2016 Derby City Council election, Overall results
At the previous election the composition of the council was:


2016 Derry Senior Hurling Championship
The 2016 Derry Senior Hurling Championship was the 71st edition of the Derry GAA's premier hurling tournament for senior clubs in Derry club hurling competitions. The winners receive the Fr Collins Cup.


2016 Derry Senior Hurling Championship
Slaughtneil Robert Emmet's were the defending champions, having beaten Swatragh 5–26 to 1–5 in the 2015 final. They won their fourth championship in a row by beating Bangher 2–19 to 1–12 in the final on 11 September 2016.


2016 Desert Diamond Cup
The 2016 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring six soccer teams from Major League Soccer, two from the United Soccer League and host FC Tucson from the Premier Development League, held from February 17 to February 27, 2016. It is the 6th annual Desert Diamond Cup.


2016 Desert Diamond Cup, Matches
The tournament featured a round-robin group stage followed by fifth-place, third-place and championship matches.


2016 Desert Diamond Cup, Awards
CARF International MVP: Teal Bunbury (NEW}TEP Copper Boot (Leading Scorer): Kei Kamara (COL}


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
The 2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix was the second round of the 2016 IndyCar Series season and the first oval race of the season. It took place on April 2, 2016 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The race marked the return of open wheel racing to the course, as IndyCar had not visited Phoenix since 2005. Team Penske driver Hélio Castroneves grabbed pole position for the race with a two lap time of 38.2604 seconds. In the process, he set a new single lap track record with a time of 19.0997 seconds. One incident occurred in qualifying when Carlos Muñoz spun and crashed in turn one during his attempt. Two other drivers, James Hinchcliffe and Takuma Sato, made no qualifying attempts due to damage sustained in practice incidents.


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
Hélio Castroneves led the opening 39 laps of the race before a right-front tire puncture ruined his race. Juan Pablo Montoya inherited the lead and led to lap 95 before suffering the same fate as his teammate Castroneves. From there, Scott Dixon inherited the lead and led the remaining 155 laps, giving Dixon his 39th win and tying Al Unser for 4th in most career IndyCar victories. Simon Pagenaud finished second, moving him into the lead of the championship standings.


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
Graham Rahal would prove the biggest mover in the race, charging up from a lowly 19th place start to finish in fifth place. Rahal was also the highest placed Honda in the race. Despite having little oval experience, Max Chilton surprised as the highest finishing rookie, coming across the line in 7th.


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
A total of six caution flags flew during the race, all due to spins or contact. The first came on lap 50 when Luca Filippi spun coming off of the first turn. He did not make contact with the barriers. The second came on lap 120, when Carlos Muñoz hit the wall at the exit of turn four. Muñoz would retire from the race due to the damage to his car.


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
Shortly after the restart from the second yellow, the third caution came on lap 134 when Josef Newgarden and Charlie Kimball made contact in the first turn, sending Kimball into a spin. Kimball was given a drive through penalty for avoidable contact for the incident. Lap 146 saw the next caution when Sébastien Bourdais went wide in turn three and brushed the outside wall in turn four.


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
After finally having another significant green flag period, caution waved again for the fifth time of the race on lap 198, when Ed Carpenter drifted wide and slapped the outside wall in turn four, making him the second retirement of the race. The final yellow would come out on lap 248 and force the race to finish under yellow flag conditions after Alexander Rossi brushed the wall in turn four.


2016 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race Results
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 Detroit Lions season
The 2016 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 87th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 83rd as the Detroit Lions, and their third under head coach Jim Caldwell. On January 8, 2016, the Lions hired Bob Quinn as general manager. This was also the first season in over 40 years in which the Lions had an official cheerleading squad.


2016 Detroit Lions season
The Lions improved upon their 7–9 record from 2015, and clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2014—the Lions finished tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the last NFC playoff spot, but won the tiebreaker based on their record against common opponents. However, the Lions were defeated by the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Round and extended their playoff losing streak to nine games.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts
The Lions opened the regular season on the road against the Indianapolis Colts, and came away with a close victory. The Lions jumped out to a 14–0 lead before Indianapolis got on the board. Theo Riddick had a 21-yard touchdown run on the Lions' opening drive, and rookie running back Dwayne Washington scored on a 1-yard run early in the second quarter. The Colts got on the board with a 50-yard Adam Vinatieri field goal, but the Lions went up 21–3 on its next possession when Matthew Stafford hit Eric Ebron for a six-yard touchdown pass.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis closed to 21–10 near the end of the first half after Andrew Luck tossed a two-yard touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief. The Colts got within a field goal early in the third quarter with a 19-yard scoring strike from Luck to Dwayne Allen and a successful 2-point conversion. On Detroit's next drive, Stafford connected with Ameer Abdullah on an 11-yard touchdown pass to put his team back up, 28–18.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts
The Colts scored the next ten points early in the fourth quarter on a 40-yard Vinatieri field goal and a 16-yard scoring pass from Luck to Jack Doyle, knotting the game at 28. The Lions regained the lead on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Riddick, but Matt Prater missed the extra point. That allowed Indianapolis to take a 35–34 lead on its next possession, when Luck again connected with Doyle, this time on a six-yard touchdown pass.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts
Detroit got the ball back with 37 seconds left in the game, and on three plays moved into range for Matt Prater's go-ahead 43-yard field goal with four seconds on the clock. The Lions earned a safety on the final play of the game when the Colts were called for an illegal forward pass in the end zone, making the final score 39–35. This was the first time the Lions defeated the Colts since 1997.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans
For their home opener, the Lions hosted the Tennessee Titans. The Lions had led for most of the game, accumulating 12 points in the first half with an end zone tackle of DeMarco Murray by Devin Taylor for a safety, a 24-yard touchdown catch by Anquan Boldin from Matthew Stafford, and a 42-yard Matt Prater field goal, while holding the Titans to only a 46-yard field goal by Ryan Succop before the break. Detroit lost steam after intermission and only managed to score a single 27-yard Prater field goal in the third quarter.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Tennessee Titans
After Tennessee gained a 16–15 lead late in the fourth quarter on touchdown passes from Marcus Mariota to Delanie Walker and Andre Johnson, from 30 and nine-yards respectively, an attempted Detroit comeback failed when Matthew Stafford was picked off by Perrish Cox in the closing seconds, giving the Lions their first loss of the season. The game was marred by 29 penalties, 17 on the Lions. Detroit had three touchdowns (two on the same drive) called back due to penalties.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 3: at Green Bay Packers
The Lions traveled west in week 3 to play their division rival the Green Bay Packers. The Packers got on the board first with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Davante Adams. The Lions responded with a 42-yard field goal from Matt Prater. Green Bay accumulated a big lead with two touchdown catches by Jordy Nelson for eight and later 17 yards, one by Richard Rodgers II from two-yards, as well as a 36-yard field goal from Mason Crosby. Detroit made the halftime score 31–10 after Marvin Jones caught a 17-yard touchdown catch from Matthew Stafford. After the break, the Lions attempted a comeback with touchdown catches by Anquan Boldin and Marvin Jones, from two and 45-yards respectively, as well a 50-yard Prater field goal. Despite only allowing a 46-yard Packers field goal in the second half, the Lions came up short, losing  27–34.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: at Chicago Bears
In week 4, the Lions had their second consecutive divisional road game when they visited the Chicago Bears. The Bears got on the board first with a four-yard touchdown pass from Brian Hoyer to Eddie Royal. The Lions responded with a 50-yard field goal from Matt Prater, which made the score 7–3 in favor of the Bears at half-time. The Lions opened the scoring in the second half with a 21-yard field goal from Matt Prater. The Bears responded with a six-yard touchdown pass from Hoyer to Zach Miller. The Bears extended their lead in the fourth quarter with a 25-yard field goal from Connor Barth. The Lions responded with an 85-yard punt return by Andre Roberts, and a two-point conversion pass from Matthew Stafford to Golden Tate. Despite the attempted comeback, the Lions came up short, losing 14–17.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
In week 5, the Lions hosted the Philadelphia Eagles to start a three-game home stand. The Lions took a 14–0 lead in the first quarter with a pair of touchdown catches by Theo Riddick, from one and 17 yards out respectively. The Eagles responded in the second quarter with a one-yard touchdown pass from Carson Wentz to Ryan Mathews, cutting the Lions lead to seven points. The Lions added to their lead with a one-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Marvin Jones.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles responded with a 50-yard field goal from Caleb Sturgis, which made the score 21–10 in favor of the Lions at halftime. The Eagles scored 10 points in the third quarter via a one-yard touchdown pass from Wentz to Josh Huff, and a 33-yard field goal from Sturgis, cutting the Lions lead to one point. The Eagles took their first lead of the game, going up 23–21 in the fourth quarter on a 49-yard field goal from Sturgis.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 5: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
At the 2:34 mark of the final quarter, Darius Slay forced a Ryan Mathews fumble, which the Lions recovered inside Eagles territory. This was Philadelphia's first turnover of the 2016 season. The Lions got into range for a 29-yard Matt Prater field goal, making the score 24–23 with 1:28 left. Darius Slay intercepted a Wentz pass on the Eagles' next play from scrimmage, sealing the Lions victory and giving the Eagles their first loss of the season.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Rams
In week 6, the Lions hosted the Los Angeles Rams. The score seesawed the entire game. The Lions scored first with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Marvin Jones. The Rams tied it up with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum to Kenny Britt, and took the lead in the second quarter with a one-yard touchdown run by Keenum.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Rams
The Lions tied it back up with a two-yard touchdown catch by Andre Roberts on fourth down, and stopped the Rams from taking the lead with a goal line stand as time expired in the second quarter, keeping the score tied 14–14 at halftime. After the break, the Lions took the lead back with a four-yard touchdown catch by Anquan Boldin, but the Rams tied it back up with a 15-yard catch by Lance Kendricks.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Los Angeles then retook the lead in the fourth quarter with a nine-yard catch from Britt, but Detroit tied it up again on a 23-yard TD catch by Golden Tate. The Lions took the lead for good with a 34-yard field goal by Matt Prater at the 1:29 mark of the final quarter. Detroit prevented the Rams from getting into range for a game-tying field goal when Rafael Bush intercepted a Keenum pass with just over a minute to play, giving the Lions a 31–28 win and improving their record to 3–3. Golden Tate tallied a career-high 165 yards on eight receptions.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Rams
The Lions celebrated the 25th anniversary of their 1991 NFC Central Championship with an on-field reunion of its players at halftime.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Washington Redskins
In week 7, the Lions hosted the Washington Redskins. After a scoreless first quarter, each team scored only a field goal in the second quarter: first Detroit's Matt Prater from 43 yards, then Washington's Dustin Hopkins from 38 yards, to tie the game at three points apiece at halftime. The only score of the third quarter was a one-yard touchdown run by the Lions' Zach Zenner. The Lions extended their lead in the fourth quarter via a 27-yard field goal from Prater.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Washington Redskins
The Redskins responded with 14 consecutive points on a pair of touchdowns, first with a one-yard pass from Kirk Cousins to Robert Kelley, and next on a 19-yard run by Cousins. This give the Redskins their first lead of the game, 17–13, with just over a minute to go. The Lions took the lead back on the next drive, when Matthew Stafford hit Anquan Boldin for an 18-yard TD with 16 seconds left, to win the game, 20–17.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Houston Texans
In week 8, the Lions visited the Houston Texans. After a scoreless first quarter, the Texans took an early lead that they never relinquished with a pair of touchdowns. First, Brock Osweiler connected with C. J. Fiedorowicz on a six-yard touchdown pass, then Lamar Miller scored on a one-yard run. The Lions' only score of the first half was a 47-yard field goal from Matt Prater, making the halftime score 14–3. The only score of the third quarter was a 33-yard field goal from Houston's Nick Novak.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Houston Texans
Detroit responded with a one-yard touchdown catch by Theo Riddick in the fourth quarter, but the Texans went back up by 10 points after a 36-yard Novak field goal. The Lions scored the final points of the game with a 34-yard field goal. Despite the attempted late game comeback, Detroit came up short, losing 20–13 and snapping their three-game winning streak.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings
In week 9, the Lions visited their division rival the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 47-yard field goal from Matt Prater. The Vikings responded in the second quarter via a 33-yard field goal from Blair Walsh. Detroit came back with a one-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Boldin, giving them a 10–3 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, the Vikings reduced the Lions lead to one point via a one-yard touchdown pass from Sam Bradford to Kyle Rudolph, but Walsh missed the extra point kick.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings
The Lions extended their lead in the fourth quarter via a 53-yard field goal from Prater. Minnesota took a three-point lead via a one-yard touchdown run from Rhett Ellison with 23 seconds left in the game. Detroit responded with a 58-yard field goal from Prater to tie the score at 16 as time expired, forcing overtime. In the extra session, Detroit scored on its opening possession via a 28-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Tate, where Tate stiff-armed safety Harrison Smith and then flipped into the end-zone, earning a 22–16 win.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
In week 11 following their bye-week, the Lions hosted the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 27-yard field goal from Jason Myers. The Lions' first score came in the second quarter on a 55-yard punt return from Andre Roberts, but the extra point try by Matt Prater was partially blocked and failed. The Jaguars responded with a three-yard touchdown pass from Blake Bortles to Allen Robinson, but the conversion attempt by Myers also failed.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Lions then scored on a 27-yard field goal from Matt Prater, which tied the score at 9–9 at halftime. The Lions took the lead in the third quarter via a 39-yard interception return from Rafael Bush. The Jaguars responded with 10 points in the third quarter via a 52-yard field goal from Myers, and a three-yard touchdown pass from Bortles to Marqise Lee, giving them a 19–16 lead. The Lions, trailing for the ninth straight game when entering the fourth quarter, would score the final 10 points of the game. The Lions offense scored its first and only touchdown on a one-yard run from Eric Ebron, and Matt Prater added a 43-yard field goal with 22 seconds left in the game. On the final drive for the Jaguars, Tavon Wilson intercepted a pass from Bortles, sealing the Lions 26–19 victory.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The Lions became the first team in NFL history to have its first ten games of a season all decided by seven or fewer points.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
For their annual Thanksgiving Day game, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rival the Minnesota Vikings, with both teams coming into the game at 6–4 and the winner gaining first place in the NFC North. The Lions opened the scoring in the first quarter via a two-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Anquan Boldin. The Vikings responded with a five-yard touchdown run from Matt Asiata. In the second quarter, the Lions recorded a 29-yard field goal from Matt Prater, which made the score 10–7 in favor of the Lions at halftime.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings again tied the score in the third quarter via a 30-yard field goal from Kai Forbath, and took their first lead of the game in the fourth quarter via a 28-yard field goal from Forbath. The Lions responded with a 48-yard field goal from Prater to tie the game. With 38 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Darius Slay intercepted a pass from Sam Bradford. Two plays later, Prater recorded a 40-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Lions a 16–13 win.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Lions have trailed in the fourth quarter of every game this season, and tied an NFL record for the most fourth quarter comeback wins in a season with seven, set by the 2009 Indianapolis Colts. The Lions extended their own NFL record of games to start a season being decided by seven points or fewer, now standing at eleven.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints
After their Thanksgiving win, the Lions traveled south to play the New Orleans Saints. The Lions opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 27-yard field goal from Matt Prater. Detroit extended their lead in the second quarter via a one-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Theo Riddick. The Saints reduced the Lions lead to seven points via a 40-yard field goal from Wil Lutz. The two teams exchanged field goals, one from Prater from 29 yards, and one from Lutz from 32 yards, making the score 13–6 in favor of the Lions at halftime.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints
The Lions added two field goals from Prater in the third quarter, from 32 yards and 27 yards out, extending their lead to 19–6. The Saints opened the scoring in the fourth quarter with a one-yard touchdown run from John Kuhn. The Lions responded on the next drive with a 66-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Golden Tate, which was followed by a failed two-point conversion. Matt Prater finished the scoring with a 52-yard field goal, giving the Lions a 28–13 win.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: at New Orleans Saints
This marked the first game all year in which the Lions never trailed in the fourth quarter, and their first game of 2016 to be decided by more than seven points. The Lions defense held Saints quarterback Drew Brees without a touchdown pass, ending a streak of 60 straight home games in which Brees threw for at least one touchdown. Further, the Lions won a road game following their Thanksgiving Day game for the first time since 1974, ending a streak of 22 losses in such games. In one stretch during the first half, Matthew Stafford completed 14 consecutive passes, a Lions franchise record.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears
In week 14, the Lions returned home for a rematch with division rival the Chicago Bears, who defeated the Lions in Chicago in week 4. The Bears opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 38-yard field goal from Connor Barth. The Lions responded with 10 points in the second quarter via a 29-yard field goal from Matt Prater, and a 16-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Anquan Boldin, which made the score 10–3 in favor of the Lions at half-time. The Lions extended their lead in the third quarter via a 54-yard field goal from Prater.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears
The Bears reduced the Lions lead to three points via a 31-yard touchdown pass from Matt Barkley to Cameron Meredith. The Bears regained the lead in the fourth quarter via a 24-yard interception return from Cre'Von LeBlanc. The Lions responded with a seven-yard touchdown run from Stafford with 3:17 left in the game, giving the Lions a 20–17 lead they held onto for the win, and breaking an NFL record with 8 comebacks in a single season.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears
With the win, the Lions have won five games in a row for the first time since 2011. The Lions have also held opponents to 20 points or fewer in seven straight games, their longest such streak since 1961.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Giants
In week 15, the Lions traveled east to play the New York Giants. The Giants opened the scoring in the first quarter via a six-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Sterling Shepard. The two teams exchanged field goals in the second quarter, one from Matt Prater from 48 yards, and one from Robbie Gould from 47 yards, making the score 10–3 in favor of the Giants at halftime. The Lions reduced the lead to four points in the third quarter via a 33-yard field goal from Prater.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at New York Giants
The Giants extended their lead in fourth quarter with a four-yard touchdown pass from Manning to Odell Beckham Jr. The Lions' attempted comeback failed when Matthew Stafford was picked off by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie in the end-zone for a touchback with 2:09 left in the game, losing 17–6, and snapping their five-game winning streak.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys
In week 16, the Lions flew southwest to play the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. The Cowboys opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 21-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to Brice Butler. The Lions responded with a 7-yard touchdown run from Zach Zenner. The Cowboys regained the lead via a 55-yard touchdown run from Ezekiel Elliott. The Lions scored 14 points in the second quarter via a 1-yard touchdown run from Matthew Stafford and a 5-yard run from Zenner, to take their first lead of the game.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys responded with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Dez Bryant, which tied the score 21–21 at halftime. The Cowboys scored 21 unanswered points in the second half, via a 1-yard touchdown run from Elliott and a 10-yard touchdown pass from Bryant to Jason Witten in the third quarter, and a 19-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to Bryant in the fourth quarter, making the final score 42–21.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: at Dallas Cowboys
The Lions' streak of holding opponents to 20 points or fewer was ended at eight consecutive games.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
To finish the regular season, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rival the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football, their second consecutive nationally televised, prime-time game. After a scoreless first quarter, the Packers opened the scoring in the second quarter via a seven-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Aaron Ripkowski. The Lions responded with 14 points via a one-yard touchdown run from Zach Zenner and a three-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Golden Tate.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Packers reduced the Lions lead to four points via a 53-yard field goal from Mason Crosby, which made the score 14–10 in favor of the Lions at half-time. The Packers regained the lead in the third quarter via a three-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Davante Adams, and increased it in the fourth quarter via a 10-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Geronimo Allison, and a nine-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Adams.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Lions responded with a 54-yard field goal from Matt Prater and a 35-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Anquan Boldin but came up short, losing 24–31. With the loss, Green Bay won the NFC North division title, but Detroit won a wildcard spot, thanks to Washington's loss to the Giants earlier in the day.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Seattle Seahawks
After a scoreless first quarter, the Seahawks opened the scoring in the second quarter via a two-yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson to Paul Richardson. The Seahawks extended their lead via a 43-yard field goal from Steven Hauschka. The Lions responded with a 51-yard field goal from Matt Prater, which made the score 10–3 in favor of the Seahawks at half-time. The Lions reduced the Seahawks' lead to four points in the third quarter via a 53-yard field goal from Prater.


2016 Detroit Lions season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks scored 16 points in the fourth quarter via a 27-yard field goal from Hauschka, a four-yard touchdown run from Thomas Rawls, and a 13-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Doug Baldwin, making the final score 26–6 in favor of Seattle, and ending the Lions' season. The loss marked the Lions' ninth consecutive playoff game without a win, the longest streak in NFL history.


2016 Detroit Tigers season
The 2016 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 116th season. The Tigers opened the season on the road against the Miami Marlins on April 5, and their home opener was on April 8 against the New York Yankees. The Tigers finished the season in second place in the American League Central division, with an 86–75 record. They had a chance for a Wild Card berth until the final day of the regular season, but their 1–0 loss to the Atlanta Braves and wins by the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays kept the team out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season.


2016 Detroit Tigers season, Roster, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirtieth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventeenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 7 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 16 October at the same venue. Marco Wittmann won his 2nd DTM championship after a total of nine events.


2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.


2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Calendar
The nine event calendar was announced on 30 November 2015. Oschersleben was officially removed from calendar.


2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:


2016 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup
The 2016 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup is the twenty-second season of the Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup, the German championship for touring cars, and the first under its current name after dropping the ADAC name. For this season a new category - Superproduction - was introduced, replacing Division 1, while Divisions 2 and 3 were reclassified as Production 1 and Production 2 respectively. Despite not using the ADAC name the series will support ADAC GT Masters and its support series. The calendar consists of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over eight different tracks.


2016 Deutschland Cup
The 2016 Deutschland Cup was the 27th edition of the tournament.


2016 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2016 Dhivehi Premier League was the second season of the Dhivehi Premier League, the top division of Maldivian football. The season began on 19 April 2015. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.


2016 Dhivehi Premier League, Format
All eight teams play against each other in Three Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Dhivehi Premier League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the President's Cup.


2016 Dhivehi Premier League, Teams
A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league, including 7 sides from the 2015 Dhivehi Premier League season and one promoted from the 2015 Second Division Football Tournament.


2016 Dhivehi Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Round One & Two
Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2016 Dhivehi Premier League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.


2016 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.


2016 Dhulagarh riots
On 13 and 14 December 2016, Rioters attacked and looted  shops and houses of the local and set them on fire in Dhulagarh in Howrah district of West Bengal following an altercation on 12 December 2016 between processionists and local residents who  were observing religious rituals.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Background
Dhulagarh is a small industrial and business hub in Howrah District. It is only 20 km from Nabanna, the seat of state government in the city of Howrah and only 28 km from Kolkata. Dhulagarh falls under Panchla block In the second decade of 21st century the occurrences of communal violence have sharply increased in West Bengal. In 2013 there were 106 instances of communal violence in West Bengal compared to the previous years which had an average of 15-20 each year.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Attacks
On December 12, Hindus and Muslims clashed when the Mawlid possessions were not allowed to carry out. Both groups hurled bombs at each other. On  December 13, clashes between two communities (Muslims and Hindu) erupted following religious celebrations of Milad-ul-Nabi in Dhulagarh. The mob hurled bombs at local residents. Many people were injured and rendered homeless in the clashes. 65 people were arrested in connection to the riots.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Attacks
Local residents claimed that they had to flee with their children and elderly as soon as the mob hurled country-made bombs at their houses. Later, the mob allegedly looted the houses and fled with the money and jewelry, later, setting it on fire. They alleged the local police remained inactive and arrived late at some places while the mobs resorted to loot and arson and had told some of them to quickly leave their homes.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Aftermath
The state police claimed that the violence was the outcome of a dispute arising out of a local issue. it stated that 58 arrests were made rin relation to it and the situation was under control. According to a senior state government official, strict actions have been taken on those involved in the violence. Keshari Nath Tripathi, the Governor of Bengal has asked Surajit Kar Purkayastha, the DGP of the state to prepare a report on the incident.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Aftermath
Several local residents talked to India Today and narrated the events of the riots. While the police claimed the situation was under control, the residents contradicted it saying they were still worried and scared about the situation. Zee News which was among the first one to report on the riots had an FIR lodged against its journalists namely editor Sudhir Chaudhary, West Bengal correspondent Pooja Mehta and cameraperson Tanmay Mukherjee though the Sankrail police station didn't confirm any FIR while the New Indian Express presented a copy available to it.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Aftermath
A week after the incident, the state government transferred Sabyasachi Raman Mishra, the Superintendent of Police, Howrah (Rural) for allegedly failing to contain the communal riots. The state government banned the entry of the opposition political parties and the media into the troubled area. The delegations of Congress, BJP and CPI(M) were stopped by the police from entering Dhulagarh.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Aftermath
The state government had started compensating each family with INR 35,000, whose houses were destroyed in the communal riots. The victims stated that the compensation was simply not enough as the losses were much more. More than two weeks after the communal riots, the victims remained homeless as they were wary of returning to their homes in Dhulagarh.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Aftermath
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Calcutta High Court, demanding a judicial inquiry into the riot. The first hearing of this case was conducted on 20 January 2017 with the petitioners lawyer claiming that the police had not taken any action even though a large-scale had taken place. On the other hand, West Bengal government's pleader and advocate pleaded that 14 separate cases had been lodged in relation to the incident and the police has arrested a few culprits. After hearing the arguments from both sides, the division bench instructed the state government to submit an affidavit, stating what measures had been taken by it in relation to the riot.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Reactions
Siddharth Nath Singh of BJP accused the minority cell of Trinamool Congress of actively engineering the riots. The West Bengal unit of the BJP announced that it will move the National Human Rights Commission over the issue of communal riots in Dhulagarh. The BJP claimed attackers were brought in from outside to create trouble in the presence of Trinamool Congress MLA Gulshan Mullick. BJP leader and Rajya Sabha M.P. Roopa Ganguly had alleged that Gulshan Mullick was present when the violence was taking place. Roopa Ganguly  said that attackers had also come from Metiabruz and other places.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Reactions
Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, denied any incident of communal riots in Dhulagarh. She termed the events as a 'small incident' and a 'local problem' and categorically denied any communal problem. She alleged that wrong information was being spread in the social media. Mamata Banerjee has also been accused of destroying 'the secular fabric of West Bengal' as an aftermath of the Dhulagarh Riots and a series of similar incidents during her tenure as the Chief Minister.


2016 Dhulagarh riots, Reactions
Trinamool Congress alleged that BJP and RSS was spreading misinformation regarding the incidents and tried to provide a communal twist to a local incident.


2016 Diamond Head Classic
The 2016 Diamond Head Classic was a mid-season eight-team college basketball tournament that was played on December 22, 23, and 25 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the eighth annual Diamond Head Classic tournament and was part of the 2016-17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. San Diego State defeated San Francisco to win the tournament championship. Zylan Cheatham was named the tournament's MVP.


2016 Diamond League
The 2016 Diamond League was the seventh season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).


2016 Diamond League
The 2016 series saw three changes to the format. One of the two American meetings, the Adidas Grand Prix held in New York, was dropped from the calendar in favour of the Rabat Meeting in Morocco. This was the first meeting on the calendar to be held in Africa, which had previously been the only northern hemisphere continent not represented on the Diamond League. The second major change was an amendment to the point scoring system.


2016 Diamond League
The former model of four points for the winner, two for runner-up and one for third was overhauled with a broader points system giving ten to the winner, six the runner-up and progressively fewer points down to sixth place. The system of double points for the event finals was retained. A third change was the compression of the field events – throws and horizontal jumps allowed three attempts for all athletes, then the top four athletes at that point of the competition were permitted an additional three attempts (as opposed to the previous format of all athletes receiving six attempts).


2016 Diamond League, Format, Diamond Race events
The programme for Diamond Race events remained unchanged, with a total of 32 events divided evenly between the sexes. On the track, six running events were included for each of the sexes, from 100 metres up to 5000 metres, and all Olympic hurdles and steeplechase events featured. In the field events, all traditional four jumps were contested and three of the four traditional throwing events were held. Hammer throw remained absent due to restrictions of stadium size. The parallel IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series catered for that event.


2016 Diamond League, Format, Diamond Race events
The attempt format for throws and horizontal jumps was amended so that each athlete received three attempts, then the top four athletes received an additional three attempts. This change followed a similar arrangement that was introduced at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The announcement of the change received a mixed reaction from athletes and fans.


2016 Diamond League, Format, Points
Performances in each of the Diamond Races events received points according to the finishing position of the athletes. The winner of the Diamond Race is the athlete with the greatest number of points by the end of the series. In the event of a tie on points, the victor is the athlete with the most race wins that year. The series winners receive a Diamond Trophy and US$40,000.


2016 Diamond League, Schedule
The following fourteen meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2016 season:


2016 Diamond League, Results
Events not included in the Diamond League are marked in grey background.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Doha
There were twelve world leads set at the opening meet of the season in Doha, as well as 4 meeting records at an event which has begun the Diamond League season each of the past 7 years. The women's triple jump proved to be an enthralling contest, as the lead changed hands 5 times between Caterine Ibargüen and Yulimar Rojas over the course of the 6 rounds. The women's pole vault also provided a spectacle as Sandi Morris jumped a height of 4.83 to equal the Diamond League record and set an outdoor world lead.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Doha
Two Americans, Ameer Webb and LaShawn Merritt, won the men's sprint events, with Webb running 19.85 to go 23rd on the all-time list. All the women's track events had new world leads set, with the most impressive being Almaz Ayana's 3000 metres victory, where she ran less than a second outside her personal best to run the 19th fastest race of all time. In the men's field, Christian Taylor returned to the meet where he came within 25 cm of the world record last year, and won his event with 17.23.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Shanghai
Six world leads were set at this meeting, with five meeting records also falling. Two of the best performances of the night came in the women's 1500 metres and discus throw. Sandra Perković threw 70.88 which although placing 98th on the all time lists, is the second farthest mark this century, behind her throw to win the 2014 European Championships. In the 1500 metres, Faith Kipyegon ran a Kenyan national record to win, with a time that places her just outside the top 25 female 1500 metres runners of all time.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Shanghai
Home favourite Gao Xinglong won the men's long jump, beating Rushwahl Samaai on countback. On the track, Justin Gatlin ran his first 100 metres race under 10 seconds this season, to win, beating Qatari Femi Ogunode. The men's 800 metres was won by Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, though there was some controversy, as world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha and Bram Som, the pacemaker for the race, were left waiting at the start of the race, having expected a recall due to field athletes being on the track when the gun fired.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rabat
The first appearance of the Rabat leg resulted in ten new meeting records for the African venue, as well as four world-leading performances. The four performances were Caster Semenya's 1:56.64 in the women's 800 m (five hundredths slower than the series record), Almaz Ayana's 14:16.31 in the women's 5000 m (the fifth fastest run ever at that point), an 8:02.77-minute run by Conseslus Kipruto in the men's steeplechase (the fastest ever on African soil) and 7:35.85 in the men's 3000 m by home athlete Abdalaati Iguider (also an African all-comers record). On the track, three further meet records came from Elaine Thompson in the women's 100 m, David Oliver in the men's 110 m hurdles, and LaShawn Merritt in the men's 400 m.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rabat
In the field events, South Africa's Rushwahl Samaai cleared 8.38 m (27 ft 5+3⁄4 in) in the men's long jump for a meeting record and the best mark ever achieved in Africa. A throw of 67.45 m (221 ft 3+1⁄2 in) left Piotr Małachowski a comfortable winner in the men's discus in a meet record. In the women's triple jump Caterine Ibargüen had her 33rd straight win. Latvia's Madara Palameika winning mark of 64.76 m (212 ft 5+1⁄2 in) in the women's javelin was a meeting record and Ekaterini Stefanidi added nineteen centimetres to the African all-comers record with her win of 4.76 m (15 ft 7+1⁄4 in) in the women's pole vault.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Eugene
The Eugene meet produced nine world leads, five meet records, three area records, and two series records. The best results came from women's obstacle races. In the 100 m hurdles American Keni Harrison ran the second fastest ever time at 12.24 seconds, three hundredths off Yordanka Donkova's world record from 1988 and a NACAC area record. Ruth Jebet of Bahrain became the second woman to finish the steeplechase in under nine minutes, recording an Asian record of 8:59.97 with Kenya's Hyvin Jepkemoi a close runner-up in an African record of 9:00.01. Faith Kipyegon broke her own Kenyan record with a world lead and meet record of 3:56.41 in the 1500 m. Other world leads on the track came from Muktar Edris (men's 5000 m), Asbel Kiprop (men's mile), Tori Bowie (women's 200 m) and Mo Farah (men's non-Diamond race 10,000 m).


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Eugene
The men delivered the best field performances of that year's Prefontaine Classic. Joe Kovacs threw beyond 22 metres for a shot put world lead and Christian Taylor also did so in the triple jump with a meet record of 17.76 m (58 ft 3 in). In the men's javelin Ihab Abdelrahman of Egypt threw 87.37 m (286 ft 7+3⁄4 in) for a meet record and equal world lead. Among the women field athletes, discus thrower Sandra Perković was the only repeat winner, with Diamond leaders Levern Spencer and Ivana Španović reduced to runners-up by home athletes Chaunté Lowe and Brittney Reese in the jumps.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rome
Almaz Ayana had the best performance of the night at 14:12.59 minutes for the women's 5000 m – this was (at one and a half seconds short of Tirunesh Dibaba's world record) the second fastest time ever and a Diamond League record. Caster Semenya equalled her own world lead of 1:56.64 to take her third straight win in the women's 800 m while Janieve Russell ran a world lead of 53.96 seconds in the women's 400 m hurdles. The sole world lead of the men's programme came from Conseslus Kipruto – a final-lap fall by Jairus Birech left Kipruto to his third steeplechase win in 8:01.41 minutes.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Rome
In Diamond races, Caterine Ibargüen had her 34th straight win. Bohdan Bondarenko took the lead in the men's high jump with his second win of the series while men's discus leader Piotr Małachowski slipped to sixth on the night (one of his worst placings of recent years). Among the women, Elaine Thompson (100 m), Ekaterini Stefanidi (pole vault), Valerie Adams (shot put) and Sunette Viljoen (javelin) had their second wins of the series to top the rankings.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Birmingham
Six world leads and five meet records resulted from the Birmingham leg. In the women's pole vault Yarisley Silva of Cuba set a Diamond League record of 4.84 m (15 ft 10+1⁄2 in). She and Mutaz Essa Barshim (2.37 m in the men's high jump) were the only world leads from the field events. On the men's track Conseslus Kipruto had his fourth straight world lead in a steeplechase meet record of 8:00.12.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Birmingham
Asbel Kiprop had a world lead and meet record of 3:29.33 minutes in the men's 1500 m. In the men's 400 m, Kirani James had a meet record run of 44.23 seconds. In non-Diamond Race events, Mo Farah had a 3000 m world lead and British record of 7:32.62, while David Rudisha set an African record for the rarely run 600 m (also a world lead and meet record).


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Birmingham
In women's track events, Francine Niyonsaba ran a meet record of 1:56.92 in the 800 m, breaking the series run of Caster Semenya (who was absent). Almaz Ayana's win streak was also broken in her absence, with Vivian Cheruiyot taking the 5000 m. Keni Harrison continued her streak in the 100 m hurdles with a meet record of 12.46 seconds. The upset of the night came in the women's triple jump, with Olga Rypakova ending Caterine Ibargüen's long-standing win streak by a winning margin of five centimetres.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Oslo
The best performance of the 2016 Bislett Games was by Dafne Schippers, whose run of 21.93 seconds in the women's 200 m was a Diamond League record, meet record and a world lead. Thomas Röhler had the only world lead in the field events at 89.30 m (292 ft 11+1⁄2 in) in the men's javelin. The mile events delivered the two other world leads of the meet with Kenya's Asbel Kiprop and Faith Kipyegon topping the fields there, each with their third Diamond League win of the year. Sandra Perković also had her third straight win.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Oslo
In Diamond races, Michael Tinsley's streak was stopped by Yasmani Copello in the men's 400 m hurdles, while the absence of Americans Justin Gatlin (100 m), Christian Taylor (triple jump) and Keni Harrison (100 m hurdles) saw their unbeaten records of the series end. Without Gatlin in the men's 100 m, Andre De Grasse had the first Diamond League win of his career. Joe Kovacs maintained high performance in the men's shot put, going over 22 metres for his second win of the series.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Stockholm
With its overcast conditions, the Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics meet was the first of the year to produce no world leads. Ruth Jebet gave the sole meet record performance at 9:08.37 in the women's steeplechase. Three athletes achieved their first Diamond League wins: Jak Ali Harvey (100 m), Dina Asher-Smith (200 m) and Angelika Cichocka (1500 m). Keni Harrison and Christian Taylor returned to the top of their disciplines to take their third wins of the series, as did Ivana Španović and Renaud Lavillenie. Sandra Perković continued with her fourth victory to remain the only female athlete to go undefeated in the series. National interest came in the form of Susanna Kallur's return in the women's sprint hurdles, following a six-year absence from the sport by the world record holder due to injury.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Monaco
At the Herculis meeting, Caster Semenya was the top performer with a new Diamond League record of 1:55.33 minutes in the women's 800 m. This was also a South African record, meet record and a world lead. The runner-up Francine Niyonsaba also broke her national record at 1:56.24. Gianmarco Tamberi set an Italian record of 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) in the men's high jump, though he left the stadium on a stretcher after missing the mat.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Monaco
Conseslus Kipruto increased his streak to five wins in the men's steeplechase, while Piotr Małachowski (discus) and Caterine Ibargüen (triple jump) managed their fourth wins after one loss. Ekaterini Stefanidi and Valerie Adams took the top of their event rankings in the pole vault and shot put, respectively. Tatsiana Khaladovich of Belarus had her first career win of the series in the women's javelin.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, London
The London Grand Prix featured a world record run by Keni Harrison, who ran 12.20 seconds for the 100 m hurdles to beat the old standard from 1988. This proved an emotional moment for world-leader Harrison, who burst into tears on the track; after failing to make the American Olympic team, she had said "only the record will make up for missing out on Rio".


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, London
Britain's Laura Muir delivered a meet and British record of 3:57.49 minutes to win the women's 1500 m. Two further meet records came through Sandra Perković (her fifth discus win of the series) and Christian Taylor (in his fourth triple jump win and a world lead at 17.79 m (58 ft 4+1⁄4 in)).


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, London
Two additional world leads came from Mo Farah (12:59.29 in the 5000 m) and Shaunae Miller (49.55 in the 400 m). Joe Kovacs improved his shot put lead with his third win over 22 metres. Ruth Beitia and Ekaterini Stefanidi also improved their leads with their third and fourth wins, respectively. First career wins on the series came for three men: Gao Xinglong (long jump), Jakub Vadlejch (javelin) and Jimmy Vicaut (100 m). Usain Bolt won a non-Diamond Race 200 m, marking a return to form after injury.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Lausanne
Athletissima was the first meet after the Olympic Games in Rio and the fatigue showed, with no world leads produced. Sam Kendricks set a meet record of 5.92 m (19 ft 5 in) to win the men's pole vault, while Churandy Martina set a Dutch record of 19.81 seconds in winning the men's 200 m – his first Diamond League since 2012.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Lausanne
Orlando Ortega edged Olympic champion Omar McLeod to move to the top of the 110 m hurdles Diamond race. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson took the lead in the 100 m Diamond race with her win. In the women's field events Ivana Španović, Caterine Ibargüen, Valerie Adams and Madara Palameika all won to affirm near unbeatable leads in their events. Francine Niyonsaba won the 800 m in the absence of Olympic champion Caster Semenya. Abraham Kibiwott had his first Diamond League win in the absence of Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
The stand-out performance of the Paris Diamond League came from Ruth Jebet. After a dominant win at the Olympic Games, she turned her attention to breaking the steeplechase world record and duly achieved it with a time of 8:52.78 minutes – this was over six seconds faster than the previous mark set by Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (the only other woman who had run under nine minutes for the event). Genevieve LaCaze set an Oceanian record in sixth. Another fast race was the men's 3000 m, where Yomif Kejelcha won in a world under-20 record of 7:28.19 minutes. A third distance track event was also a highlight: Laura Muir improved her 1500 m national record with 3:55.22 minutes – a world lead, meet record and putting her 13th on the all-time lists.


2016 Diamond League, Meeting highlights, Paris
Tomas Walsh set the second Oceanian record of the day with 22.00 m (72 ft 2 in) in the men's shot put (also a meet record). Moving towards the final, several athletes built unpursuable leads in the series, with wins from Renaud Lavillenie (pole vault), Dafne Schippers (200 m), Keni Harrison (100 m hurdles), Ivana Španović (long jump), Ruth Beitia (high jump) and Sandra Perković (discus). On the opposite scale, four men achieved their first ever series wins: Chris Carter (triple jump), Nicholas Bett (400 m hurdles), Alfred Kipketer (800 m) and Ben Youssef Meïté (who set an Ivorian record in the 100 m).


2016 Dimension Data season
The 2016 season for the Team Dimension Data cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. It was the team's first season with this name, having previously competed as MTN–Qhubeka. It was also the team's first season as a UCI WorldTeam.


2016 Direct Énergie season
The 2016 season for the Direct Énergie cycling team began in January at the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Team Europcar is a French-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.


2016 Direct Énergie season
The sponsor on jerseys is Poweo in the cycling races taking place in Belgium.


2016 Division 1 (Swedish football)
The 2016 Division 1, part of the 2016 Swedish football season is the 11th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The 2016 fixtures were released in December 2015. The season started on 16 April 2016 and ended on 6 November 2016.


2016 Division 1 (Swedish football), Teams
28 teams contest the league divided into two divisions, Norra and Södra. 19 returning from the 2015 season, three relegated from Superettan and six promoted from Division 2. The champion of each division will qualify directly for promotion to Superettan, the two runners-up has to play a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth team from Superettan to decide who will play in Superettan 2017. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2, while the 11th team from each division has to play a play-off against the best runners-up from Division 2 to avoid relegation.


2016 Division 1 (Swedish football), League tables, Playoffs
The 11th-placed teams of each division meets the best two runners-up from 2016 Division 2 in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the team from Division 1 finishing at home.


2016 División de Honor de Béisbol
División de Honor de Béisbol 2016 was the 31st season of the top Spanish baseball league since its establishment. It started on 2 April and finished on 31 July.


2016 Djebel Jelloud train accident
On 28 December 2016, a collision has taken place between train No. 51/6, and the bus of the Nabeul Governorate Regional Transport Corporation (fr), The accident at the level of the National Road 1 (fr) in Sidi Fathallah (fr), a neighborhood in Djebel Jelloud fr), near Tunis capital of Tunisia, resulting 5 deaths and about 52 injuries. Among the dead are two officers of the Tunisian Armed Forces, an agent of the Anti-terrorism Brigade (BAT) (fr), a woman and an infant.


2016 Djebel Jelloud train accident, Investigation
The Ministry of Transport of Tunisia has created a commission of inquiry into the incident and promised to provide results in a matter of a week, and already, presented their findings in 4 January 2017, and said that the direct reason is the excessive speed of the driver bus and lack of attention for voice alarm issued by the train, while the indirect reason is the delay Tunisian Railways to repair defects and automatic barrier, and lack of coordination with the authorities concerned to put temporary necessary signals, and finally the non-existence of a safety-man in the intersection at this time early, as the work begins at seven o'clock.


2016 Djiboutian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Djibouti on 8 April 2016. Incumbent President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh was re-elected for a fourth term, receiving 87% of the vote in the first round.


2016 Djiboutian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Djibouti was elected using the two-round system. After a modification of the constitution in 2010, six year terms were shortened to five year terms and term limits were abolished.


2016 Djiboutian presidential election, Candidates
Guelleh, president since 1999, ran for his fourth term in office and was considered likely to win against his six opponents. The Union for the Presidential Majority believed that Guelleh would win a landslide victory and prevent a second round run-off.


2016 Djiboutian presidential election, Candidates
The Union for National Salvation (USN), a coalition of seven opposition parties, claimed the election lacked transparency. Three of the seven parties decided to boycott the elections, whilst two others fielded their own candidates, with Mohamed Daoud Chehem and Omar Elmi Khaireh running against each other.


2016 Djiboutian presidential election, Candidates
Three independent candidates also ran: Djama Abdourahman Djama, Mohamed Moussa Ali and Hassan Idriss Ahmed.


2016 Djiboutian presidential election, Conduct, Expulsion of journalists
A team of BBC journalists who had conducted an interview with the Djibouti Foreign Minister and an opposition candidate were detained by the police. The journalists claimed they had proper paperwork to work in the country but were deported after being questioned for eight hours. The BBC has yet to obtain an official statement from the government of Djibouti. Djibouti ranks 170 out of 180 in the Press Freedom Index.


2016 Djurgårdens IF season
The 2016 season was Djurgårdens IF's 116th in existence, their 61st season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league. They finished the season in 7th position, whilst being knocked out of the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen at the group stage, and progressing to the group stage of the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen.


2016 Djurgårdens IF season, Squad
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2016 Djurgårdens IF season, Squad, Out on loan
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2016 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 Dockerty Cup
The 2016 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2016, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.


2016 Dockerty Cup
This knockout competition was won by Bentleigh Greens, their first title.


2016 Dockerty Cup
The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2016 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2016 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.


2016 Dockerty Cup, Preliminary rounds
Victorian clubs, participate in the 2016 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2016.


2016 Dockerty Cup, Preliminary rounds
A total of 202 clubs entered into the competition (eleven greater than the previous year), and the four qualifiers for the semi-final rounds are:


2016 Dockerty Cup, Semi finals
A total of four teams were scheduled to take part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 13 July and 19 July.


2016 Dockerty Cup, Final
The Final was played at the neutral venue of Broadmeadows Valley Park on 17 August.


2016 Dollar General Bowl
The 2016 Dollar General Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game that was played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama on December 23, 2016. The 18th edition of the Dollar General Bowl (previously called the GoDaddy Bowl) featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference versus the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference.


2016 Dollar General Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Ohio Bobcats against the Troy Trojans.


2016 Dollar General Bowl, Teams
This was the second meeting between the schools; the first meeting was in the 2010 New Orleans Bowl, where the Trojans defeated the Bobcats by a score of 48–21. Coincidentally, that had been Troy's most recent bowl appearance prior to this game.


2016 Dominican Republic general election
General elections were held in Dominican Republic on 15 May 2016 to elect a president, vice-president and the Congress, as well as 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, municipal councils, mayors and vice mayors. On 15 May 2015 Roberto Rosario, president of the Central Electoral Board, said that there would be about 4,300 seats up for election in the "most complex elections in history".


2016 Dominican Republic general election, Background
The previous parliamentary elections were held in 2010, and fresh elections would have usually been due in 2014 as Congress has a four-year term. However, in an effort to revert to the pre-1996 system and synchronize the dates of presidential and parliamentary and local elections in a single electoral year, the congressional term starting in 2010 was exceptionally extended to six years in order for the next congressional and municipal elections to be held alongside the next presidential elections due in 2016.


2016 Dominican Republic general election, Background
On 19 April 2015 the political committee of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party decided, without consensus, to amend the constitution to allow a president to be re-elected once, allowing incumbent President Danilo Medina to be presented for re-election, based on his high poll ratings. This led to tensions between party members and leaders, especially amongst supporters of Leonel Fernandez who was a pre-candidate for the elections.


2016 Dominican Republic general election, Background
There was also an impasse in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, where senators and representatives close to Fernandez stated that they would not vote in favour of the Act to Call the Revising National Assembly to amend the constitution. After several weeks of internal disputes, the political committee, including Fernandez and Medina, agreed on 28 May to vote for the amendment. The amendment passed the Chamber on June 2.


2016 Dominican Republic general election, Electoral system
The president was elected using the two-round system; if no candidate had received more than 50% plus 1 of the vote, a second-round runoff would have been held in June 2016. Presidents are limited to serving two consecutive terms of four years.


2016 Dominican Republic general election, Electoral system
In the Congress, the 190 members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected in three groups; 178 were elected using proportional representation from 32 multi-member constituencies based on the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional, with the number of seats based on the population of each province. A further seven were elected by proportional representation in a separate constituency for expatriates and five allocated nationally to parties that received at least 1% of the vote, with preference given to those that did not win any of the 178 constituency seats. The 32 members of the Senate were elected from the 31 provinces and the Distrito Nacional using first-past-the-post voting.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest
On March 11, 2016, the Donald Trump presidential campaign canceled a planned rally at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), in Chicago, Illinois, citing "growing safety concerns" due to the presence of thousands of protesters inside and outside his rally.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest
Thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators responding to civic leaders' and social media calls to shut the rally down had gathered outside the arena, and several hundred more filled seating areas within the UIC Pavilion, where the rally was to take place. When the Trump campaign announced that the rally would not take place, there was a great deal of shouting and a few small scuffles between Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Prelude
Plans to protest the Trump rally were launched a week in advance by a variety of community and student groups who largely organized via social media. Some 43,000 undergraduate and graduate students had signed a petition asking UIC to cancel the rally by March 6. That same day, Latino leaders in the city, led by Democratic U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez of Chicago, issued a call to their constituents to join them in a protest outside the UIC Pavilion, where the rally was to take place.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Prelude
One of many student-based protests was first proposed by 20-year-old Chicago political activist and Bernie Sanders supporter Ja'Mal Green, who had posted to Facebook a week urging others to "get your tickets to this. We're all going in!!!! #SHUTITDOWN." Green told reporters that the plan was for protestors to make noise when Trump appeared, "and then rush the stage." While "activist groups did try to disrupt the event, ... many protesters said that they learned of the demonstrations on social media and went of their own accord."


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Prelude
MoveOn.org confirmed that it helped promote the protest and paid for printing protest signs and a banner. Among those who took part in organizing the protest included members of the UIC faculty, People for Bernie, the Fearless Undocumented Association, Black Lives Matter, Assata's Daughters, BYP100, College Students for Bernie, and Showing Up for Racial Justice, with "black, Latino and Muslim young people" at the "core" of the crowds of protesters.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Incident
The protests had begun 24 hours prior to the event with a vigil outside UIC Pavilion. The vigil lasted until the rally was scheduled to begin.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Incident
Thirty minutes after the rally was scheduled to begin, a representative of the Trump campaign came on stage and announced that the rally was postponed. The crowd immediately cheered and chanted "We dumped Trump!" and "We shut it down!" As Trump supporters shouted "We want Trump! ", arguments, several fistfights, and small scuffles broke out between the groups. Two police officers and at least two civilians were injured during the protests. Five people were arrested, including Sopan Deb, a CBS News reporter who was covering Trump's campaign. Protesters said that they were protesting against racism and Trump's policies. Some of the demonstrators were also members of the group Black Lives Matter. A smaller number of protesters were seen carrying flags representing various groups and countries, including Mexico.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Incident
John Escalante, the interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), said about 300 officers were on hand for crowd control. A CPD spokesman said the department had never told the Trump campaign that there was a security threat, and added that the department had sufficient manpower on the scene to handle any situation.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Incident
The Trump campaign postponed the rally. The CPD and other law-enforcement authorities "were not consulted and had no role in canceling the event." Trump initially claimed he had conferred with Chicago Police but later said that he made the decision himself: "I didn't want to see people get hurt [so] I decided to postpone the rally."


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Incident, Arrests
Four individuals were arrested and charged in the incident. Two were "charged with felony aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest", one was "charged with two misdemeanor counts of resisting and obstructing a peace officer", and the fourth "was charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing a peace officer". Sopan Deb, a CBS reporter covering the Trump campaign, was one of those arrested outside the rally. He was charged with resisting arrest; Chicago police ultimately dropped the charges.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Reactions and aftermath
After the event was postponed, Green described the cancellation of the event as a "win," saying that "our whole purpose was to shut it down... we had to show him that our voice in civil rights was greater than his voice. The minority became the majority today." Mayor Rahm Emanuel praised the Chicago Police Department's work to restore order.


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Reactions and aftermath
Trump blamed Sanders for the clashes in Chicago, insisting that the protesters were "Bernie's crowd" and that a protester who charged the stage at an event in Dayton, Ohio, the following day was a "Bernie person", calling on Sanders to "get your people in line". Sanders subsequently denounced Trump as a "pathological liar" who leads a "vicious movement", and said that "while I appreciate that we had supporters at Trump's rally in Chicago, our campaign did not organize the protests." Sanders blamed Trump for propagating "birther" conspiracy theories and for promoting "hatred and division against Latinos, Muslims, women and people with disabilities".


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Reactions and aftermath, Presidential candidates, Republican
Rivals for the Republican presidential nomination criticized Trump. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said, "When you have a campaign that affirmatively encourages violence, you create an environment that only encourages that sort of nasty discourse." John Kasich, Governor of Ohio, issued a statement saying, "Tonight, the seeds of division that Donald Trump has been sowing this whole campaign finally bore fruit, and it was ugly." Senator Marco Rubio of Florida attributed blame for the events at various parties, including the protesters, the media, and the Democratic Party, but "reserved his harshest words" for Trump, condemning him for inciting supporters who have punched and beaten demonstrators and likening him to "Third World strongmen".


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Reactions and aftermath, Presidential candidates, Democratic
Clinton, one of two Democratic presidential candidates in the 2016 election, said in a statement that the Trump campaign's "divisive rhetoric" was of "grave concern" and said, "We all have our differences, and we know many people across the country feel angry. We need to address that anger together." The morning after the incident, Clinton said, "The ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from Donald Trump and the encouragement of violence and aggression is wrong, and it's dangerous. If you play with matches, you're going to start a fire you can't control. That's not leadership. That's political arson." Bernie Sanders, the other Democratic candidate, tweeted: "We will continue to bring people together. We will not allow the Donald Trumps of the world to divide us up."


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Reactions and aftermath, Media
Conservative media described protest actions as an infringement on Trump's freedom of speech. National Review editor Rich Lowry called the protest an indefensible "mob action" and wrote that "the spectacle ... will probably only help" Trump, since he "thrives on polarization and has sought to turn up the temperature of his rallies with his notorious suggestions that protesters should get roughed up." Fox News host Jeanine Pirro characterized the protesters as "abject anarchists" who had infringed upon Trump's right to free speech by "responding to activist calls at #SHUTITDOWN."


2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest, Reactions and aftermath, Media
Other media outlets stated that such protest actions were predictable due to Trump's rhetoric. Rachel Maddow of MSNBC said that Trump's violent rhetoric at campaign rallies resulted in the escalation of tensions: "Anybody who tells you that there is no connection between the behavior of the mob at these events and the behavior of the man at the podium leading the mob at these events is not actually watching what he's been saying from the podium." Jelani Cobb wrote in The New Yorker that "the image of protesters clashing with Trump supporters in Chicago ... is the logical culmination of what we've seen throughout his Presidential campaign" as "the idea of fighting to take the country back" promoted by Trump's campaign "went from figurative to literal".


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident
At a June 18, 2016, rally for presumptive-nominee Donald Trump's presidential campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada, Michael Steven Sandford attempted to grab the pistol of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer providing security for the event. Upon arrest and after waiving his Miranda rights, Sandford claimed that he had wished to kill Trump to prevent him from becoming president. Sandford was charged with disorderly conduct and with being an "illegal alien in possession of a firearm" for having previously rented a pistol at a shooting range. On September 13, 2016, he pleaded guilty to both charges. Sandford was sentenced to 12 months and one day's imprisonment, and was released and deported to the United Kingdom after 11 months in custody.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident
Sandford, a British citizen, had a lengthy history of mental disorders, and the incident prompted criticism of mental health care in the United Kingdom. While the incident did not receive sustained media coverage in the United States, it was the subject of a documentary commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation during February 2017.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Background
Sandford travelled from the United Kingdom to the United States for an extended holiday in early 2015. In June 2016, he acquired a ticket for the Trump campaign event, also reserving a ticket for a rally to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, later the same day.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Background
On June 16, 2016, Sandford drove to Las Vegas, where he visited the shooting range Battlefield Vegas for instruction and practiced shooting a rented 9mm Glock 17 pistol. This was the first time Sandford had fired a gun; the range safety officer who assisted him described him as "not a good shot". Because Sandford had overstayed his visa, the rental of a firearm to him was illegal.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Background
On the evening of June 17, Sandford joined a queue at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino for the following day's rally. At 9:00 am the following morning, the approximately 1,500 rally attendees were allowed into the Mystère Theater. The event was under the protection of the United States Secret Service, and magnetometers were used to detect any weapons brought into the venue.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Incident
At 11:35 am, as Trump was speaking, Sandford noticed that Ameel Jacob, a police officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department who was providing security for the event, appeared to have his 9mm Glock 17 pistol unlocked in its holster. Sandford approached Jacob, who was positioned approximately nine meters (30 feet) from the stage where Trump was speaking, and engaged him in conversation, saying that he wanted Trump's autograph. While talking to Jacob, Sandford "reached down to try and pull the officer's gun, but it got stuck in his holster".


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Incident
Sandford was immediately subdued and arrested by Jacob and two other police officers. Sandford was described as appearing "confused" at the time of his arrest. Police officers are widely equipped with retention holsters that prevent their firearm from unlocking until a release mechanism has been engaged. In many cases, there are additional retention devices in use other than the typical leather strap or rotating hood that cover the top of the handgun.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Incident
After being taken into custody by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Sandford was handed over to the United States Secret Service. After agreeing to waive his Miranda rights, Sandford was interrogated by two special agents, during which time he stated that his intent had been "to kill Trump", that "if he were on the street tomorrow, he would try this again", and he had been planning the attempt "for about a year". Sandford also stated that he had only anticipated being able to fire "one to two" shots and that he had expected to have been killed.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
Following his arrest, Sandford was held in the Nevada Southern Detention Center. Due to his mental health conditions, Sandford was kept in solitary confinement and repeatedly put under suicide watch. On June 20, 2016, a complaint was filed with the United States District Court for the District of Nevada charging Sandford with committing an act of violence on restricted ground. Sandford appeared in a Nevada District Court on June 20, 2016, where he was charged with committing an act of violence on restricted ground.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
Sandford's public defender, Heather Fraley, argued that Sandford should be bailed to a halfway house given his lack of a criminal record, but he was denied bail by judge George Foley Jr. on the basis that he presented a flight risk and was a potential danger to the community. On June 29, a federal grand jury indicted Sandford on three felonies: two counts of being an "illegal alien in possession of a firearm" and one count of "impeding and disrupting the orderly conduct of government business and official functions." Each charge carried a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of $250,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also issued a detainer against Sandford relating to an immigration violation.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
Sandford was arraigned on the three charges on July 7, 2016, pleading not guilty to each. His trial was set for August 22, 2016. The Sandford family's UK lawyer, Saimo Chahal of Bindmans, requested that the trial be adjourned to enable "psychological evidence and psychiatric evidence" to be submitted in favor of Sandford being repatriated to the UK to receive treatment for mental illness there.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
Subsequently, at the urging of his family, Sandford signed a plea agreement that reduced his maximum sentence from 20 years to 27 months and protected Sandford from any additional charges arising from the investigation while waiving Sandford's right to appeal.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
On September 13, 2016, Sandford pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada to charges of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm (this pertaining to the firearm he had on June 16, 2016 rented for practice at a shooting range) and impeding and disrupting the orderly conduct of government business and official functions, saying "I tried to take a gun from a policeman to shoot someone with, and I'm pleading guilty". A third charge of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm was dropped. Sandford apologized for his actions, saying, "I know saying sorry is not enough. I really do feel awful about what I did. I wish there was some way to make things better. I have cost taxpayers so much money. I feel terrible." Sandford reported having no memory of the incident.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
Sandford was sentenced at a hearing on December 13, 2016, receiving 12 months and one day's imprisonment. He was also fined US$200 and required to undertake a rehabilitation program. The sentencing judge, James C. Mahan, acknowledged Sandford's mental health issues, stating, "I don't think you harbored malice in your heart ... You have a medical problem ... I don't see you as evil or a sociopath". Mahan described the incident as a "goofy, crazy stunt" driven by "voices" Sandford thought he was hearing and instructed Sandford to "stay on your medication". Prosecutors had sought a sentence of 18 months.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
Sandford served most of his sentence in the Nevada Southern Detention Center. He was repeatedly placed on suicide watch and stated that he was confined to his cell "most of the time". In January 2017, Sandford's mother stated that Sandford was being harassed by "Trump-supporting guards and inmates". In February 2017, Sandford was relocated to a different jail. Sandford became eligible for early release in April 2017; the following month, he was released from prison and deported to the United Kingdom.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Subsequent legal proceedings
In advance of Trump's first presidential trip to the UK in July 2018, the UK Crown Prosecution Service sought a Serious Crime Prevention Order against Sandford on the basis that he posed a "serious risk" to Trump, seeking to curtail his activities during the time of the visit. The Order was successfully opposed on behalf of Sandford by Saimo Chahal of Bindmans who evidenced that the legal test could not be met, resulting in the claim being dismissed.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Reaction and analysis
Trump briefly acknowledged the scuffle in his campaign speech, saying, "We love you, police. Thank you. Thank you, officers", as Sandford was led out of the arena. When Fox News interviewer Maria Bartiromo asked Trump about Sandford allegedly having overstayed his visa in the United States, Trump said, "Well, that's what's happening. I mean, look, we have no law, we have no order when it comes to many things. I mean, we're just talking about immigration," and speculated that there were "millions" of people in the United States who had overstayed their visas.


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Reaction and analysis
The incident received little coverage in the American media. Journalists and political commentators attributed this to its "feebly unsophisticated" and "poorly conceived" nature. They also suggested that Trump and his supporters declined to make political capital from the incident, as "a white British non-Muslim man did not fit his narrative of 'threat'." The Oregonian noted the short sentence given to Sandford, suggesting that "U.S. officials [...] apparently do not consider Sandford a threat."


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Reaction and analysis
Writing in The Independent, Peter Walker was critical of the decision to incarcerate Sandford, opining "The autistic do not respond well to deterrents, and this is why [Sandford] should never have spent a single day in prison [...] if sentenced in the UK, I've no doubt this punishment would have recommended a hospital order or counselling."


2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident, Reaction and analysis
The BBC produced a documentary about the incident and various issues concerning mental health and treatment of individuals affected by disorders. Titled The Brit Who Tried to Kill Trump, it aired on BBC Three on the BBC iPlayer, then on BBC One in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2017. The film was critical of mental health care in the UK, stating that "NHS resources [are] increasingly stretched by government cuts" and "There's also this difficult crossover period around 18 years old when someone passes from youth to adult services and people can get lost in the system."


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship is the 94th official edition of the Donegal GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Donegal. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship
Naomh Conaill were the defending champions after they defeated St Eunan's 0-11 to 0-10 in the previous years final however they relinquished their crown when losing to Kilcar at the Semi-Final stage.


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship
This was Bundoran Réalt na Mara's return to the senior grade after making the straight bounce back up from the I.F.C. since being relegated in 2014.


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship
On 16 October 2016, Glenswilly claimed their 3rd S.F.C. title when defeating Kilcar in the final in MacCumhaill Park 1-10 to 0-12.


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship
Glenfin were relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after losing a replay of the Relegation final to Killybegs, and thus ending their 15-year stay in the top flight of Donegal football.


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams changed division since the 2015 championship season.


2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Format
The 2016 County Championship took the same format as the 2015 championship in which there was four groups of four with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finals. Bottom of each group play in relegation play-offs to decide which team is relegated the 2017 Intermediate championship.


2016 Donegal county football team season
The following is a summary of Donegal county football team's 2016 season.


2016 Donegal county football team season, National Football League Division 1, Table
Compete in Division 1 semi-finals  Automatic relegation to Division 2


2016 Donegal county football team season, National Football League Division 1, Table
1Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.


2016 Donegal county football team season, 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.


2016 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round
The 2016 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round was the seventh round of the 2016 Superbike World Championship. It took place over the weekend of 27–29 May 2016 at the Donington Park.


2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic
The 2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twenty-second edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Midland, Michigan, United States, on 1–7 February 2016.


2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
Julie Coin and Emily Webley-Smith were the defending champions, but Coin retired from professional tennis at the end of 2015. Webley-Smith partnered Riko Sawayanagi, but they lost in the first round.


2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Doubles
Wildcards Catherine Bellis and Ingrid Neel won the title, defeating Naomi Broady and Shelby Rogers in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Tatjana Maria was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Catherine Bellis.


2016 Dow Corning Tennis Classic – Singles
Naomi Broady won the title, defeating wildcard Robin Anderson in the final, 6–7(6–8), 6–0, 6–2.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Down Senior Football Championship was the 108th official edition of Down GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Down. Sixteen teams compete with the winner representing Down in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship
The tournament operated a double elimination format for the opening two rounds of the championship, with the winners and early round losers rejoining in the quarter final stage.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship
Kilcoo Owen Roe's were the defending champions after they defeated Castlewellan 3-10 to 0-11 in the 2015 final. On 25 September 2016 they successfully defended their title and claimed a "5 in a row" of Down S.F.C. titles when they defeated Clonduff 3-11 to 0-9 in the final in Pairc Esler.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship
Loughinisland and Ballymartin return to the senior grade after claiming the Down IFC and IFL titles respectively. Loughinisland made the straight bounce back to the senior grade after being relegated in 2014.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship
Annaclone and Rostrevor are relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after finishing outside the top 15 ranked teams in the Down football leagues for 2016.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 1
All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winning teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners enter the draw for the quarter-finals while the 4 losers play in Round 3.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losing teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners go into Round 3 while the 4 losing teams exit the championship.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 3
The 4 losers from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners go into the draw for the quarter-finals.


2016 Down Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The 4 winners from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 3.


2016 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2016 season. It was the first season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Eamon Burns.


2016 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 1
Down played in Division One of the National Football League in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.


2016 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 1, Table
Compete in Division 1 semi-finals  Automatic relegation to Division 2


2016 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 1, Table
1Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.


2016 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.


2016 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2016 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was an inter-county and university Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster.


2016 Dr McKenna Cup
Twelve teams take part – the nine Ulster county teams and three university' teams i.e. St Mary's University College, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University.


2016 Dr McKenna Cup, Format
The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.


2016 Dr McKenna Cup, Format
The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals with the two winners progressing to the final.


2016 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 2016 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Rick Fox and played their home games at Drake Stadium. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in PFL play to finish in third place.


2016 Drapac Cycling season
The 2016 season for the Drapac Professional Cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under and Tour de San Luis. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.


2016 Dresden Cup
The 2016 Dresden Cup was a summer football friendly tournament organized by German club Dynamo Dresden and Match IQ. It was hosted at the Stadion Dresden in Dresden, from 29 to 30 July 2016. Besides the hosts, three other European teams took part: Everton (England), Real Betis (Spain), and Werder Bremen (Germany). Betis' participation was also a part of their LFP World Challenge campaign.


2016 Dresden Cup, Overview, Standings
Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win and zero points for a defeat. There were no draws as the game will go to penalties if the game ends in a draw after 90 mins. Also, each goal contributed a point to the team, regardless of whether the team won or lost.


2016 Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy
The 2016 Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy is the third season of the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It uses Ford Fiesta R2Ts.


2016 Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy
It was also the last season of the series, as the suppliers of the Junior WRC changed from Citroen to M-Sport in 2017.


2016 Dubai 24 Hour
The 2016 Dubai 24 Hour was the 11th running of the Dubai 24 Hour. The event was held on 14 to 16 January at the Dubai Autodrome, United Arab Emirates.


2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
The 2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the fourth staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2016. The tournament featured eight of the top 10 players according to the PDC Order of Merit, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 26–27 May 2016.


2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Gary Anderson won the title after he beat previously undefeated three-time champion Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the final.


2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The eight players who qualified for this tournament are the same as last year's tournament, with the exception of Dave Chisnall replacing Stephen Bunting. These were:


2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The next four seeded PDC players were (drawn at random against the higher seeds):


2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Broadcasting
The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels.


2016 Dubai Sevens
The 2016 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 2–3 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2016 Dubai Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.


2016 Dubai Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda: