2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier on the 2016 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 15 to 20, 2016, while the men's tournament took place from February 22 to 27, 2016.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Bopanna played alongside Florin Mergea, but lost in the first round to Nestor and Radek Štěpánek. Nestor and Štěpánek lost in the quarterfinals to Łukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski. Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi won the title, defeating Feliciano López and Marc López in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [14–12].


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to a knee injury.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka won the title, defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final, 6–4, 7–6(15–13).


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
This marked the first tournament Novak Djokovic participated in where he failed to reach the final since the 2015 Qatar ExxonMobil, snapping a streak of 17 consecutive tournament finals, when he was forced to retire from his quarterfinal match against Feliciano López due to an eye injury.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Babos played alongside Julia Görges, but lost in the semifinals to Caroline Garcia and Mladenovic. Chuang Chia-jung and Darija Jurak won the title, defeating Garcia and Mladenovic in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Sara Errani won the title, defeating Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–0, 6–2.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
This was the first time at either a WTA or ATP event that all seeded players lost their first match.


2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 Dubai Tour
The 2016 Dubai Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place in Dubai between 3 and 6 February 2016. It was the third edition of the Dubai Tour and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Asia Tour.


2016 Dubai Tour
The race was made up of four stages. Three of these were suited for sprinters, with the third stage ending with an uphill finish to the Hatta Dam. The defending champion was Mark Cavendish, who won the 2015 Dubai Tour for Etixx–Quick-Step but was riding for his new team, Team Dimension Data.


2016 Dubai Tour
Marcel Kittel (Etixx–Quick-Step) won the first stage to take the lead of the race. Elia Viviani (Team Sky) won the second stage and took over the race lead. The Hatta Dam stage was won by Juan José Lobato (Movistar Team), with Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek–Segafredo taking the overall lead of the race. Kittel won the final stage and, with the help of bonus seconds, took the overall victory. Nizzolo was second, with Lobato third.


2016 Dubai Tour, Teams
Sixteen teams were invited to take part in the race. Ten of these were UCI WorldTeams; there were also three UCI Professional Continental teams and three UCI Continental teams. There were a maximum of eight riders per team; since not every team brought their full quota of riders, 123 riders were entered in the startlist.


2016 Dubai Women's Sevens
The 2016 Dubai Women's Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held on 1–2 December 2016 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the 5th edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The defending champions Australia started their first game against the invited South Africans. The opening game of the Dubai tournament matched Spain up against England.


2016 Dubai Women's Sevens
Bill Beaumont, the World Rugby Chairman, said: "With the excitement of the Olympic Games still fresh in people's memories, anticipation has never been higher ahead of a new HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series season kicking off".


2016 Dubai Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.


2016 Dubai World Cup
The 2016 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 26 March 2016. It was the 21st running of the Dubai World Cup. It was the second running of the race since the synthetic Tapeta surface was replaced by a dirt track.


2016 Dubai World Cup
The winner was California Chrome LLC's California Chrome, a five-year-old chestnut horse trained in the United States by Art Sherman and ridden by Victor Espinoza. California Chrome's victory was the first in the race for his jockey, trainer and owner.


2016 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
The race attracted a strong North American challenge headed by the 2014 American Horse of the Year California Chrome, who had finished second in the race in 2015. The other runners from the United States were Keen Ice, Frosted (Wood Memorial Stakes, Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 2, second in the Belmont Stakes), Mshawish (Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, Donn Handicap) and Hoppertunity (Clark Handicap). The United Arab Emirates was represented by Mubtaahij (UAE Derby), Special Fighter (Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3) and Candy Boy (fourth in the 2015 race). The Japanese dirt specialist Hokku Tarumae ran in the race for the third time, whilst the other three runners were Vadamos from France, Gun Pit from Hong Kong and Teletext from Saudi Arabia.


2016 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
Betting is illegal in Dubai, but British bookmakers made California Chrome and Frosted the 15/8 joint favourites ahead of Mshawish (9/1), Special Fighter (10/1) and Keen Ice (12/1).


2016 Dubai World Cup, The race
Frankie Dettori sent Mshawish into the lead from the start and set the pace, with California Chrome (on the outside), Mubtaahij (on the rail) and Special Fighter close behind. There was little change in the order until the final turn although Frosted made progress to join the leading group. California Chrome overtook the tiring Mshawish early in the straight and quickly opened up a clear advantage. Mubtaahij, Special Fighter and Frosted maintained their positions without being able to quicken and Hoppertunity made rapid progress from the rear of the field.


2016 Dubai World Cup, The race
California Chrome crossed the finish line three and three-quarter lengths clear of Mubtaahij who was a neck in front of Hoppertunity whilst Special Fighter took fourth place just ahead of Frosted, Mshawish and Candy Boy. Keen Ice finished eighth ahead of Hokko Tarumae, with the other three runners tailed off. Impressively, California Chrome won despite his saddle slipping badly in deep stretch, which compromised Espinoza's ability to safely control his mount.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of Dublin GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. 32 teams participate, with the winner representing Dublin in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship
Ballyboden St. Enda's were the defending Dublin (and All-Ireland champions) having defeated St. Vincent's in the 2015 Dublin championship final. They gave up their titles in the last sixteen stage when losing to Kilmacud Crokes.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship
On 5 November 2016, St. Vincent's claimed their 28th Dublin S.F.C. title and 4th in 5 years when defeating Castleknock (who reached their first final after only two years in the senior grade and only their 18th year in existence after being established in 1998) in Parnell Park in the final by 0-15 to 0-10.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship
O'Tooles were relegated to the Intermediate Football Championship for 2017 after they failed to fulfill their Round 1 Senior 'B' Replay with Naomh Mearnóg this year. They will be replaced by Paul Flynn's Fingallians who claimed this year's I.F.C. title.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Format
The championship has a straight knock-out format. The losers of the Round 1 matches enter the Senior 'B' Football Championship. Losers of Round 1 of the Senior 'B' Championship enter a relegation playoff if a non-reserve side wins the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Senior 'A' Football Championship, Senior 'A' Round 1
All 32 teams enter the championship at this stage. The 16 winners enter Round 2 while the 16 losers enter the Senior 'B' Football Championship.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Senior 'A' Football Championship, Senior 'A' Round 2
The 16 winners of the First Round matches play each other in this round. The 8 winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the 8 losers exit the championship.


2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Senior 'B' Football Championship, Senior 'B' Round 1
The 16 losers from the First Round play off in this round. The 8 winners proceed to the Senior 'B' Quarter-Finals while the 8 losers will exit the championship. One team was designated home advantage for each tie in a random draw. The match involving O'Toole's and Naomh Mearnóg was abandoned while the teams were level after 55 minutes due to a brawl involving players, management and supporters.


2016 Duck Commander 500
The 2016 Duck Commander 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on April 9, 2016, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the seventh race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, The race had 17 lead changes among different drivers and 7 cautions for 41 laps.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Report, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Entry list
The entry list for the Duck Commander 500 was released on Monday, April 4 at 10:12 a.m. Eastern time. Forty cars were entered for the race.


2016 Duck Commander 500, First practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.995 and a speed of 192.892 mph (310.430 km/h).


2016 Duck Commander 500, Qualifying
Carl Edwards scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.748 and a speed of 194.609 mph (313.193 km/h). He said after the session that he sure does "like it here, I really enjoy Texas. I have a lot of friends here. This is a fun place to race. The tire, I don’t know what the other guys feel, the tire and downforce package for me lets me feel like I can go into the corner and move around and feel the tire underneath me.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Qualifying
Even in qualifying, there were times when I got a little sideways and it slid a little bit and I could recover and that’s really fun as a race car driver. Hopefully the race goes well. We have some practice later. I just cannot thank my guys on this Stanley Tools Camry enough, they are unbelievable.” After qualifying second, Joey Logano said that he was "really good in (Turns) 1 and 2. That's where we beating the 19.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Qualifying
And then I went in there the last time, and it didn't turn like it was, and I was like, "Oh, no, that's our good area…’ We actually fixed 3 and 4, and we were pretty good down there. But we kind of flip-flopped, and we needed both… Just (with) another run on the tires, it's so hard to go faster at this track."


2016 Duck Commander 500, Final practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.068 and a speed of 192.390 mph (309.622 km/h).


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, First half, Start
Because of rain during the day, the race started under a green/yellow condition (the race started under caution, but the laps began counting) at 9:35 p.m. The race began under the first caution of the night. Carl Edwards led the field to the green flag on lap 6. Martin Truex Jr., who was running second after six laps, fell back to third after his grille was covered by a piece of debris. He tried to pull up to the rear of Joey Logano, but the debris remained. He then fell behind Denny Hamlin and managed to get the debris off.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, First half, Start
The second caution of the race flew on lap 29. This was a scheduled competition caution due to rain. On pit road, Jimmie Johnson slammed into the rear of Kyle Busch and partly caved in the nose of his car. David Ragan opted not to pit and assumed the race lead. He would eventually pit and hand the lead back to Edwards.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 34. Truex passed Edwards exiting turn 4 to take the lead on lap 60. A number of cars began pitting under green on lap 73. Truex gave up the lead to pit on lap 74 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Chase Elliott, who was also making his pit stop. The lead cycled back to Truex.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
Truex continued to pull away from the field as he pulled to a five-second lead by lap 100. A number of cars began pitting under green on lap 111. Truex ducked onto pit road on lap 112 and handed the lead to Busch. Brian Vickers, in what ended up being his last ever NASCAR start, spun out trying to enter pit road. He continued on and the race remained green. Unfortunately, he and Josh Wise were tagged for a commitment line violation and were forced to serve a pass-through penalty. Busch pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Truex.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
Paul Menard was black-flagged for the corner panel being pulled out and was forced to pit to fix it on lap 128. Brad Keselowski made an unscheduled stop the next lap for a loose wheel. Debris in turn 4 brought out the third caution of the race on lap 134. Edwards exited pit road with the race lead.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 142. Truex ducked onto pit road on lap 177 and handed the lead to Busch. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Elliott. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Edwards.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
Truex drove under Edwards to retake the lead on lap 208. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 210 for a single-car wreck in turn 4. Rounding turn 3, Wise suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. He would go on to finish 40th. Kenseth opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. Kevin Harvick was tagged for speeding and an uncontrolled tire and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 222. Edwards, who restarted second, made an unscheduled stop the next lap for a loose wheel. He rejoined the race in 19th one lap down. Truex passed Kenseth going into turn 3 to retake the lead on lap 236. A number of cars began hitting pit road with 78 laps to go. Truex pitted with 76 laps to go and handed the lead to Trevor Bayne. He tried to extend his fuel run, but was chased down and passed by Truex for the lead.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
Debris on the front stretch brought out the fifth caution of the race with 58 laps to go.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 50 laps to go. The sixth caution of the race flew with 47 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Rounding turn 1, Kasey Kahne tapped the left-rear corner of Greg Biffle, got him loose and sent him into the wall.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 42 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew with 41 laps to go for a multi-car wreck on the backstretch. Exiting turn 2, Johnson made contact with the rear-end of Austin Dillon and sent him sliding into the wall. Dillon overcorrected and hit the outside wall with the right-front of his car. His car turned down the track, was clipped by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., slid down and tapped the inside wall.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
With a number of cars trying to avoid the spinning No. 3 car, an accordion-effect led to more cars being caught up in the melee. A total of 13 cars sustained damage in the wreck. Dillon said afterwards that being on older tires, he "was trying to get all I could there. It’s part of trying to win a race. We put ourselves in a position to be out front, thinking that two laps wouldn’t mean much, but it did. That’s part of it. The good Lord kept me safe tonight and gave me a good race car. You have to be gracious in defeat. We’ll come back next week with another fast car and hopefully we can do the same thing we did today, and that’s run up front."


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 33 laps to go. Busch drove by him on the backstretch to take the lead with 32 laps to go and drove on to score the victory.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Busch said after the race that life is "pretty darn good, I’ll tell you that. I’ve got a great wife, a great son and I’m having a blast, living the dream with Adam Stevens (crew chief) and these guys, and Joe (Gibbs, JGR owner) and JD (Gibbs, JGR co-chairman), thinking about you guys back at home and of course Coy (Gibbs, JGR COO) is here with us. Everybody back at the shop has been building great race cars, they’ve been doing a great job for us. The crew chiefs here have been really working together, gelling together and putting everything together. It’s just fun, right now it’s all clicking and going together.”


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After a runner-up finish, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that "we need a win. We'd love to get a win. I know our fans want a win real bad. Trust me, man, we're all working real hard. We're running great every week. So at least that's hopefully fun to watch for you guys. I had a blast inside the car, lot of sliding around, sideways -- good, hard racing. We'll go to the next one, I guess, and try again."


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing third, Logano said he was "proud of what my race team did. This Shell/Pennzoil team executed perfectly today. We may not have had the fastest car, we obviously didn’t have the fastest car, but we executed into a top-three finish, and I’m very proud of my team for that. We had great pit stops and great calls, so everything worked out well. Everyone did their job. That’s kind of been our weak point this year is that we haven’t had the speed, but we haven’t been executing perfectly. Now it seemed like we executed right and we’ve got to work on our speed now.”


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Not satisfied with a career best fifth-place finish, Elliott said that running in "fifth isn't a contender. You've got to be running higher. We'll keep working on it."


2016 Duck Commander 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After leading 142 of the 334 laps, Truex described finishing sixth as "frustrating." He also added that the way it turned out "hurts a little bit and move on and we'll take the positives out of tonight."


2016 Duck Commander 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 16th race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2009 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2016 Duck Commander 500, Media, Radio
The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards.


2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup
The 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup was the 45th Central Canadian Jr. A Ice Hockey Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The winner of the 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup will represent the central region in the 2016 Royal Bank Cup in Lloydminster, SK.


2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup, Tournament, Round Robin
x = Clinched championship round berth; y = Clinched first overall


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


2016 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council seats Results
The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 5 May 2016 elections.


2016 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2016 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the Coastal Division. The team was led by head coach David Cutcliffe, in his ninth year, and played its home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. They finished the season 4–8 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to tie for sixth place in the Coastal Division.


2016 Duke Blue Devils football team, Team players in the NFL
No Duke players were selected in the 2017 NFL Draft.


2016 Dundalk F.C. season
Dundalk entered the 2016 season as the reigning League Champions and FAI Cup holders from 2014, having won the 'Double' for the first time since 1987–88. 2016 was Stephen Kenny's third season at the club as manager. It was Dundalk's seventh consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 80th in all, and their 89th in the League of Ireland.


2016 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
After dominating domestically throughout the season, a third league title in a row was sealed with two games to spare in 2016, A chance at a 'Double Double' was spurned, however, when they lost in the FAI Cup Final to a goal scored in the last minute of extra time by Cork City F.C..


2016 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
The 2016–17 Champions League saw the club qualify for the Champions League play-off round, after they first defeated FH of Iceland, then came from a goal down in the tie to defeat BATE 3–0 in Tallaght Stadium, winning through 3–1 on aggregate. Dundalk drew Legia Warsaw, with the first leg played in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in front of a crowd of 30,417. They suffered a 2–0 defeat in the home leg, but shocked Legia in the return leg by taking a 1–0 lead through Robbie Benson's volley. With Dundalk pushing for the equaliser that would have taken the tie to extra-time, Legia scored on the break, and won the tie 3–1 on aggregate.


2016 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
Defeat in the play-off round meant that the club qualified for the group stage of the Europa League, only the second Irish team to have done so. A draw with AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands, followed by a victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Tallaght Stadium, were the first points earned by an Irish club at this stage of a European competition – both the equaliser in Alkmaar and the winning goal in Tallaght being scored by Ciarán Kilduff.


2016 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
In the third match they took the lead in Tallaght against Zenit St Petersburg, and were 20 minutes from topping the table, before eventually losing 2–1. In a campaign that would run from 13 July to 8 December, five weeks beyond the end of the domestic season, Dundalk failed to pick up any more points in the remaining matches. But they had attracted considerable attention.


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


2016 Dunedin mayoral election
The 2016 Dunedin mayoral election was held on Saturday, 8 October 2016 and was conducted under the single transferable voting system. Dave Cull, Dunedin's 57th mayor, was re-elected after seeing off ten challengers.


2016 Dunedin mayoral election, Results
Cull was re-elected, defeating centre-right challenger Lee Vandervis in the tenth and final iteration of votes; however, Cull's first preference vote was severely reduced.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge
The 2016 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering $50,000+H each in prize money for both men and women's events. It took place in Toyota, Japan, on 14–20 November 2016.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Dunlop World Challenge, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles
Brydan Klein and Matt Reid were the defending champions but only Reid defended his title, partnering John-Patrick Smith.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Doubles
Reid successfully defended his title, defeating Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Christopher Rungkat 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles
Yoshihito Nishioka was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to James Duckworth.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's Singles
Duckworth won the title after defeating Tatsuma Ito 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 in the final.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Doubles
Akiko Omae and Peangtarn Plipuech were the defending champions, but Plipuech chose to participate in Taipei instead. Omae partnered Ksenia Lykina and successfully defended her title. Omae and Lykina won the title, defeating Rika Fujiwara and Ayaka Okuno in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–5].


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
Jana Fett was the defending champion, but lost to Lizette Cabrera in the quarterfinals.


2016 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating Cabrera in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2016 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 2016 Duquesne Dukes Devils football team represented Duquesne University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Jerry Schmitt and played their home games at Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 5–1 in NEC play to finish in a tie for the conference title with Saint Francis (PA). Due to their head-to-head loss to Saint Francis (PA), they did not receive the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and did not receive an at-large bid.


2016 Durand Cup
The 2016 Durand Cup was the 128th edition of the Durand Cup since the tournament's founding in 1888. 12 teams competed in the tournament hosted at the Ambedkar Stadium and Harbaksh Stadium in Delhi from 28 August 2016. The final took place at the Ambedkar Stadium on 11 September 2016.


2016 Durand Cup
Army Green won the tournament for the first time by defeating NEROCA on penalties 6–5.


2016 Durand Cup Final
The 2016 Durand Cup Final was the final match of the 128th edition of the Durand Cup, a football competition in India. The match was held on 11 September 2016 at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi.


2016 Dutch Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 Dutch Championships took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and it hosted several gymnasts from the Netherlands as well as international competitors.


2016 Dutch Basketball Supercup
The 2016 Dutch Basketball Supercup was the 6th edition of the Dutch Basketball Supercup. The game was played between Shooters Den Bosch, the winner of the 2015–16 Dutch Basketball League, and Donar, the winner of the 2015–16 NBB Cup.


2016 Dutch Darts Masters
The 2016 Dutch Darts Masters was the first of ten PDC European Tour events on the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal, Venray, Netherlands, between 12–14 February 2016. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.


2016 Dutch Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having beaten Justin Pipe 6–0 in the final of the previous edition, and he retained his title by defeating Daryl Gurney 6–2 in the final.


2016 Dutch Darts Masters, Qualification and format
The top 16 players from the  on 15 January automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.


2016 Dutch Darts Masters, Qualification and format
The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 17 January), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held on 23 January).


2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix
The 2016 Dutch Open Grand Prix will be the 17th grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament will be held at Topsportcentrum in Almere in the Netherlands 11–16 October 2016 and had a total purse of $55,000.


2016 Dutch TT
The 2016 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 26 June 2016.


2016 Dutch TT, Race report, MotoGP
It was the first Dutch TT held on Sunday, instead of the traditional Saturday date for the race. Geert Timmer chicane was altered removing the artificial turf and replacing it with higher kerbing. This race marked the first MotoGP class race since the 2006 Portuguese Grand Prix won by a non-factory team and the first race since the 2013 Americas Grand Prix in which all classes won by a new winner. Yamaha's podium streak record was ended for the first time since 2014 Dutch TT. It was also the 250th MotoGP race.


2016 Dutch TT, Race report, Moto2
Nakagami's win in Moto2 was the first for a Japanese rider in any GP class since Yuki Takahashi in the 2010 Catalan Grand Prix.


2016 Dutch TT, Classification, MotoGP
The race, scheduled to be run for 26 laps, was red-flagged after 14 full laps due to heavy rain and was later restarted over 12 laps. The race resulted in Jack Miller winning his maiden premier class victory. In the second part of the race, Valentino Rossi led and was pulling away before crashing out on the back end of the circuit. This in turn allowed Marc Márquez to make major championship gains by acquiring 20 points for finishing second behind Miller.


2016 Dutch TT, Classification, MotoGP
This was a major turning point in the championship as Márquez would go on to claim his third title. Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo's title defense derailed further following his Barcelona crash, as he struggled in the harsh conditions and ended up in 10th. Lorenzo remained ahead of Rossi in the standings, but slipped further behind Márquez. Scott Redding completed the podium in a rare double-rostrum for privateer teams.


2016 Dutch TT, Classification, Moto2
The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was stopped early due to rain.


2016 Dutch TT, Classification, Moto3
Jorge Martín was replaced by Albert Arenas after the two Friday practice sessions.


2016 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum
An advisory referendum on the approval of the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement was held in the Netherlands on 6 April 2016. The referendum question was: "Are you for or against the Approval Act of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine?"


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum
With a turnout of 32.28%, the threshold for a valid referendum was met. 61% of the votes cast were against the Approval Act, and 38.2% in favour. This accounted for 19.5% of eligible voters voting against and 12.2% voting in favour. As the Act was rejected, the States General has to enact a follow-up law to either repeal the Act or put it into effect after all. The referendum is the first since the enactment of the Advisory Referendum Act (Wet raadgevend referendum) on 1 July 2015, with the Dutch tapping law referendum in 2018 to be the second.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum
The decision to hold a referendum was made after more than 427,000 valid requests were received within six weeks, more than the required number of 300,000 requests. The referendum was suspensory and non-binding, and following the rejection the Government had to propose "zo spoedig mogelijk" (English: as soon as possible/at the earliest convenience) a new act to either gain parliamentary approval for either retraction of the approval act or for its entry into force.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum
The government secured an additional agreement between the 28 Member States of the European Union addressing what were according to the government the concerns of the no-vote in December 2016. The additional agreement did not change the association agreement and neither Ukraine nor the European Union or Euratom were parties to the additional agreement. Following the approval of the additional agreement, a new law was passed approving the Association Agreement in May 2017, enabling the Netherlands to deposit its instrument of ratification on 15 June 2017. The association agreement entered into force on 1 September 2017.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Background, Advisory Referendum Act
In the Netherlands, before the Advisory Referendum Act's repeal in 2018, most types of primary laws could be subjected to a suspensory, non-binding referendum after royal assent and proclamation. The request procedure of a referendum consists of two stages. For the initial request, 10,000 requests have to be received within four weeks after proclamation of the law. After the requirements for this stage are met, 300,000 requests have to be received within six weeks after the completion of the initial request.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Background, Association Agreement
The Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement is a treaty between the European Union (EU), Euratom, their 28 Member States and Ukraine that establishes a political and economic association between the parties. The parties committed to co-operate and converge economic policy, legislation, and regulation across a broad range of areas, including equal rights for workers, steps towards visa-free movement of people, the exchange of information and staff in the area of justice, the modernisation of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, and access to the European Investment Bank. The parties committed to regular summit meetings, and meetings among ministers, other officials, and experts. The agreement furthermore establishes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the parties. The agreement enters into force upon ratification by all parties, but parts of the agreement are already applied provisionally.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Background, Association Agreement
The Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement Approval Act was voted upon in the House of Representatives and Senate in 2015. People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Labour Party (PvdA), Democrats 66 (D66), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), ChristianUnion (CU), GreenLeft (GL), Reformed Political Party (SGP), 50PLUS, Group Kuzu/Öztürk and independent MPs Houwers, Klein and Van Vliet voted in favour. Socialist Party, Party for Freedom, Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren and Party for the Animals voted against. The parties voted correspondingly in the Senate and the Independent Senate Group voted in favour. The Act received royal assent on 8 July 2015. The Minister of Foreign Affairs published a decision in the Staatscourant on the same day, at which point the law became eligible for a referendum.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Background, Association Agreement
Pending its entry into force, specific parts of the Agreement have been applied provisionally since 1 November 2014 and 1 January 2016 (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area). According to Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders, this concerns about 70% of the Agreement, covering exclusive competence of the European Union.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Request
GeenPeil, a cooperation between the website GeenStijl and the organisations Burgercomité EU and Forum voor Democratie, organised the campaign to collect the required signatures. They deployed a web application to collect, print and deliver the signatures to the Dutch Electoral Council (Kiesraad). Burgercomité EU is an organisation run by Pepijn van Houwelingen, Arjan van Dixhoorn, and Beata Supheert.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Request
On 14 October 2015, the Electoral Council held that both stages had been completed. An appeal was lodged with the adjudicative division of the Council of State, challenging the use of the web application to collect the signatures. On 26 October, the Council held that the claimant had no legal standing and dismissed the appeal. The Referendum Committee announced on 29 October that the referendum would be held on 6 April 2016.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Initial reactions
In response to parliamentary questions, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that he would await the course of the referendum and its result to decide how to move forward. A majority in the House of Representatives, with the exception of VVD and D66, subsequently declared that they would respect the outcome of the referendum if the turnout exceeded 30% even if it is not binding.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Initial reactions
A March 2016 survey found that 72% of Ukrainians wanted the Dutch to vote "yes", 13% wanted them to vote "no" and 15% were undecided. According to former Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Carl Bildt, "Were the European Union to turn its back on Ukraine and tear up the agreement – which is what the 'No' side in the Dutch debate wants – there is little doubt that this would encourage further Russian destabilisation of and aggression against Ukraine." The United States Department of State said that it is "in the interest of the United States, of the Netherlands, of the EU to help ensure that Ukraine becomes a democratic and economically stable country."


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Campaign
The government strategy for its campaign included the advice to call the Association Agreement a "cooperation agreement ("samenwerkingsverdrag") instead of an association agreement and to highlight trade as a key component of the agreement.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Campaign
According to Robert van Voren, proponents of the referendum were able to "accumulate four times the maximum campaign subsidy they were allowed to receive from the Dutch Government". He said that a businessman supporting the "no" campaign had been granted €50,000 and organisers of the referendum had received funds for campaigns "against", "in favour" and "neutral", but the latter two were "so cleverly written that they too evoked an "against" feeling".


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Campaign
Open Society Foundations, a non-profit organization led by American billionaire George Soros, announced to the NOS that it would spend €200,000 on a "yes" campaign.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Campaign
In April 2016, the European Parliament began investigating the use of a European subsidy to buy a full-page advertisement in De Telegraaf to gather signatures in favour of holding the referendum. Nigel Farage said he had helped arranged financing for the advertisement.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Results
Referendums under the Advisory Referendum Act are not binding. To be valid, a turnout of at least 30% of eligible voters is required and a simple majority (over 50%) defines the result. In the event of a valid vote against the Act, the States General has to enact a new law either to repeal the Act or to provide for its entry into force. As long as the Approval Act has not entered into force, the instrument of ratification cannot be deposited by the Netherlands, as a result of which the agreement as a whole cannot enter into force.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Results
The referendum was valid: the turnout was roughly 32.3%, and the treaty was rejected with 61% of voters voting against it, and 38.2% of voters voting for it.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Results
On 18 November 2016, Stichting KiezersOnderzoek Nederland, an independent academic organisation, published a report on the referendum results, which had been anticipated by the Dutch Government. Amongst other things, the organisation investigated the opponents' motives for voting against. According to the report, for the largest group of "against" voters (34.1%), corruption in Ukraine was the predominant motive. For the second-largest group, it was the 'fear of Ukraine membership of the EU'.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Dutch Government
Rutte responded that if the turnout was above 30 percent with such a large margin of victory for the "No" camp, then his sense was that ratification could not simply go ahead. The leader of the coalition Labour Party, Diederik Samsom, also felt that they could not ratify the treaty in this fashion.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Dutch Government
The Dutch Government campaigned in favour of the agreement. Rutte said that it is good for the European Union and the Netherlands and not to be seen as a first step to Ukraine's EU membership, saying: "We are a trading nation. We live by free trade agreements and Ukraine is another example of this [...] People who are inclined to vote No think it's a first step to EU membership. It has nothing to do with accession."


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Academia
Simon Otjes, researcher at the Documentation Centre for Dutch Political Parties (DNPP) of the University of Groningen, stated that "polling now, before the start of the campaign, indicates that turn-out is likely to exceed 30% and that a majority of voters lean towards a no vote. Polls also indicate that when informed about the actual substance of the agreement, respondents tend to favour it."


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Academia
Sijbren de Jong, writing in the EU Observer, said that the referendum was "curious": "It is a treaty of the kind the EU has with many countries: think Moldova, Jordan, Chile, and many others. [ ...] Interestingly, not a soul raised a finger back when these agreements were negotiated." Writing for the Kyiv Post, Jan Germen Janmaat and Taras Kuzio reported that the treaty's opponents were using "stereotypes, half-truths and demeaning propaganda" against Ukraine.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Academia
Janmaat and Kuzio said that the no campaign "repeats Russian disinformation" and De Jong said that their arguments show "immediate parallels" with the Russian state media's portrayal of Ukraine. Andreas Umland called the result of the referendum "a propaganda triumph for Putin", "a lasting embarrassment for the Dutch nation", and "a public humiliation of millions of Ukrainians who, during the last years, have been fighting both peacefully and, on eastern Ukrainian battlefields, with arms for their national liberation and European integration." Opponents of the agreement, such as writer Leon de Winter, said that it goes well beyond the trade agreement and includes also political and military support. The Party for the Animals said that support for Ukraine was "problematic", calling it "the most corrupt country on the European continent".


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Ukrainian authorities
According to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, "the true goal of the Dutch referendum [was] to attack Europe's unity". This view was echoed by Anne Applebaum in Slate who cited the Dutch referendum as a good example of how Russian influence actually works in a Western European election, though she did not know how much the referendum was influenced by Russian propaganda. The European Commission proposed granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite the Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement, arguing that "It may look as if we're ignoring the Dutch voters, but we have to keep our word to Ukraine". On 24 November 2016, it was announced that a ninety-day visa free period might eventually be granted for Ukrainian citizens with a biometric passport for the Schengen area.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Reactions, Dutch press
In an interview with the Burgercomité EU, the members admitted they didn't really care about Ukraine at all, but are against the political system of the EU. After the referendum journalists started investigating the people of this organization and found out founding member Pepijn van Houwelingen had published a book under a pseudonym. NRC Handelsblad, De Dagelijkse Standaard and De Groene Amsterdammer raised questions about the political motives of van Houwelingen, since, according to them, the book romanticized fascism, repression and nationalism.


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Aftermath
The Dutch government established several main points that in their opinion were the reason for the vote against the treaty. The government negotiated with the other EU member states about an addendum and clarification to the treaty to remove these objections. It was concluded in December 2016 by all EU member states with the following points:


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Aftermath
The addendum was approved by the EU member states, but not by the European Union or Ukraine. Afterwards, a new ratification act was submitted to parliament. In February 2017, the House of Representatives passed the agreement with 89 votes in favour and 55 against. In May 2017 the Senate passed the agreement with 50 votes in favour and 25 against. This meant that the agreement was accepted by the Dutch parliament. The Netherlands subsequently deposited its instrument of ratification in June 2017, thus finalising its ratification period. The addendum entered into force upon the deposit of the instrument of ratification. After the deposit, the European Union and Euratom did so as well, allowing for entry into force of the agreement on 1 September 2017


2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, Aftermath
The referendum was not an issue in the Dutch general election in March 2017, except for Forum for Democracy which used the issue in the campaign and that went from zero to two seats in the parliament and supported a "no" vote.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen (English: "Across Flanders") is a one-day road cycling race that took place in Flanders on 23 March 2016. It was the 71st edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen race.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The race is part of the cobbled classics season. It uses some of the same roads and climbs as other such races, including the Tour of Flanders. The defending champion was Jelle Wallays (Lotto–Soudal).


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The day before the race was due to take place, there was a series of attacks in Brussels. This caused a heightened security level in Belgium and led to the possibility that the race would be cancelled. The organisers of the race decided to continue, however, with the final decision to be taken by the Belgian government on the day of the race itself.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen
Team Giant–Alpecin, one of the teams scheduled to take part in the race, was forced to withdraw: they had entered the minimum number of riders (six); three of these were unable to travel to Belgium because their flights were cancelled. The race started as planned, following a minute's silence. Like Team Giant–Alpecin, several other teams had riders unable to attend the race due to travel restrictions; Movistar started the race with four riders instead of eight.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The race was won by Jens Debusschere (Lotto–Soudal) in a sprint finish, after his teammates chased down Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) in the closing kilometres. Bryan Coquard (Direct Énergie) finished second, with Edward Theuns (Trek–Segafredo) third.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Teams
The race organisers originally invited 23 teams to take part in the race. Because of the attacks in Belgium and the subsequent travel restrictions, Team Giant–Alpecin were forced to withdraw, so 22 teams started the race. Of these, 11 were UCI WorldTeams and 11 were UCI Professional Continental teams.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Route
The race started in Roeselare and followed a 199.7-kilometre (124.1 mi) course to finish in Waregem. It began with a long flat section that took the riders generally east from Roeselare and into Waregem; it then left the town and went south. At Avelgem, the course turned back east again to cross the first climb, the Nieuwe Kwaremont, after 92 kilometres (57 mi). This was followed by the climb of the Kattenberg, then the cobbled flat sectors of the Holleweg and the Haaghoek, then the climbs of the Leberg and the Berendries.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Route
After the next climb, the Valkenberg, the course turned back west towards the finish, with 70 kilometres (43 mi) remaining. The Eikenberg and the Taaienberg followed soon after, then the combination of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. After the final flat cobbled sector, the Varentstraat, the course turned north for the final three climbs: the Vossenhol (Tiegemberg), Holstraat and Nokereberg. From the summit of Nokereberg, there were around 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the finish in Waregem.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Race summary
At the start of the race, there were 161 riders in the peloton. Most of these wore black armbands following the previous day's attacks. The breakaway took half an hour's racing to form, with Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), Jesper Asselman (Roompot–Oranje Peloton), Alex Kirsch (Stölting Service Group), Phil Bauhaus (Bora–Argon 18), Igor Boev (Gazprom–RusVelo), and Kevin Van Melsen (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) forming a six-man breakaway and built a lead  of up to eight minutes.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Race summary
Preben van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) and Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis) made unsuccessful attempts to escape from the peloton, with Etixx–Quick-Step chasing hard and bringing the breakaway's advantage down to three minutes. Mike Teunissen (LottoNL–Jumbo) attacked from the peloton and was joined by Jonas Rickaert (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) and Luke Durbridge (Orica–GreenEDGE). Boev and Gougeard were dropped from the breakaway and joined the chasing group on the Taaienberg, with a group of about eleven riders breaking away from the peloton. Van Melsen then attacked alone on the Oude Kwaremont.


2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen, Race summary
The two chasing groups came together shortly afterwards, with a group led by Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) chasing behind. After more attacks, the lead group was reduced to seven riders with 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) remaining and, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) later, the front groups came together. Van Avermaet made his own attack on the Nokereberg, gaining a lead of around 15 seconds, but he was chased by Etixx–Quick-Step and Trek–Segafredo. He was caught with around 250 metres (820 ft) remaining, leaving a group of 34 riders to sprint for the finish. Etixx–Quick-Step's Fernando Gaviria was the first to sprint, but he faded quickly and ended up tenth. Bryan Coquard (Direct Énergie) had a lead and came close to the victory, but his celebration before the finish line allowed Jens Debusschere (Lotto–Soudal) to take the win in a photo finish.


2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot
The 2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot was a reported plot by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to carry out a series of bombings and shootings in multiple sections of the German city of Düsseldorf similar to those carried out in Paris in November 2015. The plot was foiled after one of the conspirators, Saleh A., 25, turned himself in to French authorities in February 2016. He told authorities he was aware of Islamic State's "sleeper cell" in Germany preparing to assassinate Germany. Saleh A. was questioned several times by anti-terror experts and subsequently charged with cooperating with terrorist organization and detained. This resulted in arrests of three of the members of the conspiracy on 2 June, following several months of further investigation.


2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot, Plot
The plot involved up to 10 conspirators travelling from Syria to engage in a series of suicide bombings and mass shootings in central Düsseldorf. Explosives were planned to be detonated on the main road near the Stadtbahn station, while their armed counterparts would have carried out further killings with weapons and more explosives. The plot was to involve attacks on the Heinrich-Heine-Allee street, as well as other attacks in the Altstadt district of the city.


2016 Düsseldorf terrorism plot, Suspects
Three of the suspects were registered as refugees and lived in migrants residences throughout Germany, which fueled the debate over Germany's policy during the European migrant crisis. The man arrested in France, Saleh A., and the suspect arrested in Wriezen, Brandenburg, Hamza C., travelled to Turkey together in May 2014, then traveled separately to Greece and north through Europe 2014 and entered Germany via the Balkan route in 2015. An explosives expert, Abd Arahman A.K., who had received training in explosives while in Syria, was arrested in Leimen, Baden-Württemberg, travelled to Germany in October 2014 via the Balkans. The fourth suspect, Mahood B., resided in Mühlheim, Germany before he was convinced by Saleh A. and Hamza C. to participate in the plot.


2016 E3 Harelbeke
The 2016 E3 Harelbeke (officially the Record Bank E3 Harelbeke) was a one-day cycling classic that took place on Friday 25 March 2016. It was the 59th edition of the E3 Harelbeke; it was the second one-day race of the 2016 UCI World Tour and the first of the cobbled classics.


2016 E3 Harelbeke
The race started and finished in Harelbeke, covering a distance of 206.4 kilometres (128.3 mi). The principal difficulty in the race came from the fifteen climbs of hills in the Flemish Ardennes. These mainly came in the second half of the race. The principal favourites for victory were Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) and Fabian Cancellara (Trek–Segafredo).


2016 E3 Harelbeke
The race was won by Michał Kwiatkowski (Team Sky). He formed a breakaway 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the finish with Sagan and, despite hard work from the Etixx–Quick-Step team and from Cancellara, they came to the finish together. Kwiatkowski comfortably won the sprint and Sagan took second place. Kwiatkowski's teammate Ian Stannard won the group sprint for third place, eleven seconds behind.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The E3 Harelbeke starts and finishes in the city of Harelbeke in West Flanders. The principal difficulty in the race comes from the climbs – many of them cobbled – that appear in the 205-kilometre (127 mi) route; many of these climbs also appear in the Tour of Flanders, including the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg. In 2016, there were several changes to the route from previous years, with a shorter distance and fewer climbs; Cycling Weekly suggested that these could make the race slightly easier than previous editions.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The route left Harelbeke to the southeast, crossing the Scheldt river at Kluisbergen and proceeding through the outskirts of Oudenaarde. The first climb was the Katteberg after 30 kilometres (19 mi); there was then a flat section of cobbled road – the Paddestraat – before the roads turned to the east. The route passed to the north-east of Zottegem, then further east as far as Ninove with 65 kilometres (40 mi) completed. Here the roads turned back to the west into the Flemish Ardennes.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The second climb of the day was La Houppe, which came after 115 kilometres (71 mi); the riders then continued into Ronse, the half-way point of the race, for the cobbled climb of the Oude Kruisberg. There were then seven climbs in the following 35 kilometres (22 mi): the Knokteberg, the Hotondberg, the Kortekeer, the Taaienberg (cobbled), the Boigneberg, the Eikenberg (cobbled) and the Stationsberg (cobbled). At this point there were 57 kilometres (35 mi) and five classified climbs remaining.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Route
The next climb, the Kapelberg came 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) later and was immediately followed by the Paterberg, the steepest climb of the day with 700 metres (770 yd) of cobbled road at an average gradient of 12% and sections of 20%. This was then followed after 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) by the partially cobbled, 2.2-kilometre (1.4 mi) climb of the Oude Kwaremont. The penultimate climb of the day was the Karnemelkbeekstraat, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the finish. At this point, the route crossed back over the Scheldt and returned north-west towards Harelbeke. The final climb, the Tiegemberg, came with 18 kilometres (11 mi) remaining. The last part of the race was flat, with the final 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) a final loop through Harelbeke to the finish line.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Participating teams
There were 25 teams selected to start the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited; the race organisers also gave wildcard invitations to seven UCI Professional Continental teams. These included two Belgian teams (Wanty–Groupe Gobert and Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise), two French teams (Fortuneo–Vital Concept and Direct Énergie), an Italian team (Southeast–Venezuela), a Dutch team (Roompot–Oranje Peloton) and a German team (Bora–Argon 18). Each team was permitted to enter eight riders. Orica–GreenEDGE and Team Dimension Data each entered seven riders and BMC Racing Team's Greg Van Avermaet withdrew through illness, so 197 riders started the race.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
The 2015 champion, Team Sky's Geraint Thomas, was not present to defend his title; he was riding the 2016 Volta a Catalunya instead. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), who won the 2014 race, did start, as did Fabian Cancellara (Trek–Segafredo), who had won the race on three occasions in the past, and Tom Boonen (Etixx–Quick-Step), who held the record for the most victories with five.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
Cancellara was riding the race for the final time, having announced that the 2016 season would be his last as a professional, and was in strong form with victories in the Strade Bianche and a time-trial stage of the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico. Sagan, the reigning world champion, had also been performing strongly, but did not have any victories so far in 2016. Boonen had not demonstrated any strong form.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Pre-race favourites
Although Boonen had not shown strong form, he came to the race with a strong team. His teammates included Niki Terpstra, Zdeněk Štybar, Stijn Vandenbergh and Matteo Trentin, all of whom were possible winners of the race. Despite Thomas's absence, Sky also brought a strong team: they had Ian Stannard, Luke Rowe and the former world champion Michał Kwiatkowski. Other possible victors included Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL–Jumbo), Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data), Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto–Soudal) and Lars Boom (Astana). Greg Van Avermaet would also have been among the favourites, but he was ruled out of the race due to illness.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Race summary
After 40 kilometres (25 mi) of racing, an eight-man breakaway formed. The riders involved were Bert De Backer (Team Giant–Alpecin), Antoine Demoitié (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Nico Denz (AG2R La Mondiale), Tony Hurel (Direct Energie), Sjoerd van Ginneken (Roompot–Oranje Peloton), Reto Hollenstein (IAM Cycling), Jay Thomson (Dimension Data), and Wouter Wippert (Cannondale). They extended their lead to five minutes with 55 kilometres (34 mi) completed, but their advantage was reduced to less than four minutes by the efforts of Etixx–Quick-Step in the peloton. It was reduced to less than two minutes by the time the riders reached the Taaienberg with 73 kilometres (45 mi) remaining, as Trek put an effort into bringing the lead group back.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Race summary
On the Taaienberg, Tiesj Benoot (Lotto–Soudal) led the peloton, with Boonen right behind him. A ten-rider group broke away from the peloton over the climb, with Benoot and Boonen joined by Roelandts, Cancellara, Boom, Vanmarcke, Daniel Oss (BMC) and three other Etixx–Quick-Step riders (Terpstra, Štybar and Trentin). On the next climb, the Boigneberg, Cancellara's rear derailleur failed and it took more than a minute for his team to bring him a replacement bike, putting him a long way behind the other favourites.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Race summary
Shortly afterwards, the breakaway was caught by the chasing group; the combined group was then caught by another group that contained Sagan and Kwiatkowski to create a 20-man lead group, although Štybar soon suffered a puncture and fell out of the group. Cancellara, meanwhile, was in a group led by his teammates Yaroslav Popovych and Markel Irizar around two minutes behind.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Race summary
By the time the race reached the Paterberg, the gap was around half a minute. On the climb, Cancellara attacked from the chasing group, with Štybar on his wheel; meanwhile, a ten-man group broke away from the leaders. After the Paterberg and the subsequent Oude Kwaremont, Cancellara and Štybar eventually reached this group. On the next hill, the Karnemelkbeekstraat, Sagan and Kwiatkowski attacked; over the next 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) they extended their lead to over 20 seconds. This extended to 30 seconds on the Tiegemberg and reached 36 seconds on the final stretch to Harelbeke. The Etixx–Quick-Step riders were forced to do all the work in the chasing group, as none of the other riders in the group would collaborate with them.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Race summary
After a long effort from Terpstra, Boonen took up the effort on the front of the chasing group and the gap to Sagan and Kwiatkowski began to reduce. The gap fell to under 11 seconds with 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) remaining, but the leading pair were not caught. After going under the flamme rouge, Kwiatkowski manoeuvred Sagan to the front and surprised him by opening up his sprint with 300 metres (330 yd) remaining. Sagan was unable to respond and Kwiatkowski took the race victory, with Sagan four seconds behind. The chasing group finished 11 seconds behind, with Stannard beating Cancellara in the sprint for third place.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Post-race analysis, Reactions
Kwiatkowski's victory was his first since joining Team Sky at the beginning of 2016. He said after the race that his main target was still the Ardennes classics rather than the remainder of the cobbled classics season, but that there was no reason why he could not succeed in both. He pointed out that he was glad to have escaped with Sagan as they worked well together – they had arrived at the finish of the 2014 Strade Bianche in a similar situation, with Kwiatkowski the winner there as well. He said that he thought he had surprised Sagan by sprinting first, rather than waiting for Sagan's sprint. He also acknowledged that he knew from his own experience a year before that it was "very difficult" to race with the pressure of the world champion's rainbow jersey.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Post-race analysis, Reactions
Sagan revealed that he had been told on the radio that he had to ride hard to stay away from the chasing group, but that he had no power left in the final part of the race as he had done the majority of the work in the breakaway. Nevertheless, he said that he was happy with the race. Cancellara, meanwhile, said that, although he was disappointed with the result in itself, he had pride in the way he had performed in coming back from his mechanical failure. After his long pursuit, with the help of several teammates in different groups, he had barely been able to follow the other riders in the group on the Tiegemberg.


2016 E3 Harelbeke, Post-race analysis, UCI World Tour standings
In the season-long UCI World Tour competition, Kwiatkowski moved into the top ten thanks to the points won in the race. Sagan, meanwhile, moved from seventh to third, just ten points behind the leader, BMC's Richie Porte. Poland moved into the top ten of the nations' rankings, while Sky remained top in the teams' rankings.


2016 EBSA European Snooker Championship
The 2016 EBSA European Snooker Championships was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 12 February to 21 February 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. It was the 25th edition of the EBSA European Snooker Championships and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2016 EBSA European Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by 34th seed Jak Jones who defeated fellow countryman Jamie Clarke 7–4 in the final. This was Clarke's second consecutive loss in the European Championships final. As a result, Jones was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.


2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship
The 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship was an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 7 February to 12 February 2016 in Wrocław, Poland  It was the 1st edition of the EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships.


2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship
The final was notable for being an all Welsh affair between Jackson Page and Tyler Rees as well as Welsh referee Peter Thomas officiating the match. The tournament was eventually won by number 15 seed Tyler Rees who defeated his fellow countryman Page 5–2 in the final. As a result, Rees was awarded with a place in the qualifying rounds for the 2016 World Snooker Championship.


2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship
The 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship is an amateur snooker tournament that took place from 7 February to 13 February 2016 in Wrocław, Poland. It is the 20th edition of the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships and also doubles as a qualification event for the World Snooker Tour.


2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by the 2014 runner-up Josh Boileau of Ireland who defeated England's Brandon Sargeant 6–1 in the final to win the championships. As a result, he was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.


2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the 55th tournament in league history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2016. First Round and Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, the team receives the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament features four rounds of play. The teams that finish above fifth place in the standings receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. In the first round, the fifth and twelfth seeds, the sixth and eleventh seeds, the seventh and tenth seeds and the eighth and ninth seeds played a best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals.


2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the quarterfinals the one seed plays the lowest remaining seed, the second seed plays the second-lowest remaining seed, the third seed plays the third-lowest remaining seed and the fourth seed plays the fourth-lowest remaining seed another best-of-three series with the winners of these the series advancing to the Semifinals. In the semifinals the top remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed while the two remaining teams play against each other. The winners of the semifinals play in the championship game, and no third-place game is played. All series after the quarterfinals are single-elimination games. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Television
ASN had the television rights to semifinals and championship game during the tournament.


2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Media, Streaming
Every game during the tournament was streamed through the ECAC Hockey's website.


2016 EMF EURO
The 2016 EMF Euro is the seventh edition of the EMF miniEURO for national Small-sided football teams, and the fifth governed by the European Minifootball Federation. It is hosted in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, from 21 to 27 August 2016.


2016 EMF EURO, Draw
The final tournament draw was held in Székesfehérvár on 24 February 2016.


2016 ENEOS 1006 kilometrų lenktynės
2016 ENEOS 1006 kilometru lenktynes (ENEOS 1006 km race) will be a 17th running of ENEOS 1000 kilometrų lenktynės, a touring car and GT endurance racing event held in Lithuania, at Palanga circuit, 2 kilometers away from resort town Palanga on July 21–23, 2016.


2016 ENEOS 1006 kilometrų lenktynės, Background
On June 6, 2016, it was announced that race distance will be increased from 1000 kilometers to 1006 kilometers to honor new event promoter TV6. This marked a renewed partnership between race organisers and UAB TELE-3, a Lithuanian television company that owns both TV6 and TV3 brands in Lithuania. TV3 was a race promoter from 2005 to 2008 and the race was then known as 1003 kilometers race.


2016 ENEOS 1006 kilometrų lenktynės, Background
42 teams entered the race. Multiple and defending race winner Jonas Gelžinis joined Benediktas Vanagas and Sebastiaan Bleekemolen in General Financing by Pitlane team, while his brother and 2015 event winner Ignas Gelžinis moved to newly formed Team Hot Wheels. Another last year's race winner Tautvydas Barštys did not return to defend the title.


2016 ENEOS 1006 kilometrų lenktynės, Background
Lithuanian racing legend Stasys Brundza crashed his Marcos Mantis during first practice session and was forced to replace his car to BMW M3. However, it failed technical commission.


2016 ENEOS 1006 kilometrų lenktynės, Qualifying
Qualifying took place on July 22. Ramūnas Čapkauskas took pole position for Carre & MVP by Algirdai team, with best effort of 1:09.724. It was his third pole position with Aquila CR1 prototype. Čapkauskas previously took pole positions in 2012 and 2013 edition of 1000 kilometrų lenktynės. Marius Staboševičius, representing Brum Brum Sport, was second with BMW M3. Jonas Gelžinis took third, driving for General Financing by Pitlane team. Robertas Kupčikas was fastest in diesel powered car class and took eight on the grid with a lap time of 1:14.606.


2016 ESPY Awards
The 2016 ESPY Awards were held on July 13, 2016. The show, hosted by professional wrestler John Cena, was held in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. 31 competitive awards and eight honorary awards were presented.


2016 ESPY Awards, Tribute
The ESPYs held a tribute to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, presented by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Chance the Rapper.


2016 ESPY Awards, In Memoriam
Andra Day performed during the tribute with "Rearview" honoring the fallen sports stars:


2016 EU Cup Australian rules football
The 2016 Euro Cup of Australian rules football is a Nine-a-side footy tournament held in Lisbon, Portugal on 8 October 2016, with 15 national men's teams and seven women's teams.


2016 EU85
2016 EU85 is an asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 400 meters in diameter. It was first observed on 10 March 2016, by the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States.


2016 EU85, Orbit
2016 EU85 orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0–2.7 AU once every 2 years and 6 months (918 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.48 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0065 AU (972,000 km) which translates into 2.5 lunar distances.


2016 EU85, Torino scale
It is currently rated at level 0 after being rated at level 1 on the Torino Scale by the NEODyS system. It was upgraded to level 1 on 25 March 2016 but downgraded on 30 March 2016. On the Sentry system it did not cross the threshold between the two levels, due to a lower computed impact probability. The asteroid is estimated to have a diameter of 440 metres (1,440 ft; 480 yd). The observation arc was then increased to of 78 days.


2016 EU85, Torino scale
When rated at Torino Scale level 1, there was a 0.0012% chance or a 1 in 83,000 chance of the asteroid colliding with the Earth, corresponding to a 99.9988% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth. 2016 EU85 had been observed 14 times at the observatories Mauna Kea (568), Apache Point (705), Pan-STARRS 1 Haleakala (F51) and Magdalena Ridge Observatory (H01).


2016 EU85, Torino scale
2016 EU85 was subsequently removed from the list of possible impactors thanks to prediscovery observations found in the Pan-STARRS archive.


2016 EU85, Observations
2016 EU85 was observed with the Spacewatch 1.8-meter telescopes and also the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope.


2016 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2016 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Scottie Montgomery and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. This was East Carolina's third season as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2016 East Carolina Pirates football team, Schedule
Note: ‡ The game vs. Navy was originally scheduled for October 13 (Thursday) but was postponed due to flooding from Hurricane Matthew; it was rescheduled to Saturday, November 19.


2016 East Carolina Pirates football team, Game summaries, UCF
This game was notable for about a score of the band members taking a knee during the national anthem. It received widespread coverage, including on CNN, Fox News, and NBC.


2016 East Coast Credit Union Tankard
The 2016 East Coast Credit Union Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Nova Scotia, was held from January 19 to 24 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax. The winning Jamie Murphy team represented Nova Scotia at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.


2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season and were in the first year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). ETSU had originally joined the SoCon in 1978, with football joining in 1979, but dropped the sport after the 2003 season and left the conference entirely in 2005. ETSU returned to the SoCon as a full but non-football member in 2014, at that time announcing that the school would reinstate football with play beginning in the 2015 season. The Buccaneers played that season as an FCS independent.


2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
They were led by second-year head coach Carl Torbush and played all but one of their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium. The other home game, the Buccaneers' first SoCon game since 2003, was held at the nearby Bristol Motor Speedway on September 17. The game was played on a temporary grass surface that will be laid down from the Tennessee–Virginia Tech game to be held one week earlier. They finished the season 5–6, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in seventh place.


2016 East Timorese local elections
Local elections were held in East Timor on 29 October 2016 for the first round and on 13 November 2016 for the second round to elect for Village Chiefs (Chefe do Suco) and delegates for Village Councils (Conselho do Suco) in 442 sucos (villages). It included the election of Hamlet Chiefs (Chefe do Aldeia) in 2,225 aldeias (communities). Elected officials will serve a seven-year term.


2016 East Timorese local elections, Background
Local elections were originally scheduled for 9 October 2015 but were postponed by the National Parliament. On 5 July 2016, Law No. 09/2016, also known as the "Law of Sucos", was enacted. It includes a provision on the manner of election for the village chiefs, village councils and hamlet chiefs. However, it does not provide overseas voting.


2016 East Timorese local elections, Electoral system
The election for Village Council delegates follow the winner-take-all system where the male and female candidates who obtain the greatest number of valid votes win the election. The members of the Village Council will then indirectly elect the youth and Lian-na'in (traditional authority) representatives.


2016 East Timorese local elections, Electoral system
For Village Chief and Hamlet Chief elections, the candidate who gets more than half of the valid votes cast is elected.


2016 East Timorese local elections, Electoral system
In the Hamlet Chief elections, the candidate who has obtained more than a half of valid votes is elected. A second round of voting is done if there is no clear majority winner.


2016 East Timorese local elections, Electoral system
The elections are conducted by the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration(Secretariado Tecnico da Administracao Eleitoral) and the National Election Commission (ComissaoNacional de Eleicoes).


2016 East Timorese local elections, Results
At total of 21 women were elected as Village Chiefs. About 30% or 142 out of the 442 sucos were able to elect Village Chiefs in the first round of voting of which 6 were women while 15 women were elected as Village Chiefs from 300 sucos that held a second round of voting.


2016 East Timorese local elections, Results
This represented a jump from only 11 women elected as Village Chiefs in the 2009 elections.


2016 Eastern Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
The 2016 Eastern Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 10th edition of the AVC Eastern Zonal Women's Volleyball Championship, the volleyball championship of East Asia. It was held in Zhangjiagang, China from 19 to 24 July 2016.


2016 Eastern Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
Chinese Taipei won their third title, defeating Japan in the final, 3–1. Wu Weihua was elected the most valuable player.


2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach  Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.


2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Creighton. The Eagles played their home games at Rynearson Stadium and are members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. Coming off of a 1-11 season in 2015, the Eagles performed a remarkable turnaround and finished 7–6, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the 2016 Bahamas Bowl, just their second bowl game in school history. They also improved their home attendance by over 260% compared to 2015.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season
In 2016, the  Eastern Province Kings will participate in the Currie Cup competition. The  Eastern Province U21 team will play in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship and the  Eastern Province U19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season
In addition, the formally affiliated Super Rugby franchise, the Southern Kings, will participate in the Super Rugby competition between February and July. From 2016, the team is controlled directly by SARU, and has no affiliation with the Eastern Province Rugby Union or Eastern Province Kings.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup qualification, Squad
The following players were named in the Eastern Province Kings squad for 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup qualification, Standings
The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification tournament is:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup qualification, Standings
The six franchise teams, plus the three highest-placed non-franchise teams will qualify to the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, the remaining six teams will qualify to the 2016 Currie Cup First Division. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup qualification, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup qualification, Player Appearances
The player appearance record in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series was as follows:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup Premier Division, Squad
The following players were named in the Eastern Province Kings squad for 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup Premier Division, Standings
The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup Premier Division, Standings
The top four teams will qualify to the Semi-Finals. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup Premier Division, Player Appearances
The player appearance record in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was as follows:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21, Squad
The following players were named in the Eastern Province U21 squad for the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21, Standings
The final league standings for the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship was:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21, Standings
The top four teams qualified to the semi-finals, with the higher-placed team having home advantage.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21, Standings
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-21, Player Appearances
The player appearance record in the 2016 Under-21 Provincial Championship is as follows:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19, Squad
The following players were named in the Eastern Province U19 squad for 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19, Standings
The final league standings for the 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship was:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19, Standings
The top four teams qualified to the semi-finals, with the higher-placed team having home advantage.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19, Standings
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Under-19, Player Appearances
The player appearance record in the 2016 Under-19 Provincial Championship is as follows:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Varsity Rugby
The Eastern Province Kings Rugby Academy is based at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth and most of the academy players played Varsity Rugby; either for the  NMMU Madibaz in the Varsity Cup or for the  NMMU Young Guns in the Under-20 competition.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Varsity Rugby
The following players were included in the Varsity Cup squad:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks
The Eastern Province Rugby Union announced their squads for the 2016 Under-18 Craven Week, the 2016 Under-18 Academy Week and the 2016 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournaments on 24 May 2016:


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-18 Craven Week
The 2016 Under-18 Craven Week competition was held between 11 and 16 July 2016 in Durban. Eastern Province Rugby Union entered two sides – Eastern Province U18 and Eastern Province Country Districts U18.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-18 Academy Week
The 2016 Under-18 Academy Week competition was held between 11 and 16 July 2016 in Durban. Eastern Province Rugby Union entered two sides – Eastern Province U18 and Eastern Province Country Districts U18.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-16 Grant Khomo Week
The 2016 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week competition was held between 4 and 8 July 2016 in Paarl.


2016 Eastern Province Kings season, Youth weeks, Under-13 Craven Week Week
The 2016 Under-13 Craven Week competition was held between 4 and 8 July 2016 in Paarl.


2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Beau Baldwin, who was in his ninth season with Eastern Washington. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with North Dakota. They received the automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas and Richmond in the second round and quarterfinals, before losing to Youngstown State in the semifinals.


2016 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
On January 16, 2017, head coach Beau Baldwin resigned to become the offensive coordinator at California. He finished at Eastern Washington with a nine year record of 85–32.


2016 Eastleigh Borough Council election
The 2016 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect 15 members of Eastleigh Borough Council in England (approximately one third). This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 East–West Shrine Game
The 2016 East–West Shrine Game was the 91st staging of the all-star college football exhibition, was played on January 23, 2016 at 4:00 PM EST, and featured NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players and a few select invitees from Canadian university football. The game featured more than 100 players from the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season and prospects for the 2016 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The game was held in St. Petersburg, Florida at Tropicana Field, and benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children. The game was be broadcast on the NFL Network.


2016 East–West Shrine Game
The East–West Shrine Game Pat Tillman Award "is presented to a player who best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service. The award is about a student-athlete's achievements and conduct, both on and off the field." The 2016 winner was Keenan Reynolds of Navy.


2016 Ecuador Open Quito
The 2016 Ecuador Open Quito was an ATP tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Ecuador Open Quito as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place in Quito, Ecuador from February 1 through February 7, 2016.


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


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


2016 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles
Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Thomaz Bellucci and Marcelo Demoliner.


2016 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles
Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo Durán won the title, defeating Bellucci and Demoliner in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2016 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles
Víctor Estrella Burgos was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Thomaz Bellucci in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


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


2016 Ecuador earthquake
The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately 27 km (17 mi) from the towns of Muisne and Pedernales in a sparsely populated part of the country, and 170 km (110 mi) from the capital Quito, where it was felt strongly. Regions of Manta, Pedernales and Portoviejo accounted for over 75 percent of total casualties. Manta's central commercial shopping district, Tarqui,  was completely destroyed. Widespread damage was caused across Manabí Province, with structures hundreds of kilometres from the epicenter collapsing. At least 676 people were killed and 16,600 people injured. President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency; 13,500 military personnel and police officers were dispatched for recovery operations.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Tectonic setting
Ecuador lies above the destructive plate boundary where the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate. The convergence rate between the plates in Ecuador is 61 mm (2.4 in) per year. The depth, location and focal mechanism of the earthquake are all consistent with rupture along the plate interface in the form of a megathrust earthquake. A major earthquake in 1906 ruptured the plate interface for at least 400 km immediately northeast of the 2016 event.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Earthquake
At 18:58 ECT on April 16, a 7.8 Mw earthquake struck the coast of Ecuador approximately 27 km (17 mi) south-southeast of Muisne, in the province of Esmeraldas, at a depth of 20.6 km (12.8 mi). Tremors were felt in neighboring Colombia and Peru; a clinic in Cali, Colombia, was evacuated as a precautionary measure. A tsunami alert was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center for Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Panama, and Peru. This is the largest earthquake to strike Ecuador since the 1979 Tumaco earthquake.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Earthquake
According to Mayor Gabriel Alcivar, much of the town of Pedernales, about 35 km to the south-southwest of the earthquake's epicenter, was leveled. In Guayaquil—approximately 300 km (190 mi) from the epicenter—an overpass collapsed on a car, killing the driver. In Manta the control tower of the airport was severely damaged; an Air Force officer was injured and the airport closed. Six homes collapsed and many others lost power in the nation's capital city of Quito.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was presaged by a magnitude 4.8 foreshock eleven minutes before the main quake struck, and followed by over fifty-five aftershocks in the first twenty-four hours.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Casualties
At least 676 people were killed and more than 16,600 others were injured in the earthquake. It was the worst natural disaster to hit Ecuador since the 1949 Ambato earthquake. Over 300 fatalities occurred in the cities of Manta and Portoviejo, both of which are located in Manabí Province. President Rafael Correa stated that the reconstruction would cost "billions of dollars."


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Casualties
The number of fatalities was estimated as several hundred within thirty minutes of the earthquake. However, the media reported the number of fatalities as significantly lower than what actually happened and than what was estimated within thirty minutes as the figure of reported fatalities with time shows. The number of injuries reported by media also remained below the ultimate count and below the correct estimate within 30 minutes by QLARM as seen in the next figure.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Casualties
By April 24, the fatality count had reached 654, and 8,340 had been reported as injured. Estimates of fatalities are based on calculations of the damage to the built environment using the program QLARM. Within minutes of an earthquake only its epicenter is known, not the extent of its rupture. The USGS shake map for this event shown on this page depicts the extent of the rupture area as a rectangle. With the length of the rupture as outlined by the aftershocks, a map of the likely mean damage by the settlement can be calculated. This map takes into account what intensities have been reported to the USGS for this earthquake. The numbers of fatalities and injured calculated theoretically, based on the damage map shown here, agrees well with the reported numbers.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Casualties
The extent of the rupture can sometimes be known from aftershocks during the few hours following the main shock. In that case, maps of the intensity of shaking expected in each settlement may be calculated as in the figure below at the left for the 2016 Ecuador earthquake. Based on this ground motion, the mean damage expected in each settlement s then calculated. These maps allow first responders to target heavily damaged area.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Casualties
Large cities tend to have buildings more resistant to shaking than villages, therefore the damage is less for city dwellers than for villagers, on average.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Casualties
In Colombia, near the city of Cali, one miner died as a result of the earthquake, becoming the only reported death outside of Ecuador.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Aftermath
In response to the earthquake, a state of emergency was declared throughout the country and the national guard was mobilized to assist in rescue and relief efforts. Approximately 10,000 military personnel and 3,500 police officers were deployed. President Rafael Correa cut his trip to Italy short in order to return to Ecuador. Hydroelectric dams and oil pipelines were shut down as a precautionary measure.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Aftermath
On April 17 the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters was activated by UNITAR/UNOSAT on behalf of UN OCHA, thus providing for the charitable and humanitarian re-tasking of satellite assets.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Aftermath
On April 20, a 6.1–6.2 magnitude aftershock struck 15 miles west of Muisne around 3:30 am, local time. The quake had a depth of about 9 miles. José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil was also closed due to communication issues.


2016 Ecuador earthquake, Aftermath
A UNICEF representative reported that the government is considering relocating "one or two" towns in the aftermath of the earthquake. There were also concerns about the Zika virus outbreak and the risk of dengue fever for people displaced by the quake.