2016 Pathankot attack, The attack
It is speculated that one of the attackers had climbed up one of the eucalyptus trees growing alongside the fence: bent it over with his weight to land on the wall. The floodlights in that stretch of the wall were apparently not working that night, which facilitated the transfer of six attackers, with some 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of ammunition, 30 kg (70 lb) of grenades, and assault weapons.


2016 Pathankot attack, The attack
Reports have arisen of someone inside the base assisting the infiltration by changing the angle of floodlights near the wall where the attacker entered.


2016 Pathankot attack, The attack
They entered the living quarters of the base, but were prevented from entering the area where "high-value assets" are parked. A senior police officer said the infiltrators "seemed to have jumped the wall and entered the base." The attackers were able to move 400 metres into the base through a forested area, before they were stopped by Garud commandos, about 700 metres away from the IAF aircraft. The attackers were carrying grenade launchers, 52 mm mortars, AK rifles and a GPS device.


2016 Pathankot attack, The attack
On 2 January, four attackers and 2 security forces personnel were killed in the initial gun battle, with another security personnel dying from injuries hours later. Fresh gunshots were heard in the subsequent combing operation indicating more attackers still at large. Three additional security personnel who were admitted to a hospital with severe injuries after an improvised explosive device blast during combing operations died on the night of 2 January 2016. Among those killed on 2 January was Commonwealth shooting medalist Subedar Fateh Singh of the Dogra Regiment who was then with the Defence Security Corps.


2016 Pathankot attack, The attack
The National Highway 44 was sealed off as soon as news of the attack broke. According to Indian intelligence officers, the attackers may have entered India on 31 December 2015 along the banks of the Beas River which cuts across the Pakistani border. The attackers were aiming to destroy the aircraft and helicopters in the base, according to a call interception report.


2016 Pathankot attack, The attack
Gunshots were heard on the morning of 3 January 2016, leading to speculation that more attackers were still in the airbase. A fresh IED explosion on 3 January injured three National Security Guard personnel. A National Security Guard officer who was injured during the blast died in a hospital. Around noon, it was discovered that two attackers were still at large in the airbase. Security forces continued the operation on 4 January with reinforcements being deployed to the location. A fifth attacker was confirmed killed later during the day. The neutralisation of the sixth attacker was reported at 4.15 PM on 5 January The operation launched by the Indian Army to neutralise the attackers was called "Operation Dhangu" or "Dhangu Suraksha", named after the place Dhangu where the base is located.


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
Speculative reports by Times of India  claimed that the people who carried out the attack in Pathankot had to be in regular touch with their handlers. Another report suggested that the two phone numbers to which calls were made by the attackers were from Pakistan. However, the dates could not confirm linkage with the live incident


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
The attackers called a number at 21:12 on 31 December from the phone of taxi driver Ikaagar Singh. Perpetrators also received four phone calls on Ikaagar Singh's number. "On this number, in fact, the terrorist is heard telling the attacker to kill the taxi driver,"  an official told the Times of India. One of the attackers called up his mother in the middle of attack from the mobile phone of jeweller who is a friend of the Pathankot SP  - Rajesh Verma. The call was made at around 08:30, five hours after the attack was launched on the airbase.


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and his brother Abdul Rauf Asghar, supposed mastermind of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814 hijack case, are among four persons identified by Indian intelligence agencies as expected "handlers" behind the attack. The agencies found unreliable evidence that the conspiracy could have hatched near Lahore. Indian defense Minister Manohar Parrikar said there are indications that some of the materials used were made in Pakistan.


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
The details about potential involvement of these four persons have been agreed by Indian Government to be shared with Pakistan through proper channels, and India has pressed for stern action against them regardless of their active involvement in this current incident, as a condition for any future talks with Pakistan, the talk put on hold till a viable action is done from Pakistan's end, the sources claimed.


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
Christine Fair states that the Pakistan Army has launched the "refurbished" Jaish-E-Mohammad to this attack, not only for the tactical benefit of derailing the nascent peace process between India and Pakistan but also for the larger strategic interests domestically and regionally. It was a way to draw back the defected groups of JeM who had turned against the Pakistani State after President Musharraf's U-turn in 2001 and direct them against India.


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
Questions were raised about the lack of clear command structure within the security forces, the long duration of the attack, high casualties, lack of co-ordination between various units and premature statements claiming the end of the attack in spite of receiving accurate intelligence about the attack. Vikram Sood, the former head of India's foreign intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), wrote an article on Rediff.com citing examples of how terrorist attacks occurred in India soon after peace talks took place between India and Pakistan.


2016 Pathankot attack, Analysis
Firstpost published an article on similar lines highlighting past attacks and how they adversely affected India–Pakistan relations. Research conducted by GreatGameIndia Magazine revealed that the Pathankot attack was related to the international drug mafia stretching from Afghanistan via Pakistan to India from where the drugs are shipped off to Dubai and Europe.


2016 Pathankot attack, Aftermath
After the attack, the nation's capital Delhi was put on high alert. Delhi Police Special Cell received information that two people from a designated terrorist group based in Kashmir known as Jaish-e-Mohammed had entered the city. Security was tightened across the city, and additional security personnel were added in view of Republic Day Parade to be held on 26 January. New Delhi–Lucknow Swarna Shatabdi Express, which left from Delhi, was stopped and checked thoroughly after a bomb threat on 2 January.


2016 Pathankot attack, Aftermath
In another instance at the Mumbai airport, a Turkish Airlines plane was ordered to return from the runway to the parking area after an unclaimed mobile phone was found on a seat. New boarding passes were distributed and passengers had to undergo a full security check a second time before boarding the plane again, causing a delay of four hours. The flight landed safely in Istanbul. Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, and Hindon Air Force Station, located on the outskirts of Delhi, were also put on high alert. The Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force issued shoot-on-sight orders to all its bases in the wake of the attack.


2016 Pathankot attack, Aftermath
Following the attacks, the Indian and Pakistani governments both agreed to postpone scheduled diplomatic talks. Pakistani authorities reportedly arrested several members of Jaish-e-Muhammad, though not Masood Azhar, who was placed in protective detention. It was reported that Azhar's exact location was being kept secret to prevent any attempts by his followers to free him.


2016 Pathankot attack, Aftermath
Indian officials agreed a special team from Pakistan could travel to India to assist with the investigation. A five-member Pakistani investigation team was allowed to visit the air base on 28 March, and remained for three days to collect evidence and conduct interviews with witnesses and survivors. Pakistani investigators stated the attack had been a false-flag attack staged by the Indian government to malign Pakistan.


2016 Pathankot attack, Aftermath
On 26 April, India and Pakistan resumed their long-postponed diplomatic talks in New Delhi, at which the Indian foreign secretary re-emphasised the need for concrete progress into both the Pathankot and Mumbai attack investigations; Pakistan responded with a statement mentioning it had discussed "all outstanding issues" during the talks. On 3 May, the Standing Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs, which had sent a delegation to Pathankot to investigate the attack, lambasted the central government for its poor state of preparedness and lack of effective communications between its intelligence agencies. The committee found that despite several advance warnings before the attack, no effective measures had been taken to act upon the intelligence.


2016 Pathankot attack, Aftermath
On 26 June, it was reported Pakistan "would consider" allowing an Indian investigation team to visit Pakistan to assist with investigations. In August, Sushma Swaraj, the Indian Minister of External Affairs, categorically ruled out any prospects of further dialogue with Pakistan until it had taken steps on "the Pathankot terror attack," as "terror and talks cannot go hand-in-hand."


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, India
President Pranab Mukherjee condemned the attack and sent condolences to the families of soldiers who lost their lives. He also sent compliments to soldiers for their valour and courage while fighting the terrorists.


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condemned the attack, saying, "Today, enemies of humanity who can't see India progress tried to strike at our strategic area, a prominent airbase at Pathankot. I appreciate our armed forces and thank them for foiling our enemy's attempt."


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, India
Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh said, "Pakistan is our neighbouring country. We want good relations with not just Pakistan but with all our neighbours. We also want peace, but if there is any terror attack on India, we will give a befitting reply."


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, India
The attack was seen as an attempt to undermine the India-Pakistan peace process. Almost all major Indian newspapers published editorials advising the Indian government to "stay the course" and not serve the purpose of the attackers by stalling or suspending the peace dialogue with Pakistan.


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, India
On 14 January, several activists from the Hindu Sena, a right-wing Hindu nationalist group, vandalised the Delhi offices of Pakistan International Airlines. Shouting anti-Pakistani slogans, the activists reportedly damaged computers and furniture. At least one of the activists was arrested by police.


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, India
A parliamentary panel report tabled in parliament on 3 May declared that security cover at the airbase was not robust. It mentioned that the perimeter wall was poorly guarded and the base did not have a road around it for patrolling.


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, Pakistan
The Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release condemning the attack and offered condolences. FO spokesman Qazi Khalilullah said. "Building on the goodwill created during the recent high-level contacts between the two countries, Pakistan remains committed to partner with India as well as other countries in the region to completely eradicate the menace of terrorism afflicting our region." Pakistan also complained that India accused the Pakistani state of the attack.


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, Pakistan
Special assistant to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Irfan Siddiqui, said, "India should understand that Pakistan itself had been one of the greatest victims of terrorist attacks on its soil." He regretted that only after a few terrorist attacks India begins hurling baseless allegations. He advised India to review its stance by further saying, "India should create an environment of trust, as unfounded allegations only hamper the process of dialogue." Former foreign secretary of Pakistan Riaz Khokhar said, "India was trying to tarnish Pakistan's image and is using such attacks to derail talks." Pakistani news channel ARY News reported today that "some arrests" have been made in this regard but police did not confirm any arrest related to the Pathankot attack, as per PTI.


2016 Pathankot attack, Reactions, Pakistan
"The intelligence agencies have picked up some suspects from Bahawalpur on the leads provided by India in Pathankot airbase attack and shifted them to undisclosed location for interrogation," the news channel reported.


2016 Patriot League Baseball Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Baseball Tournament took place on consecutive weekends, with the semifinals held May 14–15 and the finals May 22–23 near the close of the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The higher seeded teams hosted each best of three series. Navy won the tournament for the sixth time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 Patriot League Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four, with the top seed hosting the fourth seed and second seed hosting the third. The visiting team was designated as the home team in the second game of each series.


2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was played March 1, 3, 6 and 9 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites. The tournament champion, Holy Cross, received the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:


2016 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 27th edition of the tournament. It determined the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2016 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament
Colgate won the Patriot League title, making it their sixth Patriot League championship. The Raiders defeated American in the championship, 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 110 minutes.


2016 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding
The top six programs qualified for the Patriot League Tournament.


2016 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament, Awards
Ethan Kutler, ColgateRicky Brown, ColgateJared Stroud, ColgateZach Tamen, ColgateMichael Cherry, AmericanJake Garcia, AmericanPanos Nakhid, AmericanBrian Saramago, Loyola MarylandBarry Sharifi, Loyola MarylandSebastiaan Blickman, BucknellRyan Ott, Bucknell


2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 5, 7, 11 and 12 at campus sites of the higher seed. Army defeated Loyola (MD) to win their 3rd Patriot League title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:


2016 Patriot League Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 1 to 6, 2016. The five match tournament was held at campus sites, with the semifinals and final held at Emmitt Field in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Boston University Terriers were the defending tournament champions after defeating the Bucknell Bison in the championship match.


2016 Patriot League men's soccer season
The 2016 Patriot League men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Patriot League men's soccer season
The Colgate Raiders and Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the defending regular season and tournament champions, respectively.


2016 Patriot League men's soccer season, All-Patriot League awards and teams
Ethan Kutler, Colgate, Sr., FBrian Saramago, Loyola Maryland, Fr., FDale Ludwig, American, Sr., MPanos Nakhid, American, Sr., MAnthony Viteri, Boston University, Jr., MJared Stroud, Colgate, Jr., MMichael Cherry, American, Sr., DZach McGraw, Army West Point, Fr., DZack Rockmore, Bucknell, Sr., DZach Tamen, Colgate, Sr., DMatt Sanchez, Loyola Maryland, Sr., GK


2016 Patriot League men's soccer season, All-Patriot League awards and teams
Felix De Bona, Boston University, Sr., FSebastiaan Blickman, Bucknell, Sr., FColin O’Neill, Colgate, Sr., MGabriel Carlsson, Loyola Maryland, So., MBarry Sharifi, Loyola Maryland, Fr., MBrock Dudley, Navy, Jr., MJake Garcia, American, Sr., DDavid Asbjornsson, Boston University, Sr., DChristian Moyse, Lafayette, Jr., DRyan Tuck, Loyola Maryland, Sr., DMatt Gilbert, Boston University, Sr., GK


2016 Patriot League men's soccer season, All-Patriot League awards and teams
Rex Epps, Army West Point, Fr., FSam Bascom, Navy, Sr., FRyan Egan, Lafayette, Sr., MNick King, Bucknell, Fr., MMarcos Arroyo, Army West Point, Jr., MYuji Callahan, Holy Cross, Jr., MChristian Clark, Army West Point, Sr., DTanner Vosvick, Army West Point, Sr., DAram Ouligian, Colgate, So., DJustin Worley, Lehigh, Sr., DLucas Belanger, American, Sr., GK


2016 Patriot League women's soccer season
The 2016 Patriot League women's soccer season was the 24th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Patriot League women's soccer season
The Boston University Terriers are both the defending regular season and tournament champions.


2016 Pau Grand Prix
The 2016 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Three motor race held on 15 May, 2016 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was run as the third round of the 2016 European Formula 3 Championship and was won by Alessio Lorandi, driving for Carlin. Lance Stroll finished second and George Russell third.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic
The 2016 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 August 2016 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Named in honour of former professional snooker player Paul Hunter, this was the first time for which the event was a ranking tournament, having previously been a minor-ranking event of the Players Tour Championship. It was also the first of the two ranking events of the season, along with the Gibraltar Open (also a former European Tour event), which would be open to amateurs and would form the new Amateur Order of Merit.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Ali Carter was the defending champion, but he was defeated 3–4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the 119th official maximum break in the second frame of his last 32 match against Kurt Maflin. It was Un-Nooh's first professional maximum break, having missed the final black on two occasions the previous season.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Mark Selby won his 8th ranking title, defeating Tom Ford 4–2 in the final.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 Paul Hunter Classic, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000.


2016 Paul Hunter Classic, Amateur pre-qualifying
These matches were played in Fürth on 24–25 August 2016. All matches were best of 7 frames.


2016 Peach Bowl
The 2016 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2016 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The 49th Peach Bowl was a College Football Playoff semifinal, with the winner of this game advancing to play the winner of the 2016 Fiesta Bowl in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship. This was the final edition of the Peach Bowl (and final college football game) contested in the Georgia Dome, as the stadium was demolished on November 20, 2017 after its replacement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, opened on August 26 of the same year.


2016 Peach Bowl
Sponsored by Chick-fil-A, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. The game was televised on ESPN with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio. The winner of the game received the George P. Crumbley Trophy, named for the founder of the original Peach Bowl.


2016 Peach Bowl, Teams
On December 4, 2016, the CFP Semifinals were announced, with #1 Alabama vs. #4 Washington playing in the Peach Bowl.


2016 Peach Bowl, Teams
This was the fifth meeting between the schools, with Alabama having won all four previous encounters. Their most recent meeting was at the 1986 Sun Bowl, where the Crimson Tide defeated the Huskies by a score of 28–6.


2016 Peach Bowl, Teams
This was the first bowl game between a Pac-12 team and an SEC team (or a predecessor conference) since the 2011 BCS National Championship Game when the Auburn Tigers defeated the Oregon Ducks by a score of 22–19 on a last-second field goal, and the second since the 1989 Freedom Bowl when the Washington Huskies defeated the Florida Gators 34–7. This was also Alabama's first appearance in the Peach Bowl, as well the first appearance of a Pac-12 team (although Arizona State appeared in the 1970 Peach Bowl as a member of the Western Athletic Conference).


2016 Peach Bowl, Game summary
Both teams went three-and-out to start the game. Washington scored a touchdown on an eight-play, 64-yard drive that culminated in a 16-yard receiving touchdown pass from Jake Browning to Dante Pettis to make the score 7–0. Alabama answered on a nine-play, 78-yard drive that resulted in a Bo Scarbrough 18-yard rushing touchdown to tie the game. On the next drive, Washington got one first down before a John Ross fumble gave the ball to the Crimson Tide on the Washington 40-yard line.


2016 Peach Bowl, Game summary
Alabama ran six plays for 17 yards and scored on an Adam Griffith 41-yard field goal to make the score 10–7. Washington and Alabama traded punts over the next six drives. On Washington's next drive, they earned a first down before Browning threw a pick six to Ryan Anderson, which was returned 26 yards for a touchdown to make it 17–7. On the next drive, Washington ran six plays to close out the first half. Alabama started the third quarter with the ball but punted. Washington went three-and-out on their first possession of the second half.


2016 Peach Bowl, Game summary
The teams traded punts over four possessions before Alabama got the ball back early in the fourth quarter on their own 2-yard line. Alabama made it to their own 32-yard line over five plays, which included a 12-yard run from Scarborough and a 16-yard reception from O. J. Howard. On the next play, Scarborough broke free on a 68-yard rushing touchdown to make the score 24–7. The teams traded punts over the next three possessions. In an effort to run some clock, Alabama ran six plays and burned two of Washington's timeouts before turning the ball over on downs.


2016 Peach Bowl, Game summary
On their final possession, Washington was able to get the ball into Alabama territory after a 16-yard reception and a 12-yard reception by Aaron Fuller. However, a sack by Rashaan Evans on Browning halted their momentum. On their final play, Browning was intercepted by Minkah Fitzpatrick. After committing two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, Alabama ran out the clock on a kneel down to end the game with a 24–7 victory.


2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional
2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional is the nineteenth edition of Pekan Olahraga Nasional. It was held in Bandung, West Java in 2016. It was be the first time for Indonesia's third largest city of Bandung to host the games in more than forty years. Bandung hosted the fifth edition of Pekan Olahraga Nasional in 1961.


2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, Bids
West Java was given the rights to host the 2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional by acclamation of the members of National Sports Committee of Indonesia. Banten was the only other applicant which submitted its bid for the games. North Sulawesi showed its interest in hosting, but later decided to cancel it.


2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, Venues
Events will take place in 68 venues, each venues will be feature in 16 cities and regencies of West Java Province.


2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, The Games, Sports
The 2016 edition will feature more sports than the previous edition. 44 sports and 12 demonstration sports will be held in various venues scattered around West Java.


2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, The Games, Medal table
A total of 2501 medals—763 gold, 758 silver, and 980 bronze—were awarded to athletes.


2016 Pekan Olahraga Nasional, The Games, Concerns and controversies
The Games were marred with controversies in the competition itself and other non-competition related aspects. At least 15 of the 44 sports contested faced problems involving unfair judging, intimidating supporters, or sudden change of rules. Boycott from other provinces also occurred in judo and synchronized swimming.


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open
The 2016 Pekao Szczecin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Szczecin, Poland between 12 and 18 September 2016.


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


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open – Doubles
Tristan Lamasine and Fabrice Martin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open – Doubles
Andre Begemann and Aliaksandr Bury won the title after defeating Johan Brunström and Andreas Siljeström 7–6(7–3), 6–7(7–9), [10–4] in the final.


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open – Singles
Jan-Lennard Struff was the defending champion but chose not to participate.


2016 Pekao Szczecin Open – Singles
Alessandro Giannessi won the title after defeating Dustin Brown 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Penang FA season
The 2016 season is Penang's 90th competitive season, 1st season in the top flight of Malaysian football since promoted in 2015, and 95th year in existence as a football club. The season covers the period from 31 December 2015 to 31 October 2016.


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


2016 Penang FA season, Transfers, 1st leg
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Penang FA season, Transfers, 1st leg
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Penang FA season, Transfers, 2nd leg
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Penang FA season, Transfers, 2nd leg
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


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


2016 Penn Quakers football team
The 2016 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Ray Priore and played their home games at Franklin Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. Penn finished the season 7–3 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to tie with Princeton for the Ivy League title.


2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach James Franklin and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They were a member of the Big Ten East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They lost to Pitt and Michigan in early September but then had a winning streak that included signature victories over Ohio State and Wisconsin en route to a Big Ten championship. Despite their Big Ten title, the Nittany Lions just missed a playoff berth. They represented the Big Ten in the 2017 Rose Bowl, losing to USC on a game winning field goal.


2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Background, Previous season
During the previous season the Nittany Lions started the year with a 5–1 record and 2–0 in Big Ten play. Then on October, 17 they lost to #1 ranked Ohio State. After which they won their next two games including a 39–0 rout over Illinois. Following the rout the Nittany Lions finished the year 0–4 including losses to #6 Michigan State and #14 Michigan and a bowl game loss to Georgia.


2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule, Overview
Penn State announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Nittany Lions hosted Big Ten foes Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Ohio State, and traveled to Indiana, Michigan, Purdue, and Rutgers.


2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Schedule, Overview
The team hosted two of the three non-conference games against the Kent State Golden Flashes from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Pittsburgh Panthers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the Temple Owls from the American Athletic Conference (AAC).


2016 Pennsylvania 400
The 2016 Pennsylvania 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was originally scheduled for July 31, 2016. Due to rain, it was actually run on August 1, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 138 of the scheduled 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) speedway, it was the 21st race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.


2016 Pennsylvania 400
Chris Buescher scored his first victory at Pocono after the race was called for fog, the race had 19 lead changes among different drivers and seven cautions for 31 laps, and one red flag.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Report, Background
Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held just weeks apart in early June and late July/early August, one NASCAR Xfinity Series event in early June, one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event in late July/early August, and two ARCA Racing Series races in early June and late July/early August. From 1971 to 1989, and again since 2013, the track has also hosted an Indy Car race, currently sanctioned by the IndyCar Series and run in August.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Report, Background
Pocono is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation, the dominant track owners in NASCAR. It is run by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon and Nicholas, both of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Mattco also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Report, Background
Outside of the NASCAR races, Pocono is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Report, Background, Entry list
The preliminary entry list for the race included 41 cars and was released on July 25, 2016 at 2:55 p.m. Eastern time.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, First practice
Paul Menard was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 50.722 and a speed of 177.438 mph (285.559 km/h).


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole with a time of 50.211 and a speed of 179.244 mph (288.465 km/h). “The car felt really good for me today,” Truex said. “We’ve obviously got speed now we’ll use the rest of the weekend to fine tune some things and get ready for Sunday. Love this track and looking forward to having some fun on Sunday and trying to get to Victory Lane.”


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Qualifying
Carl Edwards, who qualified second, said as he "crossed the line, I felt like, 'That’s it.' But after seeing what (Truex) ran, I thought 'Well, maybe I could go back and change this or that,' but that was a really good lap for me. It just was. You can always go back and pick your lap apart, but the last two weeks, Indy and here, I was pretty proud of my lap, and they just got us."


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Qualifying
Paul Menard, who qualified third, said he has “had a rough year. We are not where we expected to be and need to be in points, so we had to make a change. Danny (Stockman) came in here and gave us a good car right off the truck. We stuck in qualifying trim all day. We know we have to improve our qualifying that just starts your race off way better. A good way to start it off.”


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Qualifying
Qualifying was delayed 20 minutes due to a "glitch" with the laser inspection station. “We had a little bit of a glitch this morning at the opening of inspection with our laser platform,” Scott Miller, NASCAR's senior vice president of competition and racing development, told NBCSN. “We got it rectified quickly.”


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Final practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 51.027 and a speed of 176.377 mph (283.851 km/h).


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
The race was postponed from July 31 to August 1 due to rain. Under overcast Pennsylvania skies, Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 12:10 p.m. The field mostly rode around until the first caution of the race flew on lap 16. It was a scheduled competition caution for overnight rain. Brad Keselowski opted not to pit and assumed the lead. Jimmie Johnson was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and restarted the race from the tail end of the field.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 20. Greg Biffle got the jump on Keselowski and assumed the lead as the second caution of the race flew for Martin Truex Jr. suffering a right-front tire blowout and slamming the wall in turn 2. “A lug nut bounced off the ground, fell in behind the wheel behind a pit stop,” Truex said. “It’s just bad luck honestly. I knew something wasn’t right in (turn) one and two and I got real tight off of two on that restart and went down the back and was like, ‘Ah, it feels okay.’


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
And, as I got closer to the tunnel turn I felt it start to go down and by the time I let off and tried to slow down it was just going straight for the fence.” He was spared a last-place finish by Reed Sorenson, who exited the race on lap 29 with engine issues.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 23. Biffle maintained a quarter to half a second gap over the second-place car for a large portion of the run until Joey Logano drove under him in turn 2 to take the lead on lap 33. Bad luck continued for Truex as he cut down his left-front tire and was forced to make an unscheduled stop on lap 41. A number of cars began hitting pit road on lap 49. Jeff Gordon was tagged for speeding and was forced to serve a pass through penalty. He was eventually black-flagged.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
Kevin Harvick passed Logano going into turn 1 to take the lead on lap 52. He surrendered the lead to pit the next lap and handed it back to Logano. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Austin Dillon. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Keselowski. Danica Patrick, Michael McDowell and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were tagged for speeding on pit road and were forced to serve pass through penalties. Patrick was shown the black flag with the white cross, which meant she was no longer being scored until she served her pass through.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
Harvick passed by Keselowski to retake the lead on lap 62. The third caution of the race flew on lap 66 for a two-car wreck on the frontstretch. Exiting turn 3, Aric Almirola made contact with Jeb Burton, came across his nose and made contact with the wall. Kyle Larson opted not to pit when the leaders pitted and assumed the lead.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
The race restarted on lap 73. Larson and Dillon battled back and forth for eight laps until Dillon made contact with Larson in turn 3 on lap 82. This allowed Logano to slip by and retake the lead on lap 83. Larson said after the race that he doesn't think "you ever want to expect contact, but obviously we were racing really hard. I was doing all I could to stay in front of him, and he was doing all he could to get by me.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, First half
We battled hard down the frontstretch one time, and then he got back to my inside into Turn 3. I left him plenty of room. I was just going to try and run side-by-side with him again and try and slow him down on the frontstretch. I guess he got loose underneath me and got into our door. That was pretty frustrating at the time, but it happens to not even really matter. That part of the race doesn't matter at all. It doesn't mean one thing to me." The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 85 for rain in turn 1.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 92. Matt Kenseth, who stayed out under the third caution, hit pit road from second on lap 96. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 100 for Truex suffering a tire blowout in turn 1. Larson opted not to pit and assumed the lead.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 57 laps to go. The sixth caution of the race flew for a two-car wreck in turn 2. Rounding the turn, Logano was racing Ryan Newman to his outside and Denny Hamlin to his inside when Chase Elliott got to his inside, got loose, got into Logano and sent both of them into the wall. Elliott continued spinning down the track into the inside wall.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Second half
Elliott said he "came off (Turn 1) and those guys were three-wide, I thought Denny had the best run so I elected to push him and I thought that would be a good move to kind of get him past them and hopefully he would drag me by. I just got next to (Logano) and got in there. I thought I slowed down enough to not get loose, but I got loose and collected him. I apologize to the No. 22 guys – it was completely my fault. I apologized to my guys as well. They gave me a really good car today.”


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Second half
The race restarted with 51 laps to go. A number of cars began hitting pit road to make their final stop of the race with 37 laps to go. Larson hit pit road with 35 laps to go and handed the lead to Dillon. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Casey Mears. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Chris Buescher. The seventh caution of the race flew with 29 laps to go for fog in turn 1. The cars were brought down pit road and the race was red-flagged with 22 laps to go. Buescher would win his first Cup race after NASCAR called the race.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Buescher said after the race that crew chief "Bob (Osborne) made a good call to hold out on the weather and make sure that we could run as far out on fuel as we possibly could, and it worked out really well. The weather got here just when we needed it to. We're in a good spot, and we can definitely make up those six points. We're going to try and get a lot more than that and be ready when the Chase does start to make sure we can advance as it goes through."


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing runner-up, Keselowski said his team "hit the green-flag pit cycle perfectly to take advantage and what was going to give the lead to us and give us the prime opportunity to win the race. Unfortunately, that cloud came rolling in at the right or wrong time, how you want to look at it, to box us out and we ended up finishing second today. We needed about three more laps (before the fog), but it is what it is.”


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing third, Smith said he thought "it was obvious we played the same strategy that Buescher and those guys did to get ourselves up there, and as Brad alluded to, the cloud kind of came at just the right time for us.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
We were within five or six laps of having to pit, but it’s a credit to my guys for seeing the opportunity to do that strategy, and when you’re a small team working hard to try and go up against some of the bigger teams that we do, you’ve got to take the opportunities when they present themselves, and today and this weekend in general, just kind of had that feeling to it with the rain on and off all weekend long, and we were able to make the most out of it, and it’s something I’m proud of them for doing, and happy for Tommy.”


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Mike Massaro and Marty Snider reported from pit lane during the race.


2016 Pennsylvania 400, Media, Radio
Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was  simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
The Pennsylvania Attorney General election of 2016 took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a new Pennsylvania Attorney General. Democratic incumbent Kathleen Kane originally indicated her intention to seek re-election, but dropped out after she was criminally charged with violating grand jury secrecy laws stemming from alleged leaks of grand jury investigation details to embarrass a political enemy. Democratic nominee and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro defeated Republican state senator John Rafferty Jr. by a margin of 2.78%.


2016 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
The Pennsylvania Auditor General election of 2016 was held on November 8, 2016. The primary election was held on April 26, 2016.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary was held on April 26 in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary
The Democratic Party's primaries in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island were held the same day, as were Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own Pennsylvania primary. Despite winning the Pennsylvania primary, Clinton went on to lose the state to Republican candidate Donald Trump in the general election. The victory in Pennsylvania, together with other states in the so-called Blue Wall, won Trump the presidency. It should, however, be noted that winning a state’s primary is never necessarily a predictor of whether or not one will win that state in the general election.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton won a large victory over runner-up Bernie Sanders in Pennsylvania, replicating her 2008 performance against Barack Obama in the Keystone state. According to exit polls, Clinton won the white vote 51–47 (68% of the electorate), won the African American vote 70–30 (19% of the electorate), and won among women 60-39 (she lost men 50-49 to Sanders). While Sanders won among younger voters 63-37, Clinton won voters over the age of 45 66-33. Clinton swept all income and educational attainment levels except for whites without college degrees, whom Sanders won 50–49.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton swept all political ideologies in the primary. She won Democrats 62-38 but lost self-identified Independents to Sanders 72–26.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton also won among unions 56-43, a very important demographic in a big manufacturing state like Pennsylvania.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton won large victories in all of Pennsylvania's major cities: she won in Philadelphia 63-37, the affluent Philadelphia suburbs 58-42, and also carried the cities of Pittsburgh and Erie. She won in Northeastern Pennsylvania 51-48, and in Western Pennsylvania 54-45. Sanders, for his part, did better in the rural parts of the state, winning rural voters 50–48 and carrying Central Pennsylvania 50-49. Sanders swept many of the more remote and conservative counties of the state, including parts of Amish country such as Lancaster County.


2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Of her victory in the Keystone State, New York Times analyst Alan Rappeport commented, "Lots of Philadelphia history and imagery coming from Clinton now. It's almost as if she has her convention speech ready."


2016 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election
The 2016 elections for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2016, with all districts being contested. The primary elections were held on April 26, 2016. The term of office for those elected in 2016 began when the House of Representatives convened in January 2017. Pennsylvania State Representatives are elected for two-year terms, with all 203 seats up for election every two years.


2016 Pennsylvania Senate election
The 2016 elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate were held on November 8, 2016, with all odd-numbered districts being contested. Primary elections were held on April 26, 2016. The term of office for those elected in 2016 will begin when the Senate convenes in January 2017. Pennsylvania State Senators are elected to four-year terms, with 25 of the 50 seats contested every two years.


2016 Pennsylvania Senate election
Republicans have controlled the chamber since March 1994 (27 years).


2016 Pennsylvania Senate election, Special election
A special election was held on April 26, 2016, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dominic Pileggi on January 5, 2016, after his election to a county judgeship.


2016 Pennsylvania State Treasurer election
The Pennsylvania Treasurer election of 2016 was held on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Tim Reese was eligible to run, but decided not to. The Democratic and Republican primary election was held on April 26, 2016, with each candidate running unopposed in their respective primaries. Four candidates would appear on the ballot: Democrat Joe Torsella, Republican Otto Voit, Libertarian James Babb, and Green Party candidate Kristen Combs. Torsella defeated Voit by a 6.45% margin, with Babb and Combs both receiving under 3% of the vote.


2016 Pennsylvania elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on November 8, 2016.


2016 Penrith Panthers season
The 2016 Penrith Panthers season was the 50th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Matt Moylan, the Panthers competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.


2016 Penrith Panthers season
The Panthers started their season with a string of close results, but failed to win consecutive games during the competition's opening two months. Over the course of the year, new coach Anthony Griffin redefined who was already well established within the team, and experienced playmakers Jamie Soward and James Segeyaro would later be released from their contracts mid-season. The Panthers finished the regular season with seven wins from their final eight games, securing 6th position and a place in the finals series.


2016 Penrith Panthers season, Jersey and Sponsors
The Panthers' 2016 jersey, made by ASICS, was designed to commemorate the club's 50th season. The names of all those who have played 50 or more games for the club adorn the front of the jersey, while the back of the jersey features all five of the Panthers logos, past and present. Unlike the black and teal colour combination used in previous seasons, the Panthers adopted a black and golden brown colour scheme in 2016. The home jersey is black with golden brown panels and the away jersey is the inverse. OAK Milk again featured as the major sponsor, with Hertz once more on the sleeve.


2016 Penrith Panthers season, Jersey and Sponsors
On three occasions during the season, the Panthers wore unique heritage jerseys to celebrate the club's history. The celebratory jerseys were based on jersey designs from previous seasons, but were remade in the style of the current jerseys. The 1967 heritage jersey, worn against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in round 2, was based on the club's 'Chocolate Soldiers' jersey from their inaugural 1967 season. The 1991 heritage jersey, worn against the Canberra Raiders in round 9, was based on the jersey worn during the club's premiership winning 1991 season. Likewise, the 2003 heritage jersey, worn against the Sydney Roosters in round 22, was based on the jersey worn during the club's premiership winning 2003 season. Listed on each of the jerseys is the names of all those who played for the club in that respective season.


2016 Penrith Panthers season, Squad, Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2016 season.


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


2016 Penrith Panthers season, Other teams
In addition to competing in the National Rugby League, the Panthers also fielded semi-professional teams in the National Youth Competition's 2016 Holden Cup (for players aged under 20) and the New South Wales Rugby League's 2016 Intrust Super Premiership (NSW Cup). The NYC team was coached by Cameron Ciraldo and captained by Oliver Clark, and the NSW Cup team was coached by Steve Georgallis and captained by Zach Dockar-Clay.


2016 Penrith Panthers season, Representative, International
1 – Selected as 18th Man, Cartwright did not play during the series. 2 – Hiku was initially selected to play but was ruled out by injury. 3 – Blake did not play in the match, despite being named in the original squad. 4 – Fisher-Harris was called up to replace injured Simon Mannering.


2016 Pensacola tornado
On February 23, 2016, the northeastern side of Pensacola, Florida was struck by a powerful EF3 tornado that affected portions of southern Escambia County, Florida before continuing on into Santa Rosa County, Florida. The tornado formed as a result of a supercell that formed over the Gulf of Mexico, and moved northeastward onto Orange Beach, Alabama at 7:12 pm, producing the tornado almost an hour later. The tornado occurred as part of a much larger two-day outbreak of 61 tornadoes. Along with being the strongest of the outbreak, this was also the second EF3 tornado in Escambia County in about a week, with the first one striking Century, Florida.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma first included the north central Gulf Coast in a ‘slight risk’ area for severe thunderstorms three days prior to the event. As the details of the event came into focus by the 22nd, the area was upgraded to a moderate risk due to the possibility for long-tracked, significant (EF2+) tornadoes. The atmosphere was conducive for damaging storms as the afternoon and evening hours progressed on the 23rd.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
A deep trough of low pressure evolved into a closed low over eastern Texas and Arkansas with a strong wind maximum of 100 knots located to the south of the low center across the northern Gulf Coast. Strong diffluence ahead of this feature contributed to favorable conditions for lifting of unstable surface parcels in thunderstorm updrafts. At about 5000 feet above ground level (850mb), there was a 50-60 knot southerly Low Level Jet (LLJ) of air coming off the moist Gulf of Mexico. These strong winds brought copious moisture and contributed to very strong wind shear across the region.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
This event was characterized by 50-60 knots of wind shear, more than sufficient for supercells with intense updraft rotation. In addition, there was strong turning and increasing wind speeds in the lowest 1 km of the atmosphere, resulting in 400-500 m2/s2 of Storm Relative Helicity (SRH). These values meant that there was the possibility for strong to violent tornadoes that afternoon and evening Cold season severe events on the Gulf Coast are typically constrained by lack of instability.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
Widespread cloudiness preceded the event, leading to very little in the way of surface heating with CAPE values generally less than 1000 J/kg. However, given the extremely intense wind fields and favorable mid and upper level support for rising motion, these relatively low levels of instability were more than sufficient for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. The National Weather Service in New Orleans launched a special sounding at noon on the 23rd that shows both sufficient instability and very strong wind shear.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
This environment advected across the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama area of responsibility during the afternoon and evening and is generally representative of conditions in which the severe thunderstorms formed. Indeed, numerous strong, long-tracked tornadoes had already taken place in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, although less favorable conditions were causing a two-hour lull in tornadic activity.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
Just before 7 pm CST, a strong supercell with intense low-level rotation was noted over the Gulf of Mexico, moving northeastward in the direction of Pensacola metro. At 7:12 pm CST, the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama issued a PDS tornado warning for Southeastern Baldwin County, Alabama and South Central Escambia County, Florida, with the warning stating "a large...extremely dangerous and potentially deadly tornado is developing." The storm continued northeastward, although the rotation weakened without having produced a tornado.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Meteorological Synopsis
The NWS dropped the PDS tag at 7:54 pm CST, but continued the tornado warning as a tornado was still possible. At 8:03 pm CST, the NWS put out an additional update that cancelled the warning for Baldwin County while stating that a possible tornado "was located over West Pensacola...moving northeast at 50 mph." Seven minutes later, the tornado touched down.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Tornado event
At 8:10 pm CST, the tornado first touched down southwest of SR 742 and immediately strengthened to EF2 intensity. Significant roof damage to several homes occurred along Lansing Drive along with several power poles being snapped and trees being damage. With their original warning on the storm set to expire at 8:15 pm CST and seeing that the rotation on radar had gotten stronger again, the NWS Mobile issued another PDS tornado warning for South Central Escambia and Southeastern Santa Rosa Counties at 8:11 pm CST, again stating that "a large...extremely dangerous and potentially deadly tornado is developing."


2016 Pensacola tornado, Tornado event
The tornado then weakened slightly before crossing the concurrent Interstate 10 and SR 8 as well as SR 289, inflicting EF1 damage to several hardwood trees. The tornado then restrengthened to EF2 intensity, and blew the roofs off two houses in two different neighborhoods. Two cars were also overturned along Tradewinds Drive. After this point, the tornado further intensified to EF3 status. Significant damage was inflicted to the Mooring Apartments on Old Spanish Trail Road with 24 units being destroyed due to their second floors being demolished. Six other units were damaged as well.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Tornado event
The tornado then reached its peak intensity of mid-range EF3 as it impacted a GE plant, completely destroying a warehouse with some of the debris from the area being found on the western shoreline of Escambia Bay in Santa Rosa County. Farther to the northeast along the shore of the Escambia Bay, two Grand Baroque townhouses along the concurrent US 90 and SR 10A were completely leveled and destroyed, with others in the area suffering damage as well. The tornado then moved over Escambia Bay, where multiple vehicles were flipped and wrecked on the I-10 bridge.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Tornado event
This included an 18-wheeler that overturned. The tornado then abruptly weakened before moving ashore in Avalon Beach in Santa Rosa County at EF1 intensity. The tornado then damaged multiple trees and homes near San Juan Street at Sealark Lane. It continued through the residential area, causing additional EF1 tree and minor home damage before lifting near Shetland Circle just west of Avalon Boulevard at 8:21 pm CST east-northeast of Mulat.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Tornado event
However, a debris ball was still present on radar, prompting the NWS Mobile to put out a more strongly worded update that stated that "a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado" was in progress while cancelling the warning for Escambia County at 8:23 pm CDT, two minutes after the tornado had lifted. The warning was eventually allowed to expire without any further updates at 8:45 pm CST.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Tornado event
The tornado was on the ground for 11 minutes, traveled 8 miles (13 km), and had a maximum width of 300 yards (270 m). It had peak winds of 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), giving it a rating of mid-range EF3; equivalent to a high-end Category 4 hurricane. Three people were injured and damages were estimated at $22.075 million (2016 USD).


2016 Pensacola tornado, Aftermath
The same complex that produced this tornado continued to be tornado-warned until it reached Okaloosa County, Florida, although no tornadoes were reported. However, the supercells did reenter a favorable environment about two hours later, producing 10 weak tornadoes and prompting numerous tornado warnings in Southeastern Alabama and Southwestern Georgia, before eventually weakening for good after 1:27 am EST.


2016 Pensacola tornado, Aftermath
Minutes after the EF3 tornado had passed, search and rescue officials were dispatched to the hardest hit areas of Pensacola, with the efforts continuing throughout the night. The Mooring Apartments was taped off to residents around 10 pm CST that night while rescue workers searched through the rubble. The residents were bused to a shelter at Cokesbury United Methodist Church on Summit Boulevard, which had been opened by the American Red Cross a few hours earlier. A number of roads, including Interstate 10 between mile markers 17 and 43, had to be shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol due to damage, downed trees and damaged vehicles.


2016 Pepsi Tankard
The 2016 Pepsi Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of New Brunswick was held February 3 to 7 at the Riverside Country Club in Rothesay, New Brunswick. The winning Mike Kennedy rink represented New Brunswick at the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.


2016 Perak FA season
The 2016 season was Perak's 13th consecutive season in the Malaysian Super League.


2016 Perak FA season, Players, First team squad
* Games and goals counted for the domestic league only* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season


2016 Perak FA season, Club officials
Under new management, the Presidency was taken over by the Secretary General State of Perak, Yang Berhormat Dato' Abdul Puhat Mat Nayan on 4 October 2015.


2016 Perak FA season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2016 Persib Bandung season
The 2016 season was Persib Bandung's 83th in existence season in the top flight of Indonesian football. Along with Indonesia Soccer Championship, the club also competed in the Bali Island Cup and Bhayangkara Cup. Following the renovated of Si Jalak Harupat for the upcoming 2016 Indonesian National Games (PON XIX), Persib use Gelora Bandung Lautan Api starting from week 7 until 27 as their regular ground. After the 2016 Indonesian National Games have ended, Persib use Si Jalak Harupat again starting from week 28 onwards as their regular ground.


2016 Persib Bandung season, Players, Squad information
Player Loaned  Febri Hariyadi and Gian Zola loaned to West Java PON for Indonesia National Sport Weeks until the end of the event.


2016 Perth Darts Masters
The 2016 Perth Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as the sixth and final entry in the 2016 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured 16 players (eight top PDC Players facing eight regional qualifiers) and was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre in Perth, Western Australia from 25–27 August 2017.


2016 Perth Darts Masters
Phil Taylor was the two-times defending champion after defeating James Wade 11–7 in the last year's final, but lost in the first round to the regional qualifier Corey Cadby.


2016 Perth Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen won the title by defeating Dave Chisnall 11–4 in the final.


2016 Perth Darts Masters, Broadcasting
The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:


2016 Perth SuperSprint
The 2016 Perth SuperSprint was a motor racing event for V8 Supercars, held on the weekend of 6 to 8 May 2016. The event was held at Barbagallo Raceway at Wanneroo, Western Australia, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the fourth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 8 and 9 of the season. The event was the 39th running of the Perth SuperSprint.


2016 Perth SuperSprint
Cameron Waters took his first championship pole position in a rain-affected qualifying session for Race 8. The race was won by Craig Lowndes, who took advantage of younger tyres, courtesy of a two-pit stop strategy, to take the lead from his teammates Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup in the closing stages. After a difficult Race 8, where he went off the circuit and was later spun, Mark Winterbottom took victory in Race 9 ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Lowndes. After finishing eleventh in Race 9, Whincup lost the championship lead to Lowndes.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Background
On 27 April, it was announced that the series would be rebranded as the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship from 1 July 2016, with Virgin Australia becoming the primary sponsor of the category. On 4 May, Volvo, along with its performance arm Polestar, announced that it would withdraw its support of Garry Rogers Motorsport at the end of the 2016 season. The team stated plans to continue using its Volvo S60s in 2017, though this was cast into doubt when Cyan Racing, Polestar's motorsport partner, announced that the cars would be recalled to Sweden.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Background
Jamie Whincup entered the event as the championship leader ahead of Scott McLaughlin, who had won both races at the previous event, and defending series champion Mark Winterbottom.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Practice
Two one-hour practice sessions were held on Friday afternoon, both of which were open to Enduro Cup co-drivers. Tony D'Alberto, Dean Fiore, Karl Reindler, David Russell and Luke Youlden completed laps in the first session, while Reindler also drove in the second session. The first session started under wet conditions, with all drivers using wet tyres. The session was stopped after eight minutes when David Reynolds got stuck in the sand trap at Turn 6. The circuit gradually dried out and drivers began changing to slick tyres after 15 minutes. McLaughlin set the fastest time of 56.4211 ahead of Chaz Mostert and Tim Slade.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Practice
The second session was also held in mixed conditions, with drivers again starting on wet tyres before changing to slick tyres later in the session. A number of drivers elected not to run early in the session due to the conditions. Whincup's car had an electrical issue with ten minutes remaining; his team was able to repair the car and he returned to the circuit. James Courtney set a time of 55.9297 with five minutes left in the session before rain hit again, preventing any improvement from other drivers.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Practice
A third practice session was held on Saturday morning and was 15 minutes in duration. The session was wet throughout, with the fastest time being 1:03.3112, set by Winterbottom. James Moffat's car lost oil pressure, ending his session and forcing his team to attempt to change the engine prior to the qualifying session, which started 50 minutes after the end of the practice session.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Qualifying – Race 8
Qualifying for Race 8 took place on Saturday afternoon and consisted of a single 15-minute session. While drivers started the session with slick tyres, rain began to fall soon after the session commenced. Michael Caruso got stuck in the sand trap at the first corner of his first flying lap, which caused a red flag and resulted in his exclusion from the rest of the session. The red flag was not displayed immediately, however, and several drivers were able to complete a timed lap, with the fastest being Cameron Waters ahead of Mostert and Craig Lowndes.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Qualifying – Race 8
The session was restarted after Caruso's car had been extracted, though only those drivers who had failed to set a time prior to the red flag being shown returned to the circuit. With the track now completely wet, the fastest of this group of drivers, Fabian Coulthard, qualified only twelfth, over four seconds slower than Waters' time of 59.6256. The session was stopped for a second time when Reynolds got stuck in the sand trap at Turn 1. With conditions not improving, Waters claimed his first pole position in the championship.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 8
Race 8 took place on Saturday afternoon and started in wet conditions, with all drivers electing to start the race on wet tyres. Shane van Gisbergen, who had started fourth, took the lead from Waters on lap 2. With the track drying out, Scott Pye pitted after nine laps to change to slick tyres. The leaders began doing the same on lap 11, with Van Gisbergen emerging in front of Mostert, Waters, Lowndes and Whincup. Coulthard was given a drive-through penalty for an unsafe pit release by his team. On lap 21, Winterbottom went off the circuit at the final corner, dropping from tenth to 17th place. He made a second pit stop on lap 27, but was turned around by Dale Wood as he slowed for the pit lane entry.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 8
On lap 28, Lowndes pitted from fourth place to fit fresh tyres; he would be the only one of the front-runners to switch to a two-stop strategy. Having dropped to 20th place, Lowndes quickly made his way up the order as other drivers struggled in cars with older tyres. He passed Van Gisbergen for the lead on lap 47 and went on to take victory by just under six seconds, surviving a late rain shower which crossed the circuit on the penultimate lap.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 8
Van Gisbergen finished second ahead of Whincup, while Will Davison, Garth Tander and Courtney utilised good tyre life to take fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Todd Kelly finished seventh and was the first driver after Lowndes to use a two-stop strategy, while Chris Pither achieved his best result of the season by finishing eighth. Mostert and Waters had poor tyre life and dropped to twelfth and 13th by the end of the race, while Pye was given a 40-second time penalty for shortcutting the circuit, dropping him from eleventh to 24th.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Qualifying – Race 9
Qualifying for Race 9 was a single 20-minute session held on Sunday morning. Mostert took pole position with a time of 55.0538, ahead of Lowndes, Winterbottom and Pither, who achieved his best qualifying position of the season.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 9
Race 9 was held on Sunday afternoon and the race regulations required each car to take on at least 120 litres of fuel during the race. Teams and drivers employed differing pit stop strategies during the race, with some opting for a two-stop strategy and others for a three-stop strategy, due to high tyre degradation. Lowndes took the lead from Mostert at the start and led until his first of three pit stops on lap 14. Lowndes' teammate Whincup had been the first to make a pit stop, coming in on lap 10. Winterbottom and McLaughlin, both on two-stop strategies, led until their respective pit stops on laps 27 and 28.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 9
Drivers on a three-stop strategy began making their second pit stops on lap 34, with Todd Kelly pitting from 15th place. Whincup pitted one lap later, while race leader Lowndes stopped on lap 38. Winterbottom obtained the lead when Tander pitted on lap 43 before making his second and final pit stop on lap 53, giving him a 30-lap final stint. McLaughlin ran longer in the middle stint, not making his second stop until lap 60.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 9
Rick Kelly also stopped on lap 60 and would emerge second of the drivers on a three-stop strategy after Lowndes and Van Gisbergen completed their third pit stops on lap 61. Once every driver had completed their pit stops, Winterbottom led McLaughlin by nearly 15 seconds, with Lowndes in third and Van Gisbergen in fourth after he passed Rick Kelly.


2016 Perth SuperSprint, Report, Race 9
With younger tyres, McLaughlin, Lowndes and Van Gisbergen began closing the gap to Winterbottom. With his lead reduced to around two seconds, Winterbottom lost more time when Aaren Russell unlapped himself with five laps remaining. McLaughlin continued to close in and looked up the inside of Winterbottom at the final corner on lap 82, but compromised his exit from the corner and he was forced to defend from Lowndes going into Turn 1. This gave Winterbottom a small lead which he was able to maintain on the final lap, taking victory over McLaughlin by 0.3 seconds. Lowndes finished third to take the championship lead, with Van Gisbergen and Rick Kelly completed the top five, all within two seconds of Winterbottom. Winterbottom was critical of Russell following the race, saying: "I thought Aaren Russell ruined my race there, it cost two seconds, I thought it was over."


2016 Peruvian Segunda División
The 2016 Segunda División season, also known as Copa Best Cable Perú 2016 for sponsorship reasons, was the 71st edition of the second tier of Federación Peruana de Futbol. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The season started on 23 April 2016. The fixtures were announced on 12 April 2016.


2016 Peruvian Segunda División, Teams
A total of 16 teams in the league, 4 more than the previous season, including 9 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the 2015 Torneo Descentralizado and five promoted from the 2015 Copa Perú.


2016 Peruvian Segunda División, Teams
The 2016 season was the first one were former Copa Sudamericana winners Cienciano were competing outside of the top tier since 1974. Sport Loreto was relegated to the Segunda Division after one year in the top tier. León de Huánuco refused to play in the 2016 Segunda Division and was relegated to the 2016 Copa Perú.


2016 Peruvian Segunda División, Teams
The teams which had been relegated from the Segunda División the previous season were Atlético Minero, and San Simón. San Simón was disabled mid-season and relegated to the Copa Perú for outstanding debts with the SAFAP.


2016 Peruvian Segunda División, Teams
Five Copa Perú teams were promoted: Cantolao, Alfredo Salinas, Unión Tarapoto, Sport Áncash and Cultural Santa Rosa. Cantolao was promoted as 2015 Copa Perú runner-up. Alfredo Salinas, Unión Tarapoto, Sport Áncash and Cultural Santa Rosa were invited to fill in the vacated spots after a strict financial analysis.


2016 Peruvian Segunda División, League table, Title Play-off
Because Cantolao and Sport Ancash finished the regular season with the same number of points, a title play-off match will be played on neutral ground to decide the champion and owner of the 2017 Torneo Descentralizado berth.


2016 Peruvian general election
General elections were held in Peru on 10 April 2016 to determine the president, vice-presidents, composition of the Congress of the Republic of Peru and the Peruvian representatives of the Andean Parliament.


2016 Peruvian general election
In the race for the presidency, incumbent President Ollanta Humala was ineligible for re-election due to constitutional term limits. Popular Force candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, was the leading candidate in the first round with almost 40 per cent of the vote, but fell short of the 50 per cent majority required to avoid a second round. Peruvians for Change candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski narrowly beat Broad Front candidate Verónika Mendoza to finish in second and earn a place in the second round. The run-off was held on 5 June 2016. With support from those opposing Fujimori, Kuczynski won by a narrow margin of less than half a percentage point. He was sworn in as President on 28 July.


2016 Peruvian general election
In the Congressional elections, Popular Force won in a landslide, receiving more than a third of the vote and winning an absolute majority of 73 out of 130 seats. Broad Front with 20 seats and Peruvians for Change with 18 seats emerged as the main opposition blocs.


2016 Peruvian general election, Background
On 13 November 2015, incumbent President Ollanta Humala called for a general election to be held on 10 April 2016. He said that he would respect the constitutional term limit restrictions and would not run again.


2016 Peruvian general election, Electoral system
The President was elected using the two-round system. The 130 members of the Congress of the Republic were elected in 25 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation.


2016 Peruvian general election, Presidential nominees, Campaign highlights
The presidential tickets were to be filed with the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) by 10 January 2016. Congressional lists were to be filed with the ONPE by 10 February 2016.


2016 Peruvian general election, Presidential nominees, Campaign highlights
In March 2016, presidential candidates Julio Guzmán from All for Peru and César Acuña Peralta from Alliance for Progress were barred from the elections; Guzmán due to a violation of party rules in the party's internal election and Acuña Peralta due to monetary giveaways during a campaign rally, a violation of an electoral law enacted by Congress in November 2015.


2016 Peruvian general election, Presidential nominees, Campaign highlights
Keiko Fujimori was a highly polarizing figure during the election. The daughter of the controversial former president Alberto Fujimori, who was serving time in prison at the time, she was popular among the poor and loyalists who credit her father with the defeat of Shining Path. This popularity allowed her to win in the first round of the presidential elections. She was viewed unfavorably by a number of people who oppose Fujimori for human rights abuses and corrupt practices, and who feared that her victory would mark a return of Fujimorismo. Mendoza, who placed third and could not stand in the runoff election, gave her full endorsement to Kuczynski, in order to prevent Fujimori's victory.


2016 Peruvian general election, Results, President
The first round was held on 10 April. Exit polls indicated that Keiko Fujimori placed first in the first round of voting with approximately 40% of the vote, with Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Veronika Mendoza each receiving approximately 20%.


2016 Peruvian general election, Results, President
The second round was held on 5 June. Exit polls indicated that Pedro Pablo Kuczynski held a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori. As counting continued, the gap narrowed significantly. Preliminary results gave Kuczynski a 0.25 per cent advantage over Fujimori, with less than 50,000 votes between them. Approximately 50,000 votes were challenged during the count. Fujimori conceded the election to Kuczynski on 10 June.


2016 Peruvian general election, Results, Congress
Popular Force won in a landslide, taking more than a third of the vote and an absolute majority of 73 out of 130 seats. Behind them in opposition, Peruvians for Change with 18 seats and Broad Front with 20 seats. Other parties which gained representation in Congress include Alliance for the Progress of Peru (9 seats), Popular Alliance (5 seats) and Popular Action (5 seats).


2016 Peruvian general election, Results, Andean Parliament
Only the three main parties obtained representation in the Andean Parliament, with Popular Force obtaining 3 seats (plus six substitutes) each, and Broad Front and Peruvians for Change obtaining only one seat (and two substitutes). Popular Force got the most votes, with 38.1% of the valid ballots. Former congressman Rolando Sousa of Popular Force obtained the most individual votes, with 407,811.


2016 Peshawar bus bombing
On 16 March 2016,  bomb detonated in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30. The explosion occurred on Sunehri Masjid Road. The bomb had been hidden on the bus, and was apparently detonated remotely. A group aligned with the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing.


2016 Peterborough City Council election
The 2016 Peterborough City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect all members of Peterborough City Council in Cambridgeshire. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Peterborough City Council election
Following a boundary review, all Peterborough City Council seats were up for election. The number of wards reduced from 24 to 22 but the number of seats increased from 57 to 60.


2016 Peterborough City Council election
The Conservatives gained overall control of Peterborough City Council after taking 31 of the 60 seats.


2016 Peterborough City Council election, Results Summary
Gain/loss column only indicates direct changes in seats that were contested at the last election and does not include seats picked up from newly created wards (new seat wins).


2016 Petit Le Mans
The Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda was the 2016 edition of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, held on October 1, 2016, at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia, United States. It was the 12th and final race of the 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the third Petit Le Mans run since the formation of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2014.


2016 Petit Le Mans, Qualifying
Provisional pole positions in each class are denoted in bold. All Prototype and Prototype Challenge cars were grouped together on the starting grid, regardless of qualifying position.


2016 Philadelphia Cycling Classic
The 2016 Philadelphia Cycling Classic was a one-day women's cycle race, held in Philadelphia on June 5 2016. The race is part of the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was won by the American Megan Guarnier of Boels–Dolmans.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 2016 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 84th season in the National Football League and the first under head coach Doug Pederson. The Eagles named 2nd overall pick Carson Wentz the starting  quarterback for Week 1 against the Cleveland Browns. The Eagles started 3–0 including a 34–3 win over their intrastate rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Following their Week 4 bye week, the Eagles went 4–9, including a 2–4 record against their divisional rivals. Following a 27–26 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 15, the Eagles were eliminated from playoff contention for the third consecutive season and fourth time in five seasons. This was the last season Eagles missed the playoffs until 2020.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Roster changes, Roster changes
The Eagles cut wide receiver Riley Cooper on February 8, 2016. They later cut veteran linebacker DeMeco Ryans on February 24, 2016.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Eagles kicked off the 2016 season against the Cleveland Browns. 2nd Overall pick Carson Wentz made his debut. The Eagles started off well. Wentz threw his 1st career TD to Jordan Matthews. Caleb Sturgis missed a field goal in the 1st Quarter but did made one early in the 2nd Quarter to extend the lead to 10–0. The Browns would respond early in the 2nd quarter with an Isaiah Crowell 1 yard TD to cut the Eagles lead to 10–7.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Eagles only managed to kick another Sturgis field goal in the 2nd Quarter which resulted in a 13–7 lead at halftime. The Browns then kicked another field goal to change the score to 13–10. Midway through the 3rd Quarter, a bad snap by Browns center Cameron Erving went over the head of Quarterback Robert Griffin III and into the end zone for a safety and it extended the Eagles lead to 15–10. Following that drive, Wentz and the offense went back to work. Wentz threw his 2nd TD to Nelson Agholor to change the score to 22–10. The Eagles mainly burned out the clock in the 4th quarter to weaken the Browns hopes of a comeback. Ryan Mathews sealed the game with a 1-yard TD to make the final score 29–10.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears
Following their big win at home, the Eagles trailed to Illinois to square off Jay Cutler and the Bears in Soldier Field. The Bears scored a touchdown early in the 2nd Quarter by Jeremy Langford. The Eagles only got away with 3 field goals throughout the first half, leading 9–7 at the half. However, things turned around in the 2nd half. Cutler fumbled early in the 3rd quarter, setting up a Ryan Mathews 3-yard touchdown to increase the Eagles lead to 16–7.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears
On the Bears' next drive, Cutler threw an interception to Linebacker Nigel Bradham to set up a touchdown from Carson Wentz to tight end Trey Burton to increase their lead to 22–7. (Kicker Caleb Sturgis missed the extra point.) Cutler left the game with a thumb injury. Backup Brian Hoyer came to relieve him. Early in the 4th quarter, Jeremy Langford fumbled, giving the Eagles the ball at the Bears 47-yard line. The Eagles mainly burned out the clock throughout the 4th quarter. Mathews ran for another touchdown to extend their lead to 29–7. Eddie Royal returned a punt for a touchdown with 5 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. However, the Eagles pulled away the game to end their chances.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at Chicago Bears
With the win, the Eagles moved to 2–0 and tied the New York Giants for first place in the NFC East.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Eagles returned home to face their long time state rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Eagles blocked a Chris Boswell field goal to deny 3 points. The Eagles drew first blood with a Caleb Strugis field goal to make the score 3–0. Early in the 2nd quarter, Rookie Quarterback Carson Wentz threw a 12-yard touchdown to Jordan Matthews to add to their lead. The Steelers finally got on board with a Chris Boswell field goal which turned out to be the only scoring play for the Steelers.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Strugis notched another field goal to extend their lead to 13–3 at the half. Then, early in the 2nd Half, Wentz threw a 73-yard touchdown to running back Darren Sproles to extend their lead to 20–3. After a Steelers 3 and out, rookie running back Wendell Smallwood scored his first career rushing touchdown and it extend to Eagles lead to 27–3. On the Steelers next drive, veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger fumbled the football which the Eagles recovered. The Eagles would score a Kenjon Barner rushing touchdown to create a stunning 31 point lead. The Eagles defense shut down the Steelers offense. Roethlisberger threw an interception to Rodney McLeod late in the game as the Eagles pulled away a huge 34–3 win.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
With the win, The Eagles headed into their bye week with a commanding 3–0 record and 1st place in NFC East. (The Giants lost to the Redskins earlier in the day.)


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Minnesota Vikings
This was the Eagles first blackout game of the year.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at New York Giants
After a heartbreaking overtime loss in Dallas, the Eagles traveled to MetLife Stadium to take on the Giants. The Eagles started off slow. Wentz threw 2 interceptions and the defense allowed 2 touchdowns by Eli Manning to Odell Beckham Jr and to Roger Lewis. The Eagles defense struggled all day especially Leodis McKelvin until the 4th quarter when the Eagles intercepted Manning twice. But, they weren't able to comeback as the Eagles failed to score a touchdown. The loss dropped the Eagles to 4–4 and 4th place in the NFC East. After this loss, the Eagles would not lose to New York again until Week 10 of 2020 (November 15, 2020), after 8 consecutive wins.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Eagles, with the win, stay alive in the NFC East and the wild card race as they take down the NFC South leaders and the NFL's best offense.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the loss, the Eagles fell to 5–7. They also fell to 0-4-1 all time in Cincinnati.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: at Baltimore Ravens
The loss knocked the Eagles out of playoff contention for the third consecutive year. Despite a rushing touchdown by Carson Wentz in the final seconds, they failed the 2-point conversion; sealing a fifth straight loss and a playoff elimination.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. New York Giants
After a heartbreaking loss that knocked the Eagles out of the playoffs, they came back home to square off the New York Giants for round 2. Prior to this game, the Eagles were 0–4 against division rivals. Playing with pride, the Eagles knocked off the Giants including a pick 6 by Malcolm Jenkins. With the win, the Eagles snapped their 5-game losing streak and won against the Giants at home for the 3rd consecutive season. The win allowed the Cowboys to clinch the NFC East. This started an 8-game winning streak for the Eagles against the Giants, ending Week 10 of 2020.


2016 Philadelphia Eagles season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Dallas Cowboys
With the win, the Eagles finished the year at 7–9. Furthermore, they won their first game against the Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field since 2011.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season
The 2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season was the 16th season of the franchise (in its current incarnation) in World TeamTennis (WTT).


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season
The Freedoms finished fourth in WTT, narrowly losing a standings tiebreaker for third place, with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses and missed the postseason for the first time since 2013. The Freedoms were led by WTT Male Rookie of the Year Fabrice Martin.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Draft
At the WTT Draft on March 25, 2016, the Freedoms selected Caroline Wozniacki with the first pick in the marquee player portion of the draft. They passed on making a second-round marquee selection. In the roster portion of the draft, the Freedoms did not protect any players from their 2015 squad including 2014 WTT Male Most Valuable Player Marcelo Melo. They selected Lukáš Lacko, Daria Kasatkina, Fabrice Martin and Naomi Broady as roster players in the first four rounds. In addition to Melo, the Freedoms left Taylor Townsend, Robby Ginepri, Liezel Huber, Asia Muhammad, Abigail Spears and Coco Vandeweghe unprotected. In the fifth round, the Freedoms selected roster-exempt player Donald Young.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Crawford replaces Kasatkina
On July 6, 2016, the Freedoms announced they had signed Samantha Crawford to replace Daria Kasatkina, who had been selected to represent Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A solid start
The Freedoms opened their season on July 31, 2016, with a 23–17 road win against the Springfield Lasers. Lukáš Lacko and Fabrice Martin won the opening set of men's doubles, 5–3. After the Lasers won the second and third sets in tiebreakers to tie the match at 13 all, Naomi Broady and Samantha Crawford dominated all three of their service games, never facing a break point, while converting two breaks against Michaëlla Krajicek and Pauline Parmentier for a 5–1 women's doubles set win that gave the Freedoms an 18–14 lead. Broady and Martin closed out the victory by taking the mixed doubles set, 5–3.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A solid start
The following evening, the Freedoms were in New York City for a match with the New York Empire. After dropping the opening set, the Freedoms won the next three sets to take command of the match. Caroline Wozniacki and Broady won a tiebreaker in women's doubles after trading breaks with Christina McHale and María Irigoyen. Broady and Martin took the third set of mixed doubles, 5–3. Wozniacki dominated McHale in the fourth set of women's singles, 5–0, winning 20 of the 25 points played, to give the Freedoms a 17–12 lead.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A solid start
After the teams traded breaks in the final set of men's doubles, Guido Pella and Neal Skupski won a tiebreaker that forced extended play with the Freedoms leading 21–17. Pella and Skupski broke Lacko and Martin in the first game of extended play and held serve in the second to cut the Freedoms' lead to 21–19. However, Lacko and Martin held serve in the third game to close out a 22–19 victory.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A solid start
After two road wins to start their season, the Freedoms played their home opener against the Lasers on August 2, 2016, which included an Olympic send-off party for Wozniacki. She was selected as Denmark's flag bearer for the opening ceremony. The Freedoms found themselves behind, 10–5, early in the match after the Lasers won the first two sets. Lacko and Martin held all four of their service games and converted a break point for a 5–2 set win in the third set of men's doubles. Wozniacki followed with a 5–1 set win in women's singles that gave the Freedoms a 15–13 lead. Broady and Martin took a 5–3 set win in mixed doubles to seal a 20–16 win.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A solid start
The following evening, the Freedoms found themselves on the road against the five-time defending WTT champion Washington Kastles. Both teams entered the match with 3 wins and 0 losses. Lacko and Martin secured an early break to take a 3–1 lead in the opening set of men's doubles. Leander Paes and John-Patrick Smith broke back and tied the set at 3 all. But Lacko and Martin managed another break and took the set, 5–3. Broady and Martin took the second set of mixed doubles in a tiebreaker.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, A solid start
Lacko won the men's singles set, 5–3, to give the Freedoms a 15–10 halftime lead. After dropping the women's doubles set, the Freedoms handed an 18–15 lead to Broady who faced Madison Brengle in the final set of women's singles. Broady successfully defended the only break point she faced in her four service games and converted a break against Brengle's serve to take the set, 5–3, and secure a 23–18 victory for the Freedoms. Brengle, who had only played singles this season before the start of play, entered the match having won all three of her sets by a combined score a 15–2. The win gave the Freedoms 4 wins and 0 losses and left them as the only undefeated team in WTT.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Four consecutive losses
The Freedoms returned home atop the WTT standings to face the winless Springfield Lasers, a team they had already beaten twice, on August 4, 2016. The Lasers won four of the five sets, two in tiebreakers, and went on to a 24–19 victory that handed the Freedom their first loss of the season. Two nights later, in the back end of a home-and-home series, the Lasers won three of the five sets played and defeated the Freedoms again, 23–18 in extended play.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Four consecutive losses
The Freedoms' West Coast trip proved to be a struggle, as they lost to both the Orange County Breakers and the San Diego Aviators and saw their record drop to 4 wins and 4 losses.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
On August 9, 2016, the Freedoms announced they had re-signed Coco Vandeweghe as a wildcard player.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
The Freedoms took their four-match losing streak home where they met the New York Empire on August 10, 2016. The match opened with Donald Young and Fabrice Martin facing Andy Roddick and Neal Skupski. Both teams held three service games and broke once to send the set to a tiebreaker. Empire coach Patrick McEnroe substituted 2016 Wimbledon hero Marcus Willis for Skupski in the tiebreaker, but the Freedoms prevailed. After Christina McHale took the first three games of the women's singles set from Naomi Broady, the Freedoms substituted Samantha Crawford for Broady.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
McHale broke Crawford in her service game and took the set, 5–0, to give the Empire a 9–5 lead. The Freedoms regained the lead at 10–9, when Martin and Broady took the mixed doubles set, 5–0, from Skupski and McHale, who had substituted for María Irigoyen, after the Empire fell behind, 0–3. McHale and Irigoyen won 21 of the 32 points played against Broady and Crawford in the women's doubles set for a 5–1 victory that gave the Empire a 14–11 lead.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
In the final set, Young held his four service games and broke Roddick once for a 5–2 men's singles set win that tied the match at 16 all and sent it to a super tiebreaker. Young took the super tiebreaker, 7–3, to give the Freedoms a 17–16 victory and put an end to their losing streak.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
The following evening, the Freedoms met the Washington Kastles at home in an atmosphere quite different from the teams' previous encounter. Just eight days earlier, the Freedoms prevailed in a matchup of WTT's only two undefeated teams. Now the Freedoms were 5–4, and the Kastles were 4–5 and facing elimination. The five-time defending WTT champions won the first three sets to gain a 15–9 lead before exacting their revenge for the home loss they suffered at the hands of the Freedoms. The 24–18 Kastles victory gave both teams 5 wins and 5 losses and put them both on the brink of elimination.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
On August 12, 2016, the Freedoms hosted the Orange County Breakers, who entered the match with 8 wins and 2 losses and having already clinched a spot in the WTT Finals. Young and Martin led the Freedoms by opening the match with a 5–2 set win in men's doubles. Martin then teamed with Broady to take the third set of mixed doubles in a tiebreaker and give the Freedoms a 13–11 lead at halftime. Young closed out a 21–18 victory by taking the final set of men's singles, 5–2, over Dennis Novikov.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
The set was much closer than it might appear. Young successfully defended all seven break points he faced while converting one of on two break-point opportunities he had. Total points won in the set favored Young by only 21–20. Despite winning to stave off elimination, the Freedoms postseason aspirations vanished, when the San Diego Aviators defeated the Empire, 24–16, to clinch the second spot in the WTT Finals.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Stretch run
A win in the season's final match gave the Freedoms a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, identical to that of the Kastles. Since the teams split their two regular-season meetings, the tie for third place in the standings was broken based on games won in those head-to-head matches, which favored the Kastles, 42–41.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Season recap, Rookie of the Year Award
Fabrice Martin was named 2016 WTT Male Rookie of the Year. Martin was tied for first in the league with teammate Naomi Broady in winning percentage in mixed doubles and was also fourth in men's doubles.


2016 Philadelphia Freedoms season, Draft picks
With the California Dream franchise terminated by WTT, the Freedoms were the only returning conference championship loser from 2015, and selected third from the bottom (fourth) in each round of the draft. WTT conducted its 2016 Draft on March 25, in Key Biscayne, Florida. The selections made by the Freedoms are shown in the table below.