2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 5
Following a Jason Heyward strikeout, Javier Báez singled on a bunt to load the bases with one out. David Ross hit a sacrifice fly to score Zobrist, but Lester struck out to end the inning. Bauer was removed from the game after pitching four innings, but the Cubs could do no further damage. Leading 3–1, Lester allowed a run in the sixth following a single and stolen base by Rajai Davis and a Francisco Lindor single. Lester was lifted with the 3–2 lead after six innings. Carl Edwards Jr. replaced Lester in the seventh and gave up a single.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 5
Following a flyout, Cub manager Joe Maddon went to closer Aroldis Chapman for an eight-out save. Chapman closed out the seventh and gave up a single to Davis in the eighth. Davis stole second and third, but Chapman stranded him there. In the ninth, Chapman retired the side, striking out Ramírez to end the game and extend the series to a Game 6 in Cleveland.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 6
The series returned to Cleveland with the Cubs looking to force a seventh game while the Indians looked to win the series. Cubs starter Jake Arrieta took the mound for the Cubs while Josh Tomlin took the hill for the Indians. The game started well for the Indians as Tomlin retired the first two batters easily and moved to an 0–2 count on Kris Bryant. However, Bryant drove Tomlin's next pitch over the left field wall to give the Cubs an early 1–0 lead.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 6
Anthony Rizzo followed the homer with a single and Ben Zobrist singled to move Rizzo to third. Addison Russell hit a fly ball to right-center that looked to end the inning, but ended up falling between the Indians outfielders and scored Rizzo. Zobrist also scored on the play knocking over Indians catcher Roberto Pérez to give the Cubs an early 3–0 lead. Arrieta cruised through the first two innings for the Cubs. In the third, Kyle Schwarber led off the inning with a walk. Bryant flied out and Rizzo singled.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 6
Zobrist singled again to load the bases and chase Tomlin from the game. Dan Otero, replacing Tomlin, pushed Russell to a 2–0 count before Russell belted a homer to deep left-center field for a grand slam. The Cubs lead ballooned to 7–0 and a seventh game seemed likely. In the fifth, Arrieta allowed a double to Jason Kipnis and he scored on a Mike Napoli single to reduce the lead by one. In the fifth, Kipnis further reduced the lead with a solo home run to left putting the Cubs up 7–2.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 6
Following a walk by Arrieta in the sixth, Mike Montgomery replaced him on the mound to induce a groundout to end the inning. In the seventh, Montgomery walked Pérez and gave up a Kipnis single with two outs. Cubs manager Joe Maddon again called on Cub closer Aroldis Chapman and he induced a groundout by Francisco Lindor to end the inning. Chapman gave up a single in the eighth, but got a double play to end the inning. In the ninth, with two outs, Bryant singled for his fourth hit of the game.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 6
Rizzo homered to push the Cub lead back to seven at 9–2. On the verge of pushing the series to a seventh game, Chapman walked the first batter and was replaced by Pedro Strop. After giving up a run-scoring single to Pérez and walking Carlos Santana, Travis Wood entered to get the final out and force a game seven in the series.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
With the series tied at three games apiece, the Cubs sent regular season ERA leader Kyle Hendricks to the mound. The Indians countered with Corey Kluber, winner of Games 1 and 4. Things started well for the Cubs as Dexter Fowler led off the game with a home run to straight away center to give the Cubs an early 1–0 lead. Hendricks held the Indians scoreless until the third when Coco Crisp doubled, was moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Roberto Pérez, and scored on a single by Carlos Santana.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
The Cubs jumped back out in front in the fourth when Kris Bryant singled, Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch, and Ben Zobrist forced Rizzo at second. Addison Russell hit a shallow fly ball to left field which allowed Bryant to tag and score to put the Cubs up 2–1. Willson Contreras followed the sacrifice fly with a double to right-center field to score Zobrist and the Cubs were up 3–1. The lead increased in the fifth when Javier Báez homered on the first pitch of the inning to drive Kluber from the game.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
Andrew Miller, who had dominated the postseason, entered the game. Following a single by Fowler, Kyle Schwarber grounded in to a double play and Miller looked to have escaped the inning. But, Bryant coaxed a walk on a nine-pitch at bat and scored from first on a single to right by Rizzo to make the lead 5–1. Hendricks, who had seemingly settled down, got the first two outs in the bottom of the fifth, but walked Santana. Cub manager Joe Maddon pulled Hendricks to be replaced by Games 1 and 5 starter, Jon Lester.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
Lester allowed a dribbler in front of the plate by Jason Kipnis, but David Ross, who had entered the game with Lester and was playing in his final major league game, threw wildly to first allowing runners to advance to second and third. Lester uncorked a wild pitch that bounced off Ross's mask and scored both runners, tightening the lead to 5–3. Ross partially atoned for the error in the sixth with a homer to center field to bring the lead to 6–3. Lester allowed runners in the sixth and the seventh, but held the Indians without a run.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
In the eighth, after retiring the first two batters, Lester allowed a single up the middle to José Ramírez. Maddon had seen enough and brought Aroldis Chapman, pitching in his third straight game, into the contest. Brandon Guyer promptly doubled to score Ramirez and reduce the lead to two. Rajai Davis then stunned the Cubs by homering to left to tie the game at six. In the ninth, Ross walked and was pinch run for by Chris Coghlan. Jason Heyward grounded into a force play, but then stole second and advanced on a bad throw by Yan Gomes. With two strikes, Báez attempted to bunt, but fouled out. Fowler grounded out to end the threat. Surprisingly, Chapman returned to the mound in the ninth and retired the Indians in order to force extra innings.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
However, before the tenth inning could start, rain delayed the game for 17 minutes. During this rain delay, Heyward called a player's meeting in the visiting clubhouse's weight room to rally the team. Schwarber singled upon resumption of play and was pinch run for by Albert Almora Jr. Almora advanced to second on a sacrifice fly by Bryant and the Indians chose to walk Rizzo to face Zobrist. Zobrist responded by doubling down the left field line off Bryan Shaw to score Almora. Shaw then intentionally walked Russell to load the bases.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
Miguel Montero, in the game after Ross was lifted for a pinch runner, scored Rizzo on a single up the middle to move the lead to 8–6. Game 2 and 5 starter Trevor Bauer then retired Heyward and Báez to end the inning. Carl Edwards, Jr. was called on by Maddon to end the Cubs World Series drought in the bottom of the tenth. Edwards retired the first two batters with ease, but walked Guyer. Davis followed up his game-tying homer by singling to score Guyer and reduce the lead to one.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, Game 7
With the Indians out of position players, Michael Martínez, who had entered the game as a defensive replacement, came to the plate with two outs. Maddon countered with Mike Montgomery. On the second pitch by Montgomery, Martínez hit a soft grounder to Bryant who threw to Rizzo at first to end the game and the World Series. The win broke the Cubs' 108-year World Series drought. Zobrist, who batted .357 in the series and led all players with 10 hits, was named World Series MVP. Many baseball sources have called this game "one of the greatest Game 7's ever played."


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason, World Series, World Series Roster
N.B. : Tommy La Stella had been on the roster for the 2016 National League Division Series, but was replaced by Rob Zastryzny for the 2016 National League Championship Series. Zastryzny was replaced by Kyle Schwarber on the roster for the 2016 World Series.


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases


2016 Chicago Cubs season, Postseason statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2016 Chicago Eagles season
The 2016 Chicago Eagles season was the team's first season and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). The Eagles were one of 12 teams in the CIF for the 2016 season, they played in the 6-team Northern Division.


2016 Chicago Eagles season
The Eagles played their home games at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, under the direction of head coach Tim Arvanitis.


2016 Chicago Eagles season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated April 12, 201626 Active, 1 Inactive


2016 Chicago Fire season
The 2016 Chicago Fire season was the club's 21st year of existence, as well as their 19th season in Major League Soccer and their 19th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.


2016 Chicago Fire season
On November 24, 2015 Veljko Paunović, coach of the 2015 World Cup champions Serbia U-20 team, was announced as the Chicago Fire's new head coach.


2016 Chicago Fire season
Chicago Fire began the regular season on March 6, 2016 with a home match against New York City FC. The Men in Red finished the regular season on October 23, 2016 with an away match against Toronto FC. The club has missed the playoffs for the sixth time in the past seven years.


2016 Chicago Fire season
The loss on the road to Vancouver Whitecaps on May 11, 2016 was the Fire's 28th straight match (19L, 9T) without a road win. This surpassed the New York Red Bulls for the longest road winless streak in MLS history. With the away loss to Real Salt Lake on August 6, 2016 the streak extended to 36 matches (27L, 9T). The two-years and 28 days long streak finally ended when the Fire defeated Montreal Impact, 3-0, on the road on August 20, 2016. It was the first victory away from home since the Fire beat the New England Revolution, 1-0, in Foxborough, MA on July 12, 2014.


2016 Chicago Fire season
Chicago Fire became the first team in MLS history to finish last in the overall table two years in a row.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Player movement, Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Standings, Results summary
Last updated: October 23, 2016Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Chicago Fire season, Match results, U.S. Open Cup
The Chicago Fire entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round. Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)


2016 Chicago Fire season, Stats, Leading scorers
Italics indicate player who departed the club during the season. Updated to match played on October 23, 2016.Source:


2016 Chicago Fire season, Stats, National team participation
Four Fire players have been called up to play for their senior national teams during this season.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, MLS 24 under 24
Chicago Fire midfielder Matt Polster was selected to Major League Soccer's "24 under 24" list, an annual ranking of the top players in the league under the age of 24.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, Team annual awards
Forward/midfielder David Accam was named the team's Most Valuable Player and Golden Boot winner for the second year in a row in both categories. In 24 league matches Accam scored nine goals and had five assists. Accam also had team-high 14 goals across all competitions of the season.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, Team annual awards
In his first year with the club Johan Kappelhof was named the Defensive Player of the Year. Tied with Jonathan Campbell for a team-high 33 league appearances, Kappelhof made 85 clearances, 17 blocks and 113 interceptions during his first MLS campaign.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Recognition, Team annual awards
Goalkeeper Sean Johnson was chosen Section 8 Chicago Supporters' Player of the Year.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Kits, Primary kit
The new primary kit for 2016 season was officially unveiled on January 25, 2016. The jersey features an all-red design with the return of the iconic white bar across the chest. The Chicago city flag embossed on the lower front for the jersey's jock tag.


2016 Chicago Fire season, Kits, Secondary kit
According to the league's bi-annual rotation of kits the secondary kit carried over from the previous season. It was originally unveiled on March 2, 2015. The design and details were inspired by the City of Chicago flag.


2016 Chicago Marathon
The 2016 Chicago Marathon was the 39th edition of the marathon race in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was held October 9. Over 37,000 runners took part in the marathon. Florence Kiplagat of Kenya defended her women's title with a winning time of 2:21:32 hours, while her countryman Abel Kirui took the men's race in 2:11:23 hours. The top finishing Americans were Serena Burla in seventh in the women's division and Diego Estrada in eighth in the men's.


2016 Chicago Marathon
The women's wheelchair marathon was won for a sixth consecutive time by American Tatyana McFadden in 1:42:28 hours, one second clear of Manuela Schär. Marcel Hug defeated the defending champion Kurt Fearnley in the men's race with 1:32:57 hours and also a one-second margin of victory.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season
The 2016 Chicago Red Stars season was the eighth season of the soccer club and its fourth season in National Women's Soccer League.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season
After a banner 2015 season, the team expected to do well again. The club ended the regular season at third place, and played the play-off semi-final at Boyds, Maryland against Washington Spirit on September 30, falling 2–1 and did not reach the championship match.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season
This season the Red Stars returned to Toyota Park for its home games, where it last played on a regular basis during its 2010 season in Women's Professional Soccer league. In 2016 season, the Red Stars honored the retirements of several long time members; Michelle Lomnicki, Julianne Sitch, Jackie Santacaterina, and Lori Chalupny. The jersey number 17 worn by Chalupny, a 3-year captain, an Olympic gold medalist and a FIFA world champion was retired in honor of her accomplishments.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season
After the season, National team coach Jill Ellis called up 5 Red Stars, Christen Press, Alyssa Naeher, Arin Gilliland, Casey Short and Danielle Colaprico to national team training camp. On October 7, NWSL announced the voting results of NWSL Best XI and NWSL Second XI; while Press and Gilliland were named to Best XI; 5 Red Stars, Naeher, Julie Johnston, Short, Colaprico and Vanessa DiBernardo were named to NWSL Second XI.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season
In the off-season 8 Red Stars, the highest number in team history, went to play in Australia on loan to W-League sides; Samantha Johnson to Melbourne Victory;Jen Hoy and Arin Gilliland to Newcastle Jets;Alyssa Mautz and Vannesa DiBernardo to Perth Glory;and Katie Naughton, Danielle Colaprico and Sofia Huerta to Adelaide United. Chicago Red Stars loaned the largest number of players to W-League, 4 more than any other NWSL club.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Players who are under contract to play for the club in 2016 NWSL season.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Players selected by the club in 2016 NWSL College Draft.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Naughton, Gorden and Raetzman joined the Red Stars first team; Flaws, Jordan, C Johnson and Ellenwood joined the Red Stars Reserves team which competes in Women's Premier Soccer League. Janelle Flaws played for 45 minutes in NWSL regular season, in an away match against Washington on July 9.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, First-team squad
Amateur players listed below were called up during the absence of international players training or playing for the national team at the 2016 Olympics or international friendly


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, Match results, Preseason
On February 8 Chicago Red Stars announced its preseason schedule.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, Squad statistics
Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK – Goalkeeper


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, Chicago Red Stars team awards
On October 5 Chicago Red Stars announced the winners of 2016 team awards. For the third time in 3 years Julie Johnston was the recipient of the award for Defensive Most Valuable Player. For second consecutive year, Christen Press was named the Most Valuable Player, and Vanessa DiBernardo the Unsung Hero. New Red Star Alyssa Naeher, with 75% save percentage, was named the Iron Women of Character, while another new Red Star Casey Short was named the Rookie of the Year.


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, Chicago Red Stars team awards
Christen Press (received this same award in second consecutive year)


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, Chicago Red Stars team awards
Julie Johnston  (received this same award in third consecutive year)


2016 Chicago Red Stars season, Chicago Red Stars team awards
Vanessa DiBernardo (received this same award in second consecutive year)


2016 Chicago Sky season
The 2016 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 11th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).


2016 Chicago Sky season, Offseason, Draft picks
The Sky made the following selections in the 2016 WNBA draft:


2016 Chicago Sky season, Playoffs
The Sky's 18–16 regular season record was good for second in the Eastern Conference and fourth overall in the WNBA. This standing led to Chicago being seeded fourth and being granted an automatic bye from the first of two single elimination rounds. In the second single elimination round, the Sky drew sixth-seeded Atlanta, defeating the Dream 108–98 and advancing to the best-of-five semifinal round. The Sky fell to second-seeded Los Angeles in the semifinals, losing in four games.


2016 Chicago White Sox season
The 2016 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 117th season in Chicago and 116th in the American League. The White Sox wore a black diamond patch on the uniform in honor of the late Eddie Einhorn, minority owner of the team. Despite a strong start by the team, they finished the season in fourth place in the AL Central.


2016 Chicago White Sox season
The White Sox tied a major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in a 10–8 defeat to Toronto on June 25.


2016 Chicago White Sox season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; SB = Stolen bases


2016 Chicago White Sox season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2016 Chilean telethon
The 2016 Chilean telethon (Spanish: Teletón 2016) is the 28th version of the solidarity campaign to be held in Chile, which wants to raise funds for the rehabilitation of children with motor disabilities. It will be held from the Teatro Teletón from 22:00 on Friday, December 2 until 21:00 on Saturday, December 3 and from Julio Martínez National Stadium from 22:00 in its final stretch. The child symbol or "ambassador" of this edition is Vicente Jopia. Its slogan is El abrazo de Chile (The hug of Chile).


2016 Chilean telethon
The event ended fulfilling the goal with a final count of CLP32,040,179,848.


2016 Chilean telethon, Broadcasting
The transmission of the event will be held jointly by all television channels grouped in the National Association of Television of Chile (ANATEL):


2016 Chiloé earthquake
The 2016 Chiloé earthquake with a magnitude of Mww 7.6 struck that 225 kilometres (140 mi) south-west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile at 11:22 local time, 25 December. The earthquake triggered a tsunami warning on coasts located up to 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from the quake's epicentre, generating massive evacuation across the Greater Chiloé Island, after advice from the Chilean government. Although there was damage in some parts of the island, the government reported no casualties.


2016 Chiloé earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake occurred as a result of shallow thrust faulting in southern Chile. At the location of the earthquake, the oceanic Nazca plate converges with and subducts beneath the South America plate in an east-northeast direction, at a rate of approximately 73 mm/yr. The location, depth and shallow thrusting focal mechanism solution all indicate this earthquake likely occurred on the subduction zone interface.


2016 Chin United season
Chin United Football Club is a Burmese football club, based at Chin State, Myanmar. The club is one of the two teams representing Chin State along with GFA FC.


2016 Chin United season, 2016 Current Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 China Amateur Football League
The 2016 China Amateur Football League season was the 15th season since its establishment in 2002. It is the highest amateur association football league in PR China with some semi-professional clubs. 44 clubs were qualified for the second round.


2016 China Amateur Football League, First round
China Amateur Football League includes 44 regional leagues. Number of teams: 1000+


2016 China Championship (snooker)
The 2016 Evergrande China Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 November 2016 in Guangzhou, China.


2016 China Championship (snooker)
It was the first staging of the tournament, and the plans were for it to become a full ranking event for the following three years, with the biggest prize pool for any event ever held outside the UK previously.


2016 China Championship (snooker)
John Higgins became the inaugural winner by beating Stuart Bingham 10–7 in the final.


2016 China Championship (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:


2016 China Championship (snooker), Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stands at £TBD.


2016 China Championship (snooker), Seeding list
The top 10 snooker players on the ranking list after the Shanghai Masters, along with the top 4 players on the one year prize money ranking list were invited to participate in the event. The remaining two players (Marco Fu and Liang Wenbo) were selected by the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association. Mark Williams became eligible to participate after the withdrawal of world number 10 Ronnie O'Sullivan from the competition, as he was next in line to qualify through his official world ranking.


2016 China Formula 4 Championship
The 2016 China Formula 4 Championship season (Shell Cup FIA F4 Chinese Championship) was the second season of the China Formula 4 Championship. It began on 23 April at the Zhuhai International Circuit and finished on 6 November at the Guangdong International Circuit after five triple-header rounds, all of them co-hosted with the China Formula Grand Prix championship.


2016 China Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar and results
A five–round provisional calendar was revealed on 31 December 2015. All rounds were held in China and, as opposed to the previous season, was not be spread over two years. The calendar was slightly revised on 10 March. A later update changed the venue of the season finale from Guangdong to Zhuhai.


2016 China International Suzhou
The 2016 China International Suzhou is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is the second edition of the tournament, which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place in Suzhou, China from October 24 to October 30, 2016.


2016 China International Suzhou, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 China International Suzhou – Doubles
Lee Hsin-han and Denys Molchanov were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 China International Suzhou – Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Alexander Kudryavtsev won the title after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi and Jonathan Eysseric 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] in the final.


2016 China International Suzhou – Singles
Dudi Sela was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 China International Suzhou – Singles
Lu Yen-hsun won the title after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6–0, 6–1 in the final.


2016 China League One
The 58.com 2016 Chinese Football Association China League (Chinese: 58同城2016中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 13th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.


2016 China League One, Teams
A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the 2015 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2015 China League Two.


2016 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team. Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.


2016 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2016 China League One, Clubs, Foreign players
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):


2016 China League One, Awards
The awards of 2016 China League One were announced on 9 November 2016.


2016 China League One, League Attendance
Updated to games played on 2016-10-22Source: Notes:† Teams played previous season in CSL.‡ Teams played previous season in CL2.


2016 China League Two
The 2016 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 27th season since its establishment in 1989. It was divided into two groups, North and South. The league was expanded to 20 teams, with 10 teams in North Group and 10 teams in South Group.


2016 China League Two, Play-offs, Semi-finals, Second leg
3–3 on aggregate. Baoding Yingli ETS won on away goals.


2016 China League Two, Awards
The awards of 2016 China League Two were announced on 11 November 2016.


2016 China League Two, Attendance
Note:† Teams played previous season in CL1. ‡ Teams played previous season in CAL. Source: ,


2016 China Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2016 China Masters Grand Prix Gold is the seventh Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China on 19–24 April 2016 and has a total purse of $150,000.


2016 China Open (snooker)
The 2016 BAIC Motor China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 28 March and 3 April 2016 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2015–16 season.


2016 China Open (snooker)
Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he withdrew for personal reasons.


2016 China Open (snooker)
Judd Trump defeated Ricky Walden 10–4 in the final to win his fifth career ranking title.


2016 China Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 China Open (snooker), Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £15,000, but was not won.


2016 China Open (snooker), Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 28 March 2016.


2016 China Open (snooker), Qualifying
These matches were played from 9–11 February 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England, except for 4 matches which were held over to be played in Beijing on 28 March 2016. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2016 China Open (tennis)
The 2016 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the China Open for the men (20th for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2016 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 3 to October 9, 2016.


2016 China Open (tennis), ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 China Open (tennis), ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2016 China Open (tennis), ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 China Open (tennis), WTA singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 China Open (tennis), WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 China Open Super Series Premier
The 2016 China Open Super Series Premier was the eleventh Superseries tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament will take place in Fuzhou, China from November 15–20, 2016 with a total prize money of $700,000. For the first time in the history of this super series tournament, none of the Chinese players won any title.


2016 China Open – Men's Doubles
Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but Pospisil chose to play in Tokyo instead. Sock played alongside Bernard Tomic but lost in the final to Pablo Carreño Busta and Rafael Nadal, who won 6−7(6−8), 6−2, [10−8].


2016 China Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the four-time defending champion, but withdrew with an elbow injury before the tournament began.


2016 China Open – Men's Singles
Andy Murray won the title, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2).


2016 China Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hingis played alongside Coco Vandeweghe, but lost in the second round to Julia Görges and Karolína Plíšková. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the second round to Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez.


2016 China Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 6−4, 6−4.


2016 China Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 China Open – Women's Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska won the 2016 China Open Women's Singles tennis title, defeating Johanna Konta in the final, 6–4, 6–2. Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Petra Kvitová.


2016 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 China Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The four Wuhan semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:


2016 China floods
In mid-June 2016, severe weather such as heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and hail began across southern China, triggering deadly floods. Over the following month, additional rain events exacerbated flooding and affected more of the country. Areas along the Yangtze River and Huai River have been particularly hard-hit. An estimated 32 million people across 26 provinces were affected and more than 200 people were killed. 280,000 hectares (700,000 acres) of cropland was destroyed, with state damage estimates of around US$5.73 billion. According to Aon Benfield, the damage estimate has reached US$22 billion. Flooding of this magnitude was last seen in the country in 1998. The floods destroyed over 23,600 houses and left 3,600 refugees homeless.


2016 China floods, Background
During the late spring and early summer, a semi-permanent frontal boundary—called the meiyu front—emerges across eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan. This feature leads to prolonged periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms which frequently cause damage. Rainfall along this boundary tends to be particularly heavy in post-El Niño summers such as the summer of 2016.


2016 China floods, Impact
Heavy rainfall in South China began on 14 June, resulting in floods that killed 14 people. Over the following week, flooding spread across seven provinces and claimed a further 22 lives. By 20 June, at least 3.7 million people had been affected by the disaster and 197,000 were displaced. At least 10,500 homes collapsed and damage reached ¥2.7 billion (US$410 million). On 23 June, a violent EF4 tornado devastated communities in Funing and Sheyang Counties within Jiangsu. At least 99 people were killed and 846 others were injured, making it the deadliest tornado to hit China in half a century.


2016 China floods, Impact
By the end of June, much of Eastern China suffered from flooding with areas along the Yangtze River experiencing the worst effects. More than 200,000 homes were damaged and economic losses reached ¥29 billion (US$4.4 billion).


2016 China floods, Impact
On 2 July, 23 people were killed and 7 injured when a landslide engulfed a village in Bijie, Guizhou. Photos of two pig farmers on their submerged farm in Lu'an, Anhui went viral leading to 6,000 pigs being rescued from rising waters. The outskirts of Liuzhou, Guangxi was flooded by the swollen Liu River. 35 people were killed after a landslide hit a village in the Kunlun Mountains, Xinjiang on 7 July.


2016 China floods, Impact
Some areas in northern, central and eastern parts of China have been affected by severe weather, resulting in floods and landslides. By July 28, there were 162 missing and 417 flood deaths were recorded. As a result, The China National Commission for Disaster Management and the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued 16 four-level national responses. However, there is no international support.


2016 China floods, Impact
The floods in Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Liaoning and Heilongjiang have had a major impact on China, and the persistent severe weather has affected the southern regions, such as Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. By September 19, typhoons Meranti and Malakas had caused damage to 16 cities and 107 counties. Therefore, the China National Disaster Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) and Ministry of Civil Affairs issued four levels of emergency measures for the Fujian and Zhejiang regions. From September 18 to September 22, more than 8,000 people need assistance, and even 5,400 people need to be moved to temporary housing. 14 people were confirmed dead and 9 others lost contact.


2016 China floods, Impact, Hubei
Wuhan saw 570 mm (22 in) of rainfall during the first week of July, surpassing the record that fell on the city in 1991. A red alert for heavy rainfall was issued on 2 July, the same day that eight people died after a 15-metre (49 ft) section of a 2 m (6.6 ft) tall wall collapsed on top of them. The city's subway system, the Wuhan Metro was partially submerged as was the main railway station. In Ezhou, the Mingtang Stadium was flooded, waterlogging the entire pitch within the bowl structure. At least 27 people were killed in the province and 400,000 required evacuation. Flooding encompassed 500,000 hectares (1,200,000 acres) of crops; 15,000 homes collapsed or sustained major damage, and economic losses reached ¥5.7 billion (US$850 million).


2016 China floods, Reactions
On 6 July, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang toured Anhui, Hubei and Hunan and called on local officials to prepare for more flooding. At the same time, Chinese Paramount leader Xi Jinping dispatched the Chinese army and armed police to help with flood relief efforts. Media reports have suggested that Typhoon Nepartak may worsen the flooding when it makes landfall traveling from Taiwan.


2016 China-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament
The 2016 China-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament was the 2nd edition of the China-ASEAN International Youth Football Tournament. The competition began on 21 February and ended on 25 February 2016.


2016 China–Japan–Korea Friendship Athletic Meeting
The 3rd China–Japan–Korea Friendship Athletic Meeting were held at the Gimcheon Stadium in Gimcheon, Korea on July 3, 2016.


2016 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 Chinese Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 7 May to 15 May 2016 in Hefei, Anhui.


2016 Chinese FA Cup
Yanjing Beer 2016 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 燕京啤酒2016中国足球协会杯) was the 18th edition of the Chinese FA Cup and the 60th anniversary of the Chinese National Cup. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao beat the defending champions Jiangsu Suning on away goals in the final to win their second title.


2016 Chinese FA Cup, Home Advantage Decision
According to Chinese FA Cup Procedure, In each round, home team advantages are decided as follows.


2016 Chinese FA Cup, Final, 2nd Leg
Assistant referees: Lim Kok Heng (Singapore) Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)Fourth official: Tan Hai


2016 Chinese FA Cup, Final, 2nd Leg
3–3 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won on away goals.


2016 Chinese FA Cup, Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl incident
On 11 May 2016, an on-field brawl occurred in the third-round game of FA Cup between amateur club Wuhan Hongxing and first tier club Jiangsu Suning. Jiangsu's striker Ge Wei scored in the 7th minute of stoppage time as Jiangsu edged Wuhan Hongxing 1–0 and advanced to the next round. Players and staff of Wuhan Hongxing lost control and attacked their counterparts following the final whistle. Jiangsu's Xie Pengfei was hit onto the ground by several Wuhan players, while scorer Ge Wei was injured on his rib; many other Jiangsu's players also suffered injuries in the melee. Some reporters from Jiangsu were also assaulted in the incident. Jiangsu's staff Wu Bo, who was recording the match, was beaten up by a group of unidentified people.


2016 Chinese FA Cup, Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl incident
Jiangsu Suning left Wuhan on a high-speed train immediately after the match. The officials of Wuhan Hongxing condemned the brawl and vowed to punish the players involved later that day. They also emphasized that the cause of the brawl could not ascribed to Wuhan only as they believed the goal celebration of Jiangsu was a deliberate provocation. On 12 May 2016, Wuhan Hongxing issued an apology to Jiangsu and announced that five players who were involved the brawl had been sacked by the club. However, Wuhan was exposed to use ineligible players in the match on the same day.


2016 Chinese FA Cup, Wuhan Hongxing–Jiangsu Suning brawl incident
On 20 May 2016, the Chinese Football Association published the survey results and punishments. Jiangsu was awarded a 3–0 win. Wuhan Hongxing Bairun F.C. was fined 200,000 RMB and banned from all future matches organised by the Chinese Football Association. Six players and two staff of Wuhan received a life ban from football, four players of Wuhan received a 36-month ban from football and ten players of Wuhan received a 24-month ban from football.


2016 Chinese FA Super Cup
Chang'an Ford 2016 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: 长安福特2016中国足球协会超级杯) was the 14th Chinese FA Super Cup. The match was played at Chongqing Olympic Sports Center on 27 February 2016, contested by Super League winners Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and FA Cup winners Jiangsu Suning. Guangzhou Evergrande beat Jiangsu Suning 2–0, thus winning their second Chinese FA Super Cup title after losing in recent three years.


2016 Chinese FA Women's Super Cup
2016 Chinese FA Women's Super Cup (Chinese: 2016中国足球协会女子超级杯) was the 15th Chinese FA Women's Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of Chinese Women's Super League and Chinese Women's Football Championship competitions. The match was played at Huizhou Olympic Stadium on 12 November 2016, and contested by 2016 Chinese Women's Super League winners Dalian Quanjian and 2016 Chinese Women's Football Championship winners Tianjin Huisen. Tianjin Huisen won the match in the penalty shoot-out.


2016 Chinese Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 Chinese Figure Skating Championships (Chinese: 2015/2016年度全国花样滑冰锦标赛) was held on December 26 and 27, 2015 in Harbin. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2016 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race which was held on 17 April 2016 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the third round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the thirteenth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was convincingly won by Nico Rosberg, who finished over 30 seconds ahead of second-placed Sebastian Vettel. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton suffered a number of setbacks both in qualifying and during the race itself, eventually finishing in 7th place.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix
This race had a record-breaking 161 overtakes, breaking the previous record of 147 set at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following widespread criticism of the controversial "elimination" qualifying format used in Australia and Bahrain, the system was abandoned for the Chinese Grand Prix and the three-period system used between 2006 and 2015 was reintroduced.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Fernando Alonso returned to racing for the McLaren team after being ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix due to injuries sustained during an accident in the Australian Grand Prix.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the medium, soft and super-soft tyres for this race weekend.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2016 season, two ninety-minute practice sessions were held on Friday and another one-hour session was held before qualifying on Saturday. In the first session, Nico Rosberg was fastest, setting a time of 1:38.037, 0.146 seconds ahead of teammate Hamilton, with Sebastian Vettel in third. There was an early red flag period as Felipe Massa spun out in turn 6, triggered by a deflated left rear tyre, which reoccurred when he came back to the track later in the session.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
A similar problem caught out Kevin Magnussen later on, who suffered a broken suspension in the process and crashed. This debris brought out the red flag again. Overall, about thirty minutes of runtime were lost due to the pauses. Lewis Hamilton had set the early tempo, but spun out twice at turn 11, reporting issues with his brakes. Championship leader Nico Rosberg was not without problems as well, as he nursed his car back into pitlane near the end of the session, caused by a fault in the power unit.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The two Ferrari drivers topped the timesheets in the second session on Friday afternoon, with Kimi Räikkönen one tenth of a second ahead of Vettel. Rosberg and Hamilton were third and fourth respectively, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. After quick laps on the supersoft tyre compounds, the teams then turned to race simulation runs on higher fuel loads, with Mercedes splitting their drivers on the soft and medium compounds, while Ferrari continued their long runs on the supersoft tyres. Esteban Gutiérrez encountered problems when his rear brakes caught fire, causing him to spend much of the session in the garage. Following his crash in the first session, Magnussen did not take part as his team investigated the reason for his tyre failure.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Ferrari were again on top in the third practice session on Saturday morning, as Vettel set the fastest time. Rain had fallen before the session and only eased off halfway into the sixty minute practice, leading to the cars staying inside the garages until fifteen minutes in. It was not until thirty minutes in that Räikkönen was the first to set a timed lap. Vettel did not head onto the track until there were just 22 minutes remaining. By this stage, the surface had dried out enough for intermediate tyres.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Eventually, Vettel set a time of 1:57.351, seven-tenths of a second ahead of Valtteri Bottas and more than a second faster than third placed Sergio Pérez. Only 14 drivers set a timed lap, with both Mercedes cars and others just taking a few installation laps. Marcus Ericsson was confined to just one short outing, after a technical problem had kept him in the pitlane for most of the session.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Daniel Ricciardo beat pole-sitter Nico Rosberg into the first corner for the lead. Behind the pair Sebastian Vettel collided with his teammate Kimi Räikkönen while trying to avoid Red Bull Racing's Daniil Kvyat. Both Ferraris were able to continue the race. Further down the pack Romain Grosjean picked up some damage as well, while Lewis Hamilton collided with Felipe Nasr and got his front wing caught under his car. Räikkönen, Grosjean, Hamilton and Nasr all made a pit-stop at the end of the first lap.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Ricciardo kept the lead until his left-rear tyre failed during lap 3 on the long straight between turns 13 and 14. Rosberg overtook him and he swiftly went to the pit lane for a new set of tyres, dropping him down the field. One lap later the Safety Car was deployed to allow the stewards to clear debris from the track. Kvyat, Pérez, Vettel, Hülkenberg, Sainz, Button, Bottas, Verstappen, Ericsson and Magnussen all elected to make a pit-stop during this safety car period to pick up fresh tyres. Vettel had his damaged front wing changed as well. Rosberg elected to stay out, however. Hamilton came to the pit lane as well, but returned just one lap later to change his set of red-banded supersoft tyres for a set of yellow-banded soft ones.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
After 9 laps, the order was as follows: Rosberg, Massa, Alonso, Wehrlein, Gutiérrez, Kvyat, Palmer, Pérez, Bottas, Button. One lap later the Safety Car returned to the pit lane and normal racing resumed. Rosberg quickly created a gap between him and the cars behind, while Kvyat climbed into fourth place. Both Vettel and Hamilton started to move through the field after having dropped back to 15th and 21st, respectively, due to their pitstops.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
A second round of pitstops occurred from lap 15 until lap 21, concluding with Rosberg coming in for just his first stop having amassed a comfortable lead and Hamilton making his fourth stop. Rosberg now led ahead of Kvyat, while Vettel climbed into 3rd position ahead of Massa, Pérez, Ericsson, Bottas, Alonso and Sainz.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Alonso was quickly overtaken by faster cars behind him, dropping outside of the top ten by lap 27. The top four remained unchanged until Massa switched tyres in lap 31. Four laps later, Kvyat and Vettel came into the pit lane simultaneously at the end of lap 35. Kvyat stayed ahead initially, but the German overtook him during the next lap. The top three then remained unchallenged for the remainder of the race. Ricciardo passed Hamilton and Massa to take fourth place during lap 43, and was able to keep the position until the end.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton climbed as high as fifth position but was unable to pass the Williams of Massa and was then overtaken himself by Ricciardo and Räikkönen, settling for seventh place. Bottas seemed to be heading for 8th place until he was overtaken by teammates Verstappen and Sainz within the last three laps, thus ultimately taking tenth place. Pérez took eleventh place ahead of the McLarens of Alonso and Button. Hülkenberg finished 14th and Gutiérrez 15th. Ericsson, Magnussen, Wehrlein, Grosjean, Nasr, Haryanto and Palmer rounded-up the finishers, ensuring that the entire grid had finished the race.


2016 Chinese Grand Prix, Report, Race
Nico Rosberg took his third victory of the season and his sixth in a row. He extended his championship lead to 36 points.


2016 Chinese Super League
The 2016 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League (Chinese: 2016中国平安中国足球协会超级联赛) was the 13th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their sixth consecutive title of the league.


2016 Chinese Super League
The run-up to the season saw clubs spend £200 million on players.


2016 Chinese Super League, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to five per CSL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries, although only four (one AFC countries player at least) can be on the field at any one time.


2016 Chinese Super League, Foreign players
Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 doesn't count on the foreign or Asian player slot in CSL)


2016 Chinese Super League, League attendance
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2016 Chinese Super League, Awards
The awards of 2016 Chinese Super League were announced on 5 November 2016.


2016 Chinese Taipei Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 Chinese Taipei Figure Skating Championships took place between 1 and 2 August 2016 at the Taipei Arena in Taipei. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior, junior, and novice levels.


2016 Chinese Taipei Masters
The 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix will be the 16th grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament will be held at the Hsing Chuang Gymnasium in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei on October 11–16, 2016 and has a total purse of $55,000.


2016 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold
The 2016 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, parallel with the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix, is the eighth/ninth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament will be held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on 28 June – 3 July 2016 and has a total purse of $200,000.


2016 Chinese Women's Super League
The 2016 Chinese Women's Super League season was the league's second season in the league's current incarnation, and the 20th total season of the women's association football league in China.


2016 Chinese Women's Super League, Results
Jiangsu Suning won its playoff match against lower-division CWFL Zhejiang to remain in the CWSL. People's Liberation Army F.C. were relegated to the lower division league.


2016 Chonburi F.C. season
The 2016 season is Chonburi's 11th season in the Thai Premier League of Chonburi Football Club.


2016 Chonburi F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2016 Chonburi F.C. season, Players
Note 1: The official club website lists the supporters as player 12th man. Note 2: Players who are AFC Champions League quota foreign players are listed in bold.


2016 Chonburi F.C. season, Foreign Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2016 Chonburi F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 14, 2015 to January 28, 2016Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2016 to June 30, 2016


2016 Chorley Borough Council election
The 2016 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Christchurch earthquake
An earthquake occurred in Christchurch on 14 February 2016 at 1:13 p.m. local time (00:13 UTC) and initially recorded as 5.9 on the Richter scale, but subsequently reviewed as 5.7. Often referred to as the Valentine's Day earthquake, it was centred in the sea off New Brighton at a depth of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). It was the first large earthquake that the Christchurch area had experienced since May 2012, and it was part of the earthquake sequence that started with the 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake.


2016 Christchurch earthquake
A number of cliffs collapsed at Scarborough (Godley Head and Whitewash Head), Richmond Hill, and Sumner (Peacock's Gallop). The shipping containers that were still placed along Peacock's Gallop on Main Road stopped falling rocks from hitting passing cyclists. Two surfers were below Whitewash Head and had car-size rocks crash into the sea around them.


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
Westfield Riccarton, Eastgate Mall, The Palms, and Ballantynes were evacuated and closed for engineering inspection. There was confusion at Northlands Shopping Centre as Police encouraged some shopkeepers to evacuate, but the alarm was not sounded as is otherwise done when the mall is to be cleared. Some shop keepers were told by mall management staff that there would be financial penalties if they did not keep their shop open. Nearly 50 shops in the mall closed, partially due to the fact that stock had fallen out of shelves and into the aisles.


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
On the Saturday after the earthquake, The Press in its editorial was very critical of mall management, stating that "management's response to the entire incident profoundly and completely misses the point". Shortly after the earthquakes, it was found that seven of the forty historic façades in the central city's New Regent Street were unstable. The buildings were cordoned off, and that stopped the heritage tram from running, which had a major impact on those businesses that remained open. The tram started operating again in May 2016.


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
Liquefaction occurred in Bexley, Parklands, and New Brighton. Power was lost to around 500 houses. The CoCA Art Gallery, which had opened for the first time since the 2011 Christchurch earthquake on 13 February 2016, the day prior to this earthquake, was closed again. Little structural damage has been reported in the Christchurch Central City. There were no reports of serious injury, and St. John Ambulance deactivated its emergency operations centre later in the day. The National Crisis Management Centre in Wellington was also stood down, with the emergency response to be managed by Christchurch City Council. Some tracks in the Port Hills were closed due to rockfall, including Rapaki Track and the Bridle Path.


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
Psychologists argued that survivors of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, especially those who lost their homes or friends, experience painful memories during aftershocks. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) had sought additional funding for mental health since shortly after the February 2011 earthquake. Despite the proven need of the area, the Ministry of Health proposed to further cut the mental health budget of the CDHB while on average, other district health boards were to receive increased funding; this information was revealed two days after the Valentine's Day earthquake.


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
Responding with an editorial, The Press called the situation "both disgraceful and distressing" and challenged the health minister, Jonathan Coleman, to come to Canterbury and see for himself. In early March, Coleman announced that officials are working on a package that would assign millions in additional funding to Canterbury for mental health. Coleman cited the February 2016 as the reason for the additional funding:


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
As soon as the Valentine's Day quake hit I was sitting up in Auckland and thought, this is going to be big in terms of the health sector.


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel talked about her reaction to the Valentine's Day earthquake:


2016 Christchurch earthquake, Impact
You know, it was a shock. I haven't been proud to admit to everyone that I did scream. I didn't expect to be shocked by an earthquake. I actually got so used to them that I don't mind them ... but this one came from nowhere.


2016 Christchurch mayoral election
The 2016 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held on 8 October. The incumbent mayor, former Labour MP and government Minister Lianne Dalziel, who was first elected in the 2013 mayoral election was reelected, winning a commanding 83.9% of formal votes cast in the poll. However New Zealand's local government elections in 2016 were characterized by a nationwide low participation rate which saw only 41.8% of enrolled voters cast a ballot in the election. Christchurch's turnout rate was particularly low with only 38.3% of enrolled voters actually voting, down from 52.2% in 2010.


2016 Christchurch mayoral election, Candidates
The left-leaning ticket, The People's Choice, represented on the outgoing city council by six councillors, declared that they would not stand a candidate in opposition to Dalziel – and councillor Paul Lonsdale, who came second in the 2013 mayoral campaign, acknowledged that Dalziel had done well in her first term and that he would not challenge her.


2016 Christchurch mayoral election, Debates
The Press hosted a debate between Dalziel and Minto at the Cardboard Cathedral on 20 September, moderated by its editor, Joanna Norris. The following day, Guyon Espiner interviewed Dalziel and Minto on RNZ National's Morning Report.


2016 Christchurch mayoral election, Debates
Generation Zero hosted a debate at the University of Canterbury's Ilam campus on 22 September 2016.


2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four
The 2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four was a friendly men's handball tournament, held in Moscow, Russia at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace between 08–10 January organised by the Handball Union of Russia as a preparation of the host nation to the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.


2016 Christy Ring Cup
The 2016 Christy Ring Cup was the 12th staging of the Christy Ring Cup hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The competition began on Saturday 23 April 2016 and ended on Saturday 25 June 2016.


2016 Christy Ring Cup
Kerry were the 2015 champions and were promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.


2016 Christy Ring Cup
In the first final on 4 June 2016 a mistake was made in recording the score. Meath were presented with the Christy Ring Cup as the final score was believed to be Meath 2-18 to Antrim's 1-20. On 7 June 2016 the CCCC ordered that the final be replayed. Meath won the replay on 25 June 2016 after extra time, beating Antrim 4-21 to 5-17.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Format
The 2016 Christy Ring Cup was played in a double-elimination format. For clarity, the draw details are detailed in each round below.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Quarter-finals
The two losers of round 2A (who won a match and lost a match) play the two winners of round 2B (who lost a match and won a match). These two matches are referred to as quarter-finals.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Semi-finals
The winners of round 2A play the winners of the two quarter-finals.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Final
The winners of this year's Christy Ring Cup final (tier 2) will be automatically promoted to play in the qualifier group of next year's Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Final, Controversy
During the final a point that wasn't actually scored was awarded to Meath on the official scoreboard. At the end of the match the score was recorded as Meath 2-18 Antrim 1-20 and the referee mistakenly confirmed this score. Meath were awarded the trophy. On 7 June 2016 the CCCC ruled that the final score was a draw, 2-17 to 1-20, and that the match should be replayed.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Replayed Final
All proceeds from this game were donated to two charities nominated by Meath and Antrim.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard Play-offs, Bottom play-off
Contested by the two losers from round 2B. Both these teams lost their first two matches.


2016 Christy Ring Cup, Christy Ring/Nicky Rackard Play-offs, Relegation/Promotion play-off
The bottom team in this year's Christy Ring Cup (tier 2) plays the winner of this year's Nicky Rackard Cup (tier 3). If the Nicky Rackard champions win the match, they are promoted to next year's  Christy Ring Cup in the place of this year's bottom team.


2016 Christy Ring Cup Final
The 2016 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 4 June 2016 to determine the winners of the 2016 Christy Ring Cup, the 12th season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Antrim of Ulster and Meath of Leinster, with the game ending in a controversial 1-20 to 2-17 draw.


2016 Christy Ring Cup Final
The final between Antrim and Meath was the second Ring Cup meeting between the two teams, with Meath failing to beat Antrim on the previous occasion in 2006. Antrim were appearing in their second final ever and were hoping to make a speedy return to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship after being relegated in 2015. Meath were appearing in their very first final.


2016 Christy Ring Cup Final
Antrim eased ahead with scores from Ciarán Clarke, from a ’65, James Connolly and Conor Johnston. In the 15th minute Johnston sent a bullet to the net after being picked out perfectly by Clarke’s cut-back from the end line. Niall McKenna, Connolly and Clarke, with a delightful effort from right on the sideline, were all on target for a 1-7 to 0-1 lead by the 19th minute. James Toher converted a series of frees for Meath and reduced the deficit to 1-10 to 0-7 at the break.


2016 Christy Ring Cup Final
Meath were right back in contention when Neil Heffernan smashed home a brilliant goal five minutes into the second half. In the 70th minute, Kevin Keena squared the ball to fellow sub Seán Quigley, who smashed home a goal from 20 metres. Quigley added a stoppage-time point, and Meath had secured what appeared to be a sensational 2-18 to 1-20 victory.


2016 Christy Ring Cup Final
However, while the Croke Park scoreboard and the TG4 television graphic had Meath as winners, many reporters at the game had it down as a draw in their notes. The scorers list for Meath recorded only 23 points in their 24 to 23-point win. The confusion appears to have arisen from an incident in the 63rd minute. Ahead 1-19 to 1-15, Antrim scored a point but the TG4 graphic moved the Meath score to 1-16 and left the Saffrons at 1-19. Referee John O’Brien from Tipperary later told TG4 that his report confirms the result in Meath's favour. After an appeal by Antrim, the game was deemed to have ended in a draw and Meath eventually agreed to a replay.


2016 Chrono des Nations
The 2016 Chrono des Nations was the 35th edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 23 October 2016. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Vasil Kiryienka.


2016 Cimarron train derailment
The Cimarron train derailment occurred on March 14, 2016 when Amtrak's Southwest Chief derailed about 20 miles (32 km) west of Dodge City in Kansas, United States. 28 were injured including two critically.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Accident
The accident occurred at 12:02 a.m. local time (5:02 UTC) when Amtrak's Southwest Chief derailed, with four cars falling onto their sides and two others derailing yet remaining upright. The remaining four cars stayed on the rails, as did the 2 locomotives which were pulling the train. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago and was near Cimarron, Kansas. It was traveling at 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) when it derailed. The train cars consisted of 2 P42DC locomotives, baggage car, one Superliner transition sleeping car, two Superliner sleeping cars, a Superliner dining car, a Superliner lounge car, and three Superliner coach cars.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Accident
There were 130 passengers and 14 crew on board the train. Of those, 28 were injured. Three of them remained hospitalized for more than 24hrs, including two people who were critically hurt and later airlifted to Amarillo, Texas. The rest were released the same evening as the accident. One of the airlifted victims was the percussionist and experimental musician Z'EV, a pioneer of industrial music. After the accident, he continued having health problems and died in December 2017.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Accident
After the accident, passengers waited about 12 hours in Cimarron at the 4-H recreation center where cots and blankets were set up. Food was provided by local restaurants. They then boarded buses to Kansas City and transferred to a Chicago bound train.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Investigations
The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the accident. The Gray County sheriff's deputy said that there was a separate vehicle accident that may have damaged the rails, and authorities were examining tire tracks leading to the train tracks and preserving the scene with crime scene tape. Later reports said that an agricultural vehicle damaged the track prior to the train's derailment, 25 feet (7.6 m) from impact. The tracks were displaced 12 to 14 inches (300–360 mm) by the impact. This displacement of the tracks could be seen in the video recorded by the camera on the locomotive.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Investigations
On April 5, 2016, the NTSB released a preliminary report about the accident. It focused on the apparent collision of the feed truck into the railroad track. Tire tracks in the ground by the displaced railroad track matched the tires on a 2004 Kenworth International truck at a local feed lot owned by Cimarron Crossing Feeders, LLC.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Aftermath
On April 8, 2016, a lawsuit was filed by Amtrak and BNSF against Cimarron Crossing Feeders, LLC. It alleges employees of Cimarron Crossing Feeders left a Kenworth truck "unattended, out of gear, and without any brakes applied" while loading grain March 13 into March 14. According to the lawsuit, the truck from the Cimarron facility rolled downhill to the south, crossing U.S. Highway 50 and striking the side of the railroad tracks. The truck then came to rest on the tracks. According to the lawsuit, Cimarron Crossing Feeders then called for a tow truck to remove the Kenworth "without permission or consent from BNSF," which owns the tracks.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Aftermath
The initial filing states that damages claimed are over $75,000 for each of BNSF and Amtrak. It also states that a specific employee of Cimarron Crossing Feeders, one Arturo Carrillo, was working on loading the truck involved in the incident. It also claims that Cimarron should have known that the damage to the track was a danger and yet they did not call Amtrak, BNSF or any law enforcement agencies.


2016 Cimarron train derailment, Aftermath
A liability trial was cancelled on November 28, 2018 after Cimarron Crossing Feeders admitted that its truck had caused track damage.


2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team
The 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats play their home games at Marge Schott Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Ty Neal, in his third season at Cincinnati. the 2015 UC Baseball team was the youngest team in the nation last season and will be competing for that title again in 2016. The team features 29 underclassmen (14 freshmen, two redshirt freshmen, 12 sophomores and one redshirt sophomore) to just six upperclassmen (two juniors, one redshirt junior and three seniors).


2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team
On March 21, 2016 Cincinnati defeated Northwestern 10-3 for the 8th straight win, also the 200th win at Marge Schott Stadium. The 8-0 record at home is the best start for any UC team at home since going a perfect 10-0 at home in 1961. Cincinnati finished the home schedule with an 18-7 record, the best winning percentage in the history of Marge Schott Stadium


2016 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team, Previous Season
In 2015, the Bearcats finished 8th in the American with a record of 15-41, 6-18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Ian Happ was drafted ninth overall by the Chicago Cubs. Happ was named first team American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), he was previously named First Team All-America by D1Baseball.com and was added to the second team by Baseball America, the NCBWA, Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball and College Sports Madness. He also was named a First Team Capital One Academic All-American by CoSIDA, along with AAC Player of the year


2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bearcats were led by fourth-year head coach Tommy Tuberville, played their home games at Nippert Stadium, and were members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division. For the first time since 2010, the Bearcats were not eligible for a bowl game.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2016 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 47th season in the National Football League, the 49th overall and the fourteenth under head coach Marvin Lewis. The Bengals regressed from their 12–4 record from 2015, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010, finishing 6–9–1, and finishing in 3rd place in their division. This season would see the Bengals play in London for the first time ever, where they tied the Washington Redskins 27–27.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Organizational changes
On January 12, 2016, defensive backs coach Vance Joseph was hired as the new defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. On the same day, linebackers coach Matt Burke also was hired as the new linebackers coach of the Miami Dolphins. On January 13, offensive coordinator Hue Jackson was hired as the new head coach of the Cleveland Browns. On January 15, quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese was promoted to offensive coordinator. On the same day, former New Orleans Saints head coach Jim Haslett was hired as the new linebackers coach.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Organizational changes
On January 18, the Bengals hired former Miami Dolphins assistant coaches Bill Lazor as the new quarterbacks coach, and Kevin Coyle as the new defensive backs coach, as well as hiring Washington Redskins assistant coach Jacob Burney as the new defensive line coach. On January 19, defensive line coach Jay Hayes was hired to be the new defensive line coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Contract extensions
On March 4, the Bengals signed wide receiver Brandon Tate to a one-year extension through 2017 worth $1,024,000. On March 7, the Bengals signed center T. J. Johnson to a one-year extension through 2017 worth $600,000. On May 17, the Bengals signed safety Shawn Williams to a four-year extension through 2020 worth $19.5 million. On June 8, the Bengals signed halfback Giovani Benard to a three-year extension through 2019 worth $15.5 million. On August 2, the Bengals signed tight end Ryan Hewitt to a three-year extension through 2019 worth $7.5 million.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
The first transactions of the year occurred shortly after the conclusion of the 2015 regular season on January 8, when the Bengals signed kicker Zach Hocker, defensive end Dezmond Johnson and safety Floyd Raven to Reserve/Future contracts. On January 11, the Bengals signed wide receiver Michael Bennett and Jake Kumerow, offensive lineman Trey Hopkins, linebacker Jeff Luc and Jayson DiManche, and tight end Matt Lengel to reserve/future contracts. Additionally, the Bengals signed running back Bronson Hill to a reserve/future contract on February 2, and tight end John Peters on February 3. On February 8, the Bengals signed Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Darryl Baldwin and New York Giants cornerback Chykie Brown.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On March 17, the Bengals signed Oakland Raiders safety Taylor Mays. On March 29, 2016, they signed Cleveland Browns linebacker Karlos Dansby. On March 30, the Bengals signed New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon LaFell.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On May 8, the Bengals signed four undrafted free agents: kicker Jonathan Brown (Louisville), linebacker Gionni Paul (Utah), offensive lineman Trip Thurman (Florida), and cornerback Corey Tindal (Marshall). On May 11, the Bengals signed former Louisville offensive lineman Aaron Epps (UDFA). On May 16, the Bengals signed former Buffalo quarterback Joe Licata (UDFA). On May 26, the Bengals signed fullback Andrew Bonnet. On July 26, the Bengals signed former Calgary wide receiver Rashaun Simonise (UDFA). On July 27, the Bengals signed former Nebraska defensive end Jack Gangwish (UDFA). On July 28, the Bengals signed safety Jimmy Wilson.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures
Of the Bengals' unrestricted free agents, wide receiver Mohamed Sanu signed a 5-year $40 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons on March 11. On the same day, wide receiver Marvin Jones signed a 5-year $40 million contract with the Detroit Lions. On April 6, safety Reggie Nelson signed a 2-year $12 million contract with the Oakland Raiders. On August 4, cornerback Leon Hall signed a one-year $2 million deal with the New York Giants.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures
On April 26, the Bengals released linebacker A.J. Hawk. On May 11, offensive lineman Darryl Baldwin was released. On May 16, undrafted free agent quarterback Matt Johnson was released. On July 20, undrafted free agent cornerback Corey Tindal was released. On July 26, defensive end Dezmond Johnson and undrafted free agent running back DyShawn Mobley were released.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, 2016 NFL Draft, Pre-draft
Prior to the draft, the Bengals held visits for 40 players; 15 had private visits, 5 players visited during the NFL Scouting Combine, 1 met during the Senior Bowl, and 2 at the East–West Shrine Game, 11 had private workouts, while 2 had local visits.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Offseason, 2016 NFL Draft, Undrafted free agents
After the draft, the Bengals signed the following undrafted free agents.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: at New York Jets
In a hard fought affair, Andy Dalton threw for 366 yards and a touchdown, but was sacked a career-high seven times. A. J. Green finished the game with 12 receptions for 180 yards plus a touchdown. The Bengals trailed by one with just over three minutes left in the game, but Dalton completed all four of his passes for 33 yards to set up Mike Nugent's go-ahead field goal with 54 seconds remaining. Three plays into the ensuing Jets' drive, Bengals' defensive back Josh Shaw recorded his first interception, picking off Ryan Fitzpatrick on a 3rd and 10 to seal a third straight season-opening victory for Cincinnati as they started 1–0. They also snapped a 9-game road losing streak to the Jets.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers
On a rain-soaked Heinz Field, the Bengals' offense struggled to get much going against the Steelers. All three of the Bengals' red zone trips resulted in Mike Nugent field goals, while Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdowns. With just under seven minutes left in the game, Roethlisberger tossed a four-yard touchdown to running back DeAngelo Williams that gave Pittsburgh a 24–9 lead. The Bengals responded, however, as Andy Dalton drove Cincinnati to a quick score, finding Giovani Bernard on a 25-yard touchdown to make it 24–16.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers
Trying to tie the game, Cincinnati drove to the Steelers' 39-yard line with two minutes left in the game, but rookie receiver Tyler Boyd's fumble sealed a Bengals loss. It appeared Boyd 's knee was down before he lost control of the ball on a hit by James Harrison, but upon review, the call stood and the Bengals dropped to 1–1. Dalton threw for 366 yards for the second straight week, giving him the NFL lead in passing yards (732) through two weeks.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos
Hosting the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos, Andy Dalton's 300-yard streak was stopped, throwing for just 206 yards. It was also his second straight game in which he did not throw a touchdown pass. With the loss, the Bengals dropped to 1–2 and third place in the AFC North.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Bengals wore white and black Color Rush uniforms for this game. With the win, the Bengals improved to 2–2.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at New England Patriots
Newly acquired Brandon LaFell returned to New England for the first time after leaving the Patriots in the offseason. With the loss, the Bengals dropped to 2–4.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Cleveland Browns
With their fourth straight win over the Browns, the Bengals improved to 3–4. With the Ravens' loss to the Jets, the Bengals moved into a tie for second in the AFC North.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins
The Bengals hosted the Washington Redskins in London between a shootout between Kirk Cousins and Andy Dalton. Unfortunately, the Bengals could not score in overtime nor the Redskins and thus allowed a tie for the third time in 10 years and first tie since tying with the Carolina Panthers 37–37 in 2014, leaving their record at 3–4–1.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: at New York Giants
With the loss, the Bengals fell to 3–5–1. They also fell to 0–4 all time against the Giants on the road.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Buffalo Bills
Not only did the Bengals lose 16–12 and drop to 3–6–1, but lost star wide receiver A. J. Green to a pulled hamstring in the first quarter.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: at Baltimore Ravens
With the loss, the Bengals fell to 3–7–1. Also, their 5-game winning streak against the Ravens was snapped.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
With the win, the Bengals improved to 4–7–1. They also improved to 4–0–1 all time at home against Philadelphia.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Cleveland Browns
With the win, the Bengals improved to 5–7–1, and are still in playoff contention.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
With their fourth straight loss to the Steelers, the Bengals fell to 5–8–1, and were eliminated from playoff contention and were condemned to their first losing season since 2010.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Houston Texans
As time expired, Randy Bullock missed the game-winning field goal sending the Bengals to 5–9–1. Dalton also set a new career-high of losses in a single season.


2016 Cincinnati Bengals season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Baltimore Ravens
With the win, the Bengals ended their season at 6–9–1.


2016 Cincinnati Reds season
The 2016 Cincinnati Reds season was the 147th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 14th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The Reds attempted to rebound from their 2015 season, but ultimately finished in last place in the National League Central division for a second consecutive year. Their record was 68 wins and 94 losses, just four games better than 2015.


2016 Cincinnati Reds season, Home attendance
Highest Home Attendance: 4/4 vs. PHI (43,683)Lowest Home Attendance: 4/7 vs. PHI (10,784)


2016 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting
Updated as of October 3, 2016. Players in bold are on the active roster.


2016 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen Bases; Avg. = Batting Average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging


2016 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching
Updated as of October 2, 2016. Players in bold are on the active roster.


2016 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2016 Circuit of Ireland
The 2016 Circuit of Ireland was the second round of the 2016 European Rally Championship, held in Northern Ireland between 7–8 April 2016.


2016 Circuit of Ireland
The rally was won by Irish driver Craig Breen and co-driver Scott Martin, in Citroën DS3 R5 rally car.


2016 Citi Open
The 2016 Citi Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition (for the men) and the 6th edition (for the women) of the Washington Open. The event was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 18 to July 24, 2016.


2016 Citi Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 64 prize money* per team


2016 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2016 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2016 Citi Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:


2016 Citi Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Citi Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:


2016 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:


2016 Citi Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2016 Citi Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2016 Citi Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Citi Open – Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Łukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4).


2016 Citi Open – Men's Singles
Kei Nishikori was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Second-seeded Gaël Monfils won the title, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final: 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–4.


2016 Citi Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Citi Open – Men's Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the qualifying competition.


2016 Citi Open – Women's Doubles
Belinda Bencic and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Citi Open – Women's Doubles
Monica Niculescu and Yanina Wickmayer won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Risa Ozaki in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2016 Citi Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top three seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals.


2016 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Risa Ozaki.


2016 Citi Open – Women's Singles
Yanina Wickmayer won the title, defeating Lauren Davis in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400
The 2016 Citizen Soldier 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on October 2, 2016, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 29th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, third race of the Chase and final race of the Round of 16.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Report, Background
Dover International Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware, United States. Since opening in 1969, it has held at least two NASCAR races. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Report, Background
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.742 and a speed of 165.578 mph (266.472 km/h).


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Qualifying
Qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to rain. Brad Keselowski was awarded the pole position as a result.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.428 and a speed of 160.514 mph (258.322 km/h).


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
Under overcast Delaware skies, Brad Keselowski led the field to the green flag at 2:17 p.m. He held the lead for the first few laps until Martin Truex Jr. passed him going into turn 1 with ease to take the lead on the seventh lap. Kyle Busch powered by Truex in turn 2 on the outside to take the lead on lap 21. Debris coming from Kevin Harvick's car brought out the first caution of the race on lap 34. The issue was a flat right-rear tire related to a broken track bar mount.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
Trevor Bayne was sent to the tail end of the field for speeding on pit road. Kyle Larson fell down a lap after making a stop to deal with electrical issues. He said after the race that he didn't "know what happened with the battery or whatever. If we didn’t have the (penalty), we probably would have been alright because I was only a lap down. Nice little Christmas present for Austin (Dillon) there with both Ganassi cars going down."


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 40. Busch held the lead for nearly 40 laps before Truex retook it on lap 80, but Busch powered by him to take it back on lap 81. The second caution of the race flew on lap 104 for Ryan Blaney hitting the wall exiting turn 2.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 111. Truex worked under Busch in turn 2 to retake the lead on lap 130. Jamie McMurray was running 10th when he reported engine issues and started falling back on lap 167. The third caution of the race flew on lap 182 for Larson suffering a right-front tire blowout and slamming the wall in turn 1. He said afterwards that there wasn't much he "could do. I cut the right-front tire down and got in the wall and still had good speed in the race car after that but it just didn’t work out.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
Our team has come a long way this season from where we started the year. We were pretty awful at the start of the season but then got a win at Michigan to lock ourselves in the Chase. That was good. I know we have the speed to have made it past a couple of rounds but it’s my typical luck I guess, where it just doesn’t work out.”


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 190. Jimmie Johnson beat Truex on the restart to take the lead on the ensuing lap. McMurray brought out the fourth caution of the race after suffering an engine failure on the frontstretch. He said afterwards that the engine "vibrated earlier in the race and it went away. And it's weird because engine issues usually don't go away. It felt like it had power and then I don't know about 40 laps before it finally blew up, it just started vibrating real bad. Very unfortunate. It is just the way it goes.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
The No. 42 had their problem early in the race and then at that point I'm like, ‘Well it's kind of Austin (Dillon) and I that are going to battle this out.’ Our cars are pretty close so this is going to be a pretty good battle down to the end.” He also added that keeping the car out as long as he did with engine issues was "wishful thinking at that point. No one wants to stay out and blow up, not to oil the track down. Also it's hard to diagnose the problem if the motor's blown up.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, First half
Because you're in a position this weekend where you just have to go for it and what you hope is you've got something as simple as a plug wire or a spark plug that you can replace and the motor's not going to grenade. We came here and looked at it, and actually on the digital dash, we have a little diagnosis page and nothing is showing up, so we didn't know what was wrong. We were just going to salvage as long as we could." He went on to finish 40th.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 199. Green flag stops started on lap 277. Johnson pitted from the lead on lap 279 and handed it to Keselowski. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Greg Biffle. He pitted on lap 287 and the lead cycled to Truex. Johnson was handed a pass through penalty for his crew being over the wall too soon. After the race, he said that what happened was "a unique circumstance on pit road. We had the No. 18 in the pit before us getting ready to pull out, the No. 43 leaving his stall. I got slowed up and had to check up and get behind two cars and unfortunately, I think it just threw the rhythm off of the pit stop."


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Second half
The final round of green flag stops began with 43 laps to go. Truex pitted from the lead with 36 laps to go and handed it to Johnson. He pitted with 34 to go and handed the lead to Jeff Gordon. He pitted with 27 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Truex. David Ragan was handed a pass through penalty for speeding on pit road.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Truex said in victory lane that he "can't even believe it man -- it’s just living a dream right now. It’s a fairytale. I don’t even know what to say" and that his team just needs "to go out there each week and try to be as prepared as we can. We’re not going to change who we are. We didn’t do that before the Chase started. We just got hot and we got momentum, and hopefully we don’t lose it. I mean, I don’t know how we got it, I don’t know how to keep it, I just know that we’re going to continue to approach these races the same way, and hopefully it works out for us.”


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“What an awesome weekend for us, I love this place,” he added in the media center following the race. “I’ve had a lot of heartbreaks since my first win here back in ’07. I’ve had a lot of heartbreaks. I’ve led a lot of laps. I’ve been in position to win multiple times, and it never seemed to work out for multiple reasons. Today I’m just thankful to have a great team, to have been able to lead lap 400 and get back to victory lane at a track that’s so special to me.”


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After advancing into the Round of 12 with an eighth-place finish, Austin Dillon said that his team "just stayed focused, and once again, God just blessed us because I'm still awestruck. Things like this just don't happen. I'm proud to be going on to the final 12 and having race cars that are capable of keep on moving on.”


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following his first top-10 finish in relief for Dale Earnhardt Jr., Gordon said of his 10th-place finish that he "felt like we had a really good race car all weekend long,’’ Gordon told NBC Sports after the race. “I realized real early on we were going to have our work cut out for us, starting 18th. It was really tough getting through traffic. I kind of led them down a path. We were loose that first run and over-tightened it and that didn’t do us any favors.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
But we got it tuned up and had some great pit stops and got our way into the top 10. I wanted to get a top-10 in this car before my time in the car is over. We got that. Now let’s go get a top-five or something better at Martinsville.’’


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
"We were much better than we were yesterday [in practice]," Tony Stewart said after being knocked out of his final Chase appearance with a 13th-place finish. "[I'm] really proud of our team. We kept making it better all day. That is good as we had."


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Media, Television
NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.


2016 Citizen Soldier 400, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Citronelle homicides
On August 20, 2016, a mass killing occurred in Citronelle, Alabama, resulting in the deaths of five people, including a woman who was five months pregnant. They were killed in the early morning in a private residence in a rural area west of the city. It was owned by a brother of Laneta Lester, who had sought refuge there. She and her brother's infant were abducted and taken to Leakesville, Mississippi, by her estranged boyfriend, Derrick Dearman. He released her that day. Lester returned with the infant to Citronelle. She notified police of the killings. Investigators described this mass killing as the worst in Mobile County's history. The house burned down a couple of weeks after the crime.


2016 Citronelle homicides
Dearman was considered a suspect. He was arrested after he turned himself in at the Greene County, Mississippi police station. He was extradited to Alabama, where he was charged with six counts of capital murder (including the fetus, under Alabama law) and two counts of abduction. Initially he pleaded not guilty to the charges. In September 2018 he pleaded guilty to the capital murder charges. He still had to face a jury trial, which convicted him of the murders and kidnappings, and sentenced him to death. The court upheld the sentence.


2016 Citronelle homicides, Killings
In the early morning of August 20, 2016, a male assailant entered a residence in the 1700 block of Jim Platt Road about 4 a.m., in a rural area west of Citronelle. He killed five persons who were sleeping, including two married couples, one including a woman who was five months pregnant. He used a variety of weapons, including an axe and guns. He kidnapped Laneta Lester, his estranged girlfriend, and an infant of her brother and his wife; he took them with him to his father's house in Leakesville, Mississippi, about 30 miles to the west. Later he released them.