2016 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, Undrafted free agents
All undrafted free agents were signed after the 2016 NFL draft concluded on April 30 unless otherwise noted.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, Staff
On January 10, 2016, one week after the 2015 season ended, Doug Whaley signed a three-year contract extension to remain the Bills general manager. That same day, it was announced that Ryan had hired his twin brother, Rob, to the Bills coaching staff to serve as an assistant head coach and will also work with the defense. Three days later, Ryan hired former NFL standout Ed Reed to be an assistant defensive backs coach. On January 20, 2016, the Bills promoted Kathryn Smith to special teams quality control coach, making her the first female full-time coach in NFL history.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Offseason, Staff
On September 16, 2016, less than 24 hours after losing 37-31 to the New York Jets in their home opener in a game in which the defense failed to stop Jets running back Matt Forte, instead of firing defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman, Ryan pretty much sealed his own fate by firing offensive coordinator Greg Roman and promoting running backs coach Anthony Lynn to the position (Lynn would later be promoted to interim head coach on December 27, 2016 after the Ryan brothers were fired after the 34-31 overtime loss to the Dolphins eliminated the team from the playoffs).


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New York Jets
The Bills saw the return of their red Color Rush uniforms from 2015 in this game. With the loss, not only did the Bills drop to 0–2, but head coach Rex Ryan fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman, promoting running backs coach Anthony Lynn to offensive coordinator the next day. They also lost wide receiver Greg Salas for the season to a groin injury and lost wide receiver Sammy Watkins for several weeks to a foot injury.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals
With the win, the Bills improved to 1–2 in Lynn's first game as offensive coordinator.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 4: at New England Patriots
With the win, not only did the Bills improve to 2–2, but Ryan got his first career regular season victory at Gillette Stadium (he was 0–7 as head coach entering the game, including six straight losses as New York Jets head coach).


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Los Angeles Rams
With the win, the Bills improve to 3–2 and their first three-game winning streak since 2011 (the team started that season 3–0).


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. San Francisco 49ers
With the win, the Bills improve to 4–2 and their first four-game winning streak since 2008 (the team started that season 4–0 in Dick Jauron's last full season as head coach).


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Miami Dolphins
The Bills led 17–14 by the start of the fourth quarter, but the Dolphins came back to win 28–25, causing the Bills to drop to 4–3.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Seattle Seahawks
With the loss, not only did the Bills drop to 4–5, but they also lost center Eric Wood for the season.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 11: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the win, the Bills improved to 5–5, but running back LeSean McCoy, wide receiver Robert Woods and safety Robert Blanton left the game with injuries.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win, the Bills improved to 6–5, but defensive tackle Corbin Bryant and wide receiver Walt Powell had to miss the rest of the season.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Cleveland Browns
With the win, the Bills improved to 7–7 and keep their slim playoff chances alive. The team set a new franchise record for rushing touchdowns in a season (27) with LeSean McCoy's second rushing score of the game. This was also the 400th regular-season win in franchise history.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Miami Dolphins
After the Bills took the lead with a touchdown inside the two-minute warning at the end of the fourth quarter, the Dolphins took the game to overtime with a 55-yard field goal with six seconds on the clock. They then secured the win with 47 seconds left in the extra period with another field goal from 27 yards. The loss for the Bills meant they were eliminated from playoff contention for the 17th consecutive season. Two days later, the Bills fired head coach Rex Ryan and assistant head coach Rob Ryan.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Jets
Anthony Lynn served as interim head coach, and EJ Manuel made his first start of the season, though he was benched in the 4th quarter as Cardale Jones took over. With the loss, Buffalo ended the season 7–9. This game included a notable flaw on Bills' special teams during a botched kickoff play.


2016 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 17: at New York Jets
Jets' kicker Nick Folk made the ball bounce inside the field, over the heads of Bills' special teamers and into the endzone, only to see the surrounding Bills' players miscommunicate and fail to secure the live ball; Jets' specialist Doug Middleton then fell on the ball inside the endzone, giving New York their last touchdown of the game.


2016 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 2016 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulls were led by second-year head coach Lance Leipold. The team played their home games at University at Buffalo Stadium and competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election
A by-election for the Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency in Singapore was concluded on Polling Day of 7 May 2016, with Murali Pillai from the People's Action Party as the winning candidate. This followed the sudden resignation of incumbent Member of Parliament David Ong Kim Huat (of the People's Action Party) on 12 March 2016.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election
On 20 April, President Tony Tan Keng Yam issued the writ of election. On 27 April, two candidates were nominated, Murali Pillai of the People's Action Party, and Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party. The by-election was the 13th of its kind since Singapore's independence.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Background
On 12 March 2016, David Ong suddenly resigned from politics as an incumbent Member of Parliament from the People's Action Party (PAP) citing "personal reasons", and having admitted on committing a "personal indiscretion", which was accepted by the party's secretary-general and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. Then-PAP Whip, Chan Chun Sing, said that the party took "very decisive action" and acted "in a very short time" once it learned of Ong's issues, due to "standards that the party also wants to uphold". Ong sent a personal letter of apology to Bukit Batok residents in early April 2016.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Background
The explanation offered by the Singapore media revealed Ong was having an extra-marital affair with a 41-year-old PAP member and grassroots volunteer Wendy Lim. Ong's alleged affair went on over nearly six months before it went public after the husband of Lim lodging a complaint; Lim subsequently left the PAP three days later on the 15th while also going on leave with her employer Pacific Integrated Logistics.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Background
Ong is the third MP in five years to resign from his parliamentary seat and leave his political party because of an alleged extra-marital affair, after the likes of Workers Party's MP Yaw Shin Leong (which precipitated the 2012 by-election in Hougang SMC, and speaker and PAP's MP Michael Palmer (which precipitated the 2013 by-election in Punggol East SMC).


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Background
The role handling Bukit Batok SMC is tentatively taken of by incumbent Member of Parliament of Jurong Group Representation Constituency and Senior Minister of State Desmond Lee pending the result of a by-election electing a new MP. Ang Wei Neng takes over as Jurong-Clementi Town Council chairman.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Background, Calling of by-election
On 20 April 2016, President Tony Tan Keng Yam issued the writs of election adjourning Nominations to be held on 27 April at Keming Primary School and voting on 7 May. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that after the annual Budget Statement was passed (by the Singapore Parliament on 14 April, with President Tan announcing his assent on 15 April), Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean (performing as Acting Prime Minister while Lee was away) advised President Tony Tan to issue the writ of election.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Candidates
Two candidates for election were nominated on 27 April 2016: Murali Pillai of the People's Action Party (PAP) and Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). SDP had decided on 20 March that Chee, their party secretary-general, would run as their candidate; while PAP announced on 21 March that their candidate would be Pillai, a former PAP branch secretary of Bukit Batok who contested in Aljunied Group Representation Constituency in the 2015 general election.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Candidates
Three other men had applied for political donation certificates but were not nominated as candidates:


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Candidates
Five opposition parties, including the PPP, had earlier ruled out contesting in the by-election. The rest were the Democratic Progressive Party, the Singapore Democratic Alliance, the Singaporeans First party, and the largest opposition party in Singapore, the Workers' Party. Samir Salim Neji, an independent candidate who contested in Bukit Batok during the 2015 general election, also announced he would not contest.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
Chee campaigned with a slogan of "Now Is The Time", and his campaign used technology and social media widely. By 21 April, Chee had put together a team of four to advise the SDP (in the first 100 days) on how to take over and run the town council should they win. Chee also pledged that the SDP wanted "to surpass current levels of performance of PAP-run town councils". By 29 April, the SDP had established a 13-strong transition team to ensure the SDP town council "works without a hitch, all from Day One". Chee also elaborated that he would personally manage the running of the town council instead of using managing agents, with the SDP aiming "to set new standards for transparency and accountability in town council governance."


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
It was reported on 23 April that the SDP had prepared four social schemes for Bukit Batok residents if Chee won. One, Hearts for Bukit Batok, where needy families would be 'adopted' and helped, including with a trust fund. Additionally, Chee said he would use part of his salary as MP to help 10 families. Two, Pathfinder, targeting youth with books, fairs, sports and subsidized tuition for the poor. Three, Dollars And Sense, a financial clinic. Four, Legal Lifeline, a clinic for legal advice.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
On 24 April, Pillai revealed a plan by the PAP Jurong-Clementi Town Council to upgrade infrastructure around Blocks 140 to 149 of the SMC, which would cost $1.9 million. PAP could only carry out that specific plan if they won, with Pillai saying, "If we don't have the mandate, then we won't have the ability to carry on because we will not form the town council."


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
In response, Chee criticized pending upgrading plans as a "knee-jerk reaction every time an election comes", and also asked for an update on the $24 million upgrading plan for Bukit Batok announced by David Ong during the 2015 general election. Pillai replied that for the 2015 $23.6 million masterplan, some projects were already "fully executed", while others "are still on-going" or are still "in the pipeline". Pillai also said the $1.9 million Neighbourhood Renewal Project is "part of" the $23.6 million masterplan. After Pillai said the $1.9 million funds would be disbursed regardless of the party of the by-election winner, Chee said that he would continue with Ong's masterplan, but also propose new additions including zebra crossings and covered walkways.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
On 26 April, Pillai unveiled his manifesto focusing on the three domains of jobs, social mobility and the elderly. For the first domain, Pillai proposed a program to help the unemployed find jobs faster. For the second domain, volunteers would "inspire children from low-income families to aim high to succeed in life". For the third domain, a 'health cooperative' would be implemented to help "sandwiched families" by increasing medical literacy and subsidizing consumables for the elderly. Additionally, Pillai also proposed an "emergency button scheme" for "elderly living alone" to alert "neighbours or community volunteers" of a need for help.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
In the following days, Pillai revealed more plans: for the elderly, setting up a new "eldercare centre will help provide more therapy services and daycare services". He also elaborated on his initial plans: for social mobility, Pillai hoped that his volunteer youth mentorship program would eventually be accessible to all residents and be introduced in schools; while for the unemployed, Pillai is planning on "leveraging on community contacts within the pool of community volunteers and Bukit Batok residents, and also [his] own business contacts" to help residents secure jobs.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
On 27 April, Chee pledged that if elected, he would be a "full-time MP"; making the comparison: "... every morning when Mr Murali wakes up, his first destination will be his office. When I wake up every morning, my first destination is Bukit Batok." In response, Pillai said, "I would always put Bukit Batok residents' needs above mine". He also replied that PAP MPs have been able to juggle being an MP with an additional "day job"; while residents could not be served by just one person and a "team approach" is needed.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
At the SDP's rally on April 29, several SDP speakers criticized David Ong for resigning and thus failing to serve Bukit Batok's residents. This was followed by Chee declaring that people should "leave Mr Ong alone" and not "kick a man when he's down". The next day, Chee declared he would "put a stop" to any future attack on Ong by his party members for the by-election.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
On 3 May, Chee said while he thought his opponent was Pillai, "It is turning out to be everybody else except him", while Pillai was "not saying anything". This came after multiple serving ministers from the PAP had commented on or responded to Chee during the by-election. Several PAP politicians also questioned Chee's ability to perform the role of an MP when they said he had not had a "full-time job" for several years.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
In response, Chee said, "I've been working every single day to not just keep the SDP together but build it up, and to think and propose and write about ideas for Singapore". Some of the other PAP members had praised Pillai's character and history in Bukit Batok while questioning Chee's character and his past, resulting in Chee calling for the PAP cease its "personal attacks" and "stop the gutter politics", and instead focus on policies and issues. In contrast, Pillai did not comment on Chee's character as of May 4.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
His campaign strategy emphasized on house visits where Pillai could discuss his proposals with residents in depth. Finally, Pillai said that if he were elected as a Member of Parliament, he would raise the issues of tightening the criteria for receiving employment passes and fighting for higher Eldershield insurance payouts for the disabled.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
On 4 May, Chee said that his party's "comparative advantage" would be evident in Parliament, where he could make a "qualitative difference", challenging ministers to "justify their positions" on issues. Chee criticized how Singaporean ministers "have not been challenged intellectually", and thus were able to make "motherhood statements and things that do not really make a lot of sense". Amongst the national issues Chee would champion discussing include the Central Provident Fund, financial assistance for the elderly, fixing and extending the progressional wage system, and retrenchment insurance.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Campaigning
On the retrenchment insurance scheme, Chee proposed that employed workers pay a fee for inclusion into the scheme, in exchange for a staggered form of monetary support for the 18 months after retrenchment. Additionally, Chee said that Singapore needed to "pay a lot more attention" to immigrants, fearing those "not properly vetted".


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Bukit Batok SMC
As at 21 April, there are 25,727 registered voters. They account for 56% of the total resident population of Bukit Batok SMC. Approximately 96% of the resident population live in public housing.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Bukit Batok SMC, Election rallies
The Singapore Police Force announced on Nomination Day 27 April 2016, a list of sites available for electoral meetings. Such meetings could be held from 28 April to 5 May between 7am to 10pm. The police also announced that Speakers' Corner would not serve as an "unrestricted area" during the campaigning period. All rallies below are held between 7pm to 10pm.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Bukit Batok SMC, Polling stations
On 7 May 2016, which is the Polling Day for Bukit Batok By-Election 2016, 25,727 registered voters will cast their votes at the nine polling stations in Bukit Batok SMC (six at HDB void decks, one at a pavilion and two at secondary school canteens) from 8am to 8pm (SGT). After votes closed, the boxes are sealed and sent to the counting centres.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Bukit Batok SMC, Polling stations
List of Polling Stations for the Bukit Batok By-Election 2016:


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Bukit Batok SMC, Polling stations
Overseas voters will also cast their votes 10 overseas polling stations.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Results
The results was announced by returning officer Ng Wai Choong at 11.27 pm (SGT) that PAP candidate Pillai was named the candidate-elect with 61.21% of the votes, beating SDP Chee's 38.79%.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Results
The overseas votes were complied four days later on the 11th that 32 voters out of the 52 overseas votes had cast. Pillai and Chee received an additional 24 and 8 votes respectively.


2016 Bukit Batok by-election, Results, Sample count
Similar to the 2015 general election, sample counts were released by the Elections Department prior to the announcement of the official results to prevent unnecessary speculation and reliance on unofficial sources of information while counting is still under way. The sample count results were released at 9:24pm, with Pillai garnering 61% of the vote and Chee with 39%.


2016 Bulacan local elections
Bulacan local elections were held on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters selected their candidates of choice for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Bulacan and the lone district of San Jose del Monte City.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election, Governor
Incumbent Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado ran for his third and final term. His notable opponents were former Governor and Philippine Postal Corporation Postmaster Josefina dela Cruz, who substituted his brother, former governor and incumbent congressman Joselito Mendoza, and incumbent San Miguel Mayor Roderick Tiongson.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Gubernatorial and Vice Gubernatorial election, Vice Governor
Incumbent Vice Governor Daniel Fernando ran for a third and final term. His opponents were fellow film actor Phillip Salvador and former Vice Governor and former 2nd district representative Willie Villarama.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Incumbent Ma. Victoria Sy-Alvarado is term-limited; her son Jose Antonio will run for the seat. His opponent was First District Board Member Michael Fermin.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Joselito Mendoza is the incumbent. His opponent was former Representative and former San Rafael Mayor Lorna Silverio.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Congressional elections, 4th District
Incumbent Linabelle Villarica will run for her third and final term. Her opponent is Meycauayan City Mayor Joan Alarilla.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Congressional elections, San Jose del Monte
Incumbent Arthur B. Robes is term-limited and opted to run for Mayor of San Jose del Monte. His wife, Rida Robes, ran for congresswoman, opposing the incumbent vice mayor Eduardo Roquero, Jr.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections
All 4 Districts of Bulacan will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members. The first (including Malolos) and fourth (including San Jose del Monte) districts sends three board members each, while the second and third districts sends two board members each. Election is via plurality-at-large voting; a voter can vote up to the maximum number of board members his district is sending.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 1st District
Board Members Ayee Ople and Toti Ople were the incumbents. Incumbent Board Member Michael Fermin ran for a seat in Congress. Also running is comedian-actor Long Mejia.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 2nd District
Board Member Buko dela Cruz is the remaining incumbent; Incumbent Senior Board Member Monet Posadas was term-limited and replaced by Ma. Lourdes "Baby Monet" Posadas.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 3rd District
Nono Castro was the remaining incumbent. Incumbent Board Member Ernesto Sulit died in 2014, he was replaced by his daughter Norinyl Sulit-Villanueva; Sulit-Villanueva, however, did not seek reelection.


2016 Bulacan local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Elections, 4th District
Allan Ray Baluyut was the remaining incumbent. Incumbent Board Members Jon-jon delos Santos and King Sarmiento were term-limited.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections
All cities and municipalities of Bulacan also elected their new mayor and vice-mayor in this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes won the respective seats; they were voted separately, and may therefore have derived from different parties. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 1st District, Malolos City
Mayor Christian Natividad is the incumbent. His opponent is incumbent Councilor Laurens (Didis) Domingo.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 1st District, Bulakan
Vice Mayor Alberto "Berting" Bituin is the incumbent. His main opponent is former PBA player and currently collegiate basketball coach Vergel Meneses.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 1st District, Paombong
Mayor Isagani "Gani" Castro is the incumbent. His main opponents are incumbent Vice Mayor Marisa Ramos, Mary Anne Marcos, wife of former Mayor Donato Marcos and incumbent Councilor Frank Valencia.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 2nd District, Balagtas
Incumbent Vice Mayor Emmanuel "Lito" Galvez was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 2nd District, Bocaue
Incumbent Eduardo "Jon-Jon" J. Villanueva, Jr. is term-limited; his sister Eleanor "Joni" J. Villanueva-Tugna will run in his place. Her main opponents are former Vice Mayor Jose Santiago, Jr. and former Bulacan Provincial Administrator Jim Valerio.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 2nd District, Bocaue
Villanueva won via coin toss, 3-0 in a best-of-five playoff, after she tied with Valerio who got 16,694 votes.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 2nd District, Bocaue
Dioscoro (Coro) Juan, Jr. is the incumbent. His main opponent is the incumbent Councilor Aldrin (ABS) Sta. Ana.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 2nd District, Guiguinto
Mayor Ambrosio "Boy" Cruz, Jr. is the incumbent; his opponent was former Mayor Isagani "Gani" Pascual.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 2nd District, Guiguinto
Vice Mayor Banjo Estrella is the incumbent; his opponent was former Vice Mayor Pute Aballa.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 3rd District, Angat
Leonardo (Narding) de Leon is the incumbent. His opponent is the incumbent Vice Mayor Reynante (Jowar) Bautista.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 3rd District, Norzagaray
Mayor Alfredo (Fred) Germar is the incumbent; his opponent is the incumbent Vice Mayor Arthur Legaspi.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 3rd District, Norzagaray
The main candidates for the Vice Mayoralty race are the incumbent Councilors Jun-Jun Saplala and Ade Cristobal.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 3rd District, San Miguel
Due to the term limitation of incumbent Mayor Roderick DG. Tiongson, Municipal Administrator Ferdinand Tiongson took his luck to be the next Mayor. He opposed the Incumbent Vice Mayor Marivee Mendez-Coronel, who attempted to the first female Mayor of San Miguel, Bulacan. Other candidates were Mike Dela Cruz, son of former Mayor Juan Dela Cruz, and 2010 election candidate Allen Santos Dela Cruz.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Meycauayan City
Due to term limitation, Incumbent City Mayor Joan Alarilla is taking her luck to be the next House Representative of 4th District of Bulacan. Her daughter Judy is running for Mayor under the Nationalist People's Coalition and her opponent was Atty. Henry Villarica, the husband of Congresswoman Linabelle Villarica who is running under the Liberal Party. The other candidate is Pabling Milan, an independent candidate.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Meycauayan City
Vice Mayor Jojo Manzano is the incumbent. His opponent is incumbent Councilor Mario (Barbell) Aguirre.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Marilao
Vice Mayor Andre Santos, known as Vice Mayor ng Masa, is the incumbent. His main opponents are incumbent Councilor Allane Sayo and Andre's last running mate, Barangay Captain Henry Lutao from Barangay Lias.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Obando
Mayor Edwin Santos is the incumbent; his opponent is former Mayor Orencio Gabriel.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Obando
Vice Mayor Zoilito "Zoy" Santiago is the incumbent; his opponent is incumbent Councilor Arvin dela Cruz.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Santa Maria
Incumbent Mayor Bartolome "Omeng" Ramos is term-limited; his son, Barangay Captain Raymond "Rejie" Ramos from Barangay Bagbaguin is his party's nominee. Main opponent for the Ramos' bid is former Vice Mayor Russel "Yoyoy" Pleyto.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, 4th District, Santa Maria
Vice Mayor Rico Jude Sto. Domingo is the incumbent; his main opponent is Barangay Captain Quirino (Ricky) Buenaventura from Barangay Pulong Buhangin.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, San Jose del Monte City
Mayor Reynaldo San Pedro is the incumbent; his main opponent is incumbent Lone District Representative Arthur Robes.


2016 Bulacan local elections, City and Municipal Elections, San Jose del Monte City
Incumbent Vice Mayor Eduardo Roquero, Jr. is running for Lone District Representative. The main protagonists for Vice Mayoralty race are the top two incumbent City Councilors from First District: Efren Bartolome, Jr. and Janet Reyes.


2016 Bulgarian Basketball Cup
The 2016 Bulgarian Basketball Cup was the 62nd edition of the annual cup tournament in Bulgaria. It is managed by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation and was held in Botevgrad, in the Arena Botevgrad on February 18–21, 2016. Rilski Sportist won their 1st cup. Tony Gugino was named MVP.


2016 Bulgarian Basketball Cup, Qualified teams
The first eight teams qualified after the first stage of the 2015–16 NBL regular season .


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 2016 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 76th final of the Bulgarian Cup. The final took place on 24 May 2016 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia in front of 33,345 spectators. It was refereed by Stanislav Todorov, from Shumen.


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final
The clubs contesting the final were Montana and CSKA Sofia. CSKA won the match 1–0 with a goal from Stanislav Malamov, claiming their 20th Bulgarian Cup. The "redmen" were, however, not able to participate in the 2016-2017 edition of the UEFA Europa League due to a ban imposed by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final, Background
CSKA Sofia were appearing in their 32nd Bulgarian Cup final and had won it on 19 of their previous 31 appearances. They also became only the fourth team from outside the A Group, since its foundation in 1948, to reach the final and the first team of third division.


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final, Background
For Montana, 2016 was their first appearance in a Bulgarian Cup final.


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final, Match overview
CSKA Sofia had more opportunities to score during the first half, with Montana starting to look more dangerous after the half hour mark. The unmarked Stanislav Malamov netted with a header what would turn out to be the winning goal in the 12th minute of the match after an Angel Granchov assist following a Boris Galchev corner kick. Momchil Tsvetanov and Preslav Yordanov then had chances to double CSKA's advantage, but their shots lacked accuracy. Ivan Minchev went close to finding an equalizer right before the half time break, with his free kick going just inches wide of the target.


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final, Match overview
Shortly after the resumption of the match, Ivaylo Vasilev pulled off a good save after a Granchov attempt. In the 57th minute, the goalscorer Malamov hit the right post and 13 minutes later he saw his powerful close distance shot saved by Vasilev. Montana threatened on a number of occasions after the 70th minute until a Stanislav Genchev goal was disallowed for offside on the 75' mark. In the 77th minute, manager Emil Velev was sent to the stands by Stanislav Todorov for aggressively protesting against the referee's decisions.


2016 Bulgarian Cup Final, Match overview
Montana started to send more men forward (with goalkeeper Vasilev entering CSKA's penalty area for a corner kick in the fourth minute of added time), but clearcut chances were lacking until the end of the match and CSKA Sofia managed to hold on for the 1−0 win, becoming the first third division club to secure the Bulgarian Cup.


2016 Bulgarian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 6 November 2016, alongside a referendum on changes to the electoral system and political party funding. The second round was held on 13 November 2016, resulting in the victory of Rumen Radev.


2016 Bulgarian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Bulgaria is elected using the two-round system. For the first time, voters were allowed to vote for none of the above.


2016 Bulgarian presidential election, Candidates
The incumbent President, Rosen Plevneliev, announced in May 2016 that he would not be running for re-election.


2016 Bulgarian presidential election, Aftermath
Following the results of the second round, Prime Minister and GERB leader Boiko Borisov tendered his resignation. Two days later, on 16 November, the National Assembly voted 218–0 to accept it, resulting in early parliamentary elections.


2016 Bulgarian referendum
A three-question referendum was held in Bulgaria on 6 November 2016 alongside presidential elections. Voters were asked whether they supported limiting public funding of political parties to one lev per year per valid vote received at the previous elections, the introduction of compulsory voting in elections and referendums, and changing the electoral system for the National Assembly to the two-round system. In order to be binding, the number of voters participating in the referendum must be equal to or higher than the number who voted in the 2014 parliamentary elections.


2016 Bulgarian referendum
All three proposals were supported by a majority of those voting, but turnout was slightly lower than the 2014 parliamentary elections, meaning the quorum was not met. However, as over 20% of registered voters voted in favour, the proposals will still have to be debated in the National Assembly. The National Assembly rejected to legalize anything of the three questions. A legal case has been started for manipulation of the vote by the initiators, but the Supreme Court ruled out the referendum invalid.


2016 Bulgarian referendum
Despite the insufficiency of 0.2% (12,000 people) of the turnout for the referendum to be 51% and to have mandatory effect, the turnout was based only on number of valid votes, not on number of voters. Some sections could not serve all the voters in reasonable time and a number waited on the line and could not vote, other sections closed earlier than the appointed time(8 PM) and in some sections entire boxes with ballots were locked in the sections themselves to avoid their enumeration. According to the Electoral Commission more than 12,000 ballots for not having envelope were excluded from the turnout alone.


2016 Buriram Superbike World Championship round
The 2016 Buriram Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2016 Superbike World Championship. It took place over the weekend of 11–13 March 2016 at the Chang International Circuit.


2016 Buriram United F.C. season
The 2016 season is Buriram United's 5th season in the Thai Premier League. The club enters the season as the Thai Premier League Champion, and will participate in the Thai League, FA Cup, League Cup, Kor Royal Cup, Toyota Premier Cup and the AFC Champions League.


2016 Buriram United F.C. season, Players, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 27, 2015 to January 28, 2016


2016 Buriram United F.C. season, Players, Transfers
Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2016 to June 30, 2016


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


2016 Buriram United F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League
Buriram United qualified for the Group Stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League due to finishing champion in the 2015 Thai Premier League.


2016 Buriram United F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Group stage
Buriram United is staying on group F, with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, FC Seoul and Shandong Luneng Taishan.


2016 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt
The 2016 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Burkina Faso on 8 October 2016. At least 30 ex-members of the elite presidential guard (known as the RSP) planned an attack on three locations: the presidential residence, an Army barracks, and a prison in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Two people were killed and at least ten other people have been arrested in connection with the attempt. The attempted coup was led by Gaston Coulibaly, an ex-RSP member.


2016 Burnley Borough Council election
The 2016 Burnley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Burnley Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2020. These seats were last contested in 2012.


2016 Burnley Borough Council election, State of the Parties
After the election, the composition of the Council was as follows:


2016 Burnley Borough Council election, Results, By ward, Daneshouse with Stoneyholme ward
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme returned a Labour Party (UK) councillor unopposed in 2015.


2016 Bursa Cup
The 2016 Bursa Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Bursa, Turkey, on 11–17 July 2016. However, due to the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt on July 15, the tournament was left abandoned without full completion of both singles and doubles events.


2016 Bursa Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Bursa Cup – Doubles
Marina Melnikova and Laura Pous Tió were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2016 Bursa Cup – Doubles
Due to the violent situations in Turkey caused by the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, the tournament was abandoned without finishing the final. Ekaterine Gorgodze, Sofia Shapatava, Akgul Amanmuradova and Natela Dzalamidze were the four players left in the final.


2016 Bursa Cup – Singles
İpek Soylu was the defending champion, however due to the violent situation in Turkey caused by the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, the tournament was abandoned in the semifinal stage.


2016 Bursa Cup – Singles
Soylu, Lina Gjorcheska, Sofia Shapatava and Nina Stojanović were the four remaining semifinalists who were unable to continue the tournament.


2016 Bursa bombing
On 27 April 2016, a suicide bombing took place in the Turkish city of Bursa. The bombing took place at 17:26 (UTC+3), near the western entrance of the Grand Mosque and a covered market. One person, the suicide bomber, was killed and 13 people were injured. The injured people received only light injuries. Extensive damage to nearby shops and cafes was reported.


2016 Bursa bombing, Bombing
The bombing occurred as a crowd that had gathered for a funeral prayer was dispersing. Those that were injured were struck by bomb fragments and broken glass. The suicide bomber was an approximately 25-year-old woman. THE Interior Minister, Efkan Ala announced her identity as 1992-born Eser Çali, whose family lives in a small village of Iğdır Province near the Armenian border. The area is one that is always crowded and tourist groups were present at the time of the bombing. Security sources speaking to T24 suggested that the bomber might have blown herself up earlier than intended.


2016 Bursa bombing, Bombing
Following the bombing, the area was cleared of people by the police and Atatürk Avenue was closed off to traffic. Turkish people reacted on social media by tweeting "enough is enough".


2016 Bursa bombing, Bombing
The bombing came one day after a warning by the US Embassy in Turkey about "credible indications" of imminent terrorist attacks, urging American citizens to be "vigilant" in "crowded public areas and popular tourist destinations". Turkey had recently been hit by a number of bombings in the months preceding the bombing, most recently the March 2016 Istanbul bombing by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the March 2016 Ankara bombing by the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot and affiliate of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).


2016 Bursa bombing, Bombing
No immediate claim or official announcement with regards to the perpetrators of the attack was made. According to Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, security forces were investigating the possibility of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant having committed the attack. On May 1, TAK however claimed responsibility.


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


2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 10 seats, the Conservatives won 6 seats, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.


2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:


2016 Busan Open
The 2016 Busan Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Busan, South Korea between 2 and 8 May 2016.


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


2016 Busan Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player were given special exempt to gain entry into the singles main draw:


2016 Busan Open – Doubles
Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but lost in the final to Sam Groth and Leander Paes 4–6, 6–1, [10–7].


2016 Busan Open – Singles
Chung Hyeon was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Konstantin Kravchuk.


2016 Busan Open – Singles
Konstantin Kravchuk won the title after defeating Daniel Evans 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Butig clashes
The 2016 Butig clashes were armed conflicts that began on February 20, 2016, between the Philippine Army and a group of Moro insurgent sympathizers of ISIS and Jemaah Islamiyah led by the Maute group in Butig, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Three Philippine Army soldiers were killed in action, 11 wounded, and 20 terrorists killed in the early phase of battle. 335 families fled to Marawi City and 657 families took refuge in Masiu.


2016 Butig clashes, February 2016 clash
The Butig clashes began when a supposed "foreign and local terrorist organization" (FLTO), led by the Maute brothers, harassed the 51st Infantry Battalion, which had been manning a patrol base in Barangay Bayabao on February 20, 2016. Armored personnel carriers and troops were sent to Butig, while the military used two 520MG Defender helicopters to track down the armed men and conducted air strikes against them.


2016 Butig clashes, February 2016 clash
A lull in the fighting occurred that evening, but resumed at dawn the next. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines sources, the skirmishes between Army forces and the Maute group turned into a full blown military offensive with troops using artillery, gunships, and armored personnel carriers against the terrorists.


2016 Butig clashes, February 2016 clash
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Office of Civil Defense stated that approximately 2000 individuals evacuated their homes to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. According to Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, three soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the sporadic firefights.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
On November 26, 2016, the Maute group, a militant organization which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, occupied the town of Butig in Lanao del Sur.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
The Maute group lost Camp Darul Iman in Butig to the Philippine military in June 2016. The November 2016 town seizure was reportedly in retaliation of an offensive launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
The Maute group seized the town of Butig in November 26 reportedly with 200 militants. By the second day, the group now with about 300 armed men with grenade launchers have occupied the old town hall building where they replaced the Philippine flag hoisted there with the Black Standard flag used by ISIS. They have also occupied the mosque and the national high school situated inside the town center. All roads leading to Butig was closed to the public. The Tactical Command Post in Lanao has sent reinforcements to aid Philippine soldiers fighting the Maute fighters in Butig. SF-260 trainer planes also dropped 150 pounds (68 kg) bomb in the occupied town center.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is reportedly coordinating with the government in dealing with the evacuees who fled from the town due to the clash.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
By the third day, most of the 17,000 residents of the Muslim-majority town has been evacuated to neighboring municipalities. The old municipal hall was also recaptured by government forces.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
Meanwhile, during the operation, suspected Maute Group members planted an IED outside the US embassy in Manila, and detonated another in a PSG and military convoy in Marawi that acts as vanguard party for President Duterte's visit in Marawi and Butig, wounding 7 PSG personnel and 2 soldiers.


2016 Butig clashes, November 2016 clash
The offensive by government forces ended on November 30, 2016, with the military saying that the town was deserted and that surviving Maute militants are retreating to the mountains.


2016 Butler Bulldogs football team
The 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.


2016 Båstad Challenger
The 2016 Båstad Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the first edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Båstad, Sweden between 4 and 10 July 2016.


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


2016 Båstad Challenger – Doubles
Isak Arvidsson and Fred Simonsson won the title after defeating Johan Brunström and Andreas Siljeström 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2016 Båstad Challenger – Singles
Horacio Zeballos won the title after defeating  Roberto Carballés Baena 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2016 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season
The 2016 season of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is the club's 38th season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2016,  the club participated in the Girabola and the Angola Cup.


2016 C.R.D. Libolo season
The 2016 season of Clube Recreativo e Desportivo do Libolo was the club's 11th season in Angolan football, and the 9th consecutive season in the Girabola, the top flight of Angolan football. In 2016,  the club participated in the Angola Super Cup, Girabola, Angola Cup and the CAF Champions League.


2016 C.R.D. Libolo season, Season statistics, Appearances and goals
Appearances denote players in the starting lineup, with the numbers in parentheses denoting appearances as substitute.


2016 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7, 2016 at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The champion, UNC Wilmington, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.


2016 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top 6 seeds received a bye to the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2016 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 34th edition of the tournament. It determined the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2016 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens won the CAA title, making it their second CAA championship. The Hens defeated the William & Mary Tribe in the championship, 2–1.


2016 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding
The top six programs qualified for the CAA Tournament. The top two seeds, being the regular season champion and runner-up earned a bye to the semifinals of the tournament.


2016 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12, 2016 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.


2016 CAA Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 CAA Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association to be held from October 30 to November 6, 2016. The five match tournament will be held at campus sites, with the semifinals and final held at Parsons Field in Brookline, Massachusetts. The six team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The James Madison Dukes are the defending tournament champions after defeating the William & Mary Tribe in the championship match.


2016 CAF Champions League
The 2016 CAF Champions League (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 20th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.


2016 CAF Champions League
Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Zamalek in the final to win their first CAF Champions League title, and qualified as the CAF representative at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, their first appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2017 CAF Super Cup. TP Mazembe were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the second round.


2016 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level had never been reached.


2016 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation
For the 2016 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:


2016 CAF Champions League, Association team allocation
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:


2016 CAF Champions League, Teams
The following 55 teams from 43 associations entered the competition.


2016 CAF Champions League, Teams
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.


2016 CAF Champions League, Teams
Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.


2016 CAF Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.


2016 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.


2016 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).


2016 CAF Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second round
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the eight losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.


2016 CAF Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.


2016 CAF Champions League, Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 CAF Champions League, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):


2016 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).


2016 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2016 CAF Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.


2016 CAF Champions League Final
The 2016 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 CAF Champions League, the 52nd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 20th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.


2016 CAF Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Zamalek of Egypt. The first leg was hosted by Mamelodi Sundowns at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on 15 October 2016, while the second leg was hosted by Zamalek at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria on 23 October 2016. The winner earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage, as well as play in the 2017 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.


2016 CAF Champions League Final
Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Zamalek 3–1 on aggregate to win the competition for the first time in its history.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Qualified teams
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium
Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium having a capacity of 28,900 and is located in Atteridgeville, a suburb of Pretoria, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as part-time home stadium of Premier Soccer League clubs Supersport United and Mamelodi Sundowns who also use the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium
The stadium was named after former local soccer player Lucas Moripe. Until 2010 the stadium was known as Super Stadium.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium
The German national football team used it as a training venue during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Borg El Arab Stadium
Borg El Arab Stadium, is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea resort of Borg El Arab; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the largest stadium in Egypt and the second largest in Africa (after FNB Stadium in Johannesburg) with a capacity of 86,000 and is an all-seater. It is also the 27th largest stadium in the world, and the 9th largest association football stadium in the world. It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway 10 km from Borg El Arab Airport and 15 km from Alexandria's city center. A running track runs around the pitch, and the ground has four large floodlights. Only one stand is covered by a roof.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Borg El Arab Stadium
The stadium is 145 feddans, is surrounded by a fence which is 3 km long, an internal road network its long is 6 km, a parking lot which could fit 5000 cars and 200 bus beside an airstrip, there are 136 electronic entrances. The main cabin is covered by an umbrella which covers 35% of the stadium total area, and it is considered the biggest umbrella in the Middle East. Its length is 200 m, its dimension is 60 m and its area is 12,000 m2, which is equal to 3 feddans.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Venues, Borg El Arab Stadium
The stadium is air-conditioned and that condition includes the clothes chambers, the salons and entrances, also the stadium includes 8 elevators for broadcasters, handicapped, services and important persons. There are 2 sub-stadiums for training and each ground can hold 2000 spectators, includes 2 locker rooms and a stadium for Athletics. The stadium also includes a hotel for 200 guests which is air-conditioned and has a swimming pool, gym and a department building which contains 80 people. The stadium includes a building which contains 300 presses. This building includes cabinets for broadcasters, entrances for emergency, ambulance cars, 39 and cafeterias, 337 bathrooms which classified to 33 bathrooms for women and 8 bathrooms for the handicapped.


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 CAF Champions League Final, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).


2016 CAF Champions League group stage
The 2016 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 18 June to 24 August 2016. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2016 CAF Champions League.


2016 CAF Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.


2016 CAF Champions League group stage, Draw
The eight teams, all winners of the second round, were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses): two teams in Pot 1, two teams in Pot 2, two teams in Pot 3, and two teams in Pot 4. One team from each of the four pots were drawn into each group, with each team then assigned a random "position" in the group to determine the fixtures.


2016 CAF Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 CAF Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):


2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage
The 2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 16 September to 23 October 2016. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 CAF Champions League.


2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.


2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).


2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:


2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
The 2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 12 February to 20 April 2016. A total of 55 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2016 CAF Champions League.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Draw
The entry round of the 55 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Format
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Bracket
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the eight losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
The preliminary round included the 46 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Warri Wolves won on walkover after Sporting Praia Cruz failed to arrive for the first leg.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Kaizer Chiefs won on walkover after Volcan Club failed to arrive for the second leg.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, First round
The first round included 32 teams: the 23 winners of the preliminary round, and the 9 teams that received byes to this round.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Second round
The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.


2016 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds, Second round
2–2 on aggregate. AS Vita Club won on away goals. The CAF announced on 24 May 2016 that Mamelodi Sundowns won on walkover after AS Vita Club were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in their preliminary round tie against Mafunzo. Mamelodi Sundowns played in the Confederation Cup play-off round before they were reinstated to the Champions League.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup
TP Mazembe defeated MO Béjaïa in the final to win their first CAF Confederation Cup title, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League in the 2017 CAF Super Cup. Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, and after qualifying for the 2016 CAF Champions League, they entered the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after they lost in the Champions League second round, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level had never been reached.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation
For the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Association team allocation
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
The following 59 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Teams
Notably two team take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Barrack Young Controllers II (2nd tier) and Génération Foot (2nd).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Second round
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 April 2016, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg. The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between MO Béjaïa of Algeria and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first leg was hosted by MO Béjaïa at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on 29 October 2016, while the second leg was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on 6 November 2016. The winner earned the right to play in the 2017 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2016 CAF Champions League.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final
TP Mazembe defeated MO Béjaïa 5–2 on aggregate to win the competition for the first time in its history.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final, Matches, Second leg
Assistant referees:Djibril Camara (Senegal)El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)Fourth official:Daouda Gueye (Senegal)


2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 17 June to 24 August 2016. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Draw
The eight teams, all winners of the play-off round, were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses): two teams in Pot 1 and six teams in Pot 2. One team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2 were drawn into each group, with each team then assigned a random "position" in the group to determine the fixtures.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):


2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 17 September to 6 November 2016. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:


2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 12 February to 18 May 2016. A total of 59 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Draw
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Draw
The entry round of the 55 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Format
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Bracket
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
The preliminary round included the 38 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
1–1 on aggregate. Vita Club Mokanda won 6–5 on penalties.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
0–0 on aggregate. Deportivo Mongomo won 4–2 on penalties. The CAF announced on 2 March 2016 that UMS de Loum won on walkover after Deportivo Mongomo were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, First round
The first round included 32 teams: the 19 winners of the preliminary round, and the 13 teams that received byes to this round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Second round
The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The play-off round included 16 teams: the eight winners of the Confederation Cup second round and the eight losers of the Champions League second round.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 April 2016, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The 16 teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses):


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
First, a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B were drawn into two ties. Next, a team from Pot C and a team from Pot D were drawn into two ties. Finally, the remaining teams from Pot B and Pot D were drawn into the last four ties.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.


2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds, Play-off round
3–3 on aggregate. Medeama won on away goals. The CAF announced on 24 May 2016 that Mamelodi Sundowns won their Champions League second round tie on walkover after AS Vita Club were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in their preliminary round tie against Mafunzo. Mamelodi Sundowns played in the Confederation Cup play-off round before they were reinstated to the Champions League.


2016 CAF Super Cup
The 2016 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.


2016 CAF Super Cup
The match was played between TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2015 CAF Champions League winner, and Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup winner. It was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi on 20 February 2016.


2016 CAF Super Cup
TP Mazembe defeated Étoile du Sahel 2–1 to win the competition for the third time in its history.


2016 CAF Super Cup, Rules
The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winner hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).


2016 CAF Super Cup, Match
Assistant referees:Berhe O'Michael (Eritrea)Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)Fourth official:Davies Omweno (Kenya)


2016 CAF Super Cup, Prize money
The winner earned $75k USD and the runner-up received $50k USD.


2016 CAFL season
The 2016 CAFL season, the first season in the history of the China Arena Football League (CAFL), began on October 1, 2016. On November 6, the Beijing Lions defeated the Qingdao Clipper to win the first China Bowl.


2016 CAFL season, Draft
The league held its first draft on June 10, 2016. 120 players were drafted with 60 of them being Americans, including 43 who have Arena Football League experience. 60 players from China or players who are of Chinese descent were selected as well. On June 15, the league held a supplemental draft (rounds 21 to 22) in which an additional 12 players were selected.


2016 CAFL season, Draft
Note: The picks are not in chronological order. They are a list of picks by team and the round they were selected in. For example, Guangzhou did not select first in every round.


2016 CAFL season, Awards, Individual season awards
Note: The Steel-man is named for his "all around excellence at several positions". The Judge Spirit Award, named after CAFL founder Marty Judge, is given for "exemplifying football excellence, leadership and special contribution to the league".


2016 CARIFTA Games
The 2016 CARIFTA Games took place between 26 and 28 March 2016. The event was held at the Grenada National Stadium in St. George's, Grenada.


2016 CARIFTA Games, Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Anderson Petersof Grenada


2016 CBA Playoffs
The 2016 CBA Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the Chinese Basketball Association's 2015–16 season.


2016 CBA Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage are shown in italics.


2016 CBR Brave season
The 2016 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 3rd season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 23 April 2016 to 28 August 2016 for the Brave. CBR finished fourth in the regular season behind the Melbourne Ice, Perth Thunder and Newcastle North Stars. The Brave qualified for the AIHL Finals in Melbourne and played in semi-final one. Canberra defeated the Ice 4–3 in overtime to qualify for the Goodall Cup Final for the first time in franchise history. The Brave were defeated in the final by the North Stars 1–2.


2016 CBR Brave season, News
In March 2016, Josh Unice was named as Brave head coach for the 2016 AIHL season. The inexperienced former goaltender was joined by experienced assistant coach Dave Rogina and strength and conditioning trainer Stuart Philps.


2016 CBR Brave season, News
In April 2016, The Brave announced their playing roster for the season. The bulk of the roster returned from 2015 but the team confirmed six imported players from overseas including the inter-league transfer of AIHL MVP Geordie Wudrick from the Newcastle North Stars. The Brave also announced two new partnerships in the month of April. Firstly, a new marketing and supporter partnership with Canberra's national baseball team, the Canberra Cavalry. And secondly, a promotional partnership with Australian Defence Force hockey team the Navy Tigersharks with the goal to help promote the sport in the ADF.


2016 CBR Brave season, News
Six matches into the 2016 season, import Canadian defenceman, Art Bidlevskii, was hospitalised after a freak accident in an ugly AIHL match in Newcastle between rivals the North Stars and Brave. Art's voice box was shattered, he lost his voice for a period of time, he was almost placed in a coma and he was told he could die if he played ice hockey again. The accident ended the twenty five year old's playing career. Art took up a role as assistant coach with the team following his release from hospital.


2016 CBR Brave season, News
In August, one week before the end of the regular season, the CBR Brave management announced the sudden departure of Josh Unice from the team due to personal reasons. Art Bidlevskii was named as replacement head coach on an interim basis for the final match of the regular season and the finals series. The CBR Brave finished the season in fourth place after a surprise 6–4 loss to last placed Sydney Ice Dogs in Liverpool, Sydney. The team qualified for the finals weekend in Melbourne where they would face league premiers, the Melbourne Ice in the first semi-final match.


2016 CBR Brave season, News
In September, post-finals, CBR Brave players took out a hat-trick of AIHL player awards for the 2016 season. Czech import, Jan Safar, was named AIHL Defenceman of the season for the second straight year while Casey Kubara was awarded both the Local Player of the year as well as Rookie of the year awards.


2016 CBR Brave season, Transfers
All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2016 AIHL season.


2016 CCT Uiseong Masters
The 2016 CCT Uiseong Masters was held from March 8 to 11 at the Uiseong Curling Club in Uiseong-eup, Uiseong County, South Korea as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format with a total purse of ₩ 200,000,000.


2016 CCT Uiseong Masters
In the final, Kelsey Rocque and her team out of the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada defeated the Swiss rink of Silvana Tirinzoni from Aarau 5–1, thanks to a steal of three in the seventh end. It was Rocque's second tour win of the 2015–16 season, having won the Red Deer Curling Classic in October 2015. In the third place game, Allison Flaxey and her team from Caledon, Ontario, Canada defeated the Korean team of Kim Eun-jung from Uiseong 9–7. To reach the final, Rocque defeated Flaxey 4–2 in one semifinal and Tirinzoni upended Kim 7–5 in the other. Teams Val Sweeting, Michelle Englot, Nina Roth and Ayumi Ogasawara all reached the quarterfinals.


2016 CCT Uiseong Masters, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Korean Standard Time (UTC+09:00).


2016 CEB Cup
The 2016 CEB Cup, the inaugural tournament of a new, annual European baseball competition, was held from June 1, to June 5, 2016. It was hosted in Rouen, France, and Chartres, France.


2016 CEB Cup, Third round
There will be no 5th/6th playoff so both teams will finish in joint 5th place.


2016 CECAFA Women's Championship
The 2016 CECAFA Women's Championship was the second edition of the association football tournament for women's national teams in the East African region. The first edition was hosted in 1986 and won by Zanzibar.


2016 CECAFA Women's Championship
It was held in Jinja, Uganda between 11 and 20 September 2016. There were no sponsors besides the Uganda Football Association.


2016 CECAFA Women's Championship, Participants
Sudan and South Sudan were initially reported as having confirmed participation, but did not appear in the draw. Equally not in the draw were Namibia, Zimbabwe and Malawi, who had requested guest spots.


2016 CECAFA Women's Championship, Group stage, Group B
Tanzania and Ethiopia tied for first place after their draw on the last match day. Tanzania were placed first then by the toss of a coin.


2016 CELAC summit
The IV CELAC summit or 2016 CELAC summit was the fourth ordinary heads of state summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. It was held on 26 and 27 January 2016 in Quito, Ecuador.


2016 CERH European Championship
The 2016 CERH European Championship was the 52nd edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by CERH, which took place between 11 and 16 July in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.


2016 CERH European Championship
Eight teams competed in the tournament to determine the successor of Italy, who won the previous edition. In the final, hosts Portugal defeated the defending champions Italy 6–2 to secure a record-breaking 21st title, their first since 1998, when they beat Spain in the final.


2016 CERH European Championship, Venue
All the games of the tournament were played in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.


2016 CERH European Championship, Squads
Each team submitted a squad of 10 players, including 2 goalkeepers.


2016 CERH European Championship, Match officials
The referee teams were announced on 5 February 2016. Each team has two referees.


2016 CERH European Championship, Draw
The 8 teams were divided in two groups, each group with 4 teams. The draw resulted in the following groups:


2016 CERH European Championship, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2016 CERH European Roller Hockey U-17 Championship
The 2016 CERH European Roller Hockey U-17 Championship was the 35th edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Juvenile Championship. It was held in Mieres, Spain from 4 to 10 September 2016.


2016 CFL Draft
The 2016 CFL Draft took place on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM ET on TSN2 and RDS2. 70 players were chosen from among eligible players from Canadian Universities across the country, as well as Canadian players playing in the NCAA. The draft was expanded to eight rounds, which is the most since there were eight rounds in the 1992 CFL Draft. This draft also featured the most draft selections since 1987 when 72 players were drafted.


2016 CFL Draft
The entity which owns both TSN2 and RDS2 showed the first round of the draft on its cable TV platforms with subsequent rounds streamed on TSN GO online. The English language cable channel TSN2 featured host Farhan Lalji and the CFL on TSN panel including Duane Forde, Gary Lawless, Chris Schultz, and Lee Barrette who were chosen to analyze the teams' needs and picks while the French language channel RDS2 featured host Matthieu Proulx alongside analysts, Bruno Heppell, Didier Orméjuste and Pierre Vercheval.


2016 CFL Draft, Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.


2016 CFL season
The 2016 Canadian Football League season was the 63rd season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 59th season of the league. Toronto hosted the 104th Grey Cup on November 27. The regular season began on June 23 and ended on November 5.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Salary cap
According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2016 salary cap was set at $5,100,000 (average $110,986 per active roster spot). As per the agreement, the cap was fixed and did not vary with league revenue performance. The base minimum individual salary was set at $52,000.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Season schedule
On February 18, 2016, the 2016 season schedule was released, with the regular season opener taking place at BMO Field hosted by the Toronto Argonauts on June 23. This was the first time that the Argonauts hosted a season opener since the 2008 CFL season and the first time a new stadium opened the season since Winnipeg's Investors Group Field opened the 2013 season. For the third consecutive season, week 1 featured a Grey Cup rematch, with the defending champion Edmonton Eskimos hosting the Ottawa Redblacks. This was also the first time since 2012 that all member clubs played all pre-season and regular season games at their regular home stadiums.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Season schedule
The 2015 featured eight home-and-home series; three of those featured Saskatchewan and/or Winnipeg, while the Montreal Alouettes played none. There were 21 double headers this year, with three on Thursdays, eight on Fridays, eight on Saturdays, and two (the traditional Labour Day and Thanksgiving contests, with the Ontario Labour Day game being played in prime time for the first time ever) on Mondays. There also was a triple header for the first time since 2007, with three games on the final day of the regular season on Saturday, November 5.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Season schedule
For the second consecutive season, the last week of the regular season featured inter-divisional games. This was the second straight season to showcase Thursday Night Football with 10 of the first 11 weeks featuring Thursday night games, including the three aforementioned Thursday night double headers. Every CFL team hosted at least one Thursday game this season; Montreal hosted the most with three Thursday home games.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Toronto Argonauts stadium and ownership
After having spent 27 seasons at Rogers Centre, the Toronto Argonauts moved to BMO Field following renovations that have made the stadium suitable for Canadian football. The move was prompted in 2013 when Rogers Communications announced plans to install natural grass at Rogers Centre for the 2018 season—a move that will require the stadium to be permanently locked into its baseball configuration. On May 20, 2015, it was announced the team had been sold to Larry Tanenbaum and Bell Media and would move to BMO Field.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Toronto Argonauts stadium and ownership
Bell Media and Tanenbaum are part-owners of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns Major League Soccer's Toronto FC and operates BMO Field, along with Rogers. The stadium underwent renovations in the off-season between 2014 and 2015, raising stadium capacity for soccer to 30,991. Further renovations took place in the off-season between 2015 and 2016 to add canopy roofs and retractable seating in the end zones for a Canadian football field. However, Toronto FC continue to be primary occupants of the stadium and have first choice of game dates.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, New uniform supplier
Adidas, who has held the contract for CFL uniforms since acquiring Reebok in 2005, switched the league's uniforms from the Reebok brand (which was used for the uniforms the previous twelve seasons, dating to 2004, the season before Adidas's purchase) to the Adidas brand. With the rebrand came some mostly minor adjustments to each of the teams' uniforms, which were unveiled May 12.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Coaching changes
On December 2, 2015 Jeff Tedford announced that he had resigned his position as head coach of the BC Lions. In his lone season with the Lions, Tedford led them to a mediocre record of 7−11, losing in the first round of the playoffs. Wally Buono will resume the head coaching duties. On December 7, 2015, a mere week after winning the 2015 Grey Cup, it was announced that Chris Jones would be the new general manager and head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After starting 0−9 during the 2015 season, the Saskatchewan Roughriders fired Corey Chamblin.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Coaching changes
Bob Dyce was the intern head coach for the remainder of the 2015 season. In response to losing Chris Jones, the Eskimos named former Redblacks offensive coordinator Jason Maas as their new head coach on December 14, 2015. Jason Maas had played quarterback for the Eskimos for 10 seasons from the 2000 CFL season until the 2011 CFL season.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Coaching changes
Following this fury of coaching changes, new CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge announced on December 16, 2015, that any coach who is currently under contract with a CFL team must contact the CFL head office for approval, prior to announcing any movement. This moratorium was designed to prevent CFL teams from tampering with coaches under contract, and also to hold coaches honorable to their contracts (unless the general manager of said franchise allows them to become a free agent by voiding their contract). In April 2016 commissioner Orridge ruled that the Eskimos did not owe the Redblacks any financial compensation for their hiring of Jason Maas.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Coaching changes
Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach and vice president Kent Austin, who had also served as general manager for his first three seasons in Hamilton, promoted Eric Tillman to general manager for the 2014 season. Tillman had served as a consultant with the Tiger-Cats since the 2012 season.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Coaching changes, In-season
Midway through the 2016 season, Montreal Alouettes general manager Jim Popp, who had doubled as interim head coach of the team since firing Tom Higgins partway through the previous season, stepped aside from coaching duties and named Jacques Chapdelaine as his replacement. Chapdelaine is the first French-speaking head coach in the history of the Alouettes organization.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, New drug policy
On April 21, 2016 the CFL and CFLPA announced an agreement on a new drug strategy. There was no drug testing last year after the CFL severed its partnership with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports (CCES), which had conducted the tests. The relationship was mended, and CCES resumed its role of administering testing on players. Under the terms of the agreement, the number of tests conducted was equal to 100 per cent of the players in the league.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, New drug policy
However, because testing will be random, it was possible for some players to be tested twice, while others wouldn't be tested at all. The new system also recognised sanctions from Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS)--later renamed to U Sports—as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Football League (NFL) and other World Anti- Doping Agency-tested sports. The teams and league were to provide appropriate NSF International-certified supplements to their players, with the list to be developed by mutual agreement and based on professional advice.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, New drug policy
Regarding player violations, those testing positive would face a two-game suspension for a first violation. This penalty would increase to a nine-game suspension (half the regular season) for a second violation and a one-year ban for a third offence. A fourth violation would result in a lifetime ban. Violations were now to be publicly disclosed once all appeals had been exhausted: Whereas in the former system a player charged with a first time offence was able to have his identity remain confidential. The CFL commissioner could also reduce a suspension based on exceptional circumstance.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, NFL-CFL Officiating Development Program
On April 22, 2016 the CFL and the NFL announced a landmark joint-partnership involving their officiating staff. NFL-trained referees would officiate preseason and regular-season games in the CFL, while CFL officials would attend NFL training camps and education sessions before working pre-season games in the NFL. NFL referees working CFL games would mostly be side and field judges to minimize the rules differences between the two leagues. Several CFL officials would participate in the NFL's Officiating Development Program, including working NFL mini-camps, training camps and preseason games.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, NFL-CFL Officiating Development Program
Analysts saw this agreement as the first step towards having U.S.-trained officials work in the CFL full-time. Previously, one of the major stumbling blocks for U.S.-born officials working in the CFL was it took them off the track to the NFL. But a development program between the two leagues could lead to officials graduating from the CFL to the NFL.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Rule changes
In March the CFL's Rules Committee submitted a variety of rule changes to the Board of Governors be implemented for the 2016 season. The proposals were reviewed by the CFL's Board of Governors and almost all of them were put into effect for the upcoming season.


2016 CFL season, CFL News in 2016, Roughriders roster violations
In the middle of August the Saskatchewan Roughriders were found to be in violation of policies which prohibit practicing with ineligible players, players participating in practice who are on the 6-Game Injured List and having free agents practice with players who are under contract. The CFL decided to fine the Saskatchewan Roughriders $60,000, as well as a deduction in excess of $26,000 off the Roughriders' 2016 salary cap. The investigation was partially brought to the public spotlight by Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell on Twitter.