2016 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Route to final
With 16 points from 12 matches (winning 8 and losing 4) Dhaka Dynamites topped the group and qualified for Qualifier 1. There they beat Khulna Titans by 54 runs and qualified for the final. From 12 mathes Rajshahi Kings won 6 matches and lost 6 matches hence with 12 points  finished fourth on Net run rate and qualified for the Eliminator. Where they beat Chittagong Vikings by 3 wickets and qualified for the Qualifier 2. In that stage they beat Khulna Titans by 7 wickets and played the final.


2016 Banja Luka Challenger
The 2016 Banja Luka Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 12 to 18 September 2016.


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


2016 Banja Luka Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Banja Luka Challenger – Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Flavio Cipolla were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Banja Luka Challenger – Doubles
Roman Jebavý and Jan Šátral won the title after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi and Maximilian Neuchrist 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–7] in the final.


2016 Banja Luka Challenger – Singles
Dušan Lajović was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Banja Luka Challenger – Singles
Adam Pavlásek won the title after defeating Miljan Zekić 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Bank of America 500
The 2016 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was scheduled to be held on October 8, 2016, but was postponed to October 9, 2016, because of Hurricane Matthew, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 30th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, fourth race of the Chase, and first race of the Round of 12.


2016 Bank of America 500, Report, Background
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad-oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, the Sprint All-Star Race, and the Bank of America 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.


2016 Bank of America 500, Report, Background
The 2,000 acres (810 ha) complex also features a state-of-the-art quarter mile (0.40 km) drag racing strip, ZMAX Dragway. It is the only all-concrete, four-lane drag strip in the United States and hosts NHRA events. Alongside the drag strip is a state-of-the-art clay oval that hosts dirt racing including the World of Outlaws finals among other popular racing events.


2016 Bank of America 500, First practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.870 and a speed of 193.757 mph (311.822 km/h).


2016 Bank of America 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.547 and a speed of 196.026 mph (315.473 km/h). He said afterwards that he "just got to the green a little bit better. The car was too loose the time before. And I got to the green better. It was good in (Turns) 1 and 2; but I felt like I gave up a little something in (Turns) 3 and 4 coming to the checkered.


2016 Bank of America 500, Qualifying
But, I’ve just got to thank all my sponsors and everybody on this team, Chevrolet and Hendrick engines and chassis for everything that they do and for everything that Stewart-Haas (Racing) does. This has just been a fun car to drive today. Hopefully we can get it dialed in race trim.”


2016 Bank of America 500, Qualifying
Alex Bowman, who qualified second, said he "didn't put the greatest lap together. In (Turns) 1 and 2, we were a little free in (into the corner) and didn't really keep it on the bottom like I needed to. Turns 3 and 4 were really good. It means so much for Hendrick Motorsports to take a chance on me for these races. I'm really thankful to be here. I hate that we didn't get the pole. We were so close. It's definitely my best starting spot by a bunch, but you'd always like that pole."


2016 Bank of America 500, Practice (post-qualifying)
Both practice sessions scheduled for Friday following qualifying was cancelled due to rain stemming from Hurricane Matthew.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, First half
Under clear blue North Carolina skies, Kevin Harvick led the field to the green flag at 12:05 p.m. He led the first 12 laps before Chase Elliott got a run on him exiting turn 4 and took the lead on lap 13. The first caution flew on lap 25. It was a scheduled competition caution. Five drivers – Aric Almirola, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Matt Kenseth and Paul Menard for their crews being over the wall too soon, and Michael Annett for speeding – were sent to the tail end of the field for the restart.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 31. The second caution flew on lap 62 for a two-car wreck in turn 3 that started when Alex Bowman suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall, as well as Casey Mears, in turn 3. “Blew a tire I guess,” Bowman said. "It’s really unfortunate. I hate it for these Axalta guys. Everybody at Hendrick Motorsports worked so hard. They brought a great race car here, brand new and destroyed it. Really unfortunate, but it’s not anybody’s fault. We didn’t hit anything we just must have run over something."


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, First half
Mears said he "was going into the corner and I saw him come up all of a sudden. I don’t know. It’s too bad he didn’t put us out of our misery there. We were having a rough start of it. We were just kind of hanging on and actually those guys were going by us. They either blew a right-front (tire) or had something come loose or something and came up into us.” Mears went on to finish 40th. Brad Keselowski was sent to the tail end for his crew being over the wall too soon.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 71. Kyle Busch made an unscheduled stop from third on lap 90 for a right-front tire "delamination." Kyle Larson made an unscheduled stop a few laps later for the same issue. Green flag stops began on lap 111. Elliott pitted from the lead on lap 115 and handed it to Joey Logano. The third caution of the race flew on lap 117 after Logano suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 1. This handed the lead to Jimmie Johnson. Tony Stewart was sent to the tail end of the field for speeding.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 125. Denny Hamlin beat Johnson on the restart to take the lead. Harvick was running third when his engine shut off and began to fade on lap 156. He said in the garage that he "thought it was a power issue. So I cycled through everything. By the time I figured out what happened it just shut off. It looks like low oil pressure. I hate it for everybody ... they made some great adjustments today and got our car back where we needed to be to run up front and everything was going fine."


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, First half
The fourth caution of the race flew on the same lap for Logano suffering another right-front tire blowout and slamming the wall in turn 1 again. When asked what the issue was that caused him to wreck twice, he said he didn't "know. Tires are popping. We’re not the only car that had the issue, but we’re the ones that hit the wall when it happen, so that's not the best place to have them go down. We had a fast car. Our car was capable of winning the race. We drove up from 10th and were up to third and running down the leaders, so I felt really good about what we had. I don't know. Things happen. It's part of racing, I guess.”


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 162. Johnson drove by Hamlin in turn 3 to retake the lead on lap 177. Another round of green flag stops started on lap 213. Johnson pitted from the lead the following lap and handed it to Ryan Newman. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Clint Bowyer. He pitted on lap 219 and the lead cycled back to Johnson. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was given a pass through penalty for speeding.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
Debris on the frontstretch brought out the fifth caution of the race on lap 228.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 98 laps to go. The sixth caution flew with 81 laps to go after A. J. Allmendinger suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in turn 2.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 76 laps to go and the seventh caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck on the frontstretch that started when Martin Truex Jr., wanting to push Austin Dillon ahead of race leader Johnson, got him loose, sent his car down the track and slammed hard into the inside barrier just past the exit of pit road. Elliott braked and swerved to the right to avoid Dillon. Unfortunately, Busch swerved to the left at the same time and hooked him into the wall and was rammed by Ryan Blaney and Paul Menard.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
After being released from the infield care center, Dillon said he was "fine, it just sucks. We will have to work hard the next two weeks to get the points back. I felt like I got to third gear pretty clean and then the next thing – I feel contact and I am spinning through the grass. It’s part of it and we took two tires there and you know the risk when you get into it. You just hope that doesn’t happen obviously. I got to third without spinning the tires, and I felt like we got contacted.”


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
Elliott said he thought "the No. 3 they stayed out on tires and tried to get some track position. The No. 78 ended up getting him out of shape and then after that I tried to check up. I don't think the No. 18 saw it, got into us and got us turned the wrong way. It happens we just got to go and try to have more runs like that next week.” The race was red-flagged for 10 minutes and 48 seconds.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 69 laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew for Denny Hamlin losing an engine on the fronstretch with 26 laps to go. Kenseth exited pit road with the race lead.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 18 laps to go. Johnson beat Kenseth on the restart to take the lead and drove on to score the victory.


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“When you drive for Rick Hendrick and have all the great people at Hendrick Motorsports working for you, there are just so many great people behind us and that support us to make this happen,” Johnson said in victory lane. “We knew we would get back. It was slower than we wanted it to be but to be here today and have this victory is great."


2016 Bank of America 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Kenseth said afterwards that his run "was a great second. I think this is one of the toughest tracks there is on the circuit to pass at. It was better during the day than it is at night and that's a good thing, because we had to go to the back twice, so we were able to make up some ground and finish okay.”


2016 Bank of America 500, Media, Television
NBC 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 will handle pit road on the television side.


2016 Bank of America 500, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Bank of Liuzhou Cup
The 2016 Bank of Liuzhou Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Liuzhou, China, on 24–30 October 2016.


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


2016 Bank of Liuzhou Cup – Doubles
This was a new event on the ITF Women's Circuit.


2016 Bank of Liuzhou Cup – Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova and Aleksandra Pospelova won the inaugural title, defeating Jacqueline Cako and Sabina Sharipova in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2016 Bank of Liuzhou Cup – Singles
This was a new event on the ITF Women's Circuit.


2016 Bank of Liuzhou Cup – Singles
Nina Stojanović won the inaugural title, defeating Jang Su-jeong in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2016 Bank of the West Classic
The 2016 Bank of the West Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 45th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, United States between 18 and 24 July 2016. It was the first women's event on the 2016 US Open Series.


2016 Bank of the West Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Bank of the West Classic, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles
Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Johanna Konta and Maria Sanchez.


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles
Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears won the title for the second time, defeating Darija Jurak and Anastasia Rodionova in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Angelique Kerber was the reigning champion, but chose to compete in Båstad instead.


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Johanna Konta won her first WTA title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2.


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Singles
Williams was attempting to win her third title in Stanford and 50th WTA title overall.


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 Bank of the West Classic – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the qualifying competition.


2016 Baramulla attack
On the midnight of the second and third of October 2016, militants attacked a camp of the Indian Army's 46 Rashtriya Rifles in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.


2016 Baramulla attack
The attack was said to have begun at 10:30 PM local time, with at least one officer of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed and a number injured. Two militants were also reportedly killed. The attack came within weeks after militants attacked an Indian Army installation in Baramulla district's Uri area.


2016 Baramulla attack
According to India Today, the attackers were Handeef alias Hilal, 23, and Ali, 22, Pakistani nationals belonging to Masood Azhar's Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant organization .


2016 Baramulla attack
On 6 October, the Indian army exchanged fire with militants Kupwara district, and 3 militants were killed.


2016 Barbados FA Cup
The 2016 Barbados FA Cup was the 106th edition of the top knockout tournament in Barbados. The tournament was won by Weymouth Wales who defeated Rendezvous in the championship match. It was Weymouth's fifth domestic cup title.


2016 Barbados FA Cup
The tournament began with the opening round in 26 March 2016 and ended with the final on 12 June 2016.


2016 Barbados Premier Division
The 2016 Barbados Premier Division (officially the Digicel Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 70th season of the highest tier of football in Barbados. UWI Blackbirds won their first league title, holding off defending champions BDF by a single point. Pinelands United were winless and are joined by Empire Club in being relegated to Barbados First Division for the 2017 season.


2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
The 2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (also known as the Torneo Godó) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 64th edition of the event and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from April 18 through April 24, 2016.


2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Doubles
Marin Draganja and Henri Kontinen were the defending champions, but Draganja chose to compete in Bucharest instead. Kontinen played alongside John Peers, but lost in the first round to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares. Bob and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated the two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Singles title at the 2016 Barcelona Open. It was Nadal's record-extending ninth title at the Barcelona Open and his 49th clay court title, equaling Guillermo Vilas' record for the most titles on clay.


2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Barcelona Sporting Club season
Barcelona Sporting Club's 2016 season is the club 91st year of existence, and its 58th participation in the top level of professional football in Ecuador. Barcelona is one of the twelve participating clubs in the top flight of Ecuadorian Football Championship 2016. In addition to the national tournament, the "canarios" are going to play the Copa Sudamericana 2016.


2016 Bardiani–CSF season
The 2016 season for the Bardiani–CSF cycling team began in February at the Dubai Tour. Bardiani–CSF is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI WorldTour events.


2016 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect one third of the members of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire as part of the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2016 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2015. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 6, 2016; Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Hall of Fame.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The Pre-Integration Era Committee, the last of three new voting committees established during an earlier rules change in 2010 to replace the more broadly defined Veterans Committee, convened in December 2015 to select from a ballot of players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport prior to 1947 – called the "Pre-Integration Era" by the Hall of Fame – but failed to select any inductees.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies was held on July 24, 2016, at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, with commissioner Rob Manfred presiding. On the day before the actual induction ceremony, the annual Hall of Fame Awards Presentation took place. At that event, two awards for media excellence were presented – the Hall's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters and the BBWAA's J. G. Taylor Spink Award for writers. The other major Hall of Fame award, the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, was not scheduled to be presented again until 2017.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
On July 26, 2014, the Hall announced changes to the rules for election for recently retired players, reducing the number of years a player will be eligible to be on the ballot from fifteen years to ten. Two candidates presently on the BBWAA ballot (Lee Smith and Alan Trammell) in years 10-15 were grandfathered into this system and retained their previous 15 years of eligibility.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
In addition, BBWAA members who were otherwise eligible to cast ballots were required to complete a registration form and sign a code of conduct before receiving their ballots, and the Hall will make public the names of all members who cast ballots (but not their individual votes) when it announces the election results.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The code of conduct specifically states that the ballot is non-transferable, a direct reaction to Dan Le Batard turning his 2014 Hall of Fame ballot over to the sports website Deadspin and allowing the site's readers to make his Hall votes (an act that drew him a lifetime ban from future Hall voting). Violation of the code of conduct will result in a lifetime ban from BBWAA voting.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The most recent rules change, announced on July 28, 2015, tightened the qualifications for the BBWAA electorate. Beginning with the 2016 election, eligible voters must not only have 10 years of continuous BBWAA membership, but also be currently active members, or have held active status within the 10 years prior to the election. A BBWAA member who has not been active for more than 10 years can regain voting status by covering MLB in the year preceding the election. As a result of the new rule, the vote total in 2016 decreased by 109 from the previous year, to 440.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA ballot was announced on November 9, 2015; ballots were submitted by December 21, and results were announced on January 6, 2016. The ballot included two categories of players:


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
All BBWAA members with at least 10 years of continuous membership and active membership status at any time in the preceding 10 years were eligible to vote. There were 440 total ballots cast with 3496 individual votes for players, an average of 7.95 players named per ballot.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
As in most recent elections, the controversy over use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is likely to dominate the election. ESPN.com columnist Jim Caple noted in the days before the announcement of the 2012 results that the PED issue and the BBWAA's limit of 10 votes per ballot was likely to result in a major backlog in upcoming elections:


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Due to the steroid issue and a general lack of consensus, the following players will probably be on the ballot in three years: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Sammy Sosa, Jeff Bagwell, John Smoltz, Edgar Martinez, Mark McGwire, Mike Mussina, Jeff Kent, Larry Walker, Alan Trammell, Fred McGriff, Rafael Palmeiro, Lee Smith, Tim Raines, Gary Sheffield, Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling and, of course, Bernie [Williams]. That's 21 players who warrant serious consideration.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
And that's not counting Barry Larkin, who might be elected this year, and also assuming Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Craig Biggio and Frank Thomas make it their first years on the ballot. Finding room for Bonds, Clemens, Pedro, Johnson and others means I'll have to dump more good players from my ballot than the Marlins dumped after winning the 1997 World Series.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Caple's predictions about the players on the 2015 ballot, as well as the players he expected to be elected before then, mostly proved accurate. Larkin was indeed elected in 2012, and Maddux, Glavine and Thomas were elected on their first ballot appearance in 2014. The main exceptions were Palmeiro and Williams, who got less than 5% of the vote in prior elections and failed to stay on, and Biggio, who fell short of election in both of his first two years on the ballot, missing out in 2014 by two votes. Biggio was finally elected in 2015.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Another ESPN.com writer, Tim Kurkjian, noted that the 2013 ballot would include several new candidates who either tested positive or were strongly linked to PEDs:


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The next Hall of Fame ballot will include Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Craig Biggio and Curt Schilling. They all have Hall of Fame numbers, some stronger than others, but Bonds, Clemens, Sosa and Piazza certainly are not going to be elected on the first ballot — and in the case of Bonds, Clemens and Sosa, they might not make it to Cooperstown for many, many years to come.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
In his first year on the ballot, Ken Griffey Jr. received 99.3% of the vote, a BBWAA election record. Mike Piazza finished second at 83.0% and was the only other player elected.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Alan Trammell and Mark McGwire were on the ballot for their final time. Neither were elected, meaning they will not be eligible for further consideration by the BBWAA. Following a July 2016 rule change, they will be considered eligible for consideration by the Veterans Committees, which has now been split into four eras. In 2017, McGwire appeared on the post-1988 (Today's Game) committee ballot, authorised to consider all MLB figures whose greatest contributions occurred after 1987, with the restriction that the only players that can be considered are those whose BBWAA eligibility has been exhausted.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
McGwire received fewer than 5 votes. In 2018, Trammell appeared on the Modern Baseball committees ballot, authorised to consider all MLB figures whose greatest contributions occurred from 1970 to 1987, with the restriction that the only players that can be considered are those whose BBWAA eligibility has been exhausted. Trammell was elected, receiving 81.3% of the vote. Other committees include pre-1949 (meeting decennially), 1950-69 (quintennially), and the two biennial committees that will skip when the quintennial and decennial committees vote, the 1980–87 and the aforementioned post-1988.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Results
Players who were eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Ronnie Belliard, Eric Byrnes, Frank Catalanotto, Jesús Colomé, Elmer Dessens, Pedro Feliz, José Guillén, Cristian Guzmán, Bob Howry, Gabe Kapler, Mike Lamb, Jason LaRue, Ron Mahay, Dámaso Marte, Gary Matthews Jr., Gil Meche, Brian Moehler, Chad Moeller, Bengie Molina, Russ Ortiz, Chan Ho Park, Jay Payton, Mike Redmond, Juan Rincón, David Riske, Scott Schoeneweis, Scot Shields, Russ Springer, Fernando Tatís, Jeff Weaver and Gregg Zaun.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
In keeping with the voting procedure by eras, the BBWAA-appointed Historical Overview Committee, made up of 11 BBWAA members, identified ten Pre-Integration candidates who were judged to have made their greatest contributions from the origins of the sport to the end of baseball's color line in 1947. This era was previously under consideration in the 2013 election, when three candidates were elected; Bill Dahlen was the only other candidate to receive more than three votes. Along with the era, these rules defined the consideration set:


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
However, due to the passage of time, the only listed criteria that materially restricted the field from which the candidates were selected were years of service and presence on baseball's ineligible list.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
The eleven BBWAA-appointed Historical Overview Committee members were Dave Van Dyck (Chicago Tribune); Bob Elliott (Toronto Sun); Jim Henneman (formerly Baltimore Sun); Steve Hirdt (Elias Sports Bureau); Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); Bill Madden (formerly New York Daily News); Jack O'Connell (BBWAA secretary/treasurer); Jim Reeves (formerly Fort Worth Star-Telegram); Tracy Ringolsby (MLB.com); Glenn Schwarz (formerly San Francisco Chronicle); and Mark Whicker (Los Angeles News Group). All except Henneman and Reeves were members of the committee that selected the 2013 candidates.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
The Pre-Integration ballot for election was released on October 5, 2015; final voting was conducted by the Pre-Integration Committee, a 16-member body which met at baseball's winter meetings in Nashville on December 6, with 75% (12 of 16 votes) required for election; results were announced the following morning. The committee's members, appointed by the Hall of Fame's board of directors, were announced later in fall 2015 and included members of the Hall, baseball executives, members of the media and historians:


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
Blyleven, Gillick, Niekro, DeWitt, Hughes, Hirdt, Morris, Smith and T.R. Sullivan previously served on the committee which selected the 2013 inductees. For the second consecutive year, none of the candidates received enough votes for election; it marked the third consecutive year – and the fifth time in seven years – in which no former players were chosen by the Hall's special committees.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
Speaking on MLB Network's Hot Stove immediately after it broadcast the announcement, Major League Baseball's official historian John Thorn expressed surprise and disappointment at the results, noting that he had felt there were three particularly strong candidates (prior to the announcement, he had commented favorably on the candidacies of Doc Adams and Harry Stovey); he speculated that the number of good candidates may have deadlocked the voting once again, and suggested that the Hall may need to amend the voting process in the future.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
At the time of the election, figures from this era were scheduled to be considered prior to the 2019 inductions. However, in July 2016, the Hall announced changes to its era-based committee system, replacing the three then-current committees with four new voting bodies. The Pre-Integration Era body was replaced by the newly created Early Baseball committee. The new committee will consider figures whose greatest contributions occurred before 1950 (a slightly broader time frame from its predecessor), but will not hold its first meeting until 2020 as part of the 2021 election process. Most significantly, this committee will meet only once a decade, specifically in years ending in 0.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Pre-Integration Era Committee
Breadon, Dahlen, Ferrell, Marion and Walters were previously candidates on the 2013 ballot.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
The J. G. Taylor Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962. Through 2010, it was awarded during the main induction ceremony, but is now given the previous day at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation. It recognizes a sportswriter "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing". The recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
On December 8, 2015, Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy received 185 out of 417 of the votes cast, making him the 2016 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
The Ford C. Frick Award, honoring excellence in baseball broadcasting, has been presented at the induction ceremonies since 1978. Through 2010, it had been presented at the main induction ceremony, but is now awarded at the Awards Presentation. Recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are permanently recognized in an exhibit at the museum. To be eligible, an active or retired broadcaster must have a minimum of 10 years of continuous major league broadcast service with a ball club, a network, or a combination of the two. The honor is based on four criteria: longevity; continuity with a club; honors, including national assignments such as the World Series and All-Star Games; and popularity with fans.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
This was the third and final Frick Award selection under a process similar to that instituted for Veterans Committee balloting in 2010. Under this process, candidates were considered every third year, based on the era in which they made their most significant contributions:


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
As part of the rules changes announced in July 2016, the Hall also announced changes to the Frick Award selection process, effective with the 2017 award. While the process will continue to involve three annually rotating voting bodies, the groups of candidates to be considered by each committee have changed. The newly established committees will rotate in the following order: "Current Major League Markets" (team-specific broadcasters), "National Voices" (national broadcasters), and "Broadcasting Beginnings" (early broadcasters). In addition, the number of finalists will be reduced from 10 to 8, and the three ballot slots that had been filled by fan voting on the Hall's Facebook page will now be chosen by a committee of baseball historians.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Ten finalists from the "Broadcasting Dawn Era" were announced on October 6, 2015. In accord with the current guidelines, seven were chosen by a Hall of Fame research committee, while the other three were selected (for the final time) from a list of candidates by fan voting at the Hall's Facebook page from September 14 to October 2.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
All of the candidates were deceased, with the most recently living among them being Laux, who died in November 1978. Heilmann is a Hall of Fame member as a player.


2016 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
On December 9, McNamee was announced as the recipient. The Hall's official announcement called him "quite possibly the first celebrity sportscaster... renowned as the most recognized personality during radio’s formative years." He began his broadcasting career in 1923 with WEAF (now known as WNBC) in New York City, and called 12 World Series, countless other baseball games, and 10 other sports until his death in 1942.


2016 Basel-Stadt Grand Council election
Elections to the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt were held on 23 October 2016. The big winners were the Liberal Party of Basel-Stadt, who increased their popular vote from 9.6% in 2012 to 13.8% and gaining four additional seats. Both centre-left parties, the Social Democrats and the Green Party also gained ground and won one additional seat each. The losers of the elections were the centrist Christian Democratic People's Party, which lost one seat, the Green Liberal Party who lost one seat and the FDP who lost two seats; the right-wing anti-immigration party "Volksaktion" lost both of their seats.


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


2016 Basildon Borough Council election, Results Summary
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2012 election.


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


2016 Basque regional election
The 2016 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 25 September 2016, to elect the 11th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia. Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu announced that the election would be held one month ahead of schedule, on 25 September 2016, based on the "climate of ungovernability" affecting national politics as a result of the ongoing Spanish government formation negotiations, intending to move the regional election as far away as possible from a possible new general election. This prompted Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo to hold the Galician regional election in the same date.


2016 Basque regional election
Urkullu's Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) emerged as the largest political force in the region with an increased plurality, but required from the support of other parties to govern. This was to be provided by the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE), which despite scoring the worst result in its history after seeing its support almost halved—falling from 18.9% and 16 seats to 11.9% and 9 seats—would go on to form a coalition minority government with the PNV.


2016 Basque regional election
EH Bildu was able to hold onto second place, albeit with a reduced support by going down from 21 to 17 seats, whereas the Elkarrekin Podemos alliance scored third, but below campaign expectations. The People's Party (PP) continued on its long-term decline in the Basque Country, whereas Citizens (Cs) failed to win any seat.


2016 Basque regional election
Urkullu was able to get re-elected as lehendakari with the support of both his party and the PSE–EE. The resulting coalition recovered an alliance which both the PNV and the PSE had already formed between 1987 and 1998 in the Basque government, and which had already been extended to city councils and the Juntas Generales following the 2015 local and foral elections.


2016 Basque regional election
The results of the Basque and Galician elections, both of which saw very poor PSOE's performances after being overtaken by the Podemos-led alliances and polling at record-low levels of support, prompted dissenters within the party—led by Andalusian president Susana Díaz—to call for Pedro Sánchez's resignation as PSOE secretary-general.


2016 Basque regional election
Sánchez's refusal to resign and his announcement of a party congress for later in the year—amid an ongoing government formation process and with the growing risk of a third general election in a row being held in Spain—led to an attempt from his critics to force his downfall, triggering a severe party crisis and a break down of party discipline which led to Sánchez's ousting on 1 October 2016, a divided PSOE abstaining in Mariano Rajoy's investiture on 29 October and a subsequent party leadership election in 2017 which would see Sánchez returning to his post of secretary-general and taking full control over the party.


2016 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.


2016 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Additionally, Basques abroad were required to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.


2016 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in parliament as required under the regional statute of autonomy. This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 July 2016: 322,801, 1,134,041 and 708,288, respectively.


2016 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.


2016 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV), with election day taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication. The previous election was held on 21 October 2012, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 21 October 2016. The election decree was required to be published in the BOPV no later than 27 September 2016, with the election taking place on the fifty-fourth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Sunday, 20 November 2016.


2016 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.


2016 Basque regional election, Background
The 2012 Basque regional election had resulted in a minority government of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) replacing Patxi López's Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) cabinet. After a harsh 2009–2012 legislature which had seen frequent clashing between both parties, the signing of an agreement in September 2013 between both the PNV and the PSE, under which the latter committed itself to support the 2014 budget in exchange for more social democrat fiscal policies, paved the way for the normalization of relations between the two parties.


2016 Basque regional election, Background
The agreement eventually led to the culmination of an ideological realignment within the PNV, whose economic stance had been swinging in the previous years towards social democracy in detriment of its traditional pro-liberal positions. Additionally, the PNV under Urkullu had abandoned the confrontational style of former lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe as well as his sovereigntist plan, moving towards more moderate, pragmatic and big tent positions.


2016 Basque regional election, Background
Following the 2015 local and foral elections, the PNV and the PSE signed a deal "for institutional stability", under which both parties agreed to support each other in Basque local councils and the Juntas Generales, with the compromise of extending such an agreement to the Basque government after the regional election scheduled for 2016.


2016 Basque regional election, Background
Concurrently, the emergence of Podemos following the 2014 European Parliament election was initially seen as a threat to the PNV's dominance in the region, after opinion polls pointed to a strong performance of the party in a prospective Basque Parliament election as well as coming out in first place regionally in the 2015 and 2016 general elections.


2016 Basque regional election, Background
The various elections held in the Basque Country between 2012 and 2016 showed a continued decline for both the PSE–EE and the People's Party (PP), whereas EH Bildu suffered from a perceived poor management in the city council of San Sebastián and the Gipuzkoa foral deputation and lost much of its power in the local and foral elections held on 24 May 2015.


2016 Basque regional election, Background
In the lead up to the election, the national PSOE was beleaguered by an internal crisis over Pedro Sánchez's leadership as a result of the party having secured its worst electoral results since the Spanish transition to democracy in the 2015 and 2016 general elections, with Sánchez himself having announced an early party congress, to be held at some point following the Basque and Galician elections, in which he would be running for re-election. The PSOE branches in both regions were widely seen as being supportive of Sánchez, prompting dissenters to frame the elections as a test on Sánchez and of the broader political mood in Spain after nine months of political impasse over the government formation process.


2016 Basque regional election, Parliamentary composition
The Basque Parliament was officially dissolved on 2 August 2016, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the chamber at the time of dissolution.


2016 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2016 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2016 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
The Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) party, despite holding one seat in the Basque Parliament for two legislatures—2009 and 2012—and amid dismal opinion poll ratings, renounced to field candidates for the regional election.


2016 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
On 1 March 2016, Sortu leader Arnaldo Otegi left the Logroño prison after serving his full prison sentence imposed for attempting to reorganize the banned Batasuna party. In addition to the prison sentence, Otegi had been disqualified from holding any public office until 2021. Despite this, on 24 May the EH Bildu coalition proclaimed him as its leading candidate for lehendakari, on grounds that the ruling did not specify what specific criminal charges affected his disqualification.


2016 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
The PNV and Podemos announced that they would not challenge his candidacy because they thought it should be up to the Basque citizens to decide whether Otegi deserved to be elected or not; the PSE–EE, meanwhile, said that it would not challenge him either because such a decision should be taken by justice courts. On the other hand, the PP, Citizens (C's) and UPyD announced that, following the publication of the electoral lists, they would challenge Otegi's candidacy.


2016 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
On 24 August the provincial electoral commission of Gipuzkoa ruled that Otegi could not be a candidate in the lists of EH Bildu for being barred to stand for election as part of his sentence. The journalist Maddalen Iriarte, who was second in EH Bildu Gipuzkoa's list, went on to top the list as provided for in Article 65.2 of the Electoral Law of the Basque Country.


2016 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
The 2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on August 20-21, 2016 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. 48 laps were completed during the evening of August 20 before the race was stopped due to rain and completed on August 21, 2016. Contested over 500 laps on the .533-mile (0.858 km) short track, it was the 23rd race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Kevin Harvick scored his third win of the season, The race had eight lead changes among different drivers and nine cautions for 106 laps, as well as 3 red flags for a total of 18 hours, 21 minutes and 4 seconds.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Report, Background
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Report, Background, Entry list
The preliminary entry list for the race included 40 cars and was released on August 15, 2016 at 9:25 a.m. Eastern time.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Practice, First practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.878 and a speed of 128.969 mph (207.555 km/h).


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Busch was fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.796 and a speed of 129.684 mph (208.706 km/h).


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Qualifying
Carl Edwards scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.602 and a speed of 131.407 mph (211.479 km/h). He stated afterwards that his chances of sweeping Bristol after sweeping both poles "is good. The car is very fast. Our team just responds to anything thrown at us. (Crew chief) Dave Rogers isn’t afraid to make changes. We will see if we can finish this deal tomorrow night and be talking about how we were able to do it in the race."


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Qualifying
Denny Hamlin, who qualified second and broke the previous track record – that he also held – with a time of 14.573 and a speed of 131.668 mph (211.899 km/h), said that he couldn't "believe we’ve qualified as good as we have this year and not gotten a pole. I think we did all we could. We just came up a tiny bit short."


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Qualifying
"Third is a pretty solid place to start," Kyle Busch said after qualifying third. "Our car handled well today. Of course the pole position would’ve been awesome, but we’ll take third and give it our best shot tomorrow night."


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, First half
The start of the race was delayed by rain and lightning in the vicinity of the speedway for nearly 30 minutes. The drivers were called to their cars at 8:40 p.m. and rolled off pit road around 8:57. Under night Tennessee skies, Carl Edwards led the field to the green flag at 9:03. Teammate Denny Hamlin got a much better start and led the first lap. Chase Elliott worked his way up to Hamlin and passed him for the lead on the ninth lap.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, First half
Kyle Busch reeled him in to pass under him in turn 4 to take the lead on lap 23. The first caution of the race flew on lap 30 for rain. It picked up in intensity to the point that the race was red-flagged on lap 38. The red flag period lasted for one hour, 24 minutes and four seconds before engines were refired at 10:42 and the cars rolled back onto the track. After eight laps riding around, the rain returned with greater intensity and the race was red-flagged a second time at lap 48. Just past 11:00, the rest of the race was postponed to Sunday at 1:00 p.m.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, First half
The drivers were called to their cars, the red flag was withdrawn and the race resumed under caution at 4:33 p.m. on Sunday, August 21. The race restarted on lap 58. Half the field was running the bottom line of the track while the other half was running the high line. The field largely rode around until the second caution of the race flew on lap 85. It was a planned competition caution. Brian Scott opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. Kyle Larson and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were both tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail end of the field.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 91. Ryan Newman edged out Scott at the line to take the lead on lap 92. Busch drove around Newman on the high line to retake the lead on lap 102. The third caution of the race flew on lap 158 for a single-car wreck in turn 2 involving Regan Smith. Edwards exited pit road with the race lead.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 165. Edwards sat in command of the race for 27 laps before Busch took back the lead on lap 193. Debris in turn 3 brought the fourth caution of the race on lap 254.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 262. Kevin Harvick took the lead for the first time on lap 288. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 308 for a single-car spin by Kyle Larson in turn 4. Hamlin was tagged for speeding and restarted the race from the tail end of the field.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 316. Busch controlled the race for the next 32 laps before losing the lead to Harvick on lap 348. Busch radioed to his team that a part on his car had failed. His car got loose going into turn 1, slid down the track, turned back up the track and came to a stop backwards. Justin Allgaier, driving in place of Michael Annett, clipped the left-front of Busch's car. He went up the track and collected Larson and Martin Truex Jr., which brought out the sixth caution.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
Busch said afterwards that the part failure was "a shame. The last few times we’ve been here, we’ve had really fast M&M’s Toyota Camrys and we haven’t been able to finish. We’ve been having parts failures here, so something we’ve got to address and fix. I’m really tired of losing races here with parts falling apart, so they’ll hear about it on Tuesday." He also said that the "biggest moron out there is the spotter of the 46 and the driver of the 46 (Justin Allgaier). I’ve been wrecking for half a lap and they just come on through and clean us out. That’s stupid, so I don’t know – frustrating day. Let’s go home." Allgaier went on to finish 40th. Kurt Busch assumed the race lead.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 129 laps to go and a multi-car wreck brought out the seventh caution of the race. It started when Busch spun out and collected Brad Keselowski. Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Ryan Blaney, Jimmie Johnson and Elliott all suffered damage in the wreck. Busch said afterwards that he thought he "just missed the bottom groove by a few inches, got loose and the wreck was on. The way that our car was restarting it felt comfortable, it felt good.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
That inside with the rosin and the VHT, if you don’t hit it exactly right you lose a lot of time. I tried to make up for it and got loose. I feel really bad for the Monster Energy guys. We had a win in our sights and I just drove the car at 101 percent instead of that 99 that I probably needed to be at." Joey Logano assumed the race lead.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 111 laps to go. Harvick took the lead back from Logano with 95 laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew when Clint Bowyer got into the wall. Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 77 laps to go. The ninth caution of the race flew with 55 laps to go for rain. The cars were brought back down pit road as the race was red-flagged for a third time. After six minutes and 54 seconds, the race resumed under caution.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 51 laps. Harvick drove on to score the victory.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Harvick said afterwards that he thought his team had "a good plan. I think we have great cars, and we've made a lot of adjustments. ... Hopefully this win and everything getting ready to start with the Chase is going to put all the pieces together, and I think everybody has been working hard to do that." In regards to the double burnout he did with Tony Stewart following the race, he said he "wanted him to go on a victory lap with so he could say goodbye to all the fans here at Bristol but that was pretty cool doing some burnouts with him."


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Stenhouse, who tied a career-best Sprint Cup Series finish with a runner-up finish in a special paint scheme dedicated to the late Bryan Clauson, said afterwards that he "knew we were going to have to get everything perfect, and it took me a minute to get the top going. I wanted to give up when we were two [laps] down, but I remembered we had Bryan Clauson’s tribute car here, and his favorite helmet, and I dug deep and the guys dug deep and made a lost of changes that made our Fastenal Ford a lot better. We really wanted to park it in Victory Lane for his whole family and all of his friends and fans for Tim, Di, Taylor and Lauren his fiancée… Just a little bit short."


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Hamlin, who recovered from a speeding penalty and loose wheel to finish third, said he "had a great car. We definitely got it a lot better there at the end and proud that we’re able to come back from two laps down and get a good finish out of it, but still a good overall day for our FedEx Express Camry. Just came up a little short."


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, 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, Parker Kligerman, Mike Massaro and Marty Snider reported from pit lane during the race.


2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Batangas City local elections
Local elections were held in Batangas City on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect candidates for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the congressman (which will represent Batangas' fifth district which is composed of just the city), two provincial board members, and the 12 members of its city council.


2016 Batangas City local elections
Unlike in the 2013 elections, voters of the city will be electing its first member in the House of Representatives, two representatives to the Batangas provincial board, and two more councilors thus bringing the councilors' total to 12 as opposed to the previous 10.


2016 Batangas City local elections, Background, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections
Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for his eighth nonconsecutive term as Mayor of Batangas. He assumed the mayorship in 1988 and until 1998. He again ran for Mayor in 2001 and was elected in 2004 and 2007. He then elected again in 2013. He will run for his tenth nonconsecutive term as Mayor without a vice mayoral candidate under the Liberal Party.


2016 Batangas City local elections, Background, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections
His opponent is councilor Kristine Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law under the PDP–Laban.


2016 Batangas City local elections, Background, Mayoral and Vice Mayoral elections
On December 9, 2015, Dimacuha withdrew his candidacy for Mayor. Substituting him is his youngest and only daughter, Beverley Rose Dimacuha, also wife of incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio "Marvey" Mariño. This will be the first time, that women will be battling the mayoralty post. Whoever wins will be the second female mayor next to former Mayor Vilma Dimacuha who was elected in 2010.


2016 Batangas City local elections, Candidates, District Representative
Incumbent Board Member Mario Vittorio Mariño will run for the newly created 5th District against Danilo Berberabe.


2016 Batangas City local elections, Candidates, Mayor
Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for reelection. Running without his vice mayoralty partner, his opponent is incumbent councilor Kristine Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law. On December 10, Mayor Dimachua withdrew his bid for reelection bid to give way to his daughter Beverley Rose Dimacuha-Mariño, wife of congressional candidate and incumbent board member Marvey Mariño.


2016 Batangas City local elections, Candidates, Vice Mayor
Incumbent Vice Mayor Emilio "Jun" Berberabe is running unopposed. He is Balmes' running mate.


2016 Batangas local elections
Local elections will held in the Province of Batangas on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and     for the six districts of Batangas.


2016 Batangas local elections, Provincial elections
The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Incumbent Governor Vilma Santos-Recto and Vice Governor Mark Leviste is barred from seeking reelection since they are in their third term.


2016 Batangas local elections, Provincial elections, Governor
Incumbent Vilma Santos-Recto is barred to seek another term, she instead will run for Congress in the 6th District. Incumbent Vice Governor Mark Leviste is her party's nominee. His main opponents are AGAP Party- list Representative Nicanor Briones, former Governor and former 2nd District Representative Hermilando Mandanas, incumbent 4th District Representative Mark Llandro Mendoza and Marcos Mandanas, Sr.


2016 Batangas local elections, Provincial elections, Vice Governor
Incumbent Jose Antonio Leviste II is barred to seek reelection and is running for governor. His party nominated incumbent 4th District Board Member Amado Carlos Bolilia IV. His main opponents are former 3rd District Board Member Chona Dimayuga, Danilo Guste and former Calaca, Batangas Mayor Sofronio Ona Jr.


2016 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Nelson Collantes is the incumbent. His opponent is DZJV reporter Nestor Burgos. On October 17, Burgos withdrew his candidacy, thus resulting to Collantes running unopposed. On December 10, Collantes also withdrew his candidacy to give way to his wife, Maria Theresa.


2016 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 4th District
Incumbent Mark Llandro Mendoza is the last Representative of the 4th District of Batangas. Running for a seat are former Board Member Lianda Bolilia and incumbent Taysan Mayor Victor Portugal, Jr.


2016 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 5th District (Batangas City)
Incumbent 2'nd District Board Member Mario Vittorio Mariño will run for the newly created 5th District against Danilo Berberabe, Felipe Baroja, Carloto Bisa and former Justice Secretary Hernando Perez.


2016 Batangas local elections, Congressional elections, 6th District (Lipa City)
Incumbent Mark Llandro Mendoza who came from the 4th District is term-limited and is running for Governor. Running for a seat in Congress is Bernadette Sabili, wife of Mayor Meynard Sabili and incumbent Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. Initially, Sabili is running under the National Unity Party. Like her husband, the party withdrew her nomination due to its coalition with the Liberal Party. As a result, Sabili is running as an independent.


2016 Batangas local elections, Sangguniang Panlalawigan election
All six districts of Batangas will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections
All municipalities of Batangas, Batangas City, Lipa City and Tanauan City will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty and vice-mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Balayan
Incumbent Emmanuel Fronda is term-limited. His son, Emmanuel Salvador II is his party's nominee.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Calatagan
Incumbent Mayor Sophia Palacio is term limited and is running for Board Member. Her husband, former Mayor Peter Oliver Palacio is her party's nominee. His opponent is former Vice Mayor Lenie Pantoja


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Calatagan
Incumbent Glen Aytona is running for reelection. His opponents are actress Andrea del Rosario and Michael Anzalado.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Lemery
Incumbent Charisma Alilio is not running. Her husband, former Mayor Eulalio Alilio is her party's nominee.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Taal
Incumbent Michael Montenegro is term limited. His party nominated incumbent Vice Mayor Fulgencio Mercado.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Taal
Incumbent Fulgencio Mercado is term limited and is running for Mayor.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Tuy
Incumbent Mayor Jose Jecerell Cerrado is running for reeelection unopposed.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Bauan
Incumbent Ryanh Dolor is term limited. His father, former Mayor and Liga ng mga Barangay Provincial Federation President Herminigildo Dolor is running for mayor under United Nationalist Alliance. His opponents are Mario Bejer and Juan Magboo.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Bauan
Incumbent Julian Casapao is running for reelection. His opponents are Presnedy Bacal, Romel Basilan and Gaudencio Masangcay.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Lobo
Incumbent Gaudioso Manalo is running for reelection. His opponent is former Mayor Efren Diona


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Mabini
Incumbent Nilo Villanueva is term limited. His party nominated incumbent Vice Mayor Elmar Panopio.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, San Luis
Incumbent Samuel Noel Ocampo is running for a first full three-year term.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, San Luis
Incumbent Danilo Medina is running for a first full three-year term.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, San Pascual
Incumbent Antonio Dimayuga is barred to seek another term, he instead will run for vice-mayor. Incumbent Vice Mayor Davis Fider is his party's nominee. His main opponent is Roanna Conti. It is her third time to run in mayoralty position.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, San Pascual
Incumbent Davis Fider is barred to seek another term, he instead will run for mayor. Incumbent Mayor Antonio Dimayuga is his party's nominee. His main opponents are Claro Conti and Norman Dimatatac.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Tingloy
Incumbent Lauro Alvarez is term limited. His son, former SK Provincial Federation President Mark Lawrence Alvarez is his party's nominee.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Tanauan City
Incumbent mayor Antonio "Thony" Halili is running for a second term under Tanauan City's Hope (TCH) Team which is affiliated with the Nationalist People's Coalition. His opponent is retired Batangas provincial police director David Quimio.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Tanauan City
Meanwhile, the local Liberal Party chapter will support Team TCH despite the latter's affiliation with NPC.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Tanauan City
Incumbent Jhoanna Corona is running for re-election under the TCH Team. Her opponent is perennial council candidate Marcos Valdez Sr.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Malvar
Incumbent Carlito Reyes is not running. His sister-in-law, incumbent Vice Mayor Cristeta Reyes is his party's nominee and is running unopposed.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Malvar
Incumbent Cristeta Reyes is running for Mayor. His party nominated incumbent councilor Alberto Lat.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, San Nicolas
Incumbent Epifanio Sandoval is term limited and is running for Vice Mayor


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 3rd District, Talisay
Talisay is the only municipality in the country where in the elections, the incumbent Mayor, Vice Mayor and all eight councilors are running without any opposing parties.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Ibaan
Incumbent Mayor Juan Toreja is running for reelection. His opponent is former mayor Remigio Hernandez.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Padre Garcia
Incumbent Abraham Gutierrez is running for reelection. His opponent is 1-CARE Party-list representative Michael Angelo Rivera.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, San Juan
Incumbent Mayor Rodolfo Manalo is running for reelection. His opponents are former Mayor Danilo Mindanao and Nowell Ona.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, San Juan
Incumbent Octavio Antonio Marasigan is term limited. His party nominated incumbent Councilor Ildebrando Salud. His opponent is incumbent councilor Meynard Robles.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Taysan
Incumbent Victor Portugal, Jr. is term limited and is running for Congress. His brother, incumbent Councilor Joel Portugal is his party's nominee. His opponent is incumbent Vice Mayor Grande Gutierrez.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Taysan
Incumbent Grande Gutierrez is term limited and is running for Mayor.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 5th District, Batangas City
Incumbent Mayor Eduardo Dimacuha is running for reelection. His opponent is incumbent councilor Kristine Gonda Balmes, incidentally his former daughter-in-law. On December 10, Dimacuha withdrew his candidacy. His daughter Beverley Rose Dimacuha substituted him.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 5th District, Batangas City
Incumbent Vice Mayor Emilio "Jun" Berberabe is running unopposed. He is Balmes' running mate.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 6th District, Lipa City
Incumbent Mayor Meynardo Sabili is running for reelection. His opponent is fiscal Edgardo Mendoza. Sabili is running under the National Unity Party, however the party withdrew Sabili's nomination thus, he is running as an independent.


2016 Batangas local elections, City and municipal elections, 6th District, Lipa City
Incumbent Eric Africa is running for reelection. His opponent is incumbent councilor Raul Montealto.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election
The Batley and Spen by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Batley and Spen. It was triggered by the murder of the incumbent member of parliament (MP), Jo Cox, on 16 June 2016. The Labour candidate, Tracy Brabin, won with 85.8% of the vote. Four parties with parliamentary representation did not enter candidates, out of respect for Cox. Nine candidates, the majority of whom were from minor far-right parties, contested against Labour, and none reached the 5% threshold to keep their deposit.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election
The by-election was scheduled to coincide with the Witney by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Candidates
The Conservative Party stated that, as a mark of respect, it would not contest the by-election. The Liberal Democrats, UKIP and the Greens also declined to contest the election. Brendan Cox, Jo Cox's widower, also ruled out standing for the seat.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Candidates
Labour began selecting a candidate on 14 September. The Batley-born actress Tracy Brabin and the Keighley-based campaigner, Jane Thomas, were shortlisted for selection on 19 September. Brabin won the selection on 23 September. She had campaigned for Cox at the 2015 election, and had been told by her that "you should be an MP".


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Candidates
On 18 July, the English Democrats announced that its deputy chairman, Therese Hirst, a former leader of Veritas, would be its candidate. Hirst (as Therese Muchewicz) stood in Bradford West at the 2015 general election, but came last with 98 votes (0.2%). She was again its candidate for West Yorkshire in the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner elections, where she again had the least support, with 20,656 votes (3.9%). She had previously stood for Veritas in Bradford South in 2005.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Candidates
The British National Party (BNP) chose David Furness, who had earlier that year received 0.5% of votes in the London mayoral election. The National Front chose the veteran campaigner Richard Edmonds, a perennial candidate for them and the BNP who came last with 49 votes in Carshalton and Wallington in the 2015 general election. On 18 June 2016, Liberty GB announced that Jack Buckby, a former BNP politician, would be its candidate in the by-election. Liberty GB registered the description "No to terrorism, yes to Britain", which appeared on the ballot paper instead of the party name. Neil Humphrey stood for the English Independence Party as Corbyn Anti (and so was listed as "Anti Corbyn" on the ballot paper); this new party supported English nationalism.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Candidates
Waqas Ali Khan stood as an independent; he was the UKIP candidate for Shipley at the 2015 general election, coming third of six candidates. Garry Kitchin previously stood for the Green Party in local elections. He was the only candidate registered to an address in the constituency. A London-based musician, Ankit Love, stood for the One Love Party, which campaigns against air pollution. He contested several elections earlier in the year, including the London mayoral election.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Result
The result was declared at 1:45 am at Cathedral House in Huddersfield. Brabin held the seat for Labour on one of the lowest turnouts for a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War. All other candidates polled less than 5% of the vote and lost their deposits. Brabin was heckled by some of the other candidates as she delivered her speech at the declaration of the result. In her speech she said, "Tonight is a bittersweet occasion for me. That this by-election had to take place at all is a tragedy.


2016 Batley and Spen by-election, Result
Whether you voted for me, voted for other candidates or didn't vote at all, I give you my word, I will be equally strong for each and every one of you." She thanked the parties who chose not to contest the election and declared a victory for "unity and hope". Cox's widower, Brendan, was pleased that the far-right candidates lost their deposits.


2016 Baton Rouge mayoral election
The 2016 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 8 and December 10, 2016 to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup
The 2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Eckental, Germany between 31 October and 6 November 2016.


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Doubles
Ruben Bemelmans and Philipp Petzschner were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Doubles
Kevin Krawietz and Albano Olivetti won the title after defeating Roman Jebavý and Andrej Martin 6–7(8–10), 6–4, [10–7] in the final.


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles
Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles
Steve Darcis won the title after defeating Alex De Minaur 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Baylor Bears baseball team
The 2016 Baylor Bears baseball team represents Baylor University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bears play their home games at Baylor Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Steve Rodriguez, in his 1st season at Baylor.


2016 Baylor Bears baseball team, Previous Season
In 2015, the Bears finished the season 8th in the Big 12 with a record of 23–32 (9–15 Big 12). Baylor qualified for the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament and was eliminated in the tournament semifinal. They failed to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. At the conclusion of the 2015 season, Baylor fired 21-year head coach Steve Smith, the winningest coach in Baylor athletic history. On June 12, 2015, Baylor announced Pepperdine Waves head coach Steve Rodriguez as the Bears' new head coach for 2016; Rodriguez, a Pepperdine alum, played on the Waves' 1992 national championship team, then led the Waves to the NCAA Tournament in 8 of his 12 years as head coach.


2016 Baylor Bears football team
The 2016 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bears were coached by interim head coach Jim Grobe in their 118th football season. This was the team's third season in McLane Stadium in Waco, Texas. The Bears were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 3–6 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They were invited to Cactus Bowl where they defeated Boise State.


2016 Baylor Bears football team, Scandal
In September 2015, following the conviction of former players Sam Ukwuachu and Tevin Elliott of sexual assault, along with allegations against other players, the school commissioned law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP to conduct an independent external investigation regarding the university's handling of sexual violence. In April 2016, former player Shawn Oakman was arrested on sexual assault charges as well. Head coach Art Briles was terminated on May 26, 2016 following the presentation of Pepper Hamilton's report. University President Ken Starr and Athletic Director Ian McCaw also resigned. Former Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe was hired on an interim basis.


2016 Baylor Bears football team, Scandal
Following the threat of a lawsuit by Briles for wrongful termination, Baylor provided an out of court settlement. Briles and Baylor are co-defendants in a lawsuit filed by a woman allegedly sexually assaulted by a football player. After Briles' departure, many players announced their intention to transfer including Jarrett Stidham. Seven members of the 2016 recruiting class requested to be released from their National Letter of Intent, and six of the then-seven commits in the 2017 recruiting class decommitted.


2016 BeNe Ladies Tour
The 2016 BeNe Ladies Tour was the third edition of the BeNe Ladies Tour, a women's cycling stage race in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.2 race and was held between 15 and 17 July 2016. The race was won by Jolien D'Hoore.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships
The 2016 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Budapest, Hungary from 12 to 17 July 2016. It was the seventh edition of the event.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships
Croatia and Spain took home gold in the men's and women's event, both after defeating Brazil in the final.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Format
The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. After playing a round-robin, the three top ranked team advanced to the main round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advance. In the main round every team had three games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The three bottom ranked team from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group were valid. Every team played three games and after those round there were placement matches from 7th–12th place.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Format
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Draw
The draw was held on 12 May 2016. The schedule was released on 16 June 2016.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Men, Main round
Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Men, Consolation round
Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Women, Main round
Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.


2016 Beach Handball World Championships, Women, Consolation round
Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.


2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
The 2016 Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, an annual international beach soccer tournament. It was hosted at Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 1 to 5 November 2016. Eight teams participated in the competition, ending with Brazil winning their second title.


2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
For sponsorship reasons, it is also known as the Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai 2016.


2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, Group stage
All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4).


2016 Beijing Guoan F.C. season
The 2016 Beijing Guoan F.C. season was their 13th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in 2004, and 26th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed at the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.


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


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


2016 Beirut municipal election
Municipal election in the Lebanese capital Beirut was held on 8 May 2016. Election was held for 24 seats in the municipal council of the city.


2016 Beirut municipal election
Some 470,000 persons were eligible to vote in the election. The population of Beirut is around four times larger than the electorate, as many Beirut residents remains in the electoral census of their ancestral home villages.


2016 Beirut municipal election
The two main contending lists were 'Beirutis' list' and Beirut Madinati ('Beirut is my city'). The Beirutis' List was supported by Saad Hariri, and included politicians from both the 14 March Alliance and the 8 March Alliance. Amongst the parties supporting the list were the Future Movement, Amal Movement and the three main Christian parties. Beirut Madinati was a platform that emerged from civic protests in the 2015 garbage crisis. Film director Nadine Labaki was one of the 24 candidates of Beirut Madinati. Another list in the fray was the secular 'Citizens in the state' list, led by former minister Charbel Nahhas. Notably Hezbollah did not endorse any municipal council candidates, "preferring to concentrate on other municipalities south of the city."


2016 Beirut municipal election
Just around 20% of the eligible voters cast their ballots. Security was tight at polling stations, with armed forces deployed.


2016 Belarusian First League
2016 Belarusian First League was the 26th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2016.


2016 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2015 season
Three best teams of 2015 Belarusian First League (Gorodeya, Isloch Minsk Raion and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2015 Belarusian Premier League table (Gomel).


2016 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2015 season
Rechitsa-2014, who finished 16th last year, relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2015 Second League (Luch Minsk, Uzda and Torpedo Minsk).


2016 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 2015 season
Before the start of the season Bereza-2010 disbanded, while Kobrin and newly promoted Uzda did not receive First League license and were denied participation. Oshmyany, who finished 5th in 2015 Second League, were additionally promoted, while no other Second League club eligible for extra promotion applied for the license. As a result, the league was reduced to 14 clubs for 2016 season.


2016 Belarusian Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2016 Belarusian Indoor Athletics Championships was the year's national championship in indoor track and field for Belarus. It was held from 19–21 February at the Olympic sports complex in Mogilev.


2016 Belarusian Premier League
The 2016 Belarusian Premier League was the 26th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 27 November 2016. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th league title last year; they successfully defended their title this season.


2016 Belarusian Premier League, Teams
Three best teams of 2015 First League (Isloch Minsk Raion, Gorodeya and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 14 to 16 clubs.


2016 Belarusian Premier League, Teams
The last-placed team of 2015 Premier League, Gomel, were relegated.


2016 Belarusian Premier League, Results
Each team played twice against every other team for a total of 30 matches.


2016 Belarusian Super Cup
The 2016 Belarusian Super Cup was held on 13 March 2016 between the 2015 Belarusian Premier League champions BATE Borisov and the 2014–15 Belarusian Cup runners-up Shakhtyor Soligorsk. BATE won the match 2–1 and won the trophy for the sixth time.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 11 September 2016.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 110 members of the House of Representatives were previously elected using the two-round system. However, a new electoral code was introduced in 2013, abolishing the requirement for candidates to receive an absolute majority, effectively changing the voting system to first-past-the-post. All candidates are elected in single-member constituencies. However, if there is only one candidate, they are required to receive at least 50% of the votes cast (voters may also vote against all). Voter turnout in a constituency must be at least 50% for the election to be deemed valid.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election, Electoral system
In cases where the turnout have not been met or no candidate has been elected, repeat elections will be held.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election, Participating parties
The pro-government Communist Party of Belarus, the Liberal Democratic Party, the Republican Party of Labour and Justice and the Belarusian Patriotic Party all participated in the elections, whilst many pro-government candidates ran as independents.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election, Participating parties
In contrast to the previous elections in 2012, the opposition did not boycott the elections, instead forming an alliance under the name Prava Vybaru (Belarusian: Права Выбару, Russian: Право выбора, 'The Right to Choose') consisting of the BPF Party, the Belarusian Christian Democracy, the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Assembly), the Za svabodu movement, the United Civic Party of Belarus, the Belarusian Party "The Greens", the Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress and the Trade Union of Electric Industry. The Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" also contested the elections.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election, Results
The Central Election Commission stated that elections had been deemed valid in all constituencies. At the same time, independent observers declared that turnout data had been falsified in many constituencies, particularly in Minsk, and the real turnout was less than 50% required for the results in a constituency to be deemed valid.


2016 Belarusian parliamentary election, Results
The elections saw two opposition candidates win seats, the first since 2004. Hanna Kanapatskaya, a member of the United Civic Party won in one of the Minsk constituencies, whilst independent candidate Alena Anisim won in a constituency in the Minsk Region. The other 93 independent candidates were considered to be pro-government. The Communist Party of Belarus, the Republican Party of Labour and Justice and the Belarusian Patriotic Party all support President Alexander Lukashenko, and although the Liberal Democratic Party declares to be "constructive democratic opposition", it is de facto pro-government.


2016 Belgian Cup Final
The 2016 Belgian Cup Final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 61st Belgian Cup final and took place on 20 March 2016 between Club Brugge and Standard Liège. It was the first time the two teams met in the final since the 2006–07 Belgian Cup Final. Standard Liège won the match by 2 goals to 1, with the final goal coming two minutes from time.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix
The 2016 Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the thirteenth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marks the seventy-second running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the fifty-ninth time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver and defending race winner Lewis Hamilton entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by nineteen points ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 159 points. Red Bull Racing was lying second, having passed Ferrari in the standings at the previous round in Germany.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg won this Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton, second and third respectively. Hamilton received a multi-grid penalty before the start of the race. Hamilton retained the championship lead, with Rosberg closing the gap to nine points. Red Bull's Max Verstappen and both Ferraris were involved in an incident at the start of the race.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix
The race was stopped on lap 9 after Kevin Magnussen crashed heavily at Raidillon, suffering a 12.5G impact, causing structural damage to the armoured collision barrier and tyre wall which required repairs, before the race could resume under green flag conditions. Magnussen suffered a cut on his ankle but no serious injury.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Background, Driver changes
Esteban Ocon made his Formula One début, replacing Rio Haryanto at MRT. Haryanto stayed with the team, filling a testing and reserve role.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Background, Tyres
Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the super-soft, soft and medium compounds for the races. Drivers were also supplied with two sets of "prototype" soft tyres for use in the Friday practice sessions, which were designed to provide similar lap times and performance to the existing soft compound whilst being more durable when striking kerbs and going beyond track limits. The prototype tyres were introduced to allow Pirelli to gain data on their performance ahead of their competitive début in Malaysia, where they will replace the existing soft compound.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Background, Upgrades
Both Honda and Mercedes introduced upgrades to their power units for the race, while Sauber brought their first updates of the season for the C35 chassis.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Background, Penalties
Lewis Hamilton, Marcus Ericsson and Fernando Alonso took grid penalties for exceeding their season allocation of engine components; Hamilton received fifteen places for using his sixth turbocharger and associated Motor Generator Unit, while Ericsson was demoted ten places for replacing his turbocharger, and Alonso thirty-five places for introducing his sixth complete power unit. Hamilton received a second set of penalties when Mercedes introduced a seventh turbocharger and MGU-H ahead of the second free practice session; and a third set for further changes ahead of the final practice session, thereby guaranteeing that he would start the race from last place. Mercedes deliberately took the penalties as they sought to stockpile new components for the remainder of the season, deeming the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to be a venue where the potential for overtaking offset the penalties.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Background, Penalties
Esteban Gutiérrez received a five-place grid penalty for dangerous driving during the final practice session when Pascal Wehrlein was forced to take evasive action and cross the grassy verge on the inside of Raidillon to avoid contact.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Background, Penalties
On race day, Mercedes removed a seal on the gearbox of Hamilton's car so he could take a new gearbox at the next race, giving the world champion an additional five place grid penalty. The penalty was initially incorrectly issued and originally designated Hamilton to start from the pit lane.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start Nico Rosberg got away well, Max Verstappen got a poor start and was passed by both Ferrari's of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, going into La Source Verstappen tried to come back at both Ferrari's only to hit Räikkönen who in turn then hit his teammate Vettel spinning him round, all three had to come back to the pits for repairs. At Les Combes Jenson Button was hit by Manor's Pascal Wehrlein taking them both out of the race.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Carlos Sainz suffered a tyre failure and pulled off the track causing a virtual safety car, at this point Fernando Alonso had made it up to 12th with all the chaos and Lewis Hamilton was up to 15th. The race restarted but soon after Kevin Magnussen suffered a crash when his car spun and smashed into the tyre wall at Raidillon, Magnussen limped out of the car but did require medical attention for an injured ankle, the race was initially neutralised under the safety car before stopped two laps later so they could repair the tyre barrier. At the restart Hamilton was able to pass Alonso but then it took him several laps to get past the Force India of Nico Hülkenberg. Rosberg won the race followed by Daniel Ricciardo with Hamilton finishing third.


2016 Belgian Grand Prix, Race, Post race
Kevin Magnussen had been taken to hospital as a precaution but tweeted that he was fine and he would be racing at the next Grand Prix in Italy.


2016 Belgian Road Cycling Cup
The 2016 Belgian Road Cycling Cup (known as the Napoleon Games Cycling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural edition of the Belgian Road Cycling Cup and was won by Timothy Dupont.


2016 Belgian Road Cycling Cup, Race results
In each race, the top 20 riders scored points for the general classification.


2016 Belgian Super Cup
The 2016 Belgian Super Cup was a football match that took take place on 23 July 2016, between the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League winners Club Brugge and Standard Liège, the winners of the 2015–16 Belgian Cup. Club Brugge played their 17th Super Cup and featured in their second consecutive Super Cup after losing the 2015 Belgian Super Cup to Gent, while Standard Liège played their 8th Belgian Super Cup after last appearing in 2011 when they lost to Genk.