2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Men's Doubles
Philip Bester and Peter Polansky were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Guilherme Clezar and Alejandro González.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Men's Doubles
Clezar and González won the title, defeating Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh 3–6, 6–1, [12–10] in the final.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Men's Singles
Vincent Millot was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to James McGee.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Men's Singles
Frances Tiafoe won the title, defeating Marcelo Arévalo 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Women's Doubles
Jessica Moore and Storm Sanders were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Women's Doubles
Jamie Loeb and An-Sophie Mestach won the title, defeating Julia Glushko and Olga Govortsova 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Women's Singles
Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby – Women's Singles
Jennifer Brady won the title, defeating Olga Govortsova 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay
The 2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada between October 17 and October 23, 2016.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay – Doubles
Mihaela Buzărnescu and Justyna Jegiołka were the defending champions, but Jegiołka decided not to participate this year.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay – Doubles
Buzărnescu partnered with Elena Bogdan and successfully defended her title, defeating Bianca Andreescu and Charlotte Robillard-Millette 6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6] in the final.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay – Singles
Jovana Jakšić was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Bianca Andreescu.


2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay – Singles
Catherine Bellis won the title, defeating Andreescu 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil
The 2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador, between October 31 and November 6, 2016.


2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Doubles
Guillermo Durán and Andrés Molteni were the defending champions but only Molteni chose to defend his title, partnering Guido Andreozzi. Molteni lost in the first round to Franco Agamenone and Federico Zeballos.


2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Doubles
Ariel Behar and Fabiano de Paula won the title after defeating Marcelo Arévalo and Sergio Galdós 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Singles
Gastão Elias was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Guilherme Clezar.


2016 Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil – Singles
Nicolás Kicker won the title after defeating Arthur De Greef 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Challenger La Manche
The 2016 Challenger La Manche was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cherbourg, France between 22 and 28 February.


2016 Challenger La Manche, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Challenger La Manche, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw:


2016 Challenger La Manche – Doubles
Andreas Beck and Jan Mertl are the defending champions, but chose not to defend their title .


2016 Challenger La Manche – Doubles
Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski won the title, defeating Yoshihito Nishioka and Aldin Setkic in the final 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] .


2016 Challenger La Manche – Singles
Norbert Gombos was the defending champion, but decided not to defend his title. Jordan Thompson won the title, defeating Adam Pavlásek in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.


2016 Champion Hurdle
The 2016 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 15 March 2016. It was the 86th running of the Champion Hurdle.


2016 Champion Hurdle
Twelve horses started the race, with eight British-trained horses matched against four Irish challengers. The winner of the race was Annie Power, an eight-year-old mare ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins.


2016 Champion Hurdle, The Runners
Almost all contenders from the previous Champion Hurdle were missing from this renewal, with the 2015 winner Faugheen forced out of the race after sustaining an injury a month earlier and his stablemate and runner-up on many occasions, Arctic Fire also sidelined a week later with a small injury. Following the news, Annie Power, who was in the same ownership as Faugheen was supplemented for the race and was sent off favourite on only her second start in over a year.


2016 Champion Hurdle, The Runners
Her trainer Willie Mullins was also represented by the six-time Grade 1 winner Nichols Canyon (the only horse at the time to have beaten Faugheen). The Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle winner Identity Thief was in the lineup and well fancied by the punters starting at single figure odds. The best of the English contenders were The New One— unlucky third in the 2014 renewal and fifth in 2015— and My Tent Or Yours —runner-up in the 2014 Champion Hurdle but absent from racing for almost 2 years.


2016 Champion Hurdle, The Runners
The latter was trained by Nicky Henderson who also had another four runners that included the 2015 Triumph Hurdle winner Peace and Co —who had not regained his form in the current season— and the runner-up from that race Top Notch who chased home Identity Thief at Newcastle. The outsiders were Sign of a Victory, Hargam, Sempre Medici(Red Mills Trial Hurdle), Camping Ground (Relkeel Hurdle) and Lil Rockerfeller (National Spirit Hurdle).


2016 Champion Hurdle, The Race
There was a fight for the lead in the first furlong with almost four in line trying obtain that spot but eventually Annie Power, who benefitted from a seven pounds mares allowance, settled in front at a good gallop and had The New One closely in behind with Nichols Canyon in third. From the back straight My Tent Or Yours began making ground and went in second on Annie Power's outside.


2016 Champion Hurdle, The Race
Turning downhill the class horses began to drew clear from the field with Nichols Canyon, Annie Power and My Tent Or Yours all travelling well but in the home straight Annie Power found another gear and cleared from them approaching the final hurdle. She eventually won by four and a half lengths from My Tent Or Yours who was battling out with Nichols Canyon, only a head further back in third. The final time of the race was a new record almost breaking 3m 45s having the tailwind and the drying ground as help in achieving it.


2016 Champion Hurdle, The Race
The emotional scenes during the post-race interviews involved both the jockey Ruby Walsh and the owners who were in tears following Annie Power's previous unsuccessful attempts at the Cheltenham Festival in 2014 when she finished second in the World Hurdle and 2015 when she fell at the last hurdle when leading in the OLGB Mares' Hurdle.


2016 Champion of Champions
The 2016 Dafabet Champion of Champions was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7 and 12 November 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England. It was the fourth staging of the tournament since it was revived in 2013. In the United Kingdom the tournament was broadcast on ITV4.


2016 Champion of Champions
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he was beaten 2–4 in the Group 1 semi-final by Stuart Bingham.


2016 Champion of Champions, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for 2016 is shown below:


2016 Champion of Champions, Players
Players qualified for the event by winning important tournaments since the previous Champion of Champions. Entry was guaranteed for the defending champion, winners of rankings events and winners of the following non-rankings events: 2016 Masters, 2016 Championship League and 2016 China Championship. Remaining places were then allocated to winners of European Tour events (in the order they were played) and then, if required, to  winners of the 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out, 2016 Six-red World Championship and 2016 World Seniors Championship. Ding Junhui was awarded a wildcard for being this year's World Championship runner-up, but later qualified on his own right by winning the Six-red World Championship and 2016 Shanghai Masters.


2016 Champion of Champions, Players
With several players winning more than one tournament, there were fewer than 16 players who qualified by winning tournaments. Remaining places were allocated to the highest ranked player, not already qualified, on the one-year ranking list. After the 2016 International Championship there had only been 14 different winners and, with only one event left, Stuart Bingham, who was 8th in the one-year ranking list, qualified at that stage. The final place was left for the winner of the 2016 China Championship, a non-ranking event.


2016 Champion of Champions, Players
During the China Championship Marco Fu withdrew and Joe Perry, 9th on the one-year ranking list, replaced him. At that stage John Higgins was the only non-qualified player left in the China Championship and, since he was 10th on the one-year ranking list, he therefore became the final qualifier. Moreover, he subsequently went on to win the tournament by beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–7 in the final.


2016 Champion of Champions, Players
Four players were seeded. The seedings were determined in early October. Defending champion Neil Robertson was the 1st seed, while Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan were seeded 2nd and 3rd respectively for being the winner of last season's Triple Crown events. As Robertson was seeded twice for winning the UK Championship, Shaun Murphy became the 4th seed for being the highest ranked player not seeded after the 2016 Shanghai Masters.


2016 Champions Indoor Football season
The 2016 Champions Indoor Football season was the second season of the CIF. It started on Saturday, February 27, when the Omaha Beef traveled to Iowa, losing to the Sioux City Bandits 43-38, and the San Angelo Bandits traveled to Kansas to play the Dodge City Law, a game won by Dodge City, 59-37. The regular season concluded on Sunday, June 5, when the Sioux City Bandits traveled to Illinois to play the Bloomington Edge. The Edge won, 48-38.


2016 Champions Indoor Football season
The league champion was the Wichita Force, who defeated the Amarillo Venom 48-45 in Champions Bowl II. The season MVP was Robert Kent of the Texas Revolution, and the Champions Bowl MVP was Wichita's David Olson.


2016 Champions League of Darts
The 2016 Champions League of Darts, also known as the Unibet Champions League of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the inaugural staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It took place from 24–25 September 2016 at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wales. Phil Taylor won, defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–5 in the final.


2016 Champions League of Darts, Format
The eight qualifying entrants were first split into two groups of four, playing each other once in best of 19-legged matches. The top two players in each group then proceeded to a knockout stage of two semi-finals and a final, all best of 21 legs.


2016 Champions League of Darts, Qualifiers
Only the top eight players on the PDC Order of Merit on 12 August 2016 qualified for the tournament; they were:


2016 Champions League of Darts, Results, Group Stage
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase


2016 Champions League of Darts, Broadcasting
In the United Kingdom, the event was televised by the BBC. The first group games were televised on BBC One; and, from the second group games onwards, BBC Two. Jason Mohammad presented coverage with Paul Nicholson, Mark Webster, and Alan Warriner-Little being the analysts. Vassos Alexander, Dan Dawson, Nicholson, and Warriner-Little were the match commentators.


2016 Championship League
The 2016 Championship League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 4 January to 3 March 2016 at the Crondon Park Golf Club in Stock, England.


2016 Championship League
Stuart Bingham was the defending champion, but he was eliminated at the league stage of group seven. Judd Trump clinched his third Championship League title after a 3–2 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final. Mark Williams took the largest share of the prize money thanks to a lucrative campaign through 4 groups before qualifying for the winners' group.


2016 Championship League
Fergal O'Brien made the 118th official maximum break during his league stage match against Mark Davis in group six. This was O'Brien's first official 147 break and the fourth in the 2015/2016 season. O'Brien also became the oldest player to make an official 147, at the age of 43. His record was surpassed in the following year's edition of the Championship League, when Mark Davis became the oldest player to score a maximum break, at the age of 44. Davis even scored two 147's in that year's Championship League.


2016 Championship League, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below. The maximum possible prize money, if the full five frames are played in each game, is £205,000.


2016 Championship League, Group one
Group one was played on 4 and 5 January 2016. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the first player to qualify for the winners group.


2016 Championship League, Group two
Group two was played on 6 and 7 January 2016. The group was won by Judd Trump.


2016 Championship League, Group three
Group three was played on 25 and 26 January 2016. The group was won by Stephen Maguire.


2016 Championship League, Group four
Group four was played on 27 and 28 January 2016. The group was won by Mark Williams.


2016 Championship League, Group five
Group five was played on 22 and 23 February 2016. Neil Robertson withdrew and was replaced by Michael Holt. The group was won by Mark Selby.


2016 Championship League, Group six
Group six was played on 24 and 25 February 2016. Graeme Dott withdrew and was replaced by Dominic Dale. The group was won by Ali Carter.


2016 Championship League, Group seven
Group seven was played on 29 February and 1 March 2016. Matthew Selt won the group to take the final spot in the winners' group.


2016 Championship League, Winners' group
The winners' group was played on 2 and 3 March 2016. Judd Trump beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–2 in the final to take the third Championship League title of his career.


2016 Championship League, Winnings
Green: won the group. Bold: highest break in the group. All prize money in GBP.


2016 Championships of the Small States of Europe
The 2016 Championships of the Small States of Europe was the first edition of the biennial competition in outdoor track and field organised by the Athletic Association of Small States of Europe (AASE). The competition was launched to take place in the years between the Games of the Small States of Europe. It was held on 11 June 2016 at the Matthew Micallef St. John Athletics Stadium in Marsa, Malta. A total of 22 events were contested by around 300 athletes from 18 nations.


2016 Channel One Cup
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2016 Channel One Cup
The 2016 Channel One Cup was played between 15–18 December 2016. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, and one match in the Helsingin jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament was part of 2016–17 Euro Hockey Tour. Tournament was won by Sweden.


2016 Channel One Cup, Games
All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+3) Helsingfors – (Central European Time – UTC+1)


2016 Charleston Battery season
The 2016 Charleston Battery season is the club's 24th year of existence, and their seventh season in the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It is their sixth season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.


2016 Charleston Battery season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 29, 2016.


2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team
The 2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Liberty. They received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Wofford in the first round.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team
The 2016 Charlotte 49ers football team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (also called Charlotte or UNC Charlotte) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the school's fourth season of NCAA football, their second season of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) play, and their second season as a member of Conference USA's East Division. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Brad Lambert and played its home games on campus at Jerry Richardson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was the first season the 49ers were eligible to participate in a bowl game. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Previous season
The 49ers finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Coaching staff
Former Eastern Kentucky head coach Dean Hood was announced as Assistant Head Coach and Tight Ends Coach on December 18, 2015. Lambert had worked with Hood at Wake Forest and had been his replacement as Defensive Coordinator for the Demon Deacons. Johnson Richardson moved from coaching Tight Ends to Offensive Line Coach. After three years with the 49ers Napoleon Sykes returned to Navy to coach defensive line for the Midshipmen. NC State Quality Control Coach Ulrick Edmonds joined the staff of February 12, 2016. He replaced Sykes as Outside Linebackers Coach. After a one-year stint as Offensive Line Coach, having stepped into the role after the sudden death of Phil Ratliff, former Carolina Panther, Kevin Donnalley returned the Charlotte 49ers radio broadcast team.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Recruiting, Recruiting class
The following recruits and transfers have signed letters of intent to the Charlotte 49ers football program for the 2016 recruiting year.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Television
Charlotte 49ers home games and conference road games will be broadcast through Conference USA's television partners ESPN, CBS Sports, ASN, beIN, and Campus Insiders. Additional games will be available online through CUSA.tv.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Radio
Radio coverage for all games is broadcast by IMG College through the Charlotte 49ers Radio Network flagship station WFNZ 610 AM (102.5 FM) The Fan, sister station WBCN 1660 AM, and the TuneIn Charlotte 49ers IMG Sports Network app. The radio announcers are "Voice of the 49ers" Matt Swierad with play-by-play, former Carolina Panther Kevin Donnalley with color commentary, and Bobby Rosinski with sideline reports. Swierad and Donnalley also host the "Gold Mine Live" Coaches Show each Monday during the season at noon from Norm's in the UNC Charlotte Student Union. "Gold Mine Live" can be heard on 1660 AM.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Preseason media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 21, 2016, with the 49ers predicted to finish in last place in the East Division.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, #19 Louisville Cardinals
The 49ers faced their first ACC opponents when they met their former C-USA and Metro Conference foes.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, #19 Louisville Cardinals
Top performers for the game were Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, who passed for 286 yards and 6 touchdowns. Jackson also was the top rusher of the game, with 11 carries for 119 yards and 2 more touchdowns. Charlotte's Austin Duke had 5 receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Elon Phoenix
The Phoenix were looking to spoil the 49ers' home opener, but Charlotte got revenge for their first loss of the 2014 season.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Elon Phoenix
Top performers for the game were Charlotte quarterback Kevin Olsen, who passed for 155 yards and 3 touchdowns. Elon rusher Brandon Gentry had 9 carries for 56 yards and a touchdown. Charlotte's Austin Duke had 4 receptions for 103 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan Eagles
The 49ers hosted their first opponents from the MAC when the Eagles visited Charlotte for the first time.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan Eagles
Top performers for the game were Eastern Michigan quarterback Todd Porter, who passed for 285 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Charlotte rusher Robert Washington had 20 carries for 120 yards. Eastern Michigan's Johnny Niupalau had 3 receptions for 72 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Temple Owls
Charlotte visited the "City of Brotherly Love" for the first time hoping to return the favor to their former A10 conference mates for the drubbing they received at the hands of the Owls the previous season. Unfortunately it was more of the same for the 49ers.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Temple Owls
Top performers for the game were Temple quarterback Phillip Walker, who passed for 268 yards and 2 touchdowns. Temple rusher Jahad Thomas had 15 carries for 68 yards and 2 touchdowns. Temple's Brodrick Yancey had 4 receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Old Dominion Monarchs
The 49ers were looking to even the series up when the Monarchs visited Charlotte for the first time. Unfortunately the Niners would fall hard to a fired-up Monarchs squad for the first C-USA game of the season.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Old Dominion Monarchs
Top performers for the game were Old Dominion quarterback David Washington, who passed for 256 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 1 interception. ODU rusher Gemonta Jackson had 9 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown. ODU's Zach Pascal had 5 receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic Owls
Charlotte visited Boca Raton for the first time looking to avenge a fourth quarter loss at home from the previous season. Not only did they accomplish that, but they also got their first conference win in program history after a controversial call reversal on a no time left Hail Mary ruled touchdown pass by FAU.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic Owls
Top performers for the game were Charlotte quarterback Hasaan Klugh, who passed for 223 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 1 interception. FAU rusher Gregory Howell Jr. had 20 carries for 100 yards and 3 touchdowns. Charlotte's Austin Duke had 6 receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, FIU Panthers
Charlotte was looking to even the series when the Panthers visited the Queen City for the first time. But a late score by FIU and a missed long range field goal would result in Charlotte's fourth lost Homecoming Game in a row.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, FIU Panthers
Top performers for the game were FAU quarterback Alex McGough, who passed for 315 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. Charlotte rusher Kalif Phillips had 24 carries for 99 yards. FAU's Thomas Owens had 11 receptions for 148 yards.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Marshall Thundering Herd
Charlotte visited the State of West Virginia for the first time looking to avenge a loss at home from the previous season. Task accomplished, the 49ers even the series with Marshall and notched their second C-USA road win of the season.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Marshall Thundering Herd
Top performers for the game were Marshall quarterback Chase Litton, who passed for 262 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Charlotte rusher Kalif Phillips had 23 carries for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns. Marshall's Josh Knight had 10 receptions for 94 yards.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Charlotte visited the State of Mississippi for the first time looking to avenge a loss at home from the previous season. Charlotte dominated the game, becoming the first time in C-USA history to win on the road at Marshall and Southern Miss. in a single season.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Top performers for the game were Southern Miss. quarterback Nate Mullens, who passed for 249 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. Charlotte rusher Kalif Phillips had 29 carries for 183 yards. Southern Miss's Chase Whitehead had 2 receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Rice Owls
Charlotte pulled ahead for a three touchdown lead, but an anemic second half let Rice win the game off of quarterback Tyler Stehling's arms and legs.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Rice Owls
Top performers for the game were Rice Stehling, who passed for 279 yards, a touchdown, and an interception. Stehling was also the top rusher of the game, with 20 carries for 93 yards and two touchdowns. Rice's Zach Wright had 12 receptions for 111 yards.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
In Charlotte's first ever C-USA game the hosting Blue Raiders set new program records by pounding out a 42 to 7 first quarter on the thunderstruck 49ers. Charlotte was looking to return the favor when the Blue Raiders visited Charlotte for the first time. After a valiant late push to tie the game up late in the fourth quarter, Middle Tennessee would get the go ahead score and end the 49ers' chances of bowl eligibility.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Top performers for the game were Middle Tennessee quarterback John Urzua, who passed for 250 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions. Middle Tennessee rusher I'Tavius Mathers had 16 carries for 101 yards. Middle Tennessee's Richie James had 8 receptions for 89 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, UTSA Roadrunners
The final home game of the 2015 season for Charlotte went down to the wire with the Roadrunners pulling out an overtime victory. Charlotte was looking to return the favor as they visited San Antonio for the first time. The game was controlled by the Roadrunners until Charlotte got within a touchdown score; but the Roadrunners would pull away late to clinch their spot in a bowl game, and end the 49ers' season with a loss.


2016 Charlotte 49ers football team, Game summaries, UTSA Roadrunners
Top performers for the game were UT San Antonio quarterback Dalton Strum, who passed for 146 yards and a touchdown. UT San Antonio rusher Jarveon Williams had 19 carries for 48 yards. UTSA's Kerry Thomas Jr. had 5 receptions for 145 yards and a touchdown.


2016 Charlotte Independence season
The 2016 Charlotte Independence season is the club's second year of existence, and their second season in the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It is their second season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.


2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger
The 2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour, taking place in Charlottesville, United States from October 31 to November 6, 2016.


2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Doubles
Chase Buchanan and Tennys Sandgren were the defending champions but only Sandgren chose to defend his title, partnering Austin Krajicek. Sandgren lost in the quarterfinals to Brian Baker and Sam Groth.


2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Doubles
Baker and Groth won the title after defeating Brydan Klein and Ruan Roelofse 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Singles
Noah Rubin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Peter Polansky.


2016 Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger – Singles
Reilly Opelka won the title after defeating Ruben Bemelmans 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2016 Chatham Cup
The 2016 Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 89th annual knockout football competition.


2016 Chatham Cup
The 2016 competition had a preliminary round, a qualification round, and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. The final, played on 11 September 2016, was won for the first time, by Auckland's Birkenhead United, who beat Waitakere City 3–2 in extra time. The Jack Batty Memorial Trophy for man of the final was won by Birkenheard's Tom Davis.


2016 Chatham Cup, Results
All results and dates are taken from the following sources: The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website, RSSSF and Soccerway.


2016 Chatham Cup, Results, Preliminary round
All teams listed below received byes to the first round.


2016 Chatham Cup, Results, Round 1
*The match between Ngaruawahia and Mangere was originally an on-field 3–0 win for Mangere but they were deemed to have fielded an ineligible player and the result was overturn to a 3–0 loss instead. Ngaruawahia progressed to round two.


2016 Chatham Cup, Results, Round 1
All teams listed below received byes to the second round.


2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team
The 2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by eighth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–2 in SoCon play to tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Weber State in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the second round.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash
On the afternoon of November 21, 2016, a school bus in Chattanooga, Tennessee rolled over onto its passenger side and became wrapped around a tree. There were six fatalities and 23 injuries.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Incident
The incident took place in the city's Brainerd neighborhood on Talley Road, which officials described as a "narrow, winding road". The bus, operated by Durham School Services, was transporting children from Woodmore Elementary School. The timeline of the events leading up to, and through the crash were documented by cameras within the bus.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Incident
The driver, 24-year-old Johnthony K. Walker, reportedly lost control of the bus and caused it to strike a pole and then a tree and flip over. The affidavit stated that "Mr. Walker lost control of the bus and swerved off of the roadway to the right, striking an elevated driveway and mailbox, swerved to the left and began to overturn, striking a telephone pole and a tree."


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Incident
Authorities received a call about the crash just before 3:30 pm and first responders worked the scene for many hours to remove all of the victims from the bus. The rescue effort took more than two hours, even though the last child was removed from the bus around 4:30 pm.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Incident
The bus was transporting 37 children as passengers when it crashed. 32 children were injured in the crash. Of them, nine were treated directly for minor injuries. Of the nine children treated directly, three escaped with minor injuries. 23 children were hospitalized, six of whom were in critical condition. Five of the children died at the scene of the crash. The driver of the bus was not seriously injured, but along with the children was also taken to the hospital, where he was arraigned. A sixth child died two days later. Of the deceased, three were fourth-graders, one a third-grader, one a first-grader, and one a kindergartner, none of whom were older than ten.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Aftermath
Identification of the victims was hampered by many of the children being too young to know their parents names or phone numbers, many referred to their parents with informal names such as "Mama", and did not know their names, spellings, or birth dates. The children also did not have any form of identification with them when they arrived at the hospital and all were wearing school uniforms when they were admitted. Photographs provided by parents in the waiting room, or taken of the child and shown to teachers were used to identify the students admitted into the hospital.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Aftermath
Support was seen throughout the community and in other states. The NFL Tennessee Titans donated $25,000 to the Woodmore Fund, which benefits the families affected by the crash and wore "W.E.S" decals on their helmets in their game against the Chicago Bears in tribute to the students. Lines were seen at Blood Assurance in Chattanooga, with staff fast tracking donors with blood type O negative and had extended their hours at three locations to better serve donors. Donations of teddy bears, money and pizzas to the Children's Hospital at Erlanger were also seen.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Aftermath
Governor Bill Haslam issued a statement that night offering his thoughts and prayers to the families involved as did David W. Purkey with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Investigation
The cause of the crash is under investigation, but officials believe that the speed of the bus might have been a contributing factor. On the day after the crash, a spokesman for the Chattanooga police department reported that drugs and alcohol were not factors. According to CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann, the mother of three children on the bus, including one who died, stated that her surviving children told her that Walker asked if they were "ready to die" immediately before the crash. Chattanooga police disputed the accuracy of this claim.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Investigation
Chattanooga Officers testified during the 2016 hearing that the school bus traveled between 48 and 52 mph, in a 30 mph zone. Students had previously complained about Walker's quality of driving and the private company that he was employed under, Durham School Services, had a history of traffic accidents in Tennessee.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Perpetrator
Johnthony K. Walker, aged 24, was identified as the driver of the school bus and had been issued his commercial drivers license of April 2016. He was in a previous accident in September 2016 when he drove around a blind curve in a residential area and failed to yield to a right of way and sideswiped another vehicle. There were no injuries reported.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Perpetrator
Walker was arrested with minor injuries and later charged with six counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving. On March 1, 2018, Walker was convicted of six counts of criminally negligent homicide, 11 counts of reckless aggravated assault, seven counts of assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and using his phone. In addition a Hamilton County Criminal Court jury convicted Walker of lesser charges for the crash. He was sentenced to four years in prison, but went free on bail pending an appeal.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Perpetrator
In June 2018, while free on bail pending an appeal of the bus crash charges, Walker was arrested for the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl at a family member's Nashville home where he was staying. Officers stated during testimony that Walker admitted to having sex with the girl in the home's family room five times and that he believed it to be a consensual relationship but it was "repulsive" upon looking back.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Perpetrator
He was indicted on eight counts of aggravated statutory rape and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor after a grand jury returned the indictments in March 2019. In September 2020 Walker pleaded guilty to all counts and was sentenced to an additional six years and one month in prison. He was also required to register as a sex offender.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Additional legal proceedings
A lawsuit was filed on November 23, 2016 on behalf of a deceased victim's parent and alleged that the driver was negligent and careless in his driving. It also targeted Durham School Services and alleged that it did not have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all school bus drivers were properly hired, trained, supervised, investigated, and disciplined. On November 29, 2016 a second lawsuit was filed by an injured child's parent against Walker and Durham School Services, and alleged the child suffered serious "psychological and emotional injuries" and were seeking damages for medical expenses.


2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Additional legal proceedings
On December 5, 2016 a third lawsuit was filed on behalf of an injured student who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury as a result of the crash. In addition to naming Walker and the Durham School Services, it also named National Express LLC which is the parent company of Durham School Services. Two more lawsuits were filed on December 7, 2016 against all three groups on behalf of two injured students and allege that Walker was driving negligently and that the injuries the children sustained will be costly and potentially permanent.


2016 Chauk earthquake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Myanmar 25 km (16 mi) west of Chauk on 24 August 2016 with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). It struck at 5:04 pm local time (10:34 UTC), and was centered in an isolated area. The estimated depth was 84.1 km. Tremors from the earthquake were felt in Yangon, in the eastern cities of Patna, Guwahati, and Kolkata in India, in Bangkok in Thailand and in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. According to reports, several temples in the nearby ancient city of Bagan were damaged and four people were reported dead.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen
The 2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 7, 2016 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45-mile (3.94 km) road course, it was the 22nd race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin won the race, his second of the season. Joey Logano finished second. Brad Keselowski, A. J. Allmendinger and Tony Stewart rounded out the top-five.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen
The race had nine lead changes among eight different drivers, eight cautions for 20 laps and two red flags for 30 minutes and three seconds.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Report, Background
Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. It was long known around the world as the home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix, which it hosted for twenty consecutive years (1961–1980), but the site has been home to road racing of nearly every class, including the World Sportscar Championship, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the International Motor Sports Association and the IndyCar Series.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Report, Background
Initially, public roads in the village were used for the race course. In 1956 a permanent circuit for the race was built. In 1968 the race was extended to six hours, becoming the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. The circuit's current layout has more or less been the same since 1971, although a chicane was installed at the uphill Esses in 1975 to slow cars through these corners, where there was a fatality during practice at the 1973 United States Grand Prix. The chicane was removed in 1985, but another chicane called the "Inner Loop" was installed in 1992 after a fatal accident during the previous year's NASCAR Winston Cup event.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Report, Background
The circuit is known as the Mecca of North American road racing and is a very popular venue among fans and drivers. The facility is currently owned by International Speedway Corporation.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Report, Background, Entry list
The preliminary entry list for the race included 40 cars and was released on August 1, 2016 at 9:55 a.m. Eastern time.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Practice, First practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 1:09.513 and a speed of 126.883 mph (204.198 km/h).


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Practice, Final practice
A. J. Allmendinger was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 1:09.149 and a speed of 127.551 mph (205.273 km/h).


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Qualifying
Carl Edwards scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:09.689 and a speed of 126.562 mph (203.682 km/h). He said afterwards that "the track is a little strange. It started out really slippery the first run. But, just really proud of my guys and everybody on this Stanley Toyota team. Dave Wilson from TRD (Toyota Racing Development, president) just came down. They’re a huge part of this. My teammates they’re really fast. Kyle (Busch) is really fast and Martin’s (Truex Jr.) is really fast. You’ve got to work a little bit in race trim but we’re starting upfront and we’ve got a great pit crew and hopefully we can put that Stanley in Victory Lane."


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, First half
Under clear blue New York skies, Carl Edwards led the field to the green flag at 2:53 p.m. The race proceeded orderly for the first five laps before Jeff Gordon sent Austin Dillon spinning in the inner loop on the fifth lap. The race continued under green. Debris in the outer loop brought out the first caution of the race on lap 11. The debris was a piece of hose. A few cars opted to pit under the caution. Aric Almirola and Kasey Kahne were tagged for their crews being over the wall too soon, and Regan Smith was tagged for speeding. All three restarted from the tail end of the field.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 16. Michael Annett overshot the inner loop, but continued on and was subsequently forced to serve a pass through penalty. A number of cars began pitting on lap 22. Jimmie Johnson was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and speeding. Ryan Blaney was tagged for speeding. Both were forced to serve a pass through penalty. Edwards pitted from the lead on lap 26 and handed the lead to Martin Truex Jr. Edwards was tagged for an outside tire violation and A. J. Allmendinger was tagged for speeding. Both were forced to serve pass through penalties.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, First half
Truex pitted on lap 27 and handed the lead to Joey Logano. He pitted on lap 33 and handed the lead to Danica Patrick. He was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a pass through penalty. She made her stop at lap 45 and the lead cycled to Kyle Busch.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The second caution of the race flew on lap 47 for a rogue tire on pit road. It came from the No. 83 of Matt DiBenedetto. Kurt Busch opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. Chris Buescher and Paul Menard were tagged for their crews throwing equipment and restarted the race from the tail end of the field.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 53. Logano passed Busch climbing the esses to retake the lead. The third caution of the race flew on the same lap for a multi-car wreck on the shot chute. Exiting the outer loop, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got loose and slid across the track into the guardrail. He bounced back and was t-boned by Johnson. Dillon, trying to avoid him, got into Greg Biffle and sent him into the guardrail.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
"The cars started checking up in front of me and they all moved out of the way and the 17 (Stenhouse) was sitting there, stopped," Johnson said. "I remember seeing a door number and I was so thankful it was the passenger-side door and not the driver-side door because I plowed him. I really hit the car hard. I was afraid that I might have injured him. But, thankfully he’s okay and everybody is all right." Johnson would go on to finish 40th, his first last-place finish of his career. The red flag was displayed for cleanup on the track. After 13 minutes and 19 seconds, it was lifted and the race was continued under caution.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 34 laps to go with Brad Keselowski in the lead. The fourth caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck in the outer loop. It started when Ryan Newman got loose and turned David Ragan around, and also collected Clint Bowyer, Edwards and Alex Kennedy.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 31 laps to go. Landon Cassill went through the grass in the inner loop and spun out. The race remained green but then the fifth caution of the race came out with 26 laps to go for debris in the inner loop.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 23 laps to go. The sixth caution of the race came out with 15 laps to go for Kennedy losing an engine on the frontstretch.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 10 laps to go. Keselowski got in too hot into turn 1 and went into the runoff area. He lost the lead to Denny Hamlin as the seventh caution of the race flew for a two-car spin at the bottom of the esses involving DiBenedetto and Newman.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted with seven laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck in the outer loop. Exiting the inner loop, Buscher's car threw up a rooster tail of smoke and caused Menard to slow down. Kevin Harvick slowed down, rammed into him, got turned by Brian Scott and was rammed by Ragan. The red flag was displayed for the second time. After 16 minutes and 44 seconds, it was lifted and the race was continued under caution.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
The race restarted with four laps to go. Exiting turn 11 on the final lap, Keselowski got into the back of Truex and sent him spinning, at which point Rick Allen yelled out "Aggressive goes around!" . Keselowski said after the race that he "went high and the 78 went high and by then I was already deep in the corner and got into him and turned him. That was really unfortunate and the last thing I wanted to see.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
This track here, when you drive into the corner, you commit and sometimes you don't know what will happen when you commit. The last thing I wanted to do was turn him." Truex said that what happened was "definitely unfortunate. I wish we could've seen what would've happened when we got to the start-finish line. I felt like I maybe had (winner Denny Hamlin) squared up a little bit off turn 11 and maybe could've drag raced him to the line.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
It'd have been fun to see, but it was all not to be with getting hit in the left rear. It's unfortunate, but it was hard racing at the end, all of us going for a win and all of us locked in the Chase. I guess (Keselowski) kind of races with that mentality, that 'Hey, it doesn't really matter where we finish or if we finish,' so I just have to be mindful of that when we're around him for the rest of the time." Allmendinger hopped the curb, hit Larson and sent him crashing into the inside wall.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
"Our last corner there, racing with Kyle I just… I can’t sorry enough  [sic]," Allmendinger said after the race. "It doesn’t help the case, I spun him out. I didn’t mean to spin him out. The No. 78 was spinning and I was starting to get my nose under Kyle to try to drag race him to the checkered. He was turning to come back down, but it was my fault. For fourth place it would be different if we were battling for the win, but I just hate it for him.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
It’s not going to help to say sorry, I know, I would be [ticked] off. He should be. I was going to be okay with that until that." Larson responded by saying Allmendinger "had already ran me down to the front stretch wall once with about 15 to go or so. Pretty dumb move right there too, but I was the smarter one racing for points, lifted, could have wrecked him, but didn’t. I don’t know. I don’t know. He wrecked me earlier in the year at Vegas.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Second half
He has ran me hard, but we always race pretty well, but today was flat out stupid. I love his crew chief (Randall Burnett) to death; he was our engineer last year. It just sucks they are going to have to start building some more race cars because he has got a few coming." Hamlin was ahead of all this and scored the victory.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Hamlin said afterwards that winning his first road course race "means a lot. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was we didn’t win the first one. I just tried the best I could and overshot the corner and I didn’t want to do it this time and so I probably under drove and let those guys be a little closer than I should’ve."


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
In his media availability following his runner-up finish, Logano said of the finish – be it the final lap or the final 15 laps – were "crazy anyway you look at it. Typical Watkins Glen. I mean, it’s just awesome, crazy racing, full contact. Just insane out there. So a lot of fun from the driver’s seat and I’m sure the fans loved it as well in front of a sold‑out grandstand.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
It was pretty cool when I pulled over for the red flag in front of the grandstands and I could hear just fans screaming and yelling and loving it. I thought, Man, this is really cool to be in the driver’s seat right now. Having those moments, I thought it was neat."


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following a fifth-place finish in his final road course race of his career, Tony Stewart said he was "just happy I’m not one of the guys who got tore up out there. The crazy part is what happens at the road courses. Everyone just seems to be putting themselves in bad positions they can’t get out of, and that’s how it ends up the way it does. There were guys who had Top 5 going into the last lap who couldn’t finish so we’ll take it.’’


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Media, Television
NBC Sports assigned the race to USA Network, as a result of Summer Olympic coverage on the primary channels used by the NBCUniversal group (during the time, USA also carried the Mid-Ohio Xfinity race and Premier League matches that typically air on NBC, NBCSN, or CNBC). Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Mike Massaro and Marty Snider reported from pit lane during the race.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Media, Television
It was the first NASCAR race broadcast on USA since 1984, but the first under Comcast ownership and under the NBC Sports banner. It is expected that USA will carry races in 2020 and 2024, as under the 2015 NASCAR television contract, the same conflict with the Olympics will happen. When Martin Truex Jr spun on the last lap, it was made famous when Rick Allen made the call “aggressive goes around!”. It has become a meme in the NASCAR community ever since then.


2016 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Media, Radio
Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
The 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The result was a victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrat administration, which increased its overall majority.


2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election, Ward results, Pittville
Dennis Parsons was expelled from the Liberal Democrats on 17 June 2020 for using a racist slur at a council meeting the day before. He now sits as an Independent.


2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup (known as the Timico Gold Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th annual running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup horse race and was held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Friday 18 March 2016.


2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The race was won by the 9 to 4 favourite, Don Cossack, owned by Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud, trained by Gordon Elliott in Ireland, and ridden by Bryan Cooper. The race gave Elliott and Cooper a first victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Don Cossack won by 4½ lengths from Djakadam, with Don Poli a further 10 lengths behind in third place. All three placed horses were trained in Ireland.


2016 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. shd = short-head.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated. PU = pulled-up. NR = non runner


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot
The 2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot was a suspected terrorist bombing plot which became known to the public on 8 October 2016 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. It was reportedly planned by the 22-year-old Syrian man Jaber al-Bakr.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Events
A part of the Kappel district, a housing development in Chemnitz, where Khalil A., a possible accomplice of al-Bakr, had rented a flat, was put on lockdown as the police tried to arrest al-Bakr, but failed to do so, reportedly when he hastily left the apartment block on foot.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Events
During the searches of al-Bakr's friend's flat, the police found "highly-volatile explosives", which were said to be more dangerous than TNT. Al-Bakr, who was described by the police as possibly "dangerous" and probably acting under Islamistic motivation, was on the loose until he was caught in Leipzig on early morning of 10 October. Three further suspects were initially detained. Chemnitz main station was partially on lockdown for four hours as well, as a red suitcase which belonged to two of the detained suspects was under investigation. After the suitcase was found to contain no explosives, the station was re-opened during the night.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Events
Al-Bakr allegedly planned an attack on a German airport. Therefore, also Berlin police was on high alert, more forces were deployed to the airports Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schönefeld. The police spoke of "preventive measures", but also stated it was on "maximum" alert anyway since terrorist attacks in Paris. Security was also tightened at other airports and stations in Germany. The manhunt was under way nationwide the next day, with police stating there was "no new state of the investigation", but it had received more than 80 useful hints. Meanwhile, the local police forces had to deal with several upset reactions by citizens. Subsequently, they published a warning to the public via their Twitter account saying that 'small-minded people spreading anger and pointless news are acting disrespectful considering the situation in Chemnitz'.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Events
According to terror expert Elmar Theveßen of German public ZDF broadcaster, the found explosive was TATP, which were also used in the November 2015 Paris attacks and the 2016 Brussels bombings.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Suspects
The 22-year old Jaber al-Bakr, also spelled Albakr, born 10 January 1994 in Sa'sa' near Damascus, Syria, arrived as a refugee in Germany in 2015 according to French AFP agency whilst local newspapers report that he wasn't with the Landeskriminalamt contradicting the latter. His arrest was ordered after the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution gathered information about him during a long-time observation. Three other suspects with links to al-Bakr were detained, two of them at Chemnitz main station and one in the flat where al-Bakr lived. Two of them were freed the next morning. One, who was later identified as Khalil A., remained in custody as a possible accomplice. al-Bakr was later found dead after committing suicide in his prison cell in Leipzig, Germany.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Suspects
On 9 October 2016 another suspect was arrested in the so-called Yorck area of Chemnitz. He was alleged to have been in contact with al-Bakr.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Suspects
Al-Bakr was arrested in Paunsdorf, Leipzig on early 10 October. He had asked another Syrian man for a bed for the night at Leipzig main station, who didn't know initially who Al-Bakr was and took him to his flat. But Al-Bakr was recognized by the housemates of his host, who tied him up and went to the police. Landeskriminalamt Sachsen (State criminal office Saxony) confirmed that Al-Bakr had links to the IS.


2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot, Suspects
While in custody, Al-Bakr reportedly went into hunger strike and, according to his lawyer broke several lamps and manipulated electrical outlets. Because of the fear he might commit suicide he was under constant surveillance, which means that the guards looked after him in certain intervals of 15 min and later 30 min. Nonetheless, he was found hanging in his prison cell on 12 October.


2016 Chengdu Challenger
The 2016 Chengdu Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Chengdu, China between 1 and 7 August 2016.


2016 Chengdu Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Chengdu Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Gao Xin and Li Zhe 6–3, 4–6, [13–11] in the final.


2016 Chengdu Challenger – Singles
Jason Jung won the title, defeating Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2016 Chengdu Open
The 2016 Chengdu Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the Chengdu Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China, from September 26 to October 2.


2016 Chengdu Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2016 Chengdu Open – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta and Mariusz Fyrstenberg in the final, 7−6(7-2), 7−5.


2016 Chengdu Open – Singles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Karen Khachanov won his first ATP World Tour title, defeating Albert Ramos-Viñolas in the final, 6−7(4−7), 7−6(7−3), 6−3.


2016 Chengdu Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season
The 2016 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season, Background
Going into the 2015 ISL season, Chennaiyin retained their head coach, Marco Materazzi, as well as the core of their playing squad with players such as Jeje Lalpekhlua, Balwant Singh, Jayesh Rane, Bernard Mendy, and marquee Elano returning for a second season. They began their season on 3 October 2015, hosting their first match of the ISL season against defending champions Atlético de Kolkata. Despite goals from Lalpekhlua and Elano, Chennaiyin lost the match 3–2. Despite a slow start to the season, Chennaiyin soon entered the finals, finishing the season in third place.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season, Background
In the semi-finals, Chennaiyin FC took on Atlético de Kolkata. In the first leg of the round, Chennaiyin came out as 3–0 winners after goals from Bruno Pelissari, Jeje Lalpekhlua, and Stiven Mendoza. Despite losing the second leg 2–1, Chennaiyin went through to the finals 4–2 on aggregate.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season, Background
During the final, Chennaiyin took on Goa at the Fatorda Stadium. They took a 1–0 lead in the beginning of the second half from Bruno Pelissari before Goa came back to lead 2–1 going into stoppage time. However, an own goal from Goa goalkeeper, Laxmikant Kattimani, and a goal from Mendoza from a defensive mistake lead to Chennaiyin winning to Indian Super League.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season, Player movement, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Chennaiyin FC season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment
On April 3, 2016, Amtrak train 89, the southbound Palmetto, struck a backhoe while travelling through Chester, Pennsylvania, killing two track workers and derailing the locomotive, as well as damaging the first two cars.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Accident
The train, en route to Savannah, Georgia, had departed Philadelphia's 30th Street Station at 7:32 a.m. The train was carrying seven crew members and 337 passengers, including two employee passengers. The train was composed of one locomotive, eight passenger cars, one café car, and one baggage car. It struck a backhoe obstructing the line at 7:50 a.m., slightly north of the Booth Street underpass. The NTSB determined that the train was traveling at 106 mph, below the authorized speed of 110 mph. The Siemens ACS-64 locomotive 627 sustained extensive damage to its cab and was derailed; at least two of the cars were damaged. Two maintenance workers—a backhoe operator and a track supervisor—were killed in the crash. Forty-one people were hospitalized. Passengers were evacuated from the train to a nearby church.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Accident
Among the passengers was businessman and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, who was on his way to Washington, D.C., to participate in the C-SPAN interview program In Depth. Forbes was unable to complete his trip, but did participate in a 15-minute interview by phone about his experiences that morning.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Accident
Amtrak rail service between Wilmington and Philadelphia, was suspended, as was service on the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line. New Jersey Transit accepted Amtrak tickets for services between New York City and Trenton while services were disrupted. Service restored the following morning, though with residual delays.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Investigation and aftermath
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Railroad Administration immediately opened investigations into the accident. One aspect of the NTSB investigation is whether or not the maintenance crew were working on the correct track. The train event recorder and locomotive video (both forward-facing and inward-facing) were recovered by the NTSB.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Investigation and aftermath
The NTSB released its preliminary report on April 18, 2016 and its final report on November 14, 2017. The NTSB report said that according to the federal investigation, the track was supposed to be closed to trains at the time of the crash. The backhoe and the two killed workers were authorized to be present on track 2 during the maintenance period (which was scheduled to be from 10:00 p.m. April 1 until 5:00 a.m. April 4), for ballast cleaning and remediation of fouled ballast (mud spots). The incident took place on Track 3, which was supposed to be subject to temporary closure while the backhoe was brought into position on Track 2. The report states that Amtrak estimated that the crash resulted in $2.2 million in damages.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Investigation and aftermath
Positive train control systems were in place and functional on the train and tracks. However, crews performing work on the stretch of track where the crash occurred failed to deploy a supplemental shunting device while completing track work. Deployment of this device is considered a basic safety measure and is required by Amtrak's rules (although not by federal regulation) whenever workers are completing track work in short windows of time ("foul time"). The NTSB released further information in January 2017, including interviews conducted as part of the investigation, that showed apparent miscommunication between two shift foremen regarding whether the track dispatcher had been informed of track restrictions.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Investigation and aftermath
The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division, the union representing track workers, was highly critical of Amtrak management in the weeks after the crash, saying that Amtrak's safety procedures were inadequate.


2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment, Investigation and aftermath
In October 2017, it was revealed that one of the track workers had taken oxycodone and the other had taken cocaine. The engineer had taken marijuana.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
The 2016 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans was the only doubleheader event of the 2016 IndyCar Series, consisting of both the seventh and eighth rounds of the championship. The event took place at the Raceway at Belle Isle, a temporary street circuit in Detroit, Michigan. Both races were contested over 70 laps. The race marked the seventh time that the course had been used for IndyCar Series racing and the fourth time that the venue had featured a doubleheader weekend with two races.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
Initial practice sessions and qualifying for the first race took place on June 3, 2016. Simon Pagenaud qualified on pole with a time of 1:14.9166, leading a Team Penske sweep of the top three positions. In the race, however, strategy miscues by Penske would give victory to KVSH Racing's Sébastien Bourdais. Second place went to Conor Daly for Dale Coyne Racing, while third went to Penske's lone representative on the podium, Juan Pablo Montoya.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
Qualifying for race two was held the morning of the race on June 5. Simon Pagenaud once again qualified on pole, this time with a time of 1:14.0379. In the race, though, his Team Penske teammate Will Power would be faster, taking his first victory in more than a year. Pagenaud finished in second, while the final step of the podium went to Ryan Hunter-Reay for Andretti Autosport.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
Qualifying for race one occurred on June 3, 2016. Simon Pagenaud qualified on pole for the third time of the 2016 season with a time of 1:14.9166. His teammates Hélio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya qualified in second and third, respectively. Castroneves broke the track record for the course during round two of qualifications, setting a time of 1:14.6899.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
The race began cleanly, with the Team Penske trio of Pagenaud, Castroneves, and Montoya maintaining their positions and James Hinchcliffe settling into fourth place behind them. Alternate pit stop strategies began on lap 2, with drivers such as Sébastien Bourdais and Ryan Hunter-Reay coming in to try to gain an advantage via strategy. On lap 10, the first caution flag of the race came out when Max Chilton crashed into the right-side wall on the backstretch from what appeared to be a broken suspension.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
While most drivers pitted, Simon Pagenaud and Hélio Castroneves stayed out, attempting to stretch the life of their tires. On the restart, Pagenaud was able to pull out a lead, but when he was finally forced to pit, the lead was handed over to Will Power. Pagenaud regained the lead on lap 31, when Power and Juan Pablo Montoya lost momentum while battling for the lead immediately after their own pit stops. Pagenaud once again began pulling out a lead.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
On lap 42, the caution came out for the second time, this time for James Hinchcliffe, who spun and crashed into the tire barrier in turn seven while running in the fifth position. The caution caused a split in strategy; several drivers, including Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon, Sébastien Bourdais, and Conor Daly elected to stay out. Others, such as Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, elected to pit. For those that pitted, Power was the first off of pit lane.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
However, Power was released before his right rear tire was secured, forcing him to pull into a runoff area in turn three during the caution period just moments after leaving the pits. Stranded far from the pits and without a wheel nut to secure his right-rear tire, Power would have to retire from the race.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
When racing resumed, Montoya held the lead until lap 52, when he pitted for the final time of the race. Scott Dixon pitted on lap 55, but appeared to have gearbox issues once he returned to the track. He retired from the race one lap later. On lap 57, Sébastien Bourdais pitted from the lead, but had built enough of a gap that he was able to come back out ahead of Simon Pagenaud and Hélio Castroneves, both of whom were attempting to save fuel in order to avoid having to pit again, as well as Montoya.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
The lead was briefly handed to Conor Daly before he came in for a splash of fuel, but no new tires. He emerged in second place behind Bourdais and was able to bring the gap between them down to 1.1 seconds, but on old tires, Daly eventually fell behind again. Bourdais took victory for his 35th career IndyCar victory, tying him for sixth in all-time IndyCar victories with Bobby Unser.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4
Conor Daly managed to hold on to second place to secure the first podium finish of his career, while Juan Pablo Montoya was the highest-finishing Penske driver with a third-place finish. Simon Pagenaud, who led much of the early race, ran out of fuel on the final lap and fell to a distant 13th place.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 1 – Saturday, June 4, Race Results
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
Qualifying for the second race was held the morning of the race on June 5. Due to time constraints, qualifying consisted only of what would be round 1 for a normal road course qualifying session. Simon Pagenaud once again qualified on pole, sweeping both sessions for the Dual in Detroit and gaining his fourth pole position in the last five races. Ryan Hunter-Reay qualified second. Will Power broke the track record set on the previous day during the session with a time of 1:13.8335.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
However, his fastest two laps were disallowed, as race control deemed that Power had interfered with a qualifying attempt being made by Marco Andretti. Power would still rank fourth in the session, but the qualifying format meant that he would actually start from eighth. Both Conor Daly and Marco Andretti would lose the fastest laps of their respective sessions for causing local yellows on the race course. Alexander Rossi had the best lap of his session disallowed for ignoring yellow flags during one of these local yellows.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
Unlike the previous day's event, early trouble occurred for several drivers. During the parade laps, Graham Rahal, who was supposed to start from the fourth position, came into pit lane to get repairs after complaining of his brake pedal being "soft". He would return to the track before the race began, but at the tail end of the field. As the race began, an incident occurred in turn one.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
Charlie Kimball moved to his left before turn one to avoid Jack Hawksworth, which forced Carlos Muñoz to take evasive actions to his left, which in turn forced James Hinchcliffe into the wall. As cars moved to avoid Hinchcliffe's now wrecked car, Takuma Sato made contact with Alexander Rossi, sending Sato into a spin. Max Chilton was forced into the wall trying to avoid Sato. Finally, Marco Andretti was the last car involved after he ran over the front wing of Sato's stationary car. Hinchcliffe and Chilton retired from the race, while the others involved carried on.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
Racing resumed on lap five, with Simon Pagenaud holding his lead over Ryan Hunter-Reay and Tony Kanaan. On lap 24, Juan Pablo Montoya and Scott Dixon made contact in turn seven, damaging Montoya's front wing and puncturing one of Dixon's tires, hampering both of their races. Dixon, however, would eventually recover. As pit stops began to cycle through, Hunter-Reay dropped back to fourth as Kanaan and Sébastien Bourdais moved up. On lap 34, the second caution of the day occurred when Montoya, on his out lap after switching to black tires, hit the wall in turn 10. Montoya retired from the race and would finish 20th. The race resumed on lap 38 with Pagenaud now leading over his teammate Hélio Castroneves. The next lap, however, Castroneves grabbed the lead and began to pull away. The race appeared to be in Castroneves's hands.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
On lap 50, in the midst of green flag pit stops, the caution flew for the third time of the race when Jack Hawksworth rolled to a stop on track. While most leaders had already pitted, Castroneves had not and was forced to pit under the caution, dropping him to 15th place. The lead was handed to Sébastien Bourdais, but he and the three drivers behind him all still needed to make one more stop in order to reach the end of the race.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
The first two drivers in the field that did not need to pit again were Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, who were fifth and sixth, respectively, on the restart. On the lap of the restart, Power quickly dispatched of Pagenaud in turn three, taking what would eventually become the lead. When Power finally inherited the lead on lap 61, he held a roughly 1.7 second lead on Pagenaud. While the gap came down in the closing laps, Power would hang on to the end of the race and take victory.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5
It was his first victory since the 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Pagenaud maintained his second place, while Ryan Hunter-Reay came across the line third for his first podium since St. Petersburg. Hélio Castroneves was only able to move up to 14th on a day that had initially looked promising for him. Conor Daly was once again the highest finishing rookie in the race, taking sixth place.


2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Race 2 - Sunday, June 5, Race Results
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2016 Chiangrai United F.C. season
The 2016 season is Chiangrai United's 6th season in the Thai Premier League since 2011.


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


2016 Chiangrai United 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.


2016 Chiangrai United F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 27, 2015 to January 28, 2016Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2016 to June 30, 2016


2016 Chicago Bears season
The 2016 Chicago Bears season was the franchise's 97th season in the National Football League and the second under head coach John Fox.


2016 Chicago Bears season
The Bears looked to improve upon their 6–10 record from 2015; however, they suffered a second consecutive 0–3 start and were plagued by injuries with an NFL-high 19 players on the injured reserve list by the end of the season. Multiple injuries to quarterback Jay Cutler resulted in backups Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley playing much of the season. They finished with a 3–13 record, the worst record for the team since the NFL's move to 16-game seasons in 1978 and the second-worst record in franchise history after a 1–13 campaign in 1969. The Bears also went 0–8 on the road for the first time in franchise history. After the season, Cutler was released, and initially announced his retirement from the NFL, but he later signed with the Miami Dolphins.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes
After only one season, offensive coordinator Adam Gase was hired as the new head coach of the Miami Dolphins on January 9, 2016. Two days later, quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains was promoted to offensive coordinator. On January 22, Washington Redskins' offensive quality control coach Dave Ragone, who had been a former assistant of Loggains with the Tennessee Titans, was hired to fill the vacancy at quarterbacks coach. On February 12, the Bears hired former Rutgers' offensive coordinator Ben McDaniels as an offensive quality control coach.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Organizational changes
On January 22, assistant special teams coach Derius Swinton joined the San Francisco 49ers as their special teams coordinator. Three days later, wide receivers coach Mike Groh left the team to become the wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams, while assistant strength and conditioning coach Jim Arthur followed Gase to the Dolphins. 49ers' assistant special teams coach Richard Hightower was hired to replace Swinton on January 26. The wide receivers coach position was filled by former Tulane head coach Curtis Johnson on February 15.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
The first transactions of the year occurred shortly after the conclusion of the 2015 regular season on January 4, 2016, when the Bears signed cornerback De'Vante Bausby, quarterback Matt Blanchard, center Cornelius Edison, fullback Paul Lasike, wide receivers Marcus Lucas and Nathan Palmer, linebacker Danny Mason, tight end Gannon Sinclair and guard Martin Wallace to reserve/futures contracts. A week later, former Houston Texans' defensive end Keith Browner was also signed on a reserve/futures deal.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On the first day of free agency, the Bears signed a four-year contract with Denver Broncos linebacker Danny Trevathan and a three-year contract with Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Bobby Massie. On March 12, inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman of the Indianapolis Colts signed a three-year contract. The next day, the Bears signed New England Patriots defensive lineman Akiem Hicks to a two-year deal. Three days later, Chicago signed Broncos long snapper Aaron Brewer to a one-year contract.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
Afterwards, the Bears began signing players to one-year deals; on March 30 and 31, two offensive linemen were signed: Bronco Manny Ramirez and Cardinal Ted Larsen. Also on March 31, a fourth Bronco was signed in defensive back and return specialist Omar Bolden. On April 30, the Bears agreed to sign former Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer. On June 2, the team signed former Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Nate Chandler. Two weeks later, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Moeaki and Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Marquis Jackson were signed.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
On July 3, Cleveland Browns quarterback Connor Shaw was claimed by the Bears off waivers. On July 20, the Bears signed former Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Amini Silatolu. On July 27, the Bears signed defensive back Brandon Boykin and wide receiver B.J. Daniels. On July 29, the Bears signed undrafted rookie offensive lineman Dan Buchholz. On August 3, the Bears signed defensive back Joel Ross after he was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on July 27. The next day, the Bears signed former Washington Redskin fullback Darrel Young. On August 4, 2016, the Bears signed linebacker Danny Mason and offensive lineman Garry Williams.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures
On February 16, the first departure of 2016 was left tackle Jermon Bushrod to the Miami Dolphins. On March 16, tight end Martellus Bennett, along with a sixth-round draft pick, was traded to the New England Patriots for a fourth-rounder. On May 1, safety Antrel Rolle and guard Matt Slauson were released. On June 1, offensive tackle Tayo Fabuluje was released, the first member of Ryan Pace's draftees to be released. On June 8, the Bears announced that center Manny Ramirez had retired. On July 22, safety Omar Bolden was released. On July 23, the Bears announced that offensive tackle Nate Chandler had retired. On July 29, the Bears released punter Ben LeCompte.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Roster changes, Departures
Of the Bears' unrestricted free agents, running back Matt Forte was the first to leave, signing with the New York Jets on March 9. A week later, on March 16, defensive end Jarvis Jenkins also joined the Jets, while linebackers Shea McClellin and LaRoy Reynolds signed with the Patriots and Atlanta Falcons, respectively. On June 2, offensive lineman Patrick Omameh signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2016 NFL draft, Pre-draft
Entering the draft, general consensus had the Bears' main need at linebacker; NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein believed the Bears' priority was a pass rusher, while Bears ESPN.com writer Jeff Dickerson added quarterback as a need. Prior to the draft, the Bears held visits for 50 players; 25 had private visits, 14 players visited during the NFL Scouting Combine, 6 apiece met during the Senior Bowl and the East–West Shrine Game, 6 had private workouts, while 2 had local visits. Of the 50, 11 had met with the team on multiple occasions.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2016 NFL draft, Draft
The Bears used their first-round draft pick to select Georgia linebacker Leonard Floyd. At Georgia, Floyd led the team in sacks during his final season with 4.5, while also recording a team-high 10.5 tackles for loss. On the second day of the draft, Chicago selected Kansas State offensive lineman Cody Whitehair, who started all four years at the school and was a first-team All-Big 12 Conference member in 2015, and defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard of Florida, who recorded 17.5 tackles for loss in 2015, the most for a Gator since former Bear Alex Brown's 18 in 1999.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2016 NFL draft, Draft
With the three fourth-round draft picks, the Bears selected West Virginia linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski, who led the Mountaineers in tackles during the previous three seasons, including 80 tackles and three sacks in 2015; Miami safety Deon Bush, who recorded 50 tackles, six pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, a sack and an interception in 2015; and Northern Iowa cornerback Deiondre' Hall, who recorded 28 pass breakups, 13 interceptions, six pick-sixes and four forced fumbles, three of which came last season.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2016 NFL draft, Draft
In the fifth round, the Bears drafted Indiana running back Jordan Howard, who was one of three running backs in school history to record 1,000 yards in a season in two years, while also recording 1,213 yards and nine touchdowns in 2015 despite a knee injury. In the following round, William & Mary safety DeAndre Houston-Carson was selected; the third player in team history to earn consensus All-American honors, Houston-Carson recorded 293 tackles, 10 interceptions and nine blocked field goals. With the final pick in the draft, the Bears selected Western Michigan receiver Daniel Braverman, who ranked second in the country with 109 receptions, 1,367 yards and 13 touchdowns.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, 2016 NFL draft, Undrafted free agents
After the draft, the Bears signed the following undrafted free agents:


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities
From May 14–15, the Bears hosted a Rookie Minicamp. Afterwards, they signed UConn defensive lineman Kenton Adeyemi, CSU–Pueblo receiver Kieren Duncan and North Dakota State punter Ben LeCompte and Louisiana–Lafayette offensive lineman Donovan Williams. To relieve space on the roster for the rookies, defensive lineman Bruce Gaston, Marcus Lucas, Nathan Palmer and Dan Buchholz were released. On May 25, Notre Dame linebacker and undrafted rookie Jarrett Grace was signed, while Danny Mason was released. On June 10, Dartmouth quarterback Dalyn Williams was signed, with Matt Blanchard being released.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities
On July 22, the Bears signed cornerback Charles Tillman to a one-day contract, letting him end his 13-year career as a Bear. On June 27, outside linebacker Pernell McPhee was placed on the physically-unable-to-perform list (PUP) while recovering from knee surgery. On July 30, the Bears signed linebacker Willie Young to a two-year extension, keeping him in Chicago until 2018. On August 8, center Hroniss Grasu was placed on injured reserve with a torn ACL. Two days later, offensive tackle Nick Becton was released and former Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Mike Adams was signed.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Offseason, Offseason activities
Bears Training Camp was held at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais from July 27–August 9. The team hosted the Family Fest at Soldier Field on August 6, while participating in joint practices with the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium from August 15–17.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Schedule
The Bears' preseason opponents and schedule was announced on April 7. The schedule featured three games against 2015 playoff teams; the first game was against the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, followed by the AFC East winner New England Patriots, the Kansas City Chiefs, and ending with frequent preseason opponent Cleveland Browns.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
In the preseason opener against the Broncos, the Bears fell behind early when Mark Sanchez threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas, who beat cornerback Bryce Callahan for the score. Although the Bears punted on their first drive, they regained possession of the ball when Callahan tipped Sanchez's pass towards Jerrell Freeman, who intercepted the ball. Despite this, the Bears were unable to score and punted.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
The Broncos extended their lead with Brandon McManus' 37-yard field goal; after scoring another three points on a 44-yard field goal, Denver continued to increase the margin when Bennie Fowler blocked Pat O'Donnell's punt and Zaire Anderson recovered in the endzone. The Broncos got the ball back on the next drive when Lorenzo Doss intercepted Brian Hoyer, and came close to scoring once again on McManus' 48-yard field goal, but Chris Prosinski blocked the kick. In the second half, David Fales was sacked by Dekoda Watson in the endzone for a safety, making the score 22–0. Aside from McManus missing a 46-yard field goal, every drive in the second half ended with a punt. The loss marked the first time the Bears were shut out in a preseason game since a 13–0 loss in 1981 to the Kansas City Chiefs.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
In New England, the Bears' starting offense scored on its first two drives: Robbie Gould kicked a 36-yard field goal, while Jeremy Langford scored on a five-yard touchdown run, which led to Jay Cutler's pass to Rob Housler for the two-point conversion. The Patriots attempted to respond when they reached the Bears' three-yard line, but Tracy Porter forced Brandon Bolden to fumble, leading to the Bears recovering the loose ball. After the Bears punted, the Patriots scored on Stephen Gostkowski's 21-yard field goal.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
On the Bears' first play of their next series, Cyrus Jones intercepted Brian Hoyer's pass for Josh Bellamy, which set up LeGarrette Blount's one-yard touchdown run, though Keith Browner stopped Blount on the potential game-tying two-point conversion. The Patriots took the lead on their next possession when Jimmy Garoppolo threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to A. J. Derby, followed by a two-point conversion scored by Chris Hogan. In the second half New England scored two more field goals of 29 and 44 yards to make the score 23–11.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
Gould kicked a 36-yard field goal to close the margin; Connor Shaw replaced Hoyer for the final drive, throwing a 22-yard touchdown pass to B. J. Daniels as time expired. Shaw later scored on the two-point conversion with a pass to Darrin Peterson to end the game with a one-point margin.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
The Bears struggled against the Chiefs, allowing 23 unanswered points: Cairo Santos' 20- and 28-yard field goals and Spencer Ware's one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, followed by Darrin Reaves' four-yard touchdown in the third and Santos' 41-yard field goal early in the fourth. Chicago had two opportunities during the second half, but Gould missed a 48-yard field goal wide left and the offense was unable to capitalize on Deiondre' Hall's interception of Aaron Murray, turning the ball on downs.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
With 5:40 left in the game, Shaw threw a 16-yard touchdown pas to Cameron Meredith for the Bears' first score of the game, but Shaw would be injured on Chicago's next drive when Rakeem Nuñez-Roches landed on his left foot, breaking his leg. Shaw was placed on injured reserve on August 30.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
Receiver Kevin White was the only starter on the Bears' regular-season depth chart to start the preseason closer against the Browns. The Bears scored first on Gould's 50-yard field goal. The Browns were forced to punt on the next drive, but Daniels muffed it after the ball hit his foot while he was jumping over De'Vante Bausby. Cleveland took the lead with Isaiah Crowell's four-yard touchdown run on the following drive. Although the Bears reclaimed the lead with Ka'Deem Carey's one-yard touchdown run, Gould missed the extra point wide left.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Preseason, Game summaries
Two drives later, Josh McCown was intercepted by Jacoby Glenn, leading to Gould's 43-yard field goal. The Browns attempted to respond with a field goal of their own, but Patrick Murray missed his 31-yard attempt wide right. Gould kicked a 21-yard field goal in the third quarter to make the score 15–7. In the fourth quarter, Jordan Howard scored on a 16-yard touchdown run, though Gould's extra point was blocked. Gould was released on September 4.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season
The schedule was released on April 14. The Bears' opponents had a combined 2015 record of 118–138 (.461), giving the Bears the second-softest schedule in the league.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The Bears opened the 2016 season on the road against the Houston Texans, who defeated the Bears in all three of their previous meetings, most recently a 13–6 win in 2012. The game was the second Bears–Texans game at NRG Stadium, the first being a Houston 31–24 win in 2008. On offense, the Bears faced a Texans defense that was ranked third in the NFL in 2015, which WBBM-TV writer Jeff Joniak wrote should be handled by controlling the ball and blocking defenders J. J. Watt, Whitney Mercilus and Jadeveon Clowney.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
Meanwhile, the Texans were led by quarterback Brock Osweiler, who guided the Broncos to victory against the Bears in his debut as an NFL starter last year. Osweiler was bolstered by a fast-paced receiving corps featuring DeAndre Hopkins and rookies Will Fuller and Braxton Miller. With an unproven roster, including six new starters on offense, Joniak believed the Bears should utilize this as an "element of surprise" against the Texans.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
On their opening drive, the Texans reached the Bears' 34-yard line, but had their drive end when Tracy Porter pulled the ball away from Hopkins for the interception; Chicago capitalized on the takeaway with Jeremy Langford's one-yard touchdown run. After the Texans punted, the Bears elected to attempt a fourth down conversion at Houston's 31-yard line, but turned the ball over on downs when Jay Cutler fumbled the snap. Nick Novak kicked a 28-yard field goal in the second quarter.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
The Texans took the lead when Osweiler threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Hopkins, and had a chance to increase the margin when Osweiler threw a potential 83-yard touchdown pass to Fuller, but he dropped the pass; they punted three plays later. With 31 seconds left in the half, the Bears offense traveled 75 yards on three plays, including a 54-yard pass by Cutler to Alshon Jeffery, ending the drive with Cutler's 19-yard touchdown pass to Eddie Royal.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
On the second play of the third quarter, Cutler was intercepted by Andre Hal after Kevin White appeared to stop running his route midplay. Novak kicked a 28-yard field goal on the resulting drive. The next five drives of the game ended in punts, ending early in the fourth quarter when Fuller converted a screen pass into an 18-yard touchdown. The Texans increased the score to 23–14 via Novak's 38-yard kick. The Bears were unable to enter Houston territory on their final two drives.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Houston Texans
In comparison to the first half, the Bears offense struggled in the second; despite recording five first downs on their opening drive and a 75-yard series in the second quarter, the unit had just 71 yards and four first downs in the final two-quarters. Cutler was sacked five times, including thrice after the Texans took the 20–14 lead.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Bears' home opener was against the Philadelphia Eagles. In 43 games, the Bears led the all-time series 30–12–1; though the Eagles won their last game in 2013 54–11, the Bears won 31–26 in their most recent game at Soldier Field in 2010. From 1933–1995, the Bears won all 15 games against the Eagles in Chicago, but were 2–5 since.


2016 Chicago Bears season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The game also marked the second Bears–Eagles game on Monday Night Football in Soldier Field (the first since a 27–13 win in 1989) and the first MNF game between the two since a 30–24 victory at Lincoln Financial Field in 2011. For the Bears' offense to succeed against the Eagles, Jeff Joniak stated it would have to be more productive; while the Bears had 12 possessions (a league average) against the Texans, none of them were at least ten plays long, while also having only 54 snaps, the second-least in the NFL.