2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Schedule, Week 6
The October 7th game in Orlando between Tulane and UCF was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew and rescheduled for November 5, a date which both teams had open.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Schedule, Week 7
The October 13th game in Greenville, NC between Navy and East Carolina was postponed due because of flooding associated with Hurricane Matthew, the game will be rescheduled for November 19, a date which both teams had open.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Bowl games
American Athletic Conference bowl games for the 2016 season are:


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Bowl games
Rankings are from CFP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the American Athletic Conference football coaches at the end of the season


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR – Zay Jones, East Carolina WR – Courtland Sutton, SMU WR – Keevan Lucas, Tulsa OT – Kofi Amichia, South FloridaOT – Dion Dawkins, Temple OG – Adam West, Navy OG – Black Belcher, Tulsa C  – Chandler Miller, Tulsa TE – Daniel Montiel, MemphisQB – Quinton Flowers, South FloridaRB – Marlon Mack, South FloridaK  – Jake Elliott, MemphisRS – Tony Pollard, Memphis


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL – Haason Reddick, Temple*DL – Ed Oliver, Houston*DL – Tanzel Smart, TulaneDL    Justin Lawler, SMULB – Shaquem Griffin, UCFLB – Eric Wilson, CincinnatiLB – Steven Taylor, HoustonLB – Genard Avery, MemphisLB – Nico Marley, TulaneCB    Horace Richardson, SMUCB – Howard Wilson, HoustonS  – Darrion Millines, SMU S  – Obi Melifonwu, UConn P  – Spencer Smith, Memphis


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
WR – Noel Thomas, UConnWR – Anthony Miller, MemphisWR – Rodney Adams, South FloridaOT – Blake Copeland, NavyOT – Evan Plagg, TulsaOG – Dominique Threatt, South Florida OG – Tyler Bowling, TulsaC –  Maurice Morris, Navy TE – Mitchell Wilcox, South FloridaQB – Greg Ward Jr., HoustonRB – Jahad Thomas, TempleRB – D'Angelo Brewer, Tulsa K –  Aaron Boumerhi, TempleRS – D'Ernest Johnson, South Florida


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, Awards and honors, Conference awards
DL – Jamiyus Pittman, UCFDL – Cortez Broughton, CincinnatiDL – Deadrin Senat, South FloridaDL – Praise Martin-Oguike, TempleLB – Tyus Bowser, HoustonLB – Micah Thomas, NavyLB – Auggie Sanchez, South FloridaLB – Avery Williams, TempleCB – Shaquill Griffin, UCFCB – Brandon Wilson, HoustonCB – Deatrick Nichols, South FloridaCB – Parry Nickerson, TulaneS –  Garrett Davis, HoustonS –  Sean Chandler, TempleP –  Worth Gregory, ECU


2016 American Athletic Conference football season, NFL Draft
The American had a conference-record 15 players selected in the 2017 NFL draft, which placed it as the fifth most prolific conference in the draft. The American made headlines by having more selections than the Big 12 Conference, a Power 5 Conference. The following list includes all AAC players who were drafted in the 2017 NFL draft.


2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 4th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
The SMU Mustangs are the defending regular season champions, and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane are the defending tournament champions.


2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, All-AAC awards and teams
Matias Pyysalo, M, Jr., UCFAdam Wilson, M, So., CincinnatiKwame Awuah, M, Sr., UConnAbdou Mbacke Thiam, F, So., UConnJake Nerwinski, B, Sr., UConnNazeem Bartman, F, Sr., USFProsper Figbe, B, So., USFLindo Mfeka, M, Sr., USFSpasoje Stefanovic, GK, Sr., USFJorge Gomez Sanchez, F, Sr., TempleCarlos Moros Gracia, B, Sr., Temple


2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, All-AAC awards and teams
Patrick Nielsen, B, Fr., CincinnatiSimen Olafsen, B, So., UConnRaul Gonzalez, M, Sr., MemphisJoonas Jokinen, F, Jr., TempleMelvin Becket, F, Sr., USFJordan Cano, B, Jr., SMUMauro Cichero, M, Jr., SMUJake McGuire, GK, Sr., TulsaMatt Puig, F, Fr., TulsaRay Saari, M, Sr., TulsaZack Stavrou, B, Jr., Tulsa


2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season, All-AAC awards and teams
Brian Jamba, M, UCFRyan Melink, M, CincinnatiPatrick Nielsen, B, CincinnatiDavid Sanz, M, CincinnatiNiko Petridis, M, UConnMunir Saleh, M, UConnJackson Morse, M, MemphisGarrett McLaughlin, F, SMUAlbert Moreno, M, TempleAlejandro Chavez, B, TulsaMatt Puig, F, Tulsa


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from March 11 to March 19, 2016. A total of 241 boxers from 35 countries competed.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Light flyweight (49 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Flyweight (52 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Bantamweight (56 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Lightweight (60 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Light welterweight (64 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Welterweight (69 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Middleweight (75 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Light heavyweight (81 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Heavyweight (91 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Men, Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Women, Flyweight (51 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, Results, Women, Middleweight (75 kg)
The two finalists will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 American Indoor Football season
The 2016 American Indoor Football season was the eleventh and final season of American Indoor Football (AIF). The regular season began February 27, 2016, and ended on May 23, 2016. Each team played a game schedule of varying lengths.


2016 American Indoor Football season, League changes
During the offseason there were several membership changes in the league that saw only four of the nine teams return from the previous season. However, the league would end up starting the season with 18 full member teams, two travel only teams, and one affiliated provisional team.


2016 American Indoor Football season, Playoffs
* — When initially announced, the West Michigan Ironmen were set to play the Northern Division's fourth-seeded Central Penn Capitals. On May 30, the Capitals were replaced with the Southern Division's third-seeded Myrtle Beach Freedom. The Freedom were replaced by the Southern Division's fourth-seed, the Savannah Steam.


2016 American League Championship Series
The 2016 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Toronto Blue Jays against the Cleveland Indians for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2016 World Series against the Chicago Cubs. The Indians had home-field advantage for the series because the Blue Jays qualified as a wild-card team. The Indians defeated the Blue Jays four games to one.


2016 American League Championship Series
The series was the 47th in league history. TBS televised all games in the United States, with Sportsnet, a property of Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, airing all games in Canada using the TBS feed.


2016 American League Championship Series
The Indians would go on to lose to the Chicago Cubs in the World Series in seven games, after taking a 3–1 series lead.


2016 American League Championship Series, Background
This was Toronto's second consecutive ALCS appearance and seventh overall. The team lost the 2015 American League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals. The Blue Jays had previously made consecutive ALCS appearances in 1991, 1992 and 1993, losing in the former but winning both the 1992 and 1993 World Series.


2016 American League Championship Series, Background
This was Cleveland's fifth appearance in the ALCS. The Indians won the ALCS in 1995 and 1997, but went on to lose the World Series both times. In their other two ALCS appearances, the Indians were defeated in 1998 and 2007.


2016 American League Championship Series, Background
This was the first postseason meeting between the Blue Jays and the Indians.


2016 American League Championship Series, Background
The Indians won the regular season series, 4–3. The two teams split a four-game series in Toronto in early July, and the Indians won two of three games in Cleveland in mid-August. Six of the seven games were decided by three runs or less, including four decided by one run. The July 1 game between the two teams at the Rogers Centre lasted 19 innings with the Indians winning that game.


2016 American League Championship Series, Background
Canadian architect and indigenous activist Douglas Cardinal tried to file an injunction barring the Indians from using their name and logo for Games 3 and 4 in Toronto, but the application was dismissed by an Ontario judge.


2016 American League Championship Series, Summary
The Indians middle reliever Andrew Miller was voted the MVP of the series. The Indians also set an MLB record with the lowest batting average by a winning team in a postseason series, hitting just .168 against the Blue Jays.


2016 American League Championship Series, Summary
Cleveland became the first club to lock up the AL pennant on the road since the Chicago White Sox did so at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in 2005.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Corey Kluber pitched 6+1⁄3 shutout innings, allowing six hits while Andrew Miller struck out five batters in 1+2⁄3 innings. Toronto's Marco Estrada pitched a complete game, but took the loss when Francisco Lindor's two-run home run in the sixth after a Jason Kipnis walk provided the only runs of the game. Cody Allen pitched a perfect ninth for the save.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Carlos Santana's leadoff home run in the second off J. A. Happ gave the Indians a 1−0 lead, but the Blue Jays tied it in the third off Josh Tomlin when Darwin Barney singled with one out, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Josh Donaldson's double. In the bottom of the inning, Rajai Davis reached first on a force-out, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Francisco Lindor's two-out single. Neither team scored for the rest of the game with Andrew Miller striking out five batters in two innings pitched and Cody Allen pitching a perfect ninth for his second consecutive save. The Indians went up a perfect 2−0 in the series heading to Toronto.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Indians struck first off Marcus Stroman when Carlos Santana drew a leadoff walk in the first and scored on Mike Napoli's two out double, but their starter, Trevor Bauer had to leave the game in the bottom of the inning after allowing two walks and throwing 21 pitches due to a bloody pinkie finger as a result of being cut from a drone a few days earlier. Dan Otero in relief allowed a game-tying home run to Michael Saunders in the second.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Napoli's home run in the fourth put the Indians back on top 2−1, but the Blue Jays tied it in the fifth off Zach McAllister when Ezequiel Carrera hit a leadoff triple and scored on Ryan Goins's groundout. Jason Kipnis's leadoff home run in the sixth gave the Indians a 3−2 lead. Stroman was taken out after walking Napoli with one out. Napoli moved to second on a wild pitch by reliever Joe Biagini and scored on José Ramírez's single to make it 4−2 Indians. Cody Allen and Andrew Miller combined to pitch three shutout innings, striking out five batters as the Indians took a 3–0 series lead.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Josh Donaldson's two-out home run in the third off Corey Kluber gave the Blue Jays their first lead in the series. Kluber walked two straight to lead off the fourth before Ezequiel Carrera's one-out RBI single made it 2−0 Blue Jays. The Indians cut it to 2−1 in the fifth off Aaron Sanchez when Coco Crisp walked with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Roberto Pérez's double. Their only other hit in the game came on Tyler Naquin's leadoff double in the third.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the seventh, the Blue Jays loaded the bases with no outs off reliever Bryan Shaw on a single, Shaw's fielding error, and intentional walk when Edwin Encarnación's single scored two with Josh Donaldson being thrown out at third. Next inning, Carrera tripled with one out off Mike Clevinger and scored on Kevin Pillar's groundout to make it 5−1 Blue Jays. Roberto Osuna retired the Indians in order in the ninth, forcing a Game 5.


2016 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Indians went up 1−0 in the first when Francisco Lindor singled with two outs off Marco Estrada and scored on Mike Napoli's double. They added to their lead with home runs by Carlos Santana in the third and Coco Crisp in the fourth. Ryan Merritt, Bryan Shaw, Andrew Miller, and Cody Allen shutout the Blue Jays as the Indians' 3−0 win gave them their first trip to the World Series since 1997. Allen earned his fifth save of the postseason as Troy Tulowitzki popped up to first baseman Santana in foul territory to end the game and series.


2016 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
The 2016 World Series between the Cubs and Indians was highly anticipated due to the historical ramifications; the two teams entered their matchup as the two franchises with the longest World Series title droughts, a combined 174 seasons without a championship. The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 to win their first World Series since 1908. Game 7, an 8–7 victory in 10 innings at Progressive Field, marked the fifth time that a Game 7 had gone into extra innings and the first since 1997 (which, coincidentally, the Indians also lost).


2016 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
On December 23, 2016, the Cleveland Indians signed Edwin Encarnación, who had become a free agent after 6+1⁄2 years with the Toronto Blue Jays, and had declined the team's qualifying offer. At the 2018 trade deadline, Josh Donaldson also joined the Indians for a brief 16 game stint, as he was traded there from Toronto.


2016 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Overall, this marked the end of the Blue Jays run from ‘15-‘16, which was their most successful run as a franchise since the back-to-back championships in ‘92 and ‘93. By the time of their next post-season appearance in 2020, there were no players from the 2015-2016 teams on the roster.


2016 American League Division Series
The 2016 American League Division Series (ALDS) were two best-of-five game series to determine the participating teams in the 2016 American League Championship Series of Major League Baseball. The three divisional winners (seeded 1-3) and the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff played in two series. The divisional winners were the Texas Rangers in the American League West with the first seed by virtue of having the best record in the American League, the  Cleveland Indians in the American League Central with the second seed, and the Boston Red Sox in the American League East with the third seed. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles in the Wild Card Game, earning the fourth seed.


2016 American League Division Series
The top two seeds had home-field advantage, and the top seed was matched against the lowest seed. The matchups were:


2016 American League Division Series
TBS televised all the games in the United States, with Sportsnet, a property of Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, airing the games in Canada using the TBS feeds. The Blue Jays and Indians both swept their respective opponents in three games to advance to the ALCS.


2016 American League Division Series
The Indians defeated the Blue Jays in the ALCS, then lost the 2016 World Series to the National League champion Chicago Cubs.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto
This was the second meeting between the Blue Jays and the Rangers in the postseason, the first being the 2015 American League Division Series in which the Blue Jays defeated the Rangers after losing the first two games at home, which was marked by a controversy-laden deciding Game 5 defined by José Bautista's bat flip. It was also the first series between the two teams since May 15, a game which featured multiple bench clearing skirmishes and the infamous Rougned Odor punch of Bautista.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 1
The Blue Jays opened the scoring in the third inning with five runs. Ezequiel Carrera walked with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch, then scored on Josh Donaldson's double. Back-to-back singles by Edwin Encarnacion and José Bautista made it 2–0. After Russell Martin walked to load the bases, Troy Tulowitzki cleared them with a triple. Rangers' starter Cole Hamels threw 42 pitches that inning, the most pitches in an inning he had ever thrown. Next inning, Melvin Upton Jr.'s leadoff home run made it 6–0.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 1
Rangers' shortstop Elvis Andrus's throwing error to first allowed Devon Travis to reach. He moved to second on a passed ball, then scored on Josh Donaldson's single to make it 7–0 and knock Hamels out of the game. The Rangers bullpen tossed 42⁄3 scoreless innings, but after back-to-back singles to lead off the ninth off Jake Diekman, Bautista hit a three-run home run amid boos from the Rangers crowd, giving the Blue Jays a 10–0 lead. Blue Jays' starter Marco Estrada went a strong 81⁄3 innings having given up only four hits and one earned run (in the ninth when Andrus hit a leadoff triple and scored on Shin-Soo Choo's groundout) on 98 pitches.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 2
In Game 2, Texas sent out Yu Darvish, who was unable to participate in Texas's 2015 playoff run due to recovery from Tommy John surgery. In return, the Jays responded with 20-game winner J. A. Happ. The Rangers offense, which mustered only four hits in Game 1, erupted for 13 hits in Game 2. However, three runs was all that Texas could get on the day, as their dismal hitting with runners in scoring position failed to bring home any more baserunners (the Rangers went 2-for-18 in RISP situations, and left 13 men on base).


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 2
Meanwhile, Darvish gave up only five hits through five innings; however, four of those hits were home runs (a two-run home run to Troy Tulowitzki in the second after a leadoff walk, then three home runs in the fifth to Kevin Pillar, Ezequiel Carrera and Edwin Encarnacion), which tied the MLB playoff record for most home runs given up by a pitcher in a single game. The Rangers scored their first run of the game on three straight one-out singles in the fourth.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 2
In the eighth, Francisco Liriano allowed a leadoff double and one out walk before Carlos Gomez's RBI single made it 5–2 Blue Jays. Liriano was then removed from the game due to taking a line-drive off his head and later be diagnosed with a concussion. Toronto manager John Gibbons called upon his closer Roberto Osuna to get a five-out save. Osuna allowed an RBI groundout to Ian Desmond before striking out Carlos Beltran to end the inning.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 2
Then he allowed a leadoff double to Adrián Beltré in the bottom of the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate with no outs. The next three Rangers batters went down in order without being able to advance Beltre, giving the Jays a 2–0 series lead heading to Toronto for Game 3. With the loss the Rangers dropped to 1–11 in Division Series home games. This would be the last postseason game at Globe Life Park in Arlington as the Rangers would move to Globe Life Field in 2020.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 3
Looking to eliminate the Rangers from the playoffs for the second consecutive year, the Blue Jays sent American League ERA leader Aaron Sanchez to the mound in Game 3. The Rangers countered with starter Colby Lewis. The Rangers took their first lead of the series in the top of the first with a walk to Carlos Gómez, a stolen base, and back-to-back groundouts. The Blue Jays, though, took that lead away immediately in the bottom of the same inning with a two-run home run by Edwin Encarnación and a shot by Russell Martin, making the score 3–1, Jays.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 3
The Rangers chipped away in the third with an Elvis Andrus home run to cut the score to 3–2. But the Blue Jays pulled ahead in the bottom of the same inning on an RBI double by Josh Donaldson that just stayed fair down the right field line and knocked Lewis out of the game, followed by an RBI single by Encarnación off Tony Barnette to make it 5–2. The Rangers made it a one-run game again with a two-run home run to dead center by Rougned Odor.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 3
Sanchez would pitch into the sixth inning, leaving with two runners on and a 5–4 lead. Joe Biagini would allow a double to Mitch Moreland that just got out of the reach of Kevin Pillar that scored two runs and gave the Rangers a 6–5 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, a passed ball by Jonathan Lucroy with the bases loaded allowed Troy Tulowitzki to score the tying run. The game would go into the tenth inning tied at six. Rangers pitcher Matt Bush, pitching his third inning of relief, gave up a leadoff double to Donaldson.


2016 American League Division Series, Texas vs. Toronto, Game 3
After an intentional walk to Encarnación and a José Bautista strikeout, Martin hit a ground ball to shortstop Andrus. Andrus flipped the ball to Odor, who recorded the out at second and then threw on to first base in an attempt to double up Martin. But the throw went wide of first, drawing Moreland off the base and allowing Martin to reach safely; in the meantime, Donaldson never stopped running from second base and he was able to score the winning run when he slid safely under Moreland's throw to the plate. Rangers manager Jeff Banister called for a video review to see if Encarnación had interfered with the throw to second but the call was upheld to end the game and series. Odor's error was first time in MLB history that any postseason series ended on an error.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston
The Red Sox–Indians series marked the fifth postseason meeting between the two teams, with each team winning two series. Their most recent meeting was in the 2007 American League Championship Series, in which the Red Sox overcame a 3–1 deficit to win the American League pennant.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston, Game 1
Dustin Pedroia led off Game 1 with a double to right field off Trevor Bauer, then moved to third on Brock Holt's single and scored two outs later on Hanley Ramírez's double, but Holt was thrown out trying to score, ending the inning. Jose Ramírez led off the bottom of the second with a double off Rick Porcello and scored on Lonnie Chisenhall's single to tie the game.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston, Game 1
Andrew Benintendi's leadoff home run in the third put the Red Sox back up 2−1, but in the bottom of the inning, home runs by Roberto Perez, Jason Kipnis, and Francisco Lindor gave the Indians a 4−2 lead. The Red Sox cut the lead to one on Sandy Leon's leadoff home run in the fifth off Bauer, who was replaced by Andrew Miller with two outs in the inning. In the bottom half, Perez hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a sacrifice fly, and scored on Kipnis's single off reliever Drew Pomeranz. Holt's leadoff home run in the eighth off Bryan Shaw made it 5−4, but Cody Allen pitched 11⁄3 shutout innings for the save.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston, Game 2
Corey Kluber pitched seven shutout innings in Game 2, allowing three hits and three walks while Dan Otero and Bryan Shaw pitched a perfect eighth and ninth, respectively. Red Sox's David Price, after a perfect first, allowed three straight one-out singles in the second, the last of which to Brandon Guyer scoring Carlos Santana, before Lonnie Chisenhall's three-run home run put the Indians up 4−0. In the fourth, Price allowed a leadoff single to Guyer, then walked Roberto Pérez with one out before being relieved by Matt Barnes.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston, Game 2
Rajai Davis hit into a forceout at third before Jason Kipnis's single scored Perez. Guyer hit a leadoff single off Barnes in the sixth, then moved to third one out later on Dustin Pedroia's fielding error before scoring on Davis's sacrifice fly off Brad Ziegler to make it 6−0 Indians, who went up two games to none in the series heading to Boston.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston, Game 3
The Indians struck first in Game 3 off Clay Buchholz when with runners on second and third in the fourth with one out, Tyler Naquin drove them both in with a single to right field. In the fifth, Xander Bogaerts singled with one out off Josh Tomlin and scored on Andrew Benintendi's double to make it 2−1 Indians, but in the sixth, Jose Ramirez drew a leadoff walk off Drew Pomeranz, then Coco Crisp homered one out later to put the Indians up 4−1.


2016 American League Division Series, Cleveland vs. Boston, Game 3
Dustin Pedroia singled to lead off the bottom of the inning off Tomlin, who was relieved by Andrew Miller. Pedroia moved to third on Mookie Betts's double and scored on David Ortiz's sacrifice fly. In the eighth, pinch hitter Travis Shaw singled with one out off Bryan Shaw. After Betts hit into a force out, Cody Allen relieved Shaw and walked Ortiz before Hanley Ramírez's RBI single made it 4−3 Indians. Allen pitched a scoreless ninth despite allowing a single and walk as the Indians completed a sweep of the Red Sox. This was David Ortiz's 85th and final playoff game.


2016 American League Wild Card Game
The 2016 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles. As both teams finished with identical 89–73 records, a tiebreaker was used to determine the host team. In accordance with MLB tiebreaking rules, the Blue Jays earned the right to host the game by winning their season series against the Orioles 10–9.


2016 American League Wild Card Game
The Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 5–2, in extra innings.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was Toronto's first appearance in the Wild Card Game and their first overall appearance as a wild card (when it was first introduced in 1995), and their second consecutive postseason appearance after winning the AL East Division the previous season. It was the second appearance in a Wild Card Game both for Baltimore and its manager Buck Showalter. Showalter's Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers in the inaugural AL Wild Card Game in 2012. This was the first postseason meeting between the two teams.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Background
The game was played at 8:00 pm EDT on October 4, 2016 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, with the winner advancing to play the first-seeded Texas Rangers in the Division Series. It was televised in the United States on TBS, while Sportsnet, a property of Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications, simulcast the TBS production in Canada.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Background
The retractable dome at Rogers Centre was open for the game, the first time this was done for a postseason contest at the venue.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Background
This was the second Wild Card Game played between teams with identical regular season records, and the second time for the Baltimore Orioles. Under the 1995-2011 playoff format, the teams would have played a one-game playoff to determine the Wild Card team.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
Toronto and Baltimore turned to their Opening Day starters, as Marcus Stroman and Chris Tillman took the mound for their respective teams.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The Blue Jays scored first with a home run by José Bautista leading off the second inning. The Orioles responded two innings later with a go-ahead two-run homer from Mark Trumbo. The Blue Jays recorded three hits in the fifth on their way to scoring the tying run.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
The Toronto Blue Jays won the game 5–2 in the 11th inning when Edwin Encarnación hit a walk-off three-run homer off Ubaldo Jiménez. Zach Britton, the Orioles' closer and 2016 American League Reliever of the Year, controversially did not appear in the game. The Blue Jays advanced to the American League Division Series to face the Rangers for the second consecutive time in the postseason; their first meeting was in the previous year's American League Division Series.


2016 American League Wild Card Game, Game results, Line score
Encarnación became only the fourth player to end a winner-take-all postseason game (that is, a game in which one team or the other was sure to be eliminated) with a walk-off home run, joining Bill Mazeroski (1960 World Series), Chris Chambliss (1976 ALCS) and Aaron Boone (2003 ALCS).


2016 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2016 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 1 in the U.S. territory of American Samoa as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses
On the same day, dubbed "Super Tuesday," Democratic primaries were held in eleven other states, while the Republican Party held primaries in eleven states as well. The Republican Party's American Samoa caucus was held on March 22, 2016.


2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
The 2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. territory of American Samoa as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
On the same day, the Republican Party held a primary in Arizona and caucuses in Utah, while the Democratic Party held primaries and caucuses in three states. The Democratic Party's own Democratic Samoa caucus has already been held on March 1, 2016.


2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses, Results
The delegates were originally elected as unbound but all 9 delegates declared their support for Trump after Trump became the presumptive nominee.


2016 American Samoa gubernatorial election
The 2016 American Samoa gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, coinciding with the 2016 United States presidential elections and other US elections.


2016 American Samoa gubernatorial election
The incumbent, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga sought re-election. Moliga won re-election, defeating Faoa Aitofele Sunia, 60.2% to 35.8%, while Tuika Tuika received 4.0% of the vote.


2016 American Samoa gubernatorial election
All American Samoan elections are officially nonpartisan, although both Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Faoa Aitofele Sunia affiliate themselves with the Democratic Party.


2016 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The 31st American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 4, 2017, at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2016.


2016 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The television nominees were announced on December 6, 2016, while the film nominees were announced on January 11, 2017. The usual "Regular Series" category was separated into two categories this year—"Regular Series for Non-Commercial Television" and "Regular Series for Commercial Television".


2016 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Winners and nominees, Film, Spotlight Award
The Spotlight Award recognizes outstanding cinematography in features and documentaries that are typically screened at film festivals, in limited theatrical release, or outside the United States.


2016 American Ultimate Disc League season
The 2016 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fifth season for the league. The twenty-six teams were split into four regional divisions (East, Midwest, West and South), with each team playing a 14-game schedule. The second and third placed teams in each division advanced to a playoff match, with the winners facing the first placed team in their division. The winners of these matches advanced to the AUDL Championship Weekend, which featured semifinals and then a final for the AUDL Championship. The Dallas Roughnecks defeated the Seattle Cascades 33–27 in the final to become the 2016 AUDL Champions.


2016 American Ultimate Disc League season, Regular season
Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head point difference. (C) Division champion, (Q) Qualified for the division playoffs


2016 American Ultimate Disc League season, Postseason
Regional semifinal matches were played on July 16, with regional finals taking place on July 17 and July 23. Matches for the AUDL Semifinals were decided based on the seeding of teams from their results during the season.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2016 Americas Rugby Championship was the first series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), a new annual western hemisphere rugby union championship. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches will be full international test matches with caps awarded, including for Argentina XV players and their opponents, but Argentina XV matches will not count to World Rankings for either team.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship, Fixtures
The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by Argentina XV, Brazil, Canada, Chile, United States and Uruguay. Argentina XV are the defending champions.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads
Note: Number of caps and players' ages are indicated as of 6 February 2016 – the tournament's opening day.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
On 22 January, acting head coach for the Argentina side Pablo Bouza, named a 26-man squad for the Championship.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
1 On 30 January, Juan Pablo Estellés replaced Franco Cuaranta in the squad following an injury sustained in training.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
2 On 4 February, Gaspar Baldunciel was added to the squad as injury cover for Facundo Bosch following injury sustained in training.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
3 On 7 February, 12 further players were added to the squad.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
4 On 16 February, Marcos Bollini, Juan Cruz González and Gonzalo Paulín were named a 24-man squad for training ahead of the Uruguay fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
5 On 25 February, Jaguars players Lucas González Amorosino and Juan Manuel Leguizamón were released by the Super Rugby side for game time, while Bautista Delguy and Tomás Granella joined the squad with the Sevens player returning to the national sevens team.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Argentina XV
6 On 1 March, Martín Elías, Franco Molina and Patricio Baronio were called up to the squad for the final fixture against Brazil.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
1 On 11 February, the uncapped Yan Machado was named in the side to face Uruguay haven not been named in the original 31-man squad.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
2 On 18 February, Jonatas Paulo was called up to replace the Jardel Vettorato, who retired following the Uruguay fixture in round 2.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
3 On 25 February, André Arruda, Diego López and Robert Tenório were called up to replace Cléber Dias, Mark Jackson and Lucas Muller.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
4 On 1 March, Rafael Carnivalle and Matheus Cruz were called up to the squad, with Cruz entering the squad as an injury replacement for Stefano Giantorno.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Brazil
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
On 26 January, Canada’s interim Senior Men’s head coach Francois Ratier, named a 28-man squad for the Championship.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
1 Following the signing of Evan Olmstead to London Scottish post-squad announcement, Kyle Gilmour was called up to the squad as his replacement.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
2 On 18 February, Joe Dolesau and Brock Staller were named in the team to face Brazil haven been called after the United States fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Canada
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
1 On 11 February, Felipe Bassaletti, Matthieu Manas and Nicolás Venegas were added to the squad ahead of the Argentine fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
2 On 18 February, Ińaki Gurruchaga was named in the squad ahead of the United States fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
3 On 26 February, Roberto Oyarzún was named in the squad ahead of the Uruguay fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Chile
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
On 29 January, United States head coach John Mitchell, named a 37-man squad for the Championship.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
1 On 9 February, Nate Brakeley and Aaron Davis were added to the squad ahead of the Canada fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
2 On 17 February, Lorenzo Thomas and Deion Mikesell were added to the squad ahead of the Chile fixture, haven impressed for the U20's team a week earlier.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
3 On 25 February, James King and Andrew Suniula were added to the squad ahead of the South American matches against Brazil and Uruguay.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, United States
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
Uruguay's initial 24-man squad for the Championship. Additional players will be added to the team throughout the Championship


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
1 On 8 February, Ignacio Dotti, Federico Favaro and the uncapped trio of Lukas Lacoste, Ignacio Secco and Martín Secco were called up ahead of the Brazil fixture.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
2 On 17 February, Fernando Bascou, Facundo Klappenbach, Juan Diego Ormaechea and Andrés Rocco were named in the team to face Argentina in round 3.


2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads, Uruguay
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Americas Rugby League Championship
The 2016 Americas Rugby League Championship was the first tri-nation rugby league competition between the national teams of the USA, Canada and Jamaica.


2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger
The 2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 12 and 18 September 2016.


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


2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Doubles
Andrey Kuznetsov and Aleksandr Nedovyesov were the defending champions but chose not to participate.


2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Doubles
Sadio Doumbia and Calvin Hemery won the title after defeating Marco Chiudinelli and Marius Copil 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Singles
Karen Khachanov was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger – Singles
Malek Jaziri won the title after defeating Dudi Sela 1–6, 6–1, 6–0 in the final.


2016 Amstel Gold Race
The 2016 Amstel Gold Race was a one-day classic cycling race that took place in the Limburg region of the Netherlands on 17 April 2016. It was the 51st edition of the Amstel Gold Race and the eleventh event of the 2016 UCI World Tour. It was also the first of the Ardennes classics, although it is technically not in the Ardennes region. The race took place over a 258-kilometre (160 mi) route that starts in Maastricht and ends in Berg en Terblijt on the outskirts of Valkenburg.


2016 Amstel Gold Race
The key difficulty in the race came from the 34 short but steep climbs. The central climb, the Cauberg, was crossed four times, with 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) between the final summit and the finish line. The favourites for victory in the race included the three-time winner Philippe Gilbert (BMC), the defending champion Michał Kwiatkowski (Sky), and Simon Gerrans and Michael Matthews (both Orica–GreenEDGE).


2016 Amstel Gold Race
There were numerous attacks in the first part of the race, but no group had a significant advantage in the last part of the race. Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) had a small lead on the final climb of the Cauberg, but he was caught before the summit by a large group led by Orica–GreenEDGE. Towards the summit of the climb, Enrico Gasparotto (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), the 2012 champion, attacked; he was joined by Tinkoff's Michael Valgren and the two came to the finish together, with Gasparotto winning the sprint for victory. Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani–CSF) was third in the main group, which finished four seconds behind.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Route
The route covered 258 kilometres (160 mi) and included 34 classified climbs; as in the other Ardennes classics (La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège), the main difficulty came from the short but steep climbs. The route started in Maastricht and travelled north to the outskirts of Geleen for the first three climbs of the day. The route turned east to Voerendaal for the fourth climb, then west for the first climb of the Sibbergrubbe.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Route
This took the riders into Valkenburg aan de Geul and onto the first of four climbs of the Cauberg, where there was a series of three circuits, each shorter than the last. The first circuit took the riders on a long loop to the south of Valkenburg as far as Vaals. This included the first climb of the Geulhemmerberg, then fifteen more climbs. These included the Loorberg and the Gulpenerberg for the first time and the Sibbergrubbe and the Cauberg for the second time. The second climb of the Cauberg came with 165 kilometres (103 mi) completed and 93 kilometres (58 mi) remaining.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Route
The second circuit again took the riders south, through the town of Gulpen. This circuit included the Bemelerberg for the first time, the Geulhemmerberg, the Loorberg and the Gulpenerberg for the second time and then the Cauberg for the third time. Between this ascent of the Cauberg and the finish line were 21 kilometres (13 mi) of roads that were raced around a small circuit close to Valkenburg. The circuit included the third climb of the Sibbergrubbe, then the second climb of the Bemelerberg and finally the fourth climb of the Cauberg. At the top of the Cauberg there were 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) of relatively flat roads to the finish line in Berg en Terblijt.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Route
The Cauberg was expected to be the decisive climb in the race. The first two climbs were expected to be raced gently, but the final two times were expected to be central to the race's outcome. The Cauberg itself is an 800-metre (870 yd) climb with an average gradient of 6.5% and a maximum gradient of 12.8%. Additional difficulty was created throughout the route by the roads that frequently turned back on themselves and by the high density of traffic calming devices. Cyclingnews.com described the route as "technically demanding" and "a fertile ground for crashes", adding that local knowledge was valuable.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Participating teams
The race organisers invited 25 teams to participate in the 2016 Amstel Gold Race. As it is a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to send a squad. An additional seven UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard entries. These included two Belgian teams (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise and Wanty–Groupe Gobert), a Dutch team (Roompot–Oranje Peloton), two Italian teams (Nippo–Vini Fantini and Bardiani–CSF), a Polish team (CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice) and a French team (Direct Énergie).


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Pre-race favourites
The defending champion was Michał Kwiatkowski, who won the 2015 race while riding for Etixx–Quick-Step but moved to Team Sky for the 2016 season. He won that race by catching up with the leading riders on the flat section following the final climb and outsprinting them at the line. He was also in strong form, having won the E3 Harelbeke a few weeks previously. Kwiatkowski was considered to able both to attack on the final climb and also to win from a small group sprint.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Pre-race favourites
The previous champion was Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), who had won the race a total of three times as well as winning the 2012 world championships road race that finished with the same Cauberg finale. He had won the 2014 edition by escaping on the climb and, with the assistance of a tailwind, staying away to the finish. Gilbert had recently been involved in an altercation with a driver in which he had broken a finger; he missed Brabantse Pijl in order to have metal pins inserted and it was unclear whether he would be able to play a major part in the race.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Pre-race favourites
Orica–GreenEDGE had two major favourites for the race: Michael Matthews and Simon Gerrans. Matthews had been third in 2015, while Gerrans had finished third on three other occasions. They were declared to be "joint leaders" by their team, but in the 2015 road race world championships had sprinted against one another, despite being on the same team. Gerrans in particular was in good form, following his performance in the 2016 Tour of the Basque Country, while Matthews had declared the Amstel Gold Race to be one of the main objectives of his season.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Pre-race favourites
The last rider to win the race from a long-range breakaway had been Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff) in 2013, but he had failed to perform well in the race since then. Other possible winners included Etixx–Quick-Step's Julian Alaphilippe and Petr Vakoč, Movistar Team's Daniel Moreno, Wanty–Groupe Gobert's Enrico Gasparotto (the 2012 champion), Team Giant–Alpecin's Simon Geschke, Lotto–Soudal's Tony Gallopin, Team Dimension Data's Edvald Boasson Hagen and Trek–Segafredo's Fabio Felline.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Race summary
In the neutral section before the official start of the race, Fabio Felline crashed. He was reaching down to adjust something at the front of his bike; his wheel then jammed and the bike stopped abruptly. Felline was thrown over the handlebars and hit the ground face first. He broke his nose and suffered a fracture at the base of his skull. The injuries put him out of both the Amstel Gold Race and the rest of the Ardennes week.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Race summary
When the racing started, it took 35 kilometres (22 mi) for a breakaway to form. Eleven riders escaped and, over the following 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), built a four-minute lead. The riders in the breakaway were Alex Howes (Cannondale), Laurent Didier (Trek–Segafredo), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale), Laurens De Vreese (Astana), Matteo Bono (Lampre–Merida), Kévin Reza (FDJ), Larry Warbasse (IAM Cycling), Fabien Grellier (Direct Énergie), Giacomo Berlato (Nippo–Vini Fantini), Tom Devriendt (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) and Josef Černý (CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice). Their lead reached five minutes at the foot of the first ascent of the Cauberg. In the peloton, Sky, Orica–GreenEDGE and AG2R La Mondiale led the chase and the lead was reduced to just over three minutes when they crossed the finish line for the second time. Rain began to fall, causing a crash for Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha).


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Race summary
With 65 kilometres (40 mi) remaining, a four-man group broke free of the peloton. The riders were Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto–Soudal), Niccolò Bonifazio (Trek–Segafredo), Gianni Meersman (Etixx–Quick-Step) and Björn Thurau (Wanty–Groupe Gobert). They were chased unsuccessfully by Andriy Hrivko (Astana); the four-man group reduced the breakaway's advantage to 90 seconds. On the Gulpenerberg, Reza and Didier were dropped from the breakaway, which had a two-minute lead over the peloton. Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) attacked in the main group but was chased by Team Sky; Orica–GreenEDGE then brought the four-man chasing group back before the summit of the Keutenberg. With 25 kilometres (16 mi) remaining, Philippe Gilbert and Edvald Boasson Hagen were dropped.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Race summary
On the penultimate climb of the Cauberg, the breakaway was reduced to five riders, who had a fifteen-second lead. Bob Jungels (Etixx–Quick-Step) and Enrico Battaglin (LottoNL–Jumbo) attacked from the peloton, while Michał Kwiatkowski was among the riders dropped. Orica–GreenEDGE continued to lead the peloton with Albasini and Mathew Hayman, the winner of Paris–Roubaix the previous week. The breakaway was caught with 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) remaining. Roman Kreuziger attacked with 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) remaining; there was an immediate counter-attack from Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal), who passed Kreuziger and earned a fifteen-second lead at the bottom of the final climb of the Cauberg.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Race summary
As Albasini brought Wellens back on the Cauberg, Enrico Gasparotto attacked. He was followed by Tinkoff's Michael Valgren at the top of the climb. Despite a brief attack from Jelle Vanendert (Lotto–Soudal), no one in the peloton seemed willing to put the effort into catching the leading pair. Valgren did a long pull at the front of the race, with Gasparotto in his wheel. At the finish line, Gasparotto was easily able to come around him to take his second Amstel Gold Race victory. Sonny Colbrelli (Bardiani–CSF) won the sprint for third place.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Post-race analysis, Reactions
The race was Gasparotto's first win since his first Amstel Gold triumph in 2012. He crossed the line pointing to the sky in a reference to his former teammate Antoine Demoitié, who had been killed in an accident at Gent–Wevelgem two weeks previously. Cycling Weekly described his victory as "emotional". Gasparotto himself had not been at Demoitié's funeral as he had been training on Mount Teide in Tenerife. He had been encouraged by Demoitié's widow the previous day and said that he had felt a "really big responsibility" and had not wanted to let his teammates down.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Post-race analysis, Reactions
He also said that, as in his 2012 victory, he had used the 39-tooth inner ring for most of the climb and had only changed to the 53-tooth outer ring at the summit, for the flat section towards the finish line. Gasparotto also credited his victory to Valgren's presence with him, as Valgren was willing to pull hard in the final kilometre.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Post-race analysis, Reactions
Valgren, meanwhile, said that his second-place finish was a "big result" for him. Because Valgren was so determined to stay ahead of the chasing group, Gasparotto was able to sit in behind him and come past at the finish when Valgren was tired. Nonetheless, he said that he was happy with his performance and that he hoped to come back and win the race in the future. Cyclingnews.com described the result as "a big step up" for him. Colbrelli, however, said that he had "mixed feelings" about his third-place finish. He said that the calibre of the riders who had finished behind him demonstrated that he had ridden "a great race" but also that he had "waited for too long" to try to bring the leading pair back.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Post-race analysis, Reactions
Kwiatkowski tweeted after the race that the weather had been a factor in his disappointing performance: he wrote "I tried my hardest but the hail with rain froze my hands, feet, legs, back and, finally, my thoughts and ambitions." His team's directeur sportif, Kurt Asle Arvesen, said that he "didn't have good legs" and that the two Sky riders in the group at the end of the race – Sergio Henao and Lars Petter Nordhaug – had been unable to go with the attack on the Cauberg and were not strong enough to compete with the sprinters at the finish.


2016 Amstel Gold Race, Post-race analysis, UCI World Tour standings
There were no significant changes in the standings of the season-long 2016 UCI World Tour competition. Because Gasparotto, Colbrelli and Bryan Coquard (Direct Énergie) all rode for Professional Continental teams rather than World Teams, they did not earn any World Tour points. Valgren's second-place finish earned him 60 points; this put him in 25th place in the individual standings but it also helped Tinkoff to an increased lead in the team standings. Australia, meanwhile, retained a two-point lead over Belgium in the nations' standings.


2016 Ando Securities Open
The 2016 Ando Securities Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Tokyo, Japan, on 7–13 November 2016.


2016 Ando Securities Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Ando Securities Open – Doubles
Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya were the defending champions, but lost in the first round.


2016 Ando Securities Open – Doubles
Rika Fujiwara and Yuki Naito won the title, defeating Jamie Loeb and An-Sophie Mestach in the final, 6–4, 6–7(12–14), [10–8].


2016 Ando Securities Open – Singles
Zhang Shuai was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2.


2016 Andorran Supercup
The 2016 Andorran Supercup was played on 11 September 2016, at Estadi Comunal in Andorra la Vella. This was the fourteenth Andorran Supercup. It was won 1–0 by UE Santa Coloma.


2016 Andorran Supercup, Route to the final
FC Santa Coloma qualified by winning the 2015–16 Primera Divisió. UE Santa Coloma qualified by winning the 2016 Copa Constitució.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season
Andy Murray's 2016 tennis season began at the Australian Open. The 2016 season was Murray's greatest season, as he finished the season as the year-end world No. 1 player and clinched the year-end prize money title. Andy and Jamie Murray, also became the first brothers to finish as year-end No. 1 ranked players in singles and doubles team, respectively.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season
He won an ATP-best and career-high nine Tour titles from 13 finals (from 17 tournaments), including his second Wimbledon crown and second successive Olympic gold medal in singles, thus becoming the first person, man or woman, to defend the Olympic singles title. In the 2016 season, Murray became the first male player to win singles titles at a Grand Slam, the Olympics, a Masters 1000 event, and the ATP Finals in the same calendar year (Serena Williams, in 2012, is the only other person to accomplish this feat).


2016 Andy Murray tennis season
On 7 November, Murray became the first British man and 26th male player to attain the world No. 1-ranking in singles since records began in 1973, displacing long-time rival and friend, Novak Djokovic. At 29 years, 5 months and 23 days, Murray is the oldest first-time singles No. 1 in the last 40 years. He reached the No. 1 ranking despite the fact that, in contrast to previous years, no ranking points were awarded for the Olympics. Djokovic had a 3–2 edge in matches between the two in 2016, including winning their two matches in Grand Slam finals (Australian and French Opens). Murray had a 1–1 record against Rafael Nadal in the year.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season
The following are also career firsts for a single season for Murray: (1) won ≥$16,000,000 in prize money, (2) amassed 78 match wins, (3) reached 13 Tour finals, (4) won nine Tour titles, (5) won three Masters 1000 titles, (6) reached five Masters 1000 finals, (7) reached three Grand Slam finals, (8) won 24 consecutive matches, (9) won five consecutive tournament titles, (10) reached seven consecutive tournament finals, (11) won 16 matches against top-10 opponents.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season
Murray ended the season by winning his last 24 consecutive matches, reaching the finals in 12 of his last 13 tournaments, and winning titles in his last five tournaments. In winning the 2016 ATP WTF, as the No. 1-ranked player at the time, Murray would defeat the No. 2 (Djokovic), No. 3 (Wawrinka), No. 4 (Raonic), No. 5 (Nishikori), and No. 7 (Cilic) in 5 consecutive matches.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season
Prior to the Australian Open, Murray paired with Heather Watson to compete in the Hopman Cup. They were knocked out in the round robin stage after winning 2 out of 3 ties.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
Murray came through the opening two rounds of the Australian Open in straight sets against Alexander Zverev and Sam Groth for a combined loss of only 11 games. He followed this up with a four set win over João Sousa in the third round and a straight set win over Bernard Tomic in the fourth round to reach the quarterfinals.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
In the quarterfinals Murray defeated David Ferrer in four sets. The match lasted over three hours, however Ferrer did not manage to hit a single ace.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
Murray next played Milos Raonic in the semifinals. In another long affair, lasting over four hours, Murray came through in five sets to reach his fifth Australian Open Final.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
In the final Murray played Novak Djokovic. It was their fourth meeting in an Australian Open final, with Djokovic having won the other three. Murray was not able to overcome the Serb and after losing the first five games ended up going down in three sets.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Davis Cup First Round
After taking February off to spend time with his new daughter, Sophia, Murray returned to action against Japan in the first round of the Davis Cup. He won his first singles rubber against Taro Daniel in straight sets before joining his brother Jamie to win the doubles against Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama, also in straight sets. In his second singles rubber he defeated Kei Nishikori in five sets, having been two sets up at one point, thus securing the tie for Great Britain.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells
Murray began the first Masters series tournament of the year by beating Marcel Granollers in straight sets, but then lost to Federico Delbonis in the next round in three sets, despite holding a 4–1 lead in the third set.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Australian Open and early hard court season, Miami Masters
Murray exited at the third round for the second tournament in a row, beating Denis Istomin in straight sets but losing to Grigor Dimitrov in the following match. Several commentators suggested that Murray was looking "exhausted", and that his form had appeared to drop since becoming a father for the first time.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and Roland Garros, Monte-Carlo Masters
In his first tournament on clay of the year, Murray beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in his first match in three sets and recovered from a set and double-break down to beat Benoît Paire, reaching his first quarter-final since the Australian Open. There he beat Raonic for the second time in the year, losing just two games in the match, but lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-final.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and Roland Garros, Monte-Carlo Masters
Murray also competed in the doubles with partner Dominic Inglot, reaching the quarter finals before losing to Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and Roland Garros, Madrid Open
Murray arrived in Madrid as the defending champion, and defeated Radek Štěpánek, Gilles Simon and Tomáš Berdych on the way to a second semi-final of the year against Nadal, this time winning in straight sets. In the final he lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets, a result that saw Murray fall to number three in the world rankings for the first time in 2016.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and Roland Garros, Italian Open
Prior to the tournament, it was announced that Murray's coach, Amélie Mauresmo, would no longer be working with him. In the tournament itself, Murray recorded victories over Mikhail Kukushkin, Jérémy Chardy, David Goffin and Lucas Pouille, all in straight sets, to reach his first final in the Rome Masters. Once again he faced Djokovic, but this time won, again in straight sets, to win his first title of 2016 and 12th Masters title overall, as a result returning to the #2 ranking.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and Roland Garros, Roland Garros
In his first round match, Murray was drawn against Radek Štěpánek and lost the first two sets, winning the third set before the match was suspended due to bad light. He recovered to win the match the following day in five sets. In the second round Murray again had to come from behind to win in five sets, this time against wild card Frenchman Mathias Bourgue. In the third and fourth rounds Murray won in straight sets against Ivo Karlović and John Isner respectively, before defeating Richard Gasquet in four sets to reach his fourth French Open semi-final.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, European clay court season and Roland Garros, Roland Garros
There he defeated defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka to reach his first final at the French Open and tenth overall, also becoming the tenth man in the Open Era to have reached all four Slam finals at least once. In the final he again played Novak Djokovic, their third tournament final in a row, winning the first set before eventually losing in four sets.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season
As the grass court season began, Murray announced that he would again be working with former coach Ivan Lendl, after they had split in 2014.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season, Queen's Club Championships
Murray defeated Nicolas Mahut in the first round, and then played his first tour-level matches against fellow Britons since losing to Tim Henman quickly made in 2006, defeating Aljaž Bedene and then Kyle Edmund in the quarter-finals in three sets. Murray reached the final after defeating Marin Čilić in the semi-finals, and won the title after coming from a set and a break down to defeat Milos Raonic for the third time in 2016. With this win Murray became the first person ever to win five titles at Queen's club.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season, Wimbledon Championships
After straight-sets victories over Liam Broady, Lu Yen-hsun, John Millman and Nick Kyrgios, Murray reached his ninth consecutive quarter-final at Wimbledon. He then defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets, having been two sets up, to reach the semi-final for the seventh time, where he won in straight sets against Tomáš Berdych, reaching his third Slam final of 2016 and eleventh overall, more than any other British male player.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Grass Court Season, Wimbledon Championships
For the first time in a Slam final, Murray's opponent was neither Djokovic nor Federer but Milos Raonic, who had beaten Federer in the semi finals, while Djokovic had lost earlier to Sam Querrey. Murray won the match in straight sets, winning his third Grand Slam title and second at Wimbledon.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Olympics and US Open
Murray chose not to play in the quarter final of the Davis Cup World Group against Serbia, which the Great Britain team nevertheless won, and did not defend his title at the Canadian Open.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Olympics and US Open, Rio Olympic Games
Murray recorded victories over Viktor Troicki, Juan Mónaco, Fabio Fognini, Steve Johnson and Kei Nishikori to reach his sixth consecutive final in all tournaments played. In the final he defeated Juan Martín del Potro in four sets to secure his second Gold Medal in Olympics singles tennis, becoming the first male to win two singles Gold Medals and to successfully defend an Olympic singles title.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Olympics and US Open, Cincinnati Masters
At the Cincinnati Masters Murray continued his good form by beating Juan Mónaco, Kevin Anderson, and Bernard Tomic. He next faced Milos Raonic and won in straight sets to make it to the final for a third time, however lost to Marin Cilic. His loss to Cilic in the final was the first time since 2012 (l. Federer 2012 Wimbledon final) that someone other than Djokovic defeated him in a Tour final. Despite the loss, Murray recorded his best winning streak of his career, extending to 22 straight matches following his semifinal victory over Raonic.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Olympics and US Open, US Open
Murray entered the US Open as second seed, with the chance to reach all four Slam finals in a year. Victories over Lukas Rosol, Marcel Granollers, Paolo Lorenzi (in four sets) and Grigor Dimitrov saw him reach the quarter-finals, where he faced Kei Nishikori. Despite winning the first set easily, and then leading two sets to one, Nishikori eventually prevailed in five sets.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Olympics and US Open, Davis Cup Semi Finals
With Team GB victorious in the World Group quarter finals in the absence of Murray, he returned for the semi final against Argentina. In the first rubber, Murray and del Potro contested a five-set match, with del Potro eventually emerging as the winner. Murray teamed up with his brother Jamie to win the doubles, keeping Team GB in the tie, and then beat Guido Pella in three sets to take the tie to 2–2. Dan Evans would lose the deciding rubber, and Great Britain were unable to defend their Davis Cup title.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, China Open
Defending champion Novak Djokovic had withdrawn from the China Open, leaving Murray as the top seed. He went on to win the title for the first time, defeating Andreas Seppi, Andrey Kusnetsov, Kyle Edmund and David Ferrer on his way to the final, where he beat Grigor Dimitrov. Murray won each match in straight sets.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, Shanghai Masters
Murray continued his strong form in Shanghai, winning the tournament for the third time in his career and without dropping a set. After defeating Steve Johnson, Lucas Pouille, David Goffin and Gilles Simon, he faced Roberto Bautista Agut, who had reached his first Masters final after beating the defending champion Djokovic in the semi-final. After coming through a tight first set, Murray won the second set for the loss of a single game. These back-to-back tournament victories, combined with Djokovic's own dip in form, meant that Murray was within a thousand points of Djokovic in the ATP race rankings.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, Vienna Open
Murray brought his current win streak to 15 consecutive match wins by winning the Erste Bank Open for his 7th Tour title of the 2016 season. In his last 11 tournaments, Murray has reached the finals 10 times, including a career-best seven consecutive finals which ended with his quarter-final showing at the US Open. His tournament started slowly with 3-set wins over Martin Klizan and Gilles Simon in the first two rounds. However, a decisive win over John Isner in the quarter-finals and a walkover due to Ferrer's withdrawal with a leg injury saw Murray reach the final.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, Vienna Open
There he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, for his third title in succession. The result saw Murray win seven titles in a single season for the first time in his career, and move to sole possession of 15th place on the all-time list of singles titles in the Open Era, breaking a tie with former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg. The win also took Murray over $10,000,000 prize money in a single season for the first time in his career.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, Paris Masters
With Djokovic's loss in the quarter-finals, Murray could become World No. 1 for the first time if he reached the final. In his first match Murray edged a tight three-set match against Fernando Verdasco, facing two break points in his last service game before winning eight straight points to take the match. Murray then beat Lucas Pouille for the third time in 2016 in straight sets for the loss of only three games, and reached the semi-final after beating Tomas Berdych in straight sets, despite facing five set points in a row in the first-set tie break.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, Paris Masters
A walkover into the final, courtesy of Milos Raonic withdrawing, confirmed Murray as the new world No. 1. This was Murray's fifth consecutive Masters 1000 final (he skipped Canada); prior to this, his personal best was 2 consecutive Masters 1000 finals. He then won the Paris Masters for the first time in his career, beating John Isner 6–3 6–7(4) 6–4 for his 19th consecutive match win. His Paris crown means that Murray has now won 7 of the 9 different Masters 1000 events and is only missing Indian Wells and Monte Carlo.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, World Tour Finals
Murray was drawn in the same group as Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka. He won all three of his group matches, including straight-sets wins over Cilic and Wawrinka, either side of a three-set match against Nishikori that set the record for longest match since the Tour Finals were hosted in London, at 3 hours 20 minutes. In the semi-final Murray defeated Milos Raonic for the sixth time in 2016, coming from a set down and breaking the record for longest match for the second time in a week at 3 hours 38 minutes.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, World Tour Finals
In the final, Murray faced four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic. Murray won in straight sets. This saw Murray claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title, his ninth title of 2016, and ensured that he would hold the year-end No. 1 ranking for the first time. In his very first tournament as the world No. 1, arguably the most impressive facet of the event was defeating the world No. 7 Cilic, No. 5 Nishikori, No. 3 Wawrinka, No. 4 Raonic, and No. 2 Djokovic in five successive matches.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Year summary, Asian Swing and End of Season, World Tour Finals
The last time a player defeated 5 of the top-7 players was when Roger Federer defeated No. 7 Ferrer, No. 5 Murray, No. 4 Soderling, No. 3 Djokovic, and No. 1 Nadal in the 2010 event. It also meant that Murray would finish the season with his 24th consecutive match win.


2016 Andy Murray tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)


2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season
The 2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2016 Brisbane International. Kerber entered the season as the number 10 ranked player and the defending champion at four tournaments.


2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Kerber entered the 2016 Australian Open as the seventh seed. She saved a match point in the second set against Misaki Doi in the first round before defeating her in three sets to advance to the second round. Following this tight encounter, Kerber defeated Alexandra Dulgheru, Madison Brengle, and compatriot Annika Beck all in comprehensive straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals, her first in Melbourne, where she faced her nemesis Victoria Azarenka, in a rematch of their encounter in Brisbane. With new tactics, Kerber assailed to a lead by two breaks in the first set.


2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Azarenka then fought her way back into the set, but Kerber maintained a one-break lead to close out the set. In the second set, Azarenka resumed her comeback and served for the set twice, but Kerber broke Azarenka both times and had to save four set points in the process too. She ultimately took the match, thus beating Azarenka for the first time in her career, and advanced to her third career Grand Slam semifinal, the most recent one having come in Wimbledon back in 2012.


2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
In the semifinals, Kerber faced the unseeded Johanna Konta and saw off the Briton in straight sets to book a spot in her maiden Grand Slam final, a meeting against world No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams, who had been in dominant form. There, Kerber surprised Williams in a spectacular match where she was the underdog, and defeated Williams, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, also stopping Williams from equaling the Open Era record held by Steffi Graf.


2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
With the title, Kerber became the first major champion to save a match point in the first round. She was also the first German of any gender to win a major since Graf at the 1999 French Open. Kerber's victory catapulted her ranking to No.2 for the first time in her career.


2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50; for players whose ranking changed over the course of the year, see the note for a more complete breakdown by ranking.)


2016 Angola Cup
The 2016 Taça de Angola was the 35th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following the Girabola.


2016 Angola Men's Handball League
The 2016 Angola Men's Handball League was the 37th edition, organized by the Federação Angolana de Andebol (Angolan Handball Federation). The tournament was held from June 14–25, 2016 in Luanda, contested by 7 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto.


2016 Angola Men's Handball League, Participating teams
C.D. ExércitoInterclubeMarinha de GuerraMisto de CabindaPetro de LuandaPrimeiro de AgostoProgresso da Lunda Sul


2016 Angola Men's Handball League, Final standings
Team squad: Adilson, Áurio, Declerck, Elcimar, Elizandro, Francisco, Gabriel, Gugú, Leo, Lito, Mário, Moreno, Muachissengue, Rolo, Sérgio, Uaué, Vadinho Head Coach: Frederico Santos


2016 Angola Men's Handball League squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2016 Angola Men's Handball League.


2016 Angola Super Cup
The 2016 Supertaça de Angola (29th edition) was contested by Recreativo do Libolo, the 2015 Girabola champion and Bravos do Maquis, the 2015 cup winner. Recreativo do Libolo was the winner, making it is's 2nd title in a row.


2016 Angola Super Cup, Match details
Squad: Adilson, Boka, Brito, Cabibi I, Carlitos, Celson, Dany, Dário, Diawara, Eddie,Edy Boyom, Erivaldo, Fredy, Ito, Jaime, Kuagica, Lando, Luiz Phellype, Manaia, Natael, Nílton, Pataca, Ricardo, Sidnei, Wires Head Coach: João Paulo Costa


2016 Angola Women's Handball League
The 2016 Angola Women's Handball League was the 37th edition, organized by the Federação Angolana de Andebol (Angolan Handball Federation). The tournament was held from June 14–25, 2016 in Luanda, contested by 7 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto.


2016 Angola Women's Handball League, Participating teams
ASACasa do Pessoal do Porto do LobitoElectro do LobitoMarinha de GuerraPetro de LuandaPrimeiro de AgostoProgresso do Sambizanga


2016 Angola Women's Handball League, Final standings
Team squad: Albertina, Belinha, Branca, Cajó, Carol, Elizabeth, Helena, Iracelma, Jú, Juliana, Liliana, Luísa, Lurdes, Mwasesa, Natália, Sílvia, Teresa, Wuta Head Coach: Filipe Cruz


2016 Angola Women's Handball League squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2016 Angola Women's Handball League.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
On 20 January 2016, the health minister of Angola reported 23 cases of yellow fever with 7 deaths among Eritrean and Congolese citizens living in Angola in Viana municipality, a suburb of the capital of Luanda. The first cases (hemorrhagic fever suspected as being yellow fever) were reported in Eritrean visitors beginning on 5 December 2015 and confirmed by the Pasteur WHO reference laboratory in Dakar, Senegal in January. The outbreak was classified as an urban cycle of yellow fever transmission, which can spread rapidly.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
A preliminary finding that the strain of the yellow fever virus was closely related to a strain identified in a 1971 outbreak in Angola was confirmed in August 2016. Moderators from ProMED-mail stressed the importance of initiating a vaccination campaign immediately to prevent further spread. The CDC classified the outbreak as Watch Level 2 (Practice Enhanced Precautions) on 7 April 2016. The WHO declared it a grade 2 event on its emergency response framework having moderate public health consequences.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
At an emergency committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 May 2016, the WHO declared that the outbreak was serious and might continue to spread, but decided not to declare a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). On 30 May, Margaret Chan, director-general of WHO published a commentary on the bold action needed to prevent further spread of this important communicable disease that caused many historically significant epidemics that took  many lives in previous centuries.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
On 8 June the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called for a scale-up in the response because of the lack of vaccine and other limitations amid the continuing spread of the outbreak. On 12 August 2016, Daniel R. Lucey, a ProMED mail consultant, wrote an open letter to Dr. Chan requesting that the WHO emergency committee be reconvened to consider a PHEIC because of the continued spread of the disease in DR Congo, the lack of sufficient vaccine, and concern that it may be spreading into the Republic of the Congo.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
On 31 August, the decision to not declare a PHEIC was re-confirmed. By 2 September 2016, WHO announced there had been no new cases in either Angola or DR Congo in over a month due to a massive vaccination campaign. On 25 November 2016, WHO announced that four months had passed without a new case. The last case in Angola was on 23 June and the last case in DR Congo was on 12 July.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, stated: "The current battle against yellow fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is coming to a close, ... But the broader war against the disease is just getting started." ProMED-mail moderator Tom Yuill noted that maintaining vaccination coverage in the two countries will be the next challenge. Approximately 30 million people were vaccinated in the two countries.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread within Angola
By early February, suspected cases were being reported from southern Huila province, about a 1000 kilometers south, and the provinces of Bié, Benguela, Cunene, Cabinda, Hula, Huambo, Malange, Kwanza Sul, Uige, Zaire and Kwanza Norte. As of 9 March 2016, the WHO reported that there were  65 confirmed cases, 813 suspected cases, and 138 deaths in Angola. On 22 March, WHO reported that cases had occurred in 6 of the 18 provinces of Angola, and that transmission was ongoing. Suspected and confirmed cases totaled 1,132, with 375 cases laboratory confirmed and 168 deaths.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread within Angola
The situation report of 28 October  2016 reported the most recent number of suspected cases and laboratory-confirmed cases; total deaths and case fatality rates, with suspected and confirmed cases. Local, or autochthonous, transmission had been reported in 12 provinces as of 28 October. Confirmed cases had been reported in 16 of 18 provinces. No new cases were reported during July. The WHO congratulated the Angolan government on its effort to contain the outbreak.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to neighboring African countries
On 22 March 2016, the WHO was notified of 21 deaths from yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some in a province that borders Angola. As of 31 May, 700 suspected cases and 63 deaths had been reported to WHO through the national surveillance system. As of 31 May, 52 cases were laboratory confirmed by the National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa and the Pasteur Institute in Dakar. Forty-six of the 52 cases were imported from Angola; 2 were classified as autochthonous. Local transmission was still ongoing in urban areas in Angola and DR Congo.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to neighboring African countries
WHO classified the outbreak in DR Congo as a Grade 2 Emergency. On 30 May, the GAVI Alliance announced the launch of a mass vaccination campaign in DR Congo, but as of 22 June, vaccine was in short supply. On 20 June, the health minister declared the outbreak of yellow fever in three provinces, including the capital of DR Congo, Kinshasa. Transmission within Kinshasa is of concern because of the large and densely packed population. As of 8 July, WHO was notified of 1798 suspected cases, with 68 confirmed cases (59 imported from Angola) and 85 deaths. In the WHO situation report of 23 September, the last confirmed non-sylvatic or urban case had symptom onset on 12 July.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to neighboring African countries
On 17 March, two cases, including one death, were reported in Kenya,  imported from Angola. On 28 March, a rapid response team was deployed into Uganda, where there was ongoing transmission unrelated to the Angola outbreak. According to WHO, cases had been exported from Angola to China, DR Congo, and Kenya, as of 4 May 2016. One case had been reported in Namibia.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to neighboring African countries
ProMED mail reported that as of 3 Aug 2016, 193 cases of yellow fever were suspected in the Republic of the Congo, with 4 cases having tested positive for yellow fever IgM. Further proliferation of the mosquito vector had been expected with the advent of the rainy season, which can begin before the end of September.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to China via air  travel
On 13 March 2016, the Chinese government confirmed that a 32-year-old male Chinese citizen who had been in Angola had developed yellow fever on return. The case was the first imported yellow fever case in China in history. Yellow fever has never appeared in Asia even though the mosquito vector is present. Additional cases were later reported in people who first had symptoms while in Luanda. ProMED-mail moderator Jack Woodall warned that "spread could make the Ebola and Zika epidemics look like picnics in the park!" and that "international action should start now."


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to China via air  travel
Chinese authorities strengthened thermal imaging at airports to detect passengers with elevated body temperatures. A Chinese medical team deployed to Angola vaccinated 120 Chinese nationals as part of epidemic research. More than 250,000 Chinese nationals live in Angola. On 8 April 2016, ten North Korean workers in Angola were reported to have died of yellow fever.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to China via air  travel
On 25 March 2016, a case was reported in Fujian Province, in a woman who returned from Angola on 12 March. Fujian is within the predicted distribution of Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that transmits the yellow fever virus to humans. Mosquito-borne diseases can become endemic in a new geographic area when local mosquitoes become infected by feeding on an imported case. Between 18 March and 22 April, the WHO was notified of 11 imported cases in China. Officials in Asia were concerned about the threat of yellow fever.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Spread to China via air  travel
In June 2016, the genetic sequence of a virus from a yellow fever infected Chinese traveler to Angola was posted  to GenBank by the Chinese CDC. The strain closely matched a 1971 strain, indicating that the yellow fever virus may have been circulating in the region for at least 45 years. The finding was consistent with earlier phylogenetic analyses performed during the outbreak.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Potential for further international spread
On 28 March, ProMED-mail moderators Jack Woodall and Tom Yuill issued a strongly worded warning on the threat of yellow fever for countries that have endemic dengue fever (and thus the mosquito vector of yellow fever and dengue fever, Aedes aegypti), and particularly for countries in Asia, where until recently yellow fever has never appeared. Urban populations and mosquito-infested slums in Asia and Africa are much larger than in the past. A commentary and accompanying article published in May stressed the potential for spread to Asia by international air travel.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Potential for further international spread
Other parts of the world where yellow fever is present but usually in the quiescent jungle cycle, and where there is regular air travel, such as Brazil, may also be vulnerable. They stressed that world stocks of 7 million doses of vaccine have been exhausted in the vaccination campaign against the outbreak in Angola. If yellow fever spread to the 18 countries in Asia where the mosquito vector is present, more than 2 billion people would be at risk.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Potential for further international spread
They stated: "Apocalyptic forecasts of the numbers of fatalities from Ebola turned out to be wildly wrong, and we can hope that will again be the case here, but given the way Zika has exploded in the Western hemisphere, we can't count on it." CDC said they could not assist as much in the outbreak because all its experts were involved in efforts against the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas. Starting on 26 April, ProMED-mail issued a series of posts on pre-planning information for countries at risk of importation of yellow fever, covering vaccination, mosquito control, quarantine and personal protection measures.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Potential for further international spread
In an article in JAMA on 9 May 2016, the Georgetown University Law Center called for the WHO to form an emergency committee to determine whether a public health emergency of international concern should be declared. On 12 May, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection of the European Union announced plans to send a team of the European Medical Corps to Angola on a two-week mission to help control the outbreak and assess the risk of further spread outside Angola. The medical corps was formed after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that began in 2013, and the mission to Angola was its first deployment. The team included "emergency medical teams, public health and medical coordination experts, mobile biosafety laboratories, medical evacuation planes and logistical support teams".


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Potential for further international spread
Efforts to prevent international spread are confounded by the practice of selling falsified yellow fever vaccination certificates. The fake cards are sold to people who are required to have proof of vaccination after travel to areas where yellow fever is endemic. On 11 February 2016, the Pasteur Institute (WHO) in Senegal warned of fake yellow fever vaccine on the international market.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
With help from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Angolan Ministry of Health began a campaign of preventive measures including vector control and vaccination in Viana in the first week of February. However, the minister reported that the government had enough vaccine for routine vaccination, but not enough to contain an outbreak. The WHO was supporting the Angolan government in immunization of 6.7 million people in Luanda province with the aim of vaccinating at least 80% of the population at risk of infection.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
The vaccine supply began to run low by late March, with the director of the CDC, Tom Friedman, warning that "It's possible we could run out of vaccine." The goal of the vaccination campaign in Luanda province was to vaccinate 88 percent of the population (5 804 475 of 6 583 216); ProMED reported that the total national stock of yellow fever vaccine as of 29 Mar 2016 was 1 032 970 doses. As of 10 April 2016, almost 6 million people had been vaccinated in Luanda.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
On 19 April, the WHO reported that the campaign had been extended  into the provinces of Huambo and Benguela where local transmission was reported. On 23 May, the WHO reported that 7.8 million people (91.1%) had been vaccinated in the three provinces. On 23 May, the WHO announced that coverage of an additional 2.7 million people in 5 provinces had reached 55% after 6 days of vaccination. A second phase of the vaccination campaign in Angola was announced in the situation report of 23 September.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
On June 22, the WHO announced plans to launch a pre-emptive emergency vaccination campaign beginning in July in highly trafficked borders areas of Angola and DR Congo and in densely populated Kinshasa. On 20 July, the DR Congo government launched a campaign to deliver 1 million doses of yellow fever vaccine over 10 days. In August, the WHO with partners including Médecins sans Frontières, International Federation of the Red Cross and UNICEF launched another campaign to vaccinate more than 14 million people in Angola and DR Congo.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
On 2 September, WHO announced that the campaign to vaccinate the 7.7 million residents of Kinshasa, the capitol of DR Congo, had been completed in record time and before the beginning of the rainy season in September when the mosquito population expands. The campaign required 10 million specialized syringes and training of 40,000 vaccinators, using the dose sparing strategy of 1/5 the usual dose. In the situation report of 23 September, the WHO announced that a pre-emptive vaccination campaign was being planned for the Republic of Congo.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
One million doses of 6 million shipped in February went missing, resulting in shortages to fight the spreading epidemic in DR Congo. The estimated shortage was 22 million doses as of August 2016. Vaccine and syringes might have been diverted for sale in private markets.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Vaccination campaign
If the epidemic were to spread, particularly into Asia, the global supply of vaccine would have been insufficient to protect the millions of people that would need to be vaccinated to curb an epidemic. As an emergency measure, experts  suggested the dose-sparing strategy to extend existing supplies of vaccine, which the WHO could provide under the Emergency Use Assessment and Listing procedure. The WHO agreed to the recommendation, authorizing one-fifth the usual dose during the ongoing outbreak in Angola and DR Congo, but international health regulations still apply to travelers, who must obtain the full dose to quality for the certificate of vaccination.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Response to the epidemic
In June 2016, a WHO representative in Luanda said that the initial investigation of the outbreak in December was thrown off course because the first cases in December 2015—the sick Eritrean visitors—had what were later identified as fake yellow fever vaccination certificates. All had been to the same restaurant, so food poisoning was initially suspected as the cause of the mystery illness. It was more than a month before blood samples from the Eritreans reached the Pasteur Institute lab and yellow fever was recognized.


2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak, Response to the epidemic
Public health experts identified that as one factor that delayed the response to the outbreak, which came close to being a much larger disaster, if vaccine supplies had not been successfully raised in time, or the disease had spread to other countries and continents. The concurrent Zika outbreak drew attention away from a potentially far more serious epidemic of yellow fever.


2016 Ankara Cup
The 2016 TEB Ankara Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Ankara, Turkey, from 19–25 December 2016.


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


2016 Ankara Cup – Doubles
María José Martínez Sánchez and Marina Melnikova were the defending champions, but Martínez Sánchez chose not to participate. Melnikova partnered Paula Kania, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Elitsa Kostova and Cornelia Lister.


2016 Ankara Cup – Doubles
Anna Blinkova and Lidziya Marozava won the title, defeating Sabina Sharipova and Ekaterina Yashina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [11–9].


2016 Ankara Cup – Singles
Ivana Jorović was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Vitalia Diatchenko in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2016 Ansbach bombing
On 24 July 2016, fifteen people were injured, four seriously, in a suicide bombing outside a wine bar in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. The bomber, identified by police as Mohammad Daleel, was a 27-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who had pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State. He was the only fatality in the incident. According to German authorities, Daleel was in contact with the Islamic State and had been planning more attacks before his backpack bomb exploded accidentally.


2016 Ansbach bombing
The incident followed three other violent incidents that occurred in Germany within a week. The Ansbach bombing was the first suicide bombing in Germany by Islamic terrorists, and the first since World War II. Cüneyt Çiftçi, the perpetrator of a 2008 suicide bombing in Afghanistan, who had previously lived in Ansbach, is considered the first suicide bomber to have been born and raised in Germany.