2016 Global RallyCross Championship, Schedule
A twelve-round provisional calendar was revealed on January 26, 2016 with the sixth, seventh and eighth round to be announced, though it was certain the sixth and seventh round would take place on a military base. On March 3, 2016 GRC announced the eighth round would take place in Atlantic City and on June 1, 2016 GRC announced the sixth and seventh round would take place at the Marine Corps Air Station New River. It was the first time since the 2012 season that all events were held in the United States.


2016 Global RallyCross Championship, Entry list, GRC Lites
Every driver competes in an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.


2016 Global RallyCross Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' championships
Points were awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below:


2016 Global RallyCross Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' championships
In addition, points were awarded in all rounds of heats and semifinals. First place earned five points, second place earned four points, and so on through fifth place and below, which earned one point.


2016 Global RallyCross Championship, Results and standings, Drivers' championships, Supercars
Bold – Fastest time in qualifying1 2 – Number of heat winsA B – Winner of Semifinal A or BLCQ – Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier


2016 Gloucester City Council election
The 2016 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. All seats are up for election at the same time due to boundary changes. This was on the same day as other local elections. The council also changed from electing a third of the council to electing the entire council. They were originally planned for 7 May 2020,  but postponed until 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2016 Gloucester City Council election, By-Elections, Longlevens
A by-election was held in Longlevens ward on 3 November 2016, following the death of Jim Porter.


2016 Gloucester City Council election, By-Elections, Barnwood
A by-election was held in Barnwood ward on 25 July 2019


2016 Gloucester City Council election, By-Elections, Podsmead
A by-election was held in Podsmead ward on 25 July 2019


2016 Go Bowling 400
The 2016 Go Bowling 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 7, 2016, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, The race had 16 lead changes among different drivers and six cautions for 30 laps.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Report, Background
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Entry list
The entry list for the Go Bowling 400 was released on Monday, May 2 at 9:56 a.m. Eastern time. Forty cars are entered for the race.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Practice, First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.049 and a speed of 185.893 mph (299.166 km/h).


2016 Go Bowling 400, Practice, Final practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.770 and a speed of 187.696 mph (302.067 km/h). Jimmie Johnson suffered an engine issue similar to what happened to Kasey Kahne at Phoenix in March. The gremlins were remedied and he returned to the track.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.284 and a speed of 190.921 mph (307.258 km/h). Truex said afterwards that his team "had speed here this weekend for sure and feel pretty good about this car in race trim as too. We feel like we made some mistakes throughout qualifying and it took us a while to figure out this three round deal. Things have really been going well for us and clicking well. I love this race track. We’ve really been able to perform well here.”


2016 Go Bowling 400, Qualifying
Matt Kenseth, who qualified second, said that the "Toyota's had a lot of speed in them" and that he "couldn’t get that last lap I wanted. We got off-balance a little bit at the end. Martin was able to get it. We came up a little short.”


2016 Go Bowling 400, Qualifying
Kurt Busch, who qualified fourth, said he felt good about his car "because we made three spring changes going into that qualifying run. Those are things we wanted to try for the race, and we ran out of practice time to do so. It's nice that it turned out positive and the pace in qualifying is fast, yes, but the race will be at nightfall whereas we practiced in the daytime. This speed should be right in the middle of what we just ran and what changes we made. I think we're cooking up the right batch (for the race)."


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, First half, Start
Under clear Kansas skies, Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 7:48 p.m. After 15 laps, he pulled to a three-second lead over Matt Kenseth. Debris in turn 4 brought out the first caution of the race on lap 24. Kyle Busch exited pit road with the race lead. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Regan Smith were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 28. Jamie McMurray was black-flagged on lap 30 after NASCAR deemed his crew made "unapproved adjustments" to the body of the car during his pit stop. Matt McCall, McMurray's crew chief, said he thought NASCAR "called us back in for body modification or something. The Jackman hit the door when he went for the tire, so I don’t know. It’s interesting to me how they enforce stuff.” By lap 40, Busch held a one-second lead over Kurt Busch. The second caution of the race flew on lap 56 for Matt DiBenedetto brushing the wall exiting turn 4. Truex exited pit road with the race lead.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 61. Carl Edwards attempted to pit because of a flat tire on lap 82, but was carrying too much speed, overshot the entrance and had to limp back around. The third caution of the race flew on lap 103 for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Rounding the turn, Paul Menard got loose and rear-ended the wall. He would go on to finish 40th. Denny Hamlin was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 109. A number of cars began hitting pit road on lap 155. Truex pitted on lap 158 and handed the lead to Joey Logano. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Clint Bowyer. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Danica Patrick. Truex, on fresher tires, ran down and passed Patrick in turn 3 to retake the lead on lap 163.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
Debris on the backstretch brought out the fourth caution of the race with 99 laps to go. Hamlin was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted with 94 laps to go. A number of drivers began pitting with 57 laps to go. Truex hit pit road with 54 laps to go and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. Truex came back down pit road because of a loose right-front wheel. The wheel was on crooked because of a jammed bracket behind the wheel. After the race, Truex said he "couldn’t believe it. I went around Turns 1 and 2 and I was like ‘Wheel loose.’


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
I kept telling myself that maybe it's not me, maybe it's just shaking because it has tape on it or something stupid. It was loose and I knew it right away. Frustrating, but that's how it goes.” Kenseth pitted with 53 laps to go and handed the lead to Logano. He pitted with 52 laps to go and handed the lead to Brad Keselowski. He pitted with 50 laps to go and handed the lead to Tony Stewart. Kyle Busch passed entering turn 3 to retake the lead with 36 laps to go.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The fifth caution of the race flew with 34 laps to go after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rode the wall through turns 3 and 4. Jimmie Johnson was tagged for speeding on pit road and restart the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 28 laps to go. The sixth caution of the race flew with 27 to go for a multi-car wreck in turn 3. Threading the needle between Keselowski and Kyle Larson, Hamlin got loose and spun out. Logano, with nowhere to go, t-boned the No. 11 car. Hamlin said afterwards that he "and the No. 2 got loose at the same time, I don’t think there was any contact, but the No. 42 was real close to me on the outside. I was driving in really deep there to try and clear him.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
Didn’t get him cleared and I knew if I didn’t get him clear then I would’ve put myself in a bad spot. I was just going for it. We’ve got a win and it’s win or nothing with this type of format, so why not go in there and take a chance? Unfortunately, it didn’t work.” Logano said it looked from his point that "the 2 got loose and then the 11 got loose. I was hoping the 11 would come down the hill and when you’re in the smoke you can’t see anything.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
I hit the wall, so I knew where that was and I just kept riding and riding and hoping the 11 would come down the hill because I couldn’t see and he stayed up there and I got him right in the door. It’s unfortunate… It’s just racing. Things happen sometimes.”


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 19 laps to go. Busch held off a late charge by Harvick to score the victory.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Busch said afterwards that winning at Kansas was "pretty big – man, there’s been a lot of rough days here at Kansas, that’s for sure. A lot of good ones too, but I just can’t say enough about this team and everyone on this M&M’s Camry. This thing was awesome tonight. At the beginning and middle part of the race we weren’t great, but Adam Stevens (crew chief) and the guys, they just kept working on it.”


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following his second-place finish, Harvick said his car towards the end "got tight, I hit a big piece of debris down there about six or seven laps into the run. From that point on I just got really tight…We overhauled this thing this morning to try to get it close. They did a great job.”


2016 Go Bowling 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing third, Kurt Busch said his team "battled hard. I was trying to find all the different lines on the track to find speed. We did a lot of things good and to win you’ve got to be great. We are right there, we are knocking on the door, but thanks to Haas Automation, Monster Energy, Chevrolet, everybody at Stewart-Haas it’s a great second and third place finish. We always want to win and we have been doing really good with this Tony Gibson (crew chief) led team.”


2016 Go Bowling 400, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their sixth race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2016 Go Bowling 400, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which will also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Kyle Rickey covered  the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
The 2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma was the 16th and final round of the 2016 IndyCar Series season. The race was contested on September 18, 2016, on the IndyCar layout of Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. It marked the 12th time that the series had visited the circuit. For the second year in a row, the event served as the season finale for the IndyCar Series.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Background
For the second year in a row, Sonoma Raceway served as the IndyCar Series Finale. As such, the event was one of two during the 2016 season worth double points (the other being the Indianapolis 500).


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Background
Entering the race weekend, the battle for the championship had been reduced to only two drivers: Simon Pagenaud and Will Power. Pagenaud held a 43-point advantage over Power, meaning that any finish of fourth or higher for Pagenaud would automatically secure his championship victory.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 17. Simon Pagenaud led a Team Penske 1-2-3-4, setting a time of 1:16.2565 to best his teammate Hélio Castroneves. It marked the seventh time on the season that Pagenaud had qualified on pole. Pagenaud's pole also gave him one bonus point, thus extending the gap between him and Power to 44 points. Power qualified in fourth. Graham Rahal was the best amongst non-Penske drivers, taking fifth place on the grid.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
The start of the race saw Simon Pagenaud jump ahead of Hélio Castroneves, while Will Power was able to pass Juan Pablo Montoya to move into third place. Graham Rahal rounded out the top five. Further back in the field, contact occurred between Tony Kanaan and Mikhail Aleshin in turn seven, sending Aleshin into a spin and causing Kanaan to stall. However, both drivers were able to get going again before the field came back around, so no full course caution was necessary. Up front, though, Pagenaud steadily increased his lead over the field.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
The first round of pit stops ranged from roughly laps 10-15. While Pagenaud easily held his lead, Power was able to leapfrog Castroneves during the sequence, putting him second place on the track. However, the gained position did not help Power make up ground, as Pagenaud continued to increase his lead. On lap 29, Castroneves returned to the pit lane in an attempt to go on an alternate pit stop strategy.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
On lap 36, the most dramatic moment of the race came when Power's car suddenly ground to a halt on the course just before the pit entrance. A malfunctioning clutch control unit prevented Power from shifting gears and eventually forced him into neutral, causing his car to grind to a halt. While he would eventually be able to continue, it would not be until he had already lost 8 laps, thus ending any chance Power still had at winning the championship. The lone caution of the race flew for this incident. Both Pagenaud and Montoya were able to make it into the pits prior to the caution flying, though, allowing Pagenaud to maintain his lead, while Montoya managed to come back out in sixth. After pit stops were done, the running order was Pagenaud, Castroneves, Charlie Kimball, and Graham Rahal.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
Racing resumed on lap 41, where Rahal was able to quickly dispatch Kimball in turn seven. Up front, Pagenaud continued to lead, but Castroneves was able to stay with him much better than earlier in the race. However, due to his alternate strategy, he came into the pits again on lap 50, leaving Pagenaud ahead of Rahal. Kimball was also on an alternate pit strategy and pitted just before Castroneves.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
For those on the normal strategy, the final pit stops came around lap 60. Pagenaud's final stop came on lap 61. Rahal pitted a lap later, moving Pagenaud back in front of him. Their pit stops allowed Castroneves to take the lead of the race, though Castroneves still needed one more pit stop to make it to the end of the race. The race would not automatically go to Pagenaud after Castroneves' stop, though, as Graham Rahal began to close the gap. By lap 67, the gap had shrunk to just over half a second.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
On lap 69, Castroneves came in for his final stop, making the battle between Pagenaud and Rahal officially the battle for the lead. Montoya moved up to third, while the Andretti Autosport teammates of Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay moved into the top five as other alternate-strategy drivers ducked into the pits. At the lead of the race, Pagenaud was once again able to pull his lead out again. While Rahal would make another attempt at catching him, Pagenaud's pace combined with his saved up push-to-pass presses proved too much.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
Pagenaud held on to win his fifth race of the season and, more importantly, the IndyCar Series championship title. Rahal came across the line second, while Montoya rounded out the podium. Hunter-Reay snatched fourth place away from Rossi at the last moment after Rossi ran out of fuel coming out of turn 11. However, Rossi would still manage fifth, making him the highest finishing rookie in the race.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Report, Race
Pagenaud's dominant performance secured his first IndyCar Series title in his second year of driving for Team Penske. The finish of the race also allowed Penske a sweep of the top three positions in the championship, with Power finishing second and Castroneves finishing third. Josef Newgarden, who came across the line sixth in the race, took fourth in the championship, while Graham Rahal's second-place finish boosted him into the top five and made him the highest finishing Honda driver in the championship. In the Rookie of the Year competition, Alexander Rossi's fifth-place easily secured his spot as the 2016 Rookie of the Year. His chief rival, Conor Daly, was one of two drivers who failed to finish the races after mechanical issues struck his car.


2016 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, Results, Race
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2016 Gold Coast Titans season
The 2016 Gold Coast Titans season was the 10th in the club's history. Coached by Neil Henry and co-captained by Nathan Friend and William Zillman, the Titans are currently competing in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines tournament.


2016 Gold Coast Titans season, Fixtures, Pre-season, NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2016 competition was played over two days on the 6 & 7 February at Eden Park. The Titans featured in the Piha pool and played the Raiders, Sharks and Dragons. The club finished top of their pool and along with the Raiders qualified for the Quarter-Finals. They were eventually eliminated by the New Zealand Warriors (4 – 22) in the Semi-Finals. Agnatius Paasi and Chris McQueen were named in the Team of the Tournament.


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


2016 Gold Coast Titans season, Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2016.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union)
The 2016 Gold Cup was the fourth season of the Gold Cup competition, but the first season that it was known as the Gold Cup, having previously been known as the Community Cup. The tournament was the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union)
While previous editions of the competition were held over the Easter weekend, the 2016 tournament took place later in the year, with the matches in the competition taking place between 10 September and 29 October 2016. Also, the champion clubs from Namibia and Zimbabwe took part in the competition for the first time.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union)
The competition was won by Rustenburg Impala for the second time in three years; they beat False Bay 48–24 in the final played on 29 October 2016.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Competition rules and information
The format of the Gold Cup was the same as the Rugby World Cup. The teams were divided into four pools, each containing five teams. They then played four pool games, playing other teams in their respective pools once. Each team played two home games and two away games.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Competition rules and information
The winner and runner-up of each pool entered the play-off stage, which consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals and the final. The winner of each pool met the runner-up of a different pool in a quarter final, at the home venue of the pool winner. The winner of each quarter-final progressed to the semi-finals and the semi-final winners to the final, which was held at the home venue of the finalist with the best record in the pool stages.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Qualification
The highest-placed non-university clubs in the 2015 season of each of the fifteen provincial unions' club leagues, as well as defending champions Durbanville-Bellville all qualified for the 2016 Gold Cup competition.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Qualification
To cater for the switching the tournament from the first half of the year to the second half, all non-university clubs that won their leagues in the 2016 season qualified to a playoff for two additional spots in the 2016 Gold Cup. These play-offs matches were:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages
In the draw made in February 2016, the twenty teams were drawn in four pools.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool A
The final log of the 2016 Gold Cup Pool A is:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool A
The top two teams qualified to the quarter finals, where the pool winner hosted a runner-up from another pool.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool A
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool A
The following matches were played in the 2016 Gold Cup Pool A:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool B
The final log of the 2016 Gold Cup Pool B is:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool B
The top two teams qualified to the quarter finals, where the pool winner hosted a runner-up from another pool.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool B
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool B
The following matches were played in the 2016 Gold Cup Pool B:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool C
The final log of the 2016 Gold Cup Pool C is:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool C
The top two teams qualified to the quarter finals, where the pool winner hosted a runner-up from another pool.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool C
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool C
The following matches were played in the 2016 Gold Cup Pool C:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool D
The final log of the 2016 Gold Cup Pool D is:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool D
The top two teams qualified to the quarter finals, where the pool winner hosted a runner-up from another pool.


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool D
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Pool Stages, Pool D
The following matches were played in the 2016 Gold Cup Pool D:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Players, Squads
The following squads were named for the 2016 Gold Cup:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Players, Points scorers
The following table contain points scored in the 2016 Gold Cup:


2016 Gold Cup (rugby union), Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2016 Gold Cup:


2016 Golden Movie Awards
2016 Golden Movie Awards is an annual award that celebrates outstanding achievement in African television and film. The event was otook place on Saturday June 25, 2016, at the Kempiski Hotel. It was hosted by DKB and Anita Erskine of EIB network.


2016 Good Sam 500
The 2016 Good Sam 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 13, 2016, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 313 laps, extended from 312 laps due to overtime, on the 1 mi (1.6 km) asphalt oval, it was the fourth race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick won the race. Carl Edwards finished second. Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top–five.


2016 Good Sam 500
Busch won the pole for the race and led 75 laps on his way to a fourth-place finish. Harvick led a race high of 139 laps on his way to winning the race. There were seven lead changes among four different drivers, as well as five caution flag periods for 30 laps.


2016 Good Sam 500
This was Harvick's 32nd career victory, first of the season, eighth at Phoenix International Raceway and fifth at the track for Stewart-Haas Racing. With the win, he moved up to first in the points standings. Chevrolet moved to first in the manufacturer standings.


2016 Good Sam 500
The Good Sam 500 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Good Sam 500, Report, Background
Phoenix International Raceway, also known as PIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2016 Good Sam 500, Entry list
The entry list for the Good Sam 500 was released on Monday, March 7 at 9:11 a.m. Eastern time. Thirty-nine cars are entered for the race. The only driver changes for this weekend's race were Ty Dillon returning to the seat of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet and Joey Gase taking over the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford.


2016 Good Sam 500, First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.928 and a speed of 138.846 mph (223.451 km/h).


2016 Good Sam 500, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.014 and a speed of 138.387 mph (222.712 km/h). He said afterwards that he "cooled everything back down to make sure we gave it everything we got. We just made a couple of fine-tuning adjustments from what we ran before and it was a tick faster, not much, just a tick.” Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne will both go to backup cars after mishaps in qualifying with the former crashing out and the latter changing engines.


2016 Good Sam 500, Qualifying
Johnson said after being released from the infield care center that the car was "a lot of straight in an area of the track that I didn't need to have straight. We'll have to get to the bottom of it. Just a really hard impact to the outside wall. Thankful that we have SAFER barriers and soft walls. But very disappointed because we had such a fast race car." He later took to Twitter to say that the wreck was because his steering wheel came off.


2016 Good Sam 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.194 and a speed of 137.436 mph (221.182 km/h). During the session, Michael Annett suffered a front-end lockup and slammed the wall in turn 1. Because this required him to go to a backup car, he'll start from the rear of the field. He said that "the car just didn’t want to turn. I don’t know if we were on the splitter or if we cut down a right-front (tire). … I cranked on the wheel and it wouldn’t go straight.”


2016 Good Sam 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kevin Harvick was fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.409 and a speed of 136.317 mph (219.381 km/h).


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, First half, Start
Under clear blue Arizona skies, Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 3:49 p.m. After 10 laps, he pulled to a one-second lead over teammate Carl Edwards. The first caution of the race flew on lap 52 for a single-car wreck in turn 3. Going into the turn, Ryan Newman suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. He would go on to finish last for the first time since 2008. He said he "just blew a right-front tire. It must have melted the bead or something.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, First half, Start
I don’t know if something failed in the cooling department or what the deal was. I didn’t do anything any different than I’ve ever done here before. Just definitely blew a right-front tire out and that was the end of our day with the Grainger Chevrolet.” Denny Hamlin was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 60. Unlike the first run, he didn't pull away from the field. After taking just right-side tires on the first pit stop, he began losing his lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr. who took four. Earnhardt passed him in turn 3 to take the lead on lap 76. The second caution of the race flew on lap 104 for a single-car wreck in turn 3. Going into the turn, Paul Menard suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. When asked what happened, he said he wasn't “really sure. We were okay that last run.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, First half, Start
We fired off pretty decent and started getting really tight at the end. I don’t know if a left-front tire blew or what going into 3. I don’t know if something broke or if a tire blew. We are going to check it out. I’m curious about it.” Edwards exited pit road with the race lead. Brian Scott was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 113. After pulling away from the field, Edwards began losing his lead to teammate Kyle Busch. The third caution of the race flew on lap 163 for a single-car wreck in turn 1. Going into turn 1, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. He said he was "really tight and I was having to use too much brake and I think we got the tires hot and once we did that the right front gave out from having to use too much brake. The cars were a handful.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
They were fun to drive. We just didn’t quite have the Fastenal Ford dialed in like we needed to today. We were really tight, therefore, we had to use too much brake.” Kyle Busch exited pit road 18th after overshooting his pit box and stopping too close to the pit wall.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted at lap 169. Kevin Harvick powered ahead of Edwards on the restart and took the lead. On lap 180, Harvick led his nine-thousandth career lap in Sprint Cup Series competition. Debris on the backstretch brought out the fourth caution of the race with 87 laps to go. The debris came from the shredded right-rear tire of Brad Keselowski's car. Edwards beat Harvick off pit road.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 78 laps to go. Harvick had no difficulty retaking the lead from Edwards going into turn 1. Joey Logano pitted from ninth with seven to go because he was short on fuel. The fifth caution of the race flew with six laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 4. Rounding the turn, Kasey Kahne suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. He said he "had a right front tire go down.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
It happened earlier in the race but a caution came out and I thought it was the engine at the time because of the way it kind of vibrated and changed the tone of the engine. Come to find out it wasn’t the engine and it was the tire. We’ll look at what we are doing since it happened a couple of times. We had a car capable of running in the top-15 and we were really good early. The longer the race went I felt like I got looser.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
I used a lot of brake during the entire the race, which I was surprised about. Yesterday in practice I didn’t have to use the brake hardly at all and today with different grips I used it so much.” Harvick, Earnhardt and Austin Dillon opted to stay out while the rest of the field opted to pit.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with two laps to go at an overtime finish,  Harvick led the field to the green with Carl Edwards at his back. After the white flag, Harvick and Edwards battled for the lead, bumping each other until Harvick came out victorious by 0.010 seconds, the closest finish in Phoenix history.


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Harvick said that he "knew he (Edwards) was better through (Turns) 3 and 4, but that was not the car I wanted to see behind me. I tried to protect the bottom in 3 and 4, and I just missed the bottom with all the rubber built up on the tires. I knew I was going to be on defense down there. I got up too high … and then he got into me, like he should have. I knew I needed to get a good run off the corner and I was going to have to get into his door. And it worked out, just barely.“


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Edwards said that Harvick "was pretty fast, even on old tires. Once we got clear, I thought we were going to get one shot. I tried to go to the outside of him and he blocked a little bit, and I didn't have anywhere to go but rub him a little bit." He joked that he "should’ve wrecked him. No, those guys were doing a great job all day. They hung on with those tires but we were faster so I thought, ‘Man, I’ll just move him out of the way and get by.’


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
I just didn't move him far enough and then he got up the door and I thought I was trying to time—I thought ‘I think he’s going to beat me.’ So, I tried to sideswipe him before he got there but I needed to be in front of his front tire. Anyway, just a fun race.”


2016 Good Sam 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Hamlin said he "was actually rooting on Carl going, ‘Get him.’ But, we’ve been on the other side of that photo finish. Awesome that this rules package creates this kind of racing and some of the finishes that we’ve seen so far this year.”


2016 Good Sam 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports will be covering their 12th race at the Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Phoenix winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip will have the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum will handle the pit road duties for the television side.


2016 Good Sam 500, Media, Radio
MRN will have the radio call for the race which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and one-time Phoenix winner Rusty Wallace will call the race from the booth when the field is racing down the front stretch.


2016 Good Sam 500, Media, Radio
Dave Moody will call the race from atop the stands in turn 1 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Kyle Rickey will call the race from a billboard outside turn 4 when the field is racing through turns 3 and 4. Pit road will be manned by Alex Hayden, Glenn Jarrett and Steve Post.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500
The 2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on October 30, 2016, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track, it was the 33rd race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, seventh race of the Chase and first race of the Round of 8.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500
The race marked the final career start for Jeff Gordon, exactly one year after winning this race.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Report, Background
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.289 and a speed of 98.170 mph (157.989 km/h).


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.282 and a speed of 98.206 mph (158.047 km/h). He said afterwards that Martinsville "is just so tough, and that first pit stall is just so critical to having a shot at winning here. I would love to get my first grandfather clock (the winner’s trophy). After last week, this helps a little bit. All in all, just proud of the guys for coming here with a game plan and executing.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Qualifying
It's no guarantee that we'll race well on Sunday, but it's definitely a nice advantage if you have a good race car to be able to make up spots on pit road and not have to worry about getting blocked in and all those things. It's a definite advantage, and hopefully we can have a good car to take advantage of it."


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Qualifying
Joey Logano, who qualified second, said he came so very "close to getting that fourth pole in a row. It would have been pretty cool to be able to say you did that, but it’s been a great streak.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Qualifying
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – who "wheel-hopped" going into turn 1, spun out, damaged the car and rolled out his backup – said there was "a lot of wheel-hop. It was definitely not ideal in qualifying, but you're always pressing the issue to try to qualify better and trying to get everything out of the car that you can and it just started wheel-hopping. As a lot of us drivers know, once it starts wheel-hopping it's hard to save. I down-shifted to try and keep it out of the wall as best I could, but we weren't able to do that. We'll get this Fastenal back-up out and get to work on it tonight and make sure that we have it ready to go for practice tomorrow.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.566 and a speed of 96.780 mph (155.752 km/h).


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.707 and a speed of 96.088 mph (154.639 km/h).


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, First half
Under mostly cloudy Virginia skies, Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 1:18 p.m. The first caution of the race flew on lap 22 after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wheel-hopped and backed into the turn 3 wall. He went on to finish 40th. Joey Logano exited pit road first. Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin were sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for speeding.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 28. Truex took the lead back from Logano on lap 45. The second caution flew on lap 61 for David Ragan laying fluid down on the track.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 68. Kyle Larson took the lead for six laps on lap 73 before Truex took it back on lap 79. Kyle Busch took the lead on lap 113 before giving it back to Truex the following lap. Debris in turn 4 brought out the third caution on lap 132. Kevin Harvick was sent to the tail end of the field for speeding.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 139. Matt Kenseth took the lead for a circuit on lap 152 before Truex took back over the following lap. He continued to hold it until Kenseth took it from him for good on lap 180. Racing for second, Hamlin made contact with Jimmie Johnson by bumping him out of the way rounding turns 3 and 4 before continuing on lap 198. In his post-race media availability, Hamlin explained his bump on Johnson by saying how they "were racing for 13th or something at New Hampshire and he turned us, luckily I saved it. [


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, First half
He] [ n]early wrecked us there. I raced him hard for the lead at Charlotte and then we come here and I catch him from a really long ways back. They didn’t want to let us go. It was frustrating from my standpoint, so I had to move him out of the way. I gave him many warnings on the radio.’’ Johnson said afterwards in his availability that he was "puzzled that he had to move me like he did,” Johnson said. “I prefer to race people cleanly. I got accused of racing hard? I'll take that as a compliment.” Debris on the backstretch, a torn banner, brought out the fourth caution on lap 200.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 207. It ran the length of a full fuel run, which is rare at Martinsville, and a number of cars pitted under green, also rare at Martinsville, when Edwards cut a tire, slammed the wall in turn and brought out the fifth caution with 142 laps to go. He said afterwards that Goodyear had "come down here, look at the tire, and said it was a belt failure," Edwards said. "So that’s really big of them to say, 'Hey, there’s nothing you could have done about it.'


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Second half
We had a really good race going and sometimes that’s just what happens in racing." Hamlin was sorted out as the leader. Because this happened during a cycle of green flag stops, it caused a number of cars to be in the wrong order when the race was scheduled to restart with 127 to go. There was controversy with race control taking so long to sort out the running order and for allowing so many laps to click off (29 total under the caution period) instead of throwing the red flag and sorting the running order.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Second half
“We don't need 100 laps under yellow ... trying to figure out where they're at. It probably cost us the race," said Keselowski after the race. Following the race, Sprint Cup Series Managing Director Richard Buck said what happened "was a very dynamic situation; it was unique, as you saw. We were right in the middle of green flag pit stops and we had to go to a caution.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Second half
That presents one set of issues that we deal with and then from that point as it moved along and we started to get the lineup as we normally do, it went to another dynamic when we had the leader run out of fuel. ... We understand the stakes of the Chase. They're extremely high for everybody. Our job is to get it right. We've got a tremendous amount of resources up there (in the tower). We then moved into another dynamic of it, the wave-arounds. We took our time to make sure we got it right; we feel confident that we got it right."


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Second half
The race eventually restarted with 114 to go. After two laps of side-by-side racing, Johnson passed Hamlin exiting turn 2 to take the lead with 91 to go. Keselowski worked his way past Busch, Kenseth and Hamlin to move into second, but ran out of time to run down Johnson who drove on to score the victory.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Johnson said in victory lane that "there were a lot of moments but anything in life you have to work for it. It's not going to come easy and we knew that coming into this race. There are so many challenges with this track. I'm so thankful for this race team. To win on this weekend at this track with the tragedy we had in ’04, we’re thinking of all the loved ones that we lost in the plane crash.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Keselowski, who finished runner-up, said his race "was a good day for us, not the win. I think we had the speed capable to pull it off, but still a really strong day. The car was good. The team executed really well, we just kind of missed out on the racing Gods today. We have a lot to be proud of, a great effort, and showed that we’re still a strong team if not the strongest in the garage and I’m really proud of that.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Finishing third, Hamlin said his day was solid, "but obviously not what we were looking for. I knew when they called it that I sped. It wasn't like I was rolling too fast, it was exiting my pit box. I got jammed up by whoever was in front of me, there were cars on the outside and I was trying to gas to get clear of them and then back off. With these shorter sections I didn't have time to get it back.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Finishing fourth, Kenseth said he "had a good day, not a great day. The guy doing a great day is the guy doing a burnout. We had a great car, we just got a caution when we didn’t need one – we were on pit road and then at the end when we needed a caution, I saw a car hit the wall and a car smoking so I was hoping to get another yellow and get a shot at it, but just didn’t get it.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
"You can't wreck each other and that's all there is to it I guess. We worked so good together that we gave the 48 car the win today,” a frustrated Busch said. "We had a great M&M’s Camry and we could have been a little farther up front, but we were held up there and we couldn’t pass and if I did try to make moves or try to make a pass, I got cutoff.”


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Jeff Gordon, who finished sixth in his final substitute ride in the No. 88 car, said that "like Homestead, you don't really know how special some of those moments are until years down the road. Maybe that's just my personality when I can reflect on it, go back through my career. This has really done a lot for me integrating into the team and the organization. ... It's memorable, certainly. It's ironic this is the last one."


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Race, Post-race, Off-track incident
Around an hour following the race, a vehicle struck and injured 22 pedestrians in a handicapped parking lot next to the helipad outside turns 1 and 2. According to bystanders and police reports, the vehicle involved (a Chevrolet SSR) attempted to pass a Jeep Patriot, struck the Jeep and hit nearby pedestrians. The driver was taken into custody.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Media, Television
NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race in the booth with a guest appearance by Dale Earnhardt Jr.. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side.


2016 Goody's Fast Relief 500, Media, Radio
MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Gosport Borough Council election
The 2016 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats gained two seats from the Conservatives and one from Labour, but the Conservatives remained in an overall majority.


2016 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2016 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 4, 2016, and the winners were announced on October 25.


2016 Grambling State Tigers football team
The 2016 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by third year head coach Broderick Fobbs. They competed as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana. They finished the season 12–1, 9–0 in SWAC play to be champions of the West Division. They represented the West Division in the SWAC Championship Game where they defeated Alcorn State. The Tigers also defeated MEAC champion North Carolina Central in the Celebration Bowl, earning their fifteenth black college football national championship.


2016 Gran Piemonte
The 100th edition of the Gran Piemonte one-day cycling classic race , also known as the Giro del Piemonte, was held on 20 September 2016, one day after Milano–Torino and two days before Il Lombardia, as part of the Trittico di Autunno. It covered a distance of 209 kilometres (130 mi), starting in Diano d'Alba and ending in Agliè. Italian Giacomo Nizzolo won the race in a bunch sprint before Fernando Gaviria and Daniele Bennati.


2016 Gran Piemonte, Teams
Nineteen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:


2016 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
The 2016 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli was the 21st edition of the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli road cycling one day race. It was held on 25 September 2016 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2016 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Teams
Twenty-five teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2016 Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
The 2016 Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi cycling race took place on February 7, 2016, and was won by Nippo's Grega Bole. It was the 21st edition of the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi race.


2016 Granatkin Memorial
The 2016 Granatkin Memorial is its 16th edition after dissolution of the USSR. Russia under-18 is its defending champion.


2016 Grand National
The 2016 Grand National (officially known as the 2016 Crabbie's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 169th annual running of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece steeplechase took place on 9 April 2016, the final day of a three-day meeting. A field of 39 runners competed for a share of a prize fund of £1 million.


2016 Grand National
The 2016 National was won by 1033 33/1 shot Rule The World, ridden by David Mullins and trained by Mouse Morris. In second place was the 1008 8/1 joint-favourite The Last Samuri. Sixteen of the 39 runners completed the race, held on the softest going since the 2001 race.


2016 Grand National
The race was sponsored by ginger-beer producer Crabbie's for the third and final time. It was broadcast live on television by Channel 4 for the fourth year running and the final time; the TV rights moved to ITV in 2017. There was live radio coverage by BBC Radio, which has held the radio rights since 1927, and by Talksport, which covered the main race live for the third time.


2016 Grand National, Race card
A total of 126 entries were received for consideration in the 2016 Grand National, of which 96 remained after the second of two scratching deadlines, and 87 then advanced to the final confirmation stage. On 7 April the final field of 40 horses was announced as starters for the showpiece race. Four reserves were on standby, but there were no withdrawals before the deadline on 8 April.


2016 Grand National, Race card
O'Faolains Boy was subsequently a non-runner, being declared lame in the morning of the race, reducing the field to 39 from the maximum of 40. A notable absentee was the 2014 winner Pineau de Re, who was rated 46th in the handicap and thus did not qualify for the final field. The joint-favourites with bookmakers were the 2015 winner and top-weight Many Clouds and The Last Samuri.


2016 Grand National, Race overview
The outsider Aachen led the field on the first circuit with Double Ross very prominent and The Last Samuri and Many Clouds close behind the leaders. The most notable early faller was the third-favourite Holywell at the second fence. The Romford Pele was in a handy position until falling at the Canal Turn. Silviniaco Conti was pulled up at the 14th whilst On His Own and Sir Des Champs, both trained by Willie Mullins, fell at The Chair.


2016 Grand National, Race overview
As the horses set out on the second circuit some of the early leaders began to fade and the 2015 runner-up Saint Are led the field, with The Last Samuri and Many Clouds disputing second. In the heavy conditions, several riders decided to pull their horses up rather than face Becher's a second time. Many Clouds went to the front at the 19th fence and raced alongside The Last Samuri for several fences before making a bad mistake at the 26th, after which he began to struggle under the top weight.


2016 Grand National, Race overview
The Last Samuri led the field into the final turn ahead of Morning Assembly and the 100/1 outsider Vics Canvas, who had made a remarkable recovery after almost falling at Becher's Brook on the first circuit. Rule The World was beginning to make steady progress. The Last Samuri cleared the final fence just ahead of Vics Canvas, with Rule The World a length behind in third place. The three leaders were virtually level at the elbow with Vics Canvas on the rail, Rule The World on the outside and The Last Samuri in between them.


2016 Grand National, Race overview
In the final furlong Rule The World drew ahead and won by six lengths from The Last Samuri, with eight lengths back to Vics Canvas in third. Gilgamboa finished another two lengths behind in fourth, ahead of Goonyella, Ucello Conti, Vieux Lion Rouge, Morning Assembly and Shutthefrontdoor. Many Clouds was the last of the 16 finishers.


2016 Grand National, Race overview
All 39 runners returned to the stables with no major concerns. However, over the three days of the Grand National Festival a total of five horses died from injuries sustained during racing.


2016 Grand National, Finishing order
The sixteen horses to complete the course finished as follows:


2016 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
Channel 4 lead commentator Simon Holt describes the climax of the race.


2016 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
As the Grand National is accorded the status of an event of national interest in the United Kingdom and is listed on the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, it must be shown on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK. The race was broadcast live on TV by Channel 4, as part of their four-year deal for the race secured back in 2012. This was the final year that Channel 4 broadcast the race live, after ITV secured the rights from 2017 onwards.


2016 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
The coverage was led by Clare Balding and Nick Luck, supported by Emma Spencer, Jim McGrath and Graham Cunningham in the trackside studio. Retired champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy provided expert opinions throughout the coverage, with reports from Mick Fitzgerald and Alice Plunkett and betting updates by Tanya Stevenson and Brian Gleeson. The commentary team was by Richard Hoiles, Ian Bartlett and Simon Holt, who called the winner home for the final time. After the race, Luck, Fitzgerald and McCoy provided viewers with a fence-by-fence analysis of the race.


2016 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
Channel 4 ran all-day coverage from Aintree on the day of the race, with extended editions of The Morning Line and Weekend Brunch airing prior to the main broadcast. The coverage of the race was watched by 10 million viewers, an increase of 1.1 million on the previous year, and attracted a 59% share of the television audience.


2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
The 2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal was the 7th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal road bicycle race. The race took place on 11 September 2016.


2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, Teams
The eighteen UCI World Tour teams are automatically entitled and obliged to start the race. The race organisation gave out a few wildcards to some UCI Professional Continental teams.


2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
The 2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is the 7th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec road bicycle race. The race took place on 9 September 2016, and was won by Peter Sagan in the sprint before Greg Van Avermaet and Anthony Roux.


2016 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Teams
The 18 UCI World Tour teams are automatically entitled and obliged to start the race. The race organisation gave out two wildcards to UCI Professional Continental teams.


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2016 Grand Prix Hassan II was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 32nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place in Marrakesh, Morocco between 4 and 10 April 2016.


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Rameez Junaid and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions, but chose not to compete this year. Guillermo Durán and Máximo González won the title, defeating Marin Draganja and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–6].


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Martin Kližan was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Federico Delbonis won the title, defeating Borna Ćorić in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2016 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2016  Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 25 and 30 April 2016.


2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Xenia Knoll and Aleksandra Krunić won the title, defeating Tatjana Maria and Raluca Olaru in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Timea Bacsinszky won the title, defeating Marina Erakovic in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2016 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2016 Grand Prix de Denain was the 58th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 14 April 2016. The race started and finished in Denain. The race was won by Daniel McLay.


2016 Grand Prix de Fourmies
The 2016 Grand Prix de Fourmies was the 84th edition of the Grand Prix de Fourmies road cycling one day race. It was held on 4 September 2016 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2016 Grand Prix de Fourmies, Teams
Twenty-two teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis
The 2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, officially known as the 2016 Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth round of the 2016 IndyCar Series season. The race took place over 82 laps on the infield road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race also served as part of the festivities surrounding the 2016 Indianapolis 500. The car count for the race slightly increased from other races during the season due to some entries participating in the Indianapolis 500 electing to also run in the Grand Prix.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Race Recap
For the second race in a row, Simon Pagenaud qualified in pole position, this time with a time of 1:08.6868. Chip Ganassi Racing driver Charlie Kimball surprised with a qualifying run good enough to place him second. Graham Rahal and Josef Newgarden, who had qualified third and fifth respectively, had their times disallowed and were moved to the back of the starting grid for failing to meet minimum car weight regulations in post-qualifying inspection.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Race Recap
The race was run in cold temperatures and overcast skies. At the start, Simon Pagenaud held the lead, while James Hinchcliffe moved into second. As the field moved into the first turn, Tony Kanaan and Sébastien Bourdais made contact, bringing out a full course caution and bringing an end to Kanaan's day before he could complete a lap. The race restarted after four caution laps with much cleaner results. On lap six, Will Power lost control of his car entering turn seven while trying to defend from Alexander Rossi.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Race Recap
No caution resulted from the spin and Power would finish a lowly 19th. The first round of pit stops came around lap 20. Graham Rahal would lead briefly due to extending fuel farther than anyone else, but would fall back following his own pit stop. The lead was briefly handed to Charlie Kimball, who had beat Pagenaud out of the pits. Pagenaud would not take long to find a way by, however, and was quickly back in the lead.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Race Recap
On lap 37, the second caution of the day came out when Sébastien Bourdais rolled to a halt on track. Most of the leaders pitted under the caution, but Hélio Castroneves and Conor Daly, who had made their first stops early and went off sequence from the leaders, stayed out, handing Castroneves the lead. On the restart, Daly was able to get by Castroneves and take the lead, which he held for 14 laps before coming in for his final pit stop.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Race Recap
After Castroneves pitted two laps later, Simon Pagenaud resumed the lead and was able to gain enough of an advantage to not lose it again after his pit stop. Pagenaud took victory by roughly 4.5 seconds over his teammate Castroneves, giving Pagenaud his third consecutive victory and a comfortable lead in the point standings. James Hinchcliffe took the final step of the podium, coming across about half a second after Castroneves. Graham Rahal, despite starting at the back of the field, finished fourth. Despite fading in the last laps of the race, Conor Daly still placed a respectable sixth, making him the highest finishing rookie in the race.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Report, Notes
All cars ran Dallara chassis with aerokits supplied by their respective engine manufacturer.


2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Report, Notes
Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2016 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the tenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 12 to 20 November 2016 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts
The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2015 beating Phil Taylor in the final 16–13, and he retained his title by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Tournaments
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Tournaments
In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2016 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Tournaments
In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2016 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Event
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Barnsley on 23 October 2016.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, BDO Ranking Qualifiers
The remaining four BDO representatives were the top four non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings on 30 September.


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Michael van Gerwen (1) Gary Anderson (2) Adrian Lewis (3) Phil Taylor (4) Peter Wright (5) James Wade (6) Mensur Suljović (7) Robert Thornton (8)


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Dave Chisnall Ian White Raymond van Barneveld Benito van de Pas Simon Whitlock Gerwyn Price Alan Norris Brendan Dolan


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
James Wilson Max Hopp Darren Webster Chris Dobey Dimitri Van den Bergh Nathan Aspinall Nathan Derry Ted Evetts


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Glen Durrant Scott Mitchell Danny Noppert Jamie Hughes Martin Adams Scott Waites Darryl Fitton Jeff Smith


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stage
All group matches are best of nine legs  From each group the numbers one and two after three games qualify for the knock-out stage, the numbers three and four are eliminatedNB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to Knockout Stage


2016 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stage, Group B
With Robert Thornton and Dimitri Van den Bergh finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place to see who would play Michael van Gerwen in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's group matches, and was the first time since the 2013 Grand Slam of Darts that a nine-dart shootout was required. Van den Bergh threw first.


2016 Great Alaska Shootout
The 2016 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 38th Great Alaska Shootout, the annual college basketball tournament that features colleges from all over the United States. All games were played at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The event took place November 23 through November 26, 2016, with eight schools participating in the men's tournament and four in the women's tournament. The men's first round, semifinals, and championship game were televised on CBS Sports Network. Iona won the men's tournament, defeating Nevada 75–73. In the women's tournament, USC defeated Portland.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires
The 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, also known as the Gatlinburg wildfires, were a complex of wildfires which began in late November 2016. Some of the towns most impacted were Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fires claimed at least 14 lives, injured 190, and is one of the largest natural disasters in the history of Tennessee.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires
By December 12, the fires had burned more than 10,000 acres (15 square miles) inside the national park, and 6,000 acres in other parts of the area. At least 14,000 area residents and tourists were forced to evacuate, while over 2,000 buildings were damaged and/or destroyed.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires
One of the largest wildfires was the Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which burned more than 10,000 acres, and closed the Chimney Tops Trail.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires
The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires were the deadliest wildfires in the eastern U.S. since the Great Fires of 1947, which killed 16 people in Maine. In addition, the fires were also the most deadly and destructive of the 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires
American country singer and notable figure of the area Dolly Parton was among many notable figures to pitch in to help the cause.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Progression
The Chimney Tops 2 Fire was originally reported on November 23, 2016. No suppression activities were initiated and on November 24, 2016 park fire officials delineated containment boundary made of natural features which were hoped to contain the fire. On November 27, while the fire was still inside the containment boundary, three Chinook helicopters dumped water on the fire in an effort to mitigate its spread. Humidity values for this day dropped to as low as 17 percent during a period of "Exceptional" drought. A National Weather Service report issued on Sunday predicted wind gusts up to 40 mph the following day.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Progression
On November 28, park employees observed that the fire had spread to the Chimneys Picnic Area north of and outside the containment boundary. Shortly thereafter fire was reported some distance further to the North in the park behind a residential area known as Mynatt Park. Throughout the afternoon and evening of November 28, numerous fires developed in the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge areas as a result of wind-driven sparks or downed power lines.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Progression
Strong southerly winds (with wind gusts up to 87 mph) created by mountain waves blew sparks into the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge areas and knocked down trees (which in turn started fires when they hit power lines). A separate named fire destroyed much of the Cobbly Nob subdivision east of Gatlinburg.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Progression
Because of power outages to some pumping stations on November 28 and because other pumping stations burned, hydrants quickly went dry on November 28, and Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller first asked for help from all of Sevier County and later from the entire state. Damage from the fires also prevented firefighters from communicating with each other through cell phones as the radio system became overloaded. Gatlinburg's emergency operations center phone system went down when it lost power. Even the 911 system could not handle all the calls it received, and calls intended for Sevier County went to Putnam County instead.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Investigation and arrests
Two unnamed juveniles were initially charged with aggravated arson in connection to the fires; however, charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence as well as language in an agreement between the State of Tennessee and the Department of the Interior which excluded state jurisdiction from prosecuting criminal activities that occurred entirely within the park. Throughout the course of the investigation which revealed that many of the area fires were likely caused by downed power lines, local officials declined to release any information about the fires or response, citing an erroneous interpretation of a gag order.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Reactions
Then President-elect Donald Trump tweeted: "My thoughts and prayers are with the great people of Tennessee during these terrible wildfires. Stay safe!"


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Reactions
Governor Bill Haslam viewed the fires from above, and said it was "a little numbing" to see the extent of the damage. Noting that the region is a "special place" in Tennessee, he said "millions of families have come here and will continue to come here."


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Reactions
Commenting on the devastation, country music star Dolly Parton (originally from Sevierville) said she was "heartbroken". Her theme park, Dollywood (in Pigeon Forge), was largely spared from damage.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Telethons
A telethon, benefiting fire victims, was held December 9, in Nashville. The event featured country music artists such as  Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, John Rich, John Oates, and Kristian Bush, and Dolly Parton. $9 million were raised.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Telethons
Parton hosted another telethon Tuesday, December 13, also in Nashville. All of the proceeds raised went to help those who lost their homes in the wildfires.


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Aftermath
Soon after the fires were contained, Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Warner implored vacationers "If you really want to do something for Gatlinburg, come back and visit us."


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Aftermath
Stefanie Benjamin, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism at the University of Tennessee noted that despite negative press from the fire, the region "was able to recuperate fairly quickly."


2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, Aftermath
On May 24, 2018, a federal lawsuit was filed against the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on behalf of victims seeking damages for the failure to stop the Chimney Tops 2 fire before it left the park. U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer ruled September 8, 2020 that the National Park Service failed in its efforts to warn people in the area about the fires, meaning the park service can be held financially responsible and making a jury trial possible.


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


2016 Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection
The Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection of 2016 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester, to stand in the mayoral election on 4 May 2017. On 9 August 2016, The Labour Party announced that Andy Burnham had won the candidacy.


2016 Greater Western Sydney Giants season
The Greater Western Sydney Giants' 2016 season is the club's fifth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Giants finished in fourth place at the end of the 2016 season, and won their first ever finals game.


2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs
The 2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs included the top eight place finishing teams of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League regular season.


2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Quarter-finals
In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other had to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the games that remain are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first and the third (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the games that remained were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place played the first, the second, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Third place
In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the 3rd place in the final rankings of the season. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games had been played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2016 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Finals
In the finals, teams playing against each other had to win three games to win the title. Thus, if one team won three games before all five games were played, the remaining games were omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, played the first, the third, and the fifth (if it was necessary) games of the series at home.


2016 Green Bay Blizzard season
The 2016 Green Bay Blizzard season was the team's fourteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and seventh in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2016 season, the Green Bay Blizzard were members of the United Conference.


2016 Green Bay Blizzard season
Led by head coach Chris Williams, the Blizzard played their home games at the Resch Center in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin.


2016 Green Bay Blizzard season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 23, 201624 Active, 8 Inactive


2016 Green Bay Packers season
The 2016 Green Bay Packers season was their 98th season overall, 96th season in the National Football League, and the 11th under head coach Mike McCarthy. Despite a 4–6 start to the season, the Packers went on a 6-game winning streak to finish the regular season with a 10–6 record. The team clinched the NFC North for the fifth time in six years with their week 17 win over the Detroit Lions.


2016 Green Bay Packers season
They routed the fifth-seeded New York Giants 38–13 in the wild card round of the playoffs and defeated the top-seeded Dallas Cowboys 34–31 in the divisional round of the playoffs, but their season came to an end when they were beat by the second-seeded Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game 44–21.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Free agents
Re -signed         Signed Away         Suspended, ReleasedRFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, FT: Franchise Tag


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Offseason, Undrafted free agents
All undrafted free agents were signed after the 2016 NFL draft on April 30, unless noted otherwise.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Schedule, Preseason
On February 16, the NFL announced that the Packers would play the Indianapolis Colts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. The game would have occurred on Sunday, August 7, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, but was cancelled due to field conditions. However, the two teams met during the regular season in Green Bay.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Schedule, Preseason
The remainder of the Packers' preseason opponents and schedule were announced on April 7.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 4: Bye week
No game. Green Bay had their bye week on Week 4.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 6: vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas defense forced four Green Bay turnovers. It was the first time since 2008, and second time in Cowboys history, that Dallas had won at Lambeau.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Chicago Bears
For the first time since 1989, the Packers wore their white jerseys at a home game. As part of the NFL Color Rush, they wore white jerseys and white pants for the first time.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 8: at Atlanta Falcons
Despite Aaron Rodgers throwing for 4 touchdowns and the team holding a 32–26 lead with less than a minute left in the game, Matt Ryan threw a game-sealing touchdown pass to wide receiver Mohamed Sanu to stun Green Bay. The Packers drop to 4-3 after the last-second loss.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Despite Aaron Rodgers throwing for 3 touchdowns and just one interception, the Colts got their first victory at Lambeau since 1988 with a 31–26 win. The Packers drop to 4–4 with the loss.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 11: at Washington Redskins
The Packers fell to 4-6 for the first time since 2006. Days later, Aaron Rodgers coined the phrase "Run The Table", which the Packers did by going on an 8-game winning streak (6 regular-season, 2 playoff) that lasted until the NFC Championship against the Falcons.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 12: at Philadelphia Eagles
With the 27–13 win, the Packers improved to 5–6. This was the start of an eight-game winning streak going into the NFC Championship against the Falcons.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 13: vs. Houston Texans
The Packers beat the Texans for the first time at home 21–13 to improve to 6–6 at a snowy Lambeau Field. With the Texans' loss, no team has an undefeated record at Lambeau. This was also the first time the Packers had beaten a Houston NFL team at home.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Packers intercepted Russell Wilson a career-high five times as the Packers routed the Seahawks 38–10 to improve to 7–6. Aaron Rodgers, with his 3:0 TD-INT ratio in this game, posted a 150.8 passer rating, the highest allowed by the Seattle defense (which was without safety Earl Thomas, who was out for the year with a broken leg) since Pete Carroll became the Seahawks' head coach in 2010.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Chicago Bears
The Packers led 27–10, but the Bears came back and tied the game at 27. Aaron Rodgers then threw a 60-yard pass to Jordy Nelson to set up a Mason Crosby field goal to win 30–27 and improve to 8–6.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: at Chicago Bears
The Packers tied the series with the Bears for the first time since 1933.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Packers defeated the reeling Vikings 38–25 to improve to 9–6 as Rodgers became the first quarterback to throw for 300 yards against the Vikings defense. With the win, the Packers eliminated the now 7-8 Vikings from the playoffs.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: at Detroit Lions
The Packers successfully ran the table as they improved to 10–6 and won the NFC North, matching last year's record.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) New York Giants
The Packers hosted the fifth seeded New York Giants, who defeated the Packers at Lambeau in the 2007 and 2011 playoffs. It was also a rematch of week five, which was won by the Packers 23–16. The Giants had one of the best defenses in the NFL going into the game, but Rodgers threw for 4 touchdowns, including a 42-yard Hail Mary pass to Cobb at the end of the first half as the Packers would lead 14–6. The Packers went on to rout the Giants 38–13 and would travel to face the top-seeded Cowboys.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) Dallas Cowboys
This game was a rematch of week six, a game the Packers lost 16–30. However, unlike the previous meeting of these two teams, the Packers were expected to give the Cowboys difficulties. Dallas clinched the #1 seed as well as home-field advantage, but the Packers were able to prevail and upset the Cowboys with a Mason Crosby field goal as time expired 34–31.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Game summaries, Postseason, NFC Championship: at (2) Atlanta Falcons
This was the end of an 8-game winning streak for the Packers as they were crushed 44–21. The Packers were scoreless until they scored a touchdown when they were behind 31–0 as Atlanta took an early 7–0 lead and never trailed from there. Green Bay's 24-0 halftime deficit was also then the largest deficit Aaron Rodgers had faced in his entire career. This would later be surpassed with the 27-0 halftime deficit the Packers would face in the 2019 NFC Championship, which resulted in a 37-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.


2016 Green Bay Packers season, Statistics, League rankings
Statistical values are correct through the end of the season


2016 Green National Convention
The 2016 Green National Convention, in which delegates of the Green Party of the United States chose the party's nominees for president and vice president in the national election, was held August 4–7, 2016 in Houston, Texas. In August 2015, Houston was chosen over a competing proposal from Toledo, Ohio. The Convention was located at the University of Houston with the theme, "Houston, We Have A Solution: Vote Green 2016". The convention formally nominated Jill Stein as the party's presidential nominee and Ajamu Baraka as her running mate.


2016 Green National Convention, Speakers
Several speakers had been confirmed ahead of time; more were announced closer to the convention


2016 Green National Convention, Vice Presidential selection
Jill Stein began taking part in the 2016 Green Party presidential primaries in February 2016. Stein was immediately the front-runner and was described by the media as "steamrolling to victory." On June 15, 2016, the Stein campaign announced that it had received 203 delegates, enough to win the nomination on the first ballot at the 2016 Green National Convention.


2016 Green National Convention, Vice Presidential selection
A week before the start of the convention, former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, who served as a surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders during his campaign, announced that she had been in discussions with the Stein campaign about possibly serving as Stein's vice presidential pick. The following day, Stein stated that the campaign hadn't chosen a VP candidate yet, and was in discussion with several individuals. On August 1, the Stein campaign announced that Ajamu Baraka had been chosen as Stein's VP candidate. Stein released the names of the final six individuals she had considered as her running mate, with Baraka being the choice. The six contenders for Stein's running mate were:


2016 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election
The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2016 was held on 23 January 2016. Matěj Stropnický was elected new leader of the party. 222 delegates were allowed to vote.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election
The 2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election took place from July to August 2016 to select a leader of the Green Party of England and Wales. The incumbent leader, Natalie Bennett, announced in May 2016 that she was not going to stand for re-election. The election was won by a joint platform of the party's former leader and only MP Caroline Lucas with the party's work and pensions spokesperson Jonathan Bartley.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election
At the same time, Amelia Womack was re-elected as deputy leader.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Background
Prior to 2008, the party had elected spokespeople called principal speakers instead of an elected leadership. Caroline Lucas, then an MEP for South East England, was elected as the first leader of party in 2008 following a rule change. In the new system, it was mandated that there would be leadership elections every two years. Lucas was elected as the first Green Party MP, for the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in 2010, and in the same year she was re-elected unopposed as leader. In 2012, she announced she would not be seeking re-election because "I want to give other people the opportunity to get well known, to have some profile in the party, hopefully to use that to get themselves elected as well."


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Background
In the 2012 leadership election, Natalie Bennett, a journalist for The Guardian, was elected to succeed Lucas as party leader. She was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 leadership election and led the party in the 2015 general election. At the general election, the Green Party's vote share increased from 1.0% to 3.8%, but they did not win any additional seats. Following the 2016 local elections, in which the Green Party lost four local councillors but came third in the London Assembly and in the London mayoral election, Bennett defended her record as leader. On 15 May 2016, Bennett announced she would not be seeking re-election, saying: "There have been times when I got things right, and times when I got things wrong, but that’s because I'm not a smooth, spin-trained, lifelong politician. "==


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Procedure
According to the Green Party's constitution, candidates must have been members of the party for three years or more at the close of nominations, and need to have signatures supporting their nomination from a minimum of twenty other party members. Elections are constitutionally mandated to take place every two years by a postal ballot of all members. The constitution states that nominations for leadership will be open from 10:00 on the first week-day in June until noon on the last week-day in June.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Procedure
Polls will close either after the last mail delivery on the last week-day of August, or five week-days before Autumn Conference starts, whichever is sooner. The party elects a leader and two deputy leaders, or two co-leaders and a single deputy leader. Several other executive positions were also chosen. Re -open nominations (RON) is included as a voting option. Votes are counted according to single transferable vote and alternative vote, as appropriate.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Procedure, Timetable
On 20 May 2016, the party announced a provisional timetable for both the leadership and deputy leadership elections. Further details were announced on 27 May 2016. On 29 June 2016 it was announced that the close of nominations would be postponed from 12:00 to 22:00 on 30 June due to a technical problem.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign, Leadership
Caroline Lucas, who had been the party's first leader, announced that she was running on a joint ticket with the party's work and pensions spokesperson Jonathan Bartley. Bartley founded the think tank Ekklesia in 2002 and had run as a Green Party candidate since 2012. They campaigned on a platform of seeking a progressive alliance with other left-wing parties to achieve electoral reform. Matt Townsend, a party executive member, expressed concern that Lucas's early entry into the contest would lead it to become a "coronation", as did other party commentators. He said that Lucas's candidacy would mean other plausible candidates would choose not to run.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign, Leadership
The activist Simon Cross ran on a platform of increasing taxes progressively. Clive Lord was a longstanding activist who had joined the PEOPLE Party, a direct predecessor of the Green Party, in 1973. He said he was running beacuse Andrew Cooper wasn't. He criticised proposals for a progressive alliance, noting the rejection of the idea by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. David Malone, a documentary maker, ran on a platform of increasing the party's emphasis on economics. Martie Warin, a parish councillor for the party, described himself as an ecosocialist and advocated improving the party's links with trades unions. David Williams was a former Labour councillor who had defected to the Green Party who was the leader of the Green group on Oxfordshire County Council. He said he supported Lucas but wanted to avoid a coronation.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Campaign, Deputy leadership
The party's incumbent deputy leaders, Shahrar Ali and Amelia Womack both sought re-election. Ali was an academic who focused his campaign on accountability and his skill at public speaking. Womack was the party's culture, media and sport spokesperson seen as on the party's "pragmatic left". Kat Boettge was a town councillor and former chair of the East Midlands Green Party who said her migrant background would "send a powerful message" following the UK's vote to leave the European Union. Alan Borgars ran opposing the prospect of a progressive alliance with other parties. Andrew Cooper was a councillor who had served since 1999. He was seen as more environmentally focused than other candidates. Störm Poorun advocated the party becoming more diverse, and the Bristol City Councillor Daniella Radice cited her experience as a former deputy mayor.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Result
Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas won the leadership contest with 86.0% of first preference votes, on an increased turnout from the previous leadership election and the previous contested leadership election. Womack was re-elected as deputy leader. The two said the joint election showed the party was "not bound by tradition". The party says co-leadership is "a first in Westminster politics". Amelia Womack was elected as sole deputy leader.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Aftermath
Caroline Lucas thanked Natalie Bennett and said the party had "reached more people than ever before" under her leadership. The co-leaders said their joint election showed "the power of working together and the importance of striking a healthy balance between work and family and other commitments". Lucas told the BBC later that the job-share sent a political message about "doing politics differently" but it had also been "a very practical decision". In an acceptance speech delivered together, Lucas and Bartley called for the Greens to form "progressive alliances" with like-minded parties.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Aftermath
Lucas has previously floated the idea of a loose electoral pact with other parties on the left of British politics, including Labour, which would see them give Green candidates a clear run in constituencies where they were best placed to challenge the Conservatives and vice versa.


2016 Green Party of England and Wales leadership election, Aftermath
Bartley said the current first-past-the-post voting system for general elections was "redundant" and it was wrong that while more than a million people in England and Wales voted Green in 2015, it only had one MP, "we are resolute in wanting to explore the potential for progressive alliances with other parties that will deliver fair votes and will deliver more elected Greens that ever before".


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums
A series of political debates were held between the Green candidates for president in the 2016 United States presidential election.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Presidential debates, July 24, 2015 - Green Party Annual National Meeting
On July 24, 2016 the Green Party had its first presidential candidate forum for the 2016 election cycle, taking place in St. Louis, Missouri. The five leading Green candidates were present in the debate: Former Lexington Town Meeting Member and 2012 Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of South Carolina William Kreml, People's National Convention organizer Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry, San Diego County Air Pollution Control Inspecter Kent Mesplay, and Earth First! organizer Darryl Cherney. On the following day, the candidates participated in a Black Lives Matter rally in Ferguson.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Presidential debates, January 23, 2016 - Green Candidate Forum (cancelled)
In conjunction with the General Assembly of the Green Party of California, the planned San Diego debate was cancelled supposedly due to a candidate exclusion dispute. In addition to the Green Party of California, the national Green Party Presidential Campaign Support Committee was also to host the livestreamed forum.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Presidential debates, May 9, 2016 - RT America
On May 9, a televised Green debate was hosted by RT America. It was the only live televised presidential debate for the Green Party. Not in attendance were William Kreml and Darryl Cherney. Instead, Jill Stein, Kent Mesplay and Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry appeared in the event. The debate was moderated by Tyrel Ventura (son of former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura) and Tabetha Wallace. RT America also hosted a televised debate for the Libertarian Party three days later.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Post convention town hall forums and debates, August 17, 2016 - CNN
CNN hosted a Green Party town hall on August 17, 2016. Green nominee Jill Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka appeared in the event, facilitated by CNN's Chris Cuomo.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Post convention town hall forums and debates, September 19, 2016 - Fusion TV
Fusion TV hosted a presidential Green Party forum on September 19, 2016. Green nominee Jill Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka appeared in the event, facilitated by Fusion TV's Jorge Ramos and Alicia Menendez.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Post convention town hall forums and debates, September 23, 2016 - FOX Business
Fox Business Network hosted a Green Party town hall on September 23, 2016. Green nominee Jill Stein appeared solo in the event, facilitated by FOX Business' John Stossel.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Post convention town hall forums and debates, October 11, 2016 - C-SPAN
C-SPAN hosted a Green Party town hall on October 11, 2016. Green nominee Jill Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka appeared in the event, facilitated by C-SPAN's Steve Scully.


2016 Green Party presidential debates and forums, Post convention town hall forums and debates, October 31, 2016 - PBS
PBS hosted a debate on October 31, 2016 between Green nominee Jill Stein and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson. The event took place on The Tavis Smiley Show with Tavis Smiley as the moderator for the 3 part production.