2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP3 Series, Race 1
It was a dominant performance from Albon from the start of the race, with him maintaining the lead with a comfortable buffer over the rest of the pack. The race began to settle toward the middle of the race, with Stuvik falling back through the pack and Leclerc started to chase after his teammate. Jake Hughes was on a charge, but after a rear wing failure, he was forced to retire after running as high as fourth. Matt Parry was also on a charge, with him climbing from 12th on the grid, although he found himself hounded by Nyck de Vries who had started from 19th. However, at the front, Albon was victorious from teammate Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco.


2016 Simone Biles gymnastics season
The 2016 Simone Biles gymnastics season refers to the competitions that American artistic gymnast Simone Biles will participate in during the 2016 gymnastics season. Biles' 2016 season may start on March 18, 2016, at the City of Jesolo Trophy, or may start as late as June 4, 2016 – at the 2016 U.S. Classic.


2016 Simone Biles gymnastics season, Previous season
The 2015 World Champion, Biles celebrated one of her most successful seasons in 2015. Domestically, she defended her National title and won two additional National titles; a recipient of 7 senior National titles. Similarly, in international competition, she captured the individual all-around, balance beam and floor exercise titles at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in Glasgow, Scotland.


2016 Simone Biles gymnastics season, Previous season
As a result of her successes, she is the third most successful gymnast at a World Championships of all time, (by total medal count) trailing only Svetlana Khorkina and Gina Gogean but, has won more gold medals than any other gymnast in the history of the World Gymnastics Championships.


2016 Simone Biles gymnastics season, Sponsors
As a result of forfeiting NCAA eligibility, Biles became eligible to take prize money and earn profit from sponsors. Immediately, she signed with sports agency, Octagon. Remaining signed with Octagon, later in 2015, she revealed that she had signed with world renowned sportswear brand, Nike, Inc.. Soon after this, in November 2015, she became an endorsed athlete for gymnastics sportswear brand, GK Elite Sportswear.


2016 Singapore Community Shield
The 2016 Singapore Community Shield (also known as the Great Eastern Community Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the Singapore Community Shield held on 13 February 2016 at Jalan Besar Stadium, between the winners of the previous season's S.League and Singapore Cup competitions. The match was contested by 2015 Singapore Cup winners Albirex Niigata (S) and 2015 S.League champions DPMM FC.


2016 Singapore Community Shield
Albirex Niigata (S) won the Shield for the first time after defeating DPMM FC 3–2.


2016 Singapore Cup
The 2016 Singapore Cup (also known as the RHB Singapore Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th edition of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their first trophy the previous year. The final was won by Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0. Tampines Rovers striker Billy Mehmet received the man of the match award.


2016 Singapore Cup, Teams
A total of 12 teams participate in the 2016 Singapore Cup. 9 of the teams are from domestic S.League while the other three are invited from Cambodia and the Philippines.


2016 Singapore Cup, Format
Eight teams were drawn for the preliminary round while the other four seeded teams received a bye for that round. The eight teams will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match final.


2016 Singapore Cup, Format
For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner.


2016 Singapore Cup, Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 24 April 2016 at Connaught Drive. Eight teams involved in this round will play in a single leg knockout basis. The matches will be played from 26 to 29 May 2016. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals.


2016 Singapore Cup, Quarter-finals
Four teams (Home United, Geylang International, Global and Ceres-La Salle) will join the four seeded teams in this round after winning their matches in the Preliminary Round. All matches will be played in a two-legged knockout basis. Away goal rule will not be applied in this tournament. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the semi-finals.


2016 Singapore Grand Prix
The 2016 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the fifteenth round of the 2016 Formula One World Championship, and marked the seventeenth running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the ninth time the race had been held at Marina Bay.


2016 Singapore Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by two points, ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 208 points. Red Bull Racing was placed second and Ferrari third. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner.


2016 Singapore Grand Prix
Rosberg started the race from pole position and led throughout, holding off a late challenge by Daniel Ricciardo to win by less than half a second in his 200th race in Formula One. Sebastian Vettel was awarded the Driver of the Day award after moving 17 spots to claim 5th position.


2016 Singapore Grand Prix, Race
Romain Grosjean was unable to start the race due to brake problems. At the start Nico Rosberg got away in the lead and Fernando Alonso made a strong start up to 5th. Carlos Sainz collided with Nico Hülkenberg sending the latter into the pit wall and out of the race, while Sainz was able to continue. The safety car was deployed while Hülkenberg's car was cleared. As the safety car came in and the race resumed a Marshall was still on the track still picking up debris from the accident.


2016 Singapore Grand Prix, Race
After the restart Lewis Hamilton could not overtake Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo ahead of him. Jenson Button retired from the race at two-thirds distance with a brake issue. Rosberg won the race after having to withstand late race pressure from Ricciardo with Lewis Hamilton driving a steady race to 3rd. Kimi Räikkönen came home 4th ahead of his teammate Sebastian Vettel while Max Verstappen was able to take 6th with Fernando Alonso falling back to 7th.


2016 Singapore League Cup
The 2016 Singapore League Cup (known as The New Paper League Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth edition of the Singapore League Cup, Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by the Football Association of Singapore. Albirex Niigata (S) are the defending champions, having won their second trophy the previous year. The tournament was held from 13 to 30 July 2016.


2016 Singapore League Cup, Teams
A total of 8 teams participate in the 2016 Singapore League Cup with all clubs coming from the S.League. Garena Young Lions did not be participating in this edition of the Singapore League Cup.


2016 Singapore League Cup, Plate knockout phase
The plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: semi-finals and final. For each game in the plate knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (except the final); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.


2016 Singapore Sevens
The 2016 Singapore Sevens was the eighth tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 16–17 April 2016 at National Stadium in Singapore. It was the fourth time the Singapore Sevens was part of the World Sevens Series, having last hosted an event on the circuit in 2006.


2016 Singapore Sevens, Format
Sixteen teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays each of the other teams their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2016 Singapore Super Series
The 2016 Singapore Super Series was the fourth Super Series tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament takes place in Singapore from April 12–17, 2016 with a total purse of $350,000.


2016 Sint Maarten general election
General elections were held in Sint Maarten on 26 September 2016.


2016 Sint Maarten general election, Electoral system
The 15 seats in the Estates were elected by proportional representation. In order to participate in the election, new parties and parties without a seat in parliament were required to obtain at least 146 signatures; 1% of the valid votes of the 2014 parliamentary elections.


2016 Sioux City Bandits season
The 2016 Sioux City Bandits season was the team's sixteenth as the Sioux City Bandits, seventeenth overall and second as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of 12 teams in the CIF for the 2016 season, they played in the 6-team Northern Division.


2016 Sioux City Bandits season
The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Erv Strohbeen. The team's offensive coordinator is Jarrod DeGeorgia, the defensive coordinator is John Zevenbergen, and the assistant coaches include Greg Stallman and Justin Hayes.


2016 Sioux City Bandits season, Awards and honors
Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 1, the CIF named cornerback Rahn Franklin as the Defensive Player of the Week. For Week 2, the CIF named cornerback Jon Smith as the Defensive Player of the Week. For Week 5, the CIF named defensive lineman Ben Pister as the Defensive Player of the Week. For Week 11, the CIF named wide receiver Frederick Bruno as the Special Teams Player of the Week. In Round 1 of the playoffs, running back Drew Prohaska was named the offensive player of the week when he broke Fred Jackson's single game rush yard record.


2016 Sioux City Bandits season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated April 19, 201626 Active, 0 Inactive


2016 Sioux Falls Storm season
The 2016 Sioux Falls Storm season was the team's seventeenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and eighth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2016 season, the Storm were members of the United Conference.


2016 Sioux Falls Storm season
Led by head coach Kurtiss Riggs, the Storm played their home games at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.


2016 Sioux Falls Storm season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 23, 201625 Active, 4 Inactive


2016 Siquijor local elections
Local elections in Siquijor held on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters elected all local posts in the province: a town mayor, vice mayor, town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan - three in each of the province's two administrative districts, the governor, vice governor, and one representative for lone district of Siquijor.


2016 Siquijor local elections
A total of 189 candidates are running for all local positions in the province and in six municipalities of Siquijor.


2016 Siquijor local elections
The total number of registered voters in the province is 68,988.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Congressional Election Result, Lone District, Congressman
Marie Anne Pernes (LP) is the incumbent. Parties are stated in their certificates of candidacy.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Provincial Election Results, Governor
Zaldy Villa (LP) is the incumbent. Parties are stated in their certificates of candidacy.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Provincial Election Results, Vice-Governor
Fernando "Dingdong" Avanzado (LP) is the incumbent. However, he is not seeking for reelection.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Municipal Election Results
All municipalities of Siquijor elected mayor, vice-mayor and councilors this election. The mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes win the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of Mayoral and vice-Mayoral candidates of each municipalities of the province.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Municipal Election Results, Lazi
Orpheus Fua (Lakas–CMD) is the incumbent. However is ineligible for reelection due to term limits.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Municipal Election Results, Lazi
James Monte (Independent) is term limited. He is running for mayor.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Municipal Election Results, Siquijor
Mei Ling Quezon (LP) is term limited. She is running for vice-governor.


2016 Siquijor local elections, Municipal Election Results, Siquijor
Richard Quezon (LP) is term limited. He is running for mayor.


2016 Six Days of London
2016 Six Days of London was a professional track cycling event held at the Lee Valley VeloPark over six consecutive days from 25 to 30 October 2016. It was the second year the event was held since the historical Six Days of London event was resurrected in 2015. Before the event, the organisers announced that the event was to form part of a "Six Day Series", with the London event being followed by events in Amsterdam, Berlin and Copenhagen, with a "final" then being held at the Palma velodrome in Mallorca.


2016 Six Days of London, Summary
The main competition was held over all six days, with 16 pairs of men competing to cover the largest number of laps in a series of madison events. Points were also awarded in a number of other shorter events, such as derny and elimination races, with each 100 points awarding an extra lap. Alongside this, six sprinters raced every night in match sprint and keirin races. There was also a women's omnium event which took place over the final three days.


2016 Six Days of London, Summary
British cycling legends Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish attended the event for the first time, competing as a pair, but were defeated by reigning champions Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw and took second place instead. Both teams also competed at the Six Days of Ghent later that year, where the order was reversed, with Wiggins declaring that to be his final competitive race.


2016 Six Days of London, Summary
In the omnium, Katie Archibald dominated to win the overall standings, winning all of the individual events except for the 10 km points race.


2016 Six Nations Championship
The 2016 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2016 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 17th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship
It was contested by England, France, defending champions Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 122nd edition of the tournament.


2016 Six Nations Championship
England won the Championship on 13 March with a game to play, winning their first Championship since 2011. On 19 March, they earned the Grand Slam for the 13th time, their first since 2003.


2016 Six Nations Championship
The 2016 Championship was the first time in the Six Nations era that both the champions and the wooden spoon "winners" had been decided before the final day, as Italy were confirmed to finish in sixth place for the 11th time on 13 March with Scotland's victory over France. Italy went on to lose their final match, and were thus whitewashed for the seventh time. The 29 tries conceded by Italy was also a Championship record, exceeding the 25 tries they conceded in 2000 and 2003.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Participants
* Except the final match at home against Italy, when Warburton was ruled out due to concussion protocol. Dan Lydiate took his place as captain, with championship vice-captain Alun Wyn Jones also ruled out injured.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 1 (6–7 February)
The tournament started with a surprisingly narrow 23–21 win for France over Italy. At one point, Italy had led 18–10 and then 21–20, but a late penalty from Jules Plisson gave France the points. The same day, another tight game saw England retain the Calcutta Cup in a narrow 15–9 win over Scotland, with tries from George Kruis and Jack Nowell. The following day, two of the three tournament favourites, Ireland and Wales, drew 16–16 in Dublin. Ireland had led 13–0 before Wales battled back to lead 16–13. Jonathan Sexton's late penalty gave Ireland a share of the spoils.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 2 (13–14 February)
Ireland's defence of the title was damaged further in Week 2 when they were beaten 10–9 in a second successive narrow victory for France. Ireland had led 9–3 from before half-time, but Maxime Médard's 69th minute converted try proved to be the winner. Another comeback later that day saw Wales beat Scotland 27–23 in Cardiff. Scotland had led 13–10 at half time, but tries from Jamie Roberts and George North gave Wales a 27–16 lead before a late Scotland score. On Sunday, England easily beat Italy 40–9 after a tight first half, with Jonathan Joseph scoring a hat-trick of tries.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 3 (26–27 February)
In the Friday evening kick-off, Wales maintained their title hopes with a 19–10 win over France. Another George North try helped them to a comfortable 19–3 lead before a France try in the last minute. On Saturday, Scotland won their first Six Nations game in 10 attempts, winning 36–20 in Rome with Greig Laidlaw kicking 21 points. Ireland's title hopes were extinguished when they were beaten 21–10 by England at Twickenham; Ireland had led 10–6 early in the second half, but conceded 15 unanswered points in 13 minutes with tries by Anthony Watson and Mike Brown.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 4 (12–13 March)
Entering the fourth round of matches, the England-Wales game was touted as a Championship decider, although France – a point behind Wales and two behind England – still had an outside chance of winning it. The first match of the weekend saw Ireland trounce Italy 58–15, running in nine tries. England then beat Wales 25–21 in a thrilling encounter at Twickenham; England had led 25–7 with less than 10 minutes remaining before two converted Wales tries made it a tense ending.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 4 (12–13 March)
England thus won the Triple Crown, and the next day won the Championship outright, as France, needing to win to take the tournament to a final week, lost 29–18 to Scotland in Edinburgh, the Scots' first win over the French in 10 years. In addition to guaranteeing that England would win the tournament, Scotland's victory over France also guaranteed that Italy would finish last and "win" the wooden spoon as a result.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 5 (19 March)
All three matches were played on the same day in the last round, with England needing to win in Paris to complete the Grand Slam for the first time since 2003. In the first match, Wales scored nine tries to easily beat Italy 67–14 in Cardiff, effectively whitewashing Italy; they had lost all five of their matches. Ireland then beat Scotland 35–25 in Dublin in an open game where the sides shared seven tries.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Story of the tournament, Round 5 (19 March)
In the final game in Paris, England scored two early tries through Danny Care and Dan Cole but the excellent kicking of Maxime Machenaud – who scored all of his side's points with seven penalties – kept France in the game until two late Owen Farrell penalties stretched England's lead to 31–21, enough to win the game and the Grand Slam, and to leave Farrell the leading points scorer in the Championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:George Clancy (Ireland)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Stuart Berry (South Africa)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Glen Jackson (New Zealand)Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Stuart Berry (South Africa)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:JP Doyle (England)Luke Pearce (England)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Nick Briant (New Zealand)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Alexandre Ruiz (France)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Mathieu Raynal (France)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)Television match official:Graham Hughes (England)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Craig Joubert (South Africa)Alexandre Ruiz (France)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Leighton Hodges (Wales)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2016 Six Nations Championship, Broadcasting
In the United Kingdom, 2016 marked the first year that the tournament was broadcast across both the BBC and ITV, with the BBC broadcasting France, Scotland and Wales home matches and ITV screening England, Ireland and Italy home fixtures. In this first year of the split UK TV deal, the BBC covered eight matches from the tournament, and ITV the other seven. This arrangement will alternate every year for the remainder of the deal to 2021. S4C in Wales will also broadcast every Wales game in Welsh for the remainder of this contract.


2016 Six Nations Championship, Broadcasting
In France, all of the matches were broadcast on France 2, the traditional French channel for rugby. In the Republic of Ireland, matches are being broadcast by RTÉ. In Italy, all of the matches are being broadcast live on DMAX.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads
This is a list of the complete squads for the 2016 Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the national rugby teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland are the defending champions.


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


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, England
On 13 January, Eddie Jones named a 33-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 24 January, Semesa Rokoduguni was called up as cover for Chris Ashton, who had been given a 10-week ban.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 1 February, Kieran Brookes replaced Henry Thomas, who had been covering Brookes in the initial squad, after recovering from a pre-squad announcement injury.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 22 February, Luther Burrell was added to the squad as an injury replacement for Ollie Devoto.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 29 February, Dave Ewers and Manu Tuilagi were called up to the squad ahead of the final two rounds of the Championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, England, Call-ups
On 6 March, Ed Slater was called up to the squad as injury cover for Courtney Lawes.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France
On 19 January, head coach Guy Novès named a 31-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 24 January, Marvin O'Connor was called up to the squad as injury cover for Benjamin Fall.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 25 January, Baptiste Serin and Bernard Le Roux were added to the squad as injury cover for Morgan Parra and Sébastien Vahaamahina.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 28 January, Vincent Pelo and Maxime Mermoz were added to the squad, with Mermoz acting as injury cover for Alexandre Dumoulin.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 31 January, Wesley Fofana was ruled out of France's opening test against Italy due to injury, with Teddy Thomas being called up as cover.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 7 February, Loann Goujon replaced Louis Picamoles haven suffered an injury in France's opening match against Italy.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 21 February, Djibril Camara, David Smith and François Trinh-Duc were called up to the squad as injury cover for Teddy Thomas and Marvin O'Connor. However, later that day Smith was made ineligible to play for France haven played for the New Zealand sevens team.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, France, Call-ups
On 3 March, Xavier Chiocci was called up to the squad ahead of the Scotland game in round 4.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland
On 20 January, Joe Schmidt announced his 35-man squad for Ireland.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 25 January, Finlay Bealham joined the squad as an injury replacement for Martin Moore who suffered a ham-string injury.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 9 February, Fergus McFadden was called up as injury cover for Keith Earls who sustained an injury in the opening round of the championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 22 February, Dave Foley, Craig Gilroy and Jordi Murphy were called up as injury replacements for Dave Kearney, Mike McCarthy and Seán O'Brien. While Cian Healy and Mike Ross were called up to the squad haven recovered from injury.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Ireland, Call-ups
On 7 March, Jack O'Donoghue was called up for the final two rounds.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy
On 20 January, Brunel named a 30-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.


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


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 23 January, Davide Giazzon was a late addition to the original 30-man squad.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 8 February, Robert Barbieri and Andrea Buondonno were called up to the squad as injury cover for David Odiete and Jacopo Sarto.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 21 February, Joshua Furno and Luca Morisi were called up to the squad, with Furno joining the squad as injury cover for George Biagi.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 3 March, Quintin Geldenhuys was drafted into the squad haven recovered from injury pre-championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 6 March, Oliviero Fabiani and Alberto Lucchese added to the squad to face Ireland in Round 4.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 10 March, Pietro Ceccarelli was named as a travelling replacement, who was later drafted into the match-day squad for Lorenzo Cittadini.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
On 17 March, Tommaso Allan returned to the squad haven recovered from injury pre-championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Italy, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland
On 19 January, head coach Vern Cotter named a 35-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship. In addition to the 35-man squad, injured players Grant Gilchrist and Henry Pyrgos will train with the squad.


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


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 25 January, Alex Allan and Hamish Watson were late additions to the squad ahead of the championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 22 February, Rob Harley, Grayson Hart, George Turner and Ryan Wilson were called up to the squad as injury cover for Alex Allan, Blair Cowan, Chris Fusaro, Pat MacArthur and Sean Maitland.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
On 7 March, Fraser Brown and Henry Pyrgos joined the squad ahead of the French fixture in round 4.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Scotland, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales
On 19 January, Warren Gatland named a 37-man squad for the 2016 Six Nations Championship.


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


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales, Call-ups
On 7 March, Rhys Webb returned to the national squad haven recovered from injury sustained pre-championship.


2016 Six Nations Championship squads, Wales, Call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship
The 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship was a rugby union competition held in    February and March 2016. Wales won the tournament, the Triple Crown and the Grand Slam.


2016 Six-red World Championship
The 2016 SangSom Six-red World Championship was a six-red snooker tournament held between 5 and 10 September 2016 at the Bangkok Convention Center in Bangkok, Thailand. It featured 48 players from 16 different nations.


2016 Six-red World Championship
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6 in the last 16 round to Stephen Maguire. Ding Junhui won the title by beating Stuart Bingham 8–7 in the final. Bingham won the first frame of the final, but Ding then built a 3–1 lead. The match then went to 4-4. Ding later led 7-5 but did not pot any balls in the next two frames as Bingham levelled the match at 7-7. In the last frame, Ding made a clearance of 29 to win the match on the final black.


2016 Six-red World Championship, Prize money
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 Six-red World Championship, Round-robin stage
The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2016 Skate America
The 2016 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.


2016 Skate America, Entries
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.


2016 Skate Canada International
The 2016 Skate Canada International was the second of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario on October 28–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.


2016 Skate Canada International, Entries
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.


2016 Ski Tour Canada
The 2016 Ski Tour Canada was a cross-country skiing competition held as part of the 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. It was the first tour of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup held in Canada. It began in Gatineau on March 1, 2016, and ended in Canmore on March 12, 2016. It consisted of eight stages, the first four held in Quebec, the remainder being held in Alberta.


2016 Ski Tour Canada
The competitors received half of the usual World Cup points for the individual stages at this event. For the overall standings they received four times the World Cup points compared to a regular individual World Cup event.


2016 Sky Blue FC season
The 2016 Sky Blue FC season was the team's seventh season. Sky Blue played the 2016 season in National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.


2016 Sky Blue FC season, Team, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Sky Blue FC season, Match results, Standings
Last updated: September 25, 2016Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Skyrunner World Series
The 2016 Skyrunner World Series was the 15th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.


2016 Skyrunner World Series
From this edition is included a new category, Sky Extreme.


2016 Skyrunner World Series, Results, Category Sky
Sky champions of the season are the Italian Tadei Pivk and the American Megan Kimmel.


2016 Skyrunning World Championships
The 2016 Skyrunning World Championships was the 3rd edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunning World Championships, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation and was held in Spain (Lleida, Vall de Boí) from 22 to 23 July 2016.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election
The 2016 by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, England, was held on 8 December 2016. It was triggered by the resignation on 4 November 2016 of the Conservative member of parliament (MP) Stephen Phillips, who left Parliament due to policy differences with the Conservative government led by the Prime Minister, Theresa May, over Brexit – the British withdrawal from the European Union (EU). The Conservatives nominated Caroline Johnson, a paediatrician, to replace Phillips; she won the by-election with more than 50% of the vote, a sizable majority. The Conservatives' vote share fell slightly compared to the result at the previous general election in 2015.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election
Phillips had won a large majority of 39% in 2015, and the Labour Party candidate came second. The constituency had been held by the Conservatives since it was first contested in the 1997 general election and was considered a safe seat for the party. Sleaford and North Hykeham is estimated to have had a vote-share of more than 60% in favour of leaving the EU in the June 2016 EU membership referendum and Brexit was a key issue in the by-election campaign. Phillips had supported a UK withdrawal from the EU but resigned in opposition to the government's handling of the issue – he felt Parliament was not being consulted sufficiently.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election
Ten candidates stood in the by-election. The anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second with 13% of the vote, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 11% of the vote and Labour on 10%. The by-election result was widely seen as poor for the Labour Party, whose vote share decreased by 7%. Many MPs and analysts felt this was because of Labour's stance on Brexit – an attempt to appeal to voters on both sides of the debate.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Constituency
The UK Parliament constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham is located in Lincolnshire, which is in the East Midlands region of England. The constituency covers a large area of the county south-west of Lindsey and consists of most of the district of North Kesteven as well as several wards of the district of South Kesteven. Sleaford and North Hykeham is a county constituency, which means it is partly rural. In 2016, 75.2% of adults in the constituency aged 16–64 were in employment, which was higher than both the regional and national averages. The most important industries in the area are wholesale and retail trade, manufacturing, and human health and social work. The average gross weekly pay for full-time workers in 2016 was £437, less than the regional average of £483 and the British average of £540.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Constituency
The constituency was first contested in the 1997 general election, when it was created as part of the Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. Like all UK Parliament constituencies, it elects one member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons using the first-past-the-post voting system. Sleaford and North Hykeham has only elected Conservative MPs since its creation. Stephen Phillips was first elected in the 2010 general election and was re-elected in 2015 with a large majority of over 24,000 votes, making the constituency a safe seat for the Conservative Party.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Constituency
Phillips won a majority of 38.9%, followed by the Labour Party in second and the anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) in third. The Liberal Democrat candidate came fourth, while Marianne Overton of the Lincolnshire Independents came fifth and last with 5.2% of the vote. Overton was the only 2015 candidate to stand in the 2016 by-election.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, 2015 general election and Brexit
At the general election on 7 May 2015, the Conservative Party won a narrow majority in the House of Commons, securing 331 of the 650 total seats, and the party's leader, David Cameron, remained Prime Minister, a position he had held since 2010 as part of a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. Labour came second with 232 seats, while the Liberal Democrats won 8 seats and UKIP 1; no other party that stood in the by-election won any seats. Due to the first-past-the-post electoral system used in British general elections, UKIP won fewer seats than the Liberal Democrats despite winning a higher vote share nationally.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, 2015 general election and Brexit
In a referendum held on 23 June 2016 on whether the UK should leave the European Union (EU). As of the day before the referendum, 185 Conservative MPs declared they would vote to remain and 138 declared they would vote to leave. Phillips supported a withdrawal from the EU. The Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats officially supported the continuation of EU membership. UKIP supported the UK's withdrawal from the EU, which was the party's main policy. The UK voted to leave the EU, with approximately 52% of votes cast in favour of withdrawal from the EU.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, 2015 general election and Brexit
The UK did not leave immediately; the referendum result led to a period of negotiations between the UK and the EU. The Conservative Party was officially neutral in the referendum, although Cameron campaigned to remain. Immediately after the referendum result was announced, Cameron resigned as prime minister. He was replaced in July 2016 as Conservative leader and as Prime Minister by Theresa May.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, 2015 general election and Brexit
The result of the EU referendum in Sleaford and North Hykeham is not known because the results were totalled and announced in counting areas rather than in constituencies. The researcher Chris Hanretty published estimates of the referendum results from each constituency, and calculated that voters in Sleaford and North Hykeham voted 61.6% in favour of leaving the EU. Based on these estimates, the constituency had the 125th-highest vote-share for withdrawal out of the 650 UK Parliamentary constituencies.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Resignation of Stephen Phillips
On 3 November 2016, the High Court had ruled the UK could not invoke Article 50 to begin the process of leaving the EU without a parliamentary vote. The government appealed the ruling, but the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision in January 2017. The day after the High Court ruling, Phillips resigned his parliamentary seat over the issue, citing policy differences and criticising the Conservative government under May for failing to consult Parliament sufficiently over Brexit. Phillips had been critical of May's approach, calling for MPs to have a more decisive role in the Brexit negotiations, and had previously called for an urgent debate on the issue. In the appeal, the Supreme Court later ruled against the government.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Resignation of Stephen Phillips
In his resignation letter to his local Conservative Association, Phillips said; "The referendum result gives the government no authority or mandate to adopt a negotiating position without reference to the wishes of the House and those of the British people expressed through their elected representatives". He set out three policy areas in which he disagreed with the Government:


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Resignation of Stephen Phillips
He concluded by saying "It has become clear to me over the last few months that my growing and very significant policy differences with the current government mean that I am unable properly to represent the people who elected me". The Daily Telegraph reported that some Conservative MPs said that Phillips, who is a lawyer, may have been motivated by disappointment over not being promoted to Attorney General.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Background, Resignation of Stephen Phillips
The resignation was met with surprise among local councillors and some other Conservative MPs. It came less than two weeks after the Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith resigned in protest against the government's decision to support the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Phillips's  resignation triggered a by-election in the constituency, the date of which was set on 7 November for 8 December.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Candidates
The Conservative campaign started on 5 November (the day after the resignation) with a candidate to be chosen on 10 November. Caroline Johnson, a consultant paediatrician who lives near Sleaford, was selected by members of the Sleaford and North Hykeham Conservative Association following a hustings (a campaign event where candidates give speeches). She defeated two other finalists, local councillor Lindsay Cawrey and the Conservative Party's regional chairman Kelly Smith; the Lincolnshire County Councillor Richard Davies had also expressed interest in being the party's candidate. Johnson had stood in Scunthorpe at the 2010 general election, coming second to the Labour candidate. After her selection, Johnson said; "I am completely behind the Government's plans for Brexit and to deliver on the decision made by the British people".


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Candidates
At least three individuals put themselves forward to be UKIP's candidate: the Lincolnshire County Councillors Robin Hunter-Clarke and Victoria Ayling, and Suzanne Evans – a candidate in the party's leadership election. Hunter-Clarke and Evans withdrew from the contest on 10 November, the latter because she would not have been able to stay in the party leadership contest if she had been selected. Ayling was selected on 13 November.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Candidates
She had stood for UKIP in the 2016 Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner election and in the Great Grimsby constituency in 2015, and previously in Great Grimsby in 2010 as the Conservative candidate. In 2013, Ayling was criticised after saying "I just want to send the lot back" in a video about immigration, and these remarks were brought up during the by-election campaign; she said that she had been referring to the deportation of illegal immigrants and that her words had been taken out of context.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Candidates
The Labour Party selected Jim Clarke, a trade unionist, refuse collector and former postman. The Liberal Democrats selected Ross Pepper, who worked for an optician, on 11 November; he had stood in Lincoln in the 2015 general election, coming third. Marianne Overton, leader of the Lincolnshire Independents, was her party's candidate. Sarah Stock, a National Health Service (NHS) campaigner and former nurse, was an independent candidate with a "Save the NHS" platform. The Green Party declared it would not be fielding a candidate and instead supported Stock.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Candidates
The other candidates were Peter Hill, appearing on the ballot paper under the name of The Iconic Arty-Pole for the satirical Official Monster Raving Loony Party; David Bishop of the Church of the Militant Elvis Party; Mark Suffield, a North Kesteven district councillor; and Paul Coyne, a Sleaford Town Councillor: the latter two appeared on the ballot paper with no stated party affiliation. In total, ten candidates stood in the by-election.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Campaign
The current and former leaders of UKIP (Paul Nuttall and Nigel Farage) and the leaders of the Labour Party (Jeremy Corbyn) and the Liberal Democrats (Tim Farron) all visited the constituency during the campaign. Brexit was the main issue in the by-election. UKIP campaigned actively in the by-election despite the Conservative Party's large majority.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Campaign
UKIP hoped to perform strongly in the by-election due to the high level of support in the constituency for the leaving of the EU – Farage said "people here voted for Brexit and this is about getting the right deal, which you won't get if people vote Conservative". On 5 December, Farage campaigned in front of a poster on which "Hykeham" was misspelt as "Hykenham", which The Guardian speculated could hurt his party's chances in the election. Ayling criticised Theresa May and the Conservatives for not proceeding quickly enough with Brexit.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Campaign
Jim Clarke, the Labour candidate, opposed Brexit during the referendum campaign but said he would now support it because of the referendum's result. Clarke argued the NHS was the main issue in the by-election, saying many voters had mentioned it to him. Clarke campaigned against the closure of an accident and emergency (A&E) unit in the area. The Liberal Democrat candidate, Ross Pepper, focused on gaining the votes of constituents who had voted to remain in the EU in the referendum.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Campaign
In the Richmond Park by-election that was held one week before the Sleaford vote, the Liberal Democrats won the seat from the former Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith in a substantial swing (Goldsmith stood as an independent, but the Conservatives did not stand a candidate against him). The result was seen as a sign of opposition to Brexit because the constituents off Richmond Park voted to remain in the EU.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Campaign
The Conservatives were expected by journalists to win the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election; in an opinion piece in The Guardian on 4 December, the journalist Andrew Rawnsley argued that whether UKIP would overtake Labour was the most important question in the by-election, and speculated whether this could indicate a realignment of British politics based on views on Brexit instead of the traditional left–right political spectrum.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Candidates and campaign, Campaign
The main candidates are fighting a battle to appear the most anti-EU, with UKIP leaflets relentlessly painting the Tories as "Brexit backsliders" and Labour's candidate keen to highlight his willingness to trigger Article 50 despite having voted to remain. Only the Lib Dem candidate is concentrating on the 40% of voters in the constituency who backed remain last June.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Results and analysis
The election took place on 8 December 2016. The Conservatives received more than half of the votes cast and won a large majority of 40% and over 10,000 votes, described by Stephen Bush in the New Statesman as "one of the party's all-time best by-election performances while in government". Turnout in the by-election fell to 37.1%, which was described by The Guardian as "remarkably low even for a by-election", compared to just over 70% at the 2015 general election.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Results and analysis
A 2019 article in a Scottish newspaper, the Irvine Times, discussed whether the low turnout was due to the time of year, and concluded that the fact that the fact that the election was in winter did not seem to have a large effect; the race not being close was also a factor (the Richmond Park by-election at the same time of year had a turnout of over 50%).


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Results and analysis
The result was widely seen as poor for the Labour Party, whose vote share decreased by 7%; the party came fourth, having been in second place in the 2015 general election. An article in The Guardian described the party as "pushed into irrelevance" at the by-election. Commentators blamed the party's stance on Brexit, which tried to appeal to voters on both sides of the Brexit debate – the party supported leaving the EU but called for free movement of people with the bloc.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Results and analysis
The leadership of Jeremy Corbyn was also cited as a reason for the poor performance, including by Jess Phillips – the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley. David Winnick, the Labour MP for Walsall North, called the result "humiliating" and said it could foreshadow an "electoral disaster" for the party. Vernon Coaker, Labour MP for Gedling, said that the result was disappointing, and blamed the focus on Brexit instead of on issues like the NHS. The result was considered good for the Liberal Democrats, whose share of the vote increased. Tim Farron, the party's leader, said the result showed his party was the real opposition to the Conservatives. UKIP's performance was also seen as poor, their vote-share declining in comparison with the 2015 general election results.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Aftermath
Johnson retained her seat at the 2017 general election, winning a large majority of more than 25,000 votes over the Labour Party candidate, who came second. She voted in favour of May's Brexit deal on all three occasions when it was voted on in Parliament, though it was rejected in all three votes. After May announced in May 2019 that she would resign as prime minister, Caroline Johnson supported Boris Johnson in the Conservative Party leadership election to be May's replacement, arguing that he was the best politician to deliver Brexit. Boris Johnson won the leadership election in July.


2016 Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, Aftermath
At the 2019 general election, Caroline Johnson increased her majority over Labour further. After the 2019 election, the Conservative majority in the seat was 32,565 votes, which was the largest majority in terms of number of votes of any seat won by the party in the election. Caroline Johnson voted in favour of Boris Johnson's revised Brexit deal in December 2020, which was approved by Parliament, and the United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.


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


2016 Slovak Cup Final
The 2016 Slovak Cup Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Slovak Cup, the 47th season of Slovakia's main football cup. It was played on 29 April 2016 at the Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava, between ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FK AS Trenčín. AS Trenčín defeated ŠK Slovan Bratislava 3-1.


2016 Slovak Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2016 Slovak Open
The 2016 Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It was also the 8th edition of the tournament which was part of the ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 7 and 13 November 2016.


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


2016 Slovak Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry to the main draw using a protected ranking:


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


2016 Slovak Open – Men's Doubles
Ilija Bozoljac and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but only Zelenay chose to defend his title, partnering Denys Molchanov. Zelenay lost in the quarterfinals to Ken and Neal Skupski.


2016 Slovak Open – Men's Doubles
Skupski and Skupski won the title after defeating Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 4–6, 6–3, [10–5] in the final.


2016 Slovak Open – Men's Singles
Egor Gerasimov was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Marius Copil.


2016 Slovak Open – Men's Singles
Norbert Gombos won the title after defeating Copil 7–6(10–8), 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 5 March 2016 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The ruling left-wing populist Direction – Social Democracy (SMER–SD) party remained the strongest party, but lost its majority. The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (SDKÚ-DS), which led the government between 2000–06 and 2010–12, was defeated heavily, failing to cross the electoral threshold and losing its representation in the National Council. The centre-right Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) also failed to cross the threshold for the first time since 1990, whilst the far-right nationalist Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) entered parliament for the first time.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 150 members of the National Council were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5% for single parties, 7% for coalitions grouping at least two parties. The elections used the open list system, with seats allocated using the Hagenbach-Bischoff system. Voters were able to cast up to four preferential votes for candidates on the list of the party they voted for.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Electoral system
All participating parties had to register 90 days before election day and pay a deposit of €17,000, which was refunded to all parties gaining 2% or more of the vote. All Slovak citizens were allowed to vote except for convicted felons in prison (only those who were convicted for serious offences), people declared ineligible to perform legal acts (legally insane) by court and citizens under 18 years of age. All citizens, who are 21 years of age or older and are permanent residents of Slovakia, were allowed to run as candidates except for prisoners, convicted felons and those declared ineligible to perform legal acts (legally insane) by court.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Electoral system
Voters not present in their electoral district at the time of the elections were allowed to request a voting certificate (voličský preukaz), which allowed them to vote in any district regardless of their residency. Voters not in Slovakia on election day were allowed to request a postal vote. According to the Central Election Committee, approx. 20,000 Slovak citizens abroad have requested a postal vote - the deadline for requests passed on 15 January 2016.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Campaign
The election date was announced on 12 November 2015. On 7 December 2015, the Ministry of Interior published a list of 23 parties that registered to take part in the elections.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Campaign
The backdrop of the campaign was centered on the European migrant crisis, with the governing SMER–SD taking an anti-migrant stance into the election. Teacher and nursing strikes occurring at the start of the year also had a negative effect on public opinion.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Results
Eight parties passed the 5% threshold to win seats; Direction – Social Democracy (SMER–SD) lost 34 seats, losing its majority in the National Council, but remained the largest party with 49 seats. Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) became the second party with 21 seats and Ordinary People (OĽANO–NOVA) third with 19 seats. Both performed better than their predicted pre-election polls, by distancing themselves from the previous government.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Results
The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) performed poorly, losing all 16 of their seats. They just failed to cross the 5 percent threshold required for parliamentary representation, for the first time since the establishment of an independent Slovakia in 1993. The far-right nationalist Slovak National Party (SNS) and Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) parties entered parliament with 8.6 percent (15 seats) and 8.0 percent (14 seats) of the vote respectively. According to an exit poll, dissatisfaction with corruption and social issues led many to vote for ĽSNS.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Results
Other parties who gained representation in parliament include Most–Híd, We Are Family, and Network (the latter two being new parties with their first ever representation in parliament). Overall voter turnout was 59.8 percent.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Results
Twelve of the 150 MPs were elected due to preferential voting despite being initially placed further down their party list than the number of seats won by their party; 7 out of 19 for OĽANO–NOVA, one out of 14 for Kotleba, two out of 11 for SNS, one out of 11 for Most–Híd and one out of 10 for Network.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Government formation
On 7 March, President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska invited each elected party, with the exception of ĽSNS, for post-election talks. Fico was given the first opportunity by the President to form a stable coalition. All parties, except We Are Family, had refused to discuss the possibility of going into government with ĽSNS. An anti-fascist protest was held the same day in Bratislava against ĽSNS representation in parliament.


2016 Slovak parliamentary election, Government formation
On 17 March, incumbent Fico informed president Andrej Kiska that he would form a four-party government coalition, including Smer–SD, the Slovak National Party, Most–Híd and Network, which together held 85 of the 150 seats.


2016 Slovenian Football Cup Final
The 2016 Slovenian Football Cup was the final match of the 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup to decide the winner of the 25th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's top knockout tournament. It was played on 25 May 2016 at Bonifika Stadium in Koper and was won by Maribor, who defeated Celje 7–6 after the penalty shootout. This was the ninth cup title for Maribor.


2016 Slovenian Football Cup Final, Background
The final was played between Celje and Maribor, both competing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. This was the third time that Maribor and Celje met in the cup final, having faced each other in the final during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 cup edition with Maribor winning both editions. Celje previously competed in eight finals, but won only once, when they defeated Gorica in the 2004–05 cup edition.


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


2016 Snooker Shoot-Out
The 2016 Coral Snooker Shoot Out was a professional non-ranking  snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 14 February 2016 at the Hexagon Theatre in Reading, England. It was played under a  variation of the standard rules of snooker.


2016 Snooker Shoot-Out
Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–66 against Ben Woollaston in round two.


2016 Snooker Shoot-Out
Robin Hull won the final 1-0 (50–36) against Luca Brecel.


2016 Snooker Shoot-Out, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season
The 2016 season was the 102nd in Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras existence. This season Palmeiras participated in the Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores, Copa do Brasil and the Série A.


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


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Friendlies
On November 27, 2015 was announced that Palmeiras will dispute a friendly tournament in Montevideo, Uruguay between January 20–23.


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores
As a 2015 Copa do Brasil winner, Palmeiras qualified directly to the second stage.


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa Libertadores
The draw of the tournament was held on December 22, 2015 at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil
As a team that disputed the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras entered in the round of 16.


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, Round of 16
The draw for this round was held on August 2, 2016.


2016 Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras season, Competitions, Copa do Brasil, Quarterfinal
The draw for this round was held on September 23, 2016.


2016 Soeratin Cup
The 2016 Soeratin Cup season is a football competition which is intended for footballers born before 1 January 1999. This season is managed by competition committee of Province Association for qualification round and managed by PT. GTS in national round. The national round started on 19 November 2016.


2016 Soeratin Cup, Format
Each Provincial Association only given one representative to the national round. 30 teams will perform in the final round, consist of 30 teams of provincial competition winners. National round took place in Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta.


2016 Soeratin Cup, Teams
Each Provincial Association only given one representative to the national round. Jakarta, West Kalimantan, West Papua, and Papua did not send its representative.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round
National round will take place in Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage
30 teams from each provincial association will compete. Matches for the Group stage will be played from 19–25 November 2016. All group will play half season round-robin.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage, Group A
This group will be held in Jenderal Hoegeng Stadium, Pekalongan and Moh Sarengat Stadium, Batang Regency.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage, Group B
This group will be held in Jatidiri Stadium, Semarang and Citarum Stadium, Semarang.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage, Group D
This group will be held in Gelora Bumi Kartini Stadium, Jepara.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage, Group E
This group will be held in Wergu Wetan Stadium, Kudus.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage, Group F
This group will be held in Moch. Soebroto Stadium, Magelang and Gemilang Stadium, Magelang Regency.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Group Stage, Group H
This group will be held in Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Knockout Stage, Quarter-finals
Matches for Quarter-finals will be played at 3 December 2016.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Knockout Stage, Semi-finals
Matches for Semi-finals will be played at 7 December 2016.


2016 Soeratin Cup, National Round, Knockout Stage, Third Place
Matches for Third Place Play-off will be played at 10 December 2016.


2016 Sogndal Fotball season
The 2016 season is Sogndal's first season back in the Tippeligaen since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.


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


2016 Sogndal Fotball season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Sogndal Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament
The 2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 17–23 October 2016.


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament – Doubles
Timea Bacsinszky and Kristina Barrois were the defending champions having won the last edition in 2013, but chose not to participate.


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament – Doubles
Irina Maria Bara and Alona Fomina won the title, defeating Guadalupe Pérez Rojas and Jil Teichmann in the final, 6–2, 6–1.


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament – Singles
Victoria Kan is the defending champion, having won the previous edition in 2013.


2016 Soho Square Ladies Tournament – Singles
Donna Vekić won the title, defeating Sara Sorribes Tormo in the final, 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–3.


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


2016 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
The governing Conservative Party won 9 of the 17 seats up for election, gaining one from an Independent and losing one to the Green Party. In addition to this seat, the Greens gained another from the SDP, that of a former Green Councillor who had defected in August 2015. They also held their two existing seats to solidify their position as the Official Opposition in Solihull. The Liberal Democrats held their three seats and Labour held their one, the only seat they hold in Solihull.


2016 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:


2016 Solomon Islands S-League
The 2016 Telekom S-League is the 13th season of the Telekom S-League in the Solomon Islands. All matches are played at the hillside ground called Lawson Tama Stadium, with an approximate capacity of 20,000.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes
On 9 December 2016 at 4:38 a.m. (UTC +11) local time (17:38:46 UTC), the Solomon Islands region was rocked by an Mww 7.8 earthquake, centered 30 km off San Cristobal Island, about 61 km southwest of Kirakira, the capital of Makira-Ulawa Province. Initially registering magnitude 8.0, later downgraded to 7.8, the temblor prompted tsunami warnings that kept countries surrounding the Coral, Tasman and Solomon Sea on high alert, but was later cancelled. A large aftershock of magnitude 6.9 occurred shortly afterwards.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes
This earthquake was largely felt, waking many residents who later ran to high ground for fears of a potential tsunami. The earthquake killed a child and affected some 34,000 people in Makira, South Malaita and Guadalcanal Island where many had lost their homes or had no access to basic needs. Earthquakes are common in this region, with little or no fatalities. This earthquake is tied with three other magnitude 7.8 earthquakes for the second largest earthquake of 2016. On 17 December, the Solomon Islands would be rattled again by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, this time 54 km east of Taron, Papua New Guinea.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, Geological setting
The Australian Woodlark, Solomon Sea and Pacific Plates are converging at a rate of 97 mm/yr. The earthquake was a result of interaction between the Australian and Pacific Plates along a subduction zone. Subduction of the Australian Plate has also given rise to volcanoes in the region. This region of the world lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where 90 percent of all earthquake and volcanic activity is concentrated here.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, Earthquake
The earthquake occurred along the boundary interface where the Australian and Pacific Plates make contact. Focal mechanism suggests this event was a result of oblique-reverse faulting. The earthquake did not rupture to the trench, terminating at a depth of 20 km, with its epicenter at 40 km. An average slip has been estimated at 5 meters. The earthquake may also be a deep compressional intraslab event occurring on a fault located within the subducting plate; known as intraplate earthquakes because they happen in a plate rather than at the boundary of two.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, Earthquake, Tsunami
The main earthquake triggered tsunami warnings directed at the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. In New Caledonia, people were ordered to evacuate and leave for higher ground. Warnings for American Samoa and Hawaii were cancelled shortly after. The  warned of tsunamis between 1 to 3 meters. However, the highest waves were measured at only 0.43 meters (1.41 feet) on Marika Island.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, Earthquake, Aftershocks
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck about four hours after the initial quake, and later a 6.9 one day after the mainshock. The 6.9 aftershock prompted new tsunami warnings with forecasted waves of 0.30 meters (0.98 feet).


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, Aftermath
Phone and electricity lines were cut-off throughout the country in the immediate aftermath. On Malaita Island, there were reports that 35 to 40 buildings had been damaged. In Guadalcanal, the collapse of a home killed one person. In Kirakira, many homes, a hospital, a church, and the World Vision office sustained serious damage. Damage at the hospital forced the evacuation of 20 people. Two schools in Marika and Ugi were completely destroyed. Fissures and landslides were also seen in the affected region. People who fled to higher ground continued to stay on the hills for fears of a large tsunami. Twenty-five houses were washed away from the moderate tsunami. In total, over 1000 homes were damaged, along with 20 schools and four clinics. More than 7,000 people were affected by the earthquake.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, Aftermath, International reaction
Julie Bishop, the Australian foreign minister at the time said that the country is prepared to offer their support to the Solomon Islands.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, 17 December earthquake
On 17 December, the largest earthquake in the year 2016, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea. It was centered between the islands of New Ireland and the Solomon Islands. The earthquake did not cause any major damage or casualties but did result in power outages.


2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes, 17 December earthquake
The earthquake had an intermediate depth of 94.5 km beneath the surface. The initial event was a result of thrust faulting within a subducting oceanic lithosphere which lasted for 30 seconds. After the intraslab rupture, a deep portion of the subduction zone began to slip at a depth of 32 to 47 km, releasing energy comparable to the first event. The shallow megathrust rupture was evident in the large number of shallow aftershocks. Due to the two separate events occurring closely in timing and location, it was considered a doublet earthquake.


2016 Somali parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Somalia in October and November 2016. The Upper House was elected on 10 October, with voting taking place for the House of the People, which was elected between 23 October and 10 November 2016. They were the first elections since 1984, and the newly elected Parliament was due to elect the President on 30 November. However, the presidential elections were delayed and eventually held on 8 February 2017, when the MPs and Senators elected Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as President.


2016 Somali parliamentary election
The ongoing civil war prevented an election with full suffrage from taking place, and instead an indirect election was held, with 14,025 delegates, themselves appointed by clan elders, electing the Parliament.


2016 Somali parliamentary election, Background
The term of the unelected Parliament of the Federal Government of Somalia, sworn in in 2012, expired in 2016. In 2012 only 135 elders were part of the electoral process. For the 2016 elections the number was increased to 14,025. Only limited suffrage was granted as the election model relied on clan elders and community representatives rather than a popular vote. The UN envoy to the country warned that al-Shabaab would try to derail the elections.


2016 Somali parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 54 members of the Upper House were elected by the state assemblies.


2016 Somali parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 275 members of the Lower House were elected by 14,025 delegates from different regions in the country. Each MP was elected by an electoral college of 51 people appointed by the 135 Traditional Elders. From the 51 delegates 16 were supposed to be women, 10 from the youth community and the remaining 25 being members of the civil society. From the 275 MPs, 69 were chosen in Baidoa while the remaining were from other cities.


2016 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2016 Soul Train Music Awards was  held at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 6, 2016. It was later aired on Centric and BET on November 27, 2016. The ceremony, hosted by Erykah Badu for the second year in a row, honored artists in 12 different categories. Drake was the most nominated artist with twelve, followed by Beyoncé (10) and Rihanna (8). During the ceremony american singer and songwriter Brandy was honored with the Lady of Soul Award for her contributions to the music industry. Teddy Riley was recognized by the Legend Award for his successful songwriting and music producing works.


2016 South Africa Sevens
The 2016 South Africa Sevens was the second tournament within the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series and the eighteenth edition of the South Africa Sevens. It was held over the weekend of 10–11 December 2016 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa.


2016 South Africa Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.


2016 South Africa Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams participated in the tournament along with one invited team, which was the winner of the 2016 Africa Cup Sevens, Uganda:


2016 South African municipal elections
The 2016 South African municipal elections were held on 3 August 2016, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. It was the fifth municipal election held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994; municipal elections are held every five years.


2016 South African municipal elections
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) was the largest party overall, earning 53.9% of the total vote. It was followed by the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) with 26.9% and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) with 8.2%. Popular support for the ANC fell to its lowest level since 1994, a shift which was most pronounced in the country's urban centres. Despite marginal gains in some areas, the ANC lost control of three metropolitan municipalities – namely Nelson Mandela Bay, City of Tshwane and City of Johannesburg – to opposition parties as a result of the election.


2016 South African municipal elections
The DA achieved its best local electoral performance so far, while the EFF, contesting its first local government election, improved on its performance in the 2014 general election. The local polls were widely seen a turning point in the political landscape of South Africa, as the dominance of the ANC was greatly diminished while coalition and minority governments became more widespread.


2016 South African municipal elections, Electoral system
Local government in South Africa consists of municipalities of various types. The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities. After the 2016 election there were eight metropolitan municipalities, 44 district municipalities and 205 local municipalities.


2016 South African municipal elections, Electoral system
The councils of metropolitan and local municipalities are elected by a system of mixed-member proportional representation, in which half of the seats in each municipality are elected on the first-past-the-post system in single-member wards and the other half of the seats are allocated according to the proportional representation (PR) system. The latter takes into account the number of ward seats won by a party, and ensures that the final number of seats held by that party is proportional to their percentage of the total vote.


2016 South African municipal elections, Electoral system
District municipality councils are partly elected by proportional representation and partly appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities. Voters in both metropolitan and local municipalities elect a single ward candidate as well as a proportional representative in their municipal council. Residents of municipalities that form part of district councils (that is, excluding metropolitan municipalities) also cast a third vote to elect a proportional representative for their district council in addition to the two votes they cast for their local council.


2016 South African municipal elections, Political parties
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been the majority party in most municipalities across South Africa, with the exception of those in the Western Cape, since 1994. Its overall share of the vote decreased slightly from 65.7% in 2006 to 62.93% in 2011 amid growing discontent regarding the state of the country's economy and perceived corruption within the organisation since the end of apartheid. The party was led by Jacob Zuma, who was replaced by Cyril Ramaphosa at the 57th National Conference in December 2017.


2016 South African municipal elections, Political parties
The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its total share of the vote from 16.3% in 2006 to 24.1% in 2011, while assuming control of most Western Cape councils. The party contested an election for the first time under the leadership of Mmusi Maimane, who succeeded Helen Zille as leader in May 2015.


2016 South African municipal elections, Political parties
The newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), led by expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, contested its first municipal election since its formation in 2013. Smaller parties included the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), which held several municipalities in its stronghold KwaZulu-Natal, and the Congress of the People (COPE), which was expected to decrease its share of the vote after the decline in support following the 2014 general election.


2016 South African municipal elections, Political parties
The National Freedom Party (NFP), a breakaway from the IFP led by former IFP chairperson Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, was barred from participating in the election after it failed to pay its registration fee to the Independent Electoral Commission. The party had support in areas where the IFP had been strong, and prior to the election governed a number of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal in coalition with the African National Congress. The NFP was, however, allowed to contest the election in one municipality, Nquthu, where its local branch had paid the registration fee on time. The party obtained just two seats in this council, down from five seats in 2011.


2016 South African municipal elections, Campaigning
The country's ruling party, the ANC, was reported to have spent R1 billion (US$71 million) in campaigning in the election. The Democratic Alliance (DA) was reported to have spent R350 million and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) spent between R15 million and R20 million. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) reportedly spent under R4 million contesting the election.


2016 South African municipal elections, Campaigning
The top three issues of the election were the constantly high unemployment rate, corruption and poor service delivery by government. A major campaign issue during the election was corruption within the ANC, in particular President Jacob Zuma's relationship with the Gupta family and funding for the construction of his homestead at Nkandla.


2016 South African municipal elections, Campaigning
The ANC was accused by commentators and the DA of trying to make racism a key electoral issue by racialising the election.


2016 South African municipal elections, Campaigning
The run-up to the election was marked by a number of murders of ANC candidates allegedly by rivals within the ANC in an effort to secure lucrative positions in local government. Inter ANC rivalries also sparked protests from 20 to 22 June 2016 in the City of Tshwane over the ANC's selection of Thoko Didiza as mayoral candidate for the city that left 5 people dead.


2016 South African municipal elections, Campaigning
In January 2017 the ANC was taken to court by a South African public relations expert (Sihle Bolani) for work done during the elections, Bolani stated that the ANC used her to launch and run a covert R50 million fake news and disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting opposition parties during the election.


2016 South African municipal elections, Campaigning
In his book How to Steal a City (2017), author Crispian Olver states that corruption and state capture within the ANC governed Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality led to the party losing the city to the DA in the 2016 elections.


2016 South African municipal elections, Municipal demarcation changes
South Africa's Municipal Demarcation Board announced changed ward demarcations and municipal boundaries, following former Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan suggesting the redrawing of boundaries to make municipalities more sustainable and financially viable. There are 34 cases that affect 90 municipalities. The DA objected, and MP James Selfe has announced that the DA would take the Board to court over what it says is clear party-motivated and irrational boundary determinations.


2016 South African municipal elections, Target municipalities
The two major political parties announced that they were specifically targeting certain municipalities for the 2016 election. The African National Congress (ANC) claimed that, in addition to maintaining control of certain municipalities, it would also take control of the City of Cape Town. The Democratic Alliance announced a "big five" plan to target specific municipalities: three metropolitan; Tshwane, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Tlokwe Local Municipality for takeover, and an increased majority in Cape Town.


2016 South African municipal elections, Target municipalities, Nelson Mandela Bay
Danny Jordaan was appointed Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay in 2015 and also ran for the ANC in the 2016 election. On April 13, 2015, the Democratic Alliance selected former DA Parliamentary Leader Athol Trollip as its mayoral candidate.


2016 South African municipal elections, Target municipalities, Johannesburg
Incumbent Mayor Parks Tau represented the African National Congress in the election as its mayoral candidate, despite some ANC members having suggested Geoff Makhubo as a potential alternative. The Democratic Alliance selected businessman Herman Mashaba over Wits professor and DA councillor Rabelani Dagada as its mayoral candidate on January 16, 2016. The EFF did not announce a mayoral candidate, but deployed Floyd Shivambu to build EFF election machinery in Johannesburg for the upcoming election.


2016 South African municipal elections, Target municipalities, Tshwane
The incumbent mayor of Tshwane was Kgosientso (Sputla) Ramokgopa of the African National Congress. On 20 June 2016 riots broke out in Tshwane over the ANC's selection of Thoko Didiza as mayoral candidate for Tshwane. On 5 September 2015 the Democratic Alliance selected MPL Solly Msimanga over 2011 mayoral candidate Brandon Topham and councillor Bronwyn Engelbrecht.


2016 South African municipal elections, Target municipalities, Cape Town
Incumbent DA Mayor Patricia de Lille was renominated in January 2016 as her party's mayoral candidate.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) remained the largest party, obtaining 53.91% of the votes nationally, a fall from the 62.93% achieved in 2011. The Democratic Alliance (DA) remained the second largest at 26.90%, up from 24.1% in 2011. The Economic Freedom Fighters obtained 8.19% in their first municipal election.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results
The decline in ANC support was most significant in urban areas, with the ANC losing its outright majority in 4 of the country's 8 metropolitan municipalities for the first time since 1994. The ANC retained Buffalo City, Mangaung and eThekwini, but with decreased majorities in Buffalo City and eThekwini. In the City of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, the ANC lost its majority but retained a plurality. The DA increased its majority in the City of Cape Town, and achieved pluralities in Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay, its first in metropolitan municipalities outside of the Western Cape. Of the 4 hung metropolitan municipalities, the ANC retained Ekurhuleni through a coalition, while the DA gained control of Nelson Mandela Bay through a coalition, and formed minority governments in Johannesburg and Tshwane.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Results by Municipal Type
The statistics in this section are all sourced from the Independent Electoral Commission's  unless specified otherwise.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province
Seat allocations in local and metropolitan councils, sorted by province.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Eastern Cape
In the following table, green rows indicate those won by the ANC with a majority, blue rows indicate municipalities won by the DA with a majority, and light blue rows indicate a DA minority,  light green cells indicate municipalities won by the ANC with Minorities or Coalitions.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Free State
In the following table, green cells indicate those municipalities won by the ANC with Majorities. Light blue cells indicate those won by the DA with a minority or coalition,  Light green cells indicate those won by the ANC with a minority or coalition.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Gauteng
In the following table, green cells indicate those municipalities won by the ANC with Majorities, light green cells indicate municipalities won by the ANC with Minorities or Coalitions. blue cells indicate municipalities won by the DA with a majority,  light blue cells indicate those won by the DA with a minority or coalition.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, KwaZulu-Natal
In the following table, green rows indicate those won by the ANC with a majority, light green rows indicate those won by the ANC with a minority or coalition, red rows indicate those won by the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) with a majority, and pink rows indicate lead by an IFP minority. Orange cells indicate those one by National Freedom Party (NFP), and  light orange  indicate those led by NFP coalition.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Limpopo
In the following table, green cells indicate those municipalities won by the ANC with Majorities. Light blue cells indicate those won by the DA with a minority or coalition.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Mpumalanga
The ANC's control of the municipalities in this province was not significantly challenged with the party winning over 55% support in every municipality. The DA failed to make any progress in this historically strongly ANC region, with the party's vote share shrinking by a few percentage points overall against a national backdrop of gains for the party. Due in large part to the lack of substantial DA support across the province, the EFF was able to become the main opposition to the ANC in four of the seventeen municipalities.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Mpumalanga
In the following table, green rows indicate those won by the ANC.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, North West
In the following table, green rows indicate those won by the ANC, and light green rows indicate those with an ANC minority or coalition. The municipal boundaries are determined by the Organised Local Government Act, 1997 (Act 52 of 1997)


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Northern Cape
In the following table, green rows indicate those won by the ANC majority, and  light green  cells indicate municipalities led by an ANC coalition or minority. Light blue rows indicate municipalities won led by a DA coalition or minority. Yellow cells indicate municipalities led by a COPE coalition or minority.


2016 South African municipal elections, Election results, Seats won by province, Western Cape
In the following table, green cells indicate those municipalities won by the ANC with Majorities, light green cells indicate municipalities won by the ANC with Minorities or Coalitions. blue cells indicate municipalities won by the DA with a majority,  light blue cells indicate those won by the DA with a minority or coalition.


2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team
The 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by head coach Joey Jones, who was in his eighth year with the team. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in  a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to Air Force.


2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team, Schedule
South Alabama announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars will host Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe. South Alabama will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Appalachian State and Texas State.


2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team, Schedule
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Nicholls State from the Southland Conference and San Diego State from the Mountain West Conference, and two road games against Louisiana State (LSU) and Mississippi State both from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On October 13, 2016, LSU canceled its game against the Jaguars on November 19 due to scheduling issues after Hurricane Matthew. On October 15, 2016, the Jaguars announced they will host the Presbyterian Blue Hose on November 19; the Blue Hose's game with Florida on that day was also canceled under the same circumstances.


2016 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 South American Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were held in Bogotá, Colombia, August 24–29, 2016. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation, and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.


2016 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Lima, Peru November 18–20, 2016. The competition was organized by the Peruvian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation. This was the 15th edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships for senior gymnasts.


2016 South American Basketball Championship
The 2016 South American Basketball Championship was the 47th edition of the FIBA South American Basketball Championship. Ten teams were featured in the competition, which were held in Caracas, Venezuela from June 26 – July 2, 2016. The top five teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and the top seven teams qualified for Division A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.


2016 South American Basketball Championship
Venezuela won its second consecutive South American championship by beating Brazil in the final, 64–58.


2016 South American Basketball Championship, Final rankings
The top five teams qualified for the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup and the top seven teams qualified for Division A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.


2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women
The 2016 South American Basketball Championship for Women was the 35th edition of the tournament. Nine teams featured the competition, held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela from May 20 – 26.


2016 South American Basketball Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2016 South American Basketball Championship. The player ages are as of  June 26, which was the first day of the tournament.


2016 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 South American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Paipa, Colombia, October 6–9, 2016. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.


2016 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The 2016 South American Rugby Championship (Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) Championship) Division A was the third edition of second level of the South American Rugby Championship. The tournament was played in a round-robin format with each team playing each other team once. The two first teams won the right to compete in the top level tournament of South American Rugby Championship, called South America Rugby Cup


2016 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The first match of the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup, between Uruguay and Chile, doubled as the closing match of the South American Rugby Championship.


2016 South American Swimming Championships
The 43rd South American Swimming Championships were held between March 30 and April 3, 2016 in Asunción, Paraguay.


2016 South American Swimming Championships, Results, Men's events
Legend: CR – Championship record ; NR – National record


2016 South American Swimming Championships, Results, Women's events
Legend: CR – Championship record ; NR – National record


2016 South American Swimming Championships, Medal standings
Final medal standings for the 2016 South American Swimming Championships are: