2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, History of the flight
The aircraft had departed from Maun Airport on the morning of 14 October for a series of flight sectors in the Okavango Delta that took it first to Kasane Airport. After refuelling there, at 11:50 eleven passengers boarded the aircraft. The next sector would have taken the Cessna to Pom Pom Camp, but it was decided to stop at Xakanaxa first to  drop two passengers. No flight plan was filed for the diversion to Xakanaxa, nor was the airline's base informed.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, History of the flight
At Xakanaxa, the pilot was informed that he was required to pick up another two passengers bound for Maun. After some hesitation, the pilot agreed to take the passengers, departing from Xakanaxa with eleven passengers, despite company procedures restricting the maximum number of passengers for operations from that airfield to ten.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, History of the flight
The Grand Caravan took off from Xakanaka airstrip at 13:55. Almost immediately after take-off, the engine lost power and the aircraft collided with trees. It then crashed nose first approximately 600 metres from the airfield, with an intense fire quickly engulfing the wreckage, burning beyond recognition the bodies of six passengers and the pilot. A rescue team was flown in and found the wreckage still ablaze. An eighth occupant was taken to hospital but later died. Identification of the victims was only possible through DNA testing.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, Aircraft
The airplane involved was a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, a single-engine turboprop utility aircraft capable of carrying thirteen passengers plus crew. It was fitted with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A turboprop engine. It held Botswanan registration A2-AKD, and had been manufactured in 1996.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, Passengers and crew
The Grand Caravan was crewed by a single pilot and was carrying eleven passengers. The passengers were mainly French and Swiss tourists heading for a safari lodge, but included also two Botswanan officials from the country's Department of Road Transport, who both survived. Some of the Swiss passengers were initially misidentified as Swedish. The pilot was Moremi Air’s general manager, and was described as the company's "most seasoned pilot" with over 12,000 flight hours.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, Investigation
The investigation into the crash was carried out by the Directorate of Accident Investigation (DAI) of the Botswanan Ministry of Transport and Communications. Its results were published in June 2013.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, Investigation
The main cause of the accident was found to be "engine failure resulting from the failure of the Compressor Turbine Blades." Turbine blades were found to be affected by "sulphidation corrosion", although it could not be established whether that was the root cause of the failure, leaving open the possibility that material failure or inappropriate engine operation may have played a role.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, Investigation
The report was also very critical of Moremi Air's management style and training practices, concluding that the company's safety culture "had eroded to the extent that safety was being compromised." Other contributing factors cited were the presence of tall trees in the vicinity of the runway at Xakanaxa, the decision to embark more passengers than the maximum allowed for operations at that airfield, poor supervision of operators and airfields by the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), and the engine manufacturer's failure to disseminate "critical maintenance information" among operators.


2011 Moremi Air Cessna 208 crash, Investigation
The DAI made several safety recommendations to the CAAB calling for stricter supervision of airline and airfield operators, and to Cessna, the aircraft manufacturer, to ensure that the aircraft data acquisition system (ADAS) is made to resist to fire damage.


2011 Morgan State Bears football team
The 2011 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bears were led by 11th-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and played their home games at Hughes Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Morgan State finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2011 Moroccan Throne Cup
The 2011 season of the Moroccan Throne Cup was the 55th edition of the competition.


2011 Moroccan Throne Cup, 5th Round
The fifth round is the last preliminary round, with 32 teams from the 3rd and 2nd divisions of the Moroccan football championship:


2011 Moroccan constitutional referendum
A referendum on constitutional reforms was held in Morocco on 1 July 2011. It was called in response to a series of protests across Morocco that began on 20 February 2011 when over ten thousand Moroccans participated in demonstrations demanding democratic reforms. A commission was to draft proposals by June 2011. A draft released on 17 June foresaw the following changes:


2011 Moroccan constitutional referendum
The changes were reportedly approved by 98.49% of voters. Despite protest movements calling for a boycott of the referendum, government officials claimed turnout was 72.65%.


2011 Moroccan constitutional referendum
Following the referendum, early parliamentary elections were held on 25 November 2011.


2011 Moroccan constitutional referendum, Details
The set of political reforms approved consisted of the following:


2011 Moroccan general election
Early general elections were held in Morocco on 25 November 2011, brought forward from 2012 and then postponed from 7 October 2011.


2011 Moroccan general election
Public protests as part of the Arab Spring in February 2011 led King Mohammed VI to announce an early election, a process of constitutional reform granting new civil rights, and the relinquishing of some of his administrative powers. Following a referendum on 1 July 2011, the new constitution was ratified on 13 September.


2011 Moroccan general election
Of the Lower House of Parliament's 395 seats, 305 were elected from party lists in 92 constituencies and the additional 90 seats were elected from a national list, with two thirds reserved for women and the remaining third reserved for men under the age of 40.


2011 Moroccan general election
30 parties participated in the elections, 18 of which gained seats. The vast majority of seats was won by three political groups: the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD); an eight-party "Coalition for Democracy" (led by the RNI) headed by Morocco's incumbent minister of finance Salaheddine Mezouar; and the Koutla ("Coalition") alliance of the incumbent prime minister Abbas El Fassi.


2011 Moroccan general election
Results of the election, in terms of numbers of seats won by each party, were announced on 27 November 2011. But no voting figures of any kind were released, and still had not been by the end of 2011. This was in contrast with the 2007 elections, for which voting figures were released by the Interior Ministry. The official turnout was 45%, but some comments suggested it was much lower.


2011 Moroccan general election
The Justice and Development party won 107 seats, giving it the largest parliamentary representation, although not a majority. According to the new constitution, this made its leader, Abdelillah Benkirane, prime minister.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, 2007 parliamentary elections
The 2007 parliamentary elections were the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. They were characterized by a relatively low turnout of 37%, 15 points down from that of 2002 (52%). The Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) - the largest party in the outgoing government - unexpectedly lost 12 of its seats. The Istiqlal Party came first with 52 seats, ahead of the Justice and Development Party with 46, despite the latter coming first in terms of number of votes. A coalition  of five parties (Istiqlal, Popular movement, National rally of independents, Party of Progress and Socialism and Socialist Union of Popular Forces) with a narrow combined majority in the House of Representatives formed a government headed by Abbas El Fassi, the president of the Istiqlal party.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, Arab Spring and protest movement
Following national protests held in early February 2011 in solidarity with the Egyptian revolution, a youth group (later known as the 20 February movement) and the Islamist organization Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane called for a day of protests. Among the demands of the organisers was that the constitutional role of the king should be "reduced to its natural size". On 20 February, several thousands of people participated in demonstrations across Morocco. On 26 February, a further protest was held in Casablanca. Further protests were held in Casablanca and Rabat on 20 March.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, Arab Spring and protest movement
On 9 March, King Mohammed announced that he would form a commission to work on constitutional revisions, which would make proposals to him by June, after which a referendum would be held on the draft constitution.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, 2011 Constitutional reforms
A committee representing various parties was tasked by the king to prepare the new constitution. A draft was published in early June 2011. A referendum for its adoption was conducted on 1 July 2011  and registered a record high participation rate with a 70% turnout; the reforms were passed with 98% approval. The protest movement however, previously called for a boycott of the referendum. Consequently, the date of the parliamentary election was brought forward from September 2012 to October 2011.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, 2011 Constitutional reforms
The new constitution, entered into effect on 1 August 2011, created a number of new civil rights, including constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression, social equality for women, rights for speakers of minority languages and the independence of judges.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, 2011 Constitutional reforms
Changes to electoral and administrative law were also significant. The king rescinded his power to appoint prime ministers, obliging himself to appoint a member of the party winning the most seats in a parliamentary election. The office of prime minister, in turn, was given additional powers to appoint senior civil servants and diplomats, in consultation with the king's ministerial council. The prime minister replaced the king as the head of government and chair of the government council, gaining the power to dissolve parliament.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, 2011 Constitutional reforms
The voting system was also changed so that the number of parliamentary seats decided on a constituency basis was increased from 295 to 305. Additional seats were reserved for election from national party lists, 60 consisting only of female candidates and 30 for male candidates under the age of 40.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, Election timetable
After negotiations between the interior ministry, which oversees elections, and some 20 political parties, the government proposed that parliamentary elections should be moved to 11 November, with the possibility of shifting it due to its proximity to the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha. In the end, the election was held on 25 November 2011. The electoral campaign took place from 12 to 24 November.


2011 Moroccan general election, Background, Election timetable
There were fears that a low voter turnout, already traditionally a problem, would be further exacerbated by a boycott call by the pro-reform February 20 movement and the Islamist organization Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane, who felt that the constitutional reforms were insufficient.


2011 Moroccan general election, Electoral system
The election follows the closed list proportional representation system (with a 6 percent threshold) using the largest remainder method. Voting is conducted through universal suffrage in secret ballots.


2011 Moroccan general election, Electoral system
There are two types of list, local and national. 305 seats are allocated for the local lists spread over 92 electoral districts, while the national list consists of 90 seats, putting the total number of deputies at 395 - 70 more than the last election.


2011 Moroccan general election, Electoral system
The national list consists of a 60 seats list reserved for women and another of 30 seats for candidates under 40. The list follows the same proportional representation system but on the level of the country.


2011 Moroccan general election, Electoral system, Eligibility
All Moroccan citizens are eligible for voting if they are at least 18 years old and have their civil and political rights unrestrained by a court order. A person is eligible for candidacy if they fulfil the conditions set out in the law regulating parliament (law 27.11 articles 6 to 10), according to which the following are ineligible:


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Participating parties
A total of 30 parties proposed candidates in the election while three far-left parties - the communist "Talia", the Unified Socialist Party and the "Nahj Ad-Dimuqrati" - called for a boycott. The Islamist organization Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane and the 20 February protest movement also called for a boycott.


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Participating parties
Istiqlal was the only party that filled a list for every constituency. The Justice and Development Party  and the Socialist Union of Popular Forces both fielded 393 candidates.


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Major competing parties
The main contestants in the election were three political formations : the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), headed by Salé's deputy Abdelillah Benkirane; the "Coalition for Democracy" which is an alliance headed by Morocco's current minister of finance Salaheddine Mezouar; and the Koutla alliance of the incumbent prime minister Abbas El Fassi


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Major competing parties
The Coalition for Democracy was formed on 10 October 2011 and groups eight parties: the National Rally of Independents, the Popular Movement, the Constitutional Union, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), the Labour Party, the Green Left Party, the Party of Renaissance and Virtue and the Socialist Party.


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Major competing parties
The Koutla groups three parties which are members of the 2007-2011 government; namely the Istiqlal Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the Party of Progress and Socialism. The Koutla alliance criticized the decision of two other member parties of the current government to join the Coalition for Democracy alliance with other parties of the opposition. Consequently, the leaders of the Koutla made implicit calls for the Justice and Development party to join their alliance.


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Major competing parties
The below table lists the most prominent parties in the Moroccan political scene (bold indicates members of the 2007-2011 government):


2011 Moroccan general election, Campaign, Major competing parties
(*): Was formed after the 2007 elections. (**): Joint list of the National Democratic Party and Al Ahd(***): Joint list of the National Congress Party, the Democratic Socialist Vanguard Party and the Unified Socialist Party


2011 Moroccan general election, Results
The spokesman of the ministry of the interior announced on the evening of Friday 25 November that the turnout in the election was 45%, up 8 points from that of 2007. By the time of the initial results on 26 November, covering 288 of the 395 seats being contested, it had become clear that the Justice and Development Party had secured a plurality. It had secured 80 seats by this stage, with Istiqlal having secured 45. News organizations speculated that the Justice and Development Party would govern in coalition with several left-wing political parties.


2011 Moroccan general election, Results
Names of successful candidates were announced on 27 November 2011. The Justice and Development Party won a plurality of seats, making its leader, Abdelillah Benkirane, prime minister designate under the rules of the new constitution. "This is a clear victory," he said,"but we will need alliances in order to work together".


2011 Moroccan general election, Government formation
The Justice and Development party is expected to ally with the Koutla and form a government that will be likely headed by Abdelillah Benkirane or Saadeddine Othmani, who are respectively the current and former party leaders. Benkirane held talks with the King on the evening of 28 November, and declared that he is not going to announce an alliance before the prime minister is appointed. He has previously stated that he is open to an alliance with the Koutla and made positive signs towards it.


2011 Moroccan general election, Government formation
After the announcement of the final results, some leaders of the Coalition for Democracy stated that they have no reason to still maintain the alliance. Mohand Laenser of the Popular Movement and representatives from the Constitutional Union said that they were discussing whether to stay or retract from the coalition. Salaheddine Mezouar of the National Rally of Independents, and Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, said that they choose not to participate in the upcoming government.


2011 Moroccan general election, Government formation
On Tuesday 29 November 2011, as expected, Abdelilah Benkirane was nominated by the king as the new prime minister.


2011 Moroccan general election, Government formation
Soumia Benkhaldoun was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training.


2011 Moroccan general election, Government formation
On 9 July 2013, Istiqlal's six ministers resigned from the cabinet over subsidy reforms.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca
The 2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Casablanca, Morocco between the 21st and 27th of February 2011.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca, Champions, Doubles
Guillermo Alcaide /  Adrián Menéndez def. Leonardo Tavares /  Simone Vagnozzi, 6–2, 6–1


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca – Doubles
Guillermo Alcaide and Adrián Menéndez won the title, defeating Leonardo Tavares and Simone Vagnozzi 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca – Singles
Evgeny Donskoy won the title, defeating Alessio di Mauro 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech
The 2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marrakech, Morocco between 21 and 27 March 2011.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech, Champions, Doubles
Peter Luczak /  Alessandro Motti def. James Cerretani /  Adil Shamasdin, 7–6(5), 7–6(3)


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Horia Tecău were the defending champions, but decided not to participate. Peter Luczak and Alessandro Motti defeated James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin 7–6(5), 7–6(3) in the final.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech – Singles
Jarkko Nieminen was the defending champion, but chose not to compete this year. Rui Machado defeated Maxime Teixeira 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 in the final.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes
The 2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Meknes, Morocco between 14 and 19 February 2011.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, Champions, Doubles
Treat Conrad Huey /  Simone Vagnozzi def. Alessio di Mauro /  Alessandro Motti, 6–1, 6–2


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Doubles
Pablo Andújar and Flavio Cipolla were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Treat Conrad Huey and Simone Vagnozzi won the final against Alessio di Mauro and Alessandro Motti 6–1, 6–2.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Singles
Alexandr Dolgopolov was the defending champion, but decided to compete at the 2011 Copa Claro instead. Jaroslav Pospíšil defeated Guillermo Olaso in the final 6–1, 3–6, 6–3.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat
The 2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco between 14 and 20 March 2011.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, Champions, Doubles
Alessio di Mauro /  Simone Vagnozzi def. Evgeny Korolev /  Yuri Schukin, 6–4, 6–4


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Daniele Bracciali were the defending champions; however, they decided not to compete. Alessio di Mauro and Simone Vagnozzi won the tournament after defeating Evgeny Korolev and Yuri Schukin 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2011 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Singles
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo decided not to defend his last year's title. Ivo Minář won in the final against Peter Luczak 7–5, 6–3.


2011 Mosconi Cup
The 2011 Mosconi Cup, the 18th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 8–11 December 2011 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2011 Mosconi Cup
Team Europe won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team USA 11–7.


2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The 2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade was an event held on 9 May 2011 to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. 20,000 soldiers and officers representing all three services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Security Service, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations took part in the parade, followed by +100 military vehicles and 5 Mil Mi-8 Hip helicopters.


2011 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Minister of Defence Anatoly Serdyukov was the parade inspector while Colonel General Valery Gerasimov, the then Deputy Chief of the General Staff was the parade commander. For the first time, the new battledress duty uniforms were worn by almost all the parading units. A year later, due to the massive unpopularity of the uniforms, it was reverted to the old style.


2011 Moselle Open
The 2011 Moselle Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the Moselle Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Parc des Expositions de Metz Métropole in Metz, France, from 17 September until 23 September 2011. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the singles title.


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


2011 Moselle Open, Finals, Doubles
Jamie Murray /  André Sá defeated  Lukáš Dlouhý /  Marcelo Melo, 6–4, 7–6(7)


2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–28  The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at San Diego State's Tony Gwynn Stadium. Sixth seeded New Mexico won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 4-2 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2011 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. Only six teams participate, so Air Force was not in the field.


2011 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 8–12, 2011. The tournament is sponsored by Conoco. The first round game and all four quarterfinals were televised live on the MountainWest Sports Network. The semifinals were televised on CBS College Sports Network, with the championship game on Versus. San Diego State, the winner of the tournament, received the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. BYU's Jimmer Fredette was selected as the tournament MVP.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season
The 2011 Mountain West Conference football season was the 13th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Eight teams participated in that season: Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Wyoming and new member Boise State.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season
This was the first year the MW was without founding members Utah and BYU, which respectively left for the Pac-12 Conference and FBS independent status, with BYU's other sports joining the West Coast Conference. In response to their departure, the conference added Boise State for this season, and would eventually add  Fresno State, Hawaiʻi (football only; other sports joined the Big West Conference), and Nevada for the 2012 season.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season
This was also the last year for TCU as an MW member. The Horned Frogs were originally set to become a member of the Big East Conference in the 2012 season. However, on October 10, they accepted a bid to join the Big 12 Conference.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Previous season
TCU repeated as conference champions going undefeated (12–0) during the regular season for the second consecutive year. They finished the year as the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying school in the BCS rankings to receive an automatic bid to a BCS game. Since Oregon was ranked in the top two and selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game, the Rose Bowl was contractually obligated to take the highest ranked non-AQ to fill the Pac-10's spot. The Horned Frogs defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl 21–19 to finish the season 13–0 and finished ranked #2 in both the AP and Coaches Polls.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Previous season
Air Force, BYU, San Diego State, and Utah also went to bowl games. Everyone but Utah won their bowl game to give the conference a 4–1 bowl record to win the Bowl Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Previous season
At one point during the season, both TCU and Utah were both ranked in the top 5 of the BCS rankings.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Preseason, Award watch lists
The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
During the Mountain West media days on July 26–27 in Las Vegas, Boise State was picked as the overwhelming favorite to win the conference, garnering 28 of a possible 31 first place votes. Defending champion TCU received the other 3 first place votes and were picked second.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Preseason, Mountain West media days, All–Conference Team
The media also selected their preseason all–conference team. Boise State's Sr. QB Kellen Moore was selected as the offensive player of the year. TCU's Sr. LB Tank Carder was selected as the defensive player of the year. Air Force's Sr. KR Jonathan Warzeka was selected as the special teams player of the year.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Boise State all blue uniform ban
New conference member Boise State was banned by the Mountain West Conference from wearing their traditional all blue uniforms during conference home games. Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson's reason for the rule was that coaches had stated that the Broncos received a "competitive advantage" when wearing all blue on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium. Boise State head coach Chris Petersen was quoted that he thought the ban was, "ridiculous".


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Coaches
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Coaches
*first year as conference member, ^achieved as head coach of New Mexico from 99–08


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Rankings
The following Mountain West teams have been either ranked or received votes in the major polls during the 2011 season:


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Regular season
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Regular season
The Mountain West has teams in 3 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central–TCU, Mountain–Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Wyoming, Pacific–San Diego State, UNLV). Conference games start times are that of the home team.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Regular season
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Regular season, Week three
Kellen Moore was also named the Davy O'Brien Quarterback of the Week. Greg McCoy was also named the National Kickoff Returner of the Week by College Football Performance Awards.


2011 Mountain West Conference football season, Regular season, Week four
On September 25, 2011 following a 0–4 start which included a loss to Sam Houston State of the FCS, New Mexico relieved Mike Locksley of his duties as head coach. Associate head coach and defensive coordinator George Barlow assumed the job on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.


2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225
The  2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 was the fourth running of the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 after a 13-year sabbatical, and the thirteenth round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 14, 2011. The race was contested over 225 laps at the 1.025-mile (1.650 km) New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, and was televised by ABC in the United States.


2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225
The winner of the 2011 race was Ryan Hunter-Reay. Dario Franchitti held the pole position running a time of 43.1976 seconds, while Scott Dixon had the fastest lap running lap 149 in 22.3481 seconds. No drivers who participated in the last IndyCar race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 1998, did participate in this race.


2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225
The length of this race would be reduced to 215 laps / 220.375 miles (354.659 km) due to rain. The race was actually restarted with 10 laps to go but because the track was still too wet to drive on, Danica Patrick spun immediately when the green flag came out, resulting in a multiple car crash. Will Power was involved as well and was very mad about the call, like multiple other drivers and team owners were.


2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225
They were mad because the race got restarted, while they all said that the track was still too wet to race on during the caution period. Oriol Servià took over the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay during the last restart but because the restart heavily failed as the track was still too wet, the race would be red flagged and the order like how the drivers were running before the aborted restart, would count as the unofficial race results. This means Ryan Hunter-Reay was declared winner.


2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225
Newman/Haas Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing filed protests regarding to the finish because of Servia's pass off Hunter-Reay on the aborted restart. The hearing was scheduled on August 22, which would also include Andretti Autosport. The unofficial results would not change and Ryan Hunter-Reay would become the official winner of the race.


2011 Movistar Open
The 2011 Movistar Open was a tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the Movistar Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo in Santiago, Chile from January 30 through February 6, 2011.


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


2011 Movistar Open, Finals, Doubles
Marcelo Melo /  Bruno Soares defeated  Łukasz Kubot /  Oliver Marach, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)


2011 Movistar Open – Doubles
Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach were the defending champions. They reached the final, but lost to Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, 6–3, 7–6(3).


2011 Movistar Open – Singles
Thomaz Bellucci was the defending champion, but lost to Fabio Fognini in the quarterfinals. Tommy Robredo won the title, defeating Santiago Giraldo 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), in the final.


2011 Movistar Team season
The 2011 season for Movistar Team began in January at the Tour de San Luis and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2011 Movistar Team season
With twenty victories to their credit, the team had a reasonably successful 2011 season competitively, but the year was very tumultuous for reasons outside competition. After a successful early season, including the overall crown at the Vuelta a Castilla y León, team rider Xavier Tondó was killed in a freak accident at his home while preparing for a training ride with teammate Beñat Intxausti. Later in the season, Mauricio Soler sustained a horrific crash at the Tour de Suisse, which could easily have cost him his life as well. After more than four months in the hospital, Soler was released, but his recovery was far from complete at that time.


2011 Movistar Team season, One-day races
Before the spring season and the races known as classics, the team got a win in the Vuelta a Mallorca series. After making a 40-rider selection with 15 km (9.3 mi) remaining in the Trofeo Deià, Rojas won the resulting sprint among those riders.


2011 Movistar Team season, One-day races, Spring classics
The Vuelta a La Rioja was the team's first traditional one-day win. Erviti finished first ahead of two Colombian riders from a UCI Continental team, eight seconds ahead of the main field.


2011 Movistar Team season, One-day races, Spring classics
The team also sent squads to Milan–San Remo, Gent–Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, but placed no higher than 11th in any of these races.


2011 Movistar Team season, One-day races, Fall races
The team also sent squads to the Clásica de San Sebastián, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, and the Giro di Lombardia, but placed no higher than 11th in any of these races.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
The team picked up wins in two simultaneous events at the beginning of the season. At the Tour de San Luis, new acquisition Tondó won the 19.5 km (12.1 mi) individual time trial, gaining a 30-second lead over Androni Giocattoli's José Serpa in the process with three days left to race. In the race's penultimate stage, however, Tondó dramatically bonked and crashed on the descent of the Cerro El Amago, the day's last climb.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
He had stayed with the race's top riders and seemed to be a 15 km (9.3 mi) descent and an easy, flat final stage away from winning the race. Instead, he lost 15 minutes on the day, and finished the race in 23rd place. Also in January, the squad sent to the Tour Down Under came away with another win. Ventoso won the race's queen stage in Willunga ahead of the sprinters who populated the top of the general classification standings. Ventoso was the squad's top finisher in the final overall standings, in sixth place.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
The squad narrowly won the teams classification, beating Vacansoleil–DCM by eight seconds. Ventoso added a sprint win in February in stage 3 of the Ruta del Sol. The team did not win any stage at Critérium International in March, but they did win the teams classification and have Kiryienka on the final podium in second. With strong placings in all three stages, Kiryienka also won the event's points classification. Rojas won the sprint finish to stage 6 of the concurrent Volta a Catalunya, with nearly the entire peloton finishing together.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
Kiryienka won stage 2 at the Tour of the Basque Country with a late-race solo attack. He initially drew four others with him, but a second surge 1,400 m (4,600 ft) from the line gave him the win two seconds ahead of the leading group on the road. It was the Belarusian's first race win since a stage in the 2008 Giro d'Italia. The squad also won the team award at this event. Later in April, the team had a very strong Vuelta a Castilla y León.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
Ventoso won the first two stages in field sprints, keying of the sprint train Team Sky was trying to use to set up their sprinter Russell Downing on both days. The overall classification was left wide open the next day when three-time champion Alberto Contador suffered mechanical trouble on the race's only summit finish, the Laguna de los Peces, and lost two minutes. Tondó finished fifth on the stage, and was in second overall just three seconds behind new race leader Bauke Mollema.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
Tondó was third in the race's individual time trial the next day, taking the race lead since he gained 12 seconds on Mollema. The time gaps held on the final stage, meaning Tondó won the race overall. Ventoso added a second place in stage 5 to his two wins earlier to handily win the points classification, though he would have won it even if he had not scored in the final stage.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
Neo-pro Sanz took the first win of his career at the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid in a short (84.8 km (52.7 mi)) road race held the same day as the prologue time trial. The young Spaniard came first in the field sprint. The next day, Costa finished second on the Puerto de la Morcuera summit by 14 seconds, but this performance was enough to make him the race's overall winner. The team also won two classification awards, with Costa taking the points title and Herrada the youth classification.


2011 Movistar Team season, Stage races
The team also sent squads to the Tour Méditerranéen, the Tour du Haut Var, Vuelta a Murcia, Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, the Tour de Romandie, Vuelta a Asturias, the Circuit de Lorraine, the Critérium du Dauphiné, the Brixia Tour, the Tour de Pologne, the Eneco Tour, the Tour du Poitou-Charentes and the Tour of Beijing, but did not achieve a stage win, classification win, or podium finish in any of them.


2011 Moyle District Council election
Elections to Moyle District Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.


2011 Moyle District Council election, Districts results, Ballycastle
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent2011: 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin


2011 Moyle District Council election, Districts results, Giant's Causeway
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from Independent


2011 Moyle District Council election, Districts results, The Glens
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from SDLP


2011 Moçambola
The 2011 Moçambola was the 36th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 5 March. Liga Muçulmana were the defending champions, having won their 1st Mozambican championship in 2010. They successfully defended their title.


2011 Moçambola
The league comprises 14 teams, the bottom three of which will play a relegation round.


2011 Moçambola, Results
Each team plays every opponent twice, once at each team's home ground.


2011 Mr. Olympia
The 2011 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and the feature event of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2011 held September 15–18, 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the 47th Mr. Olympia competition. Other events at the exhibition included the 202 Olympia Showdown, Ms. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, and Figure Olympia contests.


2011 Ms. Olympia
The 2011 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition and part of Joe Weider's Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend 2011 was held on September 16, 2011, at the South Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada and in the Orleans Arena at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. It was the 32nd Ms. Olympia competition held. Other events at the exhibition included the 212 Olympia Showdown, Mr. Olympia, Fitness Olympia, Figure Olympia, and Bikini Olympia contests.


2011 Msallata clashes
The 2011 Msallata clashes were a series of clashes in the Libyan Civil War between rebel anti-Gaddafi forces and loyalist pro-Gaddafi forces for control of the town of Msallata which took place in early August 2011.


2011 Msallata clashes, Clashes
On 4 August, a Msallata resident reported to Reuters that, on 3 August, "There was a clash between people waiting in a queue outside a bakery. It was just before sunset, when people break the Ramadan fast". After police intervened, it turned into a protest against the government. Several government buildings were set on fire, troops were called in and the town declared a closed area. Local rebels overran a local school that was being used as a base for government troops in the town.


2011 Msallata clashes, Clashes
On 6 August, Msallata rebels reported to AFP that pro-Gaddafi forces did not control the town, but had it surrounded and were making arrests on the periphery. Electricity and communications were cut off and they feared a bloodbath.


2011 Msallata clashes, Clashes
On 7 August, Raed Hussein, an envoy from Msallata's military council, reported that the town remained under rebel control after four days of siege. However, he expected that more loyalists would be sent from nearby Khoms to bolster the siege.


2011 Msallata clashes, Clashes
On 9 August, rebel-aligned al-Manara Media reported that a private militia run by a "gangster" appointed by Gaddafi controlled Msallata's exits while anti-Gaddafi Msallata residents controlled most of the inner city.


2011 Muangthong United F.C. season
The 2011 season was Muangthong United's 3rd season in the top division of Thai football. Muangthong finished 3rd in the Premier League and reached the play-off stage of the AFC Champions League, putting them into the AFC Cup where they reached the quarter-finals.


2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis
The 2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis took place the Serikids Kindergarten in Muar, Johor, Malaysia on 7 July 2011. About 30 preschool children aged between 2 to 6 years old and four teachers of the kindergarten in Sungai Abong were held hostages at 9.15 am by the machete-and-hammer-wielding man Lau Hui Chung @ Loi Hui Chung, also known as Ah Teong, aged 40, who had barged into the double-storey building. The siege began when police arrived at 10.00 am after receiving a tip-off.


2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis
The hostage-taker was suspected to be mentally-deranged and a drug addict, was armed with a hammer and a machete and he threatened to kill the hostages if his demand to negotiate with the Prime Minister and be given a gun was not met. He was reported to be emotional and suicidal at times. The Special Actions Unit or Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK) of the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP), firetruck and ambulance were deployed on stand-by to face the crisis amid police's negotiation and persuasion effort by suspect family members.


2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis
The over six-hour stand-off ended exactly at 4.00 pm after UTK members stormed the building at 3.40 pm with tear gas and shot the suspect. The suspect was fatally wounded by a single gun shot in his head, was taken to the nearby Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital (HPSF) where he was pronounced dead at 9.15 pm. All 30 kindergarten children and four teachers were saved.


2011 Muar kindergarten hostage crisis
The police has investigated the connection of the dead suspect with two other similar kindergartens attack cases within the same vicinity earlier, namely Warna Sari Kindergarten on 12 January 2009 and Senario Kindergarten on 10 March 2010. The incident has received nationwide and international media coverage. The police has also instructed kindergartens and day-care centres in the area to tighten their security following the hostage drama. The kindergarten involved was re-opened a week after the incident.


2011 Mubadala World Tennis Championship (December)
The 2011 Mubadala World Tennis Championship in December is a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tournament. The world's top players competed in the event, which is held in a knockout format. The prize money for the winner was $250,000. The event was held at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was a warm-up event for the 2012 tennis season, with the ATP World Tour beginning on January 2, 2012.


2011 Mubadala World Tennis Championship (January)
The 2011 Mubadala World Tennis Championship was a non-ATP affiliated exhibition tournament. The world's top players competed in the knock-out event, which has prize money of $250,000 to the winner. The event was held at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex at the Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was a warm-up event for the season, with the ATP World Tour beginning on January 4, 2011.


2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
The 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at MuchMusic's headquarters on June 19, 2011. The awards were aired on MuchMusic, CP24, E!, MuchHD and Fuse. Along with the MuchMusic VJ's, it was confirmed on the MuchMusic website that Selena Gomez will host the show. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber tied for the most awards won with 2 each.


2011 MuchMusic Video Awards, Winners and nominees
Nominees for the People's Choice awards were announced in early May 2011. One "wildcard" nominee will be chosen in each of the "UR Fave" award categories (as voted by the Much Music viewers). The nominees were, with the winners in bold:


2011 Mumbai bombings
The 2011 Mumbai bombings  were a series of three coordinated bomb explosions at different locations in Mumbai, India, on 13 July 2011 between 18:54 and 19:06 IST. The blasts occurred at the Opera House, at Zaveri Bazaar and at Dadar West localities, leaving 26 killed and 130 injured.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Timeline and damage
The first device was planted on a motorcycle at Khau Gali in south Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar and exploded at 18:54 local time. The second device, planted in a tiffin box outside Prasad Chambers and Panchratna Building, in the Opera House area on Charni Road, exploded at 18:55, the area of workplaces of 5,000–6,000 people connected with the diamond-trade industry. The third device was placed on an electric pole at the Dr Antonio Da Silva High School BEST bus stand near Kabutar Khana in Dadar area and exploded at 19:06.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Timeline and damage
Following the blasts, phone lines were jammed and communications ceased or were available intermittently for at least a few hours. Other metropolitan cities, including Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, were also put on high alert. Immediately after the blasts, the Mumbai Police sent an SMS to a few mobile phone users in Mumbai reading,


2011 Mumbai bombings, Timeline and damage
Bomb blasts reported at Zaveri Bazaar, Dadar. Please be careful. Stay indoors. Watch news channels".


2011 Mumbai bombings, Timeline and damage
Most of the injured were rushed to various hospitals in Mumbai, such as J.J. Hospital, St. George Hospital, Hurkisondas Hospital and G. T. Hospital.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Timeline and damage
Mumbai has been hit by terrorist incidents at least half a dozen times since the early 1990s, with over 600 people dying in these attacks. In an editorial, the Times of India described the city as having become a "hot hunting ground for terror." A loss of Rs. 3 billion per day was reported at the closure of the Panchratna Building, after the blasts, where the people who lost their lives were mainly from the diamond industry, and at Zaveri Bazaar, were mostly goldsmiths. Rakesh Maria said that the Anti- Terrorism Squad (India), would soon release sketches of culprits, as the footage obtained from the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at Opera House site was under scrutiny.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Casualties and compensation
The blasts claimed 26 lives and injured an additional 130 others.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Casualties and compensation
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Indian National Congress leader Sonia Gandhi visited Mumbai the next day and met with those injured in blasts at Saifee Hospital. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a compensation of ₹2,00,000 to the kin of each of those killed and ₹100,000 to the seriously injured. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Government also announced ₹500,000 in compensation to the families of each of those killed and about ₹50,000 to the injured.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Speculations
There was speculation that the pattern of the blasts suggested involvement of Indian Mujahideen (IM). According to the Delhi Police, Indian Mujaheddin has been conducting blasts on the 13 or 26 of the month. Speculation was also rife that the hard-line Taliban Mumbai underworld could be behind these blasts, in the light of the killing of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, as well as the attempted assassination of Dawood Ibrahim's brother, Iqbal Kaskar on 3 May 2011. The day 13 July is also observed as Kashmir Martyr's day, and there could be a possibility that the attacks were carried out by Kashmiri groups. There is also a view that the attacks could have been plotted by those trying to derail the Indo-Pakistani peace process.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Speculations
The slain MiD DAY crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey had previously reported that a huge cache of 35 detonators, gelatin sticks and large quantity of ammonium nitrate explosives had been seized on 20 May 2011 from Umarkui and Sayli village in Silvassa. Ammonium nitrate, gelatin and detonators have been used in several bomb blasts in Mumbai previously. The report also mentioned that this cache had gone missing soon after local police took custody. The journalist had also speculated that the cache might be used to trigger terror attacks in the city. There were calls for further investigations into this link to the Mumbai blasts by his employer MiD DAY.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
The Home Ministry classified the bomb blasts as a terrorist act and dispatched a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team to the bomb site. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan said that the bombs used could have been fuel filled, much like molotov cocktails. Preliminary investigations suggested the use of multiple IED explosives in the blasts with ammonium nitrate-based explosives mixed with fuel oil. The explosives indicate some level of sophistication. It is also believed that remote detonators may have been used, with two of the three blasts being high-intensity. The Home Minister also announced that his office would be updating the people through the media every two hours.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
The Maharashtra ATS was reported to have sought a list of passengers travelling from Kolkata to Mumbai and Kolkata to Kanpur from the Kolkata Police. The suspicions were a result of a Kolkata man with Indian Mujahideen link having gone missing in the previous few days. A NIA team visited Ahmedabad on 15 July 2011 to meet an Indian Mujahideen suspect who was arrested by the Crime Branch in connection with the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 16 July, Maharashtra ATS Chief Rakesh Maria said that, based on forensic opinion and visit to the various sites, the possibility of a suicide bomber was being ruled out. However, a sketch of a possible suspect based on CCTV footage from one of the blast sites was being prepared. He added that in light of the sensitive nature of the investigation, the entire detail of the probe could not be revealed at that particular stage.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 4 August, Home Minister P. Chidambaram suggested indications of involvement of a home-grown terror module in the blasts.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 9 August, the Maharashtra ATS arrested one person it claimed had stolen a bike used in the Zaveri Bazaar explosion. The bike had been stolen from one Amit Singh a few hours before the blasts. CCTV footage showed one person with long hair riding a stolen red colour Honda Activa, entering the crowded lane, taking two left turns, placing the scooter at the spot of the explosion and walking off.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 23 January 2012, the Mumbai Police claimed that it had solved the Mumbai Blasts case with the arrests of two suspects – Naqi Ahmed Wasi Ahmed Sheikh (22) and Nadeem Akhtar Ashfaq Sheikh (23) – hailing from Darbhanga district of Bihar. The Mumbai Police's ATS claimed that the two had stolen two scooters used in the blasts according to a scheme whose logistics were managed by Yasin Bhatkal, the mastermind of the blast. However, this televised announcement baffled the other intelligence agencies.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
It was later revealed that Naqi Ahmed was assisting the Delhi Police and other central intelligence agencies in tracking down two other perpetrators of the blast. Further investigations revealed that the two Pakistani bombers, named Waqqas and Tabrez, staying in Byculla used as many as 18 SIM cards and six handsets.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
The duo received sim cards from the co-accused Naqi Ahmed, who was arrested by the ATS in January 2012 for possessing SIM cards obtained with fake documents, following which Naqi admitted his role in the blasts and also admitted working with Indian Mujahideen's founder member Yasin Bhatkal in arranging accommodations for the bombers.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 25 May 2012, Maharashtra ATS filed a chargesheet against Naqee Ahmed, Nadeem Shaikh, Kanwar Pathrija and Haroon Naik (all are under arrest). Additionally, the chargesheet named six others including Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatkal, Waqas Ibrahim Sad, Danish alias Tarbez, Dubai based Muzaffar Kolah and Tehseen Akhtar as wanted accused on the run.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 4 February 2014, Maharashtra ATS was handed over the custody of Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal for probing the 2011 Mumbai Bombings Case.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Timeline of investigations
On 16 July 2014 Mumbai ATS arrested Abdul Mateen Fakki from Goa’s Dabolim Airport, while he arrived from Dubai by flight. He is accused of financing the terrorist operation by passing money through Hawala sources to Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Investigations, Allegations of police brutality
The Mumbai Police detained several men for questioning. One of those detained—Faiz Usmani—died while in police custody on 17 July, sparking allegations of police brutality. Usmani was the brother of one of the accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings case. It was alleged by his family members that Faiz Usmani was healthy when the police picked him up and that he was subjected to torture in police custody. The police dismissed these charges and countered that Usmani was suffering from hypertension and complained of giddiness after walking himself into a police station. He was admitted to the Lokmanya Tilak hospital, Sion, Mumbai, following which he died quickly due to blood clots in brain and a heart attack. A CID probe was ordered into Usmani's death.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Aftermath
In the wake of the blasts, Boeing announced that the Boeing-787 Dreamliner, which was on its maiden visit to India, would skip the Mumbai leg of the trip. An official said that it would have been insensitive to take the plane to Mumbai at this time when such a tragedy had occurred and that the decision had also been taken in view of security concerns and so as not to put added pressure to provide extra cover for the aircraft.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Aftermath
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan revealed a plan by the Maharashtra government for a future use of satellite phones and the development of a secure communication network so that the administrative functioning is not affected during such crises as a result of network problems. He also reiterated the need to expedite the procurement of police modernisation equipment and the installation of CCTV cameras at prominent places in the city. Following the Mumbai terror attacks the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) banned the use of Thuraya & Iridium satellite phones and infrastructure. Restrictions were already in place in 2010, for similar reasons, under provisions in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Reactions, Domestic
President Pratibha Patil and Vice-President Hamid Ansari expressed their shock and condemned the attacks in Mumbai. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also condemned the bombing, and called on Mumbai citizens to remain calm and show unity. Other politicians, such as Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the Indian National Congress and Nitin Gadkari of the BJP expressed their anger and offered condolences to the families of the bombing victims. Senior BJP leader L K Advani visited Mumbai on 14 July and stated that the repeated attacks in Mumbai prove policy failure on part of the government.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Reactions, Domestic
The Left parties (CPI and CPI (M)) strongly condemned the Mumbai serial blasts and rued the government's inability to track down the perpetrators of recent terror strikes. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that this was an attack on the heart of India. Home Minister P. Chidambaram left Delhi for Mumbai on the same night and visited the three blast sites, met the injured in the hospitals, and interacted with the family members of the dead.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Reactions, Domestic
Local politician, Manohar Joshi of the Shiv Sena, urged the government to "take immediate steps and find out who are people behind the blasts."


2011 Mumbai bombings, Reactions, Domestic
INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi remarked that it was impossible to stop every terror attack. He said that 99 per cent of terror attacks had been prevented in the country thanks to various measures, such as improved intelligence collection efforts. He added that "We work towards defeating it, but it is very difficult to stop all the attacks. Even the United States, they are being attacked in Afghanistan.". His comments drew flak from some quarters of the Indian political spectrum, who criticised him for equating the Mumbai attacks with those in Afghanistan and called it an insult to those killed in the blasts.


2011 Mumbai bombings, Reactions, Domestic
Chairman of the moderate Hurriyat faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the Mumbai blasts saying such incidents are orchestrated to derail the dialogue process between India and Pakistan and that those involved in the killing of innocent people 'are enemies of humanity'. In a statement, he said "We are saddened by the huge loss of life in the Mumbai blasts and condemn it. Spilling the blood of innocents, be it in Mumbai, Palestine, Karachi or Kashmir, is a shameful and inhuman act."


2011 Mundialito de Clubes
The inaugural Mundialito de Clubes (or Club World Cup) is a beach soccer tournament that will take place at the Praia do Sol stadium at Represa de Guarapiranga, a reservoir located in São Paulo, Brazil from 19 – 26 March 2011. The stadium will have a seating capacity of 3,500 spectators.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Participating teams
It was determined that ten teams, divided into two groups of five, will take part in the tournament:


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Participating teams
It was originally speculated that the newly reformed New York Cosmos of the United States would take part in the tournament and had been later replaced by Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukraine. It was also speculated that Marseille of France would take part as well, but the final spot was disputed between them and Milan. It was also announced at the draw that an as-yet-undetermined fourth Brazilian team will round out the club roster at 10, which was later revealed as Santos.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Draft procedure
On 21 February 2011, at two simultaneous cities (Barcelona, Spain and São Paulo, Brazil), the Official Draft took place, with each team selecting nine players each.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Draft procedure
According to the draft procedure, the team representative of every Club is to attend that meeting in one of the two aforementioned venues, and he will be the responsible of picking the players for his squad. All Beach Soccer players can be potentially selected, and, just as it happens in great events for leagues such as the NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball, in order to set a balanced, competitive tournament, the Draft for the players’ election will follow some guidelines.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Players
The 'Draft' followed the following criteria: three national players (chosen beforehand), three continental players (up two from the same country), a player UEFA / CONMEBOL (South America and Europe), a player from AFC / CAF / CONCACAF / OFC (Asia / Africa / North America and the Caribbean / Oceania) player and a 'national'.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Group stage
The draw to divide the ten teams into the following two groups was conducted on 3 March 2011. The group stage commenced on 19 March 2011 and consisted of each team playing each other once in a single round-robin format.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Group stage
All kickoff times are listed as local time in São Paulo, (UTC-3).


2011 Mundialito de Clubes, Knockout stage
A draw was held after the group stage matches were completed to determine the quarterfinal pairings.


2011 Mundialito de Clubes squads
These are the rosters of the ten participating teams at the inaugural Mundialito de Clubes (or Club World Cup) beach soccer tournament that will take place at a temporary beach soccer stadium at Represa de Guarapiranga, a reservoir located in São Paulo, Brazil from 19–26 March 2011. The first nine were drafted at the Official Draft, with the tenth player added by Beach Soccer Worldwide 48 hours later.


2011 Munster Senior Football Championship
The 2011 Munster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Munster GAA. It was won by Kerry who defeated Cork in the final. This was Kerry's second consecutive appearance in the final and second consecutive title - they defeated Limerick in the 2010 final.


2011 Munster Senior Football Championship
The winning Kerry team received the Cuppy Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


2011 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2011 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 10 July 2011 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. It was contested by Tipperary and Waterford. The match pitted the 2010 All-Ireland Hurling Champions against the 2010 Munster Hurling Champions. For the first time ever, both Waterford's Senior and Minor hurling teams were making their third Munster Final appearance in a row. It was the first time the two teams had met in a Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh since the 2002 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final.


2011 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Tipperary won the game by a margin of 21 points to claim their third Munster title in four years. It was the largest winning margin in a Munster Final since the 1982 decider between Cork and Waterford, and the first time since 1936 that one team managed to score at least 7 goals.


2011 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Team selection
Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald made three changes to the team that overcame Limerick in the semi-final with Jerome Maher picked at full-back and making his Championship debut. Tipperary made one change to their team to the team that defeated Clare in the semi-final with Paddy Stapleton coming into the team in place of David Young at right corner-back.


2011 Murcian regional election
The 2011 Murcian regional election was held on Sunday, 22 May 2011, to elect the 8th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2011 Murcian regional election
The election was won by the People's Party (PP), which obtained its best result ever in the Region. With over 70% of the seats (33), it obtained thrice the number of seats of the second most voted party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which plummeted to just below 24% and 11 seats. The PP had won its first election in 1995, and under Ramón Luis Valcárcel it had achieved an absolute majority of seats and votes in all elections held ever since.


2011 Murcian regional election
All in all, the PP gained four seats from the PSOE, with United Left (IU) holding its solitary seat but gaining ground, increasing its % of the share from 6.3% to 7.8%. The 5% regional threshold prevented Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) from winning a seat as, although it polled 5.3% in District Three, its vote in the entire Murcian region was 4.5%.


2011 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Regional Assembly of Murcia was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Murcia, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Murcian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


2011 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Region of Murcia and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Murcians abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The 45 members of the Regional Assembly of Murcia were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:


2011 Murcian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of one seat, with the remaining 40 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.


2011 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Regional Assembly of Murcia expired four years after the date of its previous election. Elections to the Regional Assembly were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The previous election was held on 27 May 2007, setting the election date for the Regional Assembly on Sunday, 22 May 2011.


2011 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
The president had the prerogative to dissolve the Regional Assembly of Murcia and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process, no nationwide election was due and some time requirements were met: namely, that dissolution did not occur either during the first legislative session or within the legislature's last year ahead of its scheduled expiry, nor before one year had elapsed since a previous dissolution under this procedure.


2011 Murcian regional election, Overview, Election date
In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Any snap election held as a result of these circumstances would not alter the period to the next ordinary election, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


2011 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the Region of Murcia, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2011 Murcian regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2011 Murcian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Murcia.


2011 Murray State Racers football team
The 2011 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Racers were led by second-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. Average home attendance for the 2011 season was 5,642.


2011 Music City Bowl
The 2011 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011, at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.


2011 Music City Bowl
The game, which began telecast at 6:40 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference versus the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mississippi State won, 23–17, securing its fifth bowl win in a row and its second in two seasons.


2011 Musselshell River flood
The 2011 flooding on the Musselshell River in Montana began about May 21, affecting large parts of central Montana. At Mosby, Montana, the river crested at 16 feet (4.9 m) on Monday, May 23. The flood level at Mosby is 8 feet (2.4 m) and the record crest at that point along the Musselshell is 17.7 feet (5.4 m), set in 1993. The flooding was caused by up to 8 inches (200 mm) of rain combined with snowmelt.


2011 Musselshell River flood
On May 24 at Shawmut, near Harlowton, a record pace was set, with a flow rate of 3,670 cubic feet per second (104 m3/s). The average flow is 183 cu ft/s (5.2 m3/s) at that spot for May 24. The prior record at Shawmut was set in 2005 with a rate of 802 cu ft/s (22.7 m3/s). Several roads in the Musselshell watershed were already closed by this date.


2011 Musselshell River flood
The town of Roundup suffered the most damage of any community along the Musselshell. Potable water, food, and medicine were major concerns. Flood waters along the Musselshell near Roundup were as much as 6 feet (1.8 m) deep, cresting over the weekend. Flooding near Roundup was at least 2 feet (0.61 m) above record flood level and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes. On Thursday, May 26 the flooding inundated portions of  Roundup, At Highway 87 the floodwaters were flowing at over 3,670 cu ft/s (104 m3/s), more than 10 times the normal rate. On May 26 the Musselshell crested near Roundup at 14.16 feet (4.32 m). Its flood stage there is 10 feet (3.0 m). The previous record for that location was set in 1975 at 12.89 feet (3.93 m). In Petroleum County alone damage costs were estimated at US$1.5 million.


2011 Musselshell River flood
By June 23, the Musselshell had receded back below its banks, FEMA had assessed damage to public lands and was back in Roundup to assess damage to private lands and properties.


2011 Musselshell River flood
Flooding on the unconnected Yellowstone River to the south prompted the closing of  a 20 miles (32 km)portion of Interstate 90 from Livingston to Springdale. Floodwaters from the tributary Pryor creek led to closing of Pompeys Pillar National Monument. The Little Bighorn River and related tributaries flooded the area around Crow Agency and shut down Interstate 90 from Hardin to the Wyoming line for several days. Montana counties that were affected by the state-wide flooding in Spring 2011 include: Big Horn, Carbon, Garfield, Granite, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Missoula, Musselshell, Petroleum, Sanders, Wheatland, and Yellowstone. A state of emergency was declared in 51 Montana counties, cities, and Indian reservations. Flood waters from the Musselshell, Yellowstone, and several other Montana rivers flow into the Missouri River and Mississippi River, exacerbating the 2011 flooding in states such as North Dakota and South Dakota.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open
The 2011 Madrid Masters (also known as the Mutua Madrid Open for sponsorship reasons) was played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 30 April – 8 May. It was the 10th edition of the event on the ATP and 3rd on the WTA. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 WTA Tour.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open
Ion Ţiriac, the former Romanian ATP player and now billionaire businessman, was the owner of the tournament.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2011 Mutua Madrid Open, Finals, Men's doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Michaël Llodra /  Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–3


2011 Mutua Madrid Open, Finals, Women's doubles
Victoria Azarenka /  Maria Kirilenko defeated  Květa Peschke /  Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–3


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and they eventually managed to retain the title by beating No. 6 seeds Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic defeated the defending champion Rafael Nadal in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the title at the 2011 Madrid Open. It was Djokovic's third ATP Masters 1000 title of the year, his 6th title of the year, and the 24th title of his career.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but they withdrew due to injuries. No. 5 seeds Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko won the tournament by defeating the No. 2 seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
Aravane Rezaï was the defending champion; however, she was eliminated by Sofia Arvidsson in the first round.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
No . 16 seed Petra Kvitová won the title beating No. 4 seed Victoria Azarenka 7–6(7–3), 6–4 in the final. It was the first Premier Mandatory title for Kvitová and her third title of the year.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles
This tournament also marked the final professional match of Dinara Safina's career, where she lost to Julia Görges in the second round, after having ongoing injuries and eventually retired from tennis.


2011 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the women qualifying draw of the 2011 Mutua Madrid Open.


2011 My AOD Favourites Awards
The 2011 My AOD Favourites Awards (simplified Chinese: MY AOD我的最爱颁奖典礼2011; traditional Chinese: MY AOD我的最愛頒獎典禮2011), presented by Astro in Malaysia, was an awards ceremony that recognised the best Hong Kong TVB television drama series that had aired on Malaysia's Astro On Demand (AOD) in 2011.


2011 My AOD Favourites Awards
The ceremony took place on 27 November 2011 at the Suria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Astro first broadcast the award show on AOD on 3 December 2011 at 20:30 MST.


2011 Myanmar National League
The 2011 MNL Grand Royal is the Myanmar National League's second full regular season.


2011 Myanmar National League, League table
Below is the league table for 2011 season. Yangon United FC secured theirfirst ever championship in this season and have also become champions of 2011 Max Cement MFF Cup. This is the first time a team has winboth cup and championship in short MNL history.


2011 Myanmar earthquake
The 2011 Burma earthquake (Burmese: ၂၀၁၁ မြန်မာငလျင်) occurred with a magnitude 6.9 Mw on 24 March. It had an epicenter in the eastern part of Shan State in Burma (Myanmar) with a hypocenter 10 km deep. It had two aftershocks, one of magnitude 4.8, another at magnitude 5.4, and two subsequent shocks at magnitude 5.0 and 6.2. The quake's epicentre was 70 miles (110 km) from the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai, north of Mae Sai and southeast of Kentung.


2011 Myanmar earthquake, Geology
The earthquake occurred in an area of complex tectonics caused by the continuing collision between the northward moving Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate, which created the Arakan Yoma mountains. In this zone of highly oblique collision, most of the motion is accommodated by the north-south trending Sagaing fault, a major dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault that runs through the western and central part of Burma. The remaining component of shortening across this zone causes distributed deformation of eastern Burma and Thailand extending into Laos.


2011 Myanmar earthquake, Geology
This deformation is partly accommodated by a set of southwest-northeast trending sinistral (left lateral) strike-slip faults. The faults closest to the epicenter are the Mae Chan and Nam Ma faults. The focal mechanism for this earthquake is consistent with left-lateral movement on one of these faults, away from the main zones of seismic activity in Burma. Other recent significant earthquakes in this area included the 2011 Yunnan earthquake and the 2007 Laos earthquake. According to the Earth Observatory of Singapore, it appears likely that it was caused by motion on the western segment of the Nan Ma Fault.


2011 Myanmar earthquake, Casualties
Early reports suggested that at least 10 people were killed by quake-triggered landslides in the town of Tachileik, including a child, as well as Tarpin to its north, both in Shan State, northeastern Burma. Another person was killed in Mae Sai, Thailand, near the Burmese border. At least three injuries were reported in Burma.


2011 Myanmar earthquake, Casualties
After sunrise, the casualty toll increased to 24 in Burma, in addition to the one fatality in Thailand. Officials warned that the death toll is likely to rise. Later, death toll rose to 74 killed in Burma and 1 in Thailand, while 111 people were injured. In Tarlay, located between Tachileik and Mong Hpyak, at least 40 were killed when 130 houses collapsed. Vertical displacement of 1.5 metres in subsidence was observed in the area.


2011 Myanmar earthquake, Casualties
The Bangkok Post reported on 27 March 2011 that the death toll was "over 150", which is double the official figure of 75.


2011 Myanmar earthquake, Aftermath
Temporary evacuations of tall buildings took place in Chiang Rai of Thailand, Menghai County in Yunnan, Nanning in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, and in Hanoi of Vietnam. At least one bridge is reported collapsed in Myanmar. In total, 390 residential homes, 14 monasteries and 9 government buildings were destroyed. In Monglin,  at least 128 homes were reduced to rubble. According to the United States Geological Survey's population exposure data, the final damage are most likely to be slightly under US$100 million.


2011 NAB Cup
The 2011 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season competition played before the 2011 home and away season. The games were played between 11 February and 11 March. The first match was between Adelaide and Melbourne in Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.


2011 NAB Cup
This was the first time since 2003 that the competition format had changed. With the introduction of the Gold Coast Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants (the latter required to make the competition feature a manageable 18 teams), the format for the 2011 NAB Cup was as follows:


2011 NAB Cup, Games
The first round fixtures were announced by the AFL on 26 October 2010.


2011 NAB Cup, NAB Challenge
Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.


2011 NAB Cup, NAB Challenge
On 16 December 2010, the AFL announced the towns that will play host to the NAB Challenge competition. In week 1, the Adelaide suburb of Thebarton hosted an AFL pre-season game for the first time at Thebarton Oval where SANFL team Woodville-West Torrens plays. Traeger Park in Alice Springs, Manuka Oval, Visy Park and Skilled Stadium also hosted matches. Week 2 saw matches played at Lavington for the first time since 2006 as well as games at Southport, Bunbury, Shepparton, Visy Park and AAMI Stadium. In the final week of the competition, matches were played at Coffs Harbour, North Ballarat, Southport, Willaston near Gawler (SA), Fremantle, Aurora Stadium and Visy Park.


2011 NACAC Combined Events Championships
The 2011 NACAC Combined Events Championships were held in Mona, Saint Andrew, Jamaica, at the Usain Bolt Track of the University of the West Indies on May 27–28, 2011. A detailed report on the event and an appraisal of the results was given.


2011 NACAC Combined Events Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 28 athletes from 12 countries.


2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships
The 2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships was the seventh edition of the continental cross country running competition which took place on February 19 at Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. A total of 166 athletes took part in the event, hailing from a record high of 20 nations within the North America, Central America and Caribbean region.


2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships
The competition featured four races: an 8 km senior men's race, a 6 km senior women's race, a 6 km junior (under-20s) men's race and a 4 km junior women's race. The course for the championships followed a 2-kilometer grassy loop and was relatively flat throughout. Kenyan-born runner Robert Cheseret won the senior men's gold for the United States and also led the Americans to the team title. Canadian Kathryn Harrison secured the senior women's title, but the United States took the overall senior women's gold medals. Ross Proudfoot led a Canadian sweep of the medals in the junior men's race, while American Chelsea Orr was the junior women's gold medalist.


2011 NACAC Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 121 athletes from 19 countries participated.


2011 NACAM Rally Championship
The 2011 NACAM Rally Championship was the 4th season of the FIA's NACAM Rally Championship. This Championship is the FIA rally championship for the North America and Central America region.


2011 NACAM Rally Championship, Report
The season began in Mazamitla, Mexico. Raúl Orlandini took the first victory and took the first place in the championship. Orlandini won the first five special stage. Rubén Cuenca won the last, but only finished second. Orlandini won the second race in Puebla. Orlandini won four special stages, Luis Miguel Abascal won the fourth, and Víctor Pérez the fifth. Abascal finished in second place. The third round of NRC was carried out in Jacó, Costa Rica. The local driver José Andrés Montalto won the rally, but he was ineligible to NRC. The second place Orlandini took the points for first place. Nicolás Fuchs took the victory in the fourth rally, Rally Órganos. Roberto Cuenca finished in 3th place in the rally, but 1st in NRC. However the Peruvian driver, Orlandini was proclaimed champion in this round.


2011 NACAM Rally Championship, Results and standings, Driver's Championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. The best 4 of a driver's results count towards the championship.


2011 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 74th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


2011 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 20th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship
The 2011 NAIA Football National Championship was played on December 17, 2011, as the 56th Annual Russell Athletic NAIA Football National Championship.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship
The championship game was played at Barron Stadium in Rome, Georgia. The game featured the Saint Xavier Cougars, playing in the title match for the first time. Their opponent was the Carroll Fighting Saints, the defending national champion who was appearing in the title game for the 8th time in the past 10 years. Carroll was attempting to win a record-tying 7th national title. In a tightly played contest, Saint Xavier prevailed, 24–20.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship
A total of sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament from across the country. Placement in the tournament was based on the final edition of the NAIA Coaches' Poll with the exception of #16 William Penn and #17 Northwestern (IA) being passed over for #18 Grand View, who qualified by winning the Mid-States Football Association Division Championship.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship
Two teams represented schools named for "Saint Francis"—one team from St. Francis (IL) and the other from Saint Francis (IN).


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #18 Grand View vs #1 Marian
Top-ranked Marian defeated Grand View 31–0. Marian scored 10 points in the first quarter and kept their opponent from scoring any points on their way to the shutout. Marian put down 392 yards of total offense and held Grand View to a mere 41.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #11 St. Francis (IL) vs #6 Morningside
St. Francis (IL) defeated Morningside 21–17 in the first round.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #14 Southern Nazarene vs. #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
MidAmerica Nazarene and Southern Nazarene began their national title hopes in the first round on November 19, 2011. Both teams met previously this season during week 7 on October 15. MidAmerica has a 5–8 record in postseason play and Southern Nazarene is in their first postseason game.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #14 Southern Nazarene vs. #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
MidAmerica Nazarene and Southern Nazarene began their national title hopes in the first round on November 19, 2011. MidAmerica Nazarene took the lead in the first quarter when Sean Ransburg managed a 33-yard run for a touchdown and held the lead for the remainder of the game, including  Kyle Cobb's 50 yard interception for a touchdown in the second quarter.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #14 Southern Nazarene vs. #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
Southern Nazarene managed several scores along the way, including Jarod Martin catching a 64-yard pass from Brady Wardlaw for a touchdown.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #13 Bethel (TN) vs #5 Saint Xavier
Saint Xavier defeated Bethel (TN) 51–13 in the first round. Saint Xavier scored the most points of any team in a single game for the sixteen-team playoff. Saint Xavier took the lead in the first quarter and held it for the entire game, aided by 21 points total in the first quarter alone. Saint Xavier scored a total of seven touchdowns and held Bethel to two, with the final score 51–13.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #12 Valley City State vs #2 Carroll (MT)
Carroll defeated Valley City State 47–0. This was the largest margin of victory for the playoff.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #10 Ottawa vs. #8 Azusa Pacific
Ottawa University (from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) completed the regular season ranked #10 and was invited to play #8 Azusa Pacific. Azusa Pacific won in the first round by a score of 49–26. Ottawa managed to gain 359 yards of total offense but gave up 587 yards to the Cougars. Ottawa made most of their yards passing, but gave up four interceptions in the process.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #15 Benedictine vs. #3 Georgetown (KY)
Benedictine started quick when Nick Rudolph ran a 22-yard interception for a touchdown and the first score of the game after only 21 seconds had expired. His touchdown and Zach Keenan's extra point were the only scores for Benedictine while Georgetown managed three touchdowns.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #15 Benedictine vs. #3 Georgetown (KY)
After accumulating 366 yards of total offense and holding Benedictine to 278, Georgetown won the game—final score: 7–21.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #9 Saint Francis (IN) vs. #7 Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley entered the first round with a record of 9–1 and as the champions of the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Saint Francis came with a record of 8–2 and has won eight-straight First Round games in previous years.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, First Round, #9 Saint Francis (IN) vs. #7 Missouri Valley
Saint Francis scored first and last in their first-round game against Missouri Valley, with a total of four touchdowns for the game. It was enough to record a win on the road by a score of 28–14.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Quarterfinals, #11 St. Francis (IL) vs #1 Marian
Top-ranked Marian rolled past St. Francis of Illinois, having taken the lead in the first quarter and held it through the entire game. St. Francis was only able to score one touchdown while Marian made seven—aided by an average of 8.7 yards per play.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Quarterfinals, #5 Saint Xavier vs. #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
Saint Xavier's Wes Gastel caught a 9-yard pass from Jimmy Coy for six points in the first quarter to take the lead. His team held that until the fourth quarter when MidAmerica started to mount a comeback as Austin Conyers caught a 65-yard pass from Tyler Herl for a touchdown and MidAmerica took the lead by a score of 13–14. Less than a minute and a half later, Saint Xavier took the lead back and held it for the remainder of the game.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Quarterfinals, #5 Saint Xavier vs. #4 MidAmerica Nazarene
Saint Xavier posted on 408 yards of total offense and 22 first downs while holding MidAmerica Nazarene to just 281 yards and 12 first downs. Saint Xavier scored 16 points in the final quarter towards the final score of 29–14.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Quarterfinals, #8 Azusa Pacific vs. #2 Carroll (MT)
Second-ranked Carroll pulled off the win in a close game against Azusa Pacific. After the first quarter of play, Azusa Pacific held the lead 14–7. Carroll managed a field goal in the second quarter to bring the score 14–10, but trailed until Chance Demarais made a 1-yard carry for a touchdown with only 01:51 left in the game.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Quarterfinals, #9 Saint Francis  (IN) vs. #3 Georgetown (KY)
Saint Francis and head coach Kevin Donley returned to the Kentucky college where his coaching legacy began. In 1991, Donley led Georgetown to the NAIA Division II national championship. This time, Georgetown emerged with a victory over the visitors. Georgetown entered the 16-team postseason field as one of only two undefeated teams. Saint Francis ended the season, arguably one of the toughest in the 2012 NAIA season. Their 3 losses were to #1 (at the time the game was played) Saint Xavier, #2 Marian, and #3 Georgetown. All three opponents were undefeated at the time the Cougars faced them.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Quarterfinals, #9 Saint Francis  (IN) vs. #3 Georgetown (KY)
Georgetown posted on 351 yards of total offense and 17 first downs while holding Saint Francis to just 239 yards on 15 first downs. The game began as a defensive struggle, with a Georgetown field goal sending them to halftime with a 3–0 lead. Both offenses got going in the second half to produce the final score, 26–14.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Semifinals, #3 Georgetown (KY) vs. #2 Carroll (MT)
With 7:16 on the clock in the first quarter, Carrol's Anthony Hogan caught a 20-yard pass from Dane Broadhead for the first score of the game. Tom Yaremko's extra point kick was good and Carroll led 7–0, and held the lead for the remainder of the game.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Semifinals, #3 Georgetown (KY) vs. #2 Carroll (MT)
Carroll enjoyed a comfortable lead through the entire game, having put up 447 yards of total offense, 27 first downs, and five touchdown. Georgetown managed 241 total yards with 15 first downs, but no touchdowns and a lone field goal to score. Final score of the game:  35–3.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Semifinals, #5 Saint Xavier vs. #1 Marian
Fifth-ranked Saint Xavier upset and eliminated top-ranked Marian in the semifinal round of the NAIA National Championship game.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Semifinals, #5 Saint Xavier vs. #1 Marian
In many key statistical areas, Marian out-paced Saint Xavier:  Total Yards (488–327); first downs (20–17); and yards per play (6.5–5.0). But Marian also gave up two interceptions for 28 yards and Saint Xavier managed to score 4 touchdowns and hold Marian to 3, leading Saint Xavier to a three-point victory:  30–27 and a berth in the national title game.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Championship Game
The 2011 NAIA National Championship Game was played between #5 Saint Xavier and #2 Carroll.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Championship Game, First quarter
The game started off with a field goal and touchdown in the first quarter by underdog Saint Xavier. Tom Lynch kicked a good 20 yard field goal and later teammate Jimmy Coy pushed an 8-yard run to the end zone for a touchdown. Tom Lynch kicked the extra point and made the score 10–0 for Saint Xavier.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Championship Game, Second quarter
Carroll took possession after a punt and with 5:17 on the clock in the second quarter, Dane Broadhead completed a 20-yard pass to Matt Ritter for a touchdown, and Tom Yaremko's extra point kick was good to bring the score within three.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Championship Game, Second quarter
On the ensuing kickoff, Carroll's Anthony Clarke and Casey Norbeck teamed up to tackle Saint Xavier's Wes Gastel after a 43-yard return to Carroll's 49 yard line. Ten plays later, Saint Xavier's Jimmy Coy threw an 11-yard pass to Shane Zakery for  a touchdown, and Lynch's second extra point of the game put the score to 17–7.


2011 NAIA Football National Championship, Game details, Championship Game, Second quarter
Five plays later, Carroll scored another touchdown, helped by Dane Broadhead's back-to-back 25+ yard passes, the second for a touchdown to Anthony Clarke with 39 seconds left in the half. Tom Yaremko's extra point kick was good and the score at the half ended Saint Xavier 17, Carroll 14.