2016 Bacoor local elections
Local elections were held in Bacoor City, Cavite on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, the vice mayor, the lone district representative, the two provincial board members for Cavite, and the twelve councilors, six in each of the city's two local legislative districts.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Background
Incumbent Edwin "Strike" Revilla is already in his third term as mayor of Bacoor; therefore he is disqualified from running for another term for the same position despite Bacoor's change in status as a city in 2012. He will be running for representative to switch positions with his sister-in-law, Lani Mercado-Revilla. Her opponents are former municipal vice mayor and provincial board member Edwin Malvar and incumbent provincial board member Rolando "Andoy" Remulla.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Background
On the other hand, incumbent vice mayor Catherine Sariño-Evaristo will be Representative Mercado-Revilla's running mate. Her announced opponents are former city Business Permits and Licensing Office head Allen Reyes and former municipal councilor and three-term provincial board member Cesario "Jun" Del Rosario Jr., who recently is an executive producer, editor and deputy chief of reporters at CNN Philippines.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Results
The candidates for mayor, vice mayor, and district representative with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Results, District Representative
Incumbent mayor Strike Revilla is switching positions with his sister-in-law. He is said to be running unopposed as his perceived opponent, former municipal mayor Jessie Castillo, decided not to run for any position in this year's elections.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Results, Provincial Board members
Voters will elect two board members at-large, regardless of whether these voters are from Bacoor West or Bacoor East. Incumbent board member Edralin "Aba" Gawaran, who was nationally known as one of the right-hand men of detained Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. when he was arrested and taken to jail for corruption charges in 2014 in connection with the PDAF scam, will vie for re-election. His partner for the other slot within Team Revilla is graduating city councilor Reynaldo Fabian. They will be opposed by former three-term municipal councilor Peter Simon Lara, transport operator and businessperson Neil Ragasa, and Rosalina Francisco.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Results, Provincial Board members
Remulla, the other incumbent board member, is running for mayor.


2016 Bacoor local elections, Results, Councilors, Results
Each legislative district elects six councilors to the City Council. The six candidates with the highest number of votes wins these seats.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300
The 2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on September 25, 2016, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 300 laps on the 1.058 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, second race of the Chase and second race of the Round of 16.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Report, Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Report, Background
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.018 and a speed of 135.941 mph (218.776 km/h).


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Qualifying
Carl Edwards scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.119 and a speed of 135.453 mph (217.990 km/h). He said afterwards that his team "just give me fast race cars. We worked in qualifying trim most of our first practice this weekend and now we have to translate that speed to a good race set-up for Sunday. We’d like to come out of here with the trophy and make our way to the next round of the Chase.”


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.814 and a speed of 132.186 mph (212.733 km/h).


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.729 and a speed of 132.577 mph (213.362 km/h).


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, First half
Under clear blue New Hampshire skies, Carl Edwards led the field to the green flag at 2:17 p.m. He held the led for 30 laps before Martin Truex Jr. ran him down to take the lead on lap 31. The first round of green flag stops started on lap 75. Truex pitted from the lead on lap 77 and handed it to Kyle Busch. He pitted on lap 79 and handed the lead to Brad Keselowski. He pitted on lap 80 and the lead cycled back to Truex.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, First half
Debris brought out the first caution of the race on lap 122.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 132. A spring rubber on the backstretch brought out the second caution of the race on lap 165.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 172. Matt Kenseth passed underneath Truex going into turn 3 to take the lead on lap 179. The final round of green flag stops began with 83 laps to go. Kenseth pitted from the lead with 69 laps to go and handed it to Keselowski. He pitted with 66 laps to go and handed the lead to Danica Patrick. Michael Annett getting into the wall in turn 2 brought out the third caution of the race with 60 laps to go. He went on to finish 40th. Patrick pitted under the caution and handed the lead back to Kenseth.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 52 laps to go. The fourth caution of the race flew with 36 laps to go after Michael McDowell suffered a left-rear tire blowout and spun out in turn 3. Edwards was sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for a commitment cone violation.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 32 laps to go. The fifth caution of the race flew with 16 laps to go after Trevor Bayne rear-ended the wall in turn 4.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 11 laps to go. The sixth caution flew with 10 laps to go after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got turned by Paul Menard in turn 2.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Second half
The race restarted with six laps to go. Kevin Harvick beat Kenseth going into turn 3 to take the lead with five laps to go and drove on to score the victory.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Harvick said in victory lane that the key "was just a smooth restart. I just didn’t want to spin the tires. I don’t know what happened to him, or if I just timed it right. It worked out good when we got to Turn 1.” He added that one of his "main goals this year was to not stretch ourselves out so bad. … The things that we’re doing are good enough to be competitive, and we just need to not make mistakes and go from there.”


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Speaking about the final restart in the media center after the race, Kenseth said he "didn’t do a very good job. I let Kevin lay back on me and NASCAR said something about the restart before that and I have no idea what I did wrong. I probably shouldn’t have had that in my mind so I made sure I got rolling early and I spun the tires a little bit and he got half a car length anticipating it and just did it perfect and beat me through one and two and cleared me. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have worried about what they (NASCAR) said and just got to turn one first.”


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Media, Television
NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton – the all-time wins leader at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with four wins – and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.


2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election
The 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 15th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent government of The Greens and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann lost its majority.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election
The Greens achieved a 6% swing and became the largest party in a state legislature for the first time. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had previously been the largest party, lost a third of its voteshare and fell to second place. Alternative for Germany (AfD) contested its first state election in Baden-Württemberg, debuting at 15%. The SPD lost half its voteshare and fell to fourth place with 12.7%.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election
After the election, the Greens formed a coalition with the CDU, and Kretschmann was re-elected as Minister-President.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Campaign and issues
The Greens campaigned to keep Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann in office. Their central issues were energy, economics, and education. The CDU aimed to put an end to the green-red state government and usher in its own leading candidate Guido Wolf to head the state government. Themes in focus for the CDU were education policy, internal security, and the issue of infrastructure, including high-speed internet. The SPD, led by Nils Schmid, wanted to win more votes to continue the existing government coalition with The Greens. The SPD's campaign mainly focused on "good jobs", educational equality, and more time for the family.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Campaign and issues
The electoral goal of the FDP, led by Hans-Ulrich Rülke, was to repeat its entry into the state parliament and possibly be involved in a governing coalition. They promised better education, the strengthening of the local business, and improvement of mobility. The AfD party campaigned to be elected into the state parliament for the first time. Its leading candidate Jörg Meuthen saw migration policy as an important election issue, alongside education, security, and energy transition.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Campaign and issues
The election campaign was overshadowed by the European migrant crisis. In the crisis, Kretschmann supported the policies of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Kretschmann said he saw no other person who could keep Europe together as Angela Merkel did. "Therefore, I pray every day that the Chancellor remains healthy." CDU candidate Wolf also emphasized support for Merkel's "European solution" in the crisis, but in February 2016 tried to win more conservative voters by a joint proposal along with Rhineland-Palatinate CDU candidate Julia Klöckner for daily refugee quotas and border centers for migrants, which put additional pressure on Merkel.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Aftermath
In the prior election of 2011, the Green/SPD coalition obtained a majority (73 of 138) of votes in the Landtag, including two opposition votes; however after the 2016 vote, the coalition fell short of a majority, with a combined total of 66 seats (72 needed for a majority). Kretschmann's popularity propelled the Green Party to a gain of 11 seats, making history as the first time the Green party has been the largest party in State-level election results. However, the Greens' coalition partner, the SPD, lost 16 seats, thus depriving the Greens' of a clear majority of leftists.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Aftermath
There were several possible and probable working majorities among the five parties in the Landtag. Expanding the existing coalition into a three-party "traffic light" coalition (green-red-yellow) by including the FDP would have given the administration a working majority of 6. Coalitions with AfD appeared unlikely: a CDU-AfD coalition would be 7 short of a majority in the Landtag, so would have also needed to include the FDP to make a majority and remove Kretschmann as minister-president.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Aftermath
Removal of Kretschmann was unlikely; CDU leader Guido Wolf briefly sought to get the Social Democrats into a right-of-centre coalition with the FDP (with Wolf as state minister-president), but his SPD counterpart Nils Schmid pointed out that such a coalition would frustrate voters due to the personal popularity of Kretschmann. If it were possible to elect the minister-president directly, Kretschmann would have won an outright majority according to polls; he was even favored by 45% of CDU supporters.


2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Aftermath
In May 2016, the Landtag confirmed Kretschmann's leadership in a secret ballot. He won 82 votes leading a "green-black" coalition with a nominal majority of 89 Landestag members (Green 47, CDU 42). A similar "black-green" coalition headed by the CDU has governed in Hesse since the similarly indecisive 2013 elections, but this is the first time the Green Party is the lead coalition partner in a coalition with the CDU (previously, they led a coalition with the SPD). Kretschmann formed the Cabinet Kretschmann II as the state government.


2016 Badminton Asia Championships
The 2016 Badminton Asia Championships was the 36th edition of the Badminton Asia Championships. It was held in Wuhan, China, from April 26 to May 1.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships
The 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships is the 19th edition of the Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand between 9–17 July 2016. The championships consists of mixed team and individual events. There were 19 countries with over 250 players participating in this edition.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Venue
This tournament was held at CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Seed
The defending champion, China was the top seeds in the mixed team event followed by Thailand and Indonesia. In the individual event, The host country Thai boys' Kantaphon Wangcharoen, and girls' Pornpawee Chochuwong were the top seeds. China's pairs He Jiting / Tan Qiang and He Jiting / Du Yue were the top seeding in the boys' and mixed doubles respectively, while the girls' doubles goes to Indonesian pair Apriani Rahayu and Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Medalists
In the mixed team event, China retain the title for the fourth consecutive time. China also made a clean sweep of all the individual titles.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Boys' Doubles
The Boys' Doubles tournament of the 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 13–17 at the CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center, Bangkok. The defending champions of the last edition is He Jiting and Zheng Siwei from China. He Jiting / Tan Qiang of China and Pakin Kuna-Anuvit / Natthapat Trinkajee of Thailand leads the seeding this year. The runner-up in the last edition Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong of China emerged as the champion after upset their teammates, the first seeded He and Tan in the finals with the score 21–12, 21–17.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Boys' Singles
The Boys' Singles tournament of the 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 13–17. The defending champions of the last edition is Lin Guipu from China. Kantaphon Wangcharoen, Chirag Sen and Koki Watanabe were the top 3 seeded this year. Sun Feixiang of China emerged as the champion after beat Lee Chia-hao of Chinese Taipei in the finals with the score 21–13, 21–15.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Girls' Doubles
The Girls Doubles tournament of the 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from 13–17 July at the CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Chinese pair Du Yue and Li Yinhui were the defending champion. Du Yue with her new partner Xu Ya won the 2016 title after beat their compatriot Ni Bowen and Zhou Chaomin in straight game 21–15, 21–16.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Girls' Singles
The Girls' Singles tournament of the 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 13–17 at the CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center, Bangkok. The defending champions of the last edition is He Bingjiao from China. Pornpawee Chochuwong, Goh Jin Wei and Chen Yufei were the top 3 seeded this year. Chen Yufei of China emerged as the champion after defeat Gregoria Mariska of Indonesia in the finals with the score 25–23, 21–14.


2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships – Mixed doubles
The Mixed Doubles tournament of the 2016 Badminton Asia Junior Championships was held from July 13–17 at the CPB Badminton and Sports Science Training Center, Bangkok. The defending champions of the last edition were Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen from China. He Jiting / Du Yue of China and Pakin Kuna-Anuvit / Kwanchanok Sudjaipraparat of Thailand leads the seeding this year. The former mixed doubles bronze medalist in the last edition He and Du emerged as the champion after defeat the South Korean duo Kim Won-ho and Lee Yu-rim in the finals with the score 21–12, 19–21, 21–19.


2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships
The 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships were held at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India, on 15–21 February 2016 and were organised by Badminton Asia Confederation.


2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships, Host city selection
Hyderabad was selected over Bangkok in the bidding process for the first ever Badminton Asia Team Championships.


2016 Bagram Airfield bombing
The 2016 Bagram bombing took place on November 12, 2016, when a suicide bomber managed to penetrate the security layer of Bagram Airfield, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan located about 45 km north of Kabul, detonating his vest near a group of soldiers who were en route to Modern Army Combatives Training. Four U.S. citizens were killed (2 soldiers and 2 contractors, while at least 17 others were injured, including 16 Americans and 1 Polish citizen. One injured soldier died a month later from complications due to injuries sustained in the blast raising the total killed to 5.


2016 Bagram Airfield bombing, Attack
According to Abdul Wahid Sediqi, spokesman for the governor of Parwan Province Mohammad Asim Asim, the attacker was employed by a subcontractor of Virginia-based engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation. He had been constructing the vest over a period of time on the base. After successfully passing through at least one checkpoint, he approached a sidewalk where a group of soldiers were gathering prior to the Veteran's Day running event, detonated his explosive vest around 05:38 local time. Two U.S. soldiers and two U.S. private contractors were killed, in addition to the bomber. Among the 17 injured were 16 U.S. service members and one Polish soldier.


2016 Bagram Airfield bombing, Attack
The bombing was the deadliest single incident involving U.S. troops since a December 2015 suicide attack at the same base which killed six troops.


2016 Bagram Airfield bombing, Aftermath
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement issued by their spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, confirming the sports ground was the intended target, and adding that the attack had been planned for four months.


2016 Bagram Airfield bombing, Aftermath
In response to the bombing, Bagram Airfield was placed under lockdown, while additional security measures were taken at all other locations in Afghanistan for Resolute Support Mission forces. The Embassy of the United States in Kabul was closed for the following day as a precautionary measure.


2016 Bahamas Bowl
The 2016 Bahamas Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 23, 2016 at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The third edition of the Bahamas Bowl featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles of the Mid-American Conference against the Old Dominion Monarchs of Conference USA. It began at 1:00 PM EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant chain, the game was officially known as the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.


2016 Bahamas Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Eastern Michigan Eagles against the Old Dominion Monarchs.


2016 Bahamas Bowl, Teams
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Old Dominion winning both previous ones. The most recent meeting was on September 5, 2015, where the Monarchs defeated the Eagles by a score of 38–34.


2016 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, Eastern Michigan Eagles
After finishing their regular season 7–5, bowl director Richard Giannini extended an invitation for the Eagles to play in the game, which they accepted.


2016 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, Eastern Michigan Eagles
This was the first bowl game for Eastern Michigan since the 1987 California Bowl where they defeated the San Jose State Spartans by a score of 30–27.


2016 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, Old Dominion Monarchs
After finishing their regular season 9–3 and winning a share of the Conference USA East Division championship, Giannini extended an invitation for the Monarchs to play in the game, which they accepted.


2016 Bahamas Bowl, Teams, Old Dominion Monarchs
This was the first FBS bowl game in school history for Old Dominion, in their third season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision and Conference USA, their second season of bowl eligibility, and their eighth season of the football program since resuming in 2009 following a 67-year hiatus.


2016 Bahamian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Bahamas on 7 June 2016. Voters were asked whether they approve of four separate constitutional amendments. All four proposals were rejected.


2016 Bahamian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Article 14
Sections 1 and 3 of article 14 would have been amended from:


2016 Bahamian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Article 26
Sections 3 and 4 of article 26 would have been amended from:


2016 Bahamian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Article 26
In addition, a new section 11 would have been added:


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
The 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 3 April 2016 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the second round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the twelfth time that the Bahrain Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner, while his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg was the Drivers' Championship leader coming into the round.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
During qualifying, which saw the second iteration of the heavily criticised "elimination format", Hamilton achieved pole position ahead of Rosberg and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg won the race from Kimi Räikkönen, with Hamilton completing the podium.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following widespread criticism over the "elimination" qualifying format used in Australia, the teams voted to abandon the format and revert to the system used between 2006 and 2015. However, in the week after the race, the sport's Strategy Working Group met to formally vote on the matter, and chose to keep the "elimination" format in place for the Bahrain Grand Prix and subject to a more thorough review ahead of the next round in China.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
It was subsequently reported that the teams had only been given the option of retaining the elimination format or adopting a hybrid of the elimination and pre-2016 formats, and that an outright reversion to the 2006-2015 format was never discussed. Mercedes' motorsport director Toto Wolff remained adamant that the format needed to be reverted, saying that he did not expect qualifying to be more entertaining than it had been two weeks before.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Drivers were equally critical of the retention of the changed format: Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel told the press that he was "as disappointed as probably anyone I know", while Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton called the decision "strange [...], particularly because the most important thing is the fans were unhappy". Another meeting was scheduled for race day to discuss the format, with both Jean Todt, president of the FIA, and Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's commercial rights holder, in attendance.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the aftermath of a collision with Esteban Gutiérrez in the Australian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso was ruled out of the event with broken ribs and a pneumothorax, and as a result was replaced with McLaren reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne. Gutiérrez received a new chassis after his team found that his original chassis was too damaged to be repaired, mostly caused by the crane during the recovery process and not in the accident itself.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Meanwhile, Ferrari were able to use the same engine in Kimi Räikkönen's car as they had done in Australia, even though it had caught fire following a failure of the turbo charger. Swift reactions by the team on the scene prevented damage to the combustion engine, with only the turbo changed for Bahrain. Alfonso Celis Jr. made his first appearance in a Formula One session during the first free practice for Force India.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought three compounds to Bahrain, from which drivers were allowed to choose. The three options for the event were the super-soft, soft and medium compounds, the same as for the previous round in Australia. Frontrunners Mercedes and Ferrari opted for different strategies in tyre allocation, as Mercedes took only one set of the harder medium tyres for both their drivers, while Ferrari chose three sets at the expense of soft compound tyres.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Background
As in previous years, the race was accompanied by concerns about the human rights situation in Bahrain. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy wrote an open letter to Jean Todt in the week before the race, pointing out that "severe human rights violations have been committed during the race authorised by the FIA" and urged the sport's governing body to be "prepared to cancel the race in coming years."


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2016 season, three practice sessions were held, two ninety-minute sessions on Friday and another one-hour session before qualifying on Saturday. During the first practice session on Friday, Mercedes set times well clear of their closest rivals. Nico Rosberg was fastest on a time of 1:32.292, more than half a second quicker than his teammate Lewis Hamilton in second place. Kimi Räikkönen was third-fastest, albeit almost two seconds slower than Rosberg. Newcomers Stoffel Vandoorne and Alfonso Celis Jr. were 18th- and 21st-fastest, respectively, both slower than their teammates.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Celis went off track at one point at turn 3, leading him to back off the pace in order not to damage the car, as his responsibility laid mainly with gathering information for the team. The session was marked by unusually cool weather, said to be representative of the expected race conditions for Sunday's race, held at night. Therefore, many teams decided to send their cars out for a large number of laps, with sixteen drivers recording twenty laps or more.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Rosberg was again fastest in the second practice session on Friday evening. His time of 1:31.001 was more than one and a half seconds faster than the pole position time in the previous year's event. Lewis Hamilton finished second-fastest, 0.241 seconds adrift of Rosberg. Jenson Button set the third-fastest time for McLaren, although he was more than a second off the fastest time. Several drivers voiced surprise over McLaren's pace during Friday's practice sessions, described by Button as the team's best "for a couple of years".


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Max Verstappen followed in fourth, ahead of the two Ferrari cars of Räikkönen and Vettel. The latter had set the third-fastest time on the soft tyre compound, but mistakes during his runs on the super-soft tyres meant that he was unable to place higher than sixth. He had to end his session fifteen minutes early when his rear-left wheel nut came loose. Vandoorne was eleventh-fastest in his second session, while Sergio Pérez, who took back the car from Celis, was fifteenth, two places ahead of his teammate Nico Hülkenberg.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Vibrations from running over the kerbs caused the front wing on Romain Grosjean's car to dislodge, forcing him off track. He was able to get back into the pitlane and had the wing replaced. At the end of the session, Renault's Kevin Magnussen failed to stop for weighing, instead returning to his garage, where work was conducted on his car. As a consequence, he was forced to start the race from the pitlane.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari 1-2 in third practice ahead of Räikkönen, setting a time of 1:31.683. The two Mercedes drivers of Rosberg and Hamilton followed, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Romain Grosjean. On the soft compound tyres, both Mercedes drivers had set identical times, before Rosberg edged out Hamilton on the super-softs. Higher temperatures in the afternoon sun meant that the times dropped from second practice. Felipe Massa ran a new, shorter nase for Williams, but managed only the ninth-fastest time, more than half a second slower than teammate Bottas. Not running the super-soft tyres, Toro Rosso got its two drivers on 15th and 16th place, respectively. Jolyon Palmer was 20th-fastest before puncturing a tyre at the end of the session.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying on Saturday was contested under the retained 2016 "elimination format" regulations. Just as in years before, the qualifying procedure was divided into three parts, with the first part (Q1) running for 16 minutes and the second and third parts (Q2 and Q3) being 15 and 14 minutes long, respectively. All twenty-two cars contested the first part, with seven drivers eliminated from further contention in each of the first two parts of qualifying, leaving eight drivers to compete for pole position in Q3.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
However, in a change of rules, drivers were now eliminated during the session, with the slowest runner at a given point being taken out from contention every ninety seconds, beginning seven minutes into Q1, six minutes into Q2 and five minutes into Q3. At the beginning of Q1, all cars set fast laps, before the top placed drivers returned to the pitlane, leaving the track to the ones fighting elimination. Felipe Nasr and Rio Haryanto were unable to set a second timed lap and with the former making a mistake on his only lap, he qualified in last place.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
While Jolyon Palmer improved his lap time on his second lap, he was quickly dropped back into elimination by a faster lap from Stoffel Vandoorne. Pascal Wehrlein qualified in 16th place, ahead of Force India's Sergio Pérez. Kevin Magnussen qualified 19th, but his penalty during practice meant that he would still need to start from the pit lane.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The second part of qualifying started problematically, as the red light at the end of the pitlane, indicating that cars had to stop, was still on when the clock began to run. A marshal with a green flag then indicated the drivers to take to the track. During the session, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time, but a mistake by Nico Rosberg meant that Vettel was able to place second. Daniil Kvyat was the first driver to be eliminated, lining up behind the two McLaren drivers, with debutant Vandoorne out-qualifying his teammate Button. Nico Hülkenberg was the only driver to go out to improve his time, managing to proceed into Q3 in eighth place, leaving Grosjean, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr. behind.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
As the frontrunners set their first timed laps in Q3, Hamilton made a mistake and ran wide at the last corner, leaving him behind Rosberg and both Ferrari drivers. Hülkenberg, both Williams drivers and Ricciardo were eliminated without setting another time, while the four fastest cars came out again. Hamilton set the fastest ever lap at the Bahrain Circuit, at 1:29.493, to achieve pole position ahead of Rosberg, who was just 0.077 seconds slower. Half a second behind, Vettel grabbed third place on the grid ahead of teammate Räikkönen. After qualifying, Hamilton's pole was put under threat after the FIA started an investigation after Hamilton reversed in the pit lane to park up. Hamilton was given a reprimand and his pole position stood.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
Reactions to the qualifying sessions mirrored those from two weeks before, with many commentators repeating their criticism over the new format. However, at a meeting between the FIA, Formula One Management (FOM) and the teams on race Sunday, no agreement was reached to revert to the old qualifying format, which was outright ruled out for the remainder of the season by the representatives of FIA and FOM. A new proposal was set before the teams, which would see every driver set two timed laps in every part of qualifying.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post-qualifying
Both times would than be added and the aggregate time would determine the grid positions. Reactions to the proposal were mixed. While Sebastian Vettel described it as "a shit idea" and Daniel Ricciardo said that he "wouldn't be too keen on that", Jenson Button deemed it a better plan than the existing elimination format. On 7 April, the teams unanimously rejected the scheme, instead demanding a return to the format used between 2006 and 2015. The decision was finalised four days later.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race saw two drivers out before the start lights even went out, as first Sebastian Vettel stopped on track during the warm-up lap with an engine failure before Jolyon Palmer pulled into the pit lane instead of lining up on the grid, suffering from a hydraulic failure. It was the first time in Vettel's Formula One career that he was unable to start a race. At the start, Rosberg pulled into the lead ahead of Hamilton, who came into contact with Valtteri Bottas and dropped back to ninth place.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Both Bottas and Ricciardo damaged their front wings in the situation. Felipe Massa took advantage and moved into second behind Rosberg. Further back, Sergio Pérez and Carlos Sainz also made contact, leaving Sainz with a puncture and Pérez with front wing damaged and both had to pit for repairs. Daniil Kvyat and Nico Hülkenberg were two more victims of contact during the first lap. The order after five laps was Rosberg, Massa, Bottas, Ricciardo and Räikkönen, who took fourth a lap later. The same lap, Jenson Button retired with a failure of his energy recovery system.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
After yet another lap, Räikkönen moved ahead of Bottas as well into third. Hamilton recovered from his first-turn accident and soon moved ahead of Bottas as well, laying in fourth place on lap eight. On lap ten, Bottas received a drive-through penalty for his collision with Hamilton at the start. By lap eleven, Esteban Gutiérrez retired with brake failure, while his teammate Grosjean was in fourth place.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Kimi Räikkönen was the first of the front runners to pit, doing so on lap twelve, with Rosberg and Hamilton following suit in the following laps. Hamilton emerged sixth behind Kvyat and Massa, moving ahead of both into fourth before going past Ricciardo for third place on lap 17. A lap later, Grosjean moved ahead of Massa into fifth position. Meanwhile, Rosberg pulled clear at the head of the race, leading Räikkönen by twelve seconds on lap 22. Further back the order, Kevin Magnussen trailed Pascal Wehrlein's Manor, being unable to overtake him due to the Manor's straight-line speed advantage.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Grosjean made another overtake on lap 25, moving past Ricciardo into fourth, while the latter made a pit stop for new tyres at the end of the lap. Three laps later, he used his fresher tyres to overtake his teammate Kvyat for fifth position. While Carlos Sainz retired, more pit stops started on lap 29, with Hamilton, Räikkönen and Grosjean coming in for tyre changes, followed by Massa one lap later. Rosberg made a pit stop another lap later, coming back out securely in the lead, while Hamilton closed on Räikkönen, now 3.7 seconds behind him. The order at that point stood as: Rosberg, Räikkönen, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Kvyat, Grosjean, Verstappen, Bottas, Vandoorne and Massa.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 38, Nico Rosberg led Räikkönen by nine seconds, with Hamilton a further five seconds behind. Räikkönen made a pit stop on the same lap and both Mercedes drivers did the same in the two following laps. Grosjean made a pit stop on lap 41, being stationary for 25 seconds, losing ground on his competitors. He emerged eighth and moved ahead of Kvyat into seventh as the latter made a pit stop on lap 45, before overtaking Massa one lap later.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
With ten laps to go, Rosberg extended his lead on Räikkönen, who had moved closer after the last round of stops. On lap 51, Kvyat went past Bottas into eighth place, while Wehrlein moved ahead of Hülkenberg into 13th one lap later. Wehrlein then unsuccessfully chased Marcus Ericsson's Sauber, unable to pass for twelfth. As Rosberg extended his advantage on Räikkönen to eight seconds, Kvyat overtook Massa to move into seventh on lap 56. Nico Rosberg was able to hold on to his lead to win the race ahead of Räikkönen and Hamilton.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Race
Behind Ricciardo in fourth, Grosjean improved on his result from Australia to finish fifth. On his début, Stoffel Vandoorne scored a point in tenth position. Haas F1's sixth and fifth places from their first two races in Formula One marked the best start to a season from a new team since Shadow in 1973.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
At the post-race podium interviews, conducted by former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg hailed an "awesome weekend" and said that the start had been the key factor to his victory. Kimi Räikkönen and Ferrari in turn lamented their dismal start, saying that it might have cost him the victory. Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene lauded Räikkönen's drive as "absolutely spectacular", adding: "If you look at the overtake around the outside of [Daniel] Ricciardo, he reminded me of the driver from the old times. It was very, very good for me."


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Lewis Hamilton rued his second unfortunate start incident in a row, which he described as "perhaps [...] more painful" than the incident at the previous race. He stressed the fact that with the damage to his car from the first-turn contact he was unable to keep up Räikkönen's speed ahead of him.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Romain Grosjean received particular praise for his drive to fifth place, collecting a second Driver of the Day award in a row. His race was saved by an attentive mechanic who replaced a loose wheel nut on his left-rear wheel, which would otherwise have caused Grosjean to retire. Valtteri Bottas was further penalised for his collision with Hamilton at the start of the race by having two penalty points added to his licence. Jenson Button expressed frustration at his retirement, feeling that it lost him a possible point-scoring position. In contrast, his replacement teammate Vandoorne scored his first point on debut, describing it as a "bonus" to a successful weekend.


2016 Bahrain Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
As a result of the race, Nico Rosberg manifested his lead at the top of the drivers' standings, having collected the maximum available 50 points from the first two races. Teammate Hamilton was in second place, 17 points behind Rosberg, with Ricciardo in third another nine points adrift. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes retained the lead with 83 points, 50 points ahead of Ferrari, while Red Bull in third was another three points behind.


2016 Bahrain King's Cup Final
The Bahraini King's Cup Final was a match that took place on 3 March 2016 at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa to determine the winner of the 2016 Bahraini King's Cup. The winner of this match would guarantee a spot at the next year's AFC Cup edition. Muharraq defeated "Bahraini El-Classico" rivals Riffa in Riffa with 2 late goals by Ali Jamal and Jamal Rashid, to be crowned winners in front of a Muharraq-heavy audience. This was the 5th time that Muharraq played Riffa in the King's Cup Final, with Muharraq winning on each occasion. The last encounter between both teams for the King's Cup trophy came in the 2013 Bahraini King's Cup, when a penalty shoot-out separated the sides and saw Muharraq win their 31st title.


2016 Bakersfield, California mayoral election
The 2016 Bakersfield, California mayoral election was held on June 7, 2016 and November 8, 2016 to elect the mayor of Bakersfield, California. It saw the election of Karen Goh.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round
The 2016 Baku GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 18 and 19 June 2016 at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan as part of the GP2 Series. It was the third round of the 2016 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2016 European Grand Prix. The first race, a 26-lap feature event, was won by Prema Racing driver Antonio Giovinazzi from pole position. Sergey Sirotkin finished second for ART Grand Prix, and Russian Time driver Raffaele Marciello took third. Giovinazzi won the shorter 21-lap sprint race from teammate Pierre Gasly in second and Sirotkin third.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round
Giovinazzi made a slow start in the first race and lost the lead to Nobuharu Matsushita. The event was affected by four safety car periods which closed the field up and forced a time limit. Matsushita lost the lead to Marciello who later held off Matsushita for the position. Giovinazzi recovered and caught up to Marciello and passed him on the 18th lap. He stayed in the lead for the rest of the race to achieve his and Prema's first GP2 Series victory.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round
In the second race, Daniël de Jong started from pole position but lost the lead to Matsushita. De Jong held off de Jong and Oliver Rowland for the lead after a slow restart. Gasly became the leader when Marciello and Matsushita collided and held it until Giovinazzi passed him to win the race.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round
Giovinazzi became the first driver since Davide Valsecchi in 2012 to win both races in a GP2 Series race weekend. The round gave Artem Markelov the Drivers' Championship lead with 54 points, while previous leader Norman Nato fellow to second following sub-par results. Giovinazzi's victory moved him to third place, one point ahead of Gasly. Russian Time remained the leaders of the Teams' Championship on 97 points, eight ahead of second-placed Prema Racing. Racing Engineering were in third position on 73 points, with seven rounds left in the season.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Background
The 2016 Baku GP2 Series round was the third of eleven scheduled events of the 2016 GP2 Series season. It was held on 18 and 19 June 2016 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku and supported the 2016 European Grand Prix. Tyre supplier Pirelli brought two types of tyre to the race: two dry-compounds (supersoft "options" and medium "primes"). The supersoft tyres were identified by a red stripe on their side-walls, and the medium tyres were similarly identified with white.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Background
The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race: one was on the start/finish straight linking the final and first corners, and the second on the straight from the second and third turns. A total of 11 teams fielded 2 drivers each making up 22 participants for the round and every competitor used the Dallara GP2/11 car.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Background
Before the race, Racing Engineering driver Norman Nato led the Drivers' Championship with 49 points, one ahead of Artem Markelov, who in turn, was a further seven points in front of Alex Lynn in third. Pierre Gasly was fourth on 33 points, and Raffaele Marciello was fifth on 28. Russian Time were leading the Teams' Championship with 76 points; Racing Engineering were four points ahead of DAMS in the battle for second place. Prema Racing were in fourth on 33 points, and Carlin rounded out the top five on 28.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
One 45-minute practice session on Friday was held before the two races. The session was held on a dirty track with lap times gradually improving throughout practice when the cars cleaned the circuit. Nato set the fastest lap with a time of 1 minute, 55.392 econd, ahead of Giovinazzi in second and Sergey Sirotkin third. Gasly, Oliver Rowland, Luca Ghiotto (Trident), Jordan King, Arthur Pic (Rapax), Marciello, and Sergio Canamasas (Carlin) rounded out the session's top-ten drivers.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
The session was disrupted when King went onto the turn 15 run-off area and was required to swerve to avoid hitting a van parked at the corner, prompting the activation of the virtual safety car (VSC) to allow the vehicle to be moved. Two further VSC periods were necessitated late on when Marciello and Gustav Malja (Rapax) slid off the track at the same corner, ending their sessions prematurely.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
Friday afternoon's qualifying session ran for 30-minutes. The session determined the starting order for the first race with the drivers' fastest lap times. The pole position winner was awarded four points for the Drivers' and Teams' Championships. No competitor was required to start the races with the tyres they qualified on. Qualifying was postponed until after the second Formula One practice session when race director Charlie Whiting inspected the track at the second and third turns and decided that alterations were required to the kerbs in the area.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
It came after concerns were raised by Pirelli who reported that several tyres had been cut five cm (50 mm) by several loosened screws. The session was held in cloudy and windy weather conditions. Giovinazzi achieved the first pole position of his GP2 Series career, and the second for Prema Racing, with a time of 1 minute, 51.752 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by ART Grand Prix's Nobuharu Matsushita who had pole position until Giovinazzi's lap. His teammate Sirotkin qualified third and was fastest early on.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Practice and qualifying
Marciello took fourth, and Ghiotto was fifth, which was achieved on his second run. Rowland, Marvin Kirchhöfer, Gasly, Nato, and Canamasas rounded out the top ten qualifiers. King was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten with the field was completed by Markelov, DAMS teammates Lynn and Nicholas Latifi. Mitch Evans (Campos Racing), Pic, Daniël de Jong (MP Motorsport), Jimmy Eriksson (Arden International), Malja, Sean Gelael (Campos Racing), Nabil Jeffri (Arden International) and Philo Paz Armand (Trident). The session was stopped when Armand and de Jong drove onto the turn three escape road; de Jong was unable to continue.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races
The first race was held over 170 km (110 mi) or 60 minutes (which ever came first) and the regulations required drivers to make one pit stop. The first ten finishers scored points, with two given to the fastest lap holder. The grid for the second race was determined by the finishing order of the first but with the first eight drivers in reverse order of where they finished. It was run for 120 km (75 mi) or 45 minutes (which ever came first) and, in contrast to the first race, drivers were not required to make pit stops. The top eight finishers earned points towards their respective championships.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
The first race began at 12:00 Azerbaijan Time (UTC+4) on 18 June. The weather at the start were hot with an air temperature of 29 °C (84 °F) and a track temperature of 46 °C (115 °F). At the outset, Giovinazzi made a slow start and fell to fifth. Matsushita took the lead and maintained the position into the first corner. Sirotkin fell from third to seventh. A multi-car collision occurred at the first turn when Gasly attempted to overtake Nato on the outside.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
But, as the amount of room alongside the inside barrier was reduced, the two drivers made contact. Nato was sent into a spin, and as Gasly drove slowly away from the corner, Canamasas went into the rear of his car. Kirchhöfer drove into Lynn and Latifi was caught up in the incident. With the exception of Nato, all drivers retired from the race because of the damage sustained to their cars. Sirotkin battled a Racing Engineering car in turn five but made contact with him, damaging the front wing's left endplate.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
The incident prompted the deployment of the safety car, which entered pit lane at the start of the third lap to allow racing to continue. Marciello passed Matsushita for first at the first corner by slipstreaming him, although the latter reclaimed the position with a pass on Marciello on the start/finish straight by drafting behind him.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
King was overtaken by Markelov on the same lap. Marciello passed Matsushita at turn three to retake the lead on lap six. Armand crashed into the turn one barrier on the same lap, resulting in the safety car's second appearance. Most drivers elected to make their mandatory pit stops during the safety car period. Marciello remained ahead of Matsushita and maintained the lead when the safety car entered the pit lane soon after.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
Marciello held off Matsushita to retain the lead while Pic squeezed Markelov towards the turn five barrier on the ninth lap and both drivers damaged their cars, causing Markelov to retire. Pic drove on for a short distance before retiring because of the damage resulting from the collision. The safety car was sent onto the track for the third time. Marciello maintained his lead at the restart, while Matsushita ran wide at the first turn, allowing Jeffri past for second place. Matsushita dropped to fifth position. Rowland passed both drivers on the inside as Marciello pulled away from the rest of the field. Having run in clean air, Giovinazzi had moved to third by the 12th lap, and then overtook Rowland on the start/finish straight with DRS for second two laps later.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
Giovinazzi quickly caught Marciello and overtook him with DRS and drafting at the start of lap 18 for the lead. Giovinazzi began to pull away from Maricello. The safety car was deployed for the fourth (and final) time after Nato attempted to pass teammate King on the inside and retired after the latter put him inro the turn three barrier. The area was cleared of Nato's damaged car over the next five laps which finished the race under a time limit.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Feature Race
Giovinazzi accelerated as late as possible to limit the slipstream effect and remained the leader at the lap-25 restart despite locking his tyres into the first turn. King retired from the race following contact with Eriksson. Giovinazzi remained the leader for the final two laps to take his and his team's first victory in the GP2 Series. Siroktin overtook Rowland for third and took second position from Marciello by drafting him on the start/finish straight. Rowland finished in fourth place, ahead of Evans and Matsushita whom he defended from in the final two laps. Gelael, de Jong, Ghiotto, and Malja rounded out the point-scoring positions. Eriksson and King were the final classified finishers. The attrition race was high, with ten drivers finishing the race.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint Race
The second event started at 14:00 local time on 19 June. The weather at the start were hot with an air temperature of 32 °C (90 °F) and a track temperature of 50 °C (122 °F). De Jong started from pole position but had a slow start and was overtaken by Matsushita (who began in third) on the inside into the first corner. This was also due to second-place starter Gelael making a slow start off his grid position. Giovinazzi dropped to the back of the field at the start due to an engine problem.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint Race
Matsushita quickly pulled away from the rest of the field. Rowland attempted to pass Evans but ran deep into turn one but got past with DRS into the third corner. Evans lost a further position to Sirotkin on the following lap. Matsushita's lead was reduced to nothing when the safety car was deployed on lap eight. Eriksson was sent into a spin towards the turn one barrier after contact with King while battling for ninth place. The race was restarted after Eriksson's car was removed from the track. Matsushita accelerated early and avoided hitting the safety car by reducing his speed. This enabled Rowland and de Jong to slipstream Matsushita; de Jong moved into the first position, but he and Rowland locked their tyres heavily into the first corner.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint Race
Rowland ran wide while de Jong reversed onto a run-off area. This was caused by both drivers not gaining optimum brake temperature. De Jong dropped to fifth while Rowland fell to third after the latter was passed by Sirotkin. Armand spun in the seventh corner, triggering the safety car's second appearance. It remained on the track for the next three laps. On the restart, Matsushita used a tactic of backing the field up before driving away. However some drivers accelerated away after passing the safety car line, while others remained Matsushita's dictated pace.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint Race
This resulted in Malja colliding against the rear of Evans's car, removing his front wing, and sending debris airborne. Malja then hit Rowland in the first corner; although he spun he continued. Gelael was forced to collide with a barrier, causing him to retire. The incident resulted in the safety car's third deployment which stayed on track for the next two laps. At the lap 13 restart, Marciello got away faster than Matsushita and drove on the inside but locked his tyres. The two made contact steering into turn one, promoting Gasly to the lead, with teammate Giovinazzi second.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint Race
The two drivers pulled away from the rest of the field. Giovinazzi was unable to use his DRS because of a malfunction. He made attempts to overtake Gasly in the closing stages, driving on the outside on the start/finish straight and moving to the inside into turn one during the last lap. Gasly ran wide by missing his braking point while defending, allowing Giovinazzi to take the lead. He maintained the position for the remainder of the race to clinch his second consecutive victory. Gasly finished second, with Sirotkin in third. King took fourth, ahead of Markelov in fifth.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Races, Sprint Race
Canamasas, Jeffri, and Pic were in positions six through eight, Lynn, Kirchhöfer, Marciello, Ghiotto, Latifi, de Jong and Rowland were the final classified finishers. Giovinazzi's victories meant he became the first driver since Davide Valsecchi in the first 2012 Bahrain round to win both races in a GP2 Series race weekend, and the seventh driver in series history to achieve the feat.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Post-round
The top three drivers of both races appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media at a later press conference. After the first race, Giovinazzi said he had been amazed at his first GP2 Series victory and thanked his team and his primary sponsor. He stated that he did not believe he would able to secure his first victory before the season was over, and was happy to score the points for himself and his team. Sirotkin said the race was not easy for him because he did not have the start he wanted.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Post-round
He said that he was happy to finish second but would not to be content coming second or third in every event. Marciello commented he expected some safety cars to affect the race but was unhappy with how many there were as they had prevented him building a large enough gap to others. He said that his third-place finish was good for his team and that he was unsurprised when Sirotkin passed him on the start/finish straight on the first race's final lap as he saw him close up behind the safety car.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Post-round
Following the second race, Giovinazzi thanked his team for encouraging him not to give up and that he felt emotional and excited during the event's final lap. He stated that he was expecting a good result but had not anticipated winning both of the weekend's races. Giovinazzi said it would be difficult to repeat the performance but he would enjoy the results. Gasly said it felt like "a crazy race" but enjoyed it.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Post-round
He stated that he attempted to focus on driving to be as fast as possible, but it had been difficult to build a large gap because of the circuit's long straights. He was happy with to place second and said that it had been a fair battle for the win. Matsushita was issued with a one-race ban for the next race weekend in Austria for "erratic driving" and for causing a safety hazard in the first and second rolling restarts of the sprint race. Eriksson was deemed to have caused the collision with King and incurred with a three-place grid penalty for the season's next race.


2016 Baku GP2 Series round, Post-round
The result of the races moved Markelov to the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 54 points, ahead of Nato who dropped to second. Giovinazzi's two victories moved him to third place. Gasly remained in fourth place on 45 points, two points ahead of Marciello in fifth. Russian Time remained in the lead of the Teams' Championship with 97 points, eight points in front of second-placed Prema. Racing Engineering dropped to third position on 73 position, while DAMS moved from third to fourth. ART Grand Prix were fifth on 60 points, with seven rounds left in the season.


2016 Balad attack
The attack on the shrine of seven Dujai was an attack on Friday, July 8, 2016, and claimed the lives of 36 people, following two bombings at least in the vicinity of the shrine of Sayed Mohammad in the southern Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. It is suspected that the ISIS terrorist organisation targeted the shrine with rocket-propelled mortars, followed by three suicide bombers, two of which detonated in a market near the shrine.


2016 Balad attack, Background
The attack came as the United Nations issued warnings of the possibility of renewed sectarian fighting after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.


2016 Balestier Khalsa FC season
The 2016 season is Balestier Khalsa's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.


2016 Bali United F.C. season
The 2016 season was the second season of competitive association football played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. This season, they competed in the Indonesia Soccer Championship A, a football tournament that replaced the temporarily-suspended Indonesia Super League.


2016 Bali United F.C. season
This season was the first time Bali United ended a full-competition season after 2015 Indonesia Super League was disbanded, having finished in 12th.


2016 Balkan Athletics Championships
The 2016 Balkan Athletics Championships was the 75th edition of the annual track and field competition for athletes from the Balkans, organised by Balkan Athletics. It was held at Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin in Pitești, Romania on 25 and 26 June. The host nation Romania won the most titles at the competition, with eight, and Turkey won with most medals overall, at 23.


2016 Balkans terrorism plot
Simultaneous attacks planned in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia were thwarted in November 2016. Nineteen people were arrested in Kosovo, and six more in Albania and Macedonia, for a total of twenty five arrests, making it one of the largest terror-related arrests in Europe in recent years. Explosives, weapons, electronic equipment, and material related to extremist religious groups were seized during the raids following the arrests.


2016 Balkans terrorism plot
The suspects, planning "synchronized terror attacks," were receiving orders from Islamic State member Lavdrim Muhaxheri. Between 4 and 16 November 2016, eighteen Kosovo Albanians and one Macedonian Albanian were arrested suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Kosovo and Albania. They were coordinated by Muhaxheri and fellow IS fighter Ridvan Haqifi. According to the prosecution, the terrorist group planned attacks on international and state institutions, ultimately with the intent to establish an Islamic state. They planned to attack the Israeli football team during a match in Albania. Media reports state that Kosovo government institutions and Serbian Orthodox Church sites were potential targets. Among the planned targets were the Israel national football team and their supporters during the Albania–Israel World Cup qualifying match.


2016 Balkans terrorism plot
In February 2017, Albania announced that it would join the counter-Islamic State efforts, and send troops to Iraq. Although it was not officially confirmed by the Albanian authorities, it is largely believed that this first active involvement of Albania in the fighting against ISIS in Iraq was triggered by the failed terror attack on Albanian soil three months earlier.


2016 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 2016 Ball State Cardinals football team represented Ball State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mike Neu and played their home games at Scheumann Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2016 Ballon d'Or
The 2016 Ballon d'Or was an award given to the best-performing football player around the world in 2016.


2016 Ballon d'Or
In September 2016, France Football announced that their partnership with FIFA for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award had come to an end and that they would revive the Ballon d'Or award, treating the 2016 edition as the 61st award.


2016 Ballon d'Or
France Football announced that they would publish a shortlist of 30 players across six announcements with two hour intervals on 24 October 2016. On 12 December 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo won the award by a record margin of 429 points ahead of second placed Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann, who came third.


2016 Ballon d'Or
There were 173 voters. All were journalists, in a change from previous years, and each voter was from a different country. Each voter voted for three players who received 5 points, 3 points and one point respectively.


2016 Ballon d'Or
Ronaldo scored 745 points out of a maximum possible of 865. It was his fourth Ballon d'Or, the most of any European player in the history of the award.


2016 Baloncesto Superior Nacional
The 2016 BSN season was the 87th season of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.


2016 Baltic Cup
The 2016 Baltic Cup was the 27th football competition for men's national football teams organised by the Baltic states. The tournament, held between 29 May and 4 June 2016, was hosted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and was won by Latvia.


2016 Baltic Futsal Cup
The 2016 Baltic Futsal Cup was held from December 9 to 11, 2016 in Latvia.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season
The 2016 Baltimore Orioles season  was the 116th season in franchise history, the 63rd in Baltimore, and the 25th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their 2015 record of 81–81, finishing 89–73. and advanced to the playoffs on the last day of the season, October 2, where they lost to the Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Game 5–2 in 11 innings; this was the Orioles' third postseason appearance in five years.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season
Right fielder Mark Trumbo won the MLB and American League home run championships with 47; 2016 was the fourth consecutive year in which an Oriole won the homer crown following Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014 and Davis again in 2015. Closer Zach Britton recorded a perfect 47 saves in 47 opportunities; Britton set an all-time record of 43 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run. Britton's 0.54 ERA was the lowest ever recorded by a pitcher with at least 50 innings pitched. As of 2021, this is not only the last Orioles playoff appearance, but also their last winning season.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
April 7: 	St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Jayson Aquino to Baltimore Orioles for cash. April 15: Claimed RHP Scott McGough off waivers from Miami Marlins. April 18: Traded LF Alfredo Marte to Philadelphia Phillies for player TBD. April 25: Claimed RHP David Hale off waivers from Colorado Rockies.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
May 7: Contract of SS Paul Janish selected from AAA Norfolk. May 9: RHP Scott McGough sent outright to AAA Norfolk. May 16: Toronto Blue Jays claimed DH Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Baltimore Orioles. May 23:Baltimore Orioles traded LHP Brian Matusz to Atlanta Braves for RHP Brandon Barker and LHP Trevor Belicek. May 24: Cincinnati Reds traded RHP Franderlin Romero to Baltimore Orioles for Future Considerations; Contract of LHP Ashur Tolliver selected from AA Bowie. May 25: Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Brian Duensing to a minor league contract.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
June 2: Contract of LHP Brian Duensing selected from AAA Norfolk; Baltimore Orioles signed free agents LHP Hector Jimenez and RHP Wally Vrolijk to a minor league contracts. June 21: SS Paul Janish sent outright to AAA Norfolk. June 30: Contract of RHP Chaz Roe selected from AAA Norfolk. June 31: Contract of RHP Sidney Ponson selected from AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
July 3: Contract of LHP Ariel Miranda selected from AAA Norfolk. July 12: Contract of LHP Donnie Hart selected from AA Bowie. July 19: Contract of OF Julio Borbón selected from AA Bowie. July 28: OF Henry Urruita sent outright to AA Bowie. July 29: OF Julio Bourbon sent outright to AA Bowie; signed free agent RHP Logan Ondrusek. July 31: Baltimore Orioles traded LHP Ariel Miranda to Seattle Mariners for LHP Wade Miley.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
August 1: Baltimore Orioles traded C Jonah Heim to Tampa Bay Rays for 2B Steve Pearce. August 2: Baltimore Orioles activated Steve Pearce & LHP Wade Miley. August 7: Atlanta Braves claim RHP Chaz Roe off waivers from Baltimore Orioles. August 27: Contract of CF Julio Borbon selected from AA Bowie. August 28: Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Tommy Hunter. August 30: CF Julio Borbon and RHP Logan Ondrusek sent outright to AA Bowie. August 31: Pittsburgh Pirates traded LHP Kyle Lobstein to Baltimore Orioles for LHP Zach Phillips; Claimed CF Drew Stubbs off waivers from Texas Rangers.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
September 3: LHP Kyle Lobstein sent outright to AAA Norfolk. September 15: Miami Marlins claimed Odrisamer Despaigne off waivers from Baltimore Orioles; Contract of SS Paul Janish selected from AAA Norfolk. September 18: Contract of 1B Trey Mancini selected from AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Contracts
October 7: LHP Jed Bradley claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. October 13: SS Paul Janish sent outright to AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
April 1: C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk. April 7: LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie. April 15: RHP Scott McGough optioned to AAA Norfolk. April 25: RHP David Hale and IF Ryan Flaherty optioned to AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
May 3: IF Ryan Flaherty recalled from AAA Norfolk. May 7: RHP Scott McGough designated for assignment; LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk; LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk. May 8: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk. May 31: C Francisco Pena recalled from AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
June 1: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Ashur Tolliver optioned to AAA Norfolk. June 2: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk. June 3: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk. June 14: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne recalled from AAA Norfolk. June 18: LHP T.J. McFarland and RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk. June 21: RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA Norfolk. June 22: LHP Ashur Tolliver recalled from AAA Norfolk. June 25: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk. June 26: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk. June 27: LHP Ashur Tolliver optioned to AAA Norfolk. June 28: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk. June 30: RHP Oliver Drake and C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
July 3: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk. July 4: LHP Ariel Miranda optioned to AAA Norfolk; RF Dariel ALvarez recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Jayson Aquino recalled from AA Bowie. July 7: RF Dariel ALvarez optioned to AAA Norfolk; LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie. July 8: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk. July 9: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk; RHP Jason Garcia recalled from AA Bowie. July 11: RHP Jason Garcia optioned to AA Bowie. July 19: OF Henry Urrutia designated for assignment. July 22: RF Dariel ALvarez recalled from AAA Norfolk. July 23: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk. July 24: LHP Donnie Hart optioned to AA Bowie. July 26: RF Dariel ALvarez optioned to AAA Norfolk; CF Julio Bourbon designated for assignment. July 29: RHP Chaz Roe designated for assignment.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
August 2: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne & RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk. August 12: RHP Logan Ondrusek optioned to AA Bowie; LHP Donnie Hart recalled from AA Bowie. August 13: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk. August 20: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk; C Francisco Pena & RHP Odrisamer Despaigne recalled from AAA Norfolk. August 21: RHP Parker Bridwell recalled from AAA Norfolk; RHP Odrisamer Despaigne optioned to AAA Norfolk. August 22: C Caleb Joseph optioned to AAA Norfolk. August 24: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
August 25: RHP Parker Bridwell optioned to AAA Norfolk; RHP Logan Ondrusek recalled from AA Bowie. August 26: RHP Logan Ondrusek designated for assignment. August 27: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk. August 28: LHP T.J. McFarland and CF Julio Borbon designated for assignment; RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA Norfolk. August 29: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk. August 31: LHP Ashur Tolliver designated for assignment.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
September 2: CF Michael Bourn and CF Drew Stubbs activated; C Caleb Joseph, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk. September 5:  RHP Odrisamer Despaigne designated for assignment. September 15: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Chris Lee recalled from AA Bowie.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
October 3: RF Dariel Alvarez, RHP Parker Bridwell, LF Christian Walker, and LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk; RHP Jason Garcia recalled from AA Bowie. October 4: SS Paul Janish, C Francisco Pena, RF Dariel Alvarez, LF Christian Walker, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Vance Worley, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Yovani Gallardo, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Oliver Drake reassigned to the minor leagues.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Callups & optional assignments
October 5: SS Paul Janish, C Francisco Pena, RF Dariel Alvarez, LF Christian Walker, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Vance Worley, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Yovani Gallardo, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Oliver Drake activated. October 7: SS Paul Janish designated for assignment.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Injuries etc.
April 3: LHP Brian Matusz (left intercostal strain), RHP Kevin Gausman (right shoulder strain), and DH Jimmy Paredes (left wrist sprain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 25. April 23: RHP Yovani Gallardo (tendinitis) placed on 15-day disabled list; LHP Brian Matusz activated from 15-day disabled list. April 25: RHP Kevin Gausman activated from 15-day disabled list.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Injuries etc.
May 3: IF JJ Hardy (left foot fracture) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 2. May 31: C Caleb Joseph (testicular injury) placed on 15-day disabled list.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Injuries etc.
June 3: RHP Darren O'Day (right hamstring strain) placed on 15-day disabled list. June 14: RHP Vance Worley (right groin strain) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 13. June 18: SS J.J. Hardy and RHP Yovani Gallardo activated from 15-day disabled list. June 19: Roster status of 3B Manny Machado changed (suspension). June 22: LHP Brian Duensing (left elbow inflammation) placed in 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 20. June 24: 3B Manny Machado activated (suspension). June 30: RHP Vance Worley and C Caleb Joseph activated from 15-day disabled list; LHP T.J. McFarland (left knee inflammation) placed on the 15-day disabled list.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Injuries etc.
July 3: LHP Brian Duensing (left elbow inflammation) transferred from 15-day disabled list to 60-day disabled list. July 4: DH Pedro Alvarez placed on the bereavement list. July 7: DH Pedro Alvarez activated from the bereavement list. July 19: OF Hyun Soo Kim (right hamstring strain) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 11. July 22: LF Joey Rickard (right thumb ligament injury) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 21, 2016. July 23: RHP Ubaldo Jiménez placed on the paternity list. July 24: RHP Darren O'Day activated from 15-day disabled list. July 26: OF Hyun Soo Kim activated from 15-day disabled list; RHP Ubaldo Jiménez activated from the paternity list .


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Injuries etc.
August 13: RHP Darren O'Day (right shoulder rotator cuff strain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 12. August 20: C Matt Weiters placed on the paternity list. August 22: C Matt Weiters activated from the paternity list. August 24: RHP Chris Tillman (right shoulder bursitis) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 21. August 26: LHP T.J. McFarland activated from 15-day disabled list. August 31: LF Joey Rickard (right thumb ligament injury) transferred from 15-day disabled list to 60-day disabled list.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season, Transactions, Injuries etc.
September 5: LHP Brian Duensing activated from the 60-day disabled list. September 11: RHP Chris Tillman activated from the 15-day disabled list. September 15: LHP Chris Lee (left shoulder strain) placed on 60-day disabled list. September 18: RHP Darren O'Day activated from the 15-day disabled list; 1B Steve Pearce (right flexor mass strain) placed on 60-day disabled list. September 27: LHP Wade Miley placed on the paternity list. September 30: LHP Wade Miley activated from the paternity list.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Post-season, Wild Card Game
The Orioles faced the Toronto Blue Jays in the Wild Card Game, losing 5–2 in 11 innings.


2016 Baltimore Orioles season, Accolades, All-Star Game
The following Orioles were selected to participate in the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game:


2016 Baltimore Ravens season
The 2016 season was the Baltimore Ravens' 21st season in the National Football League and the ninth under head coach John Harbaugh. With a week 12 win over the Cincinnati Bengals, the Ravens improved upon their 5–11 record from 2015, finishing the season 8–8. Despite the improvement, the Ravens failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year after losing to the Steelers in Week 16. It was the first time the Ravens missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons since 2004–2005, and their first consecutive non-winning seasons since 1996–1999. They did, however, improve their position in the division, finishing in second place after finishing in third place for the previous three seasons.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: Baltimore Ravens 13, Buffalo Bills 7
The Ravens started the season with the return of their injured starters from last season. While the offense played a fairly average game, the defense was dominant, holding former teammate Tyrod Taylor and the Bills offense to only 160 total yards. The team looked overall much better than last season, with no major injuries and few penalties (6 for 35 yards).


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: Baltimore Ravens 25, Cleveland Browns 20
The Ravens traveled to their division rival Cleveland Browns for their road opener. After Browns' starting quarterback Robert Griffin III was injured in week 1, the Ravens faced Josh McCown who passed for 457 yards against them last season. After a dismal start in which the defense allowed 20 points in the first quarter, they bounced back with a blocked extra point for a safety, after which Joe Flacco and the offense finally returned with full strength, with two touchdown passes to Mike Wallace and three Justin Tucker field goals, shutting out the Browns 25–0 in the final three-quarters.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: Baltimore Ravens 19, Jacksonville Jaguars 17
With the win, the Ravens improved to 3-0 and sat on top of the division with the Steelers' loss to the Eagles.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: Oakland Raiders 28, Baltimore Ravens 27
The Ravens stayed at home for a matchup against the Raiders who never won at Baltimore. Unfortunately the Ravens could not hold on to the lead after Derek Carr found Michael Crabtree in the end zone near the end of the game. Baltimore began driving down the field but the drive stalled allowing the Raiders to win at Baltimore for the first time in history dropping the Ravens 3–1. With the Steelers win, the Ravens dropped to second place in the AFC North


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: Washington Redskins 16, Baltimore Ravens 10
After a dismal loss to the Redskins in which Joe Flacco and the offense were completely shut out in the second half, the Ravens Fired Offensive Coordinator Marc Trestman. It was their first home loss to an NFC East team since 1997, when the Arizona Cardinals won at Memorial Stadium five years before moving to the NFC West.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: New York Giants 27, Baltimore Ravens 23
Trying to halt a two-game losing streak, the Ravens traveled to MetLife for one of their two straight games there. The Ravens had a chance to win the game by driving down the field in the final seconds, but the Giants defense held the Ravens back as Flacco threw an incompletion on the final play, dropping the Ravens to 3–3 and their second three-game losing streak in a year. The Ravens defense allowed Beckham two 60+ yard touchdowns, helping the Giants win.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: New York Jets 24, Baltimore Ravens 16
Trying to not fall to a four-game losing streak, the Ravens visited the New York Jets, who were also struggling. The Ravens offense did not get any better only managed a franchise record of six yards rushing in the entire game. The ineffective running game coupled with poor play from quarterback Joe Flacco resulted in the team's fourth straight loss as the team entered their bye week at 3–4. The Ravens had a chance to tie the game but were stopped allowing the Jets to win.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: Baltimore Ravens 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 14
The win put the Ravens in first place in the AFC North.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: Baltimore Ravens 28, Cleveland Browns 7
After a Joe Flacco interception which led to the Browns 7–6 at halftime, the Ravens dominated the rest of the game scoring 22-0 the rest of the game and leaving the Ravens sole first place of the division.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: New England Patriots 30, Baltimore Ravens 23
With the loss, the Ravens fell to 7–6 and 1–8 all time against the Patriots in the regular season.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: Baltimore Ravens 27, Philadelphia Eagles 26
With their playoff hopes on the line, the Ravens were dealt a heavy hand against a struggling Eagles team. After giving up two scoring drives in the final six minutes, the Ravens escaped defeat when the Eagles went for two for the win and failed.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Baltimore Ravens 27
Not only did the Ravens drop to 8–7, but their four-game winning streak over the Steelers was snapped and they were eliminated from the playoff contention for the second consecutive year.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: Cincinnati Bengals 27, Baltimore Ravens 10
This would be Steve Smith's Sr.'s final game in the NFL. He finished the game with three catches for 34 yards. After the game, he immediately retired, ending his 16-year career.


2016 Baltimore Ravens season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: Cincinnati Bengals 27, Baltimore Ravens 10
With the loss, the Ravens ended their season at 8-8.


2016 Baltimore mayoral election
The 2016 Baltimore mayoral election was held November 8, 2016 concurrent with the General Election. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the incumbent mayor, did not run for reelection. Catherine Pugh won the election on November 8, 2016, with 57% of the popular vote, and took office on December 6, 2016.


2016 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates
Incumbent Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not seek re-election in 2016. She completed former Mayor Dixon's term, and won the mayoral seat in the 2011 mayoral race. After holding the office for five years, she faced challenges and criticism during her tenure. Notable events include the 2015 Freddie Gray Protests, Governor Hogan's rejection of the Baltimore Red Line, and an increase in crime since the Freddie Gray Protests in April 2015.


2016 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates
On July 1, 2015, Sheila Dixon entered the 2016 mayoral race. (The terms of Dixon's probation prevented her from running for office until after December 2012.) Since her announcement, Dixon has campaigned in West Baltimore about the city's increasing transportation issues. Additional candidates include Baltimore City Council members Nick Mosby and Carl Stokes, author Wes Moore, Baltimore Police Sergeant Gersham Cupid, writer Mack Clifton, engineer Calvin Young, Baltimore Sun op-ed contributor Connor Meek, attorney and public servant Elizabeth Embry, and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.


2016 Baltimore mayoral election, Background and candidates
On September 11, 2015, Rawlings-Blake announced that she would not seek re-election as mayor, stating, "It was a very difficult decision, but I knew I needed to spend time focused on the city's future, not my own".


2016 Baltimore mayoral election, Democratic primary
The Democratic mayoral primary was held on April 26, 2016. Catherine Pugh won the Democratic primary running against former Mayor Sheila Dixon and 11 other challengers in a crowded field to replace Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.


2016 Baltimore mayoral election, Write-in candidates
Former Mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon, who lost in the Democratic primary, re-entered the race as a write-in candidate and came in second to Pugh with 22% of the popular vote. Democratic candidate Mack Clifton, who also lost in the primaries, re-entered as a write-in candidate. In addition, Republican Steven H. Smith, Independent Frank Logan, and unaffiliated candidates Sarah Klauda and Lavern Murray, who did not run in the primaries, joined the race as write-in candidates.


2016 Bandy World Championship
Bandy World Championship 2016, the XXXVI Bandy World Championship, was held with Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, as host region. Most of the games was played at the Volga-Sport-Arena in Ulyanovsk. Because of its higher spectator capacity, the group stage matches between Russia and Sweden and between Russia and Kazakhstan were played at Trud Stadium, which also hosted one semi-final and the final. Some games were played in nearby Dimitrovgrad at Stadium Stroitel.


2016 Bandy World Championship
The Division A tournament was played from 1 February until 7 February 2016, while the Division B tournament took place afterwards, on 10–14 February.


2016 Bandy World Championship
Czech Republic made its debut, while Canada and Ukraine were set to return, thus reaching an all-time high of nineteen participating teams. Canada missed the championships due to domestic competitions, so a total of eighteen countries participated, which is still more than ever before.


2016 Bandy World Championship
The tournament was part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's schedule for 2016, he sent a greeting letter before the tournament and one of congratulation after the victory of the Russian team.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Venues
Because of the weather conditions and the want to keep the ice at Trud good for the semifinals and the final, the Tuesday 2 February game (game 8) between Russia and Finland and the Wednesday 3 February game (game 12) between Russia and Sweden were moved from the outdoor Trud stadium to the indoor Volga-Sport-Arena.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division A
After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division A, Champions
The Russian squad winning the 2016 World Championship was set together of the following players.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Preliminary round, Group A
Note: Estonia fielded an ineligible player in 2 of their matches. Matches were awarded as 5-0 wins to their opponents, and Estonia were disqualified from the competition.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Preliminary round, Group B
Matches in Group B are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The matches were 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Knockout stage, 7–9th place group
The matches were 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The matches were 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Division B, Knockout stage, 5th place game
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Surrounding events
Ulyanovsk Oblast Governor Sergey Ivanovich Morozov has taken a special interest in promoting the cultural events surrounding the 2016 Bandy World Championship, since it takes place in Ulyanovsk. Many streets, enterprises and organizations were decorated with the symbols of the bandy championship.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Surrounding events
On January 23 the bright event "Stars of Sport" were held for inhabitants and visitors of the city, as a prelude to the opening ceremony of the world championship. It was held at the shopping center “Aquamall” in downtown Ulyanovsk and featured sports stars like Ilia Averbukh and Maxim Marinin.


2016 Bandy World Championship, Surrounding events
The formal opening ceremony was held on January 31, 2016.


2016 Bandy World Cup
The 2016 Bandy World Cup was the 44th annual Bandy World Cup and took place in Göransson Arena in Sandviken, Sweden, on 13-16 October 2016.


2016 Bandy World Cup, Teams
The teams invited to this year's cup were Sandvikens AIK, Bollnäs, Broberg, Edsbyn, Hammarby, Villa Lidköping, Vetlanda, IFK Vänersborg, and Västerås SK from Sweden, Baykal-Energiya, Yenisey, Dynamo Moscow, and SKA-Neftyanik from Russia, Akilles and Botnia-69 from Finland and Stabæk from Norway. After initial group stage games, the tournament ends with a knock-out stage.


2016 Bangabandhu Cup
The 2016 Bangabandhu Cup or 2016 Bangabandhu Gold Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Launched in 1996, it was the 4th time the tournament had been held. Eight teams from the Asian Football Confederation participated in this edition.


2016 Bangabandhu Cup, Format
In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams, playing a single round-robin, with the teams finishing first and second in each group qualifying to the semi-finals.


2016 Bangabandhu Cup, Venues
Fifteen matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Jessore: The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka,  and Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore.


2016 Bangabandhu Cup, Knockout stage, Final
This was the first win by Nepal in any tournament in 23 years. Striker Bimal Gharti Magar won the Man Of The Match for his goal and assist.


2016 Bangkok Glass F.C. season
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2016 Bangkok Glass F.C. season
The 2016 season is Bangkok Glass's 6th season in the Thai Premier League, on the name of Bangkok Glass.


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


2016 Bangkok Glass F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 14, 2015 to January 28, 2016Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2016 to June 30, 2016


2016 Bangkok United F.C. season
The 2016 season is Bangkok United's 6th season in the Thai Premier League on 2009–2010 and since 2013, on the name of Bangkok United. This is Bangkok United's name changing. 1988–2008 as Bangkok University Football Club (Bangkok University)2009–present as Bangkok United Football Club (Bangkok United)


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


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


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


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


2016 Bangladesh Championship League
The 2016 Bangladesh Championship League  was 5th season of the Bangladesh Championship League since its establishment. A total of 8 teams competed in the league. The league begun on 10 October 2016.


2016 Bangladesh Championship League
Uttar Baridhara SC were the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Championship League title the previous seasons.


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
1	Fakirapool YMC (15-16)	14	7	6	1	15 - 8	7	27


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
2	Saif Sporting Club (15-16)	14	6	8	0	19 - 10	9	26


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
3	Agrani Bank SC (15-16)	14	6	2	6	13 - 14	-1	20


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
4	Bangladesh Police Athletic Club (15-16)	14	4	6	4	11 - 9	2	18


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
5	T&T Club (15-16)	14	4	5	5	14 - 14	0	17


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
6	Victoria SC (15-16)	14	3	5	6	14 - 16	-2	14


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
7	Kawran Bazar (15-16)	14	2	8	4	7 - 12	-5	14


2016 Bangladesh Championship League, Standings
8	Chittagong Mohammedan (15-16)	14	2	4	8	13 - 23	-10	10


2016 Bangladesh Federation Cup
The 2016 Federation Cup also known as Walton Federation Cup due to the sponsorship from Walton was the 28th edition of the tournament. A total of 12 teams competed in this tournament. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club was the winner of previous edition of the tournament.


2016 Bangladesh Federation Cup
The tournament kicked off on 10 June 2016 with the match between Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited and Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.


2016 Bangladesh Federation Cup
Dhaka Abahani lifted the title of Federation Cup with a 1–0 victory over Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on 26 June 2016.


2016 Bangladesh Federation Cup, Group stage
The twelve participants were divided into four groups. The top two teams for each group qualified for the quarter finals.


2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League
The 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League (also known as JB Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League since establishment of the league in 2007. A total of 12 teams competed in the league. The league began on 24 July 2016.


2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League
Saif Global Sports are the right holder of BPL's ninth edition and they will accommodate the advertising, branding, TV transmission, radio, marketing rights of the Bangladesh Premier League 2015–16.


2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Premier League title the previous season.


2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League
BFF has agreed to provide a purse of Taka thirty lacs as appearance money to each of the 12 participant teams for their accommodation and transportation outside the capital.


2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League
A total of 24 matches out of 132 matches were to be played in Dhaka and rest of the matches played outside Dhaka.


2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final
The 2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Dhaka Dynamites and the Rajshahi Kings on 9 December 2016 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2016 Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. It ended as the Dynamites defeated the Kings by 56 runs.


2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final
The Dynamites, captained by Shakib Al Hasan, topped the group stage table, whereas the Kings, led by Darren Sammy, stood at the fourth position. Dynamites beat Khulna Titans in the Qualifier 1 and went to final. Kings defeated Chittagong Vikings and Khulna Titans respectively in Eliminator and Qualifier 2 of semi-finals and went to final. 2016 BPL Live broadcast on Channel9.


2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final
Winning the toss, Kings' captain Sammy elected to field first. The Dynamites scored 159 runs in 20 overs with a loss of 9 wickets. They made 23 runs in the opening partnership. Evin Lewis top scored for the Dynamites with 45 runs. Kings' bowler Farhad Reza took 3 wickets for 28 runs. The Kings failed to build a good opening partnership. After scoring 60, they started losing wickets and couldn't hold on. The Dynamites won the match and their 1st title by a wide margin of 56 runs. Kumar Sangakkara was named the man of the match. This is the 3rd title for a Dhaka franchise in BPL.


2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final
Khulna Titans' skipper Mahmudullah was made the player of the tournament since he scored the second most runs and defended less than 7 runs in the last over of the 2nd innings more than one instance.