2016 Coupe de France Final, Background
The match was OM's 19th final (a record), of which they had won 10. Their most recent final was in 2007, which they lost on penalties to Sochaux. PSG had won 9 Coupe de France titles from 13 finals prior to this year's showpiece.


2016 Coupe de France Final, Background
This was Zlatan Ibrahimović's last game for Paris Saint-Germain before moving to Manchester United.


2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final
The 2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final was the 22nd final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 23 April 2016 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, and Lille.


2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Background
Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time reigning champions, having won a record fifth title in the previous year's final with a 4–0 win over Bastia. It was PSG's sixth final – a joint record with Bordeaux – and they had previously won five (1995, 1998, 2008, 2014 and 2015) and lost one (2000).


2016 Coventry Bears season
The 2016 Season saw Coventry Bears compete once again the RFL League 1, the third tier of professional rugby league in Britain, in only their second professional season. The Coventry Bears improved upon the previous season by claiming an 11th place position with 8 wins to their credit under their coach, Tom Tsang.


2016 Coventry City Council election
The 2016 Coventry City Council election was scheduled to take place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Coventry City Council election, Current Council seats
The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 5 May 2016 elections.


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


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


2016 Crawley Borough Council election, Results
The Labour Party governing group of councillors increased their majority, gaining one seat from the Conservative opposition. None of the unrepresented parties achieved a first or second place in any of the seats for which the election took place.


2016 Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
The 2016 Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda Team time trial was the ninth edition of the now famous women's team time trial event - the Vårgårda Team time trial. It also featured as the 14th round of the 2016 UCI Women's WorldTour.


2016 Critérium International
The 2016 Critérium International was the 85th edition of the Critérium International cycling stage race. It took place on the island of Corsica, around the city of Porto Vecchio. As the previous three editions, the race consisted of three stages, two on the first race day (including a short individual time trial) and one on the second day. Thibaut Pinot of FDJ won the race and two stages, including his first ever win in an individual time trial. The race was overshadowed by the death of Belgian cyclist Daan Myngheer (Roubaix–Métropole Européenne de Lille), who suffered a heart attack during the opening stage of the race and was taken to hospital, where he died.


2016 Critérium International, Teams
A total of 16 teams were selected to take part in the race:


2016 Critérium International, Stages, Stage 1
26 March (Morning)  Porto-Vecchio - Porto-Vecchio, 90.5 km (56.2 mi)


2016 Critérium International, Stages, Stage 2
26 March (Afternoon)  Porto-Vecchio - Porto-Vecchio, 7 km (4.3 mi)


2016 Critérium International, Stages, Stage 3
27 March Porto-Vecchio - Col de l'Ospedale, 171.5 km (106.6 mi)


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné
The 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 68th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race. The eight-stage race began in Les Gets on 5 June and concluded in SuperDévoluy on 12 June, and is sixteenth of the twenty-eight races in the 2016 UCI World Tour season. The Dauphiné is viewed as a preview for July's Tour de France and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the race.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné
The race was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, successfully defending his title from the year before and becoming the fifth man to win the event three times. He won by 12 seconds over Romain Bardet of AG2R La Mondiale, with Dan Martin of Etixx-Quick-Step rounding out the podium.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné
Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Dimension Data took the green jersey as winner of the points competition, while teammate Daniel Teklehaimanot took the mountains classification for the second consecutive year. Julian Alaphilippe of Etixx-Quick-Step won the young riders classification, and Team Sky won the teams classification.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams
All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four wildcard teams were also invited.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
In the Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey with a blue bar; the winner of this classification was considered the winner of the race.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. Points towards the classification could also be achieved at each of the intermediate sprints; these points were given to the top three riders through the line with 5 points for first, 3 for second, and 1 point for third.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey with white polka dots. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. First-category climbs awarded the most points; the first six riders were able to accrue points, compared with the first four on second-category climbs, the first two on third-category and only the first for fourth-category.


2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2016 Croatia Open Umag
The 2016 Croatia Open Umag  (also known as the Konzum Croatia Open Umag for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 27th edition of the Croatia Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from 18 July through 24 July 2016.


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


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


2016 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Máximo González and André Sá were the defending champions, but chose to compete in Kitzbühel and Gstaad, respectively, instead.


2016 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Martin Kližan and David Marrero won the title, defeating Nikola Mektić and Antonio Šančić in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2016 Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Dominic Thiem was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Kitzbühel instead.


2016 Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Fabio Fognini won the title, defeating Andrej Martin in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


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


2016 Croatia Open Umag – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the qualifying competition.


2016 Croatian Football Cup Final
The 2016 Croatian Cup Final was a one-legged affair played between Dinamo Zagreb and Slaven Belupo. The final was played in Osijek on 10 May 2016.


2016 Croatian Football Cup Final, Final
Assistant referees:Dalibor Conjar (Osijek)Hrvoje Barišić (Osijek)Fourth official:Goran Pataki (Đakovo)Additional assistant referees:


2016 Croatian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Croatia on 11 September 2016, with all 151 seats in the Croatian Parliament up for election. The elections were preceded by a successful motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković and his cabinet on 16 June 2016, with 125 MPs voting in favour of the proposal. A subsequent attempt by the Patriotic Coalition to form a new parliamentary majority, with Minister of Finance Zdravko Marić as Prime Minister, failed and the Parliament voted to dissolve itself on 20 June 2016. The dissolution took effect on 15 July 2016, which made it possible for President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović to officially call for elections on 11 September 2016. These were the ninth parliamentary elections since the 1990 multi-party elections.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election
The elections were contested by the two largest parties in the outgoing eighth Parliament; the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), led by Andrej Plenković, and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) led by Zoran Milanović. The SDP contested the election as part of the People's Coalition, consisting of the SDP, HNS, HSS and HSU. They were also challenged by a number of other parties and coalitions, including the Bridge of Independent Lists (Most), which held the balance of power after the 2015 elections. The incumbent Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković, a non-partisan technocrat, announced that he would not be running on any party's candidate list and would not seek reelection.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election
The election resulted in a victory of HDZ with 61 seats in the parliament, while the People's Coalition won 54 seats. Andrej Plenković started talks about forming a governing majority with Most, which won 13 seats. Zoran Milanović announced his withdrawal from politics after the defeat. A few weeks after the election HDZ and Most concluded talks on forming a government, which would also include the 8 Members of Parliament representing national minorities.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election
On 10 October 2016 Plenković formally presented 91 signatures of support by MPs to President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, therefore far more than the necessary majority of 76 signatures and he was thus made Prime Minister-designate with a 30-day mandate to form a government until 9 November 2016. The 9th Assembly of the Croatian Parliament was constituted on 14 October with the election of Most leader Božo Petrov as Speaker.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election
On 19 October a parliamentary vote of 91 in favor, 45 against and 3 abstentions formally confirmed Croatia's 14th government cabinet since the first multi-party elections in 1990, with Andrej Plenković as Croatia's 12th Prime Minister. The new cabinet consisted of 20 ministers, including Goran Marić, a minister without portfolio who was on later tasked with leading the newly formed Ministry of State Property.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Background
Following the 2015 elections a government was formed by independent businessman Tihomir Orešković who was supported by the conservative Patriotic Coalition, led by Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), and Bridge of Independent Lists (MOST). However, HDZ put forward a motion of no confidence on 16 June, with 125 of 151 MPs voting in favor of the motion. The HDZ sought to form a new government with Minister of Finance Zdravko Marić as Prime Minister, however it was clear that he would not get support of 76 MPs. On 20 June MPs voted to dissolve parliament effective on 15 July, resulting in snap elections being called by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who called for elections on 11 September.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 151 members of the Croatian Parliament are elected by three methods; 140 are elected in ten 14-seat constituencies by open list proportional representation using a 5% electoral threshold, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method; 3 are elected in a special constituency for Croatian citizens and people of Croatian descent living overseas; and 8 are elected from a constituency for ethnic national minority groups: 3 for Serbs, 1 for Italians, 1 for Hungarians, 1 for Czechs and Slovaks, 1 for Albanians, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins and Slovenes, and 1 for Austrians, Bulgarians, Germans, Jews, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Rusyns, Russians, Turks, Ukrainians and Vlachs.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign
Campaigning for the early parliamentary elections officially began on 16 August 2016 and ended at stroke of midnight between 9 and 10 September 2016. An election silence officially commenced at that time and lasted until 19:00 local time on election day (11 September) when voting officially ended. All electoral activity, such as distributing or exhibiting promotional materials near polling stations or encouraging voters to vote for a certain political party, coalition or candidate is prohibited during the duration of the election silence and is punishable by law.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign
On 12 August a television debate hosted by Croatian Radio Television (HRT) featured SDP and People's Coalition chairman Zoran Milanović and HDZ chairman Andrej Plenković. According to a poll taken by daily newspaper Jutarnji List of 36.700 of its readers, 58% of those taking part answered that Milanović had been the more convincing of the two candidates and had won the debate, while 42% said the same of Plenković. However, some 87% of the 6.000 readers taking part also stated that the television debate had not greatly altered their political views. Readers were also asked to assign a grade (on a scale of 1 to 5) to each of the candidates, with 9.000 people taking part and giving Plenković an average grade of 3,36, while Milanović received an average grade of 3,23.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign, Issues
The main issues in the electoral campaign included fostering economic growth achieved after a six-year recession (2008-2015) and both major parties, the SDP (in government 2011-2016) and HDZ (in government from January 2016) claimed that economic recovery was begun during their period of government and that it was the result of their policies.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign, Issues
Other issues included the halted education reform initiative, which was due to be tested in selected Croatian schools in late 2016 and the debate over ending political polarization caused by differing views on Croatia's role in the Second World War and the resurgence of extreme far-right ideologies in Croatian society.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign, Issues
Numerous parties competing in the election called for an end to divisions caused by a continuing debate about the roles of the Ustaša and Communist regimes in Croatian history and questions relating to whether both regimes should be considered to have been authoritarian and to have committed certain war crimes on ethnic or ideological grounds.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign, Issues
Furthermore, an important issue of the campaign was how to regulate Croatia's relations with Serbia. Some of the most important aspects of this debate included the controversial criminal law adopted by Serbia, by which it unilaterally declares itself to have criminal jurisdiction over all war crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Under this law Serbia has issued a large number of arrest warrants for numerous Croatian veterans of the Croatian War of Independence, including numerous prominent political leaders and army commanders. Another issue which was also discussed was whether to use the blocking of Serbia's accession negotiations with the European Union to put pressure on the Serbian government to repeal the controversial law.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Election campaign, Issues
Less prominent issues in the campaign included the negative demographic trends in Croatia, mostly relating to a large number of Croatian citizens migrating to other countries to seek employment (among them many young highly educated citizens), diminishing birth rates, the depopulation of certain parts of the country due to poor economic and social conditions, as well as the growing median age of the population.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Results
The elections yielded a surprise victory for the conservative HDZ, though most opinion polls had predicted the People's coalition would have the largest share of seats in Parliament. The People's Coalition's unexpected defeat was, among other things, attributed to the release of a leaked audio recording of former Prime Minister and coalition chairman Zoran Milanović speaking at a private meeting with Croatian war veterans.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Results
In the recording Milanović used numerous derogatory terms, calling Serbs ʽʽpitifulˮ and stating that ʽʽBosnia and Herzegovina is not a countryˮ and it is thought that these statements undermined support for the People's Coalition among minority voters. The HDZ, which had trailed the People's coalition in opinion polls for over two months prior to the election and was thought to be facing certain defeat, managed under its new leader, MEP Andrej Plenković to shed the image of being a corruption-engulfed right-wing party for a more Europe-oriented centrist one.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Results
Low turnout is also thought to have contributed to the unexpectedly large number of seats won by the HDZ, as their voters and supporters were expected to have a high turnout rate on election day. After the election Milanović announced that he would not stand for reelection as party chairman of the SDP in the upcoming leadership election. Following the conservatives' victory, the stock market reacted generally favourably to the election results.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Results
It is considered likely that the next governing majority will be formed by a coalition of the HDZ and the centre-right Most party, which once again gained the role of kingmaker. However such a coalition would also need the support of additional parties to command a majority of seats, which is also a prerequisite for naming a Prime Minister-designate, who is given a 30-day mandate to form a government by the President. In the event of a HDZ-Most coalition government, Andrej Plenković as chairman of the HDZ is thought to be the most likely candidate to become the 12th Prime Minister of Croatia.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Results
National minorities elected 8 representatives through a separate election system: Milorad Pupovac (84,55% of votes), Mile Horvat (63,68%) and Boris Milošević (60,04%) for the Serb national minority, Róbert Jankovics (53,02%) for the Hungarian minority, Furio Radin (72,65%) for the Italian minority, Vladimir Bilek (84,43%) for the Czech and Slovak minorities, Veljko Kajtazi (53,16%) for the Austrian, Bulgarian, German, Jewish, Polish, Roma, Romanian, Rusyn, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vlach minorities and Ermina Lekaj Prljaskaj (25,31%) for the Albanian, Bosniak, Macedonian, Montenegrin and Slovene minorities. Six of the eight representatives of national minorities from the 8th Assembly of Parliament were reelected, while Šandor Juhas (Hungarian minority) lost his bid for reelection and Mirko Rašković (Serb minority) did not run for another term.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Results
Three Members of Parliament were elected by Croatian citizens living abroad in an overseas constituency. Traditionally, the HDZ is heavily favored to win all three seats, however in this election Željko Glasnović, who ran his own independent party list, won one seat in Parliament.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation
Following the announcement of election results late on 11 September 2016 it was thought that there could be a repeat of the long-lasting and somewhat tumultuous talks that followed the previous election. Namely, as yet again no party or coalition had gained an absolute majority of 76 seats, coalition talks would be required between the two larger parties (HDZ and the People's Coalition) and the numerous smaller parties to form such a majority. However, the opposition SDP-led People's Coalition conceded defeat after winning only 54 seats in Parliament.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation
Its leader, former Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, ruled out running for reelection to his party's chairmanship, effectively also ruling out any possible attempts to form a governing majority, thus allowing the HDZ to begin talks with the Bridge of Independent Lists (Most), its junior partner in the outgoing government led by the non-partisan Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković. Most set out seven conditions for entering into a government with any party and Plenković began discussions lasting several weeks with Most representatives.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation
Plenković also held talks with the 8 representatives of national minorities, as HDZ and Most would not have a majority without their support. Over the next few weeks several other parties, including the HSS proceeded to give their support to a government led by Plenković.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation
However, it is widely viewed that HSS chairman Krešo Beljak agreed to give Plenković the support of his party's 5 MPs and "100 days of peace before turning into the sharpest opposition" in order to calm tensions resulting from a dispute between him and HSS MEP Marijana Petir, who had called for HSS to enter the center-right government to be formed by HDZ and Most instead of remaining a part of the People's Coalition as an opposition party. The dispute escalated and Beljak proceeded to suspend over 100 members of the party, including Petir.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation
Plenković further received the support of the Milan Bandić 365 party, one out of two HSU MPs and one former member of Human Blockade. He formally received 91 signatures of support from MPs on 10 October 2016, far more than the necessary 76, and presented them to President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, who named him Prime Minister-designate and gave him 30 days time until 9 November to form a government. On 14 October Parliament constituted its 9th Assembly since 1990 by electing Most leader Božo Petrov as the 11th Speaker of Parliament.


2016 Croatian parliamentary election, Government formation
On 19 October Andrej Plenković was confirmed as the 12th Prime Minister of Croatia along with his cabinet of 20 ministers by a vote of 91 in favor, 45 against and 3 abstentions among 151 Members of Parliament. His government received the support of MPs belonging to the HDZ-HSLS-HDS coalition, Bridge of Independent Lists, Milan Bandić 365, HSS, HDSSB, SDSS and 5 representatives of other national minorities.


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season is the 50th in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen, they competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd (out of 16) to make the finals.


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
In the first week on the finals, they took on the Canberra Raiders, who at that stage were on a 10-game winning streak, at GIO Stadium. A day before the game, Sharks captain, Paul Gallen did not take the trip and was ruled out with a back injury. 7 minutes into the game, stand-in captain Wade Graham was taken off the field and would not return due to a concussion. Despite playing with one less player (16) for more than 70 minutes, the Sharks managed to earn a week off and advance to the preliminary finals with a 16-14 win, one of the Sharks' more memorable wins in their history.


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
In the preliminary final, they took on the North Queensland Cowboys, who managed to narrowing beat the Brisbane Broncos in a 90-minute thriller the week before, at Allianz Stadium. Paul Gallen and Wade Graham returned from their respective injuries to line up in a near fully strengthed Cronulla side. With James Maloney and Chad Townsend leading the way, the Sharks defeated the Cowboys 32-20 to progress into the 2016 NRL Grand Final, their first grand final appearance since the 1997 Super League Season. It was only the fourth time they had appeared in a grand final in their history.


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
Playing in front of 83,625 fans, the Cronulla Sharks broke their 49 year drought without a premiership, with a 14-12 win over the minor premiers, the Melbourne Storm. It sent Michael Ennis out a winner in his final game in the NRL. The Clive Churchill Medal Winner was Luke Lewis.


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Ben Barba, Valentine Holmes, Chad Townsend, Jayson Bukuya, Ricky Leutele


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Luke Lewis, James Maloney, Sosaia Feki, Paul Gallen, Ben Barba


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Ben Barba, Sosaia Feki, Matt Prior, Andrew Fifita, Valentine Holmes


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Ben Barba (2), Jack Bird, Jayson Bukuya, Valentine Holmes, Matt Prior, James Maloney


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Sosaia Feki (2), Paul Gallen, James Maloney, Chad Townsend


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Valentine Holmes (4), Sosaia Feki (3), Luke Lewis (2), Ben Barba, Wade Graham


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Ben Barba (2), Mitch Brown, Joseph Paulo, Luke Lewis


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Sosaia Feki (2), Valentine Holmes, Jack Bird, Luke Lewis, Chad Townsend


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Jack Bird (2), Ben Barba (2), Valentine Holmes (2), Sosaia Feki, Gerard Beale


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: Matt Prior, Ben Barba, Gerard Beale, Paul Gallen, Jayson Bukuya, Valentine Holmes


2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Results
Tries: James Maloney (2), Sosaia Feki, Chad Townsend, Luke Lewis


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


2016 CrossFit Games
The 2016 CrossFit Games were the tenth CrossFit Games held on July 19–24, 2016 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California and on a ranch in Aromas, California, United States. The men's competition was won by Mathew Fraser, the women's by Katrín Tanja Davíðsdóttir, and the Affiliate Cup was awarded to CrossFit Mayhem Freedom.


2016 CrossFit Games
Over 324,000 from 175 countries participated in the Open this season. At the Games, the women's competition was tightly fought, with the lead changing many times over the course of the Games, but Davíðsdóttir managed to hold off a strong challenge from Tia-Clair Toomey to win a second time. In the men's competition, Mat Fraser won with a 197-point lead over second-place Ben Smith, at the time the biggest margin of victory in the history of the Games, marking the beginning of Fraser's dominance at the Games for the next four years until his retirement after the 2020 Games.


2016 CrossFit Games, Qualification
The Open was held over five weeks from February 25 through March 28, 2016. Five workouts were released, one per week, for the athletes to complete. 324,307 competitors from 175 countries registered to participate in the Open. As with the 2015 Games, athletes from the Open in 17 regions were funnelled into 8 super regions, and 260 (40 men, 40 women and 30 teams of 6) from each of the 8 regions went on to compete in the Regionals. Noah Ohlsen and Jamie Greene were the respective winner of the men's and women's competitions at the Open.


2016 CrossFit Games, Qualification
The Regionals were held over 3 weekends between May 13 and May 29. As with the 2015 Games, the scoring system for Regionals was no longer the same as the Open, instead the scoring system from the Games was used (100 for first, 95 for second, etc.). From each Regional, the top 5 of each division qualified for the Games; in total 40 men, 40 women and 40 teams were invited to the Games.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Wednesday, July 20, 2016
In celebration of the tenth Crossfit Games, the first day of events for the Individual Men and Women divisions took place at the site of the first three CrossFit Games at the Ranch in Aromas, California (a site owned by the family of the head of the CrossFit Games, Dave Castro). The competitors left Carson in the morning and flew into San Jose, California, in order to participate in the first three events. Unfortunately, on the return trip that evening, Southwest Airlines suffered a technical glitch grounding several flights and creating many delays. Some athletes reported that they did not return to their Carson hotel until after midnight Thursday morning.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Events 1 and 2: Ranch Trail Run to Ranch Deadlift Ladder
Event 1 was a seven kilometer run was based around a similar event in the 2009 CrossFit Games. Mat Fraser and Samantha Briggs were the winners of this event. The second event, a deadlift ladder, was similar to Event 2 of 2009 but with heavier weights since many were able to lift the heaviest weights in 2009. The men's weight started at 425 pounds and ended at 615 pounds while the women's weight started at 275 pounds and ended at 415 pounds.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Events 1 and 2: Ranch Trail Run to Ranch Deadlift Ladder
The competitors had to lift in reverse order of finish in the first event; the last place finisher start the event first, ten minutes after completing the run. Sam Dancer (the last place finisher on the run) and Brooke Wells (who took 37th of 40 on the run) both won the event by completing the ladder.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Event 3: Ranch Mini Chipper
The last event was a "chipper," a workout involving multiple exercises done sequentially without returning (as in "chipping away" at the number of repetitions) for the fastest time. The competitors started with 50 wall ball shots, a squat into tossing a medicine ball 9 or 10 feet up to target on a wall. Once completed, they performed 25 sit-ups with the medicine ball on a glute-hamstring developer (GHD), a piece of equipment where the feet lock in and the sit-up is performed at a greater range of motion. The chipper was finished with a hill sprint while carrying the medicine ball. The men used a 30-pound medicine ball and the women used a 20-pound medicine ball. Brent Fikowski and Annie Thorisdottir won the event.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Thursday, July 21, 2016, Event 4: Ocean Swim
The only event of day two was an out-and-back ocean swim at Redondo Beach, California. Tia-Clair Toomey and Jonne Koski won with times of 7:28 and 6:54 respectively.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, July 22, 2016, Event 5: Murph
This specific workout was created in honor of US Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan on July 28, 2005. "Murph" is probably CrossFit's most famous "Hero" workout (a specific routine named in honor of  a fallen hero) and Murph is usually performed by American affiliates on Memorial Day. The announcement of this event was controversial because it was also done in the 2015 CrossFit Games where a number of athletes suffered serious heat injuries. The weighted vests were 20lbs. for men and 14lbs. for the women. The exercises between the runs was broken up into five rounds of 20 pull-ups, 40 push-ups, and 60 air squats. Josh Bridges and Kari Pearce won the event.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, July 22, 2016, Event 6: Squat Clean Pyramid
Squat cleans are a common movement used in weightlifting with the requirement that the competitor must squat below parallel on the clean. The athletes performed a decreasing number of repetitions at increasing weights. Alex Anderson and Kara Webb won the event.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, July 22, 2016, Event 7: Double DT
10 rounds for time with a 155-pound barbell for the men and a 105-pound barbell for the women:


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Friday, July 22, 2016, Event 7: Double DT
"DT" is a CrossFit hero workout named for fallen airman USAF SSgt. Timothy P. Davis, and usually performed for five rounds. In the 2015 Games, fans were given a vote for either Heavy DT or Double DT and the heavy version was chosen, so Double DT was programmed for the 2016 Games. Katrín Davíðsdóttir and Samuel Kwant won the event.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, July 23, 2016, Event 8: Climbing Snail
The event took place inside the soccer stadium and consisted of running across the field and through the rope climbing rig and then up the stairs and behind the jumbotron at the StubHub Center. On the return, the athletes then had to climb up a rope in the middle of the field. The rope was situated so that the bottom of the rope was above the heads of the athletes so that they had to jump up to grab the rope and do the first pulls without using their legs. The final movement was pushing what was called a "snail,"  a large heavy barrel that had to be rolled for 40 feet. The event was won Samantha Briggs and Brent Fikowski.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, July 23, 2016, Event 9: The Separator
This event was performed in a different order for the Men and Women's competition.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, July 23, 2016, Event 9: The Separator
The handstand push-ups were done with gymnastic rings and it was the second time the movement has featured at the CrossFit Games. It also had strict point penalties for any athletes that could not either finish the first set for the men or one push-up for the women. The event was won by Kari Pearce and Cole Sager.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Saturday, July 23, 2016, Event 10: 100%
This event was won by Alessandra Pichelli and Brent Fikowski.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Sunday, July 24, 2016, Event 12: Suicide Sprint
On the same field that the handstand walk, the athletes ran one-third of the way down and back, two-thirds of the way down and back and then all the way down and back. Tia Toomey and Roy Gamboa won.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Sunday, July 24, 2016, Event 13: The Plow
Garret Fisher and Katrín Davíðsdóttir won. Davíðsdóttir had to be helped off the field after collapsing at the finish line, but she took over the lead from Toomey after this event.


2016 CrossFit Games, Individual, Sunday, July 24, 2016, Event 15: Redemption
The event featured the return appearance of the peg board ascents that premiered one year earlier. Many competitors failed to complete the peg board ascents in the previous year, hence, the name of this event being "Redemption." A thruster in CrossFit is a combination of a front squat and push press in one continuous movement and the weights were 135-pounds for the men and 85-pounds for the women. Zak Carchedi and Alexis Johnson won.


2016 CrossFit Games, Guns controversy
In 2016, CrossFit announced that winners of the 2016 Games would receive Glock handguns as prizes, which resulted in a backlash from some CrossFit members and other sponsors. The Facebook post announcing the decision attracted more than 4,000 comments, with many members drawing attention to the recent spate of mass shootings in the US. One Facebook user wrote "As a reward for fitness you can potentially shoot people?... After the worst mass shootings in USA, I hardly feel bringing a community together via guns is in the spirit of Crossfit. Shameful."


2016 CrossFit Games, Guns controversy
Title sponsor Reebok said in a statement: "While we understand CrossFit’s foundations are tied to military and first responders, we do not agree with this decision, particularly in light of current events in the United States." A Change.org petition gathered more than 19,000 signatures against the partnership with Glock. In response to the criticism, director of the games, Dave Castro said,  “I am one of millions of people in the U.S. who own guns for recreational and legal purposes. I compete in competitive shooting events, and I have a lot of friends in the shooting industry. Glock offered up pistols as prizes, I agreed to it.” Castro later added, “Unless the state and federal laws regarding gun ownership in California and the U.S. change in the next week, then no, nothing is changing.”


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown
The 2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown was a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of 17 to 19 June 2016. The event was held at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the sixth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 12 and 13 of the season. The event was the 19th running of the Darwin Triple Crown.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown
The first race of the weekend was won by Michael Caruso, his first victory since 2009 and the first for Nissan Motorsport since 2013. Shane van Gisbergen had started from pole position but incurred a drive-through penalty for illegally overtaking Caruso on a safety car restart. Van Gisbergen recovered to win the second race from pole position. The second race was marred by two major incidents on the first lap, one of which left Lee Holdsworth in hospital with fractures to his pelvis, right knee and two ribs. The other involved James Moffat, Fabian Coulthard and Chaz Mostert and caused major damage to Coulthard's car. Jamie Whincup took the championship lead by finishing second in Race 12, while the leader coming into the event, Mark Winterbottom, dropped to fourth place after finishing 20th in Race 13.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Background
Various personnel changes took place at a number of teams ahead of the event. Todd Kelly's race engineer Jesse Walker left Nissan Motorsport following the Winton event; he was replaced by the team's engineering manager, Perry Kapper. Campbell Little, who had engineered David Reynolds' car for Erebus Motorsport in the first five events of the season, switched to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to work with Andre Heimgartner. His role at Erebus Motorsport was taken by the team's general manager, Barry Ryan. Significant changes were made by the Holden Racing Team, with Garth Tander's race engineer Blake Smith being dismissed while James Courtney's engineer Alistair McVean was moved into another role. They were replaced by Alex Somerset and Rob Starr respectively.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Background
A one-off livery for Craig Lowndes' car was revealed by Triple Eight Race Engineering on the Thursday prior to the event. The livery featured artwork designed by a local Indigenous student, and was done in support of the Clontarf Foundation. Fabian Coulthard's car also featured a different livery, with sponsorship from Australian paint company Taubmans, as part of DJR Team Penske's system of rotational sponsors. Coulthard's teammate Scott Pye took part in a new chassis, as did Mark Winterbottom for Prodrive Racing Australia.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Background
A change was made to the drop gear ratio compared to the previous year's event, where cars were reaching the rev limiter on the main straight. The ratio change was aimed to reduce the amount of time that cars spent on the limiter, lessening the risk of damage to the drivetrain. Overtaking at the first corner was made easier, as the top speed of the cars on the main straight was no longer restricted by the limiter.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Background
During the 2015 event, there was controversy when Reynolds went off the circuit at Turn 5, but maintained the race lead by rejoining at Turn 7. A similar incident involving Jason Bright occurred at Sydney Motorsport Park later in the season. The issue was addressed ahead of the 2016 event, with drivers who short-cut the circuit now required to drop behind the last car on the lead lap.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Background
Winterbottom entered the event as the championship leader, 27 points clear of Scott McLaughlin.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Practice
The first practice session was run on Friday morning and was one hour in length. Two Enduro Cup co-drivers completed laps during the session: Matt Campbell in Todd Kelly's car and Macauley Jones in Tim Blanchard's car. Rick Kelly set a lap time of 1:07.0515 to be fastest, ahead of Triple Eight Race Engineering teammates Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen. Numerous drivers went off the circuit during the session, including James Moffat who hit the tyre wall at Turn 10.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Practice
Coulthard's engine had a misfire, prompting DJR Team Penske to change the engine for the second one-hour practice session, which was held in the afternoon. Coulthard missed the first half of the session while the change was carried out. Despite this, he set the sixth fastest time. The fastest time was set by Whincup, with Rick Kelly second fastest ahead of Van Gisbergen. Aaren Russell hit the wall at Turn 10 halfway through the session, damaging the front of his car. He did not take part in the rest of the session. Ford drivers dominated the final 15-minute practice session, held on Saturday morning. Pye was fastest ahead of Chaz Mostert, Winterbottom and Coulthard.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Qualifying – Race 12
Qualifying for Race 12 was a single 15-minute session held on Saturday morning. The session began with cloud cover over the circuit and Van Gisbergen took advantage of the resulting lower track temperature to set a time of 1:06.0923, which would prove to be fast enough for pole position. Other drivers improved their times later in the session despite the track temperature rising, with Michael Caruso's time of 1:06.1754 being the closest to Van Gisbergen's time. Will Davison qualified third ahead of Mostert and Winterbottom.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 12
Race 12 took place on Saturday afternoon, with regulations requiring each car to make at least one pit stop to change all four tyres. Caruso made a better start than Van Gisbergen and took the lead going into the first corner. At Turn 5, Tim Slade touched the rear of Rick Kelly's car, causing Kelly to hit and spin Lowndes. Slade was not penalised, with the stewards calling the contact a racing incident. Tander was also involved in contact on the first lap, losing his driver's door, while Nick Percat retired from the race with suspension damage.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 12
The safety car was deployed to allow marshals to collect Tander's door. The race was restarted at the end of lap 3 and Van Gisbergen made contact with Caruso at the final corner, allowing him to take the lead on the run to the line. However, as Van Gisbergen passed Caruso before the control line, he was given a drive-through penalty. After the race Van Gisbergen admitted that the move was his mistake. The restart also saw Whincup and Pye make contact, with the latter scraping the wall on the pit straight.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 12
Davison, who had taken advantage of Van Gisbergen's move to also pass Caruso, inherited the lead when Van Gisbergen served his penalty. Caruso made his pit stop on lap 11 and began setting fast lap times, which enabled him to move in front of Davison after the latter had completed his pit stop. DJR Team Penske teammates Pye and Coulthard ran a longer first stint, pitting on laps 19 and 24 respectively. Van Gisbergen was the last driver to make his pit stop, doing so on lap 33.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 12
This left Caruso in the lead ahead of Whincup and Mostert, with the top three remaining the same at the finish. It was Caruso's first win since the corresponding event in 2009. Pye and Coulthard utilised their younger tyres to move up to fifth and sixth respectively, behind Davison. With Winterbottom and McLaughlin finishing ninth and tenth, Whincup took the championship lead.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Qualifying – Race 13
Qualifying for Race 13 took place on Sunday morning and consisted of a 20-minute session followed by a top ten shootout for the fastest ten qualifiers. Lowndes set a time of 1:06.0259 to be fastest in the qualifying session ahead of Rick Kelly and Mostert. Slade, Caruso, McLaughlin, Van Gisbergen, Winterbottom, Whincup and Todd Kelly completed the top ten and progressed to the top ten shootout.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Qualifying – Race 13
The top ten shootout saw each of the ten drivers complete one flying lap each, in reverse order of their qualifying positions. Todd Kelly ran first and set a time of 1:06.7320. Whincup made a mistake and ran wide at the final corner, leaving him over one second behind Kelly's time. Winterbottom was also unable to beat Kelly's time, but Van Gisbergen's set a time of 1:06.6797, which would prove to be good enough for pole position. None of the remaining drivers were able to go faster than Winterbottom, leaving Van Gisbergen, Todd Kelly and Winterbottom as the top three. Slade was fourth fastest ahead of Rick Kelly, Lowndes, McLaughlin and Mostert. Caruso ran wide at Turn 1, leaving him ninth fastest ahead of Whincup.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13
Race 13 was held on Sunday afternoon and the race regulations required each car to take on at least 120 litres of fuel during the race. Todd Kelly took the lead at the start before the safety car was deployed due to two major crashes in the first half of the lap. On the exit of the first corner,  Bright was bumped into Lee Holdsworth who then went off the track and made heavy side-on contact with a concrete barrier. Holdsworth was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital after being extracted from his car.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13
Moffat, Coulthard and Mostert had a separate incident at Turn 4, with the trio attempting to run three-wide before Moffat and Coulthard made contact. Coulthard spun and collected Mostert, who had taken to the grass to try to avoid contact, with both hitting the outside wall. Mostert's car continued on the grass and went across the circuit at Turn 5 while Coulthard's car bounced back onto the track on the exit of Turn 4. Mostert was able to return to the pits for repairs and rejoined the race multiple laps off the lead.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13
The deployment of the safety car saw all of the other drivers make a pit stop at the end of the first lap, with multiple drivers being forced to park in the pit lane while their teammate's car was serviced first. This hindered some of the drivers and Lowndes emerged as the leader ahead of Todd Kelly, Winterbottom, Van Gisbergen, Slade and Courtney. After the race restarted, Winterbottom ran into the back of Kelly at Turn 1, sending the latter wide and earning himself a drive-through penalty.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13
Pye made contact with Caruso at Turn 6, damaging his suspension which eventually caused him to stop on the pit straight. The safety car was deployed again and a number of drivers down the order took the opportunity to pit and take on more of the minimum fuel requirement. Van Gisbergen took the lead from Lowndes at the restart and led through the second and final round of pit stops for the leaders, which took place around lap 33.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13
Once all drivers had completed their pit stops, Van Gisbergen led from Slade, Lowndes, Davison and Courtney. Blanchard was running in eleventh place when he suffered a puncture on lap 56, forcing him to make a pit stop. The safety car made another appearance to enable the tyre debris to be cleared. Winterbottom made contact with Russell on lap 63 and received a second drive-through penalty, leaving him in 20th place. Despite the safety car period, Van Gisbergen went on to take victory over Slade and Lowndes, with Davison and Courtney completing the top five. Whincup finished eighth but maintained the championship lead, 30 points clear of Lowndes with McLaughlin in third, a further 15 points behind.


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13, Post-race
It was revealed after the race that Holdsworth had suffered fractures to his pelvis, right knee and two ribs, as well as minor injuries to his chest and left elbow, with data from his car showing a peak load of 56 g during the crash. Holdsworth was transferred to Freemasons Hospital in Melbourne on 21 June, where it was confirmed that he did not require surgery. Holdsworth said of the crash: "I remember hitting and feeling pain straight away shoot up through my whole body really, mostly the left side of my body ... I came to a stop and I couldn’t breathe and I was screaming and just couldn’t get my breath back."


2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown, Report, Race 13, Post-race
Winterbottom called the race "one of my worst efforts in a race car", admitting fault for the incident with Todd Kelly but saying he was frustrated with the second penalty, claiming he had been forced wide by Russell at the preceding corner.


2016 Croydon tram derailment
On 9 November 2016, a tram operated by Tramlink derailed and overturned on a sharp bend approaching a junction. Of a total 69 passengers, there were seven fatalities and 62 injured, 19 of whom sustained serious injuries. This was the first tram incident in the United Kingdom in which passengers died since 1959.


2016 Croydon tram derailment
The service was running from New Addington to Wimbledon via Croydon, and was on the approach to Sandilands tram stop soon after 06:00. The second interim report into the accident indicated that although the speed limit approaching the junction was 20 km/h (12 mph), the tram had been travelling at approximately 73 kilometres per hour (45 mph). Driver error was found to be the cause of the accident.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Accident
The accident took place in the dark and during heavy rain at 06:07, on a sharp left curve approaching the points where the route from New Addington (on which the tram was operating) converges with the line from Beckenham Junction and Elmers End. The curve is located in a cutting, which comes almost immediately after the line emerges from a series of three tunnels on a 1-mile (1.6 km) straight section of track after leaving Lloyd Park tram stop. It has been described as a "sharp bend", and has a 20 km/h (12 mph) speed restriction.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Accident
The tram entered the curve at a speed of approximately 73 kilometres per hour (45 mph) and derailed, overturning on its right side and coming to a stand 25 metres (27 yd) beyond the point of derailment, damaging the side of the tram and ejecting several passengers through broken windows. The tram involved was No. 2551, a Bombardier CR4000 constructed in 1998 by Bombardier Transportation, a two-section articulated unit with a maximum design speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Accident
The emergency services confirmed that 51 people were injured, and initially stated that five had died. The death toll later rose to seven. The victims, six men and a woman, were between 19 and 63 years old. Sixteen of the survivors were described as having serious or life-threatening injuries. The final casualty figures were seven dead and 62 injured, 19 seriously. One person was uninjured.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Accident
It was the deadliest tram accident in the United Kingdom since an accident at Dover in 1917 killed eleven and injured 60, and the first in the United Kingdom in which passengers died since three people died in an accident in Glasgow in 1959. It is also the deadliest accident on any rail network in the UK since the 2001 Great Heck rail crash.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
The injured were taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting, and to Croydon University Hospital. As well as the 51 people taken to hospital, seven more made their own way to hospital for treatment. Twenty-two ambulances, eight fire engines, and over 70 firefighters from the London Fire Brigade were sent to the scene. Assistance was given by Croydon Council, the Red Cross, Salvation Army and railway chaplains.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
FirstGroup, which operates the tram service on behalf of Transport for London (TfL), said it was "shocked and saddened by what happened." An extra minute was added to the two-minute Armistice Day silence at Croydon Cenotaph. TfL later made an offer to cover the funeral expenses of the victims.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
During the night of 10–11 November, the tram was righted in preparation for removal from the accident site, and it was removed on the morning of 12 November. The tram had suffered serious damage to its right side, onto which it had overturned.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
After the accident, no services operated on the line between East Croydon and Addington Village, Harrington Road or Elmers End. Partial tram services ran between East Croydon and Wimbledon, between New Addington and Addington Village, and between Beckenham Junction and Harrington Road. Full services were reinstated on 18 November.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
It was found that the speed restriction sign for the bend at Sandilands was not visible to drivers until the tram had travelled 90 to 120 metres (98 to 131 yd) past the point where braking would need to have been initiated to reach the required speed at the sign — drivers "were expected to know this from their knowledge of the route". At Sandilands, an additional speed restriction was imposed before the curve, and chevron signs were installed to give better warning of the curve. Chevron signs were also installed at three other locations on the Croydon Tramlink system. Following recommendations made in the first interim report into the accident, tram systems in the United Kingdom introduced stepped speed reductions where there was a required reduction in speed of 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph) or more. This affected systems in Blackpool, Edinburgh, the West Midlands and Nottingham.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
In March 2017, it was reported that Tramtrack Croydon Ltd and TfL had admitted liability for the accident. Victims and survivors would not have to sue for compensation for losses caused by the accident. In August 2017 TfL confirmed they would be altering Tramlink timetables to take account of reduced speed limits.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
In November 2017, two days of strikes by tram drivers were announced following the installation of fatigue monitoring devices. The devices shine an infrared light into the driver's face and are capable of generating an alert and vibrating the driver's chair if eye movements indicate a lack of attention. Some drivers have raised concerns about health and safety issues, and have described the device as a "spy in the cab".


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
On 22 January 2018, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) organised a safety summit in Manchester to discuss the findings of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) report on the investigation into the accident. In January 2019, it was announced that all trams on the system were to be fitted with a system which would automatically apply the brakes if the tram exceeded the speed limit. As of July 2019, tram 2551 was still in the custody of the RAIB in Farnborough and had not returned to service.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
The decision that no prosecutions were to take place meant that an inquest could be held. A pre-inquest review was held at Croydon Town Hall on 25 September 2019. The driver of the tram did not attend, saying he was unwell. His decision was criticised by the barrister representing five of the victims. The full inquest was due to begin on 19 October 2020, but was delayed until 17 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inquest was held at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Aftermath
A jury was sworn in on 17 May, and on 22 July returned a verdict of accidental death. Relatives of the victims of the accident announced that they intend to call on Attorney General Michael Ellis to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest. The mother of one of the victims called for a public enquiry in to the accident.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, British Transport Police
The 42-year-old tram driver was arrested by the British Transport Police on suspicion of manslaughter. After questioning, he was released on bail until May 2017. According to Metro, one aspect of the police investigation was whether or not the tram driver fell asleep; and The Guardian reported that some passengers said the driver had blacked out at the controls. In November 2017, it was reported that a file was being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), who would decide whether or not a trial would take place.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, British Transport Police
In May 2019 it was reported that the CPS were still awaiting the file from the British Transport Police, who were still gathering evidence. On 31 October 2019, British Transport Police and the CPS announced that neither the driver, operating company or TfL would face prosecution. The CPS stated that while there was evidence of negligence by the driver, it did not count as "gross" and so "manslaughter by gross negligence" could not apply. Prosecutors also stated that because the section of tramway where the crash happened was neither legally a railway nor a public place then various other potential offences would not apply.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, British Transport Police
A former driver suggested to The Times that a blackout was a possibility, due to the erratic shift patterns that the drivers had to adhere to. He also said that the vending machine at the tram depot was stocked only with energy drinks, and that "Nobody is ever fully awake; I was always in a bit of a daze and that is because the way the shifts work doesn't allow the drivers to get a regular sleep pattern." Following this, multiple sources reported on a video apparently showing a different driver struggling to stay awake at the controls. The driver concerned was suspended pending an investigation into the matter.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, British Transport Police, Victoria Derbyshire programme
In April 2017, the BBC Two programme Victoria Derbyshire reported that its own investigation into drivers falling asleep at the controls of trams on the Tramlink network revealed four such cases. Six drivers claimed that the dead-man's vigilance device fitted to the trams was not fit for purpose. Tramlink stated that the devices were "fully functional".


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Office of Rail and Road
The ORR opened its own investigation into the accident, concentrating on whether or not safety rules were followed. They confirmed that British trams are not fitted with an overspeed protection system. The ORR was expected to make an announcement about its investigation early in 2018. On the third anniversary of the accident, the ORR tweeted that its investigation was ongoing.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
The RAIB also investigated the accident, with data from the tram's on-board event recorder being analysed. The RAIB stated that initial indications suggested that the tram was travelling at a significantly higher speed than permitted. Rail magazine reported that the tram's electro-magnetic track brakes had not been activated. Following the accident, The Guardian reported that on 31 October passengers had made allegations on Facebook of a tram travelling round the curve at excessive speed. The Evening Standard reported an earlier passenger complaint describing the tram as "tipping" on the curve. The driver of the tram involved in the incident of 31 October was not the one involved in the accident on 9 November.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
The interim report was released a week later on 16 November 2016. At the time of the accident it was dark and it was raining heavily. There was no evidence of any track defects, or obstructions on the track, that could have contributed to the derailment. Initial investigation did not indicate any malfunction of the tram's braking system. Initial findings were that the tram was travelling at approximately 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) at the time of the accident—far exceeding the speed restriction.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
The RAIB interim report noted that "a tram approaching the Sandilands Junction area from Lloyd Park at 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) would need to brake at its full service rate of 1.3 m/s² for approximately 180 metres (4.3 ft/s2 for 590 ft) before the speed restriction board in order to be travelling at 20 km/h (12.5 mph) when the board was reached." The On Tram Data Recorder (OTDR) indicated that some braking had occurred within this distance but only sufficient to reduce the tram's speed from 80 km/h (50 mph) to 70 km/h (43 mph).


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
A recommendation was made that a further speed limit should be introduced prior to the one for the curve at Sandilands Junction before the line reopened to traffic. The recommendation was accepted and three further speed restrictions were put in place before the line reopened. The report also found that a number of passengers with fatal or serious injuries had been ejected from the tram through broken bodyside and door windows. In November 2016, Rail magazine called for the RAIB to complete its investigation and release the final report "much more rapidly than has become the norm".


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
A second interim report was released on 20 February 2017. In April 2017, it was reported that there had been three cases of speeding on the section of line which included the accident site in the period November 2016 – April 2017. In one case, a tram was reported to be travelling at 64 kilometres per hour (40 mph) in a 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) zone.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
Within the second interim report the RAIB noted that drivers of trams approaching the curve could be expected to sight the curve and the speed restriction sign from 90 metres (300 ft) with full beam headlights and 60 metres (200 ft) with dipped beam headlights.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
Although the report states that the tram's braking system was not capable of slowing the tram sufficiently between the point where the speed restriction sign became visible and the point at which the speed restriction is enforced, it also says, "There was no sign to indicate to drivers where they should begin to apply the brake for the Sandilands curve; they were expected to know this from their knowledge of the route."


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
In the light of the first interim report the UK government Office for Rail and Road (ORR) requested that all operators of light rail tramway systems apply a system of stepped speed restrictions where reductions in speed greater than 30 km/h (19 mph) are required by changes in the characteristics of the track.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
The final report was published on 7 December 2017. Driver error was found to be the cause of the accident. The most likely scenario being that the driver had a microsleep episode approaching the bend. Fifteen recommendations were made. Key findings of the RAIB investigation were that the tram's windows, which were made of toughened glass, were not strong enough to contain passengers inside the tram. All the fatalities had been ejected through the right side windows. Laminated glass would not have broken, improving the survivability of the accident. Regulations applying to trams were similar to those applying to buses.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
If railway regulations had applied, laminated glass would have been fitted. The tram's operators had not considered it possible for a tramcar to overturn. There had been insufficient reporting of previous incidents by drivers, who feared that they would be disciplined rather than such reports being seen as an opportunity to learn a safety lesson (a "blame culture" rather than a just culture). The system for dealing with complaints from passengers was not fit for purpose. The investigation also found that trams were not as safe as the ORR previously thought, having a higher accident rate than other rail transport and also buses and coaches.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Rail Accident Investigation Branch
An update to the final report was issued on 24 October 2018. The update included the addition of a Transport for London (TfL) audit of Tram Operations Limited's fatigue risk management system, a copy of a letter sent to all UK tram operators and some minor technical corrections. In response to Recommendation 1 of the final report, the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB) was established. The ORR has observer status on the LRSSB.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Investigations, Transport for London
TfL opened an investigation into the accident. It was expected to publish its report in early 2018. TfL stated that all recommendations from the RAIB final report would be implemented.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, New safety measures
During 2019 an automatic system to apply the tram brakes if the speed limit is exceeded at "high risk locations" on the Tramlink network will be installed. On tramcars, the thickness of the window safety film  would be increased from 100 μm to 175 μm, to prevent passengers being ejected during an accident, and emergency lighting, independent of the tram battery, would be installed. In April 2019 the RAIB reported that the addition of the thicker film to Tramlink trams had been implemented. Tests had shown that containment provided by the film had been improved.


2016 Croydon tram derailment, Memorials
There are two memorials to the crash – one by the site of the crash itself on Sandilands road, and another in New Addington.


2016 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season
The 2016 season was the 95th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence. Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro, the Primeira Liga and the Copa do Brasil.


2016 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil
The drawn for the first round was held on 11 January.


2016 Cup of China
The 2016 Audi Cup of China was the fifth event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Gymnasium in Beijing on November 18–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.


2016 Cup of China, Entries
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.


2016 Cup of Nations (rugby union)
The 2016 Cup of Nations was the fourth Cup of Nations rugby union tournament since its creation in 2011. The tournament returned to Hong Kong, reprising its name as the Hong Kong Cup of Nations. The tournament acted as a year ending tournament for "up and coming" tier 3 teams from different continents, providing greater preparation for teams to play in their regional competitions, especially with the 2016 participants aiming to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup or to make the Rugby World Cup global repechage in November 2018.


2016 Cup of Nations (rugby union)
The four competing teams were hosts Hong Kong, reigning champions Russia, Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea, who were new to the tournament. Russia successfully defended their title, winning the competition with 14 points.


2016 Cup of Nations (rugby union), Format
The tournament was played as a single round-robin, with the winner being the team with the most table points after the third round of fixtures.


2016 Cupa Ligii Final
The 2016 Cupa Ligii Final was the final match of the 2015–16 Cupa Ligii, played between Steaua București and Concordia Chiajna. Steaua București won the match with 2–1 after extra time.


2016 Cupa României Final
The Cupa României Final was the final match of the 2015–16 Cupa României, played between Dinamo București and CFR Cluj. CFR Cluj won the match, 5–4 after penalties.


2016 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá
The 2016 Curaçao Sekshon Pagá was the 90th season of top-flight association football in Curaçao, and the 39th season of the competition being branded as the Sekshon Pagá. The regular season began on 17 April 2016 and ended on 6 September 2016. The playoffs began 8 September 2016 and ended with the final 6 November 2016. The defending champions, Centro Dominguito successfully defended their title against Scherpenheuvel.


2016 Curaçao general election
General elections were held in Curaçao on 5 October 2016, having been postponed from 30 September due to Hurricane Matthew. A total of thirteen parties participated.


2016 Curaçao general election, Electoral system
The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation. Parties that won seats in the previous elections are allowed to participate, whilst primary elections are held to determine which other parties can run, with parties required to receive the equivalent of 1% of the vote at the previous elections in order to participate.


2016 Curaçao general election, Primary elections
Primary elections were held prior to the elections for new parties or parties that had failed to win seats in the previous elections in 2012, with parties having to obtain the equivalent of 1% of the vote in the previous elections; i.e. 870 votes.


2016 Curaçao general election, Primary elections
The primary elections took place on 20 and 21 August 2016, with seven of the fifteen participating parties qualifying:


2016 Cure Bowl
The 2016 Cure Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 17, 2016 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The second annual edition of the Cure Bowl is one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concludes the 2016 FBS football season. Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation, the game is officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl. Notably, the UCF Knights would not lose another game until the 2019 Fiesta Bowl.


2016 Cure Bowl, Teams
The game features teams from the American Athletic Conference and Sun Belt Conference. On December 4, 2016, it was announced that the 2016 matchup would feature the UCF Knights taking on the Arkansas State Red Wolves. The two teams have only played each other once before, with the Knights defeating the Indians (as ASU was then known as) at Centennial Bank Stadium 31-20 in 1991.


2016 Cure Bowl, Teams, Arkansas State
After finishing the season with a 7-5 record, the Red Wolves will be appearing in their sixth straight bowl game. Arkansas State last played at Camping World Stadium in the 1954 Tangerine Bowl, when the stadium was called the Tangerine Bowl. The Red Wolves' on-campus stadium, Centennial Bank Stadium, is a 886 miles (1,426 km) drive from Camping World Stadium.


2016 Cure Bowl, Teams, UCF
Following the winless 2015 season, first year coach Scott Frost led the team to a 6-6 record with wins over South Carolina State, FIU, East Carolina, Connecticut, Tulane, and Cincinnati. The Knights have not played at Camping World Stadium since the opening of the on-campus Bright House Networks Stadium following their 2006 season. Prior to that, the team had used the Citrus Bowl (the previous name of Camping World Stadium), which is a 17.7 miles (28.5 km) drive from Bright House Networks Stadium, as their home stadium for the previous 30 years.


2016 Curitiba Challenger
The 2016 Curitiba Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Curitiba, Brazil between 29 August – 4 September 2016.


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


2016 Curitiba Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2016 Curitiba Challenger – Doubles
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo and Pere Riba won the title after defeating André Ghem and Fabrício Neis 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7] in the final.


2016 Curitiba Challenger – Singles
Agustín Velotti won the title after defeating André Ghem 6–0, 6–4 in the final.


2016 Currie Cup First Division
The 2016 Currie Cup First Division was the second tier of the second stage of the 2016 Currie Cup, the 78th edition of this annual South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union. It was played between 12 August and 7 October 2016 and featured six teams that qualified through the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition. The tournament was won by the  Griffons for the third time in their history; they beat the  Leopards 44–25 in the final played on 7 October 2016.


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Competition rules and information
There were six participating teams in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division.


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Competition rules and information, Qualification
The six franchise teams automatically qualified to the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, and were joined by the three highest-placed non-franchise teams from the 2016 Currie Cup qualification stage. The remaining six teams from the qualification stage qualified for the Currie Cup First Division.


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Competition rules and information, Regular season and title play offs
The six teams that qualified for the First Division played against each other over the course of the competition, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Competition rules and information, Regular season and title play offs
The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals, which were followed by a final.


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Teams
The teams that will compete in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division are:


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Standings
The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup First Division is:


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


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Standings, Round-by-round
The table below shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Matches
Five rounds of matches were played, followed by semi-finals and the final.


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Honours
The honour roll for the 2016 Currie Cup First Division was as follows:


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Players, Squads
The following squads were named for the 2016 Currie Cup First Division:


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Players, Points scorers
The following table contain points scored in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division:


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Players, Discipline
The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:


2016 Currie Cup First Division, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2016 Currie Cup First Division:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division
The 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was the top tier of the second stage of the 2016 Currie Cup, the 78th edition of this annual South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union. It was played between 5 August and 22 October 2016 and featured nine teams that qualified through the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division
The competition was won by the  Free State Cheetahs for the fifth time in their history; they beat the  Blue Bulls 36–16 in the final played on 22 October 2016.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division
The competition was reduced to seven teams for 2017, resulting in the  Boland Cavaliers and  Eastern Province Kings being relegated to the 2017 Currie Cup First Division.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information
There are nine participating teams in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information, Qualification
The six franchise teams automatically qualified for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, and were joined by the three highest-placed non-franchise teams from the 2016 Currie Cup qualification stage. Points will not be carried over to the Premier Division.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information, Regular season and title play offs
The nine teams that qualified for the Premier Division will play against each other over the course of the competition, either at home or away. Teams will receive four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points will be awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lose a match by seven points or less. Teams will be ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information, Regular season and title play offs
The top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals, which will be followed by a final.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Competition rules and information, Relegation
In March 2017, the South African Rugby Union decided to reduce the competition to seven teams for 2017 Currie Cup Premier Division. The seven teams with the best record over the past five years were selected to remain in the Premier Division, which resulted in the  Boland Cavaliers and  Eastern Province Kings being relegated to the 2017 Currie Cup First Division.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Teams
The teams that qualified for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division are:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Standings
The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was:


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


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Standings, Round-by-round
The table below shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round One
The 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division got off to a turbulent start after the  Lions reached the 2016 Super Rugby final and requested that the  Golden Lions be given a bye in Round One of the competition. In addition, the  Eastern Province Kings were liquidated the day before the competition was due to kick off. They were reformed with the help of their local municipal council, but with no coaches or players in place, their Round One match against  Griquas was also postponed.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round One
On the field, the action got underway in Pretoria, where the  Blue Bulls beat 2015 losing finalists Western Province 45–26. They scored six tries, with Tian Schoeman kicking 15 points, while Western Province responded with four tries, all in the final twenty minutes of the match. In the other match played on the Friday evening, the  Sharks beat the  Pumas 33–10 in Nelspruit, outscoring the hosts by five tries to one. The biggest victory of the weekend came in the Saturday match, with the  Free State Cheetahs beating  Boland Cavaliers 44–16 in Wellington, also scoring five tries to one to go top of the log. Fred Zeilinga scored nineteen points in that match, the most by any player in Round One.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Two
The  Free State Cheetahs retained their spot at the top of the Currie Cup after outscoring the  Blue Bulls by six tries to two in a 43–20 victory in their match in Bloemfontein, while the  Sharks kept pace with them by also securing a bonus-point victory in their match against  Griquas, scoring six tries in a 46–24 victory in Durban. The  Golden Lions started their title defense in style, with lock Lourens Erasmus scoring a try just 8.5 seconds into their match against the  Pumas, a new Currie Cup record for the fastest-ever try.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Two
The Golden Lions won the match 68–26 to move into third position on the log, scoring ten tries in the process, of which winger Anthony Volmink scored two. In the other match of the weekend, the  Boland Cavaliers secured their first win of the season, winning 28–10 in their first match against the  Eastern Province Kings in the Currie Cup Premier Division since 1999.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Three
The  Sharks secured their third consecutive bonus-points victory against the  Boland Cavaliers in Wellington, scoring six tries in a 41–20 win to leap-frog the  Free State Cheetahs into top spot on the log. Although the Cheetahs also won their third match in the competition – a 32–25 victory over  Western Province with fly-half Fred Zeilinga contributing 22 points – their two tries were not enough to secure a bonus point.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Three
The  Blue Bulls remained in third position on the log after a high-scoring victory over the  Eastern Province Kings; two tries from Jamba Ulengo and 19 points from Tian Schoeman's boot helped the side to a 49–35 victory over an EP Kings side who secured their first log point of the season by scoring five tries of their own. In the other match, the  Golden Lions lost their first match since the 2014 Currie Cup Final, with Kimberley-based side  Griquas beating them 30–24.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Four
The  Sharks extended their lead at the top of the Currie Cup log to four points after securing a 26–19 victory over the  Blue Bulls, with fullback Curwin Bosch getting a "full house" – scoring points through all four methods (try, conversion, penalty and drop goal) – for a personal points tally of 21 points.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Four
The  Free State Cheetahs remained in second position on the log despite having a bye, while the  Golden Lions moved ahead of the Blue Bulls following a 60–12 victory over the  Boland Cavaliers in Johannesburg, with Selom Gavor scoring two of the Lions' nine tries and fly-half Marnitz Boshoff kicking 15 points. Griquas maintained their play-off push with a 41–35 victory over the  Pumas in Nelspruit, with both teams scoring four tries. Griquas centre Clinton Swart matched Bosch's 21 points in the match, eclipsing Pumas fly-half Francois Brummer's 15 points, while Rudi van Rooyen scored two tries for the visitors. In the other match of the round,  Western Province moved up to sixth place after beating bottom side  Eastern Province Kings 36–6, with Huw Jones getting a hat-trick of tries for the team from Cape Town.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round One (rescheduled)
A midweek match saw  Griquas secure their third consecutive victory in the competition to move into third position on the log, while cementing the  Eastern Province Kings' last place. Griquas also picked up a bonus point by virtue of scoring seven tries, with fullback AJ Coertzen getting two.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Five
Despite suffering their first defeat of the season to  Western Province, a bonus point in a 27–34 defeat saw the  Sharks maintain top spot in the competition. Curwin Bosch was again the Sharks' main points contributor with 18 points through five penalties and converting one of the Sharks' two tries, but Western Province secured the victory after scoring five tries, with outside centre EW Viljoen scoring two in his first start of the season.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Five
The  Free State Cheetahs made it four wins out of four with a 57–25 win over a  Eastern Province Kings team that played their third match in a week, to move to within a single log point of the Sharks, with Nico Lee, Charles Marais and Paul Schoeman each scoring two of the Cheetahs' nine tries.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Five
The  Blue Bulls moved into the top four with a 31–17 victory over Gauteng rivals the  Golden Lions, with the help of 16 points from the boot of Tian Schoeman, pushing Griquas into fourth position and the Lions out of the play-off spots into fifth. In the other match of the round, the  Boland Cavaliers secured a narrow 25–22 win over the  Pumas in Wellington to secure their second victory of the season, with the Pumas remaining winless.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Six
The  Free State Cheetahs moved into top spot on the log after beating the  Sharks 38–30 in a top-of-the-log clash in Durban. They scored five tries, with Fred Zeilinga successfully converting them all, while 20 points from the boot of Curwin Bosch was not enough for the Sharks, who dropped to second place. The  Blue Bulls secured their fourth win of the season to remain in third place, scoring six tries in a 41–14 win over the  Pumas in Nelspruit, with winger Jamba Ulengo scoring a brace.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Six
Griquas remained in the final semi-final spot after securing a fourth consecutive victory, with 21 points from Clinton Swart and a brace of tries by Elgar Watts helping the team to a 46–22 victory over the  Boland Cavaliers. The  Golden Lions remained two points behind Griquas after beating  Western Province 58–32 in the most high-scoring match of the round. They scored eight tries (with Kwagga Smith scoring two) and Jaco van der Walt kicked 18 points, while Jacques Vermeulen scored two tries for Western Province.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Seven
The  Free State Cheetahs became the first team to secure a semi-final berth after winning their sixth consecutive match, beating the  Golden Lions 37–29 in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs had different try scorers for all five of their tries, while the Golden Lions relied on the boot of Jaco van der Walt, who kicked 16 of his side's points. After two consecutive defeats, the  Sharks returned to winning ways, securing the first whitewash of the season after beating bottom side  Eastern Province Kings 53–0, scoring nine tries in the match.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Seven
The  Blue Bulls remained level on log points with the Sharks after scoring a half-century of their own, beating  Griquas 57–20 in Pretoria. Piet van Zyl scored two if his side's eight tries, while Tian Schoeman kicked 17 points. While Griquas remained in the final semi-final position despite the defeat, fifth-placed  Western Province closed the gap by beating the  Pumas 31–23 in Cape Town.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Eight
The  Free State Cheetahs made it sevens wins in a row after a 52–10 victory over the  Pumas in Nelspruit. Rayno Benjamin scored a hat-trick of tries in the match with Paul Schoeman getting a brace, as the Cheetahs ensured that they would top the log and have home advantage in the semi-final and possible final. A 48–26 victory by the  Blue Bulls over the  Boland Cavaliers in Wellington meant that they would join the Cheetahs in the play-offs.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Eight
Hanro Liebenberg scored two of the Blue Bulls' seven tries in their final match of the regular season, while Theuns Kotzé also scored two tries for the home side. The biggest margin of victory came in the match between the  Eastern Province Kings and the  Golden Lions in Port Elizabeth, with the visitors winning 71–7. Golden Lions captain Kwagga Smith scored a hat-trick, with Howard Mnisi and Jacques Nel each contributing two of the Lions' eleven tries. Western Province also won their match against  Griquas in Kimberley, meaning all four fixtures resulted in away wins. Six different try scorers and 22 points kicked by Robert du Preez saw Western Province move into the top four, behind a  Sharks team that enjoyed a bye weekend, while Griquas dropped to sixth place despite picking up a bonus point for scoring four tries of their own.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Nine
In the first match of the weekend, defending champions the  Golden Lions secured a place in the semi-finals after beating the  Sharks 28–16 in Johannesburg. The result meant that the Sharks needed the  Boland Cavaliers to get an unlikely victory against  Western Province a few hours later. Boland ran in four tries to lead 28–20 with 8 minutes to go, but Western Province scored a converted try and a 78th–minute penalty through fly-half Robert du Preez to secure the final semi-final spot in dramatic fashion, winning the match 30–28.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Round Nine
The final match on the Friday night saw the  Pumas travel to the  Eastern Province Kings for a match between the bottom two teams on the log, both without a win to their name prior to this match. The Pumas edged the match 38–30, with hooker Frank Herne scoring a hat-trick of tries in his team's only win of the season. The final group match in the competition was a dead rubber; top side  Free State Cheetahs outscored  Griquas by 9 tries to 4 to win 63–26; scrum-half Shaun Venter got a brace, while fly-half Niel Marais contributed 17 points through one try and 6 conversions.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Semi-Finals
The  Free State Cheetahs maintained their unbeaten record in the season with an emphatic 55–17 victory over the  Golden Lions. They scored six tries, with right winger Sergeal Petersen getting a hat-trick, while fly-half Niel Marais added 21 points, successfully kicking three conversions and five penalties in the match.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Semi-Finals
Blue Bulls fly-half Tian Schoeman replicated Marais' kicking record in his side's 36–30 victory over  Western Province in the second semi-final, which ended in dramatic fashion as the Blue Bulls scored a try in the 78th minute through replacement scrum-half Ivan van Zyl – in his first appearance of the season – to overturn Western Province's lead. These results meant that the Free State Cheetahs qualified for their first final since 2009, when they also met the  Blue Bulls in the final, and their first home final since 2006, when the same two teams drew 28–all after extra time to share the title.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Final
The  Free State Cheetahs beat the  Blue Bulls 36–16 to win the Currie Cup for the fifth time in their history and for the first time since 2007. The first half delivered no tries, with Free State Cheetahs fly-half Niel Marais kicking six penalties against Blue Bulls fly-half Tian Schoeman's three penalties for an 18–9 half-time lead. A converted Clayton Blommetjies try and two more penalties extended the Free State Cheetahs' lead to 31–9 by the 67th minute.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Matches, Final
A Piet van Zyl try in the 74th minute briefly gave the Blue Bulls some hope, but the Free State Cheetahs responded with a try of their own through Sergeal Petersen just two minutes later to put the result beyond any doubt. Niel Marais contributed 21 points for the home side by kicking seven penalties; a new Currie Cup final record, surpassing the six penalties scored by Thierry Lacroix in the 1995 final and by Patrick Lambie in the 2012 final.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Honours
The honour roll for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division was:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players, Squads
The following squads were named for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players, Appearances and points
For each team, (c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players, Points scorers
The following table contain points scored in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Players, Discipline
The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:


2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division:


2016 Currie Cup qualification
The 2016 Currie Cup qualification series was a South African rugby union competition organised by the South African Rugby Union which was played between 9 April and 23 July 2016. It featured all fourteen South African provincial unions plus the  Welwitschias from Namibia and served as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Currie Cup, the 78th edition of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition. Nine teams from this competition advanced to the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, while the remaining six teams progressed to the 2016 Currie Cup First Division.


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Competition rules and information
All fifteen teams in the competition played against each other once over the course of the qualification competition, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Competition rules and information
The six main teams affiliated to Super Rugby franchises –  Blue Bulls,  Eastern Province Kings,  Free State XV,  Golden Lions XV,  Sharks XV and  Western Province – automatically qualified to the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division, along with the three highest-ranked non-franchise teams. The remaining six teams qualified to the 2016 Currie Cup First Division. Points from the qualification stage were not carried over to the second stage.


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Teams
The teams that competed in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification competition were:


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Log
The final log for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification tournament is:


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


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Log, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Players, Player statistics
The top ten points scorers during the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series were:


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Players, Squads
The following squads were named for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Players, Discipline
The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:


2016 Currie Cup qualification, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series:


2016 Curtis Cup
The 39th Curtis Cup Match was played from 10 to 12 June 2016 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club near Enniskerry, Ireland. Great Britain and Ireland won 111⁄2 to 81⁄2. Bronte Law became the first golfer from Great Britain and Ireland to win 5 matches in a Curtis Cup match, a feat only previously achieved by Stacy Lewis in 2008.


2016 Curtis Cup, Format
The contest was a three-day competition, with three foursomes and three fourball matches on each of the first two days, and eight singles matches on the final day, a total of 20 points.