2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
A total of seven races were added to the Challenge series in 2016. Four were added in April when the initial announcement was made: the Queen of the Turf (which replaced the Queen Elizabeth Stakes), the Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella, the Gran Premio Pamplona and the Flying Five Stakes. Three more races from Japan were added in June: the February Stakes, the Yasuda Kinen and the Sprinter Stakes.


2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
Forty-five entrants in the 2016 Breeders' Cup qualified via the Challenge series, which was particularly important in 2016 as seven of the Breeders' Cup races were oversubscribed. A maximum of 14 horses (12 in the Dirt Mile) are allowed to start in each race. Winners of the Challenge races were given automatic entries, while other pre-entries were ranked by a points system and the judgement of a panel of experts.


2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
Two Challenge series winners went on to win their respective division at the Breeders' Cup:


2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
A few Challenge series winners could not compete at the Breeders' Cup due to illness, injury or retirement. Exaggerator, who qualified for the Classic by winning the Haskell, was retired in October. Cavorting, who qualified for two Breeders' Cup races, developed some bone bruising and was also retired in October. The Gurkha, who qualified for the Mile by winning the Sussex Stakes, suffered a ruptured colon and was retired. In the Sprint, both Joking and Lord Nelson were scratched due to late injuries.


2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Winners
The winners of the 2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series races are shown below. The last column shows if the winner was subsequently entered in the corresponding Breeders' Cup race, and if so, whether they achieved a top three placing.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
The 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 33rd running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2016 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 5, 2016 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California with a purse of $6,000,000.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
California Chrome, who was the top-ranked Thoroughbred racehorse in the world, was the favorite for the race after an undefeated season. He led for most of the race but was caught near the finish line by Arrogate, a late developing three-year-old.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic
The Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m). It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
California Chrome (program #4) was the even money favorite on the morning line for the Classic after a perfect season of six wins from six starts, including the Dubai World Cup, Pacific Classic and Awesome Again Stakes. He was ranked number one on the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings and held the North American earnings record. California Chrome was also the 2014 Horse of the Year after  winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. His trainer Art Sherman said, "He's more mature, bigger, stronger, and you can see it in the way he's running. He's pretty well focused. He's kind of awesome to watch, to be honest with you."


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
Arrogate (p #10) was the second choice at 5-2 on the morning line, based on his record-setting win in the Travers Stakes in late August. The lightly raced three-year-old was trained by Bob Baffert, who won the Classic in 2014 with Bayern and in 2015 with American Pharoah. The Classic was only his second stakes race appearance.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
Frosted (p #2) was the third choice at 3-1 on the morning line. Beaten by California Chrome in the Dubai World Cup, Frosted rebounded with noteworthy wins in the Metropolitan Handicap and Whitney before being upset in the Woodward.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
Shaman Ghost, winner of the Brooklyn and Woodward, scratched the day before the race.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
In the stretch, California Chrome leads by 1 1⁄2 lengths


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
California Chrome broke well and was urged by jockey Victor Espinoza to the early lead. Arrogate broke poorly from the outside post position but quickly moved to the middle of the pack, then up to third. With a quarter of a mile remaining, Arrogate moved into second, trailing California Chrome by a length and a half. Espinoza looked back at the field then set California Chrome down for the stretch drive.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
Arrogate was also urged on by his jockey Mike Smith and started to draw clear of the remaining horses, but did not initially make up any ground on the leader. Entering the last sixteenth of a mile, California Chrome still led by about a length but Arrogate had hit his best stride and was gaining. Arrogate finally assumed the lead in the final strides and won by half a length. The time of 2:00.11 was very good on a fast track that was playing slower than normal, earning Arrogate a Beyer Speed Figure of 120.


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
It was trainer Bob Baffert's third consecutive victory in the Classic, one he doubted Arrogate could pull off turning into the stretch. "I thought there was no way. California Chrome is a great horse. I didn't think we could run him down", he said. "I thought he'd get second. I'm thinking, 'At least he showed up.' But then I saw Mike getting down on him, and that big stride of his. That was an incredible race by two incredible horses."


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
"That winner is the real McCoy", said Art Sherman, trainer of California Chrome. "I knew he was the one we had to beat, but I didn't know how good he was."


2016 Breeders' Cup Classic, Results
Times: 1⁄4 – 0:23.28;  1⁄2 – 0:47.15; 3⁄4 – 1:10.96; mile – 1:35.72;  final – 2:00.11. Fractional Splits: (:23.28) (:23.87) (:23.81) (:24.76) (:24.39)


2016 Breiðablik UBK season
The 2016 season is Breiðablik's 31st season in Úrvalsdeild and their 11th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season
Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club will compete in the Lengjubikarinn, Borgunarbikarinn and the 2016–17 Europa League first qualifying round.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season
Arnar Grétarsson's will head coach Breiðablik for the second season running after leading the team to 2nd in the league and bringing home the Icelandic league cup in his first season. He will be assisted by Kristófer Sigurgeirsson.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, First Team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, Pre-season, Fótbolti.net Cup
Breiðablik took part in the 2016 Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament. They came into the tournament as holding champions. The team played in Group 2 along with ÍBV, Stjarnan and Víkingur Ó.. Breiðablik finished third in the group with one win and two losses.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, Pre-season, Fótbolti.net Cup
Breiðablik played FH in the 5th place final. They lost the match 1–0.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, Lengjubikarinn
Breiðablik were drawn in Group 2 in the 2016 Lengjubikarinn along with KA, Fylkir, Selfoss, Víkingur Ó and Fjarðabyggð. Breiðablik finished second in the group behind Fylkir and advanced through to the semi-finals.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, Lengjubikarinn
Breiðablik lost to Valur in the quarter-finals 2–1. Guðmundur Atli scored Breiðablik's only goal in the game when he opened the scoring in the 16th minute.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, Borgunarbikarinn
Breiðablik came into the Icelandic Cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 3rd round. The team was drawn against KRÍA from Seltjarnarnes. Breiðablik won the game 3–0 after it being goalless at halftime.


2016 Breiðablik UBK season, Squad statistics, Appearances
Includes all competitive matches. Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances


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


2016 Brest Challenger
The 2016 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brest, France between 17 and 23 October 2016.


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


2016 Brest Challenger – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Brest Challenger – Doubles
Sander Arends and Mateusz Kowalczyk won the title after defeating Marco Chiudinelli and Luca Vanni 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [10–5] in the final.


2016 Brest Challenger – Singles
Ivan Dodig was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Brest Challenger – Singles
Norbert Gombos won the title after defeating Yannik Reuter 7–5, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France
The 2016 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France was the 80th edition of the former GP Ouest–France road bicycle race, now known as the Bretagne Classic. The race took place on 28 August 2016.


2016 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, Teams
The eighteen UCI World Tour teams are automatically entitled and obliged to start the race. The race organisation will still hand out a few wildcards to some UCI Professional Continental teams.


2016 Brickyard 400
The 2016 Brickyard 400, branded as Crown Royal presents the Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 24, 2016 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. As the 23rd running of the Brickyard 400, contested over 170 laps-- extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.


2016 Brickyard 400
Kyle Busch scored his second career victory at the Brickyard, the race had four lead changes among different drivers and eight cautions for 31 laps, and one red flag for seven minutes and 45 seconds.


2016 Brickyard 400
This is the first Brickyard 400 without Dale Earnhardt Jr. since the 1999 edition and the first Brickyard 400 without an Earnhardt in the starting lineup.


2016 Brickyard 400, Report, Background
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.


2016 Brickyard 400, Report, Background
Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.


2016 Brickyard 400, Report, Background
Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km), nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25-mile (0.40 km) turns, two 0.625-mile long (1.006 km) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125-mile (0.201 km) short straightaways – termed "short chutes" – between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.


2016 Brickyard 400, Report, Background, Entry list
The preliminary entry list for the race included 41 cars and was released on July 15, 2016 at 10:12 a.m. Eastern time. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was slated to run the race in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, but concussion symptoms forced him to sit out and be replaced by Jeff Gordon.


2016 Brickyard 400, Practice, First practice
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 48.864 and a speed of 184.185 mph (296.417 km/h).


2016 Brickyard 400, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.749 and a speed of 184.619 mph (297.115 km/h).


2016 Brickyard 400, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 48.745 and a speed of 184.634 mph (297.140 km/h). Busch said afterwards that the pole "means a lot to me and it means a lot to the guys on this team. To be able to sit on the pole here at Indy is something that I’ve always wanted to do. (Crew chief) Adam Stevens and the guys gave me a great piece this weekend.


2016 Brickyard 400, Qualifying
After qualifying third, Tony Stewart said he wished he "could do a lap ... one more time and not clip the apron in (Turn) 4; I think we could have been on the pole. What we learned today for qualifying, we are going to have to take some of that and try to make a car a little better for tomorrow."


2016 Brickyard 400, Qualifying
Making his first start since Homestead in November, Jeff Gordon – who qualified 21st subbing for Dale Earnhardt Jr. – said he was "much calmer than I was [Friday]. Usually, my heart is beating more for qualifying than it is for practice. But that wasn't the case [in practice]. I feel more relaxed and comfortable in the car."


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, First half
Under clear blue Indiana skies, Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 3:22 p.m. During the first lap, Tony Stewart used all of the real estate on the backstretch and made a power move under Denny Hamlin to take second. The first caution of the race flew on the fourth lap for Matt DiBenedetto blowing an engine on the frontstretch. He went on to finish 40th.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on the ninth lap. Busch just pulled away from the field during this run. By lap 19, he pulled to a five and a half second lead over teammate Denny Hamlin. During the run, Stewart began falling from second to eighth. Martin Truex Jr. kicked off a round of green flag stops on lap 25. More cars followed suit the next lap. Busch pitted from the lead on lap 28 and handed it to Brad Keselowski. Kevin Harvick made an unscheduled stop on lap 32 for what he believed to be a flat tire. It turned out that the tire wasn't flat. Keselowski and Joey Logano pitted on lap 42 and the lead cycled back to Busch.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, First half
The second caution of the race flew on lap 52 after Greg Biffle suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 1. Logano opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the race lead.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 59. Busch ran down Logano to retake the lead on lap 63. A number of cars began hitting pit road on lap 84. Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson were tagged for speeding on pit road and were forced to serve a pass through penalty. Busch pitted on lap 87 and handed the lead to Carl Edwards. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Busch.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Second half
A number of cars began hitting pit road on lap 112. The third caution of the race came out on lap 120 for David Ragan blowing a left-front tire and slamming the wall head-on in turn 2. Tony Stewart and Jamie McMurray were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail end of the field.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 33 laps to go. The fourth caution of the race flew with 30 laps to go for Regan Smith coming to a halt on the backstretch.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 26 laps to go. Debris in turn 1 brought out the fifth caution of the race with 10 laps to go. The top-five cars opted not to pit while the rest of the lead lap cars elected to hit pit road.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted with seven laps to go and the sixth caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck in turn 1. It started when Edwards got loose and slammed into the wall, collecting drivers like Ryan Newman and Keselowski. “It felt like I just got tight down there,” Edwards said. "I had a little trouble there on the starts and I got down there, we were fighting really hard for the bottom and it felt like I got tight with whoever was on the outside of me. If indeed that is what happened, I apologize, that’s pretty frustrating.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Second half
I don’t know if he came down or if I came up. It felt like I got in there and just scrubbed that right front. Hopefully a Toyota wins. I hate it for Stanley, Joe Gibbs Racing and everybody that was caught up in that wreck. It’s frustrating.” This brought out the red flag to ensue cleanup. The race resumed under caution shortly thereafter.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 159, with two laps to go in regulation. The seventh caution of the race flew half a lap later for a two-car wreck on the backstretch involving Trevor Bayne and Clint Bowyer.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Overtime, Attempt #1
The race restarted on lap 165 and the eighth caution of the race flew when Jamie McMurray slid down the access road in turn 1, coming back up onto the track and being hit by Ryan Newman.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Overtime, Attempt #2
The race restarted on lap 169. Kyle Busch was leading at the finish and scored his second career victory at the Brickyard.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Busch said afterwards that his "Toyota was awesome today, it was just so fast and able to get out front and stay out front. Not even some of my teammates could challenge. This was hooked up and on rails.” “The repeat-ability there was something I wasn’t looking forward to,” Busch added. “I certainly didn’t want one, let alone (four) of them. You never know what is going to happen on those restarts.


2016 Brickyard 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
There’s a lot of gamesmanship that kind of gets played, and there was a little bit of back and forth a little bit with the guys in the different grooves. I think I had Kenseth to my outside. I had Truex to my outside. I think I had Carl to my outside and then Joey Logano to my outside, so there were a lot of different characters that we had to deal with on the restarts. But I always felt like I could hit my marks and set sail each time.”


2016 Brickyard 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2016 Brickyard 400, Media, Radio
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produced the radio broadcast for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters were PRN staff, while the turns and two pit reporters were from IMS.


2016 Brisbane Broncos season
The 2016 Brisbane Broncos season is the 29th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Corey Parker, they compete in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. Prior to the start of the Premiership season, the Broncos competed in the 2016 Auckland Nines, finishing last in their pool. During the mid-season 2016 State of Origin series six Broncos players were selected for Queensland.


2016 Brisbane Broncos season, Ladder
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.


2016 Brisbane Broncos season, Fixtures, Pre-season, NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2016 competition wias played over two days on 6 and 7 February at Eden Park. The Broncos featured in the Hunua pool and played the Warriors, Bulldogs and Sea Eagles.


2016 Brisbane Broncos season, Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2016.


2016 Brisbane City Council election
Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 19 March 2016 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.


2016 Brisbane City Council election
The election resulted in the comprehensive re-election of the Liberal National Party under Graham Quirk as Lord Mayor. The Liberal National's increased their representation by one ward to a total of 19 of 26. The lord mayoral result of 59.3% of the two-party-preferred vote was slightly reduced for Quirk from the result of the previous election. The main opposition party, the Labor Party was reduced to just 5 wards; its worst result in over a decade. The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election.


2016 Brisbane International
The 2016 Brisbane International was a tournament of the 2016 ATP World Tour and 2016 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 3 to 10 January 2016 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.


2016 Brisbane International, Points and prize money, Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team


2016 Brisbane International, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Brisbane International, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2016 Brisbane International, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Brisbane International, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Brisbane International, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Brisbane International, Broadcast
Selected matches aired in Australia on 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions. Every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.


2016 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray and John Peers were the defending champions, but Murray chose to compete in Doha instead. Peers played alongside Henri Kontinen and successfully defended his title, defeating James Duckworth and Chris Guccione in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.


2016 Brisbane International – Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Milos Raonic, 4–6, 4–6.


2016 Brisbane International – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Brisbane International – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki were the defending champions, but Lisicki chose to participate in the Hopman Cup instead. Hingis played alongside Sania Mirza and successfully defended her title, defeating Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2016 Brisbane International – Women's Singles
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but withdrew before her first match due to a wrist injury.


2016 Brisbane International – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka won her first title in almost 3 years, beating Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2016 Brisbane International – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Brisbane Lions season
The Brisbane Lions' 2016 season was its 20th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club won only 3 matches during the season, finishing second from bottom.


2016 Bristol City Council election
The 2016 Bristol City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. Following a boundary review, the number of wards in the City was reduced to 34, with each electing one, two or three Councillors. The overall number of Councillors remained 70, with all seats up for election at the same time. Elections would then be held every 4 years.


2016 Bristol City Council election
The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats contested all 70 seats. The Green Party stood 59 candidates, TUSC 18, UKIP 10 and the Wessex Regionalists 1. There were also 8 Independent candidates.


2016 Bristol City Council election
Voters in the city were also voting in the 2016 Bristol Mayoral Election and the election for Avon and Somerset's Police and Crime Commissioner. Turnout across the city was high, with many wards recording over 50% turnout, and none recording less than 25%. Labour won a number of new seats and gained overall control of the Council, whilst all other parties lost seats. UKIP lost their only Councillor.


2016 Bristol City Council election
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2016 Bristol City Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2016 Bristol City Council election, Council Composition
Lib Dem - Liberal DemocratsU - UK Independence Party (UKIP)


2016 Bristol City Council election, Ward results, Clifton Down
*On 22 April 2016, it was announced that Satnam Singh had been suspended from the Labour Party for failing to disclose prior convictions for selling illegal tobacco and drugs. As the nominations process had already been completed, it was too late for Labour to nominate a new candidate or withdraw Mr Singh from the ballot.


2016 Brit Awards
The 2016 Brit Awards were held on 24 February 2016 and was the 36th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London and were presented by Ant & Dec. Award nominations were revealed on 14 January 2016. British fashion designer Pam Hogg has designed the trophies for this year's ceremony, styling the BRIT statue.


2016 Brit Awards
The ceremony included a tribute to late British music icon David Bowie featuring an introduction by Annie Lennox, a tribute speech by Gary Oldman and a performance by Lorde backed by Bowie's long-time backing group.


2016 Brit Awards, Performances, The Brits Are Coming: Nominations Launch Party
Laura Whitmore hosted the launch at the ITV Studios in London on Thursday 14 January.


2016 Brit Awards, Winners and nominees
1 Liam Payne and  Louis Tomlinson accept this award for British Video of the Year.


2016 Brit Awards, Brit Awards 2016 album
The Brit Awards 2016 is a compilation and box set which includes the "62 biggest tracks from the past year". The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-two songs by various artists.


2016 Britcar Endurance Championship
The 2016 Dunlop Endurance Championship is a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars, sportscars and Production cars held across England. Cars compete in five classes with a car's class decided on horsepower, momentum, equipment, etc. It is the 14th season of a Britcar championship, the 5th run as the Britcar Endurance Championship and the 1st run as the Dunlop Britcar Endurance Championship. The championship began on 26 March at Silverstone and ended on 13 November at Brands Hatch.


2016 Britcar Endurance Championship, Calendar
The 2016 calendar was announced on 5 January 2016. Each race would consist of one mandatory pit stop and a driver change.


2016 Britcar Endurance Championship, Teams and drivers
Cars are assigned classed based on speed, horsepower, momentum, equipment fitted to the car and the car's model;Class 1: GT3, prototype carsClass 2: Cup (one-make series) carsClass 3: Cup (one-make series) and GT4 carsClass 4: GT4, cup and touring carsClass 5: Production cars


2016 British Academy Scotland Awards
The 26th British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 6 November 2016 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2016. Presented by BAFTA Scotland, accolades were handed out for the best in feature-length film that were screened at British cinemas during 2016. The nominees were announced on 6 October 2016. The ceremony was hosted by Edith Bowman.


2016 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards
The 2016 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards took place on 14 April 2016 at the Drygate Brewery. Presented by BAFTA Scotland, the accolades honour the best upcoming talent in the field of film and television in Scotland. The nominees were announced on 15 March 2016. The ceremony was hosted by Muriel Gray. British director Danny Boyle made a surprise guest appearance at the event to present the accolade for Best New Work.


2016 British Academy Television Awards
The 2016 British Academy Television Awards were held on 8 May 2016.


2016 British Academy Television Awards
The nominations were announced on 30 March, with Wolf Hall nominated for four awards.


2016 British Academy Television Craft Awards
The 17th Annual British Academy Television Craft Awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on 24 April 2016, with Stephen Mangan hosting the event for the fourth year in a row. The awards were held at The Brewery, City of London, and given in recognition of technical achievements in British television of 2015.


2016 British Academy Television Craft Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below.


2016 British Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 British Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held on 8–10 April 2016 at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside.


2016 British Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Background
The 2016 event marked the sixth time the championships were held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, and an indoor arena for that matter.


2016 British Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Television coverage
On 29 January 2016 British Gymnastics announced that the BBC would air the final day of competition.


2016 British Athletics Championships
The 2016 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, from 24–26 June 2016. The event was organised by UK Athletics. A full range of outdoor events were held.


2016 British Athletics Championships
The championships  served as the main qualification event for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the 2016 Summer Olympics for all events except combined events, marathons, race walks and the 10,000 metres. In addition, shorter track walking events were held during the British Championships that did not involve qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 British Athletics Championships, Medal summary, Men
Key:≠ Qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics at trials≠ Selected other than from trials.


2016 British Athletics Championships, Other Olympic trials
A number of qualification trials were held at other meetings to earn a place for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in addition to a small number of preselected athletes:


2016 British Athletics Championships, Other Olympic trials
Key:≠ Qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics at trials≠ Selected other than from trials.


2016 British Baseball season
The 2016 season was the 87th season of competitive baseball in the United Kingdom.


2016 British Baseball season
The season began on 3 April 2016 with the opening game of the National Baseball League with all other British Baseball Federation leagues set to begin on 10 April 2016.


2016 British Baseball season, BBF Affiliated Leagues, National Baseball League, National Baseball Championship
All results are up to date through the end of the season


2016 British Baseball season, BBF Affiliated Leagues, AAA
All results are up to date through the end of the season


2016 British Baseball season, BBF Affiliated Leagues, AA
All results are up to date through the end of the season


2016 British Baseball season, BBF Affiliated Leagues, A
All results are up to date as of 18 April 2016


2016 British Baseball season, BBF Affiliated Leagues, Northern Conference
All results are up to date as of 18 April 2016


2016 British Baseball season, Non-BBF Affiliated Leagues, South West Baseball League
All results are up to date through the end of the season


2016 British Baseball season, Non-BBF Affiliated Leagues, Baseball Scotland League
All results are up to date as of 27 April 2016


2016 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2016 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of British Columbia, was held from January 19 to 24 at Coquitlam Curling Club in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The winning Karla Thompson team represented British Columbia at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alberta


2016 British Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 British Figure Skating Championships were held from 1–6 December, 2015 in Sheffield. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were among the criteria used to determine international assignments.


2016 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
The 2016 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Boston, USA from 28 March–3 April 2016.


2016 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
The 2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary from 14 to 20 March 2016.


2016 British GT Championship
The 2016 British GT Championship was the 24th British GT Championship. The season began on 17 April at Brands Hatch and finished on 11 September at Donington Park, after nine rounds held over seven meetings. After using Avon Tyres since 2006, the championship switched to Pirelli tyres this season, in order to mirror that of other GT3 and GT4 categories promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation.


2016 British GT Championship, Race calendar
The 2016 calendar was announced on 27 October 2015. Brands Hatch hosted the opening round after being held at Oulton Park every year since 2005, which moves to May. All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.


2016 British Grand Prix
The 2016 British Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. This race was the seventy-first running of the British Grand Prix, the first having been held in 1926, and was the tenth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and the fiftieth time that the race was held at the Silverstone Circuit since the Formula One series inception in 1950.


2016 British Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with an eleven-point lead over teammate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship. Mercedes held a 103-points advantage over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship. During Saturday's qualifying session, Hamilton achieved the 55th pole position of his career to start from the front of the grid, ahead of Rosberg and Max Verstappen.


2016 British Grand Prix
The race began behind the safety car due to rain shortly before the start. Hamilton was able to convert his pole position into a third straight victory at the British Grand Prix, leading home Rosberg and Verstappen in changing conditions. Rosberg came under investigation by the race stewards after he received detailed instructions by his team how to work around a gearbox problem in the closing laps of the race, a practice forbidden under Formula One regulations. He was later handed a ten-second time penalty, demoting him to third place. The result saw Rosberg's championship lead reduced to just a single point over Hamilton.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the weekend, Nico Rosberg was leading the Drivers' Championship with 153 points, eleven ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen were third and fourth respectively, with 96 points each, ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo with 88. In the Constructors' Championship standings, Mercedes was in front with 295 points, 103 ahead of Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing following in third with 168 points.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following the collision between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg on the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix, the second major collision between the two in five races, Mercedes introduced a new driver management policy, dictating the terms by which Hamilton and Rosberg could race one another and promising penalties in the event of further on-track altercations.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the hard, medium and soft compounds of tyre—the three hardest compounds available—for the race. Just as the year before, the race stewards warned drivers about exceeding the track limits around the circuit, stressing that lap times during qualifying would be disallowed should drivers not stay within the lines indicating the track borders.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
The second mid-season test of the year was scheduled to be held at the circuit following the race. Santino Ferrucci and Nikita Mazepin made their first appearances for Haas and Force India respectively, while Pierre Gasly drove for Red Bull Racing and Charles Leclerc for Ferrari. After missing the first test in Spain, Sauber once again skipped the post-race test. The reason behind this decision was stated as to "consider cost effectiveness", as the team did not have any new components to introduce.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Background
Sauber did however introduce their first updates of the season to their car during free practice at the event, with Marcus Ericsson doing a trial run with a new rear wing. Further aerodynamic updates that the team had announced the week before did not arrive in time for Silverstone. Sauber did however receive the benefit of Ferrari's updated version of their power unit, used by the works team since the Canadian Grand Prix. Haas was able to use the upgraded units as well. McLaren used an updated version of their Honda power unit as well, with two tokens – changes allowed to the units – applied to the combustion engine.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2016 season, two 90-minute practice sessions were held on Friday and another 60-minute session was held before qualifying on Saturday. Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first practice session on Friday morning, setting a time of 1:31.654, less than a tenth of a second ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg. After setting their fast times, the Mercedes drivers went on to complete long stints to test race performance on the harder tyre compounds. Nico Hülkenberg and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth were the only drivers to set a time within one second of the Mercedes.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Charles Leclerc had his first practice outing with Haas, taking over the car usually run by Esteban Gutiérrez. He was a tenth of a second faster than the other test driver, Esteban Ocon, who took over Kevin Magnussen's Renault RS16. Vettel did a test with an updated version of Ferrari's "halo"-system designed to improve the protection of the driver's head inside the cockpit. He described the device as "not great", lamenting that it had "quite a bit of impact on visibility".


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Hamilton was again fastest in the second practice on Friday afternoon, while Rosberg was unable to partake due to a water leak on his car. Hamilton's time of 1:31.660 was over three-tenths of a second faster than that of second places Daniel Ricciardo. Fellow Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was third, ahead of Vettel, all within one second of the fastest time. Ferrari split their practice strategy, with Kimi Räikkönen running the hard-compound tyre early in the session, while Vettel used the softer medium compound, before both switched to the soft tyres.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
At their home race, McLaren had a mixed session. While Fernando Alonso placed a good sixth, teammate Jenson Button had to take to the garage for repairs twice, before coming out on track again late in the session, eventually setting the ninth fastest time. Daniil Kvyat was 13th fastest, but damaged his front wing when he went over a kerb at Club corner.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Lewis Hamilton made it a clean sweep of fastest times in practice on Saturday morning, setting a time of 1:30.904, again less than a tenth of a second ahead of Rosberg. The session started in wet conditions following a rain shower thirty minutes before it commenced. It was interrupted with 22 minutes to go, after Marcus Ericsson crashed heavily at the exit of Stowe corner. With the car cleared from the track, lengthy repair work at the barriers followed, leaving just five minutes of running when practice was restarted. The drivers then set their fastest times of the session.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Again, it were the Red Bull drivers closest to the Mercedes, with Ricciardo ahead of Verstappen in third, both about half a second off Hamilton's time. Ericsson was sent to hospital for tests following his accident and received a five-place grid penalty since his gearbox had to be changed. Vettel received the same penalty after his gearbox failed towards the end of the third practice session.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying consisted of three parts, 18, 15 and 12 minutes in length respectively, with six drivers eliminated from competing after each of the first two sessions. Following his crash, Ericsson did not take part in qualifying and was therefore automatically eliminated, leaving five drivers in danger of not going through into the second session. In the first part of qualifying (Q1), several drivers were investigated for exceeding track limits emerged. Jenson Button ended the session 17th due to a damaged rear wing, a disappointment after having started third a week before in Austria. Also eliminated were the other Sauber driver Felipe Nasr, both Manor cars and Jolyon Palmer.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Q2, seven-tenths of a second ahead of Rosberg. Kimi Räikkönen was in danger of being eliminated for the majority of the session, as he spun while preparing for his first timed lap and then ran wide over the track limits on his second attempt, but managed to proceed into Q3 with his third fast lap. He initially demoted Fernando Alonso outside the top ten with his time, but the McLaren driver hit back with a time sufficient to move on. This left Magnussen, Daniil Kvyat, Gutiérrez, Romain Grosjean, Felipe Massa, and Sergio Pérez on the sidelines for Q3.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
On his first timed run in Q3, Hamilton failed to improve on his lap time from Q2, but was still well ahead of his teammate. However, his time was disallowed for not respecting track limits, meaning that he had to set another fast lap. Even though he slowed down in the middle sector of the lap to avoid making the same mistake again, he recorded a time just short of his earlier effort to achieve the 55th pole position of his career.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Verstappen slotted into third on the grid, almost a second down on Hamilton, with his teammate Ricciardo next to him in fourth. The Red Bull pair was followed by the Ferrari cars of Räikkönen and Vettel, though Vettel's grid penalty meant that he would start 11th. Carlos Sainz Jr. was eighth on the grid ahead of Hülkenberg and Alonso. Both had originally set times faster than Sainz's, but those were disallowed due to them exceeding the track limits. Following qualifying, the paddock was split in its opinion over the strict interpretation of the track limit rules.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Hamilton and Hülkenberg, who both fell victim to erased lap times, supported the stewards' decision, as did Jenson Button. However, Jolyon Palmer was angered by what he called "a mess" and "rubbish for the fans", saying that having times changed after the end of the session, as it happened in Hülkenberg's case, was "confusing for fans and less enjoyable".


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Due to rain shortly before the start of the race, it commenced behind the safety car, with every car equipped with full wet tyres. The safety car came back into the pitlane at the end of lap five and racing began properly. While the top four drivers stayed out, several behind chose to make a pitstop for intermediate tyres. Just one lap later, Pascal Wehrlein became the first casualty of the still damp track, sliding off the track and getting stuck in the gravel, leading to a brief virtual safety car period.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
During this time, both Hamilton and Rosberg changed tyres. The biggest winner of the first few laps was Sergio Pérez, who had worked up his way from tenth on the grid to fourth, ahead of Ricciardo. Meanwhile, at the front, Hamilton had established a five-second advantage over Rosberg, who soon came under attack by Verstappen, who was running well on the intermediate tyres. Bottas came into a spin on lap 11, losing positions and dropping back to 13th place. On lap 16, Sebastian Vettel was the first driver to make the switch to slick tyres, while Verstappen moved ahead of Rosberg into second position.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Lap 18 saw more drivers making the change to slick tyres, including Räikkönen and Palmer, but the latter was let go from his pitbox before one of the tyres was properly fitted, costing him time and handing him a ten-second stop-and-go penalty. Both Mercedes drivers and Verstappen made their second pitstops by lap 20, with the order remaining the same. On lap 21, Ricciardo moved ahead of Pérez into fourth position. A mistake by Räikkönen two laps later saw him lose sixth place to Sainz.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Fernando Alonso spun on lap 25, but was able to continue, unlike Rio Haryanto, who retired following a spin one lap later. Hamilton retained the lead, but not without problems, as he also had a short excursion off the track, which was mirrored by Verstappen behind him. As a result, the top three moved closer together. Vettel was still running at the back end of the point-scoring positions, overtaking Kvyat for ninth on lap 29.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
Nico Rosberg started to close on Verstappen for second place, starting overtaking attempts on lap 33 and finally succeeding on lap 38. Meanwhile, Vettel was judged to have forced Felipe Massa off the track when he overtook him for eighth place, handing him a five-second time penalty. On lap 40, Jolyon Palmer retired in the pitlane. While Rosberg initially closed in on Hamilton, the latter started to improve his lap times towards the end of the race. As Räikkönen got back into fifth at the expense of Pérez, Rosberg reported problems with his gearbox on the team radio.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Race
His team told him to avoid using seventh gear, following which Rosberg was able to consolidate his slim lead over Verstappen, which had initially come down due to his problem. Hamilton was unaffected by this and crossed the line to take victory, 6.9 seconds ahead of Rosberg. He was the first driver to win the British Grand Prix three times in a row and also became the record winner at the Silverstone circuit, with four victories. It was the 47th victory of his career.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
On the podium, Nico Rosberg was booed by the home crowd, mirroring a similar incident towards Hamilton at the previous race in Austria. Hamilton later told the press that he encouraged his fans not to act in such a way towards his teammate, saying: "I honestly think us as Brits, the British fans, I think we're better than that." During the interviews at the podium ceremony, conducted by former Formula One driver Mark Webber, Hamilton had expressed his delight at the fact that the weather had made the race more difficult.


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Rosberg spoke of "an exciting race" against Verstappen and highlighted his "very critical problem" with his gearbox, but stressed that he felt confident that the instructions he received from his team to fix it were within the rules. However, the stewards – led by former driver Nigel Mansell – did not share his view and applied a ten-second time penalty for what they felt were instructions not compliant with the sporting regulations, demoting Rosberg to third place. The rules on instructions from the team to the driver had been tightened before the first race of the season, specifying that "the driver shall drive the car alone and unaided".


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Ferrari team was unhappy with its performance over the weekend, with Vettel summing up: "Overall it was not our day, not quick enough simple as that." He also expressed his irritation at receiving a five-second time penalty and two penalty points on his FIA Super Licence for an overtaking manoeuvre on Massa. Kimi Räikkönen on the other had declared that Ferrari's poor showing would prove to be a one-time incident, saying: "I'm sure in the next races will be much more normal for us."


2016 British Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
As a result of the race, Rosberg's lead in the Drivers' Championship over Hamilton was reduced to a single point (168 to 167 points), with Räikkönen following in third with 106 points. Sebastian Vettel fell back to fifth with 98 points, two points behind Daniel Ricciardo. In the Constructors' standings, Mercedes extended its lead over Ferrari to 131 points, while Red Bull closed in on Ferrari and was only six points behind.


2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships was an indoor track and field competition held from 27–28 February 2016 at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, England. A full range of indoor events were held. It served as qualification for the British team at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.


2016 British Indoor Athletics Championships
Championship records were set in both the men's and women's 3000 metres race walk, with Tom Bosworth setting the men's time of 10:58.21 minutes and Bethan Davies claiming the women's mark in 12:44.99 minutes.


2016 British LMP3 Cup
The 2016 Prototype Cup (later renamed the LMP3 Cup Championship) was the inaugural event for the British LMP3 Cup. The series debuted at Snetterton Circuit on 8/9 October 2016, with a single race to launch the championship, which was won by Tockwith Motorsport's Phil Hanson and Nigel Moore.


2016 British LMP3 Cup, Report, Qualifying
Phil Hanson and Nigel Moore set the early pace in qualifying, setting a quick lap around three seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Christian England and Colin Noble followed up for Team West-Tec, 0.8s behind, with Shaun Lynn third for United Autosports.


2016 British LMP3 Cup, Report, Race
After a brief delay to allow light rain to clear the circuit, Phil Hanson led from pole, from Christian England, who switched to the sister Team West-Tec car after problems with the one he and Noble qualified. The lead two cars would remain unchallenged through the race, even after the pit stops, with Jay Palmer and Wayne Boyd's United Autosports Ligier coming home in third.


2016 British Rally Championship
The 2016 MSA British Rally Championship was the 57th season of the British Rally Championship after a one-year absence.


2016 British Rally Championship
For the first time since 2011, the BRC had four-wheel drive classes.


2016 British Rally Championship, Drivers championship standings
Points will be awarded in each class as follows: 25, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. Competitors may nominate one event as their 'joker', on which they will score additional points. The final round of the championship was a double-header for points as the rally was split into two point scoring rounds. Competitors six best scores will count towards their championship total, including the final round.


2016 British Rowing Junior Championships
The 2016 British Rowing Junior Championships were the 45th edition of the National Junior Championships, held from 15–17 July 2016 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British junior rowers.


2016 British Rowing Senior Championships
The 2016 British Rowing Senior Championships were the 45th edition of the National Senior Championships, held from 22–23 October 2016 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.


2016 British Speedway Championship
The 2016 British Speedway Championship is the 56th edition of the British Speedway Championship. Tai Woffinden was the three-time defending champion having won the title in 2013, 2014 and 2015, however decided against competing in the 2016 event. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Seven riders qualified from each semi-final and were joined by two nominated wildcards in the decider. The final took place at the National Speedway Stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester on 13 June 2016, and was won by Danny King, his first title. He beat Craig Cook, who finished second for the third straight year, Robert Lambert and Steve Worrall in the final.


2016 British Speedway Championship, Results, The Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2016 British Superbike Championship
The 2016 British Superbike Championship season was the 29th British Superbike Championship season. It began at Silverstone on 8 April and ended at the Brands Hatch GP circuit on 16 October. Josh Brookes, and his team Milwaukee Yamaha, were the previous champions but neither defended their titles and instead competed in World Superbikes.


2016 British Touring Car Championship
The 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2016 season was the 59th British Touring Car Championship season and the sixth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.


2016 British Touring Car Championship, Race calendar
The provisional calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 27 July 2015, with no major changes from previous seasons.


2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 4 September 2016.


2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix, MotoGP race report
Maverick Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since the 2014 Malaysian Moto2 round. This race marked Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.


2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, MotoGP
The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to an accident involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaró; for the subsequent restart, the race distance was shortened from 20 to 19 laps.


2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.


2016 Brno central station referendum
Brno central station referendum, 2016, is a municipal referendum on the location of Brno main railway station, in Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic and the way of its future modernisation. Citizens will vote on whether to retain the station at its current location and modernise it, or replace it with a new station at another location. The result of the referendum binds only local government. Nevertheless, it also indirectly affects government organs in the Czech Republic  through the already existing system of contractual obligations. The date of referendum is set on 7 and 8 October 2016, the same day as regional elections.


2016 Brno central station referendum, Background
Brno Main Railway Station, located directly in the Brno city centre (on the former fortification wall circuit) has been in service since 1838. As time went by, the symmetric and harmonized tram network adjacent to the railway station was developed. The tram network grew along with the city for 157 years. Today, the main railway station borders closely with tram nodes with seven tram lines. Each of them is in half of its route, so there are 14 routes of the tram network. (they are distributed to the structure of city with 8 tracks).


2016 Brno central station referendum, Background
Then there are 2 lines of trolleybuses and 8 lines of buses. There is also a terminal of long distance buses in the distance of 150 metres (490 ft) from the railway station. The majority of the most important city destinations are within comfortable walking distance. About 11,000 inhabitants live within 1,300 metres (4,300 ft). In the last 20 years, projects have been moving the railway station 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) out of the city centre.


2016 Brno central station referendum, History
Ninety years ago the idea of changing the main railway station's location appeared as a reaction of the annual increase of traffic (1923-1924 = + 26%). Since then this idea has weakening alternately, disappeared or reappeared in different circumstances. However, it repeatedly ran into a strong and resolute opposition of experts and the public.


2016 Brno central station referendum, History
The first local referendum on this question was held in 2004. Local authorities set the date of referendum on 9 October, which means one week before the European parliament elections.¨


2016 Brno central station referendum, History
The idea of repeating the referendum on the same topic appeared in the beginning of 2013 after the first successful local referendum in city of Pilsen, the same day as Presidential elections. It was motivated by the change of legislation of the code of local referendum, which was in the quorum – 35% instead of the previous 50% turnout is now necessary to make a referendum binding for a local authority.


2016 Brno central station referendum, Legislation
No legislation on a national referendum has been passed so far. There are just two types of local referendum in the Czech law – municipal referendum and regional referendum. Each type is regulated with a different code. In the case of Brno, the Local Referendum Code is relevant.


2016 Brno central station referendum, Judgements
On 1 August 2014 the Referendum initiative committee submitted the "Proposal on the holding of a referendum on the Main railway station location" to Brno municipal authority and with 1,531 referendum petition forms containing 21,101 signatures of eligible voters. Fifteen days later, the authority claimed that 5,251 signatures were incorrect (i.e. invalid). The initiative committee considered this statement dubious, arbitrary and obstructive from the side of the public authority. (Standard error rate during signature gathering is around 3%). Therefore, they brought up an action against the authority to the administrative court. After two weeks they submitted another 5,813 signatures.


2016 Brno central station referendum, Judgements
Eventually on 17 October 2014, after two individual judgements, a court passed the judgement 65A 8/2014 - 74  There, the court recognized, on the basis of its own proving, that the number of signatures was already sufficient by 1 September 2014. Thus the referendum should have been declared simultaneously with the municipal elections in October 2014.


2016 Brno central station referendum, Final decision
After this judgement the proponents proposed that the referendum should be held simultaneously with the next regional elections in October 2016. (PB is authorised to it). The newly elected city representation accepted this proposal on its first gathering on 25 November 2014. The referendum which was originally intended for municipal elections 2014 was postponed to 2016, because the referendum which is held simultaneously with elections has a much bigger chance of achieving sufficient turnout.


2016 Brown Bears football team
The 2016 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Phil Estes and played their home games at Brown Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 4–6, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place.


2016 Brownlow Medal
The 2016 Brownlow Medal was the 89th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Patrick Dangerfield of the Geelong Football Club won the medal by polling thirty-five votes during the 2016 AFL season, at the time the most by any player under the 3-2-1 voting system, beating the previous record of 34 votes set by Dane Swan in 2011.


2016 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.


2016 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure
The three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes, and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and they are read and tallied on the evening.


2016 Brownlow Medal, Voting procedure
A change was made in 2015 to the rules under which players could become ineligible for the Brownlow Medal. Under previous rules, players were ineligible if found guilty at the AFL Tribunal of an offence with a base penalty equal to or greater than a one-match suspension, even if the player then avoided suspension by taking an early guilty plea after the Match Review Panel's findings. Under the rules:


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


2016 Brunei Super League
The 2016 Brunei Super League (also known as the DST Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th season of the Brunei Super League, the top Bruneian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012. The season began on 12 March 2016 and concluded on 30 September 2016.


2016 Brunei Super League
MS ABDB came into the season as defending champions of the 2015 season. Kota Ranger and Kasuka entered as the two promoted teams from the Premier League. NFABD concluded the league after only one round, which meant that MS ABDB retained the title with seven wins out of nine.


2016 Brunei Super League, Teams
A total of 10 teams participated in the 2016 Super League season, eight from the previous season and two promoted teams. Kota Ranger were promoted as champions of the country's second tier while Kasuka were also promoted, that's despite finishing outside the top two places in third but as Tabuan Muda B (Brunei U18s) finished second and are ineligible for promotion, it was awarded to Kasuka instead. Kota Ranger and Kasuka replaced IKLS and Kilanas who were relegated in 2015.


2016 Brussels bombings
The 2016 Brussels bombings was a coordinated terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium, carried out by the Islamic State, on 22 March 2016. Three coordinated suicide bombings occurred: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station on the Brussels metro. Thirty-two civilians and three perpetrators were killed, and more than 300 people were injured. Another bomb was found during a search of the airport. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the attacks.


2016 Brussels bombings
The perpetrators belonged to a terrorist cell which had been involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks. The Brussels bombings happened shortly after a series of police raids targeting the group. The bombings were the deadliest attack on Belgium since World War II. The Belgian government declared three days of national mourning.


2016 Brussels bombings, Background
Belgium was a participant in the military intervention against ISIL, during the Iraqi Civil War. On 5 October 2014, a Belgian F-16 dropped its first bomb on an ISIL target, east of Baghdad. On 12 November 2015, Iraq warned members of the coalition that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL, had ordered retaliatory attacks on countries involved in the coalition against ISIL.


2016 Brussels bombings, Background
Belgium had more nationals fighting for jihadist forces as a proportion of its population than any other Western European country, with an estimated 440 Belgians having left for Syria and Iraq as of January 2015. The Guardian cited estimates suggesting that Belgium had supplied the highest per capita number of fighters to Syria of any European nation, with 350 to 550 fighters, out of a total population of 11 million that includes fewer than 500,000 Muslims.


2016 Brussels bombings, Background
Some reports have claimed Belgium's weak security apparatus and competing intelligence agencies made it a hub of jihadist-recruiting and terrorist activity, while others assert that Belgium faces the same problems as many European countries in this regard. According to Kenneth Lasoen, security expert at Ghent University, the attacks happened more as a result of policy failure rather than intelligence failure.


2016 Brussels bombings, Background, Terrorist cells in Brussels
Before the bombings, several Islamist terrorist attacks had originated from Belgium, and a number of counter-terrorist operations had been carried out there. Between 2014 and 2015, the number of wiretapping and surveillance operations directed at suspected terrorists by Belgian intelligence almost doubled. In May 2014, a gunman with ties to the Syrian Civil War attacked the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people. In January 2015, anti-terrorist operations against a group thought to be planning a second Charlie Hebdo shooting had included raids in Brussels and Zaventem. The operation resulted in the deaths of two suspects. In August 2015, a suspected terrorist shot and stabbed passengers aboard a high-speed train on its way from Amsterdam to Paris via Brussels, before he was subdued by passengers.


2016 Brussels bombings, Background, Terrorist cells in Brussels
The perpetrators involved in the November 2015 attacks in Paris were based in Molenbeek, and Brussels was locked down for five days to allow the police to search for suspects with the military standing guard. On 18 March 2016, 4 days before the bombings, Salah Abdeslam, a suspected accomplice in those attacks, was captured after two anti-terrorist raids in Molenbeek that killed another suspect and injured two others. At least one other suspect remains at large.


2016 Brussels bombings, Background, Terrorist cells in Brussels
During interrogation, Abdeslam was presented with photographs of the Bakraoui siblings, who would later be suspected of committing the attacks in Brussels three days later. Belgian investigators believe that Abdeslam's arrest may have hastened the Brussels bombings. According to the Belgian Interior Minister, Jan Jambon, who spoke after the bombings, authorities knew of preparations for an extremist act in Europe, but they underestimated the scale of the attack.


2016 Brussels bombings, Attacks
There were three coordinated attacks: two nail bombings at Brussels Airport, and one bombing at Maalbeek metro station.


2016 Brussels bombings, Attacks, Brussels Airport
Two suicide bombers, carrying explosives in large suitcases, attacked a departure hall at Brussels Airport in Zaventem. The first explosion occurred at 07:58 in check-in row 11; the second explosion occurred about nine seconds later in check-in row 2. The suicide bombers were visible in CCTV footage. Some witnesses said that before the first explosion occurred, shots were fired and there were yells in Arabic. However, authorities have stated afterwards that no shots were fired.


2016 Brussels bombings, Attacks, Brussels Airport
A third suicide bomber was prevented from detonating his own bomb by the force of a previous explosion. The third bomb was found in a search of the airport and was later destroyed by a controlled explosion. Belgium's federal prosecutor confirmed that the suicide bombers had detonated nail bombs.


2016 Brussels bombings, Attacks, Maalbeek metro station
Another explosion took place just over an hour later in the middle carriage of a three-carriage train at Maalbeek metro station, located near the European Commission headquarters in the centre of Brussels, 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Brussels Airport. The explosion occurred at 09:11 CET.


2016 Brussels bombings, Attacks, Maalbeek metro station
The train was travelling on line 5 towards the city centre, and was pulling out of Maalbeek station when the bomb exploded. The driver immediately stopped the train and helped to evacuate the passengers. The Brussels Metro was subsequently shut down at 09:27.


2016 Brussels bombings, Victims
In the bombings, 35 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed and over 300 others were injured, 62 critically. Including the attackers, seventeen bodies were recovered at Brussels Airport and fourteen at the metro station. Four people later died of their wounds in hospital. Eighty-one others were injured at the airport, while the rest were injured at the metro station. The bombings were the deadliest attack on Belgium since World War II.


2016 Brussels bombings, Victims
Fourteen of the deceased were Belgian nationals, four were Americans, three from the Netherlands, two from Sweden and the remaining nine hailed from a different nation. Among the fatalities at Zaventem was retired diplomat André Adam, who had served as Belgian Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as Ambassador to the United States.


2016 Brussels bombings, Suspects, Profiles
A total of five attackers were involved, with three of them dying in suicide bombings and the remaining two arrested in the weeks after. All had involvement in the planning and organization of the November 2015 Paris attacks. They were identified and named as:


2016 Brussels bombings, Suspects, Profiles
In security camera video of Brussels Airport, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, Laachraoui, and Abrini were seen pushing suitcases believed to have contained the bombs that exploded in the departure hall. A taxi driver who drove them to the airport said he tried to help the men with their luggage but they ordered him away. Initial reports elaborated El Bakraoui and Laachraoui each apparently wearing a glove which may have concealed detonators to the explosives. This was later proven to be untrue, with both being barehanded.


2016 Brussels bombings, Suspects, Investigation
Within 90 minutes of the airport attack, the area around an apartment in Schaerbeek, a northern district of Brussels, was cordoned off by police. The authorities received a tip-off from a taxi driver once they released photos of the suspects several hours after the attacks. Inside the home, they discovered a nail bomb, 15 kilograms (33 lb) of acetone peroxide, 151 litres (33 imp gal; 40 US gal) of acetone, nearly 30 litres (7 imp gal; 8 US gal) of hydrogen peroxide, other ingredients for explosives, and an ISIL flag. At least one resident reported unusual smells to the police, resulting in Agent de Quartier policeman Philippe Swinnen visiting the building twice in three months, but not entering.


2016 Brussels bombings, Suspects, Investigation
Authorities also found a laptop belonging to Ibrahim El Bakraoui, inside a waste container near the house. The laptop had a suicide note stored on it, in which Ibrahim stated that he was "stressed out", felt unsafe, and was "afraid of ever-lasting eternity". It also contained images of the home and the office of the Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel, among information on multiple other locations in Brussels.


2016 Brussels bombings, Suspects, Investigation
Numerous related arrests followed the bombings. As of 26 March, twelve men had been arrested in connection with the bombings. The FBI's Next Gen Identification System facial recognition software helped facilitate the identification of the "man with the hat" on CCTV footage as Mohamed Abrini. On 3 January 2018, a hard disk containing victims' autopsy reports was stolen from a medical examiner's office in the Portalis court building in Brussels. A 27-year-old male suspect was arrested.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath
Raids and searches were made across Belgium, while security was heightened in a number of countries as a result of the attacks. Al-Hayat Media Center published a nashid (Islamic chant) in French named «Ma vengeance» where it is praised the Brussels bombing and both Paris attacks.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
Authorities temporarily halted air traffic to the airport and evacuated the terminal buildings. The airport was to be closed to passenger traffic and reopening date postponed several times with a projected reopening date of 29 March. The Berlaymont building, which is near Maalbeek station and is the headquarters of the European Commission, was placed in lockdown. Controlled explosions were carried out on suspicious objects around Maalbeek station.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
All public transport in the capital was shut down as a result of the attacks. Brussels-North, Brussels-Central, and Brussels-South stations were evacuated and closed, and Eurostar journeys to Brussels Midi station were cancelled. All trains from Paris to Brussels were also cancelled. Taxis in Brussels transported passengers free-of-charge for the duration of the lockdown. Paris Nord railway station, with services to Brussels, was also temporarily closed.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
The National Security Council raised the terror alert level in the country to the highest level following the attacks. The government warned that some perpetrators might still be at large and urged citizens to reach friends and family using social media to avoid congesting the telephone networks. The threat level was lowered again on 24 March, and the government expanded the military protection of potential targets, that had been in place since January 2015, to include more soft targets and public places (Operation Vigilant Guardian).


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
The country's two nuclear power plants – Tihange and Doel – were partially evacuated as a precaution.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
Temporary border checks were implemented by Belgian and French authorities at some major crossings on the France-Belgium border.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
The federal government announced three days of national mourning, lasting from Tuesday until Thursday, and flags were flown at half-mast on public buildings. They also held a one-minute silence at noon local time on 23 March, which ended with spontaneous applause and chants of "Vive la Belgique" in Place de la Bourse.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
Also on 23 March, Belgian Muslim groups, such as the League of Imams in Belgium and Executive of the Muslims in Belgium, publicly condemned the bombings and expressed their condolences to the victims and their families.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
The airport was closed on 22 March, with reopening postponed several times. On 29 March, an operational test was performed. The official reopening date was scheduled to be announced on 30 March. A post-reopening target of 800–1,000 passengers per hour was projected, compared to pre-bombing traffic of 5,000 passengers per hour. The delay in the reopening was attributed to extensive damage to the building's infrastructure. A temporary terminal was planned for use after the reopening. When the airport reopened, only Brussels Airlines would serve the airport, but other airlines would be allowed to return later.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
On 29 March, it was revealed that Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui were released from prison due to a law introduced in 1888 known as Lejeune, which allows inmates to be released after serving a third of their sentence. Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon stated that the governing parties had agreed to update the law in 2014. The Lejeune law first came under scrutiny after serial killer and child molester Marc Dutroux was released from prison in 1992.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
Airport businesses were affected. Hotel closures included the Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel and Four Points by Sheraton Brussels. Cargo flights resumed on 23 March. Car rental offices were also closed.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
Following memorials to the victims, disturbances broke out, resulting in riot police using water cannons to disperse violent right-wing protesters against ISIL.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
On 30 March, plans to reopen the airport were cancelled again due to a strike by airport police over a dispute over inadequate security. The dispute was resolved, and the airport was later scheduled to be reopened on 3 April. On that day, a Brussels Airlines flight left for Faro and a flight to Athens and Turin was scheduled for the same day. Upon reopening, only passengers were allowed to enter a temporary departure hall and security checkpoints were implemented at the roadway to the airport. Only car and taxi traffic were allowed to enter but public transit remained suspended. Hotel business revenue in Brussels had been cut in half since the airport closure.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
On 1 April, religious leaders in Brussels gathered together for a memorial to the victims of the bombings. They expressed their desire to spread a religious message of unity throughout Belgium, and to combat extremism.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
On 25 April, the Maalbeek metro station reopened with heightened security. On 1 May, the departure hall of Brussels Airport, which had sustained the most damage during the bombings, partially reopened with the airport on high alert.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Belgium
The mayor of Molenbeek district, Francoise Schepmans, responded by closing some mosques for "incendiary language". It was also determined that of 1,600 nonprofit organisations registered in the district, 102 had links to criminal activities, 51 of which to religious radicalism or terrorism.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Other countries
Soon after news of the attacks broke, security was increased, particularly at airports, railway stations and other transport hubs, in China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Also, Portugal evacuated the check-in section for 20 minutes due to a suspicious abandoned bag.


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Other countries
In addition, Israel stopped flights from Europe for the rest of the day; additional police were deployed to the Belgian border with the Netherlands; the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the Belgian authorities were advising against non-essential travel to Brussels; and officials at the U.S. Embassy in Brussels warned of the possibility of more attacks, recommending "sheltering in place and avoiding all public transportation".


2016 Brussels bombings, Aftermath, Other countries
Exactly a year after these terrorist attacks, the 2017 Westminster attack occurred. It was a terror incident in London, where four civilians and a police officer were killed, and dozens were injured.


2016 Brussels bombings, Reactions
In a televised address to the nation on 22 March, King Philippe expressed his and Queen Mathilde's sorrow at the events. He offered their full support to members of the emergency and security services.


2016 Brussels bombings, Reactions
Hours after the attack the French-language hashtag #JeSuisBruxelles (#IamBrussels) and images of the Belgian comic character Tintin crying trended on social media sites. Also, hashtags such as #ikwilhelpen (#Iwanttohelp) and #PorteOuverte (#Opendoor) were used by Brussels residents who wanted to offer shelter and assistance for people who might need help. Facebook activated its Safety Check feature following the attacks.


2016 Brussels bombings, Reactions
Following the bombings, several structures around the world were illuminated in the colours of the Belgian flag, including the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the National Gallery in London's Trafalgar Square, the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the Trevi Fountain in Rome, and One World Trade Center in New York City, while the spire of the Empire State Building went dark. The Toronto Sign was lit up in the colours of the Belgian flag on the night of the attacks.


2016 Brussels bombings, Reactions
Governments, media outlets, and social media users received criticism in some media and academic analysis for their disproportionate emphasis placed on the attacks in Brussels over similar attacks in other countries, particularly in Turkey, which occurred days before. Similarly, reactions to the November 2015 Paris attacks were viewed as disproportionate in comparison to those of earlier bombings in Beirut. According to Akin Unver, a professor of international affairs at Istanbul's Kadir Has University, being "selective" about terrorism is counterproductive to the global counterterrorism efforts.


2016 Brussels bombings, 2014 murder
On 12 March 2021, it was revealed, after a long investigation, that Ibrahim and Khalid El-Bakraoui, two of the suicide bombers, murdered a 76-year-old man in 2014, two years before the attacks. The victim was shot dead after being targeted on the street at random, after returning home from a café in the Jette area of Brussels. The information was revealed by the two surviving attackers, Mohamed Abrini and Osama Krayem; they said to authorities that the brothers revealed to them after the murder that they had wanted to test 'what it was like to kill someone'.


2016 Brussels bombings, Parliamentary inquest
On 12 April 2016 the Belgian Federal Parliament voted to establish a parliamentary commission to investigate the circumstances of the attacks and what had gone wrong so they could not have been prevented. The Commission started work on 14 April 2016 and published four reports on three aspects of the disaster: the emergency response, the security architecture, and countering radicalism.


2016 Brussels bombings, Parliamentary inquest
The Commission interdicted the fragmentation of the Belgian security apparatus, which resulted in a lack of coordination, faulty communications, missing unity of command, insufficient integration and a multitude of rules and procedures across the institutions involved that further exacerbated the challenges of coping with the terror threat. The Commission also pointed to the structural under-funding of the security services, noting how a lack of resources and manpower left the police and intelligence services unable to process all the information about the great number of Belgian foreign fighters. The Commission termed this information overload with the neologism "infobesitas". The report also addressed a number of severe criticisms leveled at Belgium in the French parliamentary inquest into the November 2015 Paris attacks.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
In the aftermath of the attacks, the population of Brussels reacted by creating spontaneous memorials as a societal reaction to what was perceived as a collective tragedy. In the hours following the attack, people started gathering at the Place de la Bourse - Beursplein. Mourners wrote chalk messages on the pavement and buildings surrounding the square. Numerous messages and mementos, usually every-day objects such as mugs or hats, were left at the Brussels Stock Exchange memorial.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
According to Ana Milosevic, a researcher at KU Leuven, societal tensions and the pressure for the answers about the causes and consequences of the attacks, were salient in the first days and weeks after the event. During the two months of the existence, the Brussels Stock Exchange memorial was used as a site of contestation and negotiation of the meanings associated with the terrorist attacks.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
The Archives of City of Brussels were tasked by the mayor Yvan Mayeur and the city council to collect and document the societal reactions to the attacks. Over two months, the team of the archives documented the process of memorialization, also collecting some of the memorabilia left by the mourners.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
The first memorialization initiative included the creation of a semi-permanent (temporary) monument by the Moroccan community of Molenbeek – the part of the city from which several perpetrators of the Paris and Brussels attacks originated. Called "The Flame of Hope", the monument was placed at the main square of the municipality, however it did not attract significant societal or media attention.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
Following a public competition, a monument to the victims was unveiled on the first anniversary of the attacks on the pedestrianized section of Rue de la Loi, between Schuman and the parc du Cinquantenaire. The monument, by Jean-Henri Compere, is called "Wounded But Still Standing in Front of the Inconceivable" and is constructed from two 20-metre (66 foot) long horizontal surfaces rising skywards.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
The Brussels-Capital Region also memorialized the attacks with a land-art work by Bas Smets, who planted 32 birches (one for each victim) in the Sonian Forest (Drève de l'Infante - Infantedreef) called "Memorial 22/03". Smets describes the memorial as "a place of silence and meditation." The birches are connected by a circular structure and separated from the rest of the forest by a small round canal.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
A smaller memorial (a black plaque and a tree) was also raised by the municipality of Etterbeek in the Jardin Felix Hap.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
In the Maelbeek metro station, a commemorative mural called "The Olive Tree" was created by Benoît van Innis, who previously designed the metro station, and a list of the sixteen victims was unveiled at the third commemorative anniversary next to the mural.


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
The "Flame of Hope" is a sculpture created by the Moroccan artist Mustapha Zoufri in honour of the victims of the Paris and Brussels attacks


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
Wounded but Still Standing in Front of the Inconceivable, rue de la Loi, Brussels


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
Memorial to the attacks of 22 Mars 2016, Etterbeek (Jardin Felix Hap)


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
"The Olive Tree" by Benoît van Innes in Maelbeek metro station


2016 Brussels bombings, Memorialization
Memorial plaque for the 16 victims in Maelbeek metro station


2016 Brussels police raids
On 15 and 18 March 2016, Belgian police carried out raids on houses in Brussels. The raids were conducted in connection to the attacks in Paris four months earlier. In the raids, one suspect was killed and five others were arrested, including Salah Abdeslam, who is suspected of direct involvement in the Paris attacks.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 15 March
Police carried out a raid on a house in Forest, a suburb of Brussels. A police statement said that the raid was related to the November 2015 Paris attacks. The house was situated in the Rue du Dries, near the Audi factory in Forest. Four police officers, one of them French, were wounded in the raid. One suspect was killed, and a manhunt began for two other suspects.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 15 March
The suspect killed was identified by Belgian police as Mohamed Belkaid, a 35-year-old Algerian citizen. Belkaid immigrated to and lived for several years in Sweden, where he married a Swedish woman who was fifteen years older than him. During this period, he was sent to prison four times. In 2014, he traveled to Syria to commit jihad. Belkaid is believed to have been an associate of Salah Abdeslam, a suspected accomplice in the Paris attacks. He was killed after being shot by a police sniper, but not before his actions allowed Abdeslam and another suspect to escape through the rooftops.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 15 March
Two other suspects, brothers Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui, evaded capture during the raid. They committed suicide bombings in Brussels a week later, on 22 March.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 15 March
It was reported that an ISIS flag and Salafist literature were found in the flat, together with a Kalashnikov rifle and ammunition. Also found were detonators that investigators now believe were intended to be used during 22 March bombings in Brussels.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 18 March
On 18 March, Belgian prosecutors stated that Abdeslam's fingerprints had been found in the Forest flat. Later that day, there were reports of further raids, and the sound of gunfire, in the Molenbeek area of Brussels. Two suspects, identified as Abdeslam and Monir Ahmed Alaaj, were reportedly injured in one such raid. Five people, including Abdeslam, were arrested during the raid. On 16 April, the Interior Minister of Belgium, Jan Jambon, stated that protesters "threw stones and bottles at police and press" during Abdeslam's arrest.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 18 March
Another suspect, identified as 24-year-old Belgian citizen Najim Laachraoui, had not been caught yet. He committed a suicide bombing in Brussels a week later, on 22 March.


2016 Brussels police raids, Raids, 18 March
Suspicion was apparently aroused to Abdeslam's location after a person in the flat made an unusually large pizza order. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the woman who made the food order with two other adults, children, and Abdeslam. Police later announced that they were also led to Abdeslam's location after he phoned an associate they were monitoring, following his escape on 15 March. Earlier, in December 2015, a police dossier was made containing information about a suspected radicalized person living in the flat. However, it was not passed to the relevant authority because, according to the Mechelen chief of police, the person responsible forgot to do so.


2016 Brussels police raids, Reactions
In the wake of the raid, French President François Hollande called Abdeslam's arrest "an important moment". French Prime Minister Manuel Valls also welcomed Abdeslam's arrest and added that more work needed to be done in tracking down terrorist cells in Europe.


2016 Brussels police raids, Reactions
In July 2016, IS released a video celebrating several terrorist attacks that took place during the month of Ramadan showing Abu Idris al-Baljiki, and Mohamed Belkaid and displaying his nom de guerre Abu Abdul-Aziz Al-Jazairi.


2016 Bryant Bulldogs football team
The 2016 Bryant Bulldogs football team represented Bryant University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by thirteenth-year head coach Marty Fine and played their home games at Beirne Stadium. The stadium was renamed Beirnie Stadium from Bulldog Stadium on September 25th. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–2 in NEC play to finish in a tie for third place.


2016 Bryant Bulldogs football team
On December 1, head coach Marty Fine resigned. He finished at Bryant with a 13 year record of 80–61.


2016 Bucknell Bison football team
The 2016 Bucknell Bison football team represented Bucknell University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Joe Susan and played their home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in fourth place.


2016 Budapest bombing
The September 2016 Budapest explosion occurred on 24 September 2016 when a young man detonated a nail bomb to kill two patrolling police officers. A policeman and a policewoman (the latter, coincidentally, the poster face of the Hungarian police's recruiting campaign) suffered injuries but survived the attack. After the incident the police chief in charge announced a full-scale investigation and promised to give 10 million HUF to the ones who report the perpetrator. According to Zsolt Molnár, the chairman of the National Security Commission of the Hungarian Parliament, the attack unlikely has anything to do with other terror-related incidents in 2016 in Europe.


2016 Budapest bombing, Perpetrator
The alleged perpetrator, László Gergely P., was caught on 19 October 2016 by the Counter Terrorism Centre in Keszthely. The 23-year-old man is a Hungarian citizen without any kind of criminal antecedents; his father was earlier the mayor of Karmacs, a small village in Zala county. According to prosecutors, he planned to blackmail the Hungarian Ministry of Interior for €1 million.


2016 Budapest bombing, Trial
The perpetrator's trial started on January 31, 2018. On September 12, he was sentenced to prison for life.


2016 Budget of Uttar Pradesh
Akhilesh Yadav, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh announced the Uttar Pradesh Budget for 2016-17 on 12 February 2016. According to the Budget, the year 2016-17 has been announced to be the Year of the Youth and the Farmers. It was presented in Vidhan Sabha, Lucknow before the Governor and joint session of the two Houses. The ₹3.46 lakh crore (US$49 billion) Budget 2016-17 was 14% more than 2015-2016.


2016 Budget of Uttar Pradesh, Allocations, Farmers, Agriculture
Agriculture has been one of the main focuses of the UP Budget 2016-17.


2016 Budha Subba Gold Cup
The 2016 Budha Subba Gold Cup was the 18th edition of the Budha Subba Gold Cup held in Dharan and sponsored by Red Bull. Eight teams from Nepal, Bhutan and India participated in the tournament. All matches were held at the ANFA Technical  Center Dharan.


2016 Budha Subba Gold Cup, Bracket
The following is the bracket which the 2016 Budha Subba Gold Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.


2016 Buenos Aires 200km
The 2016 200 km of Buenos Aires was the seventh edition of this race in the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires.


2016 Buenos Aires ePrix
The 2016 Buenos Aires ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on 6 February 2016 at the Puerto Madero Street Circuit in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the fourth championship race of the 2015–16 Formula E season, the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' second season. It was also the second Buenos Aires ePrix and the 15th Formula E race overall. Sam Bird won the race for his first win of the season.


2016 Buenos Aires ePrix, Report, Background
Mike Conway replaced Jacques Villeneuve who parted ways with the Venturi team.


2016 Buenos Aires ePrix, Report, Background
Salvador Durán re-joined Team Aguri for the rest of the season after they split with Nathanaël Berthon. The Mexican driver already competed in nine rounds of the first season for Team Aguri.


2016 Buenos Aires ePrix, Report, Background
FanBoost was awarded to Jean-Éric Vergne, Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi.


2016 Buffalo Bandits season
The Buffalo Bandits are a lacrosse team based in Buffalo, New York playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2016 season was their twenty-fifth season in the NLL.


2016 Buffalo Bandits season
The Bandits had their best season in years, finishing with a franchise-record 13 wins. The 13-5 record gave the team first place in the East Division and also clinched first seed for the playoffs. The team only lost two games in a row once and finished the season winning 9 of their last 10 games.


2016 Buffalo Bandits season
Buffalo beat New England 2 games to 0 in the semifinals, but lost two close games to the Edmonton Rush in the Championship.


2016 Buffalo Bandits season
The team was led by Dhane Smith, who had one of the best offensive years in NLL history. Smith set new records for both goals in a season with 72 and points in a season with 137.


2016 Buffalo Bandits season, Regular season, Final standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2016 Buffalo Bandits season, Transactions, Entry Draft
The 2015 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 28, 2015. The Bandits made the following selections:


2016 Buffalo Bills season
The 2016 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 57th overall season as a football team, 47th in the National Football League, fourth under leadership of general manager Doug Whaley and second under head coach Rex Ryan. The Bills hoped to improve on their 8–8 record from 2015, the team's first since 2002, but a 34–31 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 16 eliminated the Bills from playoff contention for a 17th season in a row, extending the longest active drought among all four North American major professional sports leagues. It would be Ryan's final season as head coach of the Bills, as he and his twin brother, Rob, were fired with one game remaining in the regular season.