2016 Maine Question 5
Maine Question 5, formally An Act to Establish Ranked-Choice Voting, is a citizen-initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It was approved by a vote of 52% in favor, 48% opposed. It sought to change how most Maine elections will be conducted from a plurality voting system to a ranked-choice voting system (RCV, also known as instant runoff voting). It appeared on the ballot along with elections for President of the United States, Maine's two U.S. House seats, the legislature, five other ballot questions, and various local elections. The referendum was successful, making Maine the first state to use ranked choice voting for its federal elections.


2016 Maine Question 5
An advisory opinion by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, issued on May 23, 2017, stated that the court would rule ranked-choice voting unconstitutional if it came before them, with respect to elections for state offices. This led the Maine Legislature to vote to delay its implementation until 2021 to allow time for a Constitutional amendment to be passed to permit it. Supporters gathered signatures to force a successful people's veto referendum on the matter in order to prevent the delay.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background
In the eleven Maine gubernatorial elections prior to 2016, only two candidates (incumbent governors Joe Brennan in 1982 and Angus King in 1998) won more than 50% of the vote. Typically gubernatorial elections have more than two significant candidates; the 2010 election had five candidates, with Paul LePage emerging as the winner with 37.6% of the vote. Some public opinion felt that his victory was due to opponents of LePage dividing their votes between Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell and independent candidate Eliot Cutler.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background
Proposals to enact ranked-choice voting have been introduced in the legislature as early as 2003, but were rejected. After a 2010 charter change, the city of Portland began electing its mayor using ranked-choice voting in 2011. There were new legislative proposals in 2011, though they were rejected as well. In 2014, upon releasing his supporters to vote for someone else in the 2014 election, Eliot Cutler encouraged his supporters to support ranked-choice voting.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background
Led by former independent State Senator Dick Woodbury, Ranked Choice Voting collected more than the 61,123 valid signatures necessary to put a proposal to voters, collecting some 40,000 on Election Day 2014. The group collected 75,369 signatures and delivered them to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap by October 19, 2015. Dunlap ultimately certified 64,687 signatures by November 18, 2015, which put the proposal on the November 2016 ballot.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background
Per the Maine Constitution, the proposal went to the legislature in its 2016 session, but it did not act on the measure. On January 20, 2016, the Maine House of Representatives voted to place the proposal on the ballot without holding a public hearing, over the objections of Republicans, led by Rep. Heather Sirocki, expressing concern about the constitutionality of the proposal.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background
Secretary of State Dunlap released the final wording of the question on June 23 as it was to appear on the ballot: "Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?"


2016 Maine Question 5, Background, Constitutionality
Some, including a deputy secretary of state and a state legislator, expressed concern about the constitutionality of the proposal. Deputy Secretary of State Julie Flynn said that the Maine Constitution requires that the governor and state legislators be elected with a plurality of votes and that a system based on ranked-choice voting could be challenged in court. (The state constitution was amended in 1847, 1875, and 1880 to choose winners by plurality for house, senate, and governor, respectively. Previously, an election with no majority winner would be decided by multiple election rounds or by the state legislature.)


2016 Maine Question 5, Background, Constitutionality
Flynn also expressed concern that the proposal inserts the secretary of state into the process, while the Constitution states that votes shall be tabulated by municipal officials. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills issued an opinion at the request of Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau stating that while the referendum must appear on the ballot, it will likely require amending the Maine Constitution to implement it, in order to satisfy the concerns given by the Secretary of State's office.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background, Constitutionality
She added that the manner in which the proposal addresses how a tie in the voting should be addressed, drawing lots, directly conflicted with Article V of the Maine Constitution, which states that a tie in the vote for governor would be settled by the Maine Legislature meeting in joint session to choose a winner.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background, Constitutionality
The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting Maine dismissed such concerns, noting that a majority vote is always a plurality vote and that such a system has survived legal challenges in several other states. Its website statement also linked to statements by several Maine law professors supporting its arguments.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background, Constitutionality
After the question was approved by voters, the Maine Senate submitted questions to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, which issued an advisory opinion on May 23, 2017. They unanimously ruled that ranked-choice voting was unconstitutional in state, but not federal, general elections. In response, the legislature passed a law on November 4, 2017, that amended the ranked-choice voting law to apply only to primary elections for Congress, governor, state senator, and state representative; and for general elections for Congress.


2016 Maine Question 5, Background, Constitutionality
The law survived a legal challenge in federal court by U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, who lost reelection by ranked choice voting to Jared Golden in 2018.


2016 Maine Question 5, Campaign
Supporters of the proposal, led by Ranked Choice Voting Maine, contend that it will lead to people voting for the candidate that they support and end strategic voting to vote merely for the candidate that they think will win, and that the ranked choice system will result in a candidate that has some level of support from a majority of voters. They further contend that ranked-choice voting will result in less negative campaigning, as candidates will need to appeal to a broad coalition of voters beyond their base of supporters to gain support as a second or third choice, if needed.


2016 Maine Question 5, Maine Supreme Court ruling
On February 3, 2017, the Maine Senate voted 24–10 to ask the Maine Supreme Judicial Court for an advisory opinion as to the constitutionality of the approved proposal, after concerns about its constitutionality were expressed by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills.


2016 Maine Question 5, Maine Supreme Court ruling
On May 23, 2017, the Court issued its opinion that the law would be unconstitutional if it came before them, stating it would violate the provision of the Maine Constitution requiring elections to be decided by a plurality of the vote. State legislators had mixed reactions to the ruling, with Senate President Michael Thibodeau calling for the law to be repealed and Democratic State Sen. Catherine Breen stating she would propose a Constitutional amendment to permit the law.


2016 Maine Question 5, Maine Supreme Court ruling
The legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee on June 8 reported out to the floor five bills in reaction to the ruling, including one that would implement ranked-choice voting in 2018 for uses unaffected by the Court's opinion - that is, congressional elections and primaries. On October 23, 2017, the legislature voted to delay implementation of the RCV law for all races until 2021, to allow for time to pass a state constitutional amendment to allow it. This repeal affects even those races not affected by the Court's opinion, with the argument that Maine voters would be confused by a mix of RCV and non-RCV choices on a ballot. However, if such an amendment is not passed, the law would be repealed.


2016 Maine Question 5, Maine Supreme Court ruling, People's veto
Supporters, angered by the delay, launched a people's veto signature-gathering effort to prevent it, pointing to its successful use in mixed-race ballots in Portland. The veto passed in June 2018 as Question 1, restoring ranked-choice voting for primary and federal elections.


2016 Maine referendum
Five referendums were held in Maine, United States on November 8, 2016 alongside state and national elections. All are citizen-initiated proposals, which cover:


2016 Maine referendum
This number of questions is the most to appear on a single election's ballot in Maine history, exceeding two occasions when four questions were on the ballot.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 87th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was hosted by the San Diego Padres and was played at Petco Park on July 12, 2016. It was televised nationally on Fox. The American League All-Stars defeated the National League All-Stars by a score of 4–2 to win home field advantage for the 2016 World Series (which went to the Cleveland Indians). This was also the last time home-field advantage for the World Series was determined by the outcome of the All-Star Game.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The host city was announced on January 15, 2015, by then-Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. This was the third time the city of San Diego hosted the All-Star Game and the first time since 1992.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Eric Hosmer, an infielder for the Kansas City Royals, was named the 2016 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Host selection
The Baltimore Orioles were also in line for hosting the game. Former Commissioner Bud Selig said that Baltimore was a prime candidate to host the event, but the Padres ended up with the game. Petco Park opened in 2004 and hosted the 2006 World Baseball Classic championship round. Because National League parks had been selected to host four straight games from 2015–2018, skipping an American League park in 2016 and 2018 in the traditional alternating system, the AL team was designated as the home team.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Starters
Balloting for the 2016 All-Star Game starters began online April 24 and ended on June 30. The top vote-getters at each position (including the designated hitter for the American League) and the top three among outfielders, were named the starters for their respective leagues. The results were announced on July 5. Salvador Pérez was the leading vote-getter with 4,965,838 votes.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Final roster spot
After the rosters are finalized, a second ballot of five players per league was created for the All-Star Final Vote to determine the 34th and final player of each roster. The online balloting was conducted from July 5 through July 8. The winners of the All-Star Final Vote were Michael Saunders of the American League's Toronto Blue Jays and Brandon Belt of the National League's San Francisco Giants.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary
The NL got off to a quick start against Chris Sale when Kris Bryant homered in the top of the first. In the bottom of the second inning, the AL got to Johnny Cueto when Eric Hosmer homered to left to tie the game. Two batters later, Salvador Pérez hit a two-run shot to give the AL a 3–1 lead.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary
In the bottom of the third, after walking, David Ortiz was replaced by Edwin Encarnación and left the field to a standing ovation in his final all-star game. The AL would tack on another run in this inning when Hosmer hit an RBI single off José Fernández, driving in Encarnacion to give the AL a 4–1 lead. The NL shrunk the lead with an RBI single by Marcell Ozuna in the top of the fourth off Aaron Sanchez. However, this would be all the runs scored in the game, as the National League stranded 10 baserunners throughout the game.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary
In the top of the eighth, the NL loaded the bases, but could not capitalize when Aledmys Díaz struck out looking against Will Harris to end the frame. In the ninth, Zach Britton got Nolan Arenado to ground into a double play to secure the 4–2 victory for the American League.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary, Line score
Umpires: Home Plate – Mike Winters; First Base – Kerwin Danley; Second Base – Marty Foster; Third Base – Bill Welke; Left Field – Adrian Johnson; Right Field – Dan Bellino; Replay Official – Sam HolbrookWeather: Temperature: 72 °F (22 °C), clear; Wind: 9 mph from left to rightTime of Game: 3:05Attendance: 42,386


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Controversies
Prior to the game, The Tenors performed the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada". As in many previous years, the performance of the Canadian anthem was replaced in the Fox broadcast in the United States with commercial break of the Fox broadcast prior to the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a performance by Rachel Platten, but it was carried on ESPN Radio in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada.


2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Controversies
During a solo, group member Remigio Pereira altered the lyrics to "O Canada" to reference the Black Lives Matter movement, singing "We're all brothers and sisters, all lives matter to the great". The English lyric normally sung at that point is "With glowing hearts we see thee rise, the True North strong and free;" however the remainder of the lyrics sung were in keeping with the official bilingual (English-French) version. Later that evening, Pereira, a co-founder of the group, was denounced by the group as a "lone wolf", leading to an announcement that he would not be performing with The Tenors until further notice.


2016 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
The 2016 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby (known through sponsorship as the T-Mobile Home Run Derby) was a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball (MLB). The derby was held on July 11, 2016, at Petco Park in San Diego, California, the site of the 2016 MLB All-Star Game. On July 8, the participants that will be eligible to participate in the Home Run Derby were announced. Giancarlo Stanton won the Home Run Derby by defeating defending champion Todd Frazier 20–13.


2016 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
Eight players participated in the derby in a bracket-style, single-elimination timed event. Each player had four minutes to hit as many home runs as possible. Hitters were awarded an additional 30 seconds if they hit two home runs over 440 feet (130 m). Hitters were also allowed one 45 second timeout to stop the clock (two in the finals). Homers hit off a T-Mobile Ball during the final minute resulted in a $10,000 donation to charity by T-Mobile & MLB, to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.


2016 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
The eight competing players were seeded 1-8 based on their home run totals. The higher seed hit second in any round, and the round ended if the higher seed surpassed the total of the first hitter. In the event of a tie, the two hitters competed in a one-minute swing-off (with no timeouts nor bonus time awarded). If there remained a tie, each player got three swings; whoever hit more home runs in the three swings would be declared the winner; thereafter, sudden death swings would occur until the tie was broken.


2016 Major League Baseball draft
The 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on June 9, 2016, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order is the reverse order of the 2015 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks will be distributed for players who did not sign from the 2015 MLB Draft. The Philadelphia Phillies received the first overall selection. The Los Angeles Dodgers received the 36th pick as compensation for failing to sign Kyle Funkhouser, the 35th overall selection of the 2015 MLB Draft.


2016 Major League Baseball draft
Teams from the smallest markets and revenue pools are eligible for competitive balance draft picks. The first six picks, Round A, were determined by lottery between the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, and St. Louis Cardinals.


2016 Major League Baseball draft
The six preceding teams that do not receive a pick in Round A were entered into a second lottery, with the Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, and Seattle Mariners, to receive the six picks in Round B. The twelve competitive balance draft picks are the only picks allowed to be traded. The Reds received the first pick in Round A, followed by the Athletics, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Pirates. The Padres received the first pick of Round B, followed by the Indians, Twins, Brewers, Orioles, and Rays.


2016 Major League Baseball season
The 2016 Major League Baseball season began on April 3, 2016 with a Sunday afternoon matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, the two teams with the best regular-season records in 2015, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The regular season ended on Sunday, October 2, 2016, and the postseason on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, with the Chicago Cubs coming back from a three games to one deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series and win their first championship since 1908.


2016 Major League Baseball season
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim shortened their name to its original Los Angeles Angels.


2016 Major League Baseball season
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game's 87th edition was played on July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego, California, home of the San Diego Padres. The American League was awarded home-field advantage in the World Series by winning the game 4–2.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
As was the case in 2015, teams were scheduled to play 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games. The Civil Rights Game was not played this year.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
All teams were scheduled to play 20 interleague games throughout the season. For 2016, the interleague matchups were to be AL East vs. NL West, AL Central vs. NL East, and AL West vs. NL Central.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
On July 3, 2016, the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins played the Fort Bragg Game, a special neutral-site game at Fort Bragg Stadium, a newly constructed field in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in observance of the Independence Day long weekend. It was the first professional, regular-season sporting event held on an active military installation.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
A two-game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins was also scheduled for Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico in May 2016; however, on May 6, 2016, Major League Baseball announced that the Puerto Rico games would be postponed due to the ongoing Zika virus epidemic, and moved back to Marlins Park.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Rule changes
In February 2016, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to two rule changes.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Wholesale changes
The Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled their new uniform concept for 2016 on December 3, 2015.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Wholesale changes
The San Diego Padres introduced new uniforms with a blue and yellow color scheme.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Wholesale changes
The silhouetted batter logo started to appear on the back belt loop of pants.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Wholesale changes
The New Era flag logo began to appear on all authentic game-used caps, starting with the 2016 postseason.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Milwaukee Brewers added a new alternate uniform with modern colors and a retro design.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Minnesota Twins added a red alternate to their uniform lineup. It features the TC logo on the chest. Although the Twins announced they would be worn on Fridays, they wore the alternate on April 25 and September 5 (Labor Day), both Monday; they wore it on other days as well.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Philadelphia Phillies added a red alternate that they will wear on mid-week home matinee games.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Pirates wore yellow 1979 throwbacks on home Sunday games, replacing the 1971 throwbacks. The Pirates did wear their 1971 throwbacks on September 7, Roberto Clemente Day.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Mets wore 1986 throwbacks on Sunday home games throughout the season to mark the 30th anniversary of their 1986 World Series title. They also wore them on May 27 and 28.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Braves and Royals wore Negro leagues throwbacks on May 15. The Braves wore the uniforms of the Atlanta Black Crackers, and the Royals wore the uniforms of the Kansas City Monarchs.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Phillies and Brewers wore 1976 throwbacks from June 3–5. The Phillies' throwbacks included the NL's 100th anniversary logo, while the Brewers didn't because they were an American League team at the time.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Indians and Royals wore 1976 throwbacks on June 4.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The White Sox and Tigers wore Negro leagues throwbacks on June 4. The White Sox wore the uniforms of the Chicago American Giants, while the Tigers wore the uniforms of the Detroit Stars.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
On June 18, the Giants wore 1978 orange throwbacks, while the Rays wore retro-style "fauxback" jerseys.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Reds wore 1976 throwbacks on June 24 to mark the 40th anniversary of their 1976 World Series title.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Brewers and Nationals as well as the Braves and Mets wore Negro leagues throwbacks on June 25. The Brewers wore the uniforms of the Milwaukee Bears, while the Nationals honored the Homestead Grays. The Braves wore the uniforms of the Atlanta Black Crackers, and the Mets wore the uniforms of the Brooklyn Royal Giants.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Cardinals and Mariners wore 1984 throwbacks on June 25.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Cubs and Reds wore 1916 throwbacks on July 6 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Cubs playing at Wrigley Field.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Orioles wore 1966 throwbacks on July 8 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Orioles' 1966 World Series title.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Angels wore 1970s throwbacks on July 15 and 16.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
Eight teams wore throwbacks on July 20 as a part of an MLB "Turn Back the Clock" promotion:


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Cardinals wore 1956 throwbacks July 23. The Cardinals uniforms didn't have the two cardinals and bat, which were only worn that season. The Dodgers, their opponent, wore Brooklyn Dodgers caps, but wore their normal road uniform.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Brewers and Pirates wore 1990s throwbacks on July 30.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Cubs and Athletics wore 1981 throwbacks on August 6.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Rangers and Astros wore 1986 throwbacks on August 6 to mark the Astros' 30th anniversary of their winning the NL West title.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Cardinals wore 1927 throwbacks on August 27 to mark the 90th anniversary of their 1926 World Series title.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Red Sox and Padres wore 1936 throwbacks on September 7 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Padres' debut in the Pacific Coast League.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Reds and Pirates wore Negro leagues throwbacks on September 9. The Reds wore the uniforms of the Cincinnati Tigers, which were actually the Reds' road uniforms in the 1930s, while the Pirates wore the uniforms of the Homestead Grays (which the Nationals had worn on June 25 - the Grays called both Pittsburgh and Washington home).


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwbacks
The Diamondbacks will wear their 1998–2006 throwbacks on Thursday home games.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Royals wore uniforms with a golden "Royals" script and caps with a golden KC on April 3 and 5 to mark their winning the 2015 World Series. The Royals then announced they would wear the uniforms on Friday nights for the remainder of the season.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Players, coaches, and umpires at all games wore #42 on April 15, the 69th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the majors.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Umpires wore a "EA" patch on the left sleeves honoring umpire Emmett Ashford on April 11 for breaking the color barrier for umpires.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
On April 18 (Patriots' Day), the Boston Red Sox wore home white jerseys with "BOSTON" written on the front to mark the three year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. The uniform also sported the 2013 navy-blue circular patch with a white border on the left shoulder saying "B Strong" (with the red B in the classic font featured on the Red Sox's caps).


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Red Sox wore a patch on April 21 to mark Earth Day. The patch is of the two hanging socks surrounded by the recycling symbol. The Red Sox had worn that logo in 2008 and 2009.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds and Giants wore Spanish-language "Los Rojos" and "Gigantes" uniforms respectively on May 5, Cinco de Mayo. The Reds wore the "Los Rojos" uniforms again on August 13 and September 16 (as part of a Fiesta Rojos promotion).


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Teams wore special caps and uniforms with pink lettering on May 8, Mother's Day.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds wore camouflage caps and uniforms on May 21, Armed Forces Day, June 12, August 19 and September 2. The team's uniforms had the "Reds" script wordmark on the front, rather than the "C" and the Reds and the player's number.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Blue Jays wore a 1970s-era cap May 29 to mark the franchise's 40th season.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Teams wore camouflage caps and uniforms May 30, Memorial Day in the United States. The uniforms were woodland camouflage, licensed from the US Marine Corps. The Blue Jays wore camouflage of the Canadian forces' CADPAT design, even though Memorial Day is not officially a holiday in Toronto, the province of Ontario, or Canada on the last Monday in May.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Rays wore a special cap on June 17 to mark the Orlando shooting five days earlier. They wore the cap of the Orlando Rays, the team's Southern League affiliate from 1999 to 2002. Both the Rays and Giants, their opponents, wore "ORLANDO" patches.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Teams wore uniforms with blue lettering on June 19, Father's Day.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Royals and the Astros wore Spanish-language "Los Reales" and "Los Astros" uniforms on June 25.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Blue Jays wore a red uniform July 1, Canada Day. The Indians, their opponents, wore a Canadian flag on their sleeve. The Blue Jays wore their red uniforms again on August 28.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
All teams wore red, white and blue-themed uniforms on July 4, Independence Day in the United States.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds and Brewers wore Spanish-language "Los Rojos" and "Cerveceros" uniforms August 13.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
All 30 teams wore caps with American flags September 11 to mark the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The Blue Jays wore a cap with American and Canadian flags.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds wore green uniforms on September 18. The uniforms had the Reds script wordmark on the front, instead of the C and the player's number. The uniforms have a shamrock on their right sleeves.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Astros wore orange Spanish-language "Los Astros" uniforms September 25.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Marlins all wore uniforms with José Fernández's name and number 16 on September 26 to honor him. Fernández died the previous day.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Venues
This was the Atlanta Braves' final season at Turner Field, where the team played its final regular season game against the Detroit Tigers on October 2, 2016. From the 2017 Major League Baseball season onward, the Braves will play home games at SunTrust Park in Cobb County, Georgia.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Venues
The Toronto Blue Jays had a full dirt infield installed in Rogers Centre after using sliding pits throughout their history there as well as Exhibition Stadium.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, United States
This was the third year of the current eight-year deals with Fox Sports, ESPN and TBS. Fox aired eight weeks of baseball on Saturday night leading up to the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which also aired on Fox. Fox then televised Saturday afternoon games for the last four weeks of the regular season. Fox Sports 1 televised games on Tuesday nights and Saturdays, both during the afternoon and night. ESPN televised games on its flagship telecast, Sunday Night Baseball, as well as Monday and Wednesday nights. TBS televised Sunday afternoon games for the last 13 weeks of the regular season. Fox and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts will be exclusive; all other national telecasts will be subject to local blackout.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, United States
TBS will televise the American League Wild Card Game, Division Series, and Championship Series. ESPN will televise the National League Wild Card Game, Fox Sports 1 and MLB Network will televise the National League Division Series, and Fox Sports 1 will televise the National League Championship Series. The World Series will air exclusively on Fox for the 17th consecutive year.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, United States
On April 14, 2016, it was announced that 25 MLB Network Showcase games would be broadcast in 4K ultra-high definition exclusively on DirecTV in the 2016 season (subject to local blackout restrictions), beginning April 15.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, Canada
On October 5, 2015, Toronto Blue Jays owner Rogers Communications announced that all Blue Jays home games on Sportsnet during the 2016 season would be broadcast in 4K.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Television, Local
In November 2015, after negotiations surrounding revenue sharing and infrastructural mandates (including a proposed requirement that the games only be available through the league's existing apps), Fox Sports Networks reached a three-year deal with Major League Baseball to allow in-market, authenticated online streaming for eligible pay TV subscribers via Fox Sports Go, of regional telecasts for the sixteen teams it holds rights to, beginning in the 2016 season.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Radio
ESPN Radio aired its 19th season of national coverage, including Sunday Night Games, Saturday games, Opening Day and holiday games, the All-Star Game, and Home Run Derby, and the entire postseason.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Radio, Local
The Chicago White Sox moved from WSCR to Cumulus Media's WLS for the 2016 season. The Chicago Cubs concurrently moved to WSCR from its sister station WBBM, per an option in the team's contract with CBS Radio in the event WSCR lost the White Sox.


2016 Major League Baseball season, Radio, Local
The Philadelphia Phillies saw their broadcasts move from AM to FM, going from WPHT to WIP-FM (both also owned by CBS Radio).


2016 Major League Lacrosse season
The 2016 Major League Lacrosse season was the 16th season of Major League Lacrosse. The season featured 9 teams (all in the United States) after the addition of the Atlanta Blaze via expansion. It was the first season since 2008 that the league fielded more than eight teams. The defending champion New York Lizards are coming off their third Steinfeld Cup victory in franchise history and first since 2003 after defeating the Rochester Rattlers 15–12 August 8, 2015 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia. On August 20, the Denver Outlaws won their second Steinfeld Cup trophy in three years, coming back to defeat the Ohio Machine, 19–18.


2016 Major League Lacrosse season
The 2016 season was a particularly unusual one. Going into the final week of the regular season, all four playoff spots were still up for grabs. In the end, seven teams finished at 8–6. With the tiebreaker procedures, the teams that were rewarded with a playoff berth were the Ohio Machine, New York Lizards, Denver Outlaws (who had started the season 2–6), and the Charlotte Hounds. The 8–6 teams left out of the postseason were the Boston Cannons, Chesapeake Bayhawks, and Rochester Rattlers. 2016 was the first season since the season expanded to 14 games that no team finished with more than eight wins.


2016 Major League Lacrosse season, All Star Game
The 2016 All Star Game took place in Orange County, California at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Stadium on July 9. In the first professional lacrosse game in Southern California since the Los Angeles Riptide left, Team Riptide narrowly defeated Team Rolling Thunder, 21–20 in front of 4,217 fans. Goaltender for the Ohio Machine and Team Riptide, Scotty Rodgers, went onto win the MVP award.


2016 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs
On March 9, the league announced the two semifinals games would be held at separate neutral locations for the first time ever. One (Denver vs. New York) was held in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the other (Charlotte vs. Ohio) was held in Blaine, Minnesota. For the third straight year, the championship game was held at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Atlanta.


2016 Major League Soccer season
The 2016 Major League Soccer season featured 20 total clubs (17 based in the United States, 3 based in Canada). The regular season began on March 6 and ended on October 23. The playoffs began on October 26 and ended on December 10. The defending MLS Cup champions were the Portland Timbers, while the New York Red Bulls were the defending Supporters' Shield winners. FC Dallas won the Supporter's Shield for the first time, and the Seattle Sounders FC won their first MLS Cup in their history after defeating Toronto FC 5–4 in a penalty kick shootout, after playing to a 0–0 result after regulation and added extra time.


2016 Major League Soccer season, Player transfers, Allocation ranking
The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2015 season, taking playoff performance into account.


2016 Major League Soccer season, Player transfers, Allocation ranking
Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.


2016 Major League Soccer season, Television, United States
In the 2016 MLS season, 96 games aired in the United States on national television. English-language broadcasts once again included Soccer Sunday doubleheaders — 29 games on ESPN and 5 on ESPN2 (mainly on Sunday afternoons), 4 on Fox, and 30 on Fox Sports 1 (mainly on Sunday evenings). The 2016 season marked MLS's debut on the Fox network channel. Spanish-language broadcasts included 28 games on UniMás (mainly on Friday evenings).


2016 Major League Soccer season, Television, Other countries
TSN, RDS and Sportsnet aired matches in Canada of primarily the three Canadian-based teams.


2016 Major League Soccer season, Television, Other countries
MLS aired on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Eurosport in Continental Europe, Abu Dhabi Media in the Middle East and North Africa, Letv Sports in China, beIN Sports in Asia-Pacific, ESPN and Fox Sports in Latin America, SporTV in Brazil and Fox Sports in Africa.


2016 Major League Soccer season, 2016 attendances
The following is a list of the average attendance for each of the twenty MLS teams at their regular-season games. It includes the team, the average attendance for the 2016 regular season and the 2015 regular season, the percentage change in attendance from season-to-season, the home venue, the home venue's capacity, and the percent of capacity.


2016 Major League Soccer season, 2016 attendances
Note: Vancouver's and Seattle's attendances are both over 100% capacity because, for select games, they open up additional sections above the regular limited capacity. Orlando's and New England's attendances are over 100% because their capacities are artificial; both teams regularly sell more tickets than the limit. San Jose's attendance is over 100% capacity because they played one game at Levi's Stadium (68,000 capacity).


2016 Major League Ultimate season
The 2016 Major League Ultimate season was the fourth and final season for the frisbee league. The eight teams were split into two regional conferences (East and West), with each team playing a 10-game schedule, including some cross-divisional matches. The top two teams in each conference advanced to the next round, where they competed against the other qualified team from their conference. The winners of these matches advanced to the final to compete for the MLU Championship. On July 16, Philadelphia Spinners won the final 14–11 against Portland Stags to become the 2016 MLU Champions.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Most Valuable Players
Billy Sickles and Cody Bjorklund were voted for as the MVPs for their respective conferences.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Spirit Awards
Quinn Hunziker (New York Rumble) and Clay Dewey-Valentine (Seattle Rainmakers) were voted for by the other players as the most spirited within their conferences. This award was given based on their sportsmanship both on and off the pitch.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Rookies of the Year
This award was given for the players who had the best season as a first-year player. Graeme Barber (Vancouver Nighthawks) and Sean Mott (New York Rumble) won the award for their respective conference.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Breakout Player of the Year
This award was awarded to Raphy Hayes (Portland Stags) as the player who made the most improvement compared to the previous season.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Offensive Players of the Year
This award was given to the best offensive player in each conference. Brad Houser (Seattle Rainmakers) and Delrico Johnson (DC Current) were the two winners of the award.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Defensive Players of the Year
This award was given to the best defensive player in each conference. Marques Brownlee (New York Rumble) and Peter Woodside (Portland Stags) were the two winners of the award.


2016 Major League Ultimate season, Season Awards, Coaches of the Year
This award was given to the coach in each conference who surpassed their goals throughout the season. It was awarded to Danny Quarrell (Portland Stags) and Darryl Stanley (Philadelphia Spinners) who both took their teams to the final of the competition, losing only one conference match each.


2016 Makati local elections
Local elections were held in Makati on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the eight councilors, eight in each of the city's two legislative districts.


2016 Makati local elections, Background
Acting Mayor Kid Peña will run for the mayoral position against a "still to be determined" mayoralty bet from the United Nationalist Alliance. That "still to be determined" candidate turned out to be outgoing 2nd District Representative Mar-Len Abigail "Abby" Binay-Campos, who replaced her brother Junjun. Binay was disqualified for running by the Ombudsman due to the overpriced Makati City Hall II Parking building anomaly.


2016 Makati local elections, Background
Aside from Peña and Binay, Theater and Stage Play director Jimboy Jumawan is reportedly running for Mayor under the banner of Partido Bagong Maharlika party.


2016 Makati local elections, Background
In the Vice Mayoralty election, Makati 1st District Representative Monique Lagdameo of UNA and Karla Mercado of Liberal, the daughter of former Makati vice mayor and primary witness of Binay's corruption cases, Ernesto Mercado, declared their candidacy for Vice Mayor. Lagdameo and Mercado will also face PBM's Edgardo Padrigon and Glenn Enciso for the vice mayoralty race.


2016 Makati local elections, Background
On March 18, Binay, Jumawan and Peña signed a peace covenant, pledging for a secured and peaceful elections in Makati, the peace covenant signing happened in a pre-campaign period event organized by COMELEC, PNP and PPCRV at the University of Makati grounds.


2016 Makati local elections, Background, Campaign
Binay and Peña started their campaigns on March 28, 2016, 2 days after the start of the local candidates' campaign period. Incumbent mayor Kid Peña holds his proclamation rally, together with his running mate Karla Mercado at the Plaza Lawton to jump start his campaign dubbed as "Bagong Makati" (The New Makati). He stated that the major supporters and former allies of the Binay family are backing out their support to the Binays and they are campaigned for Peña's candidacy.


2016 Makati local elections, Background, Campaign
Binay formally started their campaign at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue, Pasong Tamo and P. Ocampo Extension. Jejomar Binay, Abby's father and presidential candidate for the United Nationalist Alliance, Jejomar Binay, and his running mate Gregorio Honasan were present in the rally. Binay said after the rally that her surname is a "blessing" and a "curse", despite being part of a political dynasty.


2016 Makati local elections, Background, Campaign
Her brother, Junjun Binay was affected on the corruption issues faced him by his critics and enemies and he criticized Peña's performance as mayor of Makati. He also criticized Pena's affiliated party, the Liberal Party due to vote buying.


2016 Makati local elections, Candidates, Representative, 1st District
Incumbent Rep. Monique Lagdameo decided not to seek re-election in order to run for Vice Mayor. Ichi Yabut was supposed to run under the United Nationalist Alliance, but declared that she will instead seek re-election for councilor. Actor and councilor Monsour del Rosario took her stead.


2016 Makati local elections, Candidates, Representative, 2nd District
Incumbent representative Mar-Len Abigail "Abby" Binay-Campos is term-limited; she will run as city mayor. Her husband, Luis Campos would run under her party, the United Nationalist Alliance, running against Israel "Boyet" Cruzado, a city councilor for the district.


2016 Malabon local elections
Local elections will be held in Malabon on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the two Congressmen, and the twelve councilors for the city's two Sangguniang Panglungsod districts, six for each district.


2016 Malabon local elections, Candidates, Mayoralty
Antolin "Lenlen" Oreta III is the incumbent; he is running for a second term. His opponent is Lone District Rep. Josephine Veronique "Jaye" Lacson-Noel.


2016 Malabon local elections, Candidates, Vice Mayoralty
Jeannie Ng-Sandoval is the incumbent. Her opponent are First District Coun. John Anthony Garcia & Coun. Leslie Gutierrez-Yambao


2016 Malabon local elections, Candidates, Congressional
Josephine Veronique "Jaye" Lacson-Noel is the incumbent; however, she will instead run for mayor. Former Malabon-Navotas District Rep. Federico "Ricky" Sandoval II is her party's nominee. Former senator and President Benigno Aquino III's aunt Teresa "Tessie" Aquino-Oreta is the opponent.


2016 Malaysia Cup
The 2016 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2016) was the 90th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia.


2016 Malaysia Cup
The 2016 Malaysia Cup began on July with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals. Selangor were the defending champions.


2016 Malaysia Cup
The 2016 Malaysia Cup Final was played between Selangor and Kedah at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was the second time in the tournament's history that both finalists, after the same team faced each other in the last season's final, which Kedah been defeated by Selangor 2–0.


2016 Malaysia Cup, Format
In the competition, the top 11 teams from the First Round of 2016 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top 5 teams from the First Round of 2016 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.


2016 Malaysia Cup, Round and draw dates
The draw for the 2016 Malaysia Cup was held on 23 May 2016 at Sri Pentas, Persiaran Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya on live telecast Scoreboard Extra Time with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.


2016 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2016 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 28 August 2016, and the second legs were played on 17 September 2016.


2016 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 30 September & 1 October 2016, and the second legs were played on 15 October 2016.


2016 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The final were played on 30 October 2016 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor.


2016 Malaysia Cup Final
The 2016 Malaysia Cup Final was a football match which was played on 30 October 2016, to determine the champion of the 2016 Malaysia Cup. It was the final of the 90th edition of the Malaysia Cup, competition organised by the Football Association of Malaysia.


2016 Malaysia Cup Final
It was played at the Shah Alam Stadium, in Shah Alam, Selangor, between Selangor and Kedah, in a repeat of the 2015 Final.


2016 Malaysia Cup Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2016 Malaysia Cup group stage
The 2016 Malaysia Cup group stage featured 16 teams. The teams were drawn into fourth groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the 2016 Malaysia Cup quarter finals.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage
The 2016 Malaysia Cup knockout phase began on 27 August 2016 and concluded on 30 October 2016 with the final at Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia to decide the champions of the 2016 Malaysia Cup. A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Round and draw dates
The draw for the 2016 Malaysia Cup was held on at the Sri Pentas, Persiaran Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 28 August 2016, and the second legs were played on 17 September 2016.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 30 September & 1 October 2016, and the second legs were played on 15 October 2016.


2016 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Final
The final will be played on 30 October 2016 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup
The 2016 Malaysia FA Cup was the 27th season of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysia's state football association and clubs. It was sponsored by Kopi Superbest Power (Superbest Power Coffee), and was known as the Superbest Power Piala FA due to sponsorship purposes. LionsXII were the defending champions after beating Kelantan 3–1 in the previous season, but did not compete in this edition.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup
35 teams entered this years competition. Six teams entered in the first stage with three clubs making the Second Round. The draw for the competition was made on 9 January 2016. The winners were assured a place in the 2017 AFC Cup.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup, Matches
Key: (1) = Super League; (2) = Premier League; (3) = FAM League


2016 Malaysia FA Cup, Matches, Final
The final was played on 14 May 2016 at Shah Alam Stadium.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup Final
The 2016 Malaysia FA Cup Final was the 27th final of the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia football cup competition. Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. assured a place for the 2017 AFC Cup group stage.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Background
The final was played on 14 May 2016 at Shah Alam Stadium.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Ticket allocation
Each club will receive an allocation of 75,000 tickets; 50,000 tickets for JDT, 15,000 tickets for PKNS and 10,000 tickets for purchase online. Ticket prices for adult RM50 and children RM5.


2016 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Rules
The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.


2016 Malaysia FAM Cup
The 2016 Malaysia FAM Cup (referred to as the FAM Cup or FAM League) is the 65th season of the Malaysia FAM League since its establishment in 1952. The league is currently the third level football league in Malaysia. Melaka United are the previous champion and currently play in the second level of Malaysian football, Malaysia Premier League. For 2016 season, there are 18 teams will compete in the league where 11 teams are from last season while 7 new teams entered the competition.


2016 Malaysia FAM Cup, Team summaries, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold was the first grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the SPICE Indoor Stadium in Penang, Malaysia from 19–24 January 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2016 Malaysia Premier League
The 2016 Liga Premier (English: 2016 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2016 Malaysia Premier League
The season was held from 12 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.


2016 Malaysia Premier League
The Liga Premier champions for 2016 season was Melaka United. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2017 Liga Super.


2016 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.


2016 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, Managerial changes
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
Note: Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2016 Malaysia Super League
The 2016 Malaysia Super League (English: 2016 Super League) was the 13th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2016 Malaysia Super League
The season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.


2016 Malaysia Super League
Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions and retained the title from the previous season. They became the first club in the Malaysian football history to win the Liga Super title for three consecutive years.


2016 Malaysia Super League
Johor Darul Ta'zim also set a new record after went through the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 22-fixtures league season. Johor Darul Ta'zim finished its "Invincibles" season with 18 wins, 4 draws, 0 defeats and 58 points in total.


2016 Malaysia Super League, Teams
Sime Darby were relegated after finishing bottom in the 2015 season. ATM were also relegated after losing the play-off to T-Team, which replaced LionsXII in the league.


2016 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2016 Malaysia Super League, Results, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2016 Malaysia Super League, Results, Relegation play-off
T-Team have qualified for the 2016 Malaysia Super League season.


2016 Malaysia Super Series Premier
The 2016 Malaysia Super Series Premier was the third super series tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Shah Alam, Malaysia from April 5–April 10, 2016 and had a total purse of $550,000.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. The race marked the thirty-fifth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix, and the eighteenth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the first race in 1999.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by eight points, having reclaimed the championship lead from teammate Lewis Hamilton at the previous race in Singapore. Mercedes lead Red Bull-TAG Heuer in the World Constructors' Championship by 220 points.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
Daniel Ricciardo won the race, with teammate Max Verstappen finishing second to secure Red Bull Racing's first one–two finish since the introduction of hybrid engines in 2014. Nico Rosberg completed the podium, extending his championship lead to twenty-three points following the retirement of Lewis Hamilton. This was Daniel Ricciardo's first win since the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background
The race was moved from its March date to October to allow organisers the opportunity to upgrade the circuit. The circuit was resurfaced, while drainage was improved to decrease the possibility of standing water from forming on the circuit. Nine corners were re-profiled, introducing negative camber to emphasise mechanical, rather than aerodynamic grip, and the drop at the apex of turn two removed.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Sebastian Vettel collided with Nico Rosberg going into turn one, causing Rosberg to go into a spin to the back of the grid while Vettel damaged his front-left suspension in the process, retiring after getting to an escape road a few corners later. On lap 8, Romain Grosjean spun into the gravel trap due to brake failure once again, prematurely ending his race. Later on lap 41, Lewis Hamilton's engine failed while he was in the lead of the race, forcing him to retire.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Esteban Gutiérrez also retired when his front-left wheel came off the car in the latter stages of the race. Daniel Ricciardo who inherited the lead of the race when Hamilton's engine failed went on to win the race. It was the fourth win of his F1 career. Max Verstappen finished second, giving Red Bull Racing their first one-two since Brazil in 2013, with Nico Rosberg recovering to finish third from the spin on lap 1. For the next race in Japan, Vettel was handed a three-place grid penalty for causing the collision with Rosberg.


2016 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Nine Australian men, subsequently dubbed the 'Budgie Nine' by Australian media, were arrested for intentional insult and public indecency after celebrating Australia's win by stripping to their 'budgie smuggler' swimming trunks, decorated with the Malaysian flag, and drinking beer from their shoes. Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo said that the nine had not realized the effect their actions would have, and called for them to be released. After three days in custody the nine were charged with the lesser offence of public nuisance and released. The briefs had been made in Australia, not Malaysia.


2016 Malaysian Open
The 2016 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 29 February to 6 March 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC).


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


2016 Malaysian Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2016 Malaysian Open – Doubles
Liang Chen and Wang Yafan were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Yang Zhaoxuan, 4–6, 6–4, [10–7].


2016 Malaysian Open – Singles
Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Monterrey instead.


2016 Malaysian Open – Singles
Elina Svitolina won the title, defeating Eugenie Bouchard in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5.


2016 Malaysian federal budget
The Malaysian federal budget for 2016 fiscal year was presented to the Dewan Rakyat by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Najib Razak on Friday, 23 October 2015.


2016 Malaysian federal budget, Total revenues and spending, Expenditures by budget function
These tables are in million MYR. The budget for the 2016 fiscal year (also demonstrating the basic budget structure) can be found below.


2016 Malaysian floods
Heavy rainfall in the early February 2016 has caused major flooding in the state of Sarawak, Johor, Malacca and parts of Negeri Sembilan.


2016 Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Sarawak
On 9 February, total number of flood evacuees in Kuching, Bau, Samarahan and Serian risen to 1,065 people from 765, and increase to over 5,600 in 11 February. Until 22 February, the number of flood evacuees reach 7,965. The flood in the state has caused the Sarawak General Hospital to be inundated, as well many snakes and crocodiles to wandering around the flood areas and attacking humans. On 20 February, one teenager become the only casualty after fell into a river. Until 26 February, a total of 7,288 students were affected by floods and 10 schools has been used as a temporary evacuation centres. During the floods, a teacher with his family were stranded when a suspension bridge collapse.


2016 Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Johor
On 7 February, two casualties were reported in Johor with one being swept by strong current and another one were fallen into a fishing pond. On 9 February, the evacuees in Tangkak, Ledang and Segamat dropped slightly, from 137 people to 135 people.


2016 Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan
On 8 February, around 4,600 people have been evacuated in the state of Malacca with 3,020 victims were housed at six evacuation centres on Central Malacca District, 1,560 victims sheltered in six evacuation centres on Alor Gajah District and another 24 victims at one relief centre in Jasin District. The total evacuees however decrease to 189 people in 9 February after the flood situation improves.


2016 Malaysian floods, Affected areas, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan
In Negeri Sembilan, the total evacuees were 671 as of 7 February, and increase to 705 on 8 February while all the evacuating centres closed on the same day after the flood water have receded.


2016 Malaysian floods, Responses, Locals
Malaysia — The Chief Minister of Sarawak Adenan Satem has ordered relevant agencies to provide aid and other basic necessities to flood victims in the state. The Sarawak state government also has promised to find a long-term solution to prevent such floods recurring in the near future. While the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department conducting their daily works rescuing stranded victims, they also helping to clean schools, roads and flood victims houses. The University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS) through the Student Welfare Committee (JAKMAS) Tun Mustapha Residential College (KKTM) held a charity drive to help the flood victims in Sarawak. The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) has sent aid in the form of foodstuffs and basic necessities to 1,500 families affected by floods in Malacca and Negeri Sembilan.


2016 Malaysian haze
The fires since the mid-March has caused part of Sabah, especially in the West Coast Division to be blanketed by haze.


2016 Malaysian haze, Causes
The fires became worse due to the effects of the 2014–16 El Niño event. Natural Resource and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said open burning by farmers are the main cause of the fire and haze. Meanwhile, the Beaufort District Officer Mohd Shaid Othman said that the fires were caused by greedy hunters who wanted to search for deer easily. This was supported by Sabah Forestry Department (SFD) findings. The SFD has confirmed that arsonists were behind the forest fires that burned the Trusmadi and Binsuluk Forest Reserves, which blanketed the Sabah West Coast with haze. However, the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) dismissed the claims of the Beaufort District Officer as the areas has poor presence of animals. While Sabah Minister of Tourism Masidi Manjun also blamed greedy hunters as well some irresponsible smokers that like to threw their cigarettes anywhere.


2016 Malaysian haze, Effects
The forest fires have resulted in the closing of 77 schools in the West Coast Division with effect to health with the increase in respiratory related illness. In addition, 3,000 hectares of Binsuluk Forest Reserve and almost 10,000 hectares of alienated lands have been destroyed in eight districts including Keningau, Beaufort and Sook being the most affected. While the fires in the Trusmadi Forest Reserve destroyed some 660 hectares.


2016 Malaysian haze, Responses
Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has directed any relevant authorities to remain vigilant to any emergency situation while reminding the public to stop from doing any open burning that will worsened the situation and limiting their outdoor activities during the haze. Firefighters from Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan branch of Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department have been instructed to combat the fire. After seeing the condition, firefighters decided to use aerial firefighting beside fighting it in the ground using nearby water sources.


2016 Malaysian haze, Responses
The haze also made the Sabah state government urging the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation for cloud seeding as air quality continued to be worsened. Replying to the request, The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) begun cloud seeding operation on 7 April using the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft which been departed from Labuan Base.


2016 Malaysian haze, Responses
On 9 April, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Madius Tangau said more rain will be expected to come to Sabah and any further cloud seeding are not necessary as a cloud seeding operation had earlier been carried out using the RMAF aircraft but only managed to trigger rain for 30 minutes as there was insufficient towering cumulus. As of 12 April, Sabah Meteorological acting director Lim Ze Hui stated that "most areas in Sabah have received rains with the setting in of the inter-monsoon over the weekend".


2016 Malaysian haze, Aftermath
All schools were reopened on 6 April. The fires was fully recovered on 3 April with firefighters took eight days to put out, while haze fully disappeared on 13 April. After the forest fires, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Madius Tangau has present his solution on the issues to prevent it from recurring in the future as "prevention is much better than to cure". As an appreciation to all firefighters involved in the operation, the Malaysian main private media company, Media Prima has presented a total of RM26,000 aid.


2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 30 October 2016.


2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, MotoGP
The race, originally scheduled for 20 laps, was shortened to 19 laps after the start was delayed by 20 minutes due to torrential rain.


2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto2 race report
In the Moto2 class, Johann Zarco successfully defended the Moto2 title, thus becoming the first Moto2 rider to win two Moto2 title and the first since Jorge Lorenzo in 2007 to win a back-to-back intermediate class title.


2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto2 race report, Moto3
The race, originally scheduled for 18 laps, was red-flagged on lap 15 after Maria Herrera crashed into the back of Livio Loi in Turn 15. Since two thirds of the original distance required to award full points was completed, the race was not restarted. Maria Herrera was not classified in the final results since she failed to recover her bike into pit-lane within five minutes of the race being red-flagged (as required by the rules).


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


2016 Maldives FA Cup
The 2016 Maldives FA Cup is the 28th edition of the Maldives FA Cup. It is being continued after a one-year break.


2016 Maldives FA Cup Final
The 2016 Maldives FA Cup Final was the 28th Final of the Maldives FA Cup.


2016 Malian Première Division
The 2016 Malian Première Division was the 51st edition of the highest club level football competition in Mali. It started on 12 March and concluded on 2 October 2016.


2016 Mallorca Open
The 2016 Mallorca Open was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 1st edition of the Mallorca Open, and part of the International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Santa Ponsa Tennis Club in Majorca, Spain, from June 13 through June 19, 2016.


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


2016 Mallorca Open – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament. Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez won the title, defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam and Laura Siegemund in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2016 Mallorca Open – Singles
Caroline Garcia won the title, defeating Anastasija Sevastova in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2016 Malmö FF season
The 2016 season was Malmö FF's 105th in existence, their 81st season in Allsvenskan and their 16th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen where they finished as runners-up, and the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in round two. The season began with the group stage of Svenska Cupen on 20 February, league play started on 2 April and the season concluded with the last league match on 6 November.


2016 Malmö FF season
The club appointed Allan Kuhn as new head coach on 8 January after Åge Hareide left to coach the Denmark national football team. Despite winning the league title in his first season, Kuhn was sacked by the club on 19 November. For the first time since the 2012 season, Malmö FF only competed in domestic competitions after failing to qualify for Europe in the previous season. On the domestic stage, Malmö FF won their 19th Swedish championship after winning the league title again after a one-year wait.


2016 Malmö FF season
The club also reached their first Svenska Cupen final since 1996 but ultimately finished as runners-up after losing on penalties to BK Häcken, having been 2–0 up at half-time. For the first time since the cup changed format, Malmö FF failed to qualify for next season's group-stage after losing to tier three club Landskrona BoIS in the second round of qualifications.


2016 Malmö FF season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson
On 11 October 2016, a fire was deliberately set at the Malmö Muslim community centre in Malmö, Sweden, which housed a mosque. There were no injuries and only minor damage. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. A Syrian resident of Malmö was arrested, tried and acquitted and the incident was deemed to be arson, but not terrorism. In June 2017, a man was arrested in Germany, accused of working for the ISIS-related news agency, Amaq. Police claim he had contacted the accused before and after this attack in order to report back to Amaq.


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson, Events
A 30-year-old Syrian man was arrested in December 2016, accused of throwing the fire bomb that set off the fire, causing damage to the building. At trial in early June, 2017, the accused was acquitted of all charges and the fire was deemed to be arson, but not to be terrorism-related.


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson, Events
After being acquitted, the accused was immediately remanded to the custody of the Swedish Security police Säpo, where procedures were activated to open a case under the Foreign Immigration Control law to establish whether his residency status should be revoked and he should be deported to his country of origin on the grounds of having ties with ISIS and of posing a threat to national security.


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson, Allegations of ISIS involvement
According to The Local, investigators had found a description of how to make a detonator on the accused man's computer, along with ISIS propaganda films showing Islamic State militants fighting and killing "infidels" and also the image of an Isis flag. In October 2016, the ISIS magazine al-Naba claimed that the arson was committed by "a warrior from the caliphate," who acted "on the instructions of the leader al-Adnani", Isis spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, and described the arson fire as the Islamic State's first attack on Scandinavia. Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp dismissed the ISIS claim, but terrorism expert Hans Brun of King's College London, noted that given the paucity of press coverage, the question was how the ISIS news agency "got access to this information".


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson, Allegations of ISIS involvement
In June 2017, German police arrested a 23 year old Syrian man identified only as Mohammed G., accusing him of being an Isis member and of passing on information to the Amaq News Agency since September 2015. German police accused Mohammad G. of communicating with the alleged perpetrator of the Malmö arson attack on social media. According to the German prosecutor's office, "One day after this attack, the accused demanded from his contact person (in Sweden) a personal claim of this deed..., The background was that Amaq did not want to issue a report about the attack without such a claim".


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson, Allegations of ISIS involvement
Following the arrest of Mohammad G., Shiraz Maher, deputy director of the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King's College, London, said "We've all assumed that they are reading news reports, and then saying, 'Our guy did this.' But this is interesting because this does show that they clearly have someone, who is one of their guys, and who is getting verification and confirming that this attack was in our name", however Maher cautioned that the German police statement had mentioned only a single example of such confirmation.


2016 Malmö Muslim community centre arson, Response
In a speech in February 2017, Donald Trump stated that the media was not reporting on terrorist attacks. Later that day, the Trump administration included this event in a list of 78 attacks which the admin said were "under-reported".


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash
On 24 October 2016, a twin turboprop Fairchild SA227-AT Merlin IVC operated by CAE Aviation crashed near Kirkop, Malta, shortly after take-off from Malta International Airport. The aircraft was to operate in the vicinity of Misurata in Libya on a surveillance mission by the French Ministry of Defence. All five people on board the aircraft died in the crash, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Malta since 1985.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Fairchild SA227-AT Merlin IVC, registered in the United States as N577MX. The aircraft, which had been built in 1983, did not have a history of technical issues, and had last undergone an airworthiness inspection in 2011.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aircraft
The aircraft belonged to Worldwide Aircraft Services and at the time of the crash was leased to Luxembourg-based CAE Aviation, operating on behalf of the French Ministry of Defence.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aircraft
The SA227 is capable of being flown either by a single pilot or by two pilots. On the accident flight, the aircraft was being flown by a single pilot accompanied by a monitoring pilot. The monitoring pilot was not certified to fly SA227 aircraft, nor was he required to be.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Accident
The aircraft took off from Malta International Airport at around 07:20, bound for Misrata in Libya on a surveillance flight; and was due to land back at Malta at the conclusion of the mission. Just after take off, the aircraft pitched up to an unusual attitude, rolled right, and crashed into the ground, bursting into flames upon impact. The wreckage landed on the airport perimeter road within the limits of the village of Kirkop, with some debris falling into a nearby Armed Forces of Malta barracks. All five people on board, three passengers and two crew members, died in the crash. All were French nationals, and the passengers were employees of the defence ministry, while the crew worked for CAE Aviation.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aftermath
Immediately after the crash, the staff at Mater Dei Hospital were placed in major incident mode. The Malta International Airport was shut down for four hours after the crash before reopening at 11:30. Many flights that were bound to Malta had to be diverted to Sicily.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aftermath
The Maltese government issued a statement that the flight was part of a French customs surveillance operation to combat drug- and human trafficking that had been ongoing for five months. However, the French customs department tweeted that none of its officials were on board, and French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian later said that three of the dead were defence ministry employees within the Directorate-General for External Security. However, Maltese Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Carmelo Abela stuck to the government's original statement that the aircraft was involved in a customs operation, and the flight's exact purpose was unclear.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aftermath
Aviation experts, as well as Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, stated that the crash was likely a result of a mechanical failure or pilot error. Malta's Bureau of Air Accident Investigation had responsibility for conducting an investigation of the accident.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Aftermath
This was the worst aviation accident on Maltese soil since the 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash that killed six people and injured another twenty.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation
The aircraft was not fitted with a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder. However, the crash was recorded by multiple cameras, several of which also recorded audio. When combined with data retrieved from the memory in a GPS receiver located in the wreckage, a fairly accurate reconstruction of the aircraft's final moments could be created. The takeoff roll proceeded normally, however after leaving the ground the aircraft continued to pitch upwards, reaching a nose high attitude of 34 degrees within four seconds of rotation.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation
At this point, the aircraft rolled to the right, consistent with a power-on stall (due to the direction of rotation of the propellers, the right wing will stall before the left one at high engine power). The aircraft reached a maximum right bank angle of 152 degrees, at which point the direction of the roll reversed. The aircraft struck the ground at a 70 degree right bank and 38 degree nose-down pitch, just ten seconds after lifting off. Analysis of the audio from several security cameras found no evidence of engine problems, nor could any engine issue explain the aircraft's performance.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation
The aircraft had undergone substantial modifications to its flight control system in 1985; several cables had been re-routed to accommodate the special surveillance equipment installed. The aircraft's stick pusher system, known on the Merlin as the stall avoidance system (SAS), had also been altered for this reason. An examination of the bulb filaments in the cockpit annunciator panel revealed that at some point prior to impact, the SAS FAULT annunciator had illuminated.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation
In addition, recent maintenance had been performed to the aircraft's flight control system, but maintenance instructions for the modified version of the system were not available when this was done. Damage to the wreckage prevented a conclusive analysis of the primary flight controls or the SAS. Based on the performance of the aircraft, the evidence recovered from the wreckage and a study of previous incidents involving aircraft in the same family, the BEA narrowed the cause of the crash to three possibilities.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation, Possible causes
The most plausible of the three would have been a failure or jamming in the nose down cable of the elevator control system. This scenario would explain why the aircraft continued to pitch up beyond the recommended climb attitude after rotation. In this case, the pilot would not have been able to counteract the upwards moment through pushing forward on the control column. Depending on the nature of the failure, the control column itself would not necessarily have jammed, which would have made the problem more difficult to recognize immediately.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation, Possible causes
The only way to overcome an elevator control failure would be through the pitch trim system, but the aircraft reached a stall situation too quickly for this to be effective. As the aircraft approached a stall, the stick pusher would have activated. As the pusher servo is connected to the same control cabling as the control column, it would have been unable to function correctly, explaining the illumination of the SAS FAULT light.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation, Possible causes
A less likely but still possible hypothesis was an inadvertent activation of the stick pusher system. This was considered possible due to the relocation of the SAS components to an area near a water evacuation drain on the aircraft. If the pusher servo had activated at the point of rotation, the pilot may have reflexively pulled against it with enough force to disable it, causing an abrupt pitch-up. Inadvertent SAS activation had happened on other SA-227 aircraft. However, the aircraft's flight path did not fully support this scenario.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation, Possible causes
If the stick pusher had activated erroneously and been over-corrected by the pilot, the aircraft would likely have pitched down slightly before rapidly pitching up. Instead, the upwards pitch was more or less constant until the moment the aircraft stalled. Nevertheless, without more accurate flight data, the theory could not be ruled out completely.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation, Possible causes
The least likely of the three involved the antenna for the HF radio (consisting of a cable extending from the upper forward fuselage to the tip of the vertical stabiliser) snapping during rotation. Afterwards, the cable may have become wrapped around the right-hand elevator, jamming it upwards. The HF antenna is not standard equipment on the SA-227, and the type installed had been known to fail occasionally. In 1998, a cable had jammed the elevator of a SOCATA MS.893 into a nose-down position, causing a fatal crash. Regardless, no components from the cable were found on the runway, and the physics involved to cause the cable to jam the aircraft's elevators were considered extremely improbable.


2016 Malta Fairchild Merlin crash, Investigation, Possible causes
The final report concluded that whichever malfunction occurred "probably originated in the specific modifications of the aircraft and in the application of an inappropriate maintenance to these modifications."


2016 Malta Open darts
2016 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Buġibba, Malta in 2016. Umit Uygunsozlu was the defending champion.


2016 Man Booker Prize
The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016. The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September. Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.


2016 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on 5 May 2016. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 2018, due to planned boundary changes. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council, managing to hold all but one seat contested and won by former Withington MP, John Leech. Leech's win signified the first gain for any party in Manchester other than Labour for the first time in six years.


2016 Manchester City Council election, Result
Changes in vote share are compared to the 2015 election.


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


2016 Manchester City Council election, Ward results
Asterisks denote incumbent Councillors seeking re-election. Councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2012, and results are compared to that year's polls on that basis. All results are listed below:


2016 Manchester City Council election, Ward results, Chorlton
Councillor Sheila Newman died suddenly 19 February 2018, three months prior to the 2018 local elections which she was due to stand in.


2016 Manchester City Council election, Ward results, Didsbury West
Robert Gutenfreund-Walmsley stood in 2012 for the Democracy First party.


2016 Manchester City Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018, Rusholme by-election 4 May 2017
The resignation of Labour councillor Kate Chappell in March 2017 triggered a by-election for Rusholme ward on 4 May:


2016 Manchester City Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018, Fallowfield by-election 27 July 2017
The resignation of Labour councillor Mike Amesbury in June 2017 (he was elected Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale) triggered a by-election in Fallowfield on 27 July:


2016 Manchester City Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018, Changes that did not result in a by-election
Lady Mayoress and Labour councillor Shiela Newman (Chorlton) died suddenly on 18 February 2018. Her term would have ended in May.


2016 Manchester City Council election, Changes between 2016 and 2018, Changes that did not result in a by-election
Labour councillor Beth Knowles (City Centre) resigned from the council in March 2018. Her term would have ended in May.


2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season
The 2016 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 28th season of competitive football and its third season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season. This season will also be the first occasion on which City Women contest a European competition, having qualified through their runners-up finish in the 2015 Women's Super League.


2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2016 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2016 Mandaluyong local elections
Local elections in Mandaluyong will be held on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, one Congressman, and the councilors, six in each of the city's two legislative districts.


2016 Mandaluyong local elections, Background
The wives of the current city officials, will be running in their husbands' respective positions in the city. Carmelita Aguilar-Abalos, wife of Mayor Benhur Abalos will run for the Mayoralty position under the United Nationalist Alliance. While, former ABC-5 reporter Queenie Pahati-Gonzales, wife of Representative Neptali Gonzales will run as the representative of lone district of the city under the Liberal Party, one of her opponents is Reyes Barbecue president Francisco Reyes, an independent candidate.


2016 Mandaluyong local elections, Candidates, Vice Mayor
Edward Bartolome is the Incumbent. His opponent is First District Coun. Anthony Suva and Former Vice Mayor Danny De Guzman.


2016 Mandaluyong local elections, Candidates, Representative, Lone District
Neptali "Boyet" Gonzales II is term-limited. His party nominated his wife, former ABC-5 reporter Queenie Pahati-Gonzales. Her main opponents are Reyes Barbecue president Francisco Reyes (running as independent), Albert Yap (also running independent) and Jack Ramel (running under PDP–Laban).


2016 Manila Challenger
The 2016 Manila Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manila, Philippines between 18 and 24 January 2016.


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


2016 Manila Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry to the main draw as a protected ranking:


2016 Manila Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry to the main draw as special exempts:


2016 Manila Challenger – Doubles
2nd seeds Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen won the title, beating Francis Casey Alcantara and Christopher Rungkat 6–2, 6–2


2016 Manila Challenger – Singles
2nd seed Mikhail Youzhny won his fifth career ATP Challenger Tour title, beating Marco Chiudinelli 6–4, 6–4. This was Youzhny's third consecutive ATP Challenger title, having won the KPN Bangkok Open and the KPN Bangkok Open II in the previous two weeks.


2016 Manila local elections
Manila held its local elections on Monday, May 9, 2016, as a part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for Mayor, Vice Mayor, 6 Congressmen, and the 36 councilors that will be members of the City Council. Incumbent Mayor Joseph Estrada won the elections, securing him to serve his second 3-year term as the Mayor of Manila. He won by a slim margin at only more than 2,000 votes against his closest rival, former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim. Dr. Maria Sheilah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan, daughter of former Manila Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna, Estrada’s running-mate, topped the vice mayoral race with 268,969 votes.


2016 Manila local elections, Background
Incumbent mayor and former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada was first elected as mayor in 2013. He defeated then-incumbent mayor Alfredo Lim in a closely contested election, winning 53% of the vote to Lim's 47%.


2016 Manila local elections, Background
Mayor Estrada announced in April 2015 that he is running for re-election. This is in total contrast to his May 9, 2012 pronouncement that he will only serve for one term should he be elected to the post back then, after which he would subsequently retire from politics.


2016 Manila local elections, Background
Unlike Estrada, his running mate in 2013, three-term incumbent vice mayor Isko Moreno is term-limited as he served for three consecutive terms. He is running for the Senate.


2016 Manila local elections, Background
Sources indicate that although Manila leaders identified with Estrada under the local Asenso Manileño party, Moreno included, are pushing for former Manila vice mayor Danilo Lacuna to be his running mate, Estrada is said to be seriously considering his current city administrator, Jojo Alcovendaz, to be his vice mayoral candidate under his party, despite the latter's San Juan residence. However, the Estrada camp, upon further consultation, eventually chose former 4th District councilor and current city social services head Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan as his running mate.


2016 Manila local elections, Background
On July 22, 2015, incumbent 5th district Rep. Amado Bagatsing launched his bid to be the next mayor of the city once governed by his father, former mayor Ramon Bagatsing, offering himself as an alternative while blaming the city’s "deterioration" on the incumbent and his predecessor. His running mate is the son of former mayor and current Buhay Party-list Representative Lito Atienza, current 5th District Councilor and 2007 Mayoral candidate Ali Atienza. On October 12, 2015, Bagatsing made his bid official by filing his certificate of candidacy.


2016 Manila local elections, Background
On October 13, 2015, Alfredo Lim filed to run again for his old post. He is the official candidate of the ruling Liberal Party. His running mate is incumbent 1st district Rep. Benjamin Asilo.


2016 Manila local elections, Background, Campaign
Local campaign period started on March 26, 2016. Estrada, with running mate Honey Lacuna, hold their proclamation rally at the Liwasang Bonifacio, while Lim, with running mate Benjamin Asilo started their campaign at the Plaza Miranda, on March 28, 2016, 2 days after the official start of campaign for local candidates.


2016 Manila local elections, Background, Campaign
During the incumbent mayor's rally, Estrada formally endorsed his goddaughter, Grace Poe as his choice for president and Bongbong Marcos for vice president. He picked Poe, over his co-partymate Jejomar Binay of the United Nationalist Alliance. He said that the Mayor's gratitude to the presidential candidate's father Fernando Poe, Jr., a candidate of the 2004 Philippine presidential election but later lost, as one of the reasons why he made the decision to endorse Poe.


2016 Manila local elections, Background, Campaign
Among his senatorial candidates that he will support are Joel Villanueva, Panfilo Lacson, Manny Pacquiao, Martin Romualdez, Getulio Napeñas, Neri Javier Colmenares, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard J. Gordon, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Sergio Osmeña III, Francis Tolentino and Isko Moreno, the incumbent Vice Mayor of the city. Major roads in Manila including the McArthur Bridge are closed down due to the said event.


2016 Manila local elections, Background, Campaign
Lim's campaign started with his visit to the  Islamic Center in Bgy. San Miguel, together with Liberal Party's presidential bet Mar Roxas. The two then went to Plaza Miranda for the former Mayor's proclamation rites which was attended by 5,000 supporters. Roxas' running mate Leni Robredo and  President Benigno Aquino III also attended the rally.


2016 Manila local elections, Background, Campaign
A day before the two rallies, Amado Bagatsing, together with his running mate Ali Atienza kick-off their campaign at Tondo.


2016 Manila local elections, Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections, Mayor
First term incumbent and former President Joseph Estrada, who was elected with 53% of the vote in 2013, is seeking another term. Former Senator and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, who Estrada defeated in 2013, is seeking a rematch. Also running is 5th district Rep. Amado Bagatsing.


2016 Manila local elections, Mayoralty and Vice Mayoralty Elections, Vice Mayor
Three-term incumbent Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, who was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2013, is term-limited and is barred from running again for this post this election. His party's nominee is Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan. Facing her are three-term representatives Benjamin Asilo of the 1st District and Trisha Bonoan-David of the 4th District. Incumbent 5th District councilor and former 2007 mayoral candidate Ali Atienza is also running for the seat.


2016 Manila local elections, District Representatives, 1st District
The 1st district is composed of the western part of Tondo. Three-term Liberal Party incumbent Benjamin "Atong" Asilo, who was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2013, is term-limited and will instead run for vice mayor; his brother, incumbent councilor Roberto Asilo, is his party's nominee.


2016 Manila local elections, District Representatives, 1st District
Also running for this district are incumbent three-term councilors Ian "Banzai" Nieva and Ernesto Dionisio, Jr as well as Manuel "Manny" Lopez. Nieva is the son of the late Ernesto "Banzai" Nieva, who represented this district from 1998 to 2007, while Lopez is the son of former Manila Mayor Mel Lopez.


2016 Manila local elections, District Representatives, 2nd District
The city's 2nd District covers the eastern part of Tondo, a place known as Gagalangin. Carlo Lopez is the incumbent representative and has already serve two terms. He won on the 2010 local elections and was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2013. He is running for his third and final term under the Liberal Party. He runs unopposed because his supposed opponent, Councilor Numero "Uno" Lim, was nominated by the party-list group Tanggol Maralita Inc. (TAMA).