2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Reaction
The vice-president of the Indian National Congress, Rahul Gandhi, visited the injured and the site of the accident. He refused to make any political statements. Later, he incidentally raised the issue at rallies and accused the ruling party, Trinamool Congress of negligence.


2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
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2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 23, 2016 at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, home of Dynamo Moskva, during the 2015–16 KHL season. Before the game, the players competed in the KHL skills competition.


2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Final roster
The first six players for each conference were chosen via a fan vote. The next six were chosen by media and accredited journalists. The final five were selected by the KHL's competition committee.


2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Final roster
Prior to the draft several players withdrew due to injury:


2016 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, Final roster
Though Kaspars Daugaviņš participated in the skills competition, he would not play in the match due to an illness. He was not replaced.


2016 Kor Royal Cup
The 2016 Kor Royal Cup was the 81st Kor Royal Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Thai Premier League and Thai FA Cup competitions. The match was played at Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok and contested by 2015 Thai Premier League champions Buriram United, and 2015 Thai Premier League runners-up Muangthong United, as Buriram also won the 2015 Thai FA Cup. This match was the last edition of Kor Royal Cup, continued by Thailand Champions Cup in 2017.


2016 Kor Royal Cup, Details
Assistant referees:  Nathakorn Chimpalee  Binla PreedaFourth official:  Alongkron FeemuechangMatch Commissioner:  Mr. Benjamin TanReferee Assessor:  Ekachai Thanaduengkao


2016 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2016 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold was the 21st Grand Prix badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at Seogwipo Olympic Memorial Civic Center in Seogwipo in South Korea 6 – 11 December 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2016 Korea National League
The 2016 Korea National League, also known as the Incheon International Airport Korea National League due to sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Korea National League, the third tier of South Korea's football league system. The 2016 season operated in the same system as in 2015, with the ten member clubs playing each other a total of three times each before the top four sides compete in the post-season championship playoff series.


2016 Korea National League Championship
The 2016 Korea National League Championship was a cup competition of the Korea National League in South Korea. The 13th edition of Korea National League Championship was held from June 1st to 14th in Yanggu, Gangwon. All of the Korea National League clubs participated.


2016 Korea Open
The 2016 Korea Open was a women's  professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 19 and 25 September 2016.


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


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


2016 Korea Open Super Series
The 2016 Korea Open Super Series was the eighth Super Series tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place at Seong-nam Indoor Stadium in Seongnam, South Korea from September 27 – October 2, 2016, and had a total prize of $600,000.


2016 Korea Open – Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena and Andreja Klepač were the defending champions, but Arruabarrena chose not to participate this year and Klepač chose to compete in Tokyo instead.


2016 Korea Open – Doubles
Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson won the title, defeating Akiko Omae and Peangtarn Plipuech in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2016 Korea Open – Singles
Irina-Camelia Begu was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová.


2016 Korea Open – Singles
Lara Arruabarrena won the title, defeating Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 2–6, 6–0.


2016 Korean FA Cup
The 2016 Korean FA Cup, known as the KEB Hana Bank FA Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 21st edition of Korean FA Cup. It began on 12 March 2016 and ended on 3 December 2016 with the final. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their fourth FA Cup title after defeating defending champions FC Seoul in the final, and qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League.


2016 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary Round, First round
First round was held on 12 March 2016 and 13 March 2016.


2016 Korean FA Cup, Results, Preliminary Round, Third round
Third round was held on 23, 27, 30 April 2016 and 3 May 2016.


2016 Korean FA Cup, Results, Final Round, Final
Final was held on 27 November and 3 December 2016.


2016 Korean Series
The 2016 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2016 KBO League season. The Doosan Bears, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series. They played against the winner of the playoff series, the NC Dinos, who defeated the LG Twins.


2016 Korean Series
Doosan won the first four games of the best-of-seven series, winning their fifth Korean Series title.


2016 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 1
Dustin Nippert started for Doosan and Zach Stewart started for the Dinos. Nippert did not allow a hit in his first six innings pitched. Doosan defeated the NC Dinos 1-0 in 11 innings in Game 1. Oh Jae-il hit the game-winning sacrifice fly for Doosan.


2016 Korean Sevens
The 2016 Korean Sevens was the second leg of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series for the year. It was the first time the Korean Sevens tournament was included in the series. The event was held at Incheon in the Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium


2016 Korean Sevens
Hong Kong won the second leg of the series after they defeated Sri Lanka 36–0 to open up a four-point lead heading into the final round at Colombo.


2016 Korean Tour
The 2016 Korean Tour was the sixth season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. Starting in 2016, each event is worth a minimum of nine points, up from six points previously. The season consists of 12 events, three of which were co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour or the Asian Tour. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$290,000). Five had prize funds of 1 billion won ($960,000) or more.


2016 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.


2016 Korean Tour, Order of Merit
The Order of Merit used a points system. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.


2016 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.


2016 Kosovan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kosovo on 26 February 2016. They had originally been planned for 2013 following constitutional changes expected to be passed after the compromise reached after the indirect 2011 election. However, on 6 July 2012, the Constitutional Court ruled that the presidential term could not be cut short in this way.


2016 Kosovan presidential election
Former Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi was elected after a third round of voting, defeating Rafet Rama.


2016 Kosovan presidential election, Electoral system
In order to be elected, a candidate was required to receive at least 80 votes in the first two rounds of voting, equivalent to two-thirds of the 120 members of the Assembly. In the third round, the requirement was reduced to a simple majority of 60 votes.


2016 Kremlin Cup
The 2016 Kremlin  Cup (also known as the 2016 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 21st edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 October through 23 October 2016.


2016 Kremlin Cup
On 15 October, a record high of 4800 people visited the qualifying rounds; according to Tarpishchev, in no other tennis tournament was that number so high.


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


2016 Kremlin Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


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


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


2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Dmitry Tursunov and Andrey Rublev were the defending champions, but Tursunov chose not to participate this year. Rublev played alongside Daniil Medvedev, but lost in the semifinals to Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won the title, defeating Knowle and Melzer in the final, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5].


2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Marin Čilić was the two-time defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Pablo Carreño Busta won the title, defeating Fabio Fognini in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Daria Kasatkina and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together this year. Vesnina played with Ekaterina Makarova, but lost to Daria Gavrilova and Kasatkina in the first round.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká won the title, defeating Gavrilova and Kasatkina in the final, 4–6, 6–0, [10–7].


2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Daria Gavrilova in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
By claiming the title, Kuznetsova became the final qualifier for the 2016 WTA Finals, overtaking Johanna Konta on the race list.


2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2016 Kremlin World Cup
The 2016 Kremlin World Cup was a professional pool tournament in the discipline Ten-ball, held from 9–12 November 2016 in Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.


2016 Kremlin World Cup
The winner was Alexander Kazakis, who defeated Thorsten Hohmann 9–6 in the final. Dsmitryj Tschuprou and Ralf Souquet took third place. Ruslan Chinachov, the winner of the previous two years, was eliminated in the quarter-final against Kazakis.


2016 Kremlin World Cup, Tournament format
The event featured 101 participants competing first in a Double-elimination tournament. When there are 32 players remaining, the tournament progressed to a single-elimination tournament. The event was contested as race to eight racks, with the final as a race to 9 racks. The event was played as winner breaks.


2016 Kremlin World Cup, Results
Below is the single elimination round from the last 32 stage onwards.


2016 Kuala Kangsar by-election
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat seat of P67 Kuala Kangsar, a parliamentary seat located in the state of Perak, Malaysia on 18 June 2016 following the nomination day on 5 June 2016. The seat fell vacant after death of member of parliament Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad, who died in a helicopter crash on May 5, 2016 while campaigning in the Sarawak state election. In the 2013 general election, Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad won the seat with a majority of 1,082 votes beating Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and independent candidate Kamilia Ibrahim. This by-election was held concurrently with the Sungai Besar by-election for the same reason.


2016 Kuala Kangsar by-election
The Barisan Nasional candidate for Kuala Kangsar was United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) member Mastura Mohd Yazid who is the widow of the former MP Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad. The PAS candidate chosen was Najihatussalehah Ahmad. The opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan chose National Trust Party (AMANAH) vice chairman Ahmad Termizi Ramli as their candidate. Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary joined the race as an Independent on the nomination day.


2016 Kuala Kangsar by-election, Results
Mastura Mohd Yazid managed to retain the seat for Barisan Nasional with a majority of 6,969 votes beating 3 other candidates.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes (Japanese: 平成28年熊本地震, Hepburn: Heisei 28-nen Kumamoto jishin) were a series of earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 main shock which struck at 01:25 JST on April 16, 2016 (16:25 UTC on April 15)  beneath  Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in  Kyushu Region, Japan, at a depth of about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), and a foreshock earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 at 21:26 JST (12:26 UTC) on April 14, 2016, at a depth of about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
The two earthquakes killed 273 people and injured 2,809 others in total. Severe damage occurred in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, with numerous structures collapsing and catching fire. More than 44,000 people were evacuated from their homes due to the disaster.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, April 14 foreshock
Although the focus of the foreshock earthquake was 12.0 kilometres (7.5 mi) beneath Mount Kinpo to the north-northwest of Kumamoto's city center, the worst-hit area was in the eastern Kumamoto suburb of Mashiki, where the foreshock earthquake's victims perished. The earthquake was strongly felt as far north as Shimonoseki on southwestern Honshu, and as far south as the city of Kirishima in Kagoshima Prefecture. In the following hours, there were at least 11 aftershocks of at least 4.5 magnitude, one of which was a magnitude 6; more than 140 aftershocks were registered within two days.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, April 14 foreshock
It was the first earthquake to occur on the island of Kyushu to register as a 7 on the Japan Meteorological Agency's (JMA) seismic intensity scale. On April 15, the JMA officially labelled it Heisei 28-nen Kumamoto jishin (平成28年熊本地震, "Heisei 28 Kumamoto Earthquake")–Heisei 28 being the year 2016 on the Japanese calendar.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, April 14 foreshock
At least 9 people lost their lives and approximately 1,000 more were injured. By April 16, more than 44,000 people were evacuated from the hardest-hit areas. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe mobilized 3,000 personnel of the Japan Self-Defense Forces to assist local authorities with search and rescue and recovery efforts.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, April 16 main shock
At 01:25 JST on April 16 (16:25 UTC, April 15), a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, under Higashi Ward of Kumamoto City in the Kyushu Region in southwest Japan, occurred as the result of strike-slip faulting at shallow depth. Significant additional damage occurred in those areas of Kumamoto Prefecture recovering from the April 14 earthquake, with strong tremors and damage also recorded as far east as the city of Beppu in Ōita Prefecture. It was also felt as far away as Busan, South Korea, with an intensity of MMI III. A tsunami advisory was issued at 01:27 JST for areas along the Ariake Sea and Yatsushiro Sea, with the wave height forecast at 0.2 to 1 m (0.7 to 3.3 ft), but was lifted less than an hour later at 02:14 JST.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, April 16 main shock
At least 35 people were killed and more than 2,000 others were injured. Kumamoto Prefectural Police got more than 300 calls and also Ōita Prefectural Police took 100 calls, some reporting people trapped or buried under debris. More than 91,700 people were evacuated. An additional 15,000 soldiers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces joined relief efforts following the earthquake. By April 18, the number of people seeking shelter had risen to 180,000, while at least 8 people remained missing in a landslide caused by the earthquake.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, List of major earthquakes
The following is a list of major earthquakes that have occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture since April 14, 2016.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Damage
As a result of the tremors, the entire city of Kumamoto city was left without water. All residents of Nishihara Village in Kumamoto Prefecture were evacuated over fears that a nearby dam could collapse. Kumamoto Airport was also closed to all but emergency flights, and service on the Kyushu Shinkansen was suspended after a train derailed due to the earthquake. Numerous structures collapsed or caught fire as a result of the earthquake. Government officials estimated more than 1,000 buildings had been seriously damaged, with 90 destroyed. A 500-bed hospital in Kumamoto City was knocked off its foundations, forcing the evacuation of all patients, and a natural gas leak prompted Saibu Gas to turn off supplies to multiple homes in the city.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Damage
Numerous landslides took place across the mountains of Kyushu, rendering roads impassable, The Great Aso Bridge of the Japan National Route 325 in Minamiaso collapsed into the Kurokawa river. A particularly large rockslide was photographed blocking the entirety of a four-lane express-way close to the fallen Great Aso Bridge, leaving a large scar that ran almost completely up the hill that suffered the rockslide.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Damage
The Aso Shrine was also heavily damaged in the earthquake. The shrine's rōmon (tower gate), officially classified as an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government, and the haiden (worshiping hall) both completely collapsed. Kumamoto Castle, another Important Cultural Property sustained damage to its roof and exterior buildings and walls because of the earthquakes and associated aftershocks. Several of the castle's shachihoko ornaments were destroyed, and a large number of kawara tiles also fell from the roof. Other historical buildings such as Janes' Residence, the first western-style house built in Kumamoto (dating from 1871) were also totally destroyed. The former registered Cultural Asset was initially located in the grounds of Kumamoto Castle, but was later relocated near Suizen-ji Jōju-en.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Damage
Early estimates of the economic costs of the damage range from $5.5 billion to $7.5 billion, with insured property losses estimated to be between $800 million to $1.2 billion, according to Risk Management Solutions or between $1.7 billion to $2.9 billion, according to Guy Carpenter. Through the first half of 2016, about $3.2 billion of claims for damage to residential dwellings were paid out by insurance companies, according to data from the General Insurance Association of Japan.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Damage
The Great Aso Bridge in Minamiaso collapsed into the Kurokawa River due to a landslide


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Damage
The damaged Sunlive Kengun in the pedestrian arcade in downtown Kumamoto.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Geology
Kumamoto Prefecture lies at the southern end of the Japan Median Tectonic Line, Japan's longest, where a system of active faults forks in two directions at the Beppu-Haneyama Fault Zone. Specifically, the series of quakes ruptured the 81-km-long Hinagu Fault and 64-km-long Futagawa Fault to its north, as well as lesser but discernable interaction with the farther flung Beppu-Haneyama Fault Zone. A 27-km section of the Futagawa Fault Zone slid 3.5 meters. The earthquakes are occurring along the Beppu–Shimabara graben, with epicentres moving from west to east over time.


2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Geology
Around 08:30 local time on 16 April, Mount Aso saw a small-scale eruption with ash billowing 100 m (330 ft) into the air; the eruption was not related to the earthquake. Mount Aso had already been active since before the earthquakes, being under a Level 2 warning from the JMA since November 24, 2015.


2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series
The 2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series is the 9th running of the series. Defending champion Liam McAdam moved to the V8 Supercars Dunlop Series for 2016.


2016 Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series, Race calendar
The series is being contested over five rounds with three races at each round.


2016 Kunming Open
The 2016 Kunming Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth edition for men and third edition for women of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 for men and women in prize money. It took place in Anning, China, between 25 April–1 May for men and 2–8 May 2016 for women.


2016 Kunming Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Kunming Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Kunming Open – Men's Doubles
Bai Yan and Wu Di were the defending champions but only Bai chose to defend his title, partnering Riccardo Ghedin. They won the title after defeating Denys Molchanov and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] in the final.


2016 Kunming Open – Men's Singles
Franko Škugor was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2016 Kunming Open – Men's Singles
Jordan Thompson won the title after defeating Mathias Bourgue 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Kunming Open – Women's Doubles
Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but both players chose to participate in Madrid instead.


2016 Kunming Open – Women's Doubles
The top seeds Wang Yafan and Zhang Kailin won the title, defeating second seeds Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–1].


2016 Kunming Open – Women's Singles
Zheng Saisai was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Madrid instead.


2016 Kunming Open – Women's Singles
Zhang Kailin won the title, defeating Peng Shuai in the final, 6–1, 0–6, 4–2, retired.


2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
The 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2016年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 26 March 2016 in Taiwan. This was the seventh direct election of the party leader in Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.


2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election, History
The party leadership by-election was called after Kuomintang presidential candidate Eric Chu lost the 2016 election to Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen. Chu, who had been elected as KMT leader a year prior, subsequently resigned his post. On 21 January, a day after Hung Hsiu-chu announced her candidacy, Hau Lung-pin declared his interest in the position. Apollo Chen, Chung Hsiao-ping, and Lee Hsin also joined the race, as did New Party chairman Yok Mu-ming, whom the KMT immediately declared ineligible.


2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election, History
The registration period for the election began on 26 January. Lee Hsin became the first to complete the process. Yok Mu-ming did not file his proposed candidacy, as he had been barred from doing so by the KMT the previous day. Central Advisory Committee member Chou Kai-lun filed the required documentation, but did not pay the fee, nullifying his candidacy. On 27 January, Apollo Chen, Chen Ming-yi, Hung Hsiu-chu, acting chair Huang Min-hui, and Lin Rong-te began registration. Hau Lung-pin dropped out, and Chung Hsiao-ping was rejected because he had not yet served on the party's Central Committee. On 29 January, Chen Ming-yi withdrew his candidacy.


2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election, Election
To be considered eligible for the election itself, all candidates must have collected the signatures of three percent of the Kuomintang membership, a cutoff of 9,600 in 2016, by 21 February. Lin Rong-te dropped out of the election on 17 February, four days before the petition deadline. The four remaining candidates submitted petitions and registered for the election on 22 February. On 26 February, the party confirmed that every candidate had reached the signature threshold required to validate their candidacy. The election was held on 26 March 2016.


2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election, Results
Hung Hsiu-chu won the election outright with 56.16% of the vote in the first round. Acting chair Huang Min-hui finished second at 33.02% while  Taipei City councilor Lee Hsin and legislator Apollo Chen polled in the single digits with 5.42% and 4.83% of the vote, respectively. With the electoral victory Hung became the first elected chairwoman of the party since its establishment.


2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election, Results
Turnout was 41.61% of 337,351 voters, the lowest turnout since the party began directly electing its leader in 2001.


2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup
The 2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Kurume, Japan, on 16–22 May 2016.


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


2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Doubles
Makoto Ninomiya and Riko Sawayanagi were the defending champions, but Sawayanagi chose not to participate. Ninomiya partnered Robu Kajitani, but lost in the quarterfinals.


2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Doubles
Hsu Ching-wen and Ksenia Lykina won the title, defeating Dalma Gálfi and Xu Shilin in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Singles
Nao Hibino was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Nürnberg instead.


2016 Kurume Best Amenity Cup – Singles
Kyōka Okamura won the title, defeating Nigina Abduraimova in the final, 7–6(12–10), 1–6, 7–5.


2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 68th edition of the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne cycling classic was held on 28 February 2016. It was part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour and ranked as a 1.HC event. It was the second and concluding race of the Belgian opening weekend, the year's first road races in Northwestern Europe, one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.


2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Belgian Jasper Stuyven won the race after a 17 km solo. The route was 200.7 km (125 mi), starting and finishing in Kuurne. 199 riders started and 97 riders finished the race.


2016 Kuwait Super Cup
the 2016 Kuwait Super Cup was between league champions Qadsia SC and Emir cup champions Kuwait SC. This was the first super cup held in Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. Kuwait SC won 3-2 on penalties.


2016 Kuwaiti general election
Early general elections were held in Kuwait on 26 November 2016. They follow the dissolution of the parliament elected in 2013 by Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in October 2016. Under the constitution, elections must be held within two months. Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was around 70 percent.


2016 Kuwaiti general election, Electoral system
The 50 elected members of the National Assembly were elected from five 10-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote.


2016 Kuwaiti general election, Results
Opposition Islamist candidates (Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi) won around half of the 24 seats won by the opposition, whilst the Shia minority was reduced to six seats from ten seats. One woman was elected, with only around 20 of the 42 MPs seeking re-election retaining their seats. Members of Kuwait's largest tribes together won just seven seats in the election, down from fifteen.


2016 Kuwaiti general election, Aftermath
Following the elections, a new Speaker of the National Assembly was elected on 11 December. Marzouq Al-Ghanim was elected with 48 votes, defeating Abdullah Al-Roumi (9 votes) and Shueib Al-Muweizri (8 votes).


2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election
A by-election for the Kyoto-3rd seat in the Japanese House of Representatives was held on 24 April 2016, coinciding with the by-election in Hokkaido. The seat became vacant after sitting member Kensuke Miyazaki resigned on 12 February 2016 in the midst of an extramarital affair scandal. Miyazaki, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, served the district from 2012. He defeated Democratic Party MP Kenta Izumi by slim margins in the 2012 (0.1%) and 2014 (2.7%) elections.


2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election
Izumi managed to wrest back his old seat by a landslide, eclipsing his nearest rival by 45 percentage points.


2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election, Outline
The district had 344,696 registered voters for the election, an increase of 0.12% since the 2014 general election. As the voting age for national elections was decreased to 18 years in June 2016, this by-election, along with the Hokkaido by-election, were the last national-level election with a minimum voting age of 20 years. The by-elections were the first national-level elections contested by the Democratic Party, Initiatives from Osaka party and Party for Japanese Kokoro under their respective current names. The Communist Party also chose not to field a candidate in the election, despite receiving 27,000 votes (16%) in the 2014 election.


2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election, Candidates
The by-election was a six-way race. The LDP decided against fielding a candidate due to the perceived anti-LDP sentiment in light of the Miyazaki scandal. Party bosses were also worried that a heavy defeat in Kyoto might affect LDP's campaign for the House of Councillors election in summer.


2016 Kyoto 3rd district by-election, Results
Note:1 The percentage swing for the Democratic Party candidate is calculated based on the vote share obtained by its predecessor, DPJ. 2 The percentage swing for the Initiatives from Osaka candidate is calculated based on the vote share obtained by its predecessor, Japan Innovation Party.


2016 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Kyrgyzstan on 11 December 2016. The constitutional amendments were approved by around 80% of voters.


2016 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Background
The post-independence constitution was introduced in 1993, with modifications made following referendums in 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007 and 2010. However, the current constitution prohibits any amendments being made until 2020. The original version of the 2010 constitution has been lost.


2016 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Proposed changes
The proposed changes to the constitution were put forward by five parties, and included increasing the powers of the Prime Minister and Supreme Council, as well as making reforms to the judicial system. The proposed reforms also established that marriage could be only "between a man and a woman" instead of "between two persons"; this was criticized by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.


2016 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum, Conduct
There were some reports of alleged fraud. Some that political parties had resorted to vote buying and people told that they were offered 500 to 1,000 soms ($7 to $14) per vote. Speaking at a press conference, deputy Interior Minister Almaz Orozaliev reported five such cases (three in the Bishkek and two in the northern Chui region).


2016 Kyrgyzstan Cup
The 2016 Kyrgyzstan Cup was the 25th season of the Kyrgyzstan Cup knockout tournament. The cup winner qualified for the 2017 AFC Cup.


2016 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2016 Kyrgyzstan League was the 25th season of Kyrgyzstan League, the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic's top division of association football. Alay Osh are the defending champions, having won the previous season.


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo
The 2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000+H in prize money. It took place in Saint-Malo, France, on 19–25 September 2016.


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Kristína Kučová and Anastasija Sevastova were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Lina Gjorcheska and Diāna Marcinkēviča won the title, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and Jaqueline Cristian in the final, 3–6, 6–3, [10–8].


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Singles
Daria Kasatkina was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2016 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Singles
Maryna Zanevska won the title, defeating Camilla Rosatello in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2016 LA Galaxy II season
The 2016 LA Galaxy II season was the club's third season of existence.


2016 LA Galaxy II season, Players, Squad information
Squad correct as of July 17, 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 LA Galaxy season
The 2016 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-first season of existence, their twenty-first in Major League Soccer and their twenty-first consecutive season in the top flight of American soccer.


2016 LA Galaxy season
The Galaxy finished the MLS regular season third in the Western Conference, but were knocked out by the Colorado Rapids in the Conference Semifinals of the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs. They also continued their campaign in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Santos Laguna. The team also reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup before being knocked out by FC Dallas.


2016 LA Galaxy season
On September 8, Landon Donovan came out of retirement and signed with the Galaxy, his former club.


2016 LA Galaxy season, Players, Squad information
Players at the end of the season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Preseason
The first preseason match was announced on November 23, 2015.


2016 LAF season
2016 LAF season is the first edition of the League of American Football, the national tournament of Russia In American football.


2016 LAF season, Format
26 clubs from 18 cities were participating in five regional divisions.


2016 LEB Oro playoffs
The 2016 LEB Oro playoffs is the final stage of the 2015–16 LEB Oro season. They will start on 22 April 2016, and will finish on 31 May.


2016 LEB Oro playoffs
The quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-3 games format, while the semifinals and the finals in a best-of-5 games format. The best seeded team plays at home the games 1, 2 and 5 if necessary. The winner of the finals will promote to the 2016–17 ACB season with Quesos Cerrato Palencia, the champion of the regular season.


2016 LEN Super Cup
The 2016 LEN Super Cup was the 35th edition of the annual trophy organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European competitions for men's water polo clubs. The match took place between Croatian side VK Jug (2015–16 European Champions) and Italian side AN Brescia (Euro Cup's holder) at the Gruž City Pool in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 14 December 2016.


2016 LEN Super Cup
The teams already faced each other in the 2006 edition. Jug defeated Brescia as it happened 10 years before and won the trophy for the second time, while the Italian team lost the Super Cup final for the third time in its history.


2016 LET Access Series
The 2016 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2016 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2016 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2016 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2016 LFA Super Taça
The 2016 LFA Super Taça is the 1st staging of the LFA Super Taça. A cup played in a single game between the two best teams in the country.


2016 LFA Super Taça
Participants are classified through two main competitions: Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and Taça 12 de Novembro.


2016 LFA Super Taça
The match of this edition of ST was played on November 25, 2016 at the Malibaca Estádio in the city of Maliana, in East Timor.


2016 LFA Super Taça, Teams
The cup was disputed by two teams: one classified through the 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and the other through the 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro.


2016 LFA Super Taça, Teams
The SLB Laulara team was champion of the 2016 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and AS Ponta Leste team was champion of the 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro. Thus, the two teams won the right to compete in the SuperTaça.


2016 LFA season
The 2016 LFA season was the inaugural season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on February 21 and concluded on April 3. The Tazón México I was played on April 10 with the Mayas defeating the Raptors to win the first LFA championship.


2016 LFA season, News
The Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (Professional American Football League) was officially presented on January 12th, 2016, by Miguel Ángel Mancera, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2012 to 2018.


2016 LFA season, News
Four teams would take part in the first season, all of them, newly created clubs: Condors, Eagles, Mayas and Raptors.


2016 LFA season, News
All the games would be played at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" of the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, including the championship game, the Tazón México I.


2016 LFA season, Regular season, Structure
Teams played all the opponents twice. At the end of the season, the top two classified teams qualify to the championship game, the Tazón México.


2016 LFA season, Regular season, Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against


2016 LFA season, Tazón México I
The first edition of the Tazón México was held at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" of the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City. The match was contested by Raptors, who finished second in the league with a 4–2 regular season record, and Mayas, who finished first with the same regular season record as their rivals.


2016 LFA season, Tazón México I
With three receptions for 53 yards, including two touchdowns, Mayas wide receiver Josué Martínez was selected as the most valuable player of the game.


2016 LFF I Lyga
2016 LFF I Lyga is a Lithuanian second-tier football league season which started on 25 March 2016 and will finish in 6 November 2016. It consists of 16 teams.


2016 LFL US season
The 2016 LFL US season was the seventh season of the Legends Football League in the United States. The season featured eight teams from across the US in two four team conference. During the regular season each team played each other team in their conference once, and a single cross conference game. The top two teams from each conference then played a single elimination game to qualify for the Legends Cup final in Scottsdale, Arizona.


2016 LFL US season, Developments
The Las Vegas Sin did not participate in the 2016 LFL season, citing an inability to find a suitable home venue. Three teams joined the LFL, the Austin Acoustic, Dallas Desire, and New England Liberty. The Acoustic and Liberty were newcomers to the LFL while the Desire had played in Lingerie Bowls II and III and in the league between 2009 and 2012.


2016 LFL US season, Playoffs
The Conference Championship games were held on Saturday, August 20 at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington. The hometown Seattle Mist won the Western Conference title, defeating the expansion Dallas Desire 44-6 in a rematch of an earlier game at Dallas in which the Desire prevailed. The Eastern Conference title game featured the Chicago Bliss versus the Atlanta Steam. Atlanta took a commanding 25-8 lead into the half but Chicago rallied, shutting out Atlanta in the second half to earn their fourth straight appearance in the Legends Cup with a 30-25 victory.


2016 LFL US season, Playoffs
The 2016 Legends Cup was held on Saturday, August 27 at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona between the defending champion Seattle Mist and the previous two-time champion Chicago Bliss, a rematch of an early season game which was won by the Mist. Seattle scored on the opening drive to take a 6-0 lead. Chicago tied the game but the Mist scored again to close the opening quarter and then once more to go up 18-6. As they did in the playoffs against Atlanta, Chicago rallied, closing the gap and taking the lead 19-18 just before the half.


2016 LFL US season, Playoffs
Chicago scored again near the end of the third period to extend their lead to 25-18. Seattle opened the fourth quarter with a score to retake the lead 26-25 but Chicago responded with a touchdown of their own. Chicago's defense then stopped Seattle and claimed the victory 31-26 to win their third Legends Cup championship in four years. Chicago quarterback Jacinda Barclay captured her first LFL championship in the United States, her second overall having won the title in the 2013-2014 inaugural season of LFL Australia.


2016 LINAFOOT (Chad)
The 2016 LINAFOOT was supposed to be the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. Gazelle were the defending champions. The season started on 28 July 2016. However, the championship was interrupted due financial difficulties, at the end of October.


2016 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
In January 2016 the FTFA decided not to organise playoff for the ligue relegation and promotion from lower division, due to lack of time and finances.


2016 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
Instead, new rules were applied: a) the club from N'Djamena which finished 5th in the previous championship will be relegated to lower division, and the champion of Ligue de Football de N’Djamena will replace it; b) the champions of the regional leagues (Abéché – Mongo – Sarh – Moundou – Doba – Bongor – Biltine – Amtiman – Koumra and Pala) will be promoted to the first division, meaning that the first division was supposed to have 16 clubs. However, due financial difficulties, championship was interrupted after only 5 rounds, and no Chadian clubs represented the country in continental competitions.


2016 LINAFOOT (Chad), Teams
The following 6 clubs were competing in the 2016 LINAFOOT season (Zone de N'Djaména):


2016 LNB All-Star Game
2016 LNB All-Star Game was the French All-Star Game event of the LNB Pro A as a part of the 2016–17 Pro A season. The event took place on 29 December 2016 and the game was played at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. The Foreign Team won the game 129–130 and John Roberson of Élan Chalon was named All-Star Game MVP.


2016 LPGA Tour
The 2016 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began in the Bahamas on January 28 and ended on November 20 at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2016 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.


2016 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2016 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 49th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. The 2016 schedule included 38 official events.


2016 LPGA of Japan Tour
Lee Bo-mee won five tournaments and was the leading money winner with earnings of ¥175,869,764. Ranked next were Jiyai Shin with ¥147,098,013 and Ritsuko Ryu with ¥134,114,013.


2016 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event. All tournaments were played in Japan.


2016 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
The Toto Japan Classic was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.


2016 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2016 LPGA of Korea Tour is the 39th season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. It consists of 37 golf tournaments, 31 played in South Korea, three in China, two in Vietnam, and one in Japan.


2016 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Korea Tour, including that event.


2016 LSU Tigers football team
The 2016 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers play their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and compete in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by 12th year head coach Les Miles for the first four games of the year before he was fired on September 25 along with offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. Miles was replaced by interim head coach Ed Orgeron, who was later promoted to head coach on November 26, 2016. They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they defeated Louisville.


2016 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
LSU announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. Because of scheduling issues, the 2016 schedule consisted of 7 home, 3 away and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Tigers were to host SEC foes Alabama, Mississippi State, Missouri, and Ole Miss, and travel to Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, and Texas A&M.


2016 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
The Tigers competed against the Missouri Tigers for the first time since the 1978 Liberty Bowl, and won 42-7. The team traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to compete against Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference at Lambeau Field. LSU hosted two non–conference games against Jacksonville State from the Ohio Valley Conference and Southern Miss from Conference USA. LSU was scheduled to play South Alabama from the Sun Belt Conference, but it was canceled after the Florida game was rescheduled due to Hurricane Matthew.


2016 LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team
The 2016 LSU Tigers gymnastics team is to represent Louisiana State University in the sport of Artistic gymnastics during the 2016 NCAA Division I women's gymnastics season. The Tigers compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They host their home meets at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the university's campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers program is led by D-D Breaux who has been the head coach of the program for 39 seasons.


2016 LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team, Previous season
The 2015 Tigers team came into the 2015 season ranked #5 in the Coaches Preseason Poll. They finished the regular season with an almost undefeated run – losing to the Oklahoma Sooners during the Metroplex Challenge, in late January. The Tigers placed second at the SEC Championships, and first at the NCAA Ames Regional. The Tigers advanced to Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas – placing fifth in their session. As a result, the Tigers didn't advance to the Super Six. The program had six participants in the Event Finals also.


2016 LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team, Schedule
LSU's 2016 schedule is a 10-week long regular season – consisting of five home and five away meets. As part of their away meet campaign, the Tigers will participate in the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas (against Missouri, Oklahoma, Stanford and Washington), the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas, NV – a neutral site against NC State, and a quad meet at Texas Woman's against New Hampshire and Oregon State. Tigers will host SEC rivals, Kentucky, Arkansas, Auburn and Alabama – as well as the Oklahoma Sooners to open their 2016 campaign. The Tigers will travel to conference rivals Georgia and Florida.


2016 La Course by Le Tour de France
The 2016 La Course by Le Tour de France was the third edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a one-day women's cycle race held in France. The race was held before the final stage of the 2016 Tour de France on 24 July. It was organised by the ASO and is part of the UCI Women's World Tour. It was won by Chloe Hosking of Wiggle High5.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2016 La Flèche Wallonne (English: The Walloon Arrow) was a one-day cycling classic that took place on 20 April 2016. It was the 80th edition of La Flèche Wallonne and the twelfth race of the 2016 UCI World Tour. It was the second of the three Ardennes classics, coming after the Amstel Gold Race and before the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne
The race took place on a hilly 196-kilometre (122 mi) route that started in Marche-en-Famenne and ended in Huy. The key aspect of La Flèche Wallonne is the climb of the Mur de Huy, which was crossed three times during the race; the finishing line was at the top of the final climb of the Mur. The race typically suits both puncheurs and climbers. The defending champion was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).


2016 La Flèche Wallonne
The race was decided in a group sprint on the Mur de Huy. The sprint was won by Valverde, who beat Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx–Quick-Step) into second place for the second consecutive year, with Alaphilippe's teammate Dan Martin third. It was Valverde's third consecutive win and his fourth overall, giving him the record for the most victories in the race.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Route
The route was slightly changed from the 2015 edition. The start moved to Marche-en-Famenne and the Côte des 36 Tournants was replaced by two climbs of the Côte de Solieres, later on in the race. The decisive final section of the race, however, remained unchanged. The race included twelve classified climbs, including three ascents of the Mur de Huy.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Route
After beginning the race in Marche-en-Famenne, the riders travelled south, before turning north after 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) and passing through Rochefort. There was then a fairly flat 50 kilometres (31 mi) that brought the peloton to Ohey, where the riders entered a series of circuits around Huy. The first climb was the Côte de Bellaire after 67 kilometres (42 mi), followed by the Côte de Bohissau, the Côte de Solieres and the first climb of the Mur de Huy, which came with 101 kilometres (63 mi) covered and 95 kilometres (59 mi) remaining.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Route
The next circuit took the riders southeast out of Huy, across the Côte d'Ereffe, and back to Ohey. They then followed the same sequence of the Côte de Bellaire, the Côte de Bohissau, the Côte de Solieres and the Mur de Huy. The second climb of the Mur came with 29 kilometres (18 mi) remaining.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Route
The final circuit took the riders back across the Côte d'Ereffe for the second time, but then turned north for a shorter route back into Huy. After entering the town, there was a detour to climb the Côte de Cherave. This is a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) climb at an average gradient of 8.1%; the summit came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) remaining. After the descent back into Huy, the riders climbed the Mur de Huy for the third time, with the finish line coming at the top of the climb. The Mur de Huy is a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) climb at an average gradient of 9.6%.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Teams
The race organisers invited 25 teams to participate in the 2016 La Flèche Wallonne. As it is a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to send a squad. An additional seven UCI Professional Continental teams were given wildcard entries. These included three French teams (Cofidis, Delko–Marseille Provence KTM and Fortuneo–Vital Concept), two Belgian teams (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise and Wanty–Groupe Gobert), a Dutch team (Roompot–Oranje Peloton) and a German team (Stölting Service Group). Each team was entitled to enter eight riders, so the start list included 200 riders. On the morning of the race, however, the UCI opened a biological passport case against Team Sky's Sergio Henao; the team withdrew him from all racing and he did not start La Flèche Wallonne.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Pre-race favourites
La Flèche Wallonne is part of the Ardennes classics. These begin with the Amstel Gold Race (won in 2016 by Wanty–Groupe Gobert's Enrico Gasparotto) and end the following weekend with the Liège–Bastogne–Liège; La Flèche Wallonne comes in the middle of the week. The three races are characterised by short, steep climbs, particularly towards the end of each race and suit the puncheurs.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Pre-race favourites
The defending champion and favourite for the race was Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team). Valverde had won the race in 2006, 2014 and 2015. No rider had ever won more than three editions of La Flèche Wallonne. Valverde was in strong form following his victory at the Vuelta a Castilla y León on the previous weekend, although he was preparing particularly for the 2016 Giro d'Italia rather than for the Ardennes classics. His team included Daniel Moreno, who had won the 2013 La Flèche Wallonne.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Pre-race favourites
Two other former winners of the race were on the start list in 2016. These were Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team), the winner in 2011, and Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha), the winner in 2012. Neither was in a strong position, however: Gilbert suffered a broken finger during an altercation in training with a driver and had struggled during the Amstel Gold Race. The BMC team manager said that Gilbert was "certainly not here as one of the favourites" and had considered skipping the race. Rodríguez, meanwhile, had abandoned the Amstel Gold Race following a bad crash.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Pre-race favourites
Other riders considered potential winners were Dan Martin and Julian Alaphilippe (both Etixx–Quick-Step), Michael Albasini (Orica–GreenEDGE) and Sergio Henao (Team Sky), with the latter being unable to start.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Race summary
It took over an hour for a breakaway to form, with the peloton travelling at 45 kilometres per hour (28 mph). Eventually a ten-man group escaped, prompted by an attack from Team Dimension Data's Steve Cummings. He was followed by eight other riders: Koen Bouwman (LottoNL–Jumbo), Silvan Dillier (BMC), Vegard Stake Laengen (IAM Cycling), Kiel Reijnen (Trek–Segafredo), Matteo Bono (Lampre–Merida), Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto–Soudal), Sander Helven (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise) and Quentin Pacher (Delko–Marseille Provence KTM). They were then also joined by Mads Pedersen (Stölting Service Group). With a little over half the race completed, the breakaway had over three minutes' lead. Bouwman was the first rider across the finish line on the first climb of the Mur de Huy.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Race summary
The peloton was led by a range of teams, including Movistar, Katusha, Orica–GreenEDGE, Astana and Etixx–Quick-Step. With 63 kilometres (39 mi) remaining, the lead had been reduced to just over two minutes. On the second climb of the Côte de Bohissau, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) after that, Van der Sande and Bono attacked, with only Dillier and Cummings able to follow them from the breakaway. Around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) later, on the Côte de Solières, Fränk Schleck (Trek–Segafredo) crashed in the peloton and was forced to withdraw from the race, having apparently suffered a broken collarbone.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Race summary
On the penultimate climb of the Mur de Huy, Dillier attacked, with Cummings following; the pair were a minute ahead of the peloton. Cummings attacked alone at the top of the climb and briefly had a 55-second lead, but the peloton was driven hard by Movistar and Katusha and he was caught with 18 kilometres (11 mi) remaining.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Race summary
The next attack came on the Côte d'Ereffe from Bob Jungels (Trek–Segafredo), Georg Preidler (Team Giant–Alpecin) and Jon Izagirre (Movistar). There was briefly a seven-man chasing group that included Michael Albasini, Movistar's Giovanni Visconti, AG2R La Mondiale's Mikaël Cherel, Sky's Wout Poels and Katusha's Jurgen Van den Broeck, but this was chased down by Tinkoff and caught with 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) remaining. Preidler was dropped on the Côte de Cherave and Tim Wellens (Lotto–Soudal) attacked the peloton and came across to the two leaders. This move was chased, however, by Etixx–Quick-Step, and the group was brought back at the foot of the Mur de Huy.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Race summary
On the climb, Valverde stayed at the front of the peloton. Rodríguez made a brief, unsuccessful effort to escape from the group. He was passed by Dan Martin, but Valverde followed Martin's wheel until there were 300 metres (330 yd) remaining. Valverde then attacked and, although he was followed by Alaphilippe, finished comfortably ahead of the rest of the peloton to claim his third consecutive win in La Flèche Wallonne. Alaphilippe was second and Martin third, both on the same time as Valverde. Wout Poels finished fourth, four seconds back, with Enrico Gasparotto the first of nine riders to finish in a group five seconds behind Valverde.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Post-race analysis, Reactions
Valverde's performance was described as "a master class on how to race the Mur de Huy" by VeloNews, which went on to describe him as "king of the Mur". Valverde himself said that taking the record for the most wins in the race was "a real honour". He gave credit to his team – and especially to Giovanni Visconti – for driving hard just before the climb started, in order to get him into the perfect position. He said that he had been confident that, if he accelerated in the final part of the climb, he would be able to stay away to the finish line.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Post-race analysis, Reactions
Alaphilippe hit his handlebars in frustration after finishing second, but afterwards said that he could "only be pleased". He said that he had initially been disappointed, but then realised that, after two second-place finishes in two years, he could win the race in a future edition. Alaphilippe noted in particular that his winter had been affected by mononucleosis, but that this had been a "blessing in disguise" as he was able to take significant time off and then work hard for the Ardennes classics. Martin, meanwhile, said that he had ridden the climb "a lot better" than he had done in previous editions and that he went into the bottom of the climb "believing [he] could win". He said that Valverde, however, was "just stronger".


2016 La Flèche Wallonne, Post-race analysis, UCI World Tour standings
In the season-long 2016 UCI World Tour competition, Valverde moved up from 121st place to 22nd, Alaphilippe from 48th to 21st and Martin from 21st to 10th. There were no other changes in the top ten of the riders' rankings however. The top ten of the nations' rankings was similarly unchanged, but, in the team rankings, Etixx–Quick-Step moved up from eighth to fourth, with Movistar moving from sixth to fifth.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The 2016 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine was the 19th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine one-day women's road bicycle race held in Belgium, starting and ending in the town of Huy. The race included two climbs of the Mur de Huy; the finish line was at the top of the second of these ascents.


2016 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The race was won by Anna van der Breggen (Rabo–Liv).


2016 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, Teams
Twenty-five teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:


2016 Labour Party (Netherlands) leadership election
The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Labour Party after incumbent Diederik Samsom announced a leadership election to select the lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the general election of 2017. Lodewijk Asscher beat Samsom by 54.5% to 45.5%.


2016 Labour Party (Netherlands) leadership election, Procedure
The final list of candidates was published on 7 November; voting started on 28 November and closed on 8 December. A day after, the results were announced. Each of the party's ca. 45,000 members were given a vote in the leadership election. Additionally, any Dutch citizen was able to purchase a temporary membership for 2 euros and gain access to the election within days of their registration.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)
The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was a leadership election within Ireland's Labour Party that was triggered when Joan Burton announced her intention to relinquish the role of leader. Burton took the decision to step down as Labour leader on 10 May 2016, and in the aftermath of the party's poor showing at the 2016 general election.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)
In contention for the position were Brendan Howlin, Seán Sherlock and Alan Kelly. Kelly announced his intention to seek leadership of the Labour Party on 13 May. That evening, he appeared as a guest on The Late Late Show, during which he high fived the host Ryan Tubridy, hinted that he would not necessarily have a deputy leader and appeared to have a mysterious message scrawled on his left hand.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (Ireland)
However, Kelly failed to garner the necessary support to enter the contest, and Howlin was elected unopposed to lead Labour on 20 May 2016.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his approach to the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union  and questions about his leadership of the party.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
Following a period of tension over Corbyn's leadership, the immediate trigger to events was the Leave result of the referendum. Hilary Benn, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, was sacked by Corbyn on 25 June after Benn expressed no confidence in him. More than two dozen members of the Shadow Cabinet resigned over the following two days, and a no-confidence vote was supported by 172 MPs in the Parliamentary Labour Party, against 40 supporting Corbyn. It was reported that Tom Watson, the Deputy Leader, told Corbyn that he would face a challenge to his position as leader. Corbyn stated that he would not resign.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
By the end of June, Angela Eagle and Owen Smith were being promoted as intending to contest the leadership. Eagle announced her candidacy on 11 July, and Smith did likewise on 13 July. The National Executive Committee decided that, as the incumbent, Corbyn would be automatically included on the ballot without requiring nominations from the parliamentary party; some political analysts had previously predicted that Corbyn would struggle to obtain the requisite number of signatures had that been required.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
Eagle pulled out of the race on 19 July, leaving Smith to challenge Corbyn for the leadership in a head-to-head race; Eagle said that she would back Smith after she had attracted fewer nominations. Smith told the BBC that Eagle was a "star" and that she would be "at [his] right hand" if he won the leadership.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
The result was announced on 24 September 2016. Jeremy Corbyn won the election with 313,209 votes, increasing his share of the vote from 59.5% to 61.8% compared with the result of the 2015 leadership election, and receiving some 62,000 more votes than in 2015.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, 2015 leadership election
Jeremy Corbyn was one of four candidates for the Labour Party leadership in the 2015 leadership election triggered by the resignation of Ed Miliband as leader. He qualified for the ballot at the last minute, nominated by 36 MPs, the majority of whom did not support him but felt that the party should be able to vote on a wider range of candidates. Despite being the most unpopular option with the Parliamentary Labour Party, with only 13 MPs voting for him, he received 59.5% of the first preference votes from an electorate consisting of party membership, members of affiliated trade unions and supporters who paid £3 to have a vote.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, Leadership challenge
When it became clear that Jeremy Corbyn would win the leadership election in 2015, the possibility of a challenge to his leadership was predicted by then Labour MP Simon Danczuk. A leadership challenge was then much discussed in the British press in November due to a split in the parliamentary party over the prospect of Britain's participation in air strikes in Syria. Another potential challenge was predicted in April after Ken Livingstone's allegedly anti-semitic comments led to his suspension, and Shadow Cabinet members allegedly held talks with plotters. The Guardian reported that "a small group of Labour MPs and advisers had been telling journalists for months to 'expect movement' against Corbyn on 24 June."


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum
The pressure on Corbyn intensified as a result of the European Union referendum and dissatisfaction with his level of support for the losing Remain campaign. On 25 June, a 'Saving Labour' campaign website was created, to encourage members of the public to email MPs to urge them not to back Corbyn.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Shadow Cabinet resignations
On 25 June Hilary Benn, a critic of Corbyn, contacted members of the shadow cabinet to inform them that he had lost confidence in Corbyn. He was subsequently sacked as shadow Foreign Secretary, triggering a series of Shadow Cabinet resignations; at least 20 individuals resigned over the next few days. An article in The Observer, published online at 10 pm on 25 June, claimed that Benn had been sounding out a challenge against Corbyn. Corbyn assembled a new Shadow Cabinet, and insisted that he would not resign.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Vote of no confidence
A vote of no confidence in Corbyn was made by the parliamentary party on 28 June, with Corbyn losing the vote by 172 to 40, with four spoiled ballots and thirteen absentees. However Labour Party rules did not require Corbyn to resign as a result of the vote. Corbyn struggled to fill a new Shadow Cabinet, which had to be reduced in size from 31 to 25. The Scottish National Party sought to argue that they should become the official Opposition in the Commons with Labour unable to fill the role.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Leadership challenge
Corbyn continued to refuse to step down as leader, saying that the ballot had "no constitutional legitimacy" and he would not "betray" the members that elected him in the 2015 leadership election. In order to challenge an incumbent leader, a serving Labour MP needed to gather the support of at least 20% of Labour MPs (15% of Labour MPs and also MEPs being required if a leader has resigned). Angela Eagle, a former member of his Shadow Cabinet who resigned after Benn's sacking, was said on 30 June to have the number of backers required to launch a challenge. Separate meetings to discuss the situation were held by Corbyn and Watson with UNITE trade union leader Len McCluskey on 5 July.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Leadership challenge
Following the sacking of Hilary Benn, and the vote of no confidence in Corbyn's leadership, over 100,000 new members were reported to have joined the Labour Party by 8 July, taking membership numbers above 500,000. Both supporters and opponents of Corbyn signed up new members.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Leadership challenge
By 8 July there were no declared leadership challengers, Corbyn had not resigned, and both his supporters and some critics considered that he was in a good position to win any leadership vote. Corbyn challenged the rebels to stand against him, and it was reported that Eagle had secured the support of at least the requisite number of nominations needed to launch a leadership bid. The following day, Eagle announced that she would formally launch her campaign on 11 July. In her speech, Eagle said "Jeremy Corbyn is unable to provide the leadership this huge task needs."


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Leadership challenge
The party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on 12 July was expected to consider the arrangements for an election. The arrangements were decided by secret ballot with the vote 18 to 14 in favour of the incumbent leader being automatically on the ballot. The NEC also decided to not allow members who joined the party in the past six months to vote in the leadership election, so the approximately 130,000 new members who had joined since the  European Union referendum would be unable to vote. Instead registered supporters were given a period of two days to register, at a fee of £25, to be entitled to vote. Additionally the NEC ruled that local Constituency Labour Parties should not hold members' meetings during the leadership election period.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Leadership challenge
There was pressure before the nominations close on 20 July for one of the two challengers, either Smith or Eagle, to withdraw in order to unify the anti-Corbyn campaign. The two agreed between themselves that whoever had fewest nominations from MPs/MEPs by the end of the working day on 19 July would withdraw in favour of the other. Eagle, with about 20 fewer nominations, did so, leaving Smith as the only challenger to Corbyn. She pledged her support for his campaign. Smith explained that his decision to run for leader was partly because the future of the Labour party was at risk, stating that the "possibility of split is dangerously real".


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Reaction
The leadership race caused a crisis ("fighting for its life") for the Labour Party according to Andrew Rawnsley, chief political commentator for The Observer. On 24 July 2016, he discussed the "mutiny" against Corbyn by the majority of MPs who voted against him in the no confidence motion but warned that they "do not have the backing of a large chunk of the party selectorate [party members who will vote in the leadership election] that picks the leader... [ but that selectorate] is wildly unrepresentative of the voters that Labour must persuade if the party is to survive as a plausible opposition, never mind become a viable competitor for power."


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Background, After the referendum, Reaction
Leadership contender Owen Smith had supported the campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union, in the referendum on Britain's membership in June 2016. During an interview with the BBC, Smith opined that those who had voted with the Leave faction had done so "because they felt a sense of loss in their communities, decline, cuts that have hammered away at vital public services and they haven't felt that any politicians, certainly not the politicians they expect to stand up for them, the Labour Party, has been standing up for them."


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
The election was conducted under a pure "one member, one vote" (OMOV) system, as had been the case at the 2015 leadership election. Candidates would be elected by members and registered and affiliated supporters, who all receive a maximum of one vote and all votes will be weighted equally. This means that, for example, members of Labour-affiliated trade unions need to register as affiliated Labour supporters to vote.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure
To stand, challengers needed to be nominated by at least 20% of the combined membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and European Parliamentary Labour Party, i.e. 51 MPs/MEPs, at the time. As the incumbent, Jeremy Corbyn, by decision of the National Executive Committee, was automatically included on the ballot. The vote, as in previous elections, was held under the alternative vote (instant-runoff) system.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure, Timetable
The Special Conference at the end of the Collins Review concluded that all selection timetables should be, once started, as short as possible. The Collins Report also states: "The NEC should agree the detailed procedures for leadership elections including issues regarding registration, fees, and freeze dates". The party required members to hold six months' continuous party membership on the freeze date to be eligible to take part in a selection.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure, Timetable
The meeting of Labour's National Executive Committee on 12 July 2016 set a timetable and procedure for the election. Though the party confirmed the timetable would be released when the leadership contest process begins on Thursday 14 July, the timetable was leaked immediately following the NEC meeting. The voting eligibility freeze date for membership is 12 January 2016 – those who joined after that date will have to pay £25 to sign up as a registered supporter in the two day window during the week of 18 July.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure, Timetable
Members of affiliated trade unions, socialist societies and other affiliated organisations who individually sign up as an "affiliated supporter" to the Labour Party must have been a member of that organisation on or before 12 January 2016; the deadline to sign up as an "affiliated supporter" is 8 August 2016. Affiliated supporters already on the Party's membership system will be eligible to vote, subject to affiliates reconfirming their eligibility. Originally, many people sought to join organisations such as UNITE to gain a vote without paying Labour's £25 "registered supporter" fee; however, due to the freeze date for voter eligibility also applying to "affiliated supporters", this union route will not be a possible way to gain a vote.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure, Timetable
On 8 August 2016 the High Court decided that the decision to disbar from voting members who joined in the six month preceding the election being called was contrary to the Labour Party Rule Book, and they were entitled to vote. This decision cast some doubt on the election timetable.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Procedure, Timetable
In a critical passage of his judgement, Mr Justice Hickinbottom found that "Furthermore, there is no evidence of any suggestion by the Party, the NEC, the Collins Review or any member of the Party that a freeze date could be retrospective, until the Procedures Paper that Mr McNicol prepared for the 12 July 2016 NEC meeting. Indeed, the very opposite." The Procedures sub-committee of the NEC immediately appealed the decision, and on 12 August 2016 the Court of Appeal reversed the High Court's decision. It concluded that under the party rules, the NEC had discretion to set any reasonable criteria for members to vote, and that there was no reason why an eligibility  freeze date could not be in the past.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
There had been some doubt over whether Corbyn would have been able to stand if he had needed to obtain 51 nominations like his challengers, as only 40 MPs supported him in the no-confidence motion and because the demand for Corbyn's resignation was the "majority position" of Labour's 20 MEPs.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
On 12 July the National Executive Committee ruled that as the incumbent, Corbyn would automatically be included on the ballot by an 18–14 vote.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
The party's lawyers, GRM Law, as well as James Goudie, had argued the party's constitution required Corbyn to secure nominations, but conflicting legal advice obtained by the Labour Party leadership and UNITE from Doughty Street Chambers and Michael Mansfield, respectively, argued Corbyn should not need to obtain MP/MEP support to be placed on the ballot of a leadership election, as the party rules only mentioned the need for challengers to receive nominations, and did not explicitly specify the same requirement for the incumbent.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
During the last leadership challenge on an incumbent leader (in 1988, with Corbyn a supporter of the challenge), the incumbent, Neil Kinnock, did seek and obtain nominations, but some commentators, including BBC's Andrew Neil, believed that Kinnock may have done this voluntarily just to show his strength. Some political analysts had predicted that Corbyn would have had difficulty getting the requisite number of nominations from MPs/MEPs to stand, if this had been a requirement for his name to appear on the ballot.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates
The results of an Ipsos MORI survey released on 14 July 2016 indicated that 66% of those surveyed (representative of 18+ adults in Great Britain) believed that the Labour party needed a new leader before the 2020 elections. In addition, only 23 percent believed that Corbyn would make a good Prime Minister, while the then-incumbent Theresa May had an approval rating of 55 percent.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
As the incumbent, Jeremy Corbyn, following an interpretation by the National Executive Committee of disputed Labour Party rules, was automatically included on the ballot. To be placed on the ballot, challengers to the Leader had to be nominated by at least 20% of the combined membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) and European Parliamentary Labour Party, i.e. 51 MPs/MEPs. An MP or MEP who nominates a candidate does not have to subsequently support, or vote for, that candidate.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
In the past, some MPs have stated that they nominated only to ensure that a candidate (such as Corbyn) got onto the ballot paper; however, it was (correctly) expected that Corbyn would face a single "unity candidate" after Angela Eagle and Owen Smith agreed that the person with fewer nominations from MPs/MEPs should step aside (which Eagle later did).


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
In an interview, Smith offered the following endorsement of the former contender: "Angela is a star in the Labour firmament. She will be at my right hand throughout this contest and if I am successful, Angela will be alongside me as my right hand woman." He explained that his decision to run for leader was partly because the future of the Labour party was at risk, stating that the "possibility of split is dangerously real".


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
A High Court legal challenge, brought by Labour donor and former parliamentary candidate Michael Foster contesting the NEC's interpretation of the rules to allow Corbyn to be a candidate without having to secure nominations from Labour MPs/MEPs, was heard on 26 July 2016.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
Corbyn applied to the court, and was accepted, to be the second defendant with his own legal team as Corbyn was "particularly affected and particularly interested in the proper construction of the rules" and that  General Secretary of the Labour Party Iain McNicol  was "being expected to vigorously defend a position which he regarded as incorrect prior to the NEC decision". The High Court ruled that there was no basis to challenge the NEC's decision that Corbyn should automatically be on the ballot.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Candidates, Nominated
Prior to her withdrawal from the race on 19 July 2016, Eagle had been nominated by 72 MPs/MEPs. By that time, Smith had been nominated by 90 MPs/MEPs. Smith received a further 82 nominations following Eagle's withdrawal in advance of the nomination deadline at 17:00 the following day. A total of 89 Labour MPs/MEPs did not nominate any candidate by 19 July; 79 MPs/MEPs did not nominate by the close of nominations.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Debates
The Labour Party initially confirmed that there would be nine official debates between Corbyn and Smith; of which seven actually took place.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling
The polls in this section have been undertaken by media pollsters known to use industry standard polling methods.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling
The polls below were conducted after nominations for the leadership ballot closed.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling, Polling of all eligible voters
The polls below show voting intention amongst all those eligible to vote in the leadership election (Labour Party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters).


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling, Polling of Labour Party councillors
The polls below asked Labour Party local councillors across the country how they planned to vote in the leadership election.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling, Polling of Labour voters
The polls below asked Labour supporters across the country how they would vote in the leadership election if they were eligible.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling, Polling of British voters
The polls below asked voters across the country how they would vote in the leadership election if they were eligible.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling, Polling before close of nominations
The polls below were conducted before nominations for the leadership closed and therefore may include Labour politicians who will not be candidates. Polls show both free choices among all candidates and constrained choices among particular pairs of candidates.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Opinion polling, Polling before the EU referendum
The polls below were conducted prior to the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the EU taking place. In the aftermath of this event, Jeremy Corbyn was accused by his opponents of undermining the campaign to remain in the European Union, and faced a string of significant resignations from his Shadow Cabinet.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), National breakdowns (Full Members only)
The following section shows how votes from full party members were cast within each nation of the UK. Breakdowns were not made available for registered supporters or affiliated supporters.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Aftermath
Corbyn went on to lead Labour into the 2017 general election, which saw Labour increase its share of the popular vote by 10 percentage points and win 30 more MPs than in 2015.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Aftermath
Owen Smith rejoined the Shadow Cabinet after the general election, with Corbyn appointing him Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in June 2017.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Aftermath
On 23 March 2018, Corbyn sacked Smith from the Shadow Cabinet after Smith called for a second referendum on EU membership in The Guardian.


2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Aftermath
Corbyn led Labour into the 2019 general election, which saw Labour's worst election result since 1935 and a leadership election triggered. Smith announced his decision to stand down as an MP before the election, citing "personal and political reasons" in a letter to Corbyn.


2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad
The 2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the Ladies Championship Gstaad (but the first since 1994), and part of the International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 11 July through 17 July 2016.


2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Doubles
This was the first edition of the tournament since 1994. Lara Arruabarrena and Xenia Knoll won the title, defeating Annika Beck and Evgeniya Rodina in the final, 6–1, 3–6, [10–8].


2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Singles
This is the first edition of the tournament since 1994.


2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Singles
Viktorija Golubic won her first WTA title, defeating Kiki Bertens in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6-4.


2016 Ladies European Tour
The 2016 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2016. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2016 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2016 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.


2016 Ladies Tour of Norway
The 2016 Ladies Tour of Norway was the third edition of the Ladies Tour of Norway, a women's cycling stage race in Norway. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race. It was won by Lucinda Brand of Rabo–Liv.


2016 Ladies Tour of Norway, Teams
Eighteen teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:


2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar
The 2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the 8th edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It was organised by the Qatar Cycling Federation with technical and sports-related assistance from Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) under the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (category 2.1). It took place from 2 February until 5 February 2016 and consisted of 4 stages. 15 teams of 6 riders took part.


2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Stages, Stage 3
A year after her last stage win, also at Al Shamal, Ellen van Dijk made the best of her time-trialling skills to conquer her third success in Qatar. The Dutch rider from Boels-Dolmans, part of a breakaway group that took off as soon as the first few kilometres of a windswept day, powered away in the last two kilometres of the race. She was never to be caught and triumphantly crossed the line on her own, clear of Kirsten Wild and Lauretta Hanson. The golden jersey changes shoulders and goes to Germany’s Trixi Worrack.


2016 Ladies' National Football League
The 2016 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, was a ladies' Gaelic football competition that ended on 7 May 2016. Cork were the Division 1 champions for the fourth year in a row.


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
The 2016 Ladies' National Football League consists of four divisions - three of eight teams and one of seven. Kilkenny do not compete. Each team plays every other team in its division once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. 2 points are deducted for conceding a walkover.


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
If two teams are level on league points, the tie-break is -


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by score difference.


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The top four teams in Division 1 contest the Ladies' National Football League semi-finals (first plays fourth and second plays third).


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The top four teams in divisions 2, 3 and 4 contest the semi-finals of their respective divisions. The division champions are promoted.


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The bottom teams in divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Division 1, Table
Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Armagh and Galway are ranked by score difference.


2016 Ladies' National Football League, Division 1, Controversy
After the final round of the Division 1 league the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association mistakenly announced that Armagh were one of the teams qualified for the semi-finals. They subsequently corrected their error and apologised. Armagh issued a statement accusing the LGFA of "total incompetence" and revealed that they had considered legal action.


2016 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2016 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by 17th year head coach Frank Tavani and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 2–9, 1–5 in Patriot League play to finish in sixth place.


2016 Lafayette Leopards football team
On November 29, head coach Frank Tavani was fired. He finished at Lafayette with a 17 year record of 84–107.


2016 Lagos building collapse
On 8 March 2016, a five-story building collapsed while under construction in Lekki District, Lagos, Nigeria. At least 34 people were killed. Thirteen other people were pulled from the collapsed building alive in a rescue operation that ended late on 10 March.


2016 Lagos building collapse, Investigation
Ibrahim Farinloye, from the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, said in a statement that "Investigation on the cause of the collapse has started by various federal and state agencies". The Lagos state government said in a statement that preliminary reports suggest the building construction was illegal, with the builders having been served a contravention notice for exceeding the number of allowed floors. The owners of the building apparently “criminally unsealed the property and continued building beyond the approved floors.” Heavy rain had occurred in the area as well, with some pointing to that as an exacerbating factor.


2016 Lagos building collapse, Investigation
Victor Suru, a bricklayer working on the building, stated that "After they (the owners) finished building the house, rain fell and the house shifted a bit. They put iron in front of the house, (but) the iron couldn't hold the house. They left it like that and continued building."


2016 Laguna Seca Superbike World Championship round
The 2016 Laguna Seca Superbike World Championship round was the ninth round of the 2016 Superbike World Championship. It took place over the weekend of 8–10 July 2016 at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.


2016 Laguna local elections
The Laguna local elections will be held on May 9, 2016, as part of the 2016 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Laguna, including the newly created Biñan lone district.


2016 Laguna local elections
Incumbent Governor Ramil Hernandez is running for his first full three-year term as governor. Hernandez assumed the governorship in 2014 after the Commission on Elections disqualifies ER Ejercito for campaign overspending in the 2013 elections. Ejercito is seeking to regain his post.


2016 Laguna local elections
Hernandez running mate is Vice Governor Katherine Agapay while Niño Lajara is Ejercito's running mate.


2016 Laguna local elections, Background
Incumbent governor Ramil Hernandez, who was the vice governor at that time, assumed office on May 27, 2014. This after the Commission on Elections disqualified incumbent Governor ER Ejercito, also known as Jorge Estregan, due to campaign overspending during the 2013 elections. When Ejercito was about to step down upon the advice of his uncle, former Philippine President and incumbent Mayor of Manila Joseph Estrada, he declared a statement:


2016 Laguna local elections, Background
I Governor Jorge "ER" Ejecito Estregan, will be your governor, now and forever. Wait for the return of the eagle.


2016 Laguna local elections, Background
This clearly states his intention to run in 2016. Ejercito is running under the United Nationalist Alliance to reclaim the governorship of the province. His running mate is Christian Niño Lajara, son of former Calamba Mayor Severino Lajara.


2016 Laguna local elections, Background
Under the Nacionalista Party, Hernandez will run for his first full three-year term as governor of the province, with Vice Governor Katherine Agapay as his running mate. Agapay, being the senior board member, assumed as vice governor upon the assumption of Hernandez as governor.


2016 Laguna local elections, Background, Agarao's Party
On October 2, 2015, on the LP Provincial convention at Santa Cruz, Laguna and birthday party of Rep. Benjie Agarao, which attended by Presidential Candidate Mar Roxas and Senatorial Candidate Francis Tolentino, which become controversial that Tolentino sent girl group Play Girls for a dance show, which was criticized by netizens due to obscene performance.


2016 Laguna local elections, Background, Coalition dispute
Hernandez, a member of the Nacionalista Party decided to coalesce with the Liberal Party, supporting Mar Roxas for the president. However, they will support, Alan Peter Cayetano, Bongbong Marcos or Antonio Trillanes IV as their Vice President—but all they're failed to get that party's nomination and instead running independents; Cayetano and Marcos are running mates for respective presidential candidates, Rodrigo Duterte of PDP–Laban and Miriam Defensor-Santiago of People's Reform Party, while Trillanes is supporting Grace Poe's presidential bid. However, Hernandez chose to support Roxas' running mate for vice president, Camarines Sur's Third District representative Leni Robredo.


2016 Laguna local elections, Background, Coalition dispute
Despite the coalition, NP picked Incumbent Katherine Agapay as their candidate for vice governor while 3rd District Board Member Angelica Jones is LP's candidate for vice governor. Former 4th District Congressman Edgar San Luis, who ran for governor in 2013 but lost to Ejercito and decided not to run to give way for Hernadez, bolted the Liberal Party and moved to National Unity Party (even the NUP was already in coalesce with the Liberal coalition, known as "Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid").


2016 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Incumbent Danilo Fernandez is term limited and is running for Mayor of Santa Rosa. His party nominated incumbent Santa Rosa Mayor Arlene Arcillas


2016 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Congressional elections, 2nd District
Joaquin Chipeco, Jr. is the incumbent, he will stand unopposed for reelection.


2016 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Congressional elections, 3rd District
Sol Aragones is the incumbent. Her opponent is former Congressman and Former San Pablo Mayor Florante Aquino. And she got the highest vote for the position in this election.


2016 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Congressional elections, 4th District
Benjamin Agarao is the incumbent and his opponent is former Congressman Edgar San Luis.


2016 Laguna local elections, Provincial elections, Congressional elections, Biñan City
Incumbent Mayor Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat will run for the newly created Lone District unopposed.


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


2016 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, San Pedro City
Incumbent Lourdes Cataquiz is running for reelection. His opponents are incumbent Vice Mayor Rafael Campos, Michael Casacop and Eugenio Ynion, Jr.


2016 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, San Pedro City
Incumbent Rafael Campos is running for Mayor. His party nominated Iryne Vierneza, daughter of former Mayor Felicisimo Vierneza. Her opponents are incumbent councilor Diwa Tayao and former Vice Mayor Norvic Solidum.


2016 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 1st District, Santa Rosa City
Incumbent Arlene Arcillas is term limited and is running for Congress. Her party nominated incumbent Congressman Danilo Fernandez.


2016 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 2nd District, Calamba City
Both Mayor Justin Chipeco and Vice Mayor Roseller Rizal will stand unopposed for reelection.


2016 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Pangil
Incumbent Mayor Jovit Reyes of UNA seeks for reelection against councilor Oscar " Ka Popoy" Rafanan of Liberal Party.


2016 Laguna local elections, City and municipal elections, 4th District, Pangil
Incumbent Vice Mayor Alberto " Jun" Astoveza Jr. of LP will run for reelection against UNA's bet councilor Al Pajarillo. The 2nd time the Astoveza and Pajarillo fights for vice mayoral place.