2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 and 25 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Durban.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: +1.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 and 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 and 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +1.8 m/s


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.3 m/s


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 and 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Durban.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +1.4 m/s


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +2.0 m/s


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 and 25 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.


2016 African Cross Country Championships
The 2016 African Cross Country Championships was the fourth edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 12 March at the Yaounde Golf Club in Yaoundé, Cameroon – the first time a West African nation had hosted the event since its re-launch in 2011. There were four races on the program: 10 km for senior men, 8 km for senior women, 7 km for junior men and 5.5 km for junior women.


2016 African Cross Country Championships
For a fourth successive time, Kenya dominated the event, led by men's winner James Gitahi Rungaru and women's winner Alice Aprot Nawowuna. The country also provided the junior winners (Miriam Cherop and Isaac Kipsang) and topped the team podium in all four races. Only two non-Kenyans won an individual medal: Phillip Kipyeko of Uganda was the men's runner-up and Eritrea's Aron Kifle took third in the men's junior race. Kenya swept the medals on the women's side, including a perfect score of ten in the junior race.


2016 African Cross Country Championships
The men's race had 46 finishers, the men's junior race 43 finishers, 29 women finished the senior race, while the women's junior race had 33 finishers, making a total of 151 competitors. The competition had reduced international participation, with only 16 nations sending athletes – eight fewer than had done so in 2014.


2016 African Fencing Championships
The 2016 African Fencing Championships were held in Algiers, Algeria in April.


2016 African Handball Champions League
The 2016 African Handball Champions League was the 38th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 21–30, 2016 at the Palais de Sports de Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, contested by 10 teams and won by Al Ahly of Egypt.


2016 African Handball Champions League, Draw
Al Ahly AS Caïman Espérance de Tunis Minuh Yaoundé Police HBC


2016 African Handball Champions League, Draw
AS Douane FAP Yaoundé JS Kinshasa Red Star Widad Smara Zamalek


2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
The 2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 22nd edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from May 5–27, 2016 and took place at the Salle Al Jadida, in Laayoune, Morocco, contested by 11 teams and won by Zamalek Sporting Club of Egypt.


2016 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup, Draw
AS Hammamet Eclair D'Eseka JS Kinshasa Stade Mandji Widad Smara Zamalek


2016 African Handball Super Cup
The 2016 African Handball Super Cup (22nd edition), also known as Babacar Fall Super Cup, in honour of the first chairman of the African Handball Confederation, was a handball competition organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body.


2016 African Handball Super Cup
The matches, held on 5 May 2016 in Laayoune, Western Sahara, were contested by Zamalek, the 2015 African Handball Champions League winner and Espérance Sportive de Tunis, the 2015 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup winner, on the man's side and Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto, the 2015 African Women's Handball Champions League winner and Africa Sports National, the 2015 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup runner-up. ES Tunis, on the man's side and Primeiro de Agosto, on the woman's side, were the winners.


2016 African Handball Super Cup
Espérance de Tunis and Primeiro de Agosto qualified for the 2016 IHF Super Globe.


2016 African Judo Championships
The 2016 African Judo Championships were the 37th edition of the African Judo Championships, and were held in Tunis, Tunisia from 8 to 10 April 2016.


2016 African Men's Handball Championship
The 2016 African Men's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Men's Handball Championship and held in Egypt from 21 to 30 January 2016. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.


2016 African Men's Handball Championship
Egypt won their sixth title after defeating Tunisia 21–19, while Angola defeated Algeria 25–19 to capture the bronze medal.


2016 African Men's Handball Championship
The win qualified Egypt for the Olympics, while runner-up Tunisia received a place in the Olympic Qualification Tournament.


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads
Every team has to submit a roster of 16 players.


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads, Algeria
2016 African Handball Championship - 4th place   Head coach:  Salah Bouchekriou


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads, Angola
2016 African Handball Championship - Bronze medal   Head coach:  Filipe Cruz


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads, Cameroon
2016 African Handball Championship - 5th place   Head coach:  Honoré Konguep


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads, Egypt
2016 African Handball Championship - Gold medal   Head coach:  Marwan Ragab


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads, Morocco
2016 African Handball Championship - 6th place   Head coach:  Noureddine Bouhaddioui


2016 African Men's Handball Championship squads, Tunisia
2016 African Handball Championship - Silver medal   Head coach:  Sylvain Nouet


2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
The 2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held at the Palais des Sports de l'ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali from September 11 to 18, 2016.


2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Tunisia was the champion and qualified, alongside the three remaining top teams. to the 2017 world championship.


2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
The 2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held at the Palais des Sports de l'ACI 2000 in Bamako, Mali from September 2 to 9, 2016.


2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tunisia was the champion and qualified, alongside the three remaining top teams. to the 2017 world championship.


2016 African Nations Championship
The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) was the 4th edition of the African Nations Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's national teams of Africa featuring exclusively players from their respective national leagues. The tournament was held in Rwanda between 16 January and 7 February 2016. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.


2016 African Nations Championship
This edition is the first time that all group runners-up made it into the semi-finals.


2016 African Nations Championship, Qualification
Rwanda qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining 15 spots were determined by the qualifying rounds, which took place from June to October 2015.


2016 African Nations Championship, Qualification, Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Defending champions Libya failed to qualify.


2016 African Nations Championship, Squads
Each squad could contain a maximum of 23 players. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament. For example, a Rwandan player was only eligible to play for the Rwanda national team if he was playing for a Rwandan club.


2016 African Nations Championship, Draw
The draw for the final tournament of the competition took place on 15 November 2015 (brought forward from 18 November), 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Kigali, Rwanda. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.


2016 African Nations Championship, Draw
The teams were seeded based on their results in the three most recent final tournaments: 2009 (multiplied by 1), 2011 (multiplied by 2), and 2014 (multiplied by 3):


2016 African Nations Championship, Draw
Based on the formula above, the four pots were allocated as follows:


2016 African Nations Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2016 African Nations 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 tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:


2016 African Nations Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time would be played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time would be played.


2016 African Nations Championship Final
The 2016 African Nations Championship Final was a football match to determine the winners of the CHAN 2016 tournament and took place on 7 February 2016. The match contested by DR Congoand Maliat the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali. DR Congo won the match 3–0, winning the title for the second time. DR Congo became the first nation to win the trophy twice, having won the inaugural  CHAN tournament.


2016 African Nations Championship Final, Background
DR Congo appeared in their 3rd tournament, and their 2nd final. There previous best performance in the tournament was reaching the finals in 2009 and won that tournament. Mail was also making its 3rd appears  in the tournament and their best performance in the tournament was in 2014 reaching the quarter-finals. DR Congo beat the host nation Rwanda 1–2 (a.e.t.) in the quarter-finals and beat Guinea 5–4 on Penalties after a 1–1 in regulation time in the semi-finals. Mail beat Tunisia 2–1 in the quarter-finals and beat Ivory Coast 1–0 in the Semi-finals.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification
The 2016 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic league were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification
A total of sixteen teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Rwanda who qualified automatically as hosts.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Teams
A total of 42 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds, split into zones according to their regional affiliations.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Format
In the Northern Zone, teams played each other on a double round-robin basis. 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:


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Format
In all other zones, qualification ties were 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 level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Format
The top two teams in the Northern Zone and the 13 winners of the first round in all other zones qualified for the final tournament.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Schedule
The draw was held on 5 April 2015, 16:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Northern Zone
Note: Libya played their home matches in Morocco and Tunisia due to security concerns.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West A, Preliminary round
Note: Guinea and Sierra Leone played their home matches in Mali and Mauritania respectively due to the Ebola outbreak (Sierra Leone home match brought forward by a week).


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West A, First round
Note: Guinea played their home match in Mali due to the Ebola outbreak.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West B, First round
Note: Second leg of Ivory Coast v Ghana delayed by a week due to presidential elections.


2016 African Nations Championship qualification, Central Zone, First round
Note: Central African Republic withdrew. Second leg of Congo v Cameroon postponed to 31 October due to civil unrest.


2016 African Nations Championship squads
The 2016 African Nations Championship is an international football tournament to be held in Rwanda from 16 January to 7 February 2016. Unlike the Africa Cup of Nations, this tournament requires players to be registered to a club within the country to be eligible. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. The squads were announced on 14 January 2016.


2016 African Rally Championship
The 2016 African Rally Championship was the 36th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began on February 11 in the Côte d'Ivoire, and ended on November 13 in Madagascar, after seven events.


2016 African Rally Championship
For the second year running a Kenyan driver claimed the title. Mitsubishi Lancer driver Don Smith won the title in dominant fashion, taking victory in Tanzania and finishing second in five other rallies, wrapping up the title early, leading to no African Championship competitors entering the series finale in Madagascar. Star of the championship was Zambian driver Muna Singh Jr., winning in South Africa, Zambia and Rwanda. Singh was unable to finish any other rally and was overcome by Smith's consistency. Fellow Zambian driver Ismail Shermohamed was third in the title, taking victory in Uganda.


2016 African Swimming Championships
The 12th African Swimming Championships were held October 16–23, 2016 in Bloemfontein, (South Africa).


2016 African Swimming Championships, Medal standings
Final medal standings for the 2016 African Swimming Championships are:


2016 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 African Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games was held in Agadir, Morocco from February 6 to February 7, 2016. Each country may enter maximum 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one in each division and the first two ranked athletes per weight division qualify their NOCs a place each for Olympic Games.


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-17 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the CAF representatives.


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup like in the last four editions, while Cameroon qualified for the first time.


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Teams
A total of 15 CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds.


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Format
Qualification ties were 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 level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Format
The three winners of the second round qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2016 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2016 African Volleyball Championship U19
The 2016 African Volleyball Championship U19 was held in Kelibia, Tunisia from 8 to 10 September 2016. The champion qualified for the 2017 U19 World Championship.


2016 African Volleyball Championship U21
The 2016 African Volleyball Championship U21 was held in Casablanca, Morocco from 22 to 23 September 2016. The champions of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.


2016 African Volleyball Championship U21
Egypt finished the 2-team best-of-three tournament on top of the standing to clinch their fourth title.


2016 African Volleyball Championship U21, Qualification
2 CAVB under-21 national teams have registered to participate in the 2016 African Championship U21.


2016 African Weightlifting Championships
The 2016 African Weightlifting Championships was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between May 7 and May 13, 2016.


2016 African Women's Handball Champions League
The 2016 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 38th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 21–30, 2015 at the Palais des Sports de Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, contested by 9 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.


2016 African Women's Handball Champions League, Preliminary round, Group B
* Note:   Advance to quarter-finals   Relegated to 9th place classification


2016 African Women's Handball Championship
The 2016 African Women's Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Luanda, Angola from 28 November to 7 December 2016. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.


2016 African Women's Handball Championship
This was the first time in the history of the African championships that the male and female editions were organized in two different countries at different times. While men and women competitions were traditionally gathered in the same installations every two years in January, The African Handball Confederation (CAHB) had decided to separate the two competitions after several votes at a meeting on 23 January 2015 at the Abbasside Palace hotel in Algiers.


2016 African Women's Handball Championship, Knockout stage, Semifinals
After the semifinals, Senegal was disqualified from the tournament for using ineligible player Doungou Camara, since she has already played for the French national team. Tunisia faced Angola in the final and Cameroon automatically occupied the third place.


2016 African Women's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2016 African Women's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players.


2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
The 2016 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 32nd edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from May 5–20, 2016 in one venue: the Salle Al Jadida, in Laayoune, Western Sahara, contested by 8 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola thus successfully defending its tile.


2016 African Wrestling Championships
The 2016 African Wrestling Championships was held in Alexandria, Egypt from 2 to 7 March 2016.


2016 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2016 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by tenth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 10–3, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they defeated South Alabama.


2016 Air Force Falcons football team, Schedule
Air Force is to play Boise State, Colorado State and Hawaii at home and Fresno State, San Jose State, Utah State and Wyoming on the road, but the official dates and kickoff times are scheduled to be released within the coming weeks of February 2016.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash
On 26 February 2016, an Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL passenger aircraft with eleven people on board crashed at Chilkhaya in Kalikot district, Nepal, killing the two crew members and injuring all nine passengers on board. The accident occurred just two days after Tara Air Flight 193.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the crash was a PAC 750XL operated by Air Kasthamandap. It was delivered to the airline brand new in 2009.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Accident
The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing. The pilot gave a warning to the passengers before landing in a field. The forward fuselage was reported to have been crushed.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Crew and Passengers
The victims were identified as co-pilot Santosh Rana and pilot Dinesh Neupane. Rana was the son of Nepal's Minister of Land Reform and Management, CPN-UML central leader, and lawmaker Dal Bahadur Rana. There were nine passengers on board including an infant, all of which sustained injuries.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Aftermath
Initial reports indicate that the crew were trying to make an emergency landing due to a technical problem.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Aftermath
Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli expressed condolences to the families of crew members killed in the incident.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Aftermath
Shortly after the accident, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal stated that it had only allowed single engine aircraft to operate on chartered, not regular flights. Following the accident, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal forbid airlines to operate passenger flights on single engine aircraft.


2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash, Investigation
One day after the accident, the Government of Nepal formed a committee to investigate the accident. The report, released in September 2016 found that an engine failure caused the emergency landing on a field. The landing gear was caught in a pile of firewood, leading the aircraft to impact on the ground. The cockpit was thereafter destroyed. The engine was built in 1991 and installed on the aircraft in 2015. The report found that financial difficulties caused the airline to neglect the aircraft's maintenance.


2016 Aircel Chennai Open
The 2016 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2016 ATP World Tour tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India, from 4 to 10 January 2016.


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


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


2016 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles
Lu Yen-hsun and Jonathan Marray were the defending champions, but Lu chose not to compete this year and Marray chose to compete in Brisbane instead. Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin won the title, defeating Austin Krajicek and Benoît Paire in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2016 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Borna Ćorić in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2016 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 Akron Zips football team
The 2016 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.


2016 Aktobe shootings
The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a spate of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between terrorists and police occurred over the next few days. The shootings left 7 victims dead and 37 injured. Eighteen attackers were killed and nine were arrested.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Background
Terrorism and extremism are rare in Kazakhstan, however, Aktobe was the site of Kazakhstan's first suicide bombing in 2011.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Background
Despite the fact that Kazakhstan is usually peaceful, the recent plunge in petroleum prices, Kazakhstan's main export, has threatened stability in the country, as was evidenced by a number of protests in April and May 2016. Recent laws allowing foreigners to purchase land in Kazakhstan had also caused uproar.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Shootings, Initial shootings
The group that committed the attacks, which numbered to at least twenty-seven people, first robbed two gun shops early on 5 June, killing a guard and clerk at one shop and killing a customer at the other. They also wounded three policemen before three of the attackers were killed. The surviving attackers then hijacked a bus and rammed open a gate to a national guard base where they killed three servicemen and wounded nine before one attacker was killed.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Shootings, Later shootings
The following night after the first shootings, five more militants were killed in gun battles with police and two were arrested. More police officers were reported to have been killed or injured during the firefights.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Shootings, Later shootings
Early on June 10, five militants were killed and two policemen were wounded in more gun battles in Aktobe.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Responsibility
The perpetrators of the shootings have been described by the police press service as "followers of radical, non-traditional religious movements", a term that usually refers to Islamic extremists in Kazakhstan.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Responsibility
On 10 June, Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev told his security council the attackers were Salafists and probably included Islamic State militants who had returned to Kazakhstan from Syria.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Reactions
Nazarbayev declared 9 June a national day of mourning. He also noted that the attacks occurred on the eve of Ramadan and claimed that they were ordered from abroad. He also suggested that the attacks were an attempt to start a "colour revolution" in Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev also called for harsher criminal penalties on Kazakhs who joined militant groups, tighter security at gun shops and military installations and for stricter migration control.


2016 Aktobe shootings, Reactions
Some observers have seen the attacks as evidence of rising tensions between different political groups. Others have stated the attack shows a weakening in president Nazarbayev's control of the country.


2016 Al Anad Air Base missile attack
The Al Anad Air Base missile attack was a strike carried out by the pro-Saleh Yemeni Army and Houthi militants with a ballistic missile against a military camp in the Al Anad Air Base that was being used by troops of the Saudi-led coalition, in Lahij Governorate.


2016 Al Anad Air Base missile attack, Attack
Yemeni military loyal to and Houthi fighters targeted the Al Anad Air Base with a Tochka ballistic missile, the strike inflicted numerous casualties on the coalition forces including Academi mercenaries. Reports said that there were over 200 casualties in the camp, including the new leader of Academi in Yemen US Colonel Nicholas Petros. Military material was allegedly destroyed, including Saudi led coalition Apaches.


2016 Al Anad Air Base missile attack, Aftermath
Houthi forces launched another attack on Alanad Air Base in 2019 using drones.


2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
The 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000+H in prize money. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 12–18 December 2016.


2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Çağla Büyükakçay and Maria Sakkari were the defending champions, but Sakkari chose not to participate. Büyükakçay partnered Mona Barthel, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lesley Kerkhove and Lidziya Marozava.


2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Mandy Minella and Nina Stojanović won the title, defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Valeria Savinykh in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [10–4].


2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Çağla Büyükakçay was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak.


2016 Al-Karak attack
On 18 December 2016, a series of shootings took place in the city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan. The attack started in the vicinity of Al-Karak where a group of unidentified militants ambushed emergency responders and then moved into the city, attacking police patrols and the local police station and finally seeking shelter in the historic Crusader-era Kerak Castle, a popular tourist attraction.


2016 Al-Karak attack
Severe fog at noon hampered police operations. After an attempt by the Jordanian gendarmerie to besiege the castle, the five attackers were killed following the arrival of the elite Jordanian 71st Special Battalion. Although tourists were present, Jordanian authorities stated that there was no hostage situation; tourists were in a different part of the castle and were unable to leave.


2016 Al-Karak attack
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack against the "apostate Jordanian security forces". Terror attacks are rare in Jordan, the country is designated as safe and holds 58th out of 130 in the 2016 Global Terrorism Index.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Background
Jordan is a leading member of the US-led coalition fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in neighbouring Iraq and Syria. It has carried out air strikes targeting ISIL fighters and hosts coalition troops on its territory. The terrorist group has threatened the country a number of times for its attacks against ISIL, proclaimed King Abdullah II an infidel, and declared their intentions to slaughter him.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Background
Muath Al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian fighter pilot who was born in Al-Karak, was captured by the Islamic State group when his plane went down in Syria in December 2014, and was later burned alive in a cage. In retaliation to the murder of Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian authorities expedited the execution of convicted terrorists Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi and Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly by hanging in Swaqa Prison in February 2015.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Attack
On 18 December 2016, a series of shootings took place in the city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan. The attack started c. 15:00 (AST) in the vicinity of Al-Karak where a group of unidentified militants ambushed emergency responders who were dispatched to a false fire call, before moving into Al-Karak. The militants then attacked the local tourism police station before seeking shelter in the Crusader Kerak Castle just across the street, a popular tourist attraction. The castle was later besieged by Jordanian Gendarmerie forces, who believed a number of tourists were being held hostage inside.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Attack
Reinforcements from Amman included the 71st Special Battalion, who killed four terrorists and ended the attack by midnight. Jordanian authorities stated that there was no hostage situation, but that tourists were in a different part of the castle and were unable to leave. Following the standoff between the security forces and the gunmen, many other tourists who were trapped during the shootout decided to hide in the castle. Jordanian Interior Minister Salameh Hammad also told reporters that the attackers were not aware of the presence of the tourists, thus concluding that the tourists were not hostages but instead were hiding from the gunmen to cover themselves from the shootout.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Attack
During the attack, videos posted on social media showed Jordanian civilians, including young people and tribal leaders, taking arms and joining the security forces trying to locate the attackers.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Attack, Casualties
Eleven Jordanian security forces, two Jordanian civilians, and a Canadian tourist were killed during the attacks, while 34 Jordanians, two Malaysians, and one Canadian were injured. Four police were later killed in a manhunt, and five attackers were killed in total. A man was also arrested.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
A number of manhunts were initiated across the kingdom in pursuit of suspected members of the terror cell. King Abdullah paid a visit to the wounded at the King Hussein Medical Center.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
A report by (majority government-owned) The Jordan Times published in the day following the attack published interviews with tourists who visited the country the day of the attack. Tourists said they were happy to be in Jordan despite the attack. A 22-year-old German interviewed added that "incidents could happen in any part of the world, and Jordan has managed to remain safe for the past years."


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
Another German tourist stated "it is really important to support the country of Jordan and tourism, and it is a really important economic factor for the country… I think it is important to give a sign that it is still safe, because all the people here are friendly." While an Algerian tourist stated "This is the first time that I visit Jordan, and I will visit it again. I liked it very much. There are many archaeological sites that I have been able to visit." However, experts warned of a potential slump in tourism, which Jordan's economy depends largely on.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
Figures from the World Travel & Tourism Council show that tourism indirectly accounted for 20.7% of the GDP, and around 288,500 jobs in 2015. Any slump would exacerbate unemployment and poverty in the country. Despite Jordan being designated as safe and holding 58th out of 130 countries in the Global Terrorism Index in 2016, which measures impact of terrorism on countries, Jordan's tourism industry witnessed a downfall trend since 2011 due to regional instability. Furthermore, the Jordanian economy is already struggling with the effects of the flow of 1.4 million Syrian refugees since 2011.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
On 22 December, Karak's Tourism Director announced that tourist activities had returned to normal in the city.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
47 out of 130 representatives of the Jordanian Parliament presented a motion of no confidence against Salameh Hammad, the Minister of Interior. The MPs accused Hammad of inadequately handling the attack; the motion was supposed to be discussed on 13 January. The motion was not discussed, as the Minister was replaced by Ghaleb Zu'bi in a government reshuffle on 15 January.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
Although political analysts acknowledged that Jordan faces greater security risks, they downplayed any effect of this incident on the country's long-term stability.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
The Financial Tribune reported on 18 January 2017 that the Jordanian tourism sector remained stable and that the Al-Karak attack did not affect tourist arrivals.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
The Jordan Times reported on 13 March 2017 that tourist arrivals to Jordan almost doubled during the first two months of 2017, a change from the downward trend of the past few years.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Aftermath
15 European Union ambassadors visited the castle on 16 March 2017 in a show of solidarity. Andrea Fontana, the EU ambassador to Jordan, called on European nationals to visit Al-Karak saying that "this visit of solidarity with Karak residents shows that Jordan is a safe country".


2016 Al-Karak attack, Reactions, Local
King Abdullah II during a meeting at the National Center for Security and Crisis Management with the government stated "we will respond firmly to all those who threaten or attempt to tamper with the security of our country."


2016 Al-Karak attack, Reactions, Local
Church leaders in governorates across Jordan called for cancelling public Christmas celebrations, to express solidarity with the victims of the attack. Church bells rang in the cities of Fuheis and Karak, mourning the victims of the attack.


2016 Al-Karak attack, Reactions, Local
On 16 March 2017 NGO Rebuild for Peace teamed up with residents of the Karak area to repair the damage done to the castle. At the event, people also made commemorative and symbolic gestures to the victims and their families.


2016 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team
The 2016 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represented Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach James Spady and played their home games at Louis Crews Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 4–5 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the East Division.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide plays their home games in Sewell–Thomas Stadium.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This season marked the Crimson Tide's 122nd overall season, 83rd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 25th within the SEC Western Division. They played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and were led by tenth year head coach Nick Saban. They finished the season 14–1, were SEC champions and advanced to the College Football Playoff National Championship game, for the second consecutive year, where they were defeated by Clemson.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season and offseason
In 2015, Alabama came into the season ranked No. 2 in both preseason polls and finished the regular season 12–1, 7–1 SEC, with their only loss to Ole Miss again. The Crimson Tide won the Western Division of SEC and qualified to play in the 2015 SEC Championship Game against the Florida Gators. Alabama defeated the Gators, 29–15 in Atlanta, Georgia, clinching the program's 25th SEC title.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Previous season and offseason
As the #2 seed in the second season of the College Football Playoff, the Crimson Tide were selected to play in the semifinal game at the 2015 Cotton Bowl against #3 Michigan State of the Big Ten. Alabama beat the Spartans in a 38–0 shutout, advancing them to the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game against #1 Clemson of the ACC. The Crimson Tide won the game 45–40, capturing their 16th national championship and making Nick Saban the 2nd coach in college football to win five championship titles. The Crimson Tide finished the 2015 season with a record of 14–1.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, 2016 recruiting class
Prior to National Signing Day on February 3, 2016, eight players enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice and included six former high school seniors and two junior college transfers. On National Signing Day, Alabama signed 18 additional players out of high school that completed the 2016 recruiting class. The class was highlighted by 19 players from the "ESPN 300". Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com and No. 2 at ESPN recruiting class.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, Returning starters
Alabama had seven returning players on offense, five on defense and five on special teams that started games in 2015.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Preseason, Spring practice
Spring practice began March 11, 2016. The annual A-Day game was held on April 16, 2016.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule
Alabama faced all six Western Division opponents: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M. They also faced two Eastern Division opponents: official SEC rival Tennessee, and Kentucky.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule
The team played four non-conference games, three home games against the Western Kentucky of C-USA, Kent State of the MAC, Chattanooga of the FCS' Southern, and traveled to Arlington, TX to play USC of the Pac-12 for the Advocare Classic at AT&T Stadium, a non—conference game at a neutral site.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, #20 USC Trojans
This game was the eighth meeting between the Trojans and Crimson Tide, and the first meeting between the two schools since the 1985 Aloha Bowl, which Alabama won 24–3. Alabama is now 6–2 in the series.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, #19 Ole Miss Rebels
The Crimson Tide began conference play against Ole Miss, who entered the game on a two-game winning streak against Alabama, their longest winning streak in the series.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kent State Golden Flashes
This was only be the second meeting between these two schools, the first coming in 2012. Alabama coach Nick Saban is a graduate of Kent State.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, #9 Tennessee Volunteers
Alabama will attempt to extend their nine-game winning streak over the Volunteers, the second longest winning streak in series history.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Statistics, Defense
|-Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason and awards, Honors, All-Americans
Each year several publications release lists of their ideal "team". The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF). If a player is selected to the first team of three publications he is considered a consensus All-American, if a player is selected to the first team of all five publications he is considered a unanimous All-American.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason and awards, Honors, SEC All-Conference Team
The Crimson Tide had TBA players honored as members of the 2016 SEC All-Conference team, with five each on the first and second teams, respectively. TBA other Crimson Tide earned honorable mention honors.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason and awards, All-Academic Teams, SEC Conference All-Academic Players
The Crimson Tide had two players selected to the Southeastern Conference All-Academic Second Team, six players granted honorable mention and no players selected to the First Team. In order to be eligible for the academic team a player must maintain a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and play in at least 50 percent of their team's games.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, 2017 NFL Draft
The 2017 NFL Draft was held on April 27–29 in Philadelphia. Ten Alabama players were selected as part of the draft, the second most in the draft behind Michigan's 11. Two additional Alabama players were signed to NFL teams as undrafted free agents.


2016 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team
The 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team is an American softball team, representing the University of Alabama for the 2016 NCAA softball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games at Rhoads Stadium. After losing in the 2015 Women's College World Series, the 2016 team looks to make the postseason for the 18th straight year, and the Women's College World Series for eleventh time. This season represents the 20th season of softball in the school's history.


2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary took place on March 1 in the U.S. state of Alabama as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in ten other states plus American Samoa, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states including their own Alabama primary.


2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
After losing Alabama badly to Barack Obama in 2008, Clinton bounced back eight years later to a 58-point routing against runner-up Bernie Sanders. Her landslide win in Alabama came from African Americans, who formed 54% of the Democratic electorate and backed Clinton over Sanders by a margin of 91–6. Clinton also won the white vote by a margin of 59–38.


2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton carried every county in the state, but showed particular strength in the region in Central Alabama known as the Cotton Belt where the share of African American voters is highest, including the city of Birmingham. She also showed strength in and around the city of Mobile including Mobile Bay, along the Gulf Coast.


2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton's Alabama victory was her second-highest in any state in the 2016 primary season.


2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
After his landslide defeat, the Sanders campaign reported that Hillary Clinton had notched wins in southern states including Alabama because Bernie Sanders did not compete with her, although this claim was widely debunked since Sanders had opened more campaign offices in the state before the primary.


2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary
The 2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place on March 1, 2016. This was the fifth primary held in the 2016 Republican primary. Donald Trump won the primary handily. The election was also held on Super Tuesday. Trump eventually won the Republican primary. He was elected President of the United States on November 8, 2016, against Hillary Clinton.


2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary
Trump had the high-profile endorsement of Senator Jeff Sessions, who would later join his Department of Justice as Attorney General. Trump rallied with Sessions ahead of the Super Tuesday contest, as Sessions was Trump's first endorsement in the U.S. Senate.


2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Results
Donald Trump had won the previous three primaries easily. Ted Cruz had only won the 2016 Iowa Republican caucuses.


2016 Alabama State Hornets football team
The 2016 Alabama State Hornets football team represented Alabama State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets were led by second head coach Brian Jenkins and played their home games at The New ASU Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–6 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.


2016 Alamo Bowl (December)
The 2016 Alamo Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 29, 2016 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The game featured the Oklahoma State Cowboys, of the Big 12 Conference, and the Colorado Buffaloes, of the Pac-12 Conference. It was the two teams' first meeting since 2009 and the first since Colorado's departure from the Big 12 Conference in 2011. The game was the 24th edition of the Alamo Bowl and was sponsored by the San Antonio-based company, Valero Energy.


2016 Alamo Bowl (December), Team selection
The Big 12 and Pac-12 has contractual tie-ins with the Alamo Bowl that afforded the bowl organizing committee the second pick of the conferences' bowl-eligible teams. A Big 12 team has participated in the game every year since the conference's founding in 1996. Previously, Oklahoma State played in the 1997, 2004, and December 2010 editions, and finished with a 1–2 record. Colorado participated in the 2002 edition as a representative as the Big 12, losing to the 2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team.


2016 Alamo Bowl (December), Team selection
The Pac 12 and the Alamo Bowl began their partnership in 2010. The Pac 12 has since provided their second pick to the game.


2016 Alamo Bowl (December), Series history
The Buffaloes and Cowboys first played each other in 1920, a 40–7 Colorado victory. The teams played each other annually from 1960–97, as members of the Big Eight Conference, and twice every four years in Big 12 competition. The Buffaloes heading into this contest held a 26–19–1 record over Oklahoma State. However, the Cowboys won the two previous matchups including a 31–28 victory over the Buffaloes in 2009.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January)
The 2016 Alamo Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 23rd edition of the Alamo Bowl featured the Oregon Ducks from the Pac-12 Conference and the TCU Horned Frogs from the Big 12 Conference. It was televised at 5:45 p.m. CST on ESPN and heard on ESPN Radio. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Valero Energy Corporation and was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January)
The Horned Frogs trailed 31-0 at halftime, but an injury to Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. just before the halftime break would result in a scoreless second half for the Ducks. TCU scored on all 9 possessions after halftime (6 in the second half and 3 in overtime), completing the comeback in the second half with a late field goal. The two teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime and field goals in the second. The Horned Frogs scored in the third extra period, failed their 2-point conversion, but held the Ducks out of the end zone. The 31-point comeback tied the largest comeback in NCAA college football bowl game history with the 2006 Insight Bowl.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Teams
Oregon from the Pac-12 Conference (9-3, 7-2 Pac-12) and TCU from the Big 12 Conference (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) were announced to play in this bowl game on December 6, 2015. They arrived on December 27 and 28.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Teams, Oregon
The 2015 season for the Oregon Ducks was a tale of two teams. A finger injury during the first game would keep Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. sidelined or completely ineffective for a month and by the time Adams returned to form the Ducks stood at 3-3. With a healthy Adams at the helm, the Oregon Ducks finished the season by winning their last 6 games, including a road win over Stanford, a division rival ranked #7 nationally.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Teams, TCU
Starting the 2015 season by winning 8 straight games, the TCU Horned Frogs finished the season by winning 2 of their last 4 games, including a 28–21 double overtime victory over rival Baylor.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Teams, TCU
The Frogs were playing the bowl game without two key offensive starters. Wide receiver Josh Doctson, a first-team All-American this season, did not play in the Frogs' final two regular-season games due to a wrist injury that required surgery, and was ultimately ruled out of the bowl game. Quarterback Trevone Boykin was suspended from the team for a violation of team rules; according to multiple media reports, he had been involved in a bar fight in San Antonio early in the morning of December 31, and was alleged to have swung at multiple police officers and struck one. Boykin faced several criminal charges in the wake of the incident, the most serious being a felony charge of assaulting a public servant. The suspension caused a dramatic change in the Las Vegas betting line, with TCU going from a 1-point favorite to a 7-point underdog.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Teams, TCU
After Boykin's suspension, Patterson turned to Bram Kohlhausen, a fifth-year senior walk-on, to start at quarterback. As a high school senior in 2010, he had been rated by ESPN above both Boykin and future Heisman Trophy winner and NFL player Johnny Manziel, and he started his college career at Houston, redshirting in 2011. After seeing little playing time in 2012, he went to the junior college ranks, playing the 2013 season at Los Angeles Harbor College in California and then walking on at TCU. This game would be Kohlhausen's first and only career start at the FBS level.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Aftermath
Two days after the game, Oregon coach Mark Helfrich demoted defensive coordinator Don Pellum to linebackers coach. Pellum, a former Ducks linebacker who had been involved with the program for more than 30 years as a player, administrator, and coach, had been criticized for the shortcomings of Oregon's defense in 2015. The Ducks finished the season ranked 93rd or worse (among 128 FBS teams) in eight defensive categories, and had set a school record for most points allowed per game at 37.5. The Ducks also lost outside linebackers coach Erik Chinander, who accepted the defensive coordinator position at UCF.


2016 Alamo Bowl (January), Aftermath
Shortly after Kohlhausen was named offensive MVP for the game, he found out that TCU had begun the process of placing him on scholarship for his final semester in spring 2016.


2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 26 in the U.S. state of Alaska as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses
On the same day, Democratic caucuses were held in Hawaii and in the state of Washington. The Republican Party did not hold any primaries that day; their own Alaska caucuses took place on March 1, 2016.


2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
Alaska gave Sanders his largest win outside of his home state of Vermont. He won 80% of the vote and 82% of the state convention delegates, and carried every borough and census area in the state by landslide margins. He swept Democratic strongholds - including sparsely populated areas in the Bush - as well as GOP strongholds such as Fairbanks and surrounding Interior Alaska, Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, and Juneau in the Southeast.


2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
A Sanders win in Alaska was expected, since he generally performed well in caucus states, in majority white electorates, and in the Pacific Northwest. Also, Clinton had lost the state eight years before to Barack Obama, and she did not campaign personally in the state (Sanders did not either, but he sent his wife Jane to campaign for him in Anchorage).


2016 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses, Analysis
At a rally in Wisconsin on March 26, Sanders told supporters “We knew from day one that politically we were going to have a hard time in the Deep South, but we knew things were going to improve when we headed west.”


2016 Alaska House of Representatives election
The 2016 Alaska House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on August 16, 2016. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state senate.


2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses
The 2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 1, 2016 as part of "Super Tuesday." Senator Cruz won the state's caucuses by less than 1,000 votes, despite Mr. Trump enjoying the support of former Governor and 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the 9th Governor of Alaska.


2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses
While Cruz performed best in the state's urban legislative districts, Trump won rural precincts in the Alaska Bush. Alaska was the only state where Ben Carson carried a jurisdiction over the course of the primary.


2016 Alaska Republican presidential caucuses, Results, Controversy
At the Republican National Convention, Alaska's floor votes were all recorded for Donald Trump by the convention secretary, even though the Alaska delegation read their votes according to the results of the caucuses- 12 for Cruz, 11 for Trump and 5 for Rubio. An Alaska delegate challenged the results as recorded. However, RNC chair Reince Priebus defended the actions of the convention secretary, saying that the delegates were bound to Trump.


2016 Alaska Senate election
The 2016 Alaska Senate election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election on August 16, 2016. Voters in the 10 districts of the Alaska Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state assembly.


2016 Alaska elections
On November 8, 2016, the state of Alaska held its general election. On the ballot were races for U.S Representative, 10 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate, all 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives.


2016 Albanian Cup Final
The 2016 Albanian Cup Final was a football match played on 22 May 2016 to decide the winner of the 2015–16 Albanian Cup, the 64th edition of Albania's primary football cup.


2016 Albanian Cup Final
It was won by the first time by Kukësi 5–3 on penalties after the regular and extra time finished in a 1–1. Kukësi thus won its first Albanian Cup title, missing the opportunity last season where it was defeated by Laçi itself. It was the third consecutive cup final for Kukësi while Laçi had the opportunity to win the title for the third time in the last four editions. For the first time in the history of Albanian football, a cup final match was judged by foreign referees.


2016 Albanian Cup Final
As Kukësi won both the Albanian Cup and Skënderbeu Korçë won the 2015–16 Albanian Superliga, the 2016 Albanian Supercup will be between Skënderbeu Korçë and Kukësi.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Background
Laçi had previously played in 2 Albanian Cup finals, winning both respectively against Bylis Ballsh in 2013 and Kukësi in 2015. They were the reigning champions, having defeated Kukësi 2–1 in the previous year's final at their Qemal Stafa Stadium.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Background
Kukësi had been to two, losing both, respectively in 2014 to Flamurtari Vlorë and in 2015 to Laçi. The 2016 final was the second between the two sides.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Background
It will be the 5th consecutive final at the Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tiranë, home of Partizani Tirana.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Laçi
Laçi, of Albanian Superliga, entered the tournament in the first round, against Besa Kavajë of Albanian First Division. The first leg in Besa Stadium, on 16 September 2015, ended in a 3–1 convincing win for Laçi, with manager Armando Cungu who used his best eleven to secure the qualify fast. In the returning leg two week later, Laçi drew 1–1 by using players which were not used too much in the league. Dardan Vuthaj scored the only goal of his team in the 82nd minute.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Laçi
In the second round, Laçi played their fellow relegation league strugglers Bylis Ballsh. They played the first leg on 21 October which ended in a goalless draw. In the returning leg, however, Laçi won 3–2 thanks to a James Adeniyi hat-trick; Stipe Buljan also scored an own goal in the first half.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Laçi
Laçi met Partizani Tirana in the quarter-finals, a repeat of the last year's quarter-final. On 23 January at Laçi Stadium, they won 2–0 with second-half strikes of James Adeniyi. In the returning leg on 17 February, the "Red Bulls" won, 1–0, at home thanks to the goal of Xhevahir Sukaj, but Laçi managed to progress into the semi-final for the second consecutive season.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Laçi
In the semi-finals, Laçi met Skënderbeu Korçë, and won, 1–0, in the home leg on 6 April; Marko Ćetković scored the lone goal in the second half. In the returning leg two weeks later, Skënderbeu won 2–1 but thanks to Ćetković's temporary equalizer goal, Laçi were able to secure a spot in the final thanks to the away goal rule.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Kukësi
Kukësi, also in Albanian Superliga, entered at the same stage against a third-tier opponent, Naftëtari Kuçovë. In the first leg in Bashkim Sulejmani Stadium on 16 September 2015, they suffered a shock defeat 3–1 as the own goal of Gucaj was bounced by the strikes of Kopaçi and Behari; in the returning leg two weeks later at the Zeqir Ymeri Stadium, Kukësi overturned the first-leg results and won 4–1 after extra time; Fjoart Jonuzi scored two decisive goals, including one in the 118th minute of the match.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Kukësi
In the second round, Kukësi met another low-league side, Iliria Fushë-Krujë. In the first leg away on 21 October, Kukësi secured a spot to the quarter-final by scoring five times in the Iliria Fushë-Krujë net. In the returning leg of Albanian Cup second round, the team overwhelmed 3–0 Iliria Fushë-Krujë at home, securing an 8–1 aggregate victory and progression to the quarter-finals. Two goals from Mateus Lima and one strike from Bledar Musolli secured the victory.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Kukësi
In the quarter-finals, Kukësi faced Teuta Durrës. On 23 January, Kukësi was defeated 1–0 at away leg; Ardit Hila scored the lone goal in the 20th minute. In the returning leg at home, Kukësi won 2–0 thanks to the goals from Ylli Shameti and Renato Malota, the centre-backs of the team.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Route to the final, Kukësi
Kukësi were tasked with out of form Flamurtari Vlorë in the semi-finals. In the first leg away on 6 April, Edon Hasani scored an early goal in the 11th minute which was followed by Shameti's header nine minutes later, which almost had qualified Kukësi in the final. On 20 April, in the returning leg of Albanian Cup, Kukësi recorded another 2–0 win against Flamurtari, securing a 4–0 aggregate victory and progression in the final for the second consecutive season.


2016 Albanian Cup Final, Pre-match
Before the final, both teams required foreign referees for the match. That was more specifically the request of Kukësi rather than Laçi.


2016 Albanian Open
The Dynamic Billard Albanian Open 2016 was a 9-Ball pool tournament, and the fourth Euro Tour event of 2016. The event was held between 5–7 August 2016, at the Tirana Expo Center in Tirana, Albania. The event was won by Mateusz Śniegocki, who defeated Joshua Filler 9–4 in the final.


2016 Albanian Open, Tournament format
The event was played as a double elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as a single elimination bracket. Matches were all played as a race to 9 racks.


2016 Albanian Open, Tournament format, Prize fund
The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with €4,500 awarded to the winner of the event.


2016 Albanian Supercup
The 2016 Albanian Supercup was the 23rd edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the winner of the previous season's Albanian Superliga and the winner of the Albanian Cup.


2016 Albanian Supercup
The match was contested by Skënderbeu Korçë, champions of the 2015–16 Albanian Superliga, and Kukësi, the 2015–16 Albanian Cup winners. Due to the demolition of the Qemal Stafa Stadium, the game was scheduled to be played at the newly reconstructed Loro Boriçi Stadium in Shkodër but the inauguration of the stadium was postponed until the friendly between Albania and Morocco on 31 August. The venue for the game was the Selman Stërmasi Stadium in Tiranë, the home of Tirana, and Kukësi won the game 3–1. The game was broadcast through DigitAlb's SuperSport Albania.


2016 Albany Great Danes football team
The 2016 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his third season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The Great Danes were in fourth season as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–4, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2016 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 Jiffy Lube Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Alberta's provincial women's curling championship, was held from January 20 to 24 at the North Hill Curling Club in Calgary. The winning Chelsea Carey team represented Alberta at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie.


2016 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Due to the concurrency of Statistics Canada conducting the Canada 2016 Census in May 2016, the Government of Alberta offered municipalities the option to alter their 2016 municipal census timeframes to either March 1 through May 31 or May 1 through July 31. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.


2016 Alberta municipal censuses
With the dissolution of the villages of Galahad and Strome on January 1, 2016, Alberta had 354 municipalities in 2016. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 21 (5.9%) of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 11 of Alberta's 18 cities, 5 of 108 towns, 2 of 90 villages, and 3 of 64 municipal districts. In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, a census was planned by the Village of Forestburg for 2016 but was subsequently deferred to 2017.


2016 Alberta municipal censuses
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2016 censuses. Airdrie became the eighth city in Alberta to exceed 60,000 residents, while Leduc surpassed 30,000 people and Cochrane grew beyond the 25,000 mark. Edmonton fell short of the 900,000-mark by 553 people, while Red Deer dipped back below 100,000 residents after surpassing that milestone in 2015.


2016 Alberta municipal censuses, Municipal census results
The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2016.


2016 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Hamlets
The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by 2016 municipal censuses conducted by Lac La Biche County and the Municipal District of Taber.


2016 Alberta municipal censuses, Shadow population counts
Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year." Lac La Biche County conducted a shadow population count in 2016. The following presents the results of this count for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake
The 2016 Alborian Sea earthquake struck offshore, north northeast of Al Hoceïma, Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar on January 25 at 04:22:02 UTC, or roughly 05:22:02 West Africa Time. The strongest in the Alboran Sea, the earthquake measured 6.3 or 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw ) at a shallow hypocenter depth of 12 km (7.5 mi). Assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli scale intensity of VI (Strong), the earthquake caused one fatality, at least 30 injuries, and moderate damage in Morocco and Spain.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Background
The Strait of Gibraltar sits atop a convergent boundary where the Nubian Plate, a fragment of the African Plate, is collidng with the Iberian Plate (part of the Eurasian Plate) at a rate of 5 mm/yr. The northwest-southeast convergence between the two plates result in the occurrence of active shallow faulting offshore and onshore. The Trans-Alboran Shear Zone; a seismic zone measuring 500-km-long by 80-km-wide accommodates the interaction between the two plates. Seismic activity associated with these shallow faults are characterized by their small to moderately size in magnitudes with thrust, strike-slip or normal focal mechanisms.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Background
Historical earthquakes associated with the seismogenic zone have been locally devastating, causing large loss of life. The most damaging earthquake in recent history occurred on 24 February 2004 when a Mw  6.4 quake struck Al Hoceïma, killing at least 628 people. Major events also occurred in 1804, 1910 and 1994. The deadly 1522 Almería earthquake in southern Spain is associated with shallow faulting within this seismic one.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Background
Besides the presence of shallow seismicity, intermediate to deep-focus earthquakes have occurred in the surrounding area as well. The largest deep-focus quake was an Mw  7.8 which struck the Province of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain at a great depth of 626.2 km (389.1 mi). Little is known about the origins of deep-focus earthquakes beneath the Alboran Sea, with theories suggesting an oceanic lithosphere is subducting to the east along the Gibraltar Arc at a near-vertical dip at depth, or some complex slab delamination processes.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Earthquake
The Mw  6.3–6.4 mainshock resulted from shallow left-lateral strike-slip faulting along the 100-km-long Al-Idrissi Fault. The mainshock ruptured for a length of approximately 21 km (13 mi) in a northeast direction at a velocity of 3.0 km/s. A maximum fault displacement of 0.6 is estimated near the hypocenter of the quake on the fault.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshock and aftershocks
Four days prior (January 21) to the mainshock, an Mwr  5.1 earthquake struck with an epicenter southeast of the mainshock at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). The foreshock caused no damage but was felt III (Weak) at its maximum in Málaga, Spain. It was also felt in Nador and Tangier, Morocco. This foreshock was the first recorded in the 2016 Alboran earthquake sequence.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshock and aftershocks
Twenty-four aftershocks measuring 4.0 or greater were recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey. Four of the aftershocks had magnitudes greater than 5.0, with the largest measuring a 5.3 just over ten minutes after the mainshock. The aftershocks were strong enough to be felt in Morocco and Spain. The focal mechanisms for the largest aftershocks featured shallow reverse faulting. A total of more than 2350 aftershocks were recorded from 25 January to 13 May the same year, 197 of them greater or equal to magnitude 3.0.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Impact
In Al Hoceima, a 12-year-old boy suffered a heart attack caused by panic during the earthquake, and died after arriving at a hospital. A woman was injured after jumping from a two-storey building for fears that it would collapse.


2016 Alboran Sea earthquake, Impact
In Melilla, a Spanish city in North Africa, emergency services received over 200 calls from residents reporting damage to homes and buildings. Power supply was disrupted in some areas in the city. At least 26 people were treated for their injuries that consisted of mainly cuts and bruises. According to the Mayor-President of Melilla, Juan Jose Imbroda, schools in the city were closed for damage inspections. Damage including concrete blocks falling from an apartment building was reported in the city. The homes of 160 residents sustained serious damage but they were occupied shortly after the quake. The total damage in the city is estimated at 12 million Euros.


2016 Alcorn State Braves football team
The 2016 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by first-year head coach Fred McNair and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and finished with a record of 5–6 as SWAC runners-up after they were defeated by Grambling State in the SWAC Championship Game.


2016 Alderney general election
The 2016 Alderney general election was held on 26 November 2016 to elect 5 members of the States of Alderney who will serve until 2020. Prospective candidates were required to be formally nominated before 15 November.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign
The 2016 Aleppo summer campaign started with a military operation launched on the northern outskirts of Aleppo in late June 2016, by the Syrian Arab Army. The aim of the offensive was to cut the last rebel supply line into Aleppo city.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign
By late July, the military had managed to sever the last rebel supply line coming from the north and completely surround Aleppo. However, within days, the rebels launched a large-scale counter-attack south of Aleppo in an attempt to both open a new supply line into rebel-held parts of the city and cut-off the government-held side. The whole campaign, including both the Army's offensive and subsequent rebel counter-offensive, was seen by both sides as possibly deciding the fate of the entire war.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign
The battle was also notable for the large loss of top rebel field commanders, with about three dozen being killed.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign
By early September, Syrian government troops had cemented their siege of the rebel part of the city.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
The offensive began on 25 June, with heavy Russian air-strikes and ground bombardment. On 26 June, the military made advances into the Mallah Farms, and by 28 June, they had captured half of the farmlands, including the Al-Asamat and Arab Salum areas. The advances brought the Castello Road within firing range of the military's artillery.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
After midnight on 7 July, amid heavy airstrikes, pro-government forces captured the southern part of Mallah and came within one kilometer of the Castello Road. They captured a mosque complex and a hill which overlook the Castello Road, thus enabling them to bring the road under artillery fire-control. This effectively cut off the only supply route to the rebel-held part of Aleppo.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
Several days later, the Army advanced in the al-Layramoun al-Khalidiyah and Bani Zeid districts. During this time, government troops captured the Sadkop Gas Factory.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
By the evening of 13 July, the military secured the whole al-Khalidiyah district and most of the al-Layramoun industrial area, after capturing the last several rebel-held buildings in al-Khalidiyah, as well as al-Layramoun's gas factory, market and glass factory.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
On 17 July, the Army and Hezbollah reached the Castello Road, capturing parts of it and completely cutting it after taking control of Castello Hill. With this advance, the rebel-held part of Aleppo city was fully besieged and the al-Layramoun roundabout came under artillery fire-control. Meanwhile, the military made more advances in the Bani Zeid and al-Layramoun areas, capturing most of the factories.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
Between 23 and 25 July, the Army expanded its control in the al-Layramoun industrial area by capturing the Textile Factory a dozen industrial buildings and two malls. Late on 25 July, the Tiger Forces captured two sites in and near the Castillo Complex, threatening to cut off the rebels remaining at Bani Zeid and al-Layramoun.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
On 26 July, government forces captured all of the al-Layramoun District after heavy fighting for the last rebel stronghold there, the Bus Station. After also seizing the Al-Castillo Amusement Park and imposing fire control over Bani Zeid, the remaining rebel forces in Aleppo City were left almost completely besieged.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
On 27 July, rebel forces attacked the Kurdish-held areas of Aleppo, although their attack was repelled. The Kurds then proceeded to advance into the nearby rebel-held Bani Zeid Youth Housing neighborhood and captured the whole complex. Later that day, the Army officially declared it had cut off all rebel supply routes into Aleppo. On 28 July, the military captured the Bani Zeid district, as well as the rebel-held parts of the Ashrafiyah district. The rebels withdrew from Bani Zeid before the main Army assault so to avoid heavy losses. The Army then continued to push its assault towards the Dahret Abdrubbah area.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Army advances, rebel-held Aleppo surrounded
On 30 July, the Kurdish YPG captured the Shuqayyif Youth Housing area, next to the Castello Road.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Rebel counter-offensive, both sides besieged
On 31 July, the Army of Conquest launched a counter-offensive both south and north of Aleppo in an attempt to lift the siege on the rebel-held areas of the city. Fierce fighting was reported at the Al-Castillo Highway, while the rebels managed to capture the Al-Hikma school and two hills on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, which constituted an advanced Army defense line. The wide-scale rebel counter-attack reportedly included 8,000–10,000 fighters, 95 tanks, hundreds of rocket launchers and a large number of suicide-bombers. By evening, the rebels also took control of Al-'Amariyah village and reached the nearby 1070 Al-Hamadaniyah Housing Project where fighting continued. During the night, the 1070 Al-Hamadaniyah Housing Project was also taken by the rebels.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Rebel counter-offensive, both sides besieged
The next day, the rebels once again advanced and took control of Mushrifah village (also known as Sharfa), that is situated on a hill that overlooks the Al-Assad Military Academy.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Rebel counter-offensive, both sides besieged
Over the next several days, back-and-forth fighting took place for control of the 1070 Housing Project neighborhood, Huwayz village, Al-'Amariyah and several hills.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Rebel counter-offensive, both sides besieged
On 5 August, a rebel attack on the Military Academy started Shortly after their advances at the Military Academy, rebels both inside and outside Aleppo advanced into the Ramouseh neighborhood, linked up and captured it. With this advance, the rebels managed to cut the government's supply line into the government-held part of west Aleppo and announced the Army's siege of rebel-held east Aleppo had been broken. Since the rebel offensive started, at least 130 civilians had been killed, most by rebel shelling of government-held districts. 500 fighters on both sides also died, mostly rebels. At the end of the day, the rebels were in control of the entire Military Academy base and the Ramouseh district.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
On 7 August, fighting was still continuing in the Ramouseh district, where it was confirmed the Army was still in control of parts of the area. The government, backed by Russia, launched an intensive air-strike campaign, in which one of the military schools captured by the rebels was reportedly leveled. Meanwhile, the rebels were putting up a "massive" defense to protect the new corridor. The next day, the Ramouseh district was confirmed to be completely under rebel control, while the Army recaptured al-Sanobrat hill.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
On 11 August, the rebels attacked the government supply route to Aleppo between Khanasir and Ithriya, capturing Mahmyat Al-Ghazal. However, the Army recaptured the village the following day.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
Between 11 and 17 August, the Army launched several counter-attacks, primarily against the 1070 Housing Project. During the fighting on 11 August 29 government and up to 20 rebel fighters were killed. By 17 August, government forces recaptured about 70 percent of the district.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
On 17 August, after capturing most of the 1070 Al-Hamdaniyah Housing Project, government forces also stormed the Air Force Technical Base. The former government commander of the base Brig. Gen. Deeb Bazi was killed as he led the assault. Back-and-forth fighting at the Academy continued into early September, when on 4 September, pro-government forces finally overwhelmed the rebel defenders and captured the whole complex. Thus, government troops reestablished the siege of rebel-held areas of Aleppo.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
Also during this time, on 21 August, government forces captured Umm Qara hill that overlooks the Khan Touman-Ramouseh Road near Al-Qarassi, as well as nearby SyriaTel hill. Multiple rebel counter-attacks in an attempt to recapture Umm Qara hill were eventually repelled.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
On 5 September, rebel frontlines in southern Aleppo collapsed, with pro-government forces overrunning three villages, three hills, two factories, two storage facilities, an Air Defense Base and a quarry.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
Between 6 and 8 September, the Syrian Army captured the whole Ramouseh district, reopening the Ramouseh Road to supply government-held western Aleppo by 9 September.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
On 10–11 September, the Syrian Army and its allies continued to advance in the 1070 Al-Hamdaniyah Housing Project and the Al-'Amariyah District. They also continued to target the Hikmah School.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, The campaign, Fighting continues, Army retakes territory
On 11 September, airstrikes interrupted Eid al-Adha celebrations in rebel-held areas of Aleppo and Idlib. US and Russian officials negotiated a ceasefire hours prior, which was to go into effect later the following day at sundown.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Aftermath – Ceasefire and government assault on East Aleppo
After the implementation of the ceasefire in mid-September, the Syrian Army withdrew its forces from the Castello road to allow UN humanitarian aid into the eastern parts of the city. However, rebel groups outside the city did not allow humanitarian aid convoys into Aleppo. Later, as Russian Marines and Syrian Red Crescent personnel controlling Castello road came under fire by rebel groups, the SAA redeployed its soldiers once again.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Aftermath – Ceasefire and government assault on East Aleppo
On 16 September, the Russian Air Force carried out numerous airstrikes around Aleppo for the first time since the ceasefire had been reached four days earlier. On 19 September, an aid convoy from the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent consisting of more than 18 trucks was reportedly hit by air-to-surface missiles as they headed for eastern Aleppo from the town of Urum al-Kubra, killing 12 people and severely injuring several more. At the same time, Russia and Syria restarted heavy bombing raids on rebels in the city.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Aftermath – Ceasefire and government assault on East Aleppo
Early on 21 September, the Syrian Army seized most of Hikma Hill, thus being on the verge of recapturing Al-Hikma school and the 1070 Housing Project. However, later in the day, the rebels retook the positions they lost on the hill. Still, the Army managed to capture areas of the Ramouseh district that had been rebel-held since late 2012. Meanwhile, SOHR claimed that 3,000 Russian soldiers had arrived at Aleppo to support new government offensives in the area.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Aftermath – Ceasefire and government assault on East Aleppo
On 22 September, the Syrian Army launched a new offensive into the rebel-held eastern neighborhoods. Government forces also made further progress in southern Aleppo, capturing a few sites.


2016 Aleppo summer campaign, Aftermath – Ceasefire and government assault on East Aleppo
A new rebel attempt to break the siege starting in late October 2016, failed after two weeks of fighting, and consequently all major rebel positions in East Aleppo were overrun by pro-government and Kurdish forces by 13 December 2016.