2011 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011 to elect the members of the 17th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left lost its majority.


2011 Berlin state election
The SPD lost five seats, remaining the largest party, while The Left lost three. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) made small gains, while The Greens moved into third place with 30 seats. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) lost three-quarters of its votes and all its seats. The Pirate Party contested its first Berlin state election and won fifteen seats with 8.9% of the vote. This was the first time the party had been elected to a state parliament anywhere in Germany.


2011 Berlin state election
The SPD initially sought a coalition with The Greens, but talks broke down over the extension of the Bundesautobahn 100. A coalition agreement between the SPD and CDU was finalised in November, with Mayor Klaus Wowereit continuing in office.


2011 Berlin state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 16th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.


2011 Berlin state election, Issues and campaign, Christian Democratic Union
The CDU considered safety on the Berlin U-Bahn an issue after a number of attacks on the property of the U-Bahn. The party published material using images from attacks captioned with the question "Safe?" These were later recalled. The CDU also posted billboards comparing the number of police officers cut from the force by the red-red coalition with the number of crimes committed on the city's buses and U-Bahn trains. Nils Diederich, a professor of political science at the Free University of Berlin, stated prior to the election that he did not believe this would be much of an issue due to a positive mood within the city.


2011 Berlin state election, Issues and campaign, Social Democratic Party
The SPD top candidate and mayor Klaus Wowereit stated, after "well-publicized attacks" in late winter and spring, that he planned to heighten security by increasing the number of police officers by 200 and lengthening the time video surveillance recordings are kept before being erased from 24 to 48 hours.


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Election results and analysis
The Free Democratic Party (FDP) representation was removed from the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin after they failed to reach the 5% threshold. This was the fifth time in 2011 in Germany that the Free Democrats failed to obtain representation in a state parliament. They also lost representation in Saxony-Anhalt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bremen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Baden-Württemberg and Hamburg are the only states in which they reached the 5% electoral threshold in that year. The win in Berlin marks the 7th time out of seven elections in 2011 that the Social Democrats got into government.


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Voting problems
On 21 September 2011, election officials found that the results of the Green Party and The Left were inadvertently swapped in the Lichtenberg district. Evrim Baba-Sommer of the Green Party will replace Karin Seidel-Kalmutzki of the Social Democratic Party.


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Voting problems
On 22 September 2011, Norbert Kopp, the district mayor for Steglitz-Zehlendorf, confirmed at least 379 postal ballots had found their way into the bin of a block of flats. The ballots were properly sent to the Zehlendorf city hall and the votes could change a number of the local council seats. The police have started an investigation over the incident.


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Coalition talks
Initially, the Social Democrats concentrated on forming a coalition with the Greens. However, on 5 October 2011, coalition talks between the SPD and the Greens broke down. The disagreement was about the extension of Bundesautobahn 100. The Green Party platform had insisted on not extending the Bundesautobahn 100. The Social Democrats offered a compromise to not go ahead with the 3.2 km extension A100 if the €420 million provided by the federal government could be invested in other transportation infrastructure projects. However, the federal government rejected the possibility of transferring the money to other projects.


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Coalition talks
Green Party head Bettina Jarasch stated that "There was not really the will within the SPD to work together with us on a coalition" while the Berliner Zeitung wrote that "the left-wing of the SPD felt Wowereit and Müller had actually wanted to form a coalition with the CDU and had deliberately put the Greens in an impossible situation." Michael Müller, chairman of Berlin chapter of the Social Democratic Party, had "threatened to look towards the CDU" over the past weekend, because the Greens "stuck to their opposition to the motorway extension".


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Coalition talks
Müller pointed out to the Greens "that the Red-Green coalition would only have a one-vote majority compared to the stable 10-vote majority which would be achieved in coalition with the CDU". Wolfgang Thierse, deputy Parliamentary group leader, stated "that he was surprised and a little disappointed at the breakdown of talks" and "Just as Red-Green would not have been heaven for Berlin, Red-Black would not be hell". Renate Künast, leader of the Berlin Chapter of the Green Party, stated that Klaus Wowereit "wanted a surrender, and no coalition".


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Coalition talks
The Social Democrats therefore continued talks with the Christian Democrats so that a grand coalition that would govern Berlin was finalized on 16 November 2011. According to the 100-page coalition agreement, Wowereit will continue as mayor. Also, each party receives four ministries: Social Democrats will be in charge of the Finance, City development/Environment, Education/Youth/Science, and Jobs/Integration/Women portfolios, whereas the Christian Democrats will have Interior/Sports, Economy/Technology/Research, Health/Social, and Justice/Consumer protection. Disagreements between the two parties have been settled.


2011 Berlin state election, Post-election, Coalition talks
There will be for example a "City tax" of 5% for hotel guests beginning in 2013 and the minimum wage for public contract jobs will increase by €1 per hour (currently at €7.50). Plans were dropped for making teachers civil servants again and requiring property owners to contribute to street improvement costs. Wowereit summarised the talks by saying "We want Berlin to become richer and to stay sexy".


2011 Best of Nollywood Awards
The 3rd Best Of Nollywood Awards were held on Friday November 11, 2011 at the Lagoon Restaurant, Lagos. Top musical artist like JJC, W4, Capital F.E.M.I & Adol performed during the event.


2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Doubles
Dustin Brown and Rogier Wassen were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Brown plays alongside Michael Kohlmann, while Wassen partners up with Lukáš Rosol. Brown lost in the first round to Santiago Giraldo and Pere Riba and Wassen lost in the second round to Franco Ferreiro and André Sá.


2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Doubles
Daniele Bracciali and Santiago González won the title, defeating Franco Ferreiro and André Sá 7–6(7–1), 4–6, [11–9] in the final.


2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles
Andreas Seppi was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Haase. Robin Haase won the title, defeating Albert Montañés 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the final.


2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles
This was the first ATP tournament main draw appearance for future US Open champion and world No. 3 Dominic Thiem.


2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel.


2011 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
The 2011 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune-Cookman University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by fifth year head coach Brian Jenkins and played their home games at Municipal Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in second place.


2011 Bhutan A-Division
The 2011 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the seventeenth recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan. The league was won by Yeedzin, their third title and second in a row. The league was played as a single round-robin series of matches in anticipation of the commencement of a full National League; however, this was delayed by a season.


2011 Bhutanese local elections
The Bhutanese local government elections of 2011 were originally slated for 2008, but were delayed until 2011. Elections began on January 20, 2011, however polls opened in only 3 of 20 districts – Thimphu, Chukha District (Phuentsholing), and Samdrup Jongkhar – as part of a staggered election schedule. Polls closed June 27, 2011. Ahead of elections, 1,042 chiwogs, the basis of Bhutan's single-constituency electoral scheme, were slated to elect the leadership of Dzongkhag, Gewog, and Thromde governments.


2011 Bhutanese local elections
Candidates for local elections in Bhutan must not belong to any political party, must not be registered clergy, and must meet the residency, character, and other requirements of Bhutanese election laws. Campaigns for local elections were not publicly funded, and candidates were limited to a campaign budget of Nu.50,000 (about USD 1,130). During this election cycle, Bhutan implemented a forum-style campaigns for the first time, reportedly with success. Previously, candidates campaigned at gatherings that each called individually.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results
On June 28, 2011, the Election Commission announced the preliminary results of the local government elections. It reported a voter turnout of 56%, electing 1,104 representatives at various levels from among 2,185 candidates. The initial report disclosed "a few" cases of mismatched voter rolls and voter identification cards, and stated that in 135 of these cases, the problems were rectified. It also mentioned that some votes had been improperly cast in voters' former domiciles and were rejected. The report further described 4 candidate disqualifications under the election laws, as well as a total of 16 election disputes, of which 3 were appealed to the Election Commission. Overall, elections were reported to have gone smoothly, and several international observers were allowed access.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results
On July 8, 2011, the Election Commission released detailed election results indicating 194,952 of 347,938 registered voters had cast ballots. Postal ballots constituted just over 19,000 of those eligible, however only some 16,000 were validly returned. The Commission reported that 165 female candidates ran among a total of 2,185 eligible, (7.5%); 76 women were among the 1,102 candidates elected to office (7%). One woman was elected gup, 12 were elected mangmi, 61 were elected gewog tshogpa, and 2 as thromde tshogpa.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results
According to Bhutanese media, local elections were particularly marked by voter apathy and distrust, leading to lackluster campaign gatherings and poor turnout during elections.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results, Delayed results
Due to a lack of candidates contesting seats, a total of 373 vacancies remained after local government elections. These vacancies included 3 for gup, 1 for mangmi, 360 for gewog tshogpa, 8 for dzongkhag thromde thuemi, and 1 for thromde tshogpa.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results, Delayed results
As a further complication, gup polls in Goenshari Gewog (Punakha) and tshogpa polls in Sherabling Chiwog of Chhudzom Gewog (Sarpang) resulted in equal votes among rival candidates.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results, Delayed results
The Election Commission also disclosed on July 8, 2011, that it had discovered seven elected candidates were in fact ineligible because they did not meet the age requirement (between 25 and 65). As a result, the Commission quashed the elections for gup of Bjacho Gewog (Chhukha), for tshogpa of Nyechhu Shar-ri Chiwog in Tsento Gewog (Paro), Gyalgong Chiwog in Silambi Gewog (Mongar), Langchhenphug Chiwog in Langchenphu Gewog (Samdrup Jongkhar), Ramtogtog Tsangrina Chiwog in Chang Gewog (Thimphu), Lemphang Chiwog in Bidung Gewog (Trashigang), and Chaling Chiwog in Shongphu Gewog (Trashigang).


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results, Delayed results
The Commission pronounced penalties against elections personnel in nine districts due to their negligence in failing to follow guidelines and detect candidate ineligibility. It also announced that further elections would be held in the near future to address quashed results, ties, and remaining vacancies. The August 12 reelection in Goenshari was announced on August 1; campaigning recommenced until August 10.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Results, Delayed results
Reelections in Goenshari Gewog were conducted August 12, 2011, from 09:00 until 17:00. Ahead of polling, Commission personnel reported high expectations. The democratic process again performed: despite the discouraging disqualifications, long journeys to polling stations, and decreased voter turnout in Goenshari from 382 to 323, the rerun proved hotly contested and was won by Kinley Dorji by a narrow 16 votes.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Background
The Local Government Act of Bhutan 2009 is the latest legislation on local governments, establishing Dzongkhags as districts for national representation, each with their own locally-governing counsels; Gewogs as divisions of Dzongkhags, themselves with locally-governing counsels; and Thromdes as municipal governments. It also provides that all governments be elected by single-member constituencies, called chiwogs. The members of each level of local government – Dzongkhag, Gewog, and Thromde – must meet requirements and follow procedures defined by the Constitution, election laws, and rules of the Election Commission.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Background
While candidates for local elections need not possess a formal university degree, they must be functionally literate and adequately skilled. Notably, candidates must be natural-born citizens born of two Bhutanese parents, pass a functional literacy and skills test, obtain a security clearance, make extensive personal, financial, and professional disclosures, and formally prove they have no current party affiliation. Those with former affiliations must deregister. As part of local elections, candidates also choose a symbol and appear on a list published by the Returning Officer.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Background
Between 2008 and 2011, delayed and staggered elections for local level government has resulted in an inability to form quora on the Dzongkhag, Gewog, and Thromde levels. Although elections were originally slated for 2008, various participatory hurdles, demarcation problems, and legal questions posed by the Election Commission regarding the constitutionality of laws on local governments produced significant delays. Although demarcation is a basic requisite for the determination of electoral rolls, the task presented particular difficulty for the government.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Background
Between 2008 and 2011, recruitment and retention of Tshogpas (local government council members) and Thrompons (mayors) remained a serious issue. Obstacles range from lack of interest and economic incentives to difficulty in compliance and obtaining accreditation under existing election laws. The functional literacy and skills test alone left many constituencies without the minimum of two candidates, leading to lengthy delay of the local government elections of 2011, originally slated for 2008. Women elected to office remained relatively few (14% before local elections according to the UNHCR), more than half of voters in initial local government elections were women. In initial local-level voting in 2011, voter turnout was about 50%.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Background
In contrast many lay monks and former lay monks, facing constitutional legal hurdles in voting as well as registering and certifying as candidates, have actively sought to participate in elections and government since democratization.


2011 Bhutanese local elections, Background
On March 16, 2011, the Election Commission conducted the second round of the skills test to determine those eligible for the local government elections. Out of 1,502 registrants, 1,215 took the test and 1,135 passed, leaving a pass rate of 93%. Those who passed were certified to run for local offices.


2011 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held at RedHawks Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK from May 25th to May 29th, 2011. After five years using the round robin tournament setup, the 2011 Big XII Tournament switched back to the format used from 1999 to 2005, which consisted of two separate four-team double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each of those tournaments faced each other in a one-game match for the championship. Missouri and Texas A&M faced each other in the championship game on Sunday, May 29, 2011.


2011 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
Texas A&M beat Missouri 10-9 in 10 innings to win the 2011 Big XII Tournament. As the conference tournament champion Texas A&M earned an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the second consecutive year that Texas A&M won the conference tournament in extra innings on a walk-off home run.


2011 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2011 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from 8 March until 12 March 2011. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on Fox Sports Net. The championship game, held on March 12, 2011, featured the number 1 seeded Baylor Lady Bears, and the number 2 seeded Texas A&M Aggies. Baylor won the contest by a 61-58 margin.


2011 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2011 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 2 to 6, 2011. The 7-match tournament was held at the Blossom Athletic Center in San Antonio, TX with a combined attendance of 4,903. The 8-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Texas A&M Aggies defeated the Oklahoma State Cowgirls in the championship match to win their 5th conference tournament.


2011 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2011 Big 12 Conference football season was the 16th season for the Big 12, as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It had 10 football teams due to the departure of Colorado to the Pac-12 and Nebraska to the Big Ten. It was also the last Big 12 season for Texas A&M and Missouri, as both of them departed for the SEC in July 2012.


2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2011 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 9 until March 12, 2011. It was won by top-seeded Kansas.


2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.


2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Tournament bracket
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. Rankings reflect AP Poll for week of 3/7/2011.


2011 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Big East Baseball Tournament was held from May 25 through May 29, 2011. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Seton Hall was their third tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2011 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The  Big East baseball tournament was an 8 team double elimination tournament in 2009. The top eight regular season finishers were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The field was divided into two brackets, with the winners of each bracket meeting in a single championship game.


2011 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award
Joe DiRocco was the winner of the 2011 Jack Kaiser Award. DiRocco was a senior pitcher for Seton Hall.


2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Big East Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will begin on November 2, 2011 and conclude with the Big East championship on November 13, 2011. The championship, along with the semifinal fixtures will be played at soccer-specific stadium Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.


2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
Source: (RC) = Regular season champion; (TC) = Tournament championOnly applicable when the season is not finished:(Q) = Qualified for conference tournament, but not to particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from conference tournament


2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Schedule, First round
The home team is listed on the right, the away team is listed on the left.


2011 Big East Conference football season
The 2011 Big East football season was the NCAA football season of the Big East Conference.


2011 Big East Conference football season
The conference consists of 8 football members:  Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, and West Virginia.


2011 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–12, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was the third Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals. The tournament was won by Connecticut, their seventh title, tying Georgetown for the most championships in Big East Men's Basketball Tournament history. Connecticut guard Kemba Walker was named the tournament MVP.


2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament took place in March 2011 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament. This was the second consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.


2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
During the tournament, the top-ranked Connecticut beat Notre Dame 73-64 to win their 17th title.


2011 Big League World Series
The 2011 Big League World Series of baseball took place from July 27 - August 3 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Taylors,  South Carolina defeated San Juan,  Puerto Rico in the championship game.


2011 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
₫The 2011 Big Sky Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 5 to March 9, 2011. The First Round games of the tournament were held at the higher seed's home arena, and the semi-finals and championship were at the Butler–Hancock Sports Pavilion in Greeley, Colorado, home court of the regular season champion, Northern Colorado. The top 6 teams from regular season play qualified for the tournament, and the top 2 teams received a bye to the semi-finals. The field was re-seeded after the first round so the #1 seed played the lowest remaining seed. In 2011, Northern Colorado won the conference championship to advance to its first NCAA Division I tournament in school history.


2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 24–28, 2011, at Gray–Minor Stadium on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their twelfth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight.


2011 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Coastal Carolina designated hitter Keith Hardwick was awarded MVP honors with a .429 batting average and 4 RBI in the tournament.


2011 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 1, 3, 5, 2011 at campus sites. The semifinal round was televised on ESPNU, and the finals were televised on ESPN2. The UNC Asheville Bulldogs won the tournament, defeating Charleston Southern 72–63 in the quarterfinal round, High Point 62–45 in the semifinal round, and #1 Coastal Carolina 60–47 in the championship game.


2011 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Big South Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and UNC Asheville received that bid in 2011 as they won the tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible to compete in the 2011 tournament due to reclassification.


2011 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Big South Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will begin on November 10 and conclude on November 13.


2011 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Schedule, Quarterfinals
The home team, or higher seed, is listed on the left, the away team is listed on the right.


2011 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio from May 23 through 26. Top seeded Illinois won their fourth tournament title and claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2011 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Regular season results
The top six teams (based on conference results, with head to head results serving as tiebreakers) from the conference earn invites to the tournament.


2011 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format
The 2011 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The top two seeds received a single bye into the semifinals (2nd Round). The 1 seed played the lowest seeded Round 1 winner, while the 2 seed played the highest seeded Round 1 winner.


2011 Big Ten Conference football season
The 2011 Big Ten Conference football season is the 116th for the Big Ten. The conference started its season on Saturday, September 3, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2011 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition. This season is Nebraska's first season as a member of the Big Ten, and also marks the creation of conference divisions (named Leaders and Legends), and a championship game. The season was also notable for the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.


2011 Big Ten Conference football season
For the season, Leaders Division champion Wisconsin finished as conference champion by defeating Legends Division champion Michigan State in the 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game. Penn State was Leaders Division co-Champion, while Legends Division runner-up Michigan finished with the conference's best record. The conference earned two BCS bowl invitations and compiled a 4–6 overall record in 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games.


2011 Big Ten Conference football season
The Conference had six 2011 College Football All-America Team consensus selections: Montee Ball, Kevin Zeitler, David Molk, Whitney Mercilus (unanimous), Devon Still, and Jerel Worthy, with the Rimington Trophy going to Molk and the Ted Hendricks Award going to Mercilus. Ball won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football and the conference's players won four national statistical championships: Russell Wilson (passing efficiency), Raheem Mostert (kickoff return average), Ball (scoring), and Mercilus (quarterback sacks).


2011 Big Ten Conference football season
Following the season the conference contributed 41 to the  2012 NFL Draft, including 4 in the first round: Riley Reiff (23rd), Mercilus (26th), Zeitler (27th), and A. J. Jenkins (30th).


2011 Big Ten Conference football season, Post-season awards and honors, All-Big Ten
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