2011 Malaysian Open
The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2011 WTA Tour. This was also be the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by BMW. The tournament took place from February 28 to March 6 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort.


2011 Malaysian Open
The event was headlined by the participation of World No. 5 and French Open reigning champion Francesca Schiavone, World No. 15 Marion Bartoli, former World No. 1 Dinara Safina, the defending champion and World No. 22, Alisa Kleybanova and World No. 30 Lucie Šafářová among others.


2011 Malaysian Open, Finals, Doubles
Dinara Safina /  Galina Voskoboeva defeated  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn /  Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].


2011 Malaysian Open – Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Dinara Safina and Galina Voskoboeva won in the final against Noppawan Lertcheewakarn and Jessica Moore, 7–5, 2–6, [10–5].


2011 Malaysian Open – Singles
Alisa Kleybanova was the defending champion, but she lost to Michaëlla Krajicek in the second round.


2011 Malaysian Open – Singles
Jelena Dokić claimed the title, defeating 5th seed Lucie Šafářová 2–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–4 in the final. Dokić won her first title in 9 years, sixth & the last title in her career.


2011 Malaysian Open – Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Malaysian Open.


2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 October 2011 at the Sepang International Circuit, but the MotoGP race was red flagged and subsequently cancelled after two laps due to a serious accident involving Marco Simoncelli. Simoncelli fell while running fourth, his bike and body veering across the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Simoncelli was fatally struck in the head and chest by the two bikes. He was taken straight to the circuit's medical centre, but died of his injuries shortly thereafter.


2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP classification
The race was stopped after two laps due to an accident involving Marco Simoncelli, who later died; the race was subsequently cancelled. Prior to the accident there had been a 1-2-3 Repsol Honda front row of the grid, where Casey Stoner took the start and led from Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. Since the race was cancelled rather than abandoned after just one full lap was completed, however, no Grand Prix winner was declared and no points were awarded.


2011 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto2 classification
The race was stopped after 17 laps due to an accident involving Axel Pons.


2011 Maldives FA Cup
The 2011 Maldives FA Cup was the 24th edition of the Maldives FA Cup.


2011 Maldives FA Cup
The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Cup.


2011 Maldives FA Cup Final
The 2011 Maldives FA Cup Final was the 24th Final of the Maldives FA Cup.


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament
Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2011 season.


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Teams
9 teams are competition in the 2011 Second Division Football Tournament, and these teams were divided into 2 groups (5 teams in group A, 4 in group B).


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Group stage round
From each group, the top three teams will be advanced for the league round.


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Group stage round, Group A
Hurriyya Sports Club, Club Riverside and Red Line Club advanced to the league round as the top three teams of the group.


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Group stage round, Group B
United Victory, J.J. Sports Club and Sports Club Mecano advanced to the league round as the top three teams of the group.


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Group stage round, Relegation
Team with the worst record among the knocked-out teams from the group stage is relegated to the third division. Thoddoo FC relegated to third division without getting a single point from the group stage.


2011 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, League round
The top three teams from each group is qualified to this round. As a total of six teams will be playing in this round of the tournament, the team with the highest number of points will be declared as champions. The champion and runner-up team will also play in the Playoff for 2012 Dhivehi League.


2011 Maldon District Council election
Elections to Maldon District Council were held on 5 May 2011 as part of the wider elections across the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party remained in control of the council, winning 28 of the 31 seats.


2011 Malmö FF season
The 2011 season was Malmö FF's 100th in existence, their 76th season in Allsvenskan and their 11th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan, where they finished in 4th position, Svenska Cupen, where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals, Svenska Supercupen, where they finished as runners-up, the UEFA Champions League, where they were knocked out in the play-off round and finally the UEFA Europa League, where they were knocked out in the group stage. Malmö FF were the reigning champions of Allsvenskan and also returned to European cup play after a five-year absence. Manager Roland Nilsson left the club on 29 May to become the new manager for F.C. Copenhagen, he was replaced by Rikard Norling who officially became the new Malmö FF manager on 3 June.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, Supercupen
The competitive season started on 19 March with Supercupen  at Swedbank Stadion against Helsingborgs IF. Malmö FF had qualified for Supercupen by winning Allsvenskan the previous year while Helsingborg qualified by winning Svenska Cupen. The match ended 2–1 in Helsingborgs favour. This was the first time Malmö FF appeared in the competition after its introduction in 2007.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, Svenska Cupen
Malmö FF entered their second cup play of the season on 11 May with round 3 of Svenska Cupen against Superettan club Jönköpings Södra IF at Stadsparksvallen, a match Malmö FF won 4–0. The club progressed another round by beating Halmstads BK 3–0 at Örjans Vall before being knocked out of Svenska Cupen in the quarter-finals on penalties by Kalmar FF at Guldfågeln Arena. The result was the best since the 2002 season when the club reached the semi-finals, despite this the result was disappointing since the club had set out to win the cup.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
The club entered European cup play on 13 July when they won their home fixture at Swedbank Stadion against HB Tórshavn with 2–0 in the first tier of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The away fixture at Gundadalur ended as a draw with 1–1 as Malmö FF progressed to the next qualifying round. Malmö FF were drawn against Rangers F.C. in the third qualifying round and won the first leg 1–0, away at Ibrox.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Champions League
The home fixture at Swedbank Stadion ended as a draw with 1–1 and the club progressed to the play-off round with an aggregate score of 2–1. The club were drawn against Dinamo Zagreb in the play-off round, the first leg of the tie was played at Stadion Maksimir on 17 August and ended 4–1 in Dinamos favour. The second leg was played at Swedbank Stadion on 23 August, the club won the match 2–0, missing out to advance to the group stage by the away goals rule by one goal. Dinamo Zagreb won with an aggregate score of 4–3 and progressed to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Europa League
Due to being eliminated in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League, Malmö FF received a place in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. The group stage was drawn on 26 August 2011. Malmö FF were seeded in the fourth and lowest seeding group and joined AZ, Metalist Kharkiv and Austria Vienna in Group G. This was the first time the club participated in the competition since its re branding and the first time the club participated in the group stage for an official UEFA competition.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Europa League
Malmö FF played their first match on 15 September away against AZ and lost 4–1. The club then played two home fixtures in a row against Austria Vienna, where they lost 2–1 and against Metalist Kharkiv, where they lost 4–1. Malmö FF then travelled to Ukraine to play Metalist Kharkiv away and lost 3–1. The clubs first and only point in the competition would come against AZ at home, a fixture which ended goalless, however the club needed a win to still have the chance to proceed in the competition and were therefore knocked out.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, UEFA Europa League
Malmö FF's last match in the competition was the away fixture against Austria Vienna who themselves still had a slight chance to proceed. The match ended 2–0 in Austria Viennas favour, however, this was not enough for Austria Vienna and they found themselves knocked out of the competition along with Malmö FF while Metalist Kharkiv and AZ proceeded to the round of 32.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, Allsvenskan
League play started on 3 April with the away fixture against Trelleborgs FF ironically played at Trelleborgs reserve stadium Swedbank Stadion due to their own Vångavallen being in an unplayable state, Malmö FF won the game 4–2. The club went on to win the next three games as well to mark their best league start in 60 years. As the season progressed the club started to drop in the table and found themselves in the middle of the table after 15 rounds, having only won three additional matches after the first four record breaking wins.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, Allsvenskan
The beginning of the season was shaped by the spectator scandal that occurred in the home game against rivals Helsingborgs IF when the game was suspended and Helisngborg being awarded a 3–0 win after an incident report. The club also had to appoint a new manager after Roland Nilsson announced his transfer to FC Copenhagen, Rikard Norling succeeded Nilsson on 3 June. The second part of the season started with three draws in a row as the club was struggling to score on the chances that were created. The 23 July derby against Helsingborg away ended in a 2–2 draw.


2011 Malmö FF season, Summary, Allsvenskan
The club only lost one match in the second part of the season, away against Gefle IF 0–2, other than that the club played well and finished the league season with five wins in a row. Malmö FF finished fourth in Allsvenskan and were thus given bronze medals for their performance.


2011 Malmö FF season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Malmö FF season, Players, Disciplinary record
Source: Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.Notes: Allsvenskan only


2011 Malmö FF season, Competitions, Allsvenskan, Results by round
Note: Since some matches were postponed, the "position" field has been corrected in hindsight.


2011 Malta Open darts
2011 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Buġibba, Malta in 2011.


2011 Maltese divorce referendum
A referendum on divorce was held in Malta on 28 May 2011. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new law to introduce allowing divorces, as at that time, Malta was one of only three countries in the world (along with the Philippines and the Vatican City) in which divorce was not permitted. The proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Background
A private member's bill was tabled in the House of Representatives by Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, a Nationalist Member of Parliament. The text of the bill, which had been changed twice, did not provide for the holding of a referendum. This was eventually provided for through a separate Parliamentary resolution under the Referenda Act authorising a facultative, non-binding referendum to be held.


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Background
The Catholic Church in Malta encouraged a "no" vote through a pastoral letter issued on the Sunday before the referendum day. Complaints were made that religious pressure was being brought to bear upon voters. Around 8 per cent of marriages in Malta are already annulled by the Catholic Church.


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Question
Ballot papers had both English and Maltese questions printed on them. The English version of the question put to voters was as follows:


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Question
Do you agree with the introduction of the option of divorce in the case of a married couple who has been separated or has been living apart for at least four (4) years, and where there is no reasonable hope for reconciliation between the spouses, whilst adequate maintenance is guaranteed and the children are protected?


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Question
The question, which resembled the proposal approved by Irish voters in the Irish divorce referendum of 1995, was somewhat controversial. It was claimed that it did not reflect the content of the private member's bill.


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Results
Although for the purposes of the referendum the whole country was regarded to be a single constituency - taking into account electoral districts - in only three out of the thirteen did the "no" vote reach a majority.


2011 Maltese divorce referendum, Aftermath
Discussion on the divorce bill started in earnest soon after the result was announced. In the second and third readings a number of MPs still voted against the bill. Parliament approved the law on 25 July. The law came into effect on 1 October.


2011 Man Booker Prize
The 2011 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 18 October 2011. The Man Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 26 July,  and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 6 September. The Prize was awarded  to Julian Barnes for The Sense of an Ending.


2011 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2011, along with the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2015. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to win every seat contested. Overall turnout was a comparatively high 31.6%, although much down on the previous year's general election turnout of 50.9%.


2011 Manchester City Council election
Councillors elected in 2007 were defending their seats this year, and vote share changes are compared on this basis.


2011 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2011 Manchester City Council election, Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2007, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis.


2011 Manchester City Council election, Ward results, Whalley Range
Incumbent councillor Faraz Bhatti was last elected in 2007 as a Liberal Democrat but defected to the Conservatives in January 2008. He did not contest the ward.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot
The 2011 Manhattan terrorism plot was a conspiracy by two Muslim Arab-Americans to bomb various targets in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, United States. They had planned to attack an unspecified synagogue and one of them expressed interest in blowing up a church and the Empire State Building. New York City law enforcement arrested the two suspects, 26-year-old Ahmed Ferhani and 20-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh, in a sting operation on May 11, 2011. Their plot was motivated primarily by "hatred of infidels and anti-semitism" according to the authorities.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Plot
On May 12, 2011, New York City law enforcement officials announced that two suspects, Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh, had been arrested for trying to purchase weapons, including three pistols and hand grenades, as part of a terror plot to attack an unspecified Manhattan synagogue. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said both suspects wanted to attack a "major synagogue". Mr. Ferhani is to also have expressed an interest in blowing up a church in Queens and the Empire State Building. Prior to their arrest, the two men had already obtained some guns. Ferhani allegedly was trying to sell drugs to fund the attacks.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Plot
According to law enforcement officials, this was the thirteenth plot thwarted against the city since the September 11 attacks.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Arrest
An undercover detective had been investigating one of the suspects, Ahmed Ferhani, for several months. In October 2010, Ferhani was arrested on a robbery charge in Manhattan, when the detective overhead Ferhani saying he hated Jews and was upset with the way Muslims, especially Palestinians, were treated around the world. According to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Ferhani once said, "They're treating us like dogs." Ferhani also told the detective about "his intent to participate in jihad" and that "he would become a martyr." Eventually Ferhani brought Mamdouh into the plot, who prosecutors said is on tape saying he hated Jews.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Arrest
According to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the authorities decided to act because Ferhani's "plans became bigger and more violent with every passing week". In several meetings with the undercover detective, Ferhani discussed the idea of attacking a synagogue, even suggesting disguising himself as a worshiping Jew so he could infiltrate the synagogue and leave a bomb inside.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Arrest
On May 11, 2011, the NYPD set up an arms deal as a sting operation on Manhattan's West Side. In the deal, one of the undercover officers handed Ferhani a bag containing three handguns, three boxes of ammo and an inert (not operational) grenade. Once Ferhani placed the bag in the trunk of his car, the police swarmed and arrested him, as well as Mamdouh, who was nearby.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Trial
On the evening of May 12, 2011, the two suspects were arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom on terrorism charges. Prosecutor Margaret Gandy listed the charges and evidence, and the two were detained without bail. According to The Wall Street Journal, "The arrests mark the first time New York state terrorism charges, rather than federal, will be used against individuals suspected in a terror plot."


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Trial
According to a source quoted by The Wall Street Journal, NYPD detectives brought the case to the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which decided not to take part due to concerns that the case was not strong enough to secure a conviction. A New York State grand jury decided to indict the suspects on lesser charges, and declined to indict them on the more serious charges such as second-degree conspiracy.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Trial
At trial in March 2012, one of Ferhani's attorneys, Elizabeth Fink, argued that he had been entrapped by law enforcement authorities.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Trial
In a December 2012 plea bargain, Ferhani pleaded guilty to terrorism conspiracy and terrorism-related weapons possession charges. He was later sentenced to ten years in prison.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Suspects
The two suspects, 26-year-old Ahmed Ferhani and 20-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh, are both Arab-Muslim immigrants from North Africa that live in East Elmhurst, Queens. Ferhani, considered the ringleader of the plot, is from Algeria, from where he and his parents were granted asylum some 10 years prior. He was under review for possible deportation for failing to show up at immigration hearings where he would have been questioned about his arrest record. Mamdouh, the accomplice, is a U.S. citizen from Morocco.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Suspects
At the time of attack, Ferhani was unemployed but previously worked as a cosmetic sales clerk at Saks Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. According to one of his friends and former co-worker at Saks, he had dreams of being a model or actor and moving out to California. The friend also said Ferhani was not particularly religious, drank alcohol and was an aspiring hip-hop performer. Ferhani also had been arrested six times previously, including an October 2010 robbery of a prostitute. All the cases were eventually dismissed and sealed.


2011 Manhattan terrorism plot, Suspects, Motive
A high-ranking NYPD terrorism official said that Ferhani and Mamdouh represented a new kind of threat: "They weren't waiting for guidance from [Osama] bin Laden, they weren't looking to go overseas. They were confident they could do it themselves. These guys were also no religious experts. They weren't driven by religion. It's really more politics and anti-Semitism."


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash
On 10 December 2011, a twin-engine Beechcraft Queen Air light aircraft  crashed into a slum and burst into flames in Parañaque, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines, killing all three people on board and eleven on the ground. Twenty more people on the ground were injured.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash
The subsequent investigation found that an engine failure at take-off was not properly handled by the crew, which lost control of the aircraft at low altitude, without the possibility to recover before striking the ground.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash, Accident
The twin-engine Queen Air took off at around 14:10 local time from runway 13 of Manila International Airport for a flight to San Jose Airport, on the island of Mindoro. Soon after take-off, the air traffic control (ATC) instructed the crew to turn right onto a southerly heading. Moments later, the crew requested permission to land back at the airport, which was granted, but when ATC asked whether they were experiencing difficulties, there was no response from the crew.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash, Accident
The Queen Air was observed by eyewitnesses flying at just 200 ft above the ground while making sputtering noises. It then banked left and suddenly rolled inverted, crashing  into shanty houses next to the Felixberto Serrano Elementary School in the Don Bosco neighbourhood of Parañaque.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash, Accident
All three occupants of the Queen Air were instantly killed, along with eleven people on the ground. Twenty more people were injured. An intense post-crash fire developed, burning several houses and destroying most of the elementary school, which was unoccupied at the time.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash, Aftermath
After the crash, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) decided to ground all of Aviation Technology Innovator's aircraft. At a press conference two weeks after the crash, CAAP officials stated that poor flying technique by the pilot was a possible cause of the crash. After the engine failure the aircraft was seen to turn left towards the dead engine, when the proper procedure in these circumstances would have been for the pilot to turn the aircraft to the right instead.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash, Investigation
The investigation carried out by the Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines found that the aircraft's left engine failed at take-off due to oil starvation.


2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash, Investigation
The crew's "lack of event proficiency" and their failure to maintain control of the aircraft was cited as the immediate cause of the accident. Various contributing factors were listed, including inadequate training, inadequate maintenance procedures and lack of oversight by the regulating authority. The air traffic control's instruction to the crew to turn right immediately after take-off was also criticised for deviating from the airport's standard departure procedure, which would have reduced the risk of loss of control during low-altitude manoeuvres.


2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic
The 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic was held from October 7 to 10 at the Brandon Curling Club in Brandon, Manitoba as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$40,000. The event was played in a triple knockout format.


2011 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic
The 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic was held October 21 to 24 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was the second women's Grand Slam event of the 2011–12 curling season and the eighth time the tournament has been held. The purse was CAD$60,000, which the winning team of Renée Sonnenberg won and took home CAD$15,000.


2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Manitoba's women's provincial curling championship, was held January 26–30 in Altona, Manitoba at the Sunflower Gardens Arena. The winning Cathy Overton-Clapham team represented Manitoba at the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The team went 4-7 in round robin play.


2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
The sixteen Manitoba Safeway qualifiers are selected through the 1-9 rural zones, the 10-14 Winnipeg zones, the winning team from the Berth Bonspiel, and the CurlManitoba Women's Bonspiel winner from the previous 2009-2010 season.


2011 Manitoba general election
The 2011 Manitoba general election was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. It took place on October 4, 2011, due to the new fixed-date election laws. In the outgoing legislature, the New Democratic Party of Manitoba (NDP) held 37 of the 57 seats, the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba (PC Party) held 19 of the 57 seats and the Liberal Party of Manitoba held one of the 57 seats, after Kevin Lamoureux resigned his seat in the riding of Inkster to run as a Liberal candidate in a federal by-election.


2011 Manitoba general election
Following the last census, electoral district boundaries were adjusted. There are 57 electoral districts.


2011 Manitoba general election
Despite being perceived as a tight race in the run-up to voting, with The Globe and Mail expecting it to be the "closest in more than a decade", the NDP won its fourth consecutive term in government, taking 37 seats, an improvement of one from the 2007 election – thus gaining their largest majority ever in the Assembly – whilst the Progressive Conservatives failed to make any gains beyond closing the gap in the popular vote, and not a single incumbent was defeated. The PC leader Hugh McFadyen announced shortly thereafter that he would resign his post. Also facing a disappointing result in the election, Liberal leader Jon Gerrard also announced shortly after the election that he would resign his post once the party crowned a new leader in 2013.


2011 Manitoba general election, Party leadership
The Green Party and the NDP have chosen new leaders since the last general election.


2011 Manitoba general election, Party leadership
On August 27, 2009 Premier Gary Doer, after being Premier of Manitoba for ten years announced his resignation as Premier and leader of the NDP. The following day he was appointed Canada's Ambassador to the United States.


2011 Manitoba general election, Party leadership
Three candidates entered the campaign to replace Doer: Steve Ashton, Greg Selinger and Andrew Swan. On September 28, 2009, Swan bowed out of the race and endorsed Selinger. Some pundits believe this was an attempt to stop Steve Ashton from becoming leader.


2011 Manitoba general election, Party leadership
Ashton, first seen as a minor candidate, ended up being a heavy-weight and, gaining momentum, scored big victories in some ridings, however it wasn't enough to convince many MLAs or win union endorsement. Selinger won the leadership election on October 17, 2009 with 65.75% of the ballot. His victory was achieved in large part by being backed by unions and the vast majority of the party elite.


2011 Manitoba general election, Party leadership
The Green Party elected James Beddome to a two-year term party leader on November 15, 2008, defeating incumbent Andrew Basham and third candidate Shane Nestruck. After his victory, he said that he would work toward running a full slate of candidates in the next provincial election. He was the party's candidate for a by-election in the northeast Winnipeg division of Elmwood in early 2009.


2011 Manitoba general election, Turnout
Of 777,054 registered voters, 55.77% or 433,346 cast votes in the election. Although this is slightly lower than the 2007 election, voter turnout in Manitoba has generally declined since the mid-1970s when it reached 78.3% in the 1973 general election. About 78,500 voters took advantage of advance polls, more than any previous election.


2011 Manitoba general election, Marginal seats
The following is a list of the ten ridings most narrowly lost by the indicated party in the 2007 election (by percentage of the vote the indicated party lost by).


2011 Manitoba general election, Marginal seats
New boundaries are in effect for the 2011 election, so some ridings not listed may come into place in the next election with population movements.


2011 Manitoba general election, Election campaign, Issues, Bipole III
Manitoba Hydro planned an alternative hydro-electric transmission line to Bipole I and II routes running through the Interlake region in Manitoba. Initially it planned a more easterly route to the east of Lake Winnipeg. The NDP ignored the expert opinion of Manitoba Hydro and decided to build the line on the west side of the province at a cost of $4.1 billion. Further, the NDP proposed the creation of a large UNESCO environmental heritage site named Pimachiowin Aki.


2011 Manitoba general election, Election campaign, Issues, Bipole III
Just days before his retirement as premier, Doer announced that the government would donate $10 million to the trust fund for UNESCO World Heritage site on the east side of Lake Winnipeg. The NDP claimed that an east side Bipole III route would jeopardise the UNESCO site and claimed that a heritage site would benefit First Nations communities more. The NDP proposed a longer, more expensive, alternative route through the west of Manitoba to preserve the environmental integrity of the east side. Subject to the Environmental Impact Statement to be completed in June 2011, the construction of the line will begin in the winter of 2012, one year after the election.


2011 Manitoba general election, Election campaign, Issues, Bipole III
Progressive Conservative leader Hugh McFadyen opposes the western route stating that it would cost $1 billion to $1.75 billion more, it would destroy more trees, 15 out of 16 First Nations believed the Bipole III would be more economically beneficial, and would be more at risk from disasters as the Bipole lines in the Interlake. McFadyen promised that if elected he would cancel the western route, and build it down the east side. McFadyen also supported the UNESCO site on the east side and claims that Bipole III would not jeopardise the World Heritage Site.


2011 Manitoba general election, Election campaign, Issues, Bipole III
Liberal leader Jon Gerrard proposed that instead of building the line down the east or west, Manitoba Hydro should put the cable under Lake Winnipeg as proposed by Dr. John Ryan, retired University of Winnipeg professor in 2008. In the fall of 2010 Gerrard asked Manitoba Hydro CEO Bob Brennan if he had inquired into the Lake Winnipeg route. Brennan said that he had not. Gerrard promised to build the line through Lake Winnipeg if elected.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season
The 2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 62nd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and co-captained by Jamie Lyon and Jason King, they competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) 2011 Telstra Premiership, and finished the regular season in second place (out of 16 teams). The Sea Eagles then qualified for the NRL grand final, in which they defeated the New Zealand Warriors, claiming the club's eighth first-grade premiership.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Background
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles had finished eighth in the previous season, barely qualifying for the finals series (in fact, had the Melbourne Storm not been heavily penalised for their salary cap breach, Manly would have actually missed the finals). They were defeated by the St George Illawarra Dragons in a qualifying final; the Dragons subsequently won the premiership. Manly lost four first-team players at the end of the season: first-choice halfback Trent Hodkinson, forwards Chris Bailey and Josh Perry, and utility back Ben Farrar. Joining the club were the unheralded Tim Robinson, Liam Foran and Daniel Harrison. Between them, only Foran had first-grade experience.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Background
However, Manly's squad was boosted by the return of star fullback Brett Stewart. After Manly had won the NRL premiership in 2008, Stewart missed all but six matches of the following two seasons with knee injuries and legal issues.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Background
Manly's season would also see the emergence of key youngsters such as Queensland born halfback Daly Cherry-Evans, who would win the NRL's Dally M Rookie of the Year award, the continued rise of New Zealand born five-eighth Kieran Foran, and winger Will Hopoate, son of Manly's 1996 premiership-winner John Hopoate, who would debut for New South Wales in the 2011 State of Origin series.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
In New Zealand, each of the Sea Eagles matches of the 2011 season were televised free-to-air by Māori Television on Monday nights, dubbed "Manly Night Football". Manly opened their season with an 18–6 loss to the Melbourne Storm, their grand final opponents from 2007 and 2008. Daly Cherry-Evans made his first-grade debut as Manly's starting halfback, but was penalised for a "foot fault" when kicking a line dropout. The following week, Manly played the grand finalists from the previous season, the Sydney Roosters, without co-captains Jamie Lyon and Jason King, and Glenn Stewart and Steve Matai.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Despite the losses of key players, the Sea Eagles scored their first win of the season, 27–16, thanks to performances from Cherry-Evans and his halves partner Kieran Foran that the ABC described as "outstanding". Manly won again the following weekend, defeating the Newcastle Knights 26–12. It was Manly's first match of the season at their home ground, Brookvale Oval. An aggressive physical performance from the Sea Eagles saw the Knights reduced to just 13 fit players by the second half, enough to put a full team on the field but with an empty substitutes bench.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
April started badly for the Sea Eagles, losing 32–30 to the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and suspending two players—long-serving club veteran Anthony Watmough and squad player Terence Seu Seu—after they were arrested by police and fined for public urination. The following weekend, Manly bounced back with a victory over the Cronulla Sharks in Cronulla, the win being sealed with a try to rookie winger Michael Oldfield in the final seconds of the match.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
The team then took their record to five wins from seven matches, defeating the New Zealand Warriors at Brookvale, then the Penrith Panthers in Penrith, before their winning streak came to an end with a narrow loss to the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville. The defeat to the Cowboys came in controversial circumstances. Jamie Lyon was denied a try by the video referee that may have won Manly the match; later, the video referee was removed from duties for the following round after officials considered his decision to have been in error.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Manly started the month of May with a home win over the lowly Canberra Raiders in which Brett Stewart scored his 99th, 100th and 101st tries for the Sea Eagles. It was the first in a six-match winning streak, as Manly then defeated the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Canterbury, North Queensland and arch-rivals Parramatta. The run of wins took the team to second on the NRL ladder. It also helped Manly's players with representative ambitions.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Four Sea Eagles featured in the mid-season State of Origin series: Jason King, Anthony Watmough, Glenn Stewart, and, at the age of 19, William Hopoate, who scored a try in his first match for New South Wales and followed his father John in playing for both Manly and his state. At the time, Hopoate announced that he would be leaving professional football at the end of the season to embark on a two-year mormon mission.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Manly's winning streak came to an end in late June, when the team was defeated by the reigning premiers St George Illawarra. The match was played a week after the death of the well-known former Manly player turned commentator Rex Mossop. Manly returned to winning form quickly, defeating South Sydney in their next match, before thrashing Newcastle, 32–10, and defeating Penrith, 12–8. A defeat to the Wests Tigers followed, in a home game that Manly decided to play at Gosford's Central Coast Stadium.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Manly responded to the defeat to the Tigers with another winning streak, beating the Sydney Roosters, the Parramatta Eels and the Canterbury Bulldogs in successive weeks. The cost to Manly was an injury to their co-captain Jason King in the Roosters match. He would miss the remainder of the season with a torn pectoral muscle.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
King's loss was only the start of things to come for Manly. On Friday, 26 August 2011, Manly hosted the Melbourne Storm at Brookvale Oval for the penultimate match of the regular season. Melbourne was then on top of the NRL ladder and looking to secure the minor premiership; Manly was in second place. The two clubs had been rivals since they played 2007 and 2008 grand finals, winning one apiece. The one thing that united the club's fans was a mutual dislike for the NRL's chief executive David Gallop.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Gallop had decided to strip Melbourne of its 2007 and 2009 premierships for salary cap breaches. He had also angered Manly by suspending Brett Stewart in 2009 for his behaviour at an official event; Stewart was charged with, and subsequently acquitted of, committing rape after the event. Gallop decided to attend the Friday night match, in front of a packed Brookvale Oval crowd of 20,059, leaving Manly to consider hiring security guards to protect him. The match that ensued earnt the name "The Battle of Brookvale".


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
In the first half of the match, a skirmish broke out between Manly's Darcy Lussick and Melbourne's Ryan Hinchcliffe. A number of players joined the brawl, including Manly's Glenn Stewart and Melbourne's Adam Blair, who the referee decided to send to the sin bin. As Stewart and Blair left the field for their ten minutes on the sidelines, a fight broke out between them. A series of Manly and Melbourne players ran from the field and the sideline benches to join the fight, giving rise to a large brawl in front of Brookvale Oval's main stand.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Stewart and Blair were both sent off for the remainder of the match, which Manly went on to win. Manly suffered four suspensions arising from the match: Stewart and Lussick were suspended for three weeks each as the brawls' principal protagonists, while Foran and Stewart's brother Brett received lesser suspensions for their parts in the melee. Each club was fined $50,000 by the NRL. Gallop said after the match: "The sight of so many players from both teams fighting, of people running in and leaving the bench area, was an horrendous look for the game."


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
The fallout from the match also claimed the scalp of Manly's long-serving media manager and former player Peter Peters, who was stood down and then sacked for making a sexist comment to a female reporter when leaving an NRL judiciary hearing for Glenn Stewart. Meanwhile, Manly winger David Williams suffered a neck injury in the match that would end his season.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Regular season
Manly thus fielded a depleted side for their final regular season match against the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium. Even though the Broncos won 18–10, Manly had already secured second place on the NRL ladder behind Melbourne; the Broncos finished third.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Finals series
Finishing second on the ladder gave Manly the comfort of knowing that they would not be eliminated from the finals series if they lost their opening match, and that if they won, they would move straight into the series' third and final week. Their opponents in the qualifying final were the North Queensland Cowboys. Manly were disappointed that their right to a "home final" could not be exercised at Brookvale Oval, where they had been undefeated during the regular season. The NRL forced Manly to play the match at the Sydney Football Stadium, in front of a crowd of only 13,972. Nonetheless, despite trailing the Cowboys at half-time, Manly scored 42 points in the second half to win 42–8.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Finals series
Defeating the Cowboys put Manly one win away from the NRL grand final. Their opponents in the preliminary final would be the Brisbane Broncos, who had defeated them three weeks earlier. Much of the focus in the week leading up to the match was on whether Brisbane's retiring captain and 355-game veteran would play after fracturing his cheekbone in the second week of the finals. Lockyer was initially named in the Brisbane team, but late in the week withdrew from the match. Lockyer's withdrawal made Manly the firm favourites, and they won 26–14.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Grand final
Manly's opponents for the grand final, held at Stadium Australia on 2 October, were the New Zealand Warriors, who had finished sixth on the NRL ladder. The Warriors had pulled off a major upset when they defeated the minor premiers Melbourne Storm 20-12 in the second qualifying final in Melbourne, ruining the chances of a "Battle of Brookvale" grand final re-match. The Warriors were playing in their second first-grade grand final; it was Manly's 18th. Manly would also become the first club to play in grand finals in seven consecutive decades. Reflecting on this record, rugby league historian David Middleton said leading up to the match: "No other club has done what they have, it's a unique achievement."


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Grand final
Manly fielded a near full strength team for the grand final. Ten of its 17-man squad had previous grand final experience. Glenn Stewart returned from his "Battle of Brookvale" suspension, while 2008 premiership winners Jason King and David Williams were the only players missing through injury. While the grand final was held in Sydney, Manly received little support from Sydneysiders other than their own fans. Reflecting what the Irish Times observed from abroad was a long-standing "inherent hatred" for Manly, many Australians supported the foreign Warriors to win the match.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Grand final
The match was played in front of 81,988 spectators and, for the third year in a row, in the rain. After a tight opening 30 minutes, the Warriors led 2–0 thanks to a James Maloney penalty goal. However, Manly broke clear with two tries before half-time, the first to fullback Brett Stewart and the second to rookie halfback Daly Cherry-Evans, one play after an audacious kick from forward Glenn Stewart in his own half allowed winger Michael Robertson to break free down the right flank.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Season, Grand final
Manly stretched its lead to 16 points after half-time following a try to Glenn Stewart, set up by a blind flick pass from William Hopoate as he was pushed out of play. The Warriors scored two unconverted tries in the final fifteen minutes by Manu Vatuvei and Elijah Taylor to narrow the deficit to eight points; however, Manly held onto its lead and celebrated victory with a try to captain Jamie Lyon in the final minute of play. The final score was 24–10. Glenn Stewart was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the player of the match.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Awards and honours
Two Manly players were recognised in the official Dally M Awards for the NRL season. Daly Cherry-Evans was named the best rookie in the league, for a season in which he started at half-back in every single match. Steve Menzies was the last Manly player to have won the award, in 1994. Jamie Lyon was named in the NRL's team of the season, as the league's best centre.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Awards and honours
On 3 November 2011 the annual RLIF Awards dinner was held at the Tower of London. Manly coach Des Hasler was named the world's top coach of the year, while Cherry-Evans and Lyon added to their Dally M awards by being named the best players in their positions. In the Golden Boot Awards decided by Rugby League World, Lyon and Anthony Watmough were named in the international team of the season.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Awards and honours
At Manly's club awards, Glenn Stewart was named the best and fairest player for the season, Steve Matai the "players' player", and Daly Cherry-Evans the best rookie. Five Manly players were selected in the Australian Kangaroos squad for the post-season Four Nations: Glenn and Brett Stewart, Anthony Watmough, Tony Williams and Cherry-Evans, although the Stewart brothers subsequently withdrew from the squad before the tournament.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Post-season turmoil and sacking of Des Hasler
Even as Manly was still celebrating its grand final victory, it was struggling to hold on to some of its key people. Prior to the finals series, long serving winger Michael Robertson had already announced his intention to leave the club to play for the London Broncos in the Super League, fulfilling an ambition to play in England. Barely days after the grand final, the other grand final winger, star rookie Will Hopoate, signed to play for the Parramatta Eels upon his return from a two-year Mormon mission.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Post-season turmoil and sacking of Des Hasler
Hopoate's loss was shortly followed by that of the club's head coach, Des Hasler. Hasler had won two premierships with the club in a long playing career (1987 and 1996), and two as the club's coach (2008 and 2011). Speculation about Hasler's future had been building in the weeks leading up to the grand final, but he appeared to quash the rumours by announcing after the match that he would be at Manly for 2012, the last year of his contract. However, within days, Hasler signed an agreement to coach the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs from 2013. He agreed with Manly's board to remain as Manly's head coach for 2012, while the club would appoint Hasler's assistant Geoff Toovey from 2013.


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Post-season turmoil and sacking of Des Hasler
Within the following weeks, a series of Manly staff followed Hasler in signing for the Bulldogs, including the club's recruitment manager and Hasler's 1987 premiership winning team mate Noel Cleal, who cited "factional infighting" as his reason for leaving. In early November, the Manly board suspended Hasler from his duties, alleging that he had been trying to entice fellow Manly staff to defect to the Bulldogs, which the board considered amounted to "serious breaches" of Hasler's employment contract (rumours also surfaced that he had tried to entice players Kieran Foran, Brett Stewart and Tony Williams to join him at Belmore).


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Post-season turmoil and sacking of Des Hasler
Ultimately, on 11 November, less than six weeks after winning the premiership, the board terminated Hasler's contract and immediately appointed Toovey as his successor. Hasler initially threatened to sue Manly for the termination of his contract; Manly's chairman Scott Penn claimed in response that the club had "verbal and email evidence that he was involved in coercing staff to leave". The 82-year-old former Manly player, coach and club secretary Ken Arthurson said: "To do what [Hasler] has done is beyond the pale".


2011 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season, Post-season turmoil and sacking of Des Hasler
The club's 1978 premiership-winning captain Max Krilich called Hasler a "mercenary", while another former premiership-winning captain Fred Jones called his defection to Canterbury "disgraceful". After reaching an agreement to commence as the Bulldogs' head coach from 2012, a year earlier than first agreed, Hasler dropped his threat of legal action against Manly.


2011 Mansfield District Council election
The 2011 Mansfield District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Mansfield District Council in Nottinghamshire, England. The whole council was up for election as was the directly-elected executive mayor.


2011 Mansfield District Council election
The ward boundaries were reorganised, reducing the number of members from 46 (spread over the previous 19 wards) to 36 single-member wards. Re -aligning the wards by considering geographical area and housing density reflected a more-even number of voters per ward.


2011 Mansfield District Council election, By-Elections between May 2011 - May 2015
By-elections are called when a representative Councillor resigns or dies, so are unpredictable. A by-election is held to fill a political office that has become vacant between the scheduled elections.


2011 Manta Open
The 2011 Manta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manta, Ecuador between 18 and 24 July 2011.


2011 Manta Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Manta Open, Champions, Doubles
Brian Dabul /  Izak van der Merwe def. John Paul Fruttero /  Raven Klaasen, 6–1, 6–7(7–2), [11–9]


2011 Manta Open – Doubles
Ryler DeHeart and Pierre-Ludovic Duclos were the defending champions, but chose not to play this year.


2011 Manta Open – Doubles
Brian Dabul and Izak van der Merwe won the final 6–1, 6–7(7–2), [11–9], against John Paul Fruttero and Raven Klaasen.


2011 Manta Open – Singles
Go Soeda was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.


2011 Manta Open – Singles
Brian Dabul won the title, defeating Facundo Argüello 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2011 Manx Grand Prix
The 2011 Manx Grand Prix Festival were held between Saturday 20 August and Friday 2 September 2011 on the 37.733-mile Mountain Course.


2011 Manx Grand Prix
The Blue Riband event of the Manx Grand Prix Race week was won by Andrew Brady after victory in the 2011 Senior Manx Grand Prix at an average speed of 113.788 mph and also completing an important double after winning the Junior Manx Grand Prix held in poor weather conditions. The 3 lap (113.00 miles) Newcomers Race was won by Wayne Hamilton at an average speed of 112.022 mph and Gavin Lupton winning the 400 cc Class B Newcomers race.


2011 Manx Grand Prix
The Isle of Man TT competitor Ryan Farquhar completed a hattrick of victories after winning the 350 cc Junior Classic Race, the 500 cc Classic Race riding a 499 cc Paton and the Classic Superbike Race. The 250 cc Lightweight Classic Race was won by Barry Davidson and the Junior Classic Race by Roy Richardson raising his tally to 9 victories in the Manx Grand Prix. The Formula Classic Race was won by Mark Parrett the only finisher in the class from 4 starters.


2011 Manx Grand Prix
The combined 650 cc Supertwin/Lightweight Race proved to be a double win for local Isle of Man competitors with Dave Moffitt winning the inaugural Supertwin Race and Billy Smith the 400 cc Lightweight Race. The 2010 Lightweight Manx Grand Prix winner Neil Kent crashed fatally at Greeba Bridge during practice for the Manx Grand Prix. After winning the 2011 Newcomers Race, Wayne Hamilton died in an accident at the 13th Milestone while in 3rd place of the 2011 Junior Manx Grand Prix and the veteran competitor Adam Easton crashed fatally at Lambfell Cottage during the 500 cc Classic Race.


2011 Manx Grand Prix
A revised race format for the 2011 Manx Grand Prix with the introduction of a new 650 cc Super-Twin race and the reworking of the Classic Bike racing regulations by the race organisers, the Manx Motor-Cycle Club Committee (MMCC) and the Isle of Man Department of Community, Culture & Leisure. Improvements to the race structure include increased competitor safety with each race limited to a maximum of 90 entries. The practice of competitors starting in 'pairs' has been abandoned for the Isle of Man TT race practice of riders starting singly at 10 second intervals.


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 1a; Newcomers Race 'A'
Saturday 27 August 2011 Mountain Course 3 laps – 113.00 miles


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 1a; Newcomers Race 'B'
Saturday 27 August 2011 Mountain Course 3 laps – 113.00 miles (182.16 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 2a; 350 cc Junior Classic Race
Monday 29 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 2a; 350 cc Junior Classic Race
Fastest Lap; Ryan Farquhar 99.908 mph (22 minutes 99.908 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 2b; Lightweight Classic Race
Monday 29 August 2011 – Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 2b; Lightweight Classic Race
Fastest Lap; Ewan Hamilton 91.204 mph (24 minutes 49.27 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 3; Junior Manx Grand Prix
Monday 29 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 3; Junior Manx Grand Prix
Fastest Lap; Dennis Booth 111.128 mph (20 minutes 22.27 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 4; 500 cc Classic Race
Wednesday 31 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 4; 500 cc Classic Race
Fastest Lap: Ryan Farquhar – 107.378 mph (21 minutes 04.95 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 4b; Formula Classic Race
Wednesday 31 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 4b; Formula Classic Race
Fastest Lap; Chris McGahan 100.276 mph (22 minutes 34.55 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 5; Supertwin Race
Wednesday 31 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 5; Supertwin Race
Fastest Lap: Dave Moffitt – 109.547 mph (20 minutes 39.91 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 5b; Lightweight Race
Wednesday 31 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 5b; Lightweight Race
Fastest Lap: Alistair Haworth – 105.397 mph (21 minutes 28.73 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 6; Senior Manx Grand Prix
Friday 2 September 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 6; Senior Manx Grand Prix
Fastest Lap; Grant Wagstaff 117.429 mph (19 minutes 16.68 secs).


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 7a; Classic Superbike Race
Friday 2 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 7a; Classic Superbike Race
Fastest Lap; Ryan Farquhar 116.574 mph (19 minutes 25.17 secs)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 7b; Junior Post Classic Race
Friday 2 August 2011 Mountain Course 4 laps – 150.92 miles (242.80 km)


2011 Manx Grand Prix, Race Results, Race 7b; Junior Post Classic Race
Fastest Lap; Roy Richardson 111.161 mph (20 minutes 21.91 secs)


2011 Manx general election
A general election was held on the Isle of Man on 29 September 2011 to elect 24 members to the island's lower house, the House of Keys. 60,000 residents were eligible to vote, including 16- and 17-year-olds. Successful candidates were sworn in on 4 October 2011. A total of about 34,000 people voted in the election, but some of these were in multi-member constituencies and therefore cast more than one vote.


2011 Marbella Cup
Marbella Cup 2011 is an friendly football tournament held in Spain during the winter football break. The tournament takes place in Costa Del Sol. It mainly involves football teams from the Nordic and Eastern European countries. In tournament play 8-ht team's. The tournament is held in the period 2 to 8 February 2011.


2011 Marburg Open
The 2011 Marburg Open 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. It took place in Marburg, Germany between 20 and 26 June 2011.


2011 Marburg Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Marburg Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw:


2011 Marburg Open, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2011 Marburg Open, Champions, Doubles
Martin Emmrich /  Björn Phau def  Federico del Bonis /  Horacio Zeballos, 7–6(7-3), 6–2


2011 Marburg Open – Doubles
Matthias Bachinger and Denis Gremelmayr were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.


2011 Marburg Open – Doubles
Martin Emmrich and Björn Phau won the final defeating Federico del Bonis and Horacio Zeballos 7–6(4), 6–2.


2011 Marburg Open – Singles
Simone Vagnozzi was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2011 Marburg Open – Singles
Björn Phau claimed the title. He defeated Jan Hájek 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 in the final match.


2011 Marion Blue Racers season
The 2011 Marion Blue Racers season was the first season for the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) franchise. They took over to fill the void in Marion, Ohio, after the Marion Mayhem folded the year before. The franchise couldn't have asked for a more exciting start than their first game on March 5, 2011. Marion entered the 4th quarter trailing 37-23 to the Port Huron Predators. They started their comeback by scoring a touchdown with 10:31 left in the game.


2011 Marion Blue Racers season
Mike Tatum caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from Josh Harris and Tyler Lorenz added the extra point, cutting Port Huron’s lead was cut to 37–30. With 3:27 left in the game, Harris ran in from three yards out to tie the game. The game-winning score came on an eight-yard run by Harris with 27 seconds to play. Port Huron quarterback Jim Roth was intercepted by Bryan Williams as time expired to secure the victory. On April 2, 2011, the Blue Racers set a CIFL record with 8 rushing touchdowns in a single game, against the Indianapolis Enforcers.


2011 Marion Blue Racers season
After the Blue Racers got off to a 3–1 start, Demetrius Ross stepped down from his head coaching position, citing personal reasons. His defensive coordinator, Ryan Terry, took over as head coach, just 2 days before the Blue Racers played their first road game at the Dayton Silverbacks. The Blue Racers went on to an 8–2 regular season record, losing twice to the Cincinnati Commandos. The team defeated the Dayton Silverbacks 53–18 in the league semi-finals, before being defeated by the Commandos again in the 2011 CIFL Championship Game 44–29.


2011 Marist Red Foxes football team
The 2011 Marist Red Foxes football team represented Marist College in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Foxes were led by 20th-year head coach Jim Parady and played their home games at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2011 Marrakesh bombing
The 2011 Marrakesh bombing killed 17 people in the city of Marrakesh, Morocco on 28 April 2011, just before noon. The blast, from a bomb left in a bag, destroyed the Argana cafe in Jemaa el-Fnaa square, a popular tourist spot. At least 20 people were injured. Most of the dead were tourists, including one group of French students.


2011 Marrakesh bombing, Casualties
17 people were killed, of which fourteen died on the site, while three more succumbed to their injuries the next day. 25 people were injured, four seriously, including Russian computer hacker Roman Seleznev.


2011 Marrakesh bombing, Casualties
The casualties were eight French nationals, including a girl of 10 years, originally from northern France, an Israeli-Canadian woman and her Moroccan husband, another Moroccan citizen, a Briton (Peter Moss, 59, from London who was a former writer for the newspaper The Jewish Chronicle), a Dutchman, a Swiss and a Portuguese. The Swiss and the Portuguese were the companions of two Ticino natives injured in the same attack.


2011 Marrakesh bombing, Casualties
Among the injured, 14 were hospitalised and four were repatriated to their country the next day (two Swiss and two Russians), while others left the hospital after receiving the necessary care. One of the Swiss later died while in hospital in Zurich.


2011 Marrakesh bombing, Responsibility
Morocco blamed Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb for the bombing. The group has been fighting an insurgent campaign since 2002. However, Al Qaeda denied responsibility for the blast.


2011 Marrakesh bombing, Responsibility
On 28 October 2011, in court in Rabat, Adel al-Othmani was sentenced to death for his role in the bombing. Hakim Dah received a life sentence. Four others were given four years and three were given a two-year sentence for their roles. The defendants complained that the case against them was based on confessions coerced through torture and lacked hard evidence.


2011 Marrakesh bombing, International reactions
Armenia – President Serzh Sargsyan sent his condolences to the King of Morocco and stated his support "in finding the culprits and bringing them to justice".


2011 Marrakesh bombing, International reactions
France condemned the blast as being "cruel and cowardly". Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, said: "with consternation of the terrorist attack,". Alain Juppé, the French foreign minister, criticised "this barbaric terrorist attack that nothing can justify", calling in a statement for "all light to be shed on this revolting crime, for those responsible to be found, tried and punished".


2011 Marrakesh bombing, International reactions
Germany urged that the attack "must not stop the reform process that has been initiated in Morocco", referring to the ongoing "Arab Spring".


2011 Marrakesh bombing, International reactions
USA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that "the United States condemns in the strongest terms today's terrorist attack that killed and injured innocent people at a cafe in Marrakesh, Morocco. We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims of this cowardly attack and stand with the people of Morocco at this difficult time."


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Thundering Herd were led by second-year head coach Doc Holliday and played their home games at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. They are a member of the East Division of Conference USA. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl where they defeated FIU 20–10.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Previous season
In the 2010 season under first year head coach Doc Holliday, the Thundering Herd finished with an overall record of 5–7 and 4–4 within Conference USA. After starting the season 1–6, Marshall won four of the last five games. They missed playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2008.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Herd again fell to The Mountaineers in a game that was delayed a total of 4 hours, 22 minutes and called with 14:36 left in the 4th quarter. Following 3rd a quarter Tavon Austin kickoff return for a TD that gave the Mountaineers a 27–13 lead with 5 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter the game experienced a lightning delay that lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes. Once resuming play a Vernard Roberts 1 Yd Run extended the WVU lead to 34–13 early in the 4th quarter, after which the game was once again delayed for lightning. It was ultimately agreed to by both teams to end the game.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
Rakeem Cato threw three touchdown passes to rally Marshall in a 26–20 win over Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA opener for both teams. The Thundering Herd trailed 17–3 with 5:30 left in the second quarter before Cato orchestrated three straight touchdown drives. His third straight score, a 17-yard pass to Aaron Dobson, gave Marshall a 24–17 lead with 1:19 remaining in the third quarter. Cato finished with 275 yards and two interceptions on 27-of-42 passing. Southern Miss QB Austin Davis broke Brett Favre's career passing mark. Davis needed 74 yards coming in, broke the record of 7,695 set from 1987–1990.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Ohio
Tyler Tettleton threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, leading Ohio over Marshall 44–7 to cement the Bobcats' best start in 35 years. Tettleton was 20 of 29 for 285 yards and also rushed for 53 yards on nine carries for the Bobcats, who have won their first three games of the season for the first time since 1976. Ryan Boykin had 130 yards rushing with a touchdown on 25 carries, and caught two passes for 20 yards for Ohio. Rakeem Cato threw for 116 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions for the Thundering Herd.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech
David Wilson rushed for 132 yards, Josh Oglesby scored two touchdowns and No. 13 Virginia Tech improved to 4–0 for the first time since 2006 with a 30–10 win over Marshall. The day started poignantly for Frank Beamer, who laid a memorial stone at the Marshall University Memorial to the 75 players, coaches and members of the university community killed in a 1970 plane crash about 2½ hours before the game. Two of the coaches killed in the crash – coach Rick Tolley and assistant coach Frank Loria – were Virginia Tech graduates and Loria and Beamer played together in the Hokies secondary in the mid-1960s.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Rakeem Cato's 4-yard touchdown pass to C.J. Crawford put Marshall ahead with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter and the Thundering Herd held on to beat Louisville 17–13. Omar Brown helped seal the victory with an interception of Teddy Bridgewater's pass on the second play of the ensuing drive. The ball was tipped in the air by teammate Darryl Roberts and Brown dove forward along the sideline, cradling the ball against his chest before it reached the ground. This was Marshall's first win over a BCS school since 2003.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Central Florida
Central Florida running back Brynn Harvey rushed 30 times for 180 yards and quarterback Jeff Godfrey threw his first passing touchdown of the season as the Knights held on to beat Marshall. Marshall came in with much momentum after an upset win over Louisville the previous week, but struggled to find its offensive footing in steady rainfall throughout the game. The win ended a two-game losing skid for UCF and gave coach George O'Leary his 100th career victory.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Rice
Tron Martinez scored on a 4-yard run with 1:48 to play to lift Marshall to a 24–20 win over Rice. Marshall trailed 20–17 when it recovered a Rice fumble at the Owls' 23-yard-line with 3:31 remaining in the game. Six plays later, Martinez scored the game-winning touchdown. A.J. Graham rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns as the Thundering Herd gained 217 yards on the ground.


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


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, UAB
A.J. Graham passed for four of his five touchdowns in the first half and Marshall dominated from the start in a 59–14 rout over Alabama-Birmingham. Graham, who completed 19 of 27 passes, threw for 239 yards and had one interception in just his third career start for the Thundering Herd. Marshall never trailed against UAB, who struggled to keep pace as Marshall held the Blazers scoreless in the first half. Other than Graham's first-half passing scores, Marshall had another highlight from Omar Brown, who returned an interception 48-yards for a touchdown to give it a 24–0 lead in the second quarter.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Tulsa
Marshall and Tulsa last met in 2008 at Huntington in a game won by Tulsa 38–35. Marshall is 0–2 all time against Tulsa.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Marshall and Memphis last met in 2010 at Huntington in a game won by Marshall 28–13. Marshall is 4–2 all time against Memphis. This year's game will be played on a Thursday.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, East Carolina
Marshall and East Carolina last met in 2010 at Greenville in a game won by East Carolina 37–10. Marshall is 3–9 all time against ECU. Because both teams are 5–6, the winner of the matchup will receive bowl eligibility, while the loser will not.


2011 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Game summaries, FIU (Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl)
Marshall has a 6–2 record in bowl games, with the last one at the 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl defeating Ohio, 21–17. Defensively, Marshall is tied for fifth nationally in tackles for loss (95), and is tied for 15th in fumbles recovered (14). Nationally, Vinny Curry is tied for third with six forced fumbles and is also second on in tackles for loss (21) and is sixth in sacks (11.0). George Carpenter has three fumble recoveries which places him tie for 12th place.


2011 Marshallese general election
A general election was held in the Marshall Islands on 21 November 2011. The general election is held every four years.


2011 Marshallese general election
An estimated 36,000 Marshallese voted in the election. Final results were not known until after 5 December 2011, when overseas ballots were due.


2011 Marshallese general election
Unofficial results indicate the incumbent president may have the same one-vote majority in parliament he had before the election.


2011 Marshallese general election
Health minister Amenta Matthew and former foreign minister Gerald Zackios lost reelection due to postal ballots.


2011 Marshallese general election
A tie in the race for the Ujae Atoll seat was only broken after a recount.


2011 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
The 2011 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (known as the Martyrs' Memorial Red Bull 'A' Division League Football Tournament 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was the 39th season of the A-Division League since its establishment in 1954/55. A total of 18 teams competed in the league. The season began on 28 April 2011 and concluded on 16 July 2011.


2011 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League, Major Changes
This is the highest participation in a season in the history of the league. All together 153 matches were played at the Dasharath Stadium and Hallchowk Ground. ANFA cut the league short this season keeping in view the increased number of ´A´ division clubs. The timing also had to be reduced to final constraints and the timing of world cup qualifiers. The major was due the inception of National League (Nepal) as the top-tier league of country. So the league had returned to single leg round robin formation.


2011 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
Martyr's Memorial B-Division League was played at Nepal Police Foundation Ground at Maharajgunj.


2011 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 2011 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Terrapins' 59th season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and its seventh within the ACC's Atlantic Division.


2011 Maryland Terrapins football team
After leading a significant turnaround in 2010 from the worst season in school history in 2009, Ralph Friedgen did not return for his 11th season as head coach. Maryland's out-of-conference schedule included a continuation of the long-standing rivalry with West Virginia and a neutral site game against Notre Dame at the Washington Redskins' stadium, FedExField.


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup
The 2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour and the tenth edition for the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Campos do Jordão, Brazil between 25 and 31 July for women and 1 and 7 August 2011 for men.


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


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


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup, Champions, Men's Singles
Rogério Dutra da Silva def. Izak van der Merwe, 6–4, 6–7(7–5), 6–3


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup, Champions, Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal /  Robert Farah def. Ricardo Hocevar /  Júlio Silva, 6–2, 6–3


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup, Champions, Women's Doubles
Fernanda Hermenegildo /  Teliana Pereira def. Maria Fernanda Alves /  Roxane Vaisemberg, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Men's Doubles
Rogério Dutra da Silva and Júlio Silva were the defending champions, but they decided not to participate together. Dutra da Silva played alongside Tiago Fernandes. They lost in the semifinals against Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. Silva partners up with Ricardo Hocevar.


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Men's Doubles
Colombian pair Cabal and Farah won the title. They defeated Ricardo Hocevar and Júlio Silva 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Men's Singles
Rogério Dutra da Silva won the title. He defeated the defending champion, Izak van der Merwe, 6–4, 6–7(7–5), 6–3 in the final.


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Women's Doubles
Fernanda Faria and Paula Cristina Gonçalves were the defending champions, but lost in the first round.


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Women's Doubles
Fernanda Hermenegildo and Teliana Pereira won the tournament by defeating Maria Fernanda Alves and Roxane Vaisemberg in the final 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9].


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Women's Singles
Aranza Salut was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2011 MasterCard Tennis Cup – Women's Singles
Verónica Cepede Royg won the title, defeating Adriana Pérez 7–6(7–4), 7–5 in the final.


2011 Masters (snooker)
The 2011 Ladbrokes Mobile Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held between 9–16 January 2011 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. This was the first time that the Masters was sponsored by Ladbrokes.


2011 Masters (snooker)
Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round 4–6 against Mark King.


2011 Masters (snooker)
The tournament made history, as it was the first to feature two Asian players in the final, as well as the first Masters final to feature two players not from The United Kingdom. Ding Junhui won in the final 10–4 against Marco Fu.


2011 Masters (snooker), Field
Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with World Champion Neil Robertson seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the latest world rankings (revision 2). Jamie Cope was making his debut in the Masters.


2011 Masters (snooker), Field
Unlike all previous tournaments since 1990, there was no qualifying round and there was no wildcard hand-picked by World Snooker. This format has remained in place since.


2011 Masters (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2011 Masters Tournament
The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament, held April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. Charl Schwartzel birdied the final four holes to win his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Adam Scott and Jason Day.


2011 Masters Tournament
Eight players held a share of the lead in the last round including Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. McIlroy had at least a share of the lead for the first three rounds and had a four stroke advantage entering Sunday's final round, but shot an 80 to finish ten strokes behind Schwartzel.


2011 Masters Tournament
This was Ben Crenshaw's 40th consecutive Masters appearance. The top-ranked player in the world, Martin Kaymer, failed to make the cut, and Hideki Matsuyama was the only amateur to play on the weekend.


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is a set of qualifying criteria that determines who is included in the field. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, and other categories are shown in parentheses.


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
Golfers who qualify based solely on their performance in amateur tournaments (categories 6-10) must remain amateurs on the starting day of the tournament to be eligible to play.


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
1. Past Masters ChampionsÁngel Cabrera (2), Fred Couples (11), Ben Crenshaw, Trevor Immelman (11), Zach Johnson (14,15,16,17,18,19), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (11,12,15,16,17,18,19), Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Vijay Singh, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,11,12,18,19), Ian Woosnam


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
(Past champions who did not play: Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Bernhard Langer, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Fuzzy Zoeller. Nicklaus and Palmer served as "honorary starters" and teed off on the first day at the first hole to kick off the tournament.)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
2. Last five U.S. Open ChampionsLucas Glover, Graeme McDowell (12,16,18,19), Geoff Ogilvy (15,17,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
3. Last five British Open ChampionsStewart Cink (18), Pádraig Harrington (4,18,19), Louis Oosthuizen (13,16,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
4. Last five PGA ChampionsMartin Kaymer (12,14,16,18,19), Y. E. Yang (11,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
5. Last three winners of The Players ChampionshipTim Clark (15,16,17,18,19), Sergio García, Henrik Stenson (13)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
6. Top two finishers in the 2010 U.S. AmateurDavid Chung (a), Peter Uihlein (a)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
9. Winner of the 2010 U.S. Amateur Public LinksLion Kim (a)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
11. The top 16 finishers and ties in the 2010 Masters TournamentRicky Barnes, K. J. Choi (17,18,19), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18,19), Jerry Kelly, Anthony Kim (15,18,19), Hunter Mahan (15,16,17,18,19), Steve Marino, Ryan Moore (17,18,19), Ian Poulter (18,19), David Toms, Nick Watney (15,16,17,18,19), Lee Westwood (13,16,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
12. Top 8 finishers and ties in the 2010 U.S. OpenAlex Čejka, Ernie Els (15,17,18,19), Grégory Havret, Dustin Johnson (15,16,17,18,19), Matt Kuchar (15,16,17,18,19), Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
13. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2010 British Open ChampionshipPaul Casey (15,17,18,19), Rory McIlroy (14,15,16,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
14. Top 4 finishers and ties in the 2010 PGA ChampionshipBubba Watson (15,16,17,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
15. Top 30 leaders on the 2010 PGA Tour Robert Allenby (17,18,19), Ben Crane (17,18,19), Jason Day (16,17,18,19), Luke Donald (16,17,18,19), Rickie Fowler (18,19), Jim Furyk (16,17,18,19), Retief Goosen (17,18,19), Bill Haas (19), Charley Hoffman (16,17), Jeff Overton (17), Ryan Palmer (17), Justin Rose (16,17,18,19), Adam Scott (16,17,18,19), Heath Slocum, Steve Stricker (16,17,18,19), Bo Van Pelt (17,18,19), Camilo Villegas (17,18,19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
16. Winners of PGA Tour events that award a full-point allocation for the season-ending Tour Championship, between the 2010 Masters Tournament and the 2011 Masters TournamentStuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Jason Bohn, Jonathan Byrd, Martin Laird (17,18,19), Carl Pettersson, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson (19), Gary Woodland


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
17. All players qualifying for the 2010 edition of The Tour ChampionshipKevin Na, Kevin Streelman


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
18. Top 50 on the final 2010 Official World Golf Rankings listRoss Fisher (19), Hiroyuki Fujita, Peter Hanson (19), Yuta Ikeda (19), Ryo Ishikawa (19), Robert Karlsson (19), Kim Kyung-tae (19), Edoardo Molinari (19), Francesco Molinari (19), Sean O'Hair, Álvaro Quirós (19), Charl Schwartzel (19)


2011 Masters Tournament, Field
19. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list on March 27, 2011Anders Hansen


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round
Rory McIlroy and Álvaro Quirós shot 65 to co-lead after the first round. K. J. Choi and Y. E. Yang shot 67 to trail by two shots. Defending champion Phil Mickelson shot a 70 and Tiger Woods a 71. Henrik Stenson struggled to an 83, including a quintuple bogey 8 on the par-3 4th hole, the highest score on the hole in the history of the Masters.


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
McIlroy kept his lead with a 69 (−3), while Quirós shot a 73 (+1) to fall back to −6, four shots off the lead. Jason Day, in his first Masters appearance, shot a tournament-low 64 (−8) on Friday to move into second place. Tiger Woods shot a 66 to put himself back in the tournament at −7, three shots off the lead. Woods shot 31 on the back nine to charge up the leaderboard. K. J. Choi shot a 70 to move to −7, into third place along with Woods. Notable players who missed the cut were Graeme McDowell, Martin Kaymer, Pádraig Harrington, and Hunter Mahan.


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Matsuyama (+1), Chung (+4), Kim (+4), Uihlein (+5), Jeong (+6), Smith (+8).


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round
Rory McIlroy held at least a share of the lead for the third straight day. After playing the first 12 holes in one-over par, he birdied 13, 15 and 17 to gain a four shot lead. 2009 champion Ángel Cabrera stormed into second place with a 67 to play in the final pairing on Sunday for the second time in three years. Jason Day, who held the outright lead after hole 5, shot 72 and was also 4 shots back. Tiger Woods struggled to a 74 after a 66 on Friday. Cabrera, Bubba Watson and Adam Scott all shot 67, the round of the day.


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Eight different players had at least a share of the lead at one point during the final round, included five simultaneously on the back nine. Rory McIlroy, the 54-hole leader, shot 37 on the front to hold onto the lead, but made triple bogey on 10 and a four-putt double bogey on 12 to quickly fade with a final round 80. He finished ten strokes back in a tie for 15th place.


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Tiger Woods, who was seven shots back to start the final round, shot 31 on the front nine, including an eagle at 8, to tie for the lead, but a three-putt bogey on 12 and a missed 5-foot (1.5 m) eagle putt on 15 doomed his chance at a fifth Masters title. Woods had previously never come from behind in the final round to win any of his 14 major championships. Geoff Ogilvy, also seven shots back to start the day, birdied 12 through 16 to share the lead, but came up short of his second major. K. J. Choi tied for the lead with a birdie at the 9th hole, but struggled putting on the back nine and finished in a tie for 8th. 2009 champion Ángel Cabrera also shared the lead but bogeys at 12 and 16 led to a solo 7th-place finish.


2011 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Adam Scott stormed up the leader board and after a birdie at 16 held a two shot lead. Jason Day made a 35-foot (11 m) birdie putt on 17 and another birdie on 18 to post −12, a share of the clubhouse lead with Scott. However, the day belonged to Charl Schwartzel, who chipped in for birdie at 1, holed out for eagle on 3, and birdied the final four holes to win by two shots; his 66 was the low round of the day. It was Schwartzel's first major win, and he became the third South African to win the Masters, along with Gary Player and Trevor Immelman. It was also the 50th anniversary of Player's 1961 Masters win, when he became the first international player to win the Masters.


2011 Masters of Formula 3
The 2011 Masters of Formula 3 was the twenty-first Masters of Formula 3 race, and was held at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands on 14 August 2011.


2011 Masters of Formula 3
The race was won by Felix Rosenqvist, for Mücke Motorsport, who took advantage of a start-line collision between Spanish Prema Powerteam teammates Daniel Juncadella and Roberto Merhi. Marco Wittmann finished second, whilst Kevin Magnussen became the first regular from the British series to appear on the podium since Adam Carroll in 2004 by finishing third.


2011 Masters of Formula 3
Despite his disqualification for causing the accident with Daniel Juncadella, Roberto Merhi sealed the inaugural FIA Formula 3 International Trophy at this race on the virtue of his closest rival, Marco Wittmann, failing to win the race.


2011 Mastung bus shooting
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2011 Mastung bus shooting
The 2011 Mastung bus shooting was an armed attack on 20 September 2011 on a bus traveling in Mastung District near the city of Quetta in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. The attack left at least 26 people dead. The victims were Shi'a Muslim pilgrims of the Hazara community, suggesting the attack to have been a targeted killing of sectarian nature. The attack occurred in Luck Pass area near Mastung. The bus was leaving Quetta for Taftan, Balochistan. In addition, 2 others were killed in a follow-up attack on a car on its way to rescue the survivors of the bus attack, which raised the death toll to 28 on that day.


2011 Mastung bus shooting
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni extremist Pakistani militant group designated as a terrorist organization by Pakistan and the United States claimed responsibility for the attack.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Background
Many Hazaras, due to economic problems, travel to far and remote areas in search of employment. One of the locations is Taftan, a border town with Iran, which provides many income opportunities for thousands of people daily. Some Hazaras even move to Mashhad and Tehran to earn a living. As majority of Hazara people are from the Shia sect of Islam, likewise thousands of other people from around the world, go to Iran for the pilgrimage of shrine of Imam Reza.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Background
Mastung is a town located in the north-west of Balochistan. The majority of the population is Sunni Balochs.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Massacre
A group of around 10 men  on two vehicles, armed with rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs assault rifles, stopped a passenger bus carrying pilgrims in the Ganjidori area of Mastung. The bus was travelling from Quetta to Taftan a border town with Iran. 45 passengers were on board, but only the Hazaras were identified and asked to step out. They were lined up and the assailants started shooting non-stop for ten minutes, which left 26 dead at the end of the day.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Massacre, Perpetrators
The banned Pakistani Sunni extremist militant group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed the responsibility for the massacre. The same terrorist group has also been involved in Hazara Town massacre, Ashura massacre, Mosque masscre, and Quds Day bombing.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Funeral
The burial ceremony was conducted next day, in Hazara Town cemetery. The bodies were taken to 26 Imabargahs within Hazara Town region


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Protest and reactions
Protesters held a peaceful protest against the attack on Hazara pilgrims. The protesters demanded the resignation of Balochistan Chief Minister, Aslam Raisani. Thousands of women and children took part in the protest and demanded United nations to take notice of what has been happening to Hazara people Protests, rallies and demonstrations were held  in the wake of the terrorist attack in many different parts of the country, including in Karachi, Skardu, Muzaffarabad, Nawabshah, Sukkur, Ghotki and Multan.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Protest and reactions
The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Balochistan Governor Zulfiqar Magsi, Chief Minister Aslam Raisani, The Universal Muslim Association of America (UMAA) and others strongly condemned the barbaric attack on Hazara Shia minority in Quetta.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Protest and reactions
The Chief Justice at the Balochistan High Court took suo moto notice of the killings and issued notices to the federal and provincial Government of Balochistan in the wake of the attack.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Protest and reactions
A committee was formed by Balochistan Chief Minister, to probe the incident and report within 15 days. The committee comprised Interior Secretary Major (R) Chaudhry Qamar Zaman, Inspector General Balochistan Police Rao Mohammad Amin Hashim, Commissioner of Quetta and Khuzdar Division Naseem Lehri, Capital City Police Officer Quetta Ehsan Mahboob, Deputy Commissioner of Quetta Shaukat Ali Maraghzani and Mastung Deputy Commissioner Noorul Haq Baloch.


2011 Mastung bus shooting, Protest and reactions
The license of the company which was carrying the pilgrims was canceled by Home Minister Mir Zafarullah Zehri. Iranian Government closed the Taftan border with Iran after the incident.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping
On 9 July 2011, affiliates of the Gulf Cartel kidnapped 18 members of the Cázares family from three different households in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The women and children were released three days later, but the abductors kept five men. Forty-eight hours later, the Gulf Cartel contacted the family members who had been released to negotiate a ransom. After several days of negotiation and several ransom payments totaling US$100,000, the Cázares were called to deliver their final payment on 27 July.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping
They sent the money to the kidnappers and waited at a specified location for a white van the kidnappers promised would deliver their remaining family members. However, the van never arrived and the phone the kidnappers used to contact the Cázares went out of service. The family then decided to contact the authorities for a criminal investigation.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping
The mass kidnapping of the Cázares family stands out from other abduction cases in Mexico because all eighteen victims were related. Among them were three U.S. citizens. The family has sent letters to officials at all levels of the Mexican government and has reached out to international heads of state for assistance with the case. The kidnapping remains unsolved; the whereabouts of the five remaining abductees, and the motive behind their kidnapping, are officially unknown. Mexican government sources, however, agree that the kidnapping was masterminded by the top echelons of the Gulf Cartel.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
At around 5:00 a.m. on 9 July 2011, at least eight gunmen aligned with the Gulf Cartel entered the first Cázares' family home in the San Francisco neighborhood of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to carry out a kidnapping. This house was owned by Rodolfo Cázares Garza. The kidnappers were wearing military-style uniforms and ski masks. However, the victims noticed they were sporting white-colored sneakers, speaking vulgarities, and looking for valuable possessions in the house, which suggested they were not law enforcement or military personnel. They stormed the home's bedrooms to round up the victims before blindfolding them (except for two children).


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
Once the kidnappers ordered the patriarch to open the family's safe, they forced the family into their vehicles before taking off. By 7:00 am, the Gulf Cartel kidnappers reached the second Cázares' home in the Río neighborhood and forced the family to open their front door. "We have your brother", one of the kidnappers said as the others guarded the entrance booth to the neighborhood with assault rifles. Four more relatives were kidnapped at the second home, owned by Rodolfo's brother Héctor Cázares Garza.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
However, one family member managed to escape through the back door of the house before running to a third Cázares' home a few blocks away. A few minutes later, the kidnappers made their way into the third house, owned by Alberto Cázares Garza, one of the brothers. By 8:00 am, 18 members of the Cázares family had been kidnapped. This mass abduction stood out from other kidnapping cases in Mexico because all the victims were related.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
Six of the Cázares men, Rodolfo Cázares Garza, Manuel Alberto Cázares Garza, Héctor Cázares Garza, Rodolfo Ignacio Cázares Solís, Rubén Luna Mendoza, and Rodolfo Garza Solís, were kept together. The women and children, along with one of the grandfathers, were kept in a separate vehicle throughout most of the first day. After leaving the house, the captors drove them around the city for several hours and switched them into different vehicles on busy streets in broad daylight. The kidnappers stole several of the vehicles from the families' homes.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
According to one family member, the kidnappers even stopped for gas and did not pay for the service. In their portable radio conversations while driving, the family heard them speaking about avoiding Los Zetas, the rival crime syndicate of the Gulf Cartel. That evening, the women were taken to a hostage safe house where at least twenty other men were drinking and smoking cannabis. The windows in this undisclosed location were covered. A shootout broke out near the premises. The abductees were blindfolded, seated next to a corpse, and transported to a different location in another SUV. The Cázares had the impression the kidnappers were looking for a place to hide them. The family believes the kidnappers moved them around Matamoros for hours because they did not expect to find the number of people they had in the houses where they carried out the abductions.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
Despite the turmoil, the kidnappers tried to keep the victims calm. They told the family they had inadvertently mistaken their identities and that they were going to be released. "We're from the Gulf Cartel", one of them told them. "We're the good guys". The women said that although they were scared of a few of their captors, for the most part, the kidnappers treated them well. The Cázares recall younger members of the kidnapping ring were the kindest, gave the adults bread and milk, and the children juice to drink.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Kidnapping
Some of them allowed the victims to remove their blindfolds while the gang's boss was gone. The women and children were kept in a safe house with gunmen for another three days. On 11 July, the kidnappers released the women and children around midnight at a Walmart parking lot. Five Cázares men, however, remained in captivity. Rodolfo Garza Solís, 82, was released by his captors sixteen days after the kidnapping.


2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping, Ransoming
On 13 July, the kidnappers contacted Sergio Cázares Garza, one of the family members who lived in Texas and told him that his kidnapped relatives would be released if the family paid a ransom. Initially, the family said they could pay only a few thousand dollars, but the captors allowed them at least two days to collect more money. In total, the Cázares made four different payments to the kidnappers in Matamoros totalling US$100,000. The first payment was delivered to a grocery store parking lot; the second was left behind a fast-food eatery. The kidnappers communicated with the Cázares family hiding in Texas by telephone. A trusted family employee in Matamoros made the cash deliveries. Each time a delivery was made, the Gulf Cartel sent a different envoy to pick up the money.