2016 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup
The 2016 Kazakhstan Basketball Cup (Kazakh: 2016 маусымдағы баскетболдан Қазақстан Кубогы; Russian: Кубок Казахстана по баскетболу сезон 2016) was the 14th edition of the Kazakhstan Basketball Cup, the highest professional cup basketball competition in Kazakhstan.


2016 Kazakhstan Cup
The 2016 Kazakhstan Cup was the 25th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition began on 21 March 2016 and end with the final on 19 November 2016. Astana defeated defending champions Kairat 1-0 in the final to win their first Kazakhstan Cup since 2012.


2016 Kazakhstan Cup
Ordabasy qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after finishing 4th in the league, as both Astana and Kairat had already secured European football for the following season.


2016 Kazakhstan Cup, Participating clubs, Schedule
The rounds of the 2016 competition are scheduled as follows:


2016 Kazakhstan Cup, Semifinals
The four winners from the Quarterfinals were drawn into two two-legged ties.


2016 Kazakhstan Cup Final
The 2016 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 25th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Astana at Central Stadium in Almaty. The match was played on 19 November 2016 and was the final match of the competition.


2016 Kazakhstan Cup Final, Background
Kairat were playing a record 10th Kazakhstan Cup final. They had previously won 7, most recently last season's final against Astana. Their most recent defeat in the final was in 2005, losing 2–1 to Zhenis.


2016 Kazakhstan Cup Final, Background
Kairat were playing 4th Kazakhstan Cup final. They had previously won 2, most recently in the final was in 2012 against Irtysh. Their most recent defeat in the final was last season's final, losing 2–1 to Kairat.


2016 Kazakhstan First Division
The 2016 Kazakhstan First Division was the 22nd edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan.


2016 Kazakhstan First Division, Promotion play-offs
Altai Semey were promoted to the 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League; Taraz were relegated to the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 25th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. Astana were the defending champions having won their second league championship the previous year, and they successfully defended their title this season. The season began on 12 March 2016 and concluded on 29 October 2016; the relegation play-off took place on 5 November 2016.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams
FC Kaisar was relegated at the end of the 2015 season, and was replaced by Akzhayik.


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


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to eight per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Regular season
In the regular season twelve teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 22 matches per team. The top six teams advanced to the Championship round and the bottom six teams qualified for the Relegation round.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Championship round
The top six teams from the regular season will participate in the Championship round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. In contrast to the previous season, teams will carry forward their entire regular season record, with no halving of points. After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for 2017–18 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for Europa League first qualifying round and the fourth-placed team will also qualify for Europa League because one of the top three teams will win the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Relegation round
The worst six teams from the regular season participated in the Relegation round where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. In contrast to the previous season, teams carried forward their entire regular season record, with no halving of points. After completion of the Relegation round the winners are considered the 7th-placed team of 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, the runners-up being 8th and so on, with the last team being 12th. The 11th-placed team, Taraz, qualified for the relegation play-off against Altai Semey, the runners-up of 2016 Kazakhstan First Division, with the losing team being eliminated, and the 12th-placed team, Zhetysu, will be directly relegated to 2017 Kazakhstan First Division as the last-placed team.


2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, Relegation play-offs
Altai Semey are promoted to the 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League; Taraz are relegated to the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup (football)
The 9th Kazakhstan President Cup was played from August 8 to August 12, 2016 in Shymkent. 8 youth teams participated in the tournament (players were born no earlier than 2000.)


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Venues
Matches of a group stage took place in the Field №7 and at Namys Stadium. The match for third place took place at BIIK FC, and the final at Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Format
The tournament is held in two stages. At the first stage, eight teams are divided into two qualification groups (A and B). Competitions of the first stage were held on a circular system. The winners of the groups advance to the final, while the group runners-up meet to determine third place.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup (football), Statistics, Prize money
According to FFK, the prize fund of a tournament will make $15,000. "The teams which took 1, 2 and 3 place will be received, respectively 7,000, 5,000 and 3,000 $.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group A, Albania
Albania's 17-man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group A, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan 17 man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group A, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan 16 man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group B, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's 17-man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group B, Azerbaijan-Cruzeiro
AC's 3-man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group B, Iran
Iran's 16-man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group B, Russia-2
Russia's 17-man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group B, Russia-2
RFU has declared that it didn't send any national teams to this tournament. Under the guise of the national team on a tournament one of teams of Krasnodar Krai participated. Officially the structure of the national team on a tournament hasn't been announced.


2016 Kazakhstan President Cup squads, Group B, Tajikistan
Tajikistan 16 man squad to play in the 2016 Kazakhstan President Cup.


2016 Kazakhstan Super Cup
2016 Kazakhstan Super Cup was a Kazakhstan football match that was played on 8 March 2016 between the champions of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League, Astana, and the winner of the 2015 Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat.


2016 Kazakhstan Super Cup
This match was played on 8 March at the Astana Arena. Main and extra time of the match ended with goalless draw, and Kairat won the 2016 Kazakhstan Super Cup by a penalty shootout (5:4).


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup
The 2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kazan, Russia between 14 and 20 March, 2016.


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


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players entered the singles main draw as lucky losers:


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles
Mikhail Elgin and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but they returned with different partners.


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles
Elgin played with Egor Gerasimov while Zelenay played with Aliaksandr Bury.


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Doubles
Aliaksandr Bury and Igor Zelenay won the title by defeating Konstantin Kravchuk and Philipp Oswald 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] in the final.


2016 Kazan Kremlin Cup – Singles
Aslan Karatsev was the defending champion, but was defeated in the final by Tobias Kamke 6–4, 6–2.


2016 Kedah FA season
The 2016 season was Kedah FA's 8th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004. They will also eligible to compete in FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.


2016 Kedah FA season, Competitions, Super League
The league will kick-off on 13 February and ends on 22 October 2016.


2016 Kedah FA season, Competitions, Super League, Results summary
Last updated: 21 October 2016. Source: Super League fixtures and results


2016 Kedah FA season, Competitions, FA Cup, Results summary
Last updated: 30 April 2016. Source: FA Cup fixtures and results


2016 Kedah FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Cup, Results summary
Last updated: 30 October 2016. Source: Malaysia Cup fixtures and results


2016 Kedah FA season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 30 October 2016Source: MatchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2016 Kedah FA season, Statistics, Suspensions
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:


2016 Kedah FA season, Statistics, Home attendance, Matches (all competitions)
Matches designated as Home Team, but not played at Darul Aman Stadium.


2016 Kedah FA season, Awards, Monthly awards
For the 2016 season, sponsors collaboration with Kedah FA in recognizing the contributions of players throughout the season. Every month one player will be selected as the player of the month based on the current performance. Selection is based on the feedback of fans and squad management. Winners will be announced at 8:00pm at Darul Aman Stadium. The winner will take home a plaque and a cash prize of RM500 contribution from the sponsors. (Cola Kedah – February, March & April) (Gold Perfume Factory – August & September)


2016 Kedah FA season, Awards, Season awards
Kedah FA will inaugurate a player who was most prominent during the year based on fan votes. Kedah FA media will publish reviews and player statistics throughout the year in form of articles before voting is open to the fans after the last game for the team. The nominees was agreed by Head Coach, Tan Cheng Hoe and technical staff. Winners will be announced on Monday, 31 October from 8pm until 10pm at Istana Negara, Jalan Duta. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().


2016 Kedah FA season, Awards, National awards
The Football Association of Malaysia National Football Awards are presented to the best football local and foreign players and coaches.


2016 Kehoe Cup
The 2016 Kehoe Cup is an inter-county and colleges hurling competition in the province of Leinster. The competition is ranked below the Walsh Cup and features second and third tier counties from Leinster. Kildare were the winners.


2016 Kelantan FA season
The 2016 season was Kelantan's 8th season in the Malaysia Super League since being promoted and 21st successive season in the top flight of Malaysian football league system. They were also eligible to compete in Malaysia FA Cup starting from the second round and Malaysia Cup after placed in 6th place at the end of 2016 Malaysia Super League first leg.


2016 Kelantan FA season, Sponsors
Supplier: DSV / Sponsors : Vida Beauty, Chengal Jati, Sinar Harian, Azham Zamiri, Konsortium Mutiara, Puspamara, Delima Perdana, UniKL, redONE, HORC


2016 Kelantan FA season, Pre-season
The pre-season matches were held between 30 December 2015 to 6 February 2016. During those matches several foreign players made their trials with the team. They were Yakubu Aziz, André Luís Leite, Prince Nnake, Marko Perović, Fabiyi, Valci Teixeira Júnior and Dramane Traoré.


2016 Kelantan FA season, During season
Match were held during mid-season break and matches were held between 25 March and 4 July 2016. Several foreign players made a trial with the team for second window transfer.


2016 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Super League, Matches
The 2016 season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.


2016 Kelantan FA season, Competitions, Malaysia Cup
The 2016 Malaysia Cup draw was made on 23 May 2016 in Kuala Lumpur. Kelantan were to face Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang. Scoring a total of 10 points, Kelantan advanced to the knockout stage as group runner-up.


2016 Kelantan FA season, Squad information, List of players
PC is a Presiden Cup player who have played for the senior team as a starter, substitute or benched


2016 Kelantan FA season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, = Red cardPlayer names in bold denotes player that left mid-season (loaned)(number in bracket denotes the players plays as a substitute in a match)


2016 Kelantan FA season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2016 Kelantan FA season, Squad information, Top assists
Player name in bold denote the player who have left the club


2016 Kelantan FA season, Squad information, Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.


2016 Kelly Cup playoffs
The 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the ECHL started April 13, 2016, following the conclusion of the 2015–16 ECHL regular season. The championship was won on June 9 by the Allen Americans.


2016 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff format
At the end of the regular season the top team in each division qualified for the 2016 Kelly Cup Playoffs and are seeded either 1, 2, or 3 based on highest point total earned in the season. Then the five non-division winning teams with the highest point totals in each conference qualified for the playoffs and are seeded 4 through 8. The Kelly Cup final pits the Eastern Conference champion against the Western Conference champion. All four rounds are a best-of-seven format.


2016 Kelly Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Missouri Mavericks were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record in the ECHL. The Toledo Walleye earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference.


2016 Kelly Cup playoffs, Statistical leaders, Skaters
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2016 Kelly Cup playoffs, Statistical leaders, Goaltending
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 240 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.


2016 Kelly Cup playoffs, Statistical leaders, Goaltending
GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes)


2016 Ken Galluccio Cup
The 2016 Ken Galluccio Cup was the eighth edition of the Ken Galluccio Cup, the European men's lacrosse club competition.


2016 Ken Galluccio Cup, Competition format
The twelve teams were divided into four groups of three, where the two first qualified teams joined the quarterfinals.


2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team
The 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. They were second-year members of the Big South Conference. This season was the Owls second season of intercollegiate football. They finished the season 8–3, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.


2016 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 2016 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Paul Haynes and played their home games at Dix Stadium as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
The 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition, for men, and 19th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $50,000, for both genders, in prize money. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, on 25–31 July 2016.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Carsten Ball and Brydan Klein were the defending champions but only Klein returned, partnering Andrew Whittington. Klein lost in the first round to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Ramkumar Ramanathan.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson won the title after defeating Nicolaas Scholtz and Tucker Vorster 6–2, 7–5 in the final.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
John Millman was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Ernesto Escobedo won the title after defeating Frances Tiafoe 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Nao Hibino and Emily Webley-Smith are the defending champions, Hibino chose not to defend her title. Webley-Smith partnered Riko Sawayanagi, but lost in the quarterfinals.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Hiroko Kuwata and Zhu Lin won the title, defeating Sophie Chang and Alexandra Mueller in the final, 6–0, 7–5.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Nao Hibino was the defending champion, but chose to participate in Montreal instead.


2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Michaëlla Krajicek won the title, defeating Arina Rodionova in the final, 6–0, 2–6, 6–2.


2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary
The 2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary was held on May 17 in the U.S. state of Kentucky as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.


2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary
On the same day, the Democratic Party held their Oregon primary. The Republican Party held their Kentucky caucuses in early March.


2016 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Clinton's strength with conservative white voters in the Appalachia region, including Coal Country, had clearly regressed since 2008; she had beaten Barack Obama 65-29 in Kentucky eight years earlier, and only beat rival Bernie Sanders 47-46 in 2016. She ran strongly in Louisville, where the African American population is highest, but lost many of the eastern counties in the state to Bernie Sanders, who had won a large victory in neighboring West Virginia the week prior.


2016 Kentucky Derby
The 2016 Kentucky Derby was the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race was run at 6:51 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on May 7, 2016 at Churchill Downs. The race was broadcast in the United States on the NBC television network. The second largest attendance of 167,227 was on hand for the event.


2016 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
The Kentucky Derby is a race for 3-year-old Thoroughbred horses. The 2016 field was determined by the Road to the Kentucky Derby points system that was first introduced in 2013.


2016 Kentucky Derby, Field
The Post Position Draw of the entries for the Kentucky Derby was held Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Churchill Downs Racetrack clubhouse. After the draw was made, the undefeated Nyquist was installed as the 3–1 morning line favorite. In spite of having been undefeated in his seven previous races and having already defeated several of the other entries, including second-favorite Exaggerator, Nyquist was viewed as vulnerable, in part because of the statistical improbability of the race favorite winning for four years in a row. Pundits also noted the unusual number of gray horses in the field, four in total and three of them sons of Tapit, a gray stallion who is ranked as the leading sire in America.


2016 Kentucky Derby, Race description
At the start, Danzing Candy quickly took the lead and held onto it for seven furlongs (4,600 ft; 1,400 m) until fading. The favorite, Nyquist, broke well and stayed close to the leaders, no farther back than third throughout the race. At the top of the stretch, Gun Runner, who had been running second or third throughout, briefly took the lead but was quickly surpassed by Nyquist. Exaggerator, who had started well back in 15th place, closed fast at the end. Nyquist held him off to win the race by 1+1⁄4 lengths. Nyquist was the eighth undefeated winner in Kentucky Derby history, the first since Big Brown in 2008. The last horse to have been undefeated in seven races prior to winning the Derby was Majestic Prince in 1969.


2016 Kentucky Derby, Race description, Results
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 0:22.58;  1⁄2 mile – 0:45.72; 3⁄4 mile – 1:10.40; mile – 1:36.51;  final – 2:01.31. Splits for each quarter-mile: (:22.58) (:23.14) (:24.68) (:25.21) (:25.70)


2016 Kentucky Derby, Subsequent Grade I wins
Although Nyquist never won another race, several other horses from the Derby went on to win at the Grade I level:


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team (variously "Kentucky", "UK", or "Wildcats") represented the University of Kentucky in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was the program's 123rd overall and 83rd as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fourth-year head coach Mark Stoops and the played home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the TaxSlayer Bowl where they lost to Georgia Tech.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Pre-season, Previous season
In 2015, the Wildcats lost six out of their last seven games after starting the season 4–1, completing their second year under Mark Stoops at 5–7 and 2–6 in the SEC (6th-East). They lost to in-state rival Louisville, 38–24, to end the season, missing out on their fifth consecutive bowl game since the 2010 season.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Pre-season, 2016 signing class
Prior to National Signing Day on February 3, 2016, five players enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice and included four former high school seniors and one junior college transfer.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Pre-season, 2016 signing class
On National Signing Day, Kentucky signed an additional twenty players out of high school and junior college that completed the 2016 recruiting class. The class was highlighted by three Army All-American's as well as Kentucky's Mr. Football.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops enters his fourth season as the Wildcat's head coach for the 2016 season. During his previous three seasons he led the Wildcats to an overall record of 12 wins and 24 losses.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
On December 18, 2015 Offensive Coordinator Shannon Dawson announced he would not return to the program for the 2016 season as the offensive coordinator. In his place Kentucky hired Cincinnati offensive coordinator Eddie Gran as the assistant head coach of offense at Kentucky. Cincinnati quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw has also joined the UK staff as quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Schedule
Kentucky announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host SEC foes Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to Alabama, Florida, Missouri, and Tennessee.


2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Schedule
The team will host three out of four of its non–conference games which are against Austin Peay from the Ohio Valley Conference, New Mexico State Aggies from the Sun Belt Conference, Louisville from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Southern Miss Golden Eagles from Conference USA.


2016 Kenya Quadrangular One-Day and T20 Series
In September 2016, Kenya hosted the national teams of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uganda for two quadrangular series. A 50-over series took place from 20–24 September, and this was followed by a Twenty20 series. Matches did not have official One Day International or Twenty20 International status as none of the participating teams had either status at the time. The matches were played at the Gymkhana Club Ground and the Jaffery Sports Club Ground, both in Nairobi.


2016 Kenya Quadrangular One-Day and T20 Series
The hosts topped the round-robin tournament table in the 50-over series, before defeating Saudi Arabia by six wickets in the final. The East African sides were both eliminated after the round-robin stage of the T20 series and the final was played between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, a match that was won by Saudi Arabia by 7 wickets.


2016 Kenyan Premier League
The 2016 Kenyan Premier League (known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 53rd season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 13 February and ended on 19 November. Tusker won their eleventh league title, earning a place in the preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Champions League. Ulinzi Stars earned a place in the preliminary round of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup as runners-up of the 2016 FKF President's Cup, which was also won by Tusker. The two teams will face each other at the 2017 Kenyan Super Cup.


2016 Kenyan Premier League
A total of 16 teams competed for the Kenyan Premier League, of which 14 returned from the 2015 season. Posta Rangers and Kakamega Homeboyz were promoted from the second-tier FKF Premier League after spending three and two seasons away from the top flight, respectively.


2016 Kenyan Premier League, Teams
Seven of the participating teams are based in the capital, Nairobi, while Bandari is the only team based at the Coast.


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


2016 Kenyan Super Cup
The 2016 Kenyan Super Cup was a Kenyan football match contested by the 2015 Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia and the 2015 FKF President's Cup champions Bandari. Bandari won my match 1–0 to deny Gor Mahia their third title in a row. As a result, Bandari claimed Ksh. 750,000 in prize money while Gor Mahia collected Ksh. 500,000 as runners-up.


2016 Kenyan Super Cup
Gor Mahia controversially skipped the medal ceremony after the match, with KPL chief executive officer Jack Oguda condemning the actions as "uncalled for" and "unsportsmanlike" the following day. He also announced that the club would face punishment, but did not specify what the punishment would be or when it would be delivered.


2016 Kerala Blasters FC season
The 2016 Kerala Blasters FC season was the third season of the club in their history in the Indian Super League, since their establishment in 2014.


2016 Kerala Blasters FC season, Background
In 2016, in an effort to rebuild after failing to qualify for the finals the previous season, Kerala Blasters announced the signing of former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell as head coach on 21 June 2016. A week later, the club announced the signing of Northern Ireland international Aaron Hughes as their marquee player for the season. Other moves made before the season included the signing of Graham Stack, Kervens Belfort, Duckens Nazon, and Mohammed Rafique and return of former players Michael Chopra and Cédric Hengbart.


2016 Kerala Blasters FC season, Background
The season began where the previous left off, with a 1–0 defeat away from home against NorthEast United. After the first month of the season, the Blasters had one of the best defenses statistically in the league but struggled in attack. In the second half of the season, after the return of C.K. Vineeth from loan with Bengaluru FC, the Blasters managed to surge their way into the finals. They achieved this by defeating Delhi Dynamos 3–0 in a penalty shootout during the semi-final. In the final, the Kerala Blasters would play host to Atlético de Kolkata. The Blasters took the lead early through Mohammed Rafi before Kolkata equalized soon after. The match went into a penalty shootout, Despite taking the lead early in the shootout, the Kerala Blasters lost 4–3 and thus were defeated in their second final in three seasons.


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


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election. The result was declared on 19 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by CPI(M) won the election, defeating the incumbent United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the INC, which could only win 47 seats in the election. Pinarayi Vijayan was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 25 May.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Background
The tenure of the members of the Legislative Assembly in the state was to end on 31 May 2016. As per the voters list published on 14 January 2016, there were around 2.60 crore (26 million) eligible voters including 6.18 lakh (618,000) new voters in the age group 18–21. Elections to the 140-member assembly were held in 21,498 polling stations set up at 12,038 locations. There were 500 model polling stations. Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme was undertaken in Kerala to raise voter awareness.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Background
2,065 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) units were used by the Election Commission in 1,650 polling stations in 12 constituencies. VVPAT were not used in Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad and Kasaragod districts. The Election Commission launched several mobile apps.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Parties and coalitions
There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of the left-wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Election Day
Voting took place on 16 May 2016 in all 140 Legislative Assembly Constituencies. The final turnout was 77.35%.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Results
The Left Democratic Front won in a landslide in terms of seats, winning 91 out of 140 seats in the legislature. The incumbent UDF front was defeated and was reduced to 47 seats. The NDA, and independent P. C. George won one seat each.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Results, By alliance
P.C. George, who contested as an independent candidate from Poonjar, joined the NDA on a later date.


2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Results, By constituency
01.P.C.George  won from Poonjar Contituency with a margion 27821 votes


2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
The 2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 21 February 2018. The award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit.


2016 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series
The 2016 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor racing competition sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. There were three different classes, Class SS for Group 3D Sports Sedan, Class TA for Trans Am cars and Class M for cars produced by MARC Cars Australia.


2016 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Race calendar
The series was contested over five rounds, each consisting of three races.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 115th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
On 16 October 2016, Dr. Crokes won their 16th senior football championship when defeating Kenmare District in the final at Fitzgerald Stadium on a scoreline of 2-16 to 1-12.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
South Kerry were the defending champions after they defeated Killarney Legion after extra time and a replay in the 2015 final.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Austin Stacks won the 2016 senior club championship having defeated Dr. Crokes in the final.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Milltown/Castlemaine were relegated on 1 October 2016 when losing the relegation final to Kilcummin. This ended their 5-year stay at senior level while Kilcummin preserved their top flight status which spans 19 season to 1998.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
This year only 8 club teams are taking part in the championship instead of 11 as in previous years. This leaves a total of 8 clubs and 9 divisional team (17 in total). It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2016 County Championship proper.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
The winner of the 2016 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2017 Senior County and Club Championships.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Qualification
It had been decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To decide which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2011-2015 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Qualification
The 2 lowest placed sides were St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then met in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2016 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2017 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walk-overs play in 2017 Championship Qualifier.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Group stage, Round 1
The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams play in eight matches. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Group stage, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the quarter finals while the losers play in Round 3.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Group stage, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losers from Round 1 play  each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Group stage, Round 3
The four Round 2A losers play the four Round 2B winners in this round. The four winners progress to the Quarter-Finals while the losers exit the championship.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Knock-Out Stage, Quarter-Finals
The 4 Round 2A winners play the 4 Round 3 winners.


2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Relegation
The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.


2016 Khanasir offensive
The 2016 Khanasir offensive was a military operation conducted by ISIL and Jund al-Aqsa, during the Syrian Civil War, with the aim of cutting the Syrian government's only supply route to the northern part of the Aleppo Governorate, which runs through the town of Khanasir.


2016 Khanasir offensive, The offensive
At 10 p.m. on 21 February, the offensive was launched by ISIL. By the next day, a joint attack by militants from both ISIL and al-Qaeda-linked Jund al-Aqsa captured the village of Rasm Al-Nafal, as well as two other points along the Khanasir-Aleppo Road, cutting the Syrian government's only supply route to Aleppo city. The jihadists then proceeded to additionally seize six other villages and a hill. A convoy of reinforcements from the town of As-Safira, consisting of the pro-government Palestinian militia Liwa Al-Quds was sent to reopen the road and by the end of the day they had recaptured the hill.


2016 Khanasir offensive, The offensive
On 23 February, two contingents of the Syrian Army's special forces unit, known as the Tiger Forces, were also sent to help in reestablishing control of the road. Meanwhile, ISIL launched an assault on the town of Khanasir, commanded by Mahmutcan Ateş, which began with a failed suicide car-bomb attack against a checkpoint in its outskirts. Throughout the morning, the military recaptured four out of seven positions they had lost on the road, but ultimately ISIL managed to capture Khanasir. In the afternoon, the Tiger Forces launched a general counteroffensive with a missile barrage, followed by a tank assault.


2016 Khanasir offensive, The offensive
The Syrian Army waited before entering the villages ISIL had captured, until Russian airstrikes had dissipated. The counterattack was launched from two flanks, with the Tiger Forces and Hezbollah assaulting Rasm Al-Nafal from the north, while the Army and the Liwaa Al-Quds Brigade advanced from the south towards Khanasir. By the evening, government forces recaptured Syria Tel Hill (Tal Syria Tel), outside Khanasir, and Rasm Al-Nafal.


2016 Khanasir offensive, The offensive
The following morning, the Syrian Army re-entered Khanasir and one other village. Later, they managed to seize Tal Za’rour hill, while also advancing to the central district of Khanasir. At this time, the cutting of the road by ISIL caused prices of food and medical supplies in Aleppo city to raise dramatically. On 25 February, the Tiger Forces and their allies recaptured Khanasir, while several hills outside the town were still ISIL-held. The Army then advanced north of Khanasir and captured the nearby village of Al-Mughayrat, along with four hilltops north of it (including the large Talat Al-Bayda hill). At the same time, government forces advancing from the north seized Shilallah al-Kabeera, which they breached the previous day with the help of Russian airstrikes. By the end of the day, government troops reached two more villages and started preparing for a new assault on the next morning.


2016 Khanasir offensive, The offensive
Early on 26 February, the Syrian Army made more advances, recapturing three villages. The advances nearly besieged ISIL forces in a pocket of villages southwest of Lake Jabbul. Later in the day, the Army captured the remaining four villages that ISIL held, thus clearing the road to Aleppo. However, elsewhere, ISIL took control of a village near al-Hamam Mountain, that overlooks the supply road. Government forces reportedly re-secured the village the following day.


2016 Khanasir offensive, The offensive
On 28 February, the Syrian Army captured two villages and two mountain points, near Khanasir. At the same time, elsewhere the Syrian Army captured the last point on the Sheikh Hilal-Ithriya Road that was held by ISIL. On 29 February, the road to Aleppo city was once again reopened.


2016 Khanasir offensive, Aftermath
Between 9 and 10 March, government forces captured 13 villages previously held by ISIL, near the southern bank of Lake Jabbūl, forcing ISIL to set up a new defensive line east of the lake.


2016 Khanasir offensive, Aftermath
On 14 April, ISIL launched another offensive on Khanasir, and by the following day they captured hills near the town, the Duraham Oil Field and 10 villages. They also seized a large cache of weapons, ammunition and several armored vehicles. On 16 April, Syrian Army reinforcements were sent to the area, and by the evening they recaptured all of the territory lost, except the oil field.


2016 Khanasir offensive, Aftermath
Between 26 January and 12 February 2017, heavy fighting took place near Khanasir with back-and-forth fighting. On 12 February, 39 pro-government fighters and at least 12 ISIL militants were killed in an attack by ISIL east of Khanasir and south of Jabboul lake. Towards the end of February, the Republican Guard seized the village of Umm Miyal, east of the highway, along with the adjacent hills.


2016 Khuzdar bombing
The Shah Noorani shrine in Balochistan was attacked on November 12, 2016. More than 47 people were killed in the attack and another 100 were injured. Several people were killed and injured due to a stampede caused by the blast and scores of injured were transported to the hospital in private vehicles by visitors who survived the attack. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.


2016 Kidapawan protests
For three days from March 30, 2016, thousands of farmers and their supporters blockaded the Davao–Cotabato Road in Kidapawan, North Cotabato. A day before prior to the road blockade, 500 farmers protest in front of the National Food Authority Office in Kidapawan to air their grievances. The demonstration ended violently with at least three deaths on the side of the protesters and a total of 116 injured on both sides after the police dispersed the mass action.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Background
The protesters cited the drought caused by El Niño that has been affecting the region since November 2015 and the non-distribution of rice by the National Food Authority despite the declaration of a state of calamity by the local government unit.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Background
Among the demands set by the protesters was 15,000 sacks of rice which they said North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza previously promised to give as a form of relief, seeds of vegetables resistant to drought and other relief against hunger.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Background
More than 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of agricultural lands had been affected by the drought according to the Department of Agriculture with about ₱5.3 billion worth of rice and corn lost as a result of the calamity.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Protesters
The number of people who participated in the protests ranged from 3,000 to 6,000 protesters composing of farmers affected by droughts and their supporters. The Philippine National Police (PNP) gave an estimate of about 3,000 participants, while protest organizers gave a figure of 5,000 protesters.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Protesters
According to North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, groups outside the province, namely Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, League of Filipino Students, Gabriela and the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas joined to support the protesting farmers. It was also reported that some of the farmers involved were from outside the province, and that they were told that they would be receiving rice from the governor of North Cotabato.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Protesters
According to local town municipals farmers from the municipalities of Arakan, Antipas, Magpet, Makilala and Tulunan were coerced by the New People's Army to join the demonstrations to attract the media's attention.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
Five hundred farmers went in front of the National Food Authority office in Kidapawan on March 29, 2016, to begin a protest saying that they were suffering from hunger, and that they had no income due to the El Niño phenomenon. North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza talked with the farmers, and the names of the farmers were sent to the local government unit so that they could be given rice rations and other benefits from the calamity fund of the province.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
On March 30, 2016, around 6 a.m. (PST), some 6,000 farmers and their supporters began to gather at the Davao–Cotabato Road in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, to set up a road blockade. As the protesters aired their grievances, they rendered the road impassible to thousands of motorists for three days. The police were also deployed in an attempt to negotiate with the protesters. Bai Alil Indayla, chairperson Gabriela Mindanao said that the protesters were suspicious of the police, and they questioned the PNP's attempts to engage open negotiations. Indayla further said that the police were ready to dismantle the barricade set up by the protesters.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
According to Kidapawan Mayor Joseph Evangelista, Governor Taliño-Mendoza was scheduled to have a dialogue with the farmers at the city hall in the evening of March 30, but none of the farmers came for the talks. The farmers would block more portions of the highway until the government officials spoke to them.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
When the protesters demanded 15,000 sacks of rice previously promised by Mendoza, she reportedly refused to give in to the demands, and clarified that the rice assistance from the provincial government was intended only for resident farmers of the province.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
On 10:00 a.m. PST of April 1, 2016, the farmer-demonstrators' permit to rally expired. On the same day, the police, led by security personnel under Sr. Supt. Alexander Tagum, along with personnel from the Department of Social Welfare and Development conducted operations to clear the highway. They were tasked to act "upon guidance from Governor Mendoza". The goal of the clearing operation was reportedly to rescue minors who participated in the protests. The minors were reportedly used as human shield by protesters, led by Mindanao-based officials of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
At 10:30 a.m., the incident started when the police tried to disperse the protesting farmers. The PNP report said that the police were attacked with poles, pieces of wood, and large rocks by protesters before the police could commence their operation. A fire truck was deployed in the area. According to Norma Capuyan, the leader of the farmer's group, the PNP tried to disperse the protesters with water cannons before the police opened fire. Capuyan said that she and her fellow protesters ran into a church compound that was later surrounded by the police.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
The protests ended violently with 3 farmers dead. Both sides sustained injuries.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Events
Some of the protesters took refuge in nearby Spottswood Methodist Center, a Methodist church. The Mayor of Kidapawan notified the church's Board of Trustees on April 1, 2016, that the city government might revoke the church's permit to operate, due to harboring the protesters whom the city government deemed to have unlawfully blockaded the highway a few days ago.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Casualties and arrests
The PNP reported on April 2, 2016, that 99 of its personnel involved were injured, with one in critical condition. The PNP also stated that 2 of the protesters died and 10 were injured. The PNP acknowledged that the protester-casualty figures given were based on those who sought medical attention from the police, and that these figures did not include injured protesters who did not seek medical attention from government units.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Casualties and arrests
Kilab reported that 3 protesters died, while Anakpawis reported that there were 116 people injured and 88 who went missing. Prior to Anakpawis' report, the Children's Rehabilitation Center reported that 87 persons, including 6 children, went missing. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Southern Mindanao chair reported that at least 9 of the injuries were from gunshots.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Casualties and arrests
Some of the protesters were arrested by the PNP, including an alleged commander of the New People's Army from Barangay Basak in the town of Magpet, North Cotabato.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Casualties and arrests
The PNP formally filed cases of economic sabotage, illegal assembly, harassment and obstruction to traffic flow before the North Cotabato's Prosecutorial Office against 43 people who were arrested for their involvement in the violent protest.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions
Malacanang issued a statement through PCDSPO undersecretary, Manuel L. Quezon III calling for impartial investigation of the incident saying that "There is no reason why people must die in order to be asking for assistance from their own government" and urged the public not to "rush into judgment" pending an investigation. North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza said she was taking "full responsibility" for the incident.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions
All presidential candidates of the 2016 Philippine elections, Jejomar Binay, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Rodrigo Duterte, Grace Poe, and Mar Roxas issued statements condemning the violent dispersal of the protests. In addition, Poe and Santiago recognized the rights of the protesters to organize demonstrators and Duterte directly condemned the administration of Benigno Aquino III and called for action regarding the incident. Roxas for his part called for investigations to determine the true cause of the incident.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions
Days before his fight against Timothy Bradley, Sarangani representative and senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao, also condemned the said encounter and paid condolences to the families that have been affected in the incident. He is also supported the immediate passage of anti-rice smuggling and hoarding bills filed in the Congress.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions
On April 2, 2016, movie actor Robin Padilla flew to Kidapawan to meet-up with the farmer-protesters and visit the warehouse, where he brought 200 sacks of rice that was given for them. People and businessmen from Davao City and nearby places, also arranged a rice donation drive for the protesting farmers.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions
Residents gathered at the North Cotabato provincial capitol ground for a prayer rally on morning of April 4, three days after the dispersal of protesters.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions, Social media
Those who expressed their solidarity with the protesters, as well as those calling for justice for the incident, used the hashtag #BigasHindiBala (Rice not Bullets) on social media. On Twitter, the hashtag received about 63.5 million impressions from around 1:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. PST of April 2, 2016. The phrase "Bigas Hindi Bala" was still used by the protesting farmer groups under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Reactions, Hacking incidents
One day after the dispersal of the protesting farmers, two government websites of Cotabato were taken down by alleged hackers. On its Facebook Page, Anonymous Philippines claimed responsibility for the hacking with a "distributed denial-of-service attack" (DDOS attack).


2016 Kidapawan protests, Investigations
A Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights hearing on the incident will be conducted on April 8, 2016, at the University of Southeastern Philippines in Davao City, according to the committee chairman Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III.


2016 Kidapawan protests, Investigations
As confirmed by P/Sr. Supt. Danilo Peralta, administrative head of PNP director, P/Sr. Supt. Alexander Tagum and Kidapawan police director P/Supt. John Calinga were relieved from their posts.


2016 Kids' Choice Awards
The 29th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 12, 2016, at The Forum in Inglewood, California, live on Nickelodeon and either live or on tape delay across all of Nickelodeon's international networks and also served as a full-length TV movie. Country singer Blake Shelton hosted the ceremony. A simulcast was also carried in the United States on sister channels Nicktoons, TeenNick, TV Land, and CMT, as well as on Nick Radio, to maximize ratings numbers, the show drew 3,321,000 on Nickelodeon and 4.426 million on all the channels put together.


2016 Kids' Choice Awards
There was one award that wasn't announced during the ceremony, the award for Favorite TV Actor – Kids Show. However, Ross Lynch won the award after the ceremony ended. A new series, School of Rock, which is based on the 2003 film of the same name, premiered after the ceremony.


2016 Kids' Choice Sports
The 3rd Annual Kids' Choice Sports was held on July 14, 2016, at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast three days later on July 17. Seattle Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson returned as host.


2016 Kids' Choice Sports, Sports Council
A Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories." Committee members are:


2016 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2016 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1929. The championship began on 2 October 2016 and ended on 6 November 2016.


2016 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 6 November 2016, Carrickshock won the championship after a 0-13 to 0-06 defeat of Tullogher-Rosbercon in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their second championship overall and their first title since 2004.


2016 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
Carrickshock's Kevin Farrell was the championship's top scorer with 1-23.


2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 24 September 2016 and ended on 30 October 2016.


2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Clara were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Ballyhale Shamrocks in the semi-final.


2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 30 October 2016, O'Loughlin Gaels won the championship after a 0-19 to 1-12 defeat of Ballyhale Shamrocks in the final. This was their fourth championship title overall and their first since 2010.


2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Danesfort's Richie Hogan was the championship's top scorer with 0-40.


2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, Results, First round
Four of the twelve teams received byes into the quarter finals. The remaining eight teams played in four matches with the winners progressing into the quarter finals.


2016 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, Results, Quarter-finals
The four teams who received byes in the first round played the four winners from the first round.


2016 King Cup
The 2016 King Cup, or The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 41st season of King Cup since its establishment in 1957, and the 9th under the current edition. It started on 19 January and ended on 29 May 2016. Al-Hilal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the semifinals.


2016 King Cup
Al-Ahli won their third title in the current edition and the thirteenth overall after beating Al-Nassr 2–1 after extra time in the final.


2016 King Cup, Participating teams
A total of 32 teams participated in this season., 14 teams of Professional league, 16 teams of First Division, and 2 teams qualifying from preliminary stage.


2016 King Cup, Round of 32
Round of 32 were played between 19 and 25 January 2016. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2016 King Cup, Round of 16
Round of 16 were played between 31 January and 18 March 2016. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2016 King Cup, Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals were played on 12 and 13 April 2016. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2016 King Cup, Semi-finals
Semi-finals were played on 29 and 30 April 2016. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2016 King Cup Final
The 2016 King Cup Final was the final match of the 2016 King Cup,  the 41st season of Saudi's main football cup, and the 9th season under the current King Cup title. It was played at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on 29 May 2016, between Al-Ahli and Al-Nassr.


2016 King Cup Final
Al-Ahli took the lead with a 24th-minute header goal by Omar Al Somah, but Ahmed Al-Fraidi equalised for Al-Nassr in the 61st minute to take the match to the extra time. Al Somah scored again to earn Al-Ahli a historic double of Pro League and the King Cup, which was the second time in their history after the 1977–78 season.


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


2016 King Cup Final, Background
Al-Ahli played the 17th final, and 4th under the current edition, of which they have won twelve, a record of the competition. Their most recent final was in 2014, losing 0–3 to Al-Shabab, and their last victory was in 2012, defeating Al-Nassr 4–1.


2016 King Cup Final, Background
It was Al-Nassr's second consecutive final and the 13th overall, the 3rd under the current edition. They had won six. They lost in the last year's final 6–7 on penalties after a 1–1 draw against Al-Hilal. Their last victory was in 1990, defeating Al-Taawoun 2–0.


2016 King Cup Final, Background
Al-Ahli and Al-Nassr contested in five finals. Al-Ahli won thrice, the first was in 1971 with a 2–0 victory, the second was in 1973 they won 2–1, and the last victory 4–1 was in 2012. While Al-Nassr won twice, a 1–0 victory in 1974 and consecutive winning with 2–0 in 1976.


2016 King Cup Final, Match
Assistant referees:Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)Juan Carlos Jiménez (Spain)Fourth official:Shukri Al-Hunfush


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 23 July 2016. It was the 66th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Highland Reel, a four-year-old bay colt trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Ryan Moore. The winner was owned by the Coolmore Stud and raced in the colours of Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor. Highland Reel's victory was the fourth in the race for his trainer and owners following Galileo (2001), Dylan Thomas (2007) and Duke of Marmalade (2008). Magnier and Tabor also owned a part-share of the 2000 winner, Montjeu. Ryan Moore had previously won the race on Conduit in 2009.


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
The race attracted a field of seven runners, four from England, two from Ireland and one from France. In the build-up to the race it seemed certain that the 2015 winner Postponed would start a strong favourite but the horse was withdrawn three days before the contest when he was found to be suffering from a respiratory infection. At the supplementary entry stage two days earlier, Queen Elizabeth II had entered her four-year-old Dartmouth at a cost of £75,000 but the owners of the Eclipse Stakes winner Hawkbill opted to bypass the race.


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
Dartmouth was regarded as a strong contender, having won the John Porter Stakes, Ormonde Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes. The Irish Coolmore Stud organisation was represented by two runners from the Aidan O'Brien stable: Highland Reel was a proven international campaigner, having won the Secretariat Stakes and the Hong Kong Vase, whilst Sir Isaac Newton had won the International Stakes at the Curragh on his last start. France's representative Erupt had won the Grand Prix de Paris in 2015 and finished second in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on his most recent appearance.


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
The only three-year-old in the race was Wings of Desire who had won the Dante Stakes before finishing fourth in the 2016 Epsom Derby. The other two runners were Western Hymn (Sandown Classic Trial, Prix Eugène Adam, Gordon Richards Stakes, Brigadier Gerard Stakes) and the gelding Second Step (Jockey Club Stakes, Grosser Preis von Berlin).


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
Highland Reel was made the 13/8 favourite ahead of Erupt at 3/1, Wings of Desire on 4/1 and Dartmouth 9/2. The outsiders Sir Isaac Newton, Western Hymn and Second Step started at 14/1, 25/1 and 33/1 respectively.


2016 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
Moore sent Highland Reel into the lead from the start and the favourite set a steady early pace from Erupt, Wings of Desire and Sir Isaac Newton with Dartmouth being restrained towards the rear of the field. Highland Reel went several lengths clear of the field at half way but the margin was reduced as he entered the straight ahead of Wings of Desire as Erupt stayed on and Dartmouth began to make progress on the outside. Highland Reel repelled the challenge of Wings of Desire and won by one and a quarter lengths with Dartmouth two and three quarter lengths back in third place. Sir Isaac Newton held off Erupt for fourth ahead of Western Hymn and Second Step.


2016 King's Cup
The 2016 King's Cup  (also known as the 44th Annual King's Cup Football Tournament) (Thai:การแข่งขันฟุตบอลชิงถ้วยพระราชทานคิงส์คัพครั้งที่ 44) is an international football competition, and will be the 44th edition of the tournament. It was organised by the Football Association of Thailand or the FAT. The tournament is set to be a in knockout tournament format with all matches being held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 3 and 5 June.


2016 King's Cup
This edition will feature the host Thailand and three invited teams. The three teams that have been invited are Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Syria. Montenegro was expected to participate, but later declined, leaving the Thais to put Syria instead.


2016 King's Cup, Participant teams
The 2016 King's Cup is included the following four teams


2016 King's Cup, Venue
All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand


2016 King's Cup, Draw
The seeded teams which headed up each group was announced on May 10, 2016: United Arab Emirates and Jordan (Top Half), Thailand and Syria (Bottom Half).


2016 King's Cup, Draw
This ceremony was drawn by Watchara Watcharapol, CEO of Thairath TV and  Supasin Leelarit, Vice chairman of 2016 King's Cup Organizing Committee.


2016 King's Cup, Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2016 King's Cup.


2016 King's Cup, Knockout stage
In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score were level at the end of 90 minutes, If the score were still level after 90 minutes, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.


2016 King's Cup squads
The 2016 King's Cup is an international football tournament that is currently being held in Thailand from 3 to 6 June 2016. The 4 national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.


2016 King's Cup squads
Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 23 May 2016. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.


2016 King's Cup squads, Thailand
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for 2016 King's Cup


2016 King's Cup squads, United Arab Emirates
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for 2016 King's Cup


2016 King's Cup squads, Jordan
The following players were called up for the 2016 King's CupCaps and goals correct as of 5 June 2016 after the game against Thailand.


2016 King's Cup squads, Syria
Squad selected for the 2016 King's Cup. Caps and goals as of 31 May 2016 after the match against Vietnam.


2016 Kiribati presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 9 March 2016. The result was a victory for Taneti Maamau of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, who received 60% of the vote, with Rimeta Beniamina (United Coalition Party, but nominated by Pillars of Truth) on 38.6% and Tianeti Ioane (also Pillars of Truth) 1.5%.


2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other 2016 United Kingdom local elections.


2016 Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík season
The 2016 season is Keflavík 10th season in 1. deild karla and their 1st season in the second-tier of Icelandic football after being relegated in 2015. Along with the 1. deild karla, the club also competed in the Borgunarbikar, where they were knocked out in the third round, and the Deildabikar, where they reached the semi-finals stage before losing to KR 4–0.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season
The 2016 season will be KR's 102nd season in Úrvalsdeild and their 38th consecutive season in top-flight of Icelandic Football.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season
Along with the Úrvalsdeild, the club also compete in the Lengjubikarinn, the Borgunarbikarinn and the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League where they entered in the first qualifying round.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season
Bjarni Guðjónsson will head coach the team for the second season running. He will be assisted by former KR striker Guðmundur Benediktsson.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season
On 21 April KR won the Icelandic League Cup, Lengjubikarinn, with a 2–0 win against Víkingur R.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season
On 25 May KR lost to Selfoss in the 3rd round of the Icelandic Cup, Borgunarbikarinn. This was the first time that the team did not qualify through to the 4th round.


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


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Pre-Season, Reykjavík Cup
KR took part in the 2016 Reykjavík Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs from Reykjavík.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Pre-Season, Reykjavík Cup
The team played in Group A along with Leiknir R., Víkingur R., ÍR and Fylkir. KR finished fourth in the group with 6 points and did not make the semi-finals.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Pre-Season, Fótbolti.net Cup
KR took part in the 2016 Fótbolti.net Tournament, a pre-season tournament held in January each year.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Pre-Season, Fótbolti.net Cup
The team played in Group A along with ÍA, FH and Þróttur R.. KR finished top of the group with 9 points and went through to the final.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Pre-Season, Fótbolti.net Cup
KR played ÍBV in the final and lost the match 1–2 with Guðmundur Andri scoring KR's only goal.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Lengjubikarinn
KR played in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn. They were drawn in Group 3 along with ÍA, Víkingur R., Haukar, HK and Grindavík. KR finished second in the group behind Víkingur R. with 10 points and went through to the quarter-finals.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Lengjubikarinn
In the quarter-finals KR played Fylkir who had topped group 2. After a goalless first half KR killed the game off with three goals in a span off 16 minutes in the second half. Morten Beck Andersen opened the scoring in the 50th minute with Óskar Örn doubling the lead in the 57th minute. Morten Beck Andersen then scored his second goal of the night making it 3–0 in the 66th minute.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Lengjubikarinn
KR played Keflavík in the semi-finals. KR maintained their good goal scoring form from the quarter-finals and won the game convincingly 4–0. Morten Beck Andersen again scored a brace with Hólmbert Aron and Indriði scoring one each.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Lengjubikarinn
On 21 April, KR won the Lengjubikarinn after a 2–0 win against Víkingur R. After a goalless first half Óskar Örn opened the scoring with a headed goal right after the break. He then doubled the scoring with a wonderful shot from his own half over Víkingur's goalkeeper. This was KR's 6th league cup.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Borgunarbikarinn
KR came into the Icelandic Cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 3rd round. The team was drawn against Selfoss who play in the 1. deild karla. KR lost the game 1–2 after extra-time. KR took the lead in the through Denis Fazlagic header on the 61st minute but Selfoss fought back and managed to equalise the game on the 72nd minute.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Borgunarbikarinn
KR had plenty of possession and created many chances but did not manage to find the winning goal so the game went to extra time were Selfoss scored the only goal on the 116th minute and went through to the 4th round, round of 16. This was the first time that KR had been defeated in the 3rd round of the Icelandic Cup.


2016 Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur season, Squad statistics, Squad Stats
Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar and Europa League.


2016 Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur season
Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, also referred to as Þróttur Reykjavík or Throttur FC, is a sports club from Reykjavík in Iceland. During the 2016 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions: Úrvalsdeild, Cup, League Cup.


2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of the Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. Following a boundary review, the number of seats was reduced from 63 to 45, with all of these new seats being up for election at the same time. This was held on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election Results, Changes in council composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2016 Knoxville Challenger
The 2016 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 6 and 13 November 2016.


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


2016 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2016 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Peter Polansky and Adil Shamasdin won the title after defeating Ruben Bemelmans and Joris De Loore 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Daniel Evans was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Peter Polansky.


2016 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Michael Mmoh won the title after defeating Polansky 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 in the final.


2016 Kobalt 400
The 2016 Kobalt 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 6, 2016, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Brad Keselowski won the race. Joey Logano finished second. Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon rounded out the top–five.


2016 Kobalt 400
Kurt Busch won the pole for the race and led 31 laps on his way to a ninth-place finish. Johnson led a race high of 76 laps on his way to finishing third. There were 20 lead changes among 10 different drivers, as well as six caution flag periods for 36 laps.


2016 Kobalt 400
This was the 18th career victory for Keselowski, first of the season, second at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and second at the track for Team Penske. Keselowski left Las Vegas sixth in points. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Ford left trailing Toyota by 11-points in the manufacturer standings.


2016 Kobalt 400
The Kobalt 400 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 Kobalt 400, Report, Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2016 Kobalt 400, Entry list
The entry list for the Kobalt 400 was released on Monday, February 29 at 3:10 p.m. Eastern time. Thirty-nine cars are entered for the race. The only driver change from the previous race is Brian Vickers returning to the seat of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet.


2016 Kobalt 400, Test sessions, Session 1
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first test session with a time of 27.982 and a speed of 192.981 mph (310.573 km/h).


2016 Kobalt 400, Test sessions, Session 2
Aric Almirola was the fastest in the second test session with a time of 27.988 and a speed of 192.940 mph (310.507 km/h). Denny Hamlin slammed the wall during the session and will use a backup car for the race. Because the change took place prior to qualifying, he won't start from the rear of the field. He said that the car "just snapped loose first lap after the changes.”


2016 Kobalt 400, First practice
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.646 and a speed of 195.327 mph (314.348 km/h).


2016 Kobalt 400, Qualifying
Kurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.505 and a speed of 196.328 mph (315.959 km/h). He said the car "was insanely fast. It’s amazing all the detail that goes into qualifying with finding that perfect lap three times out there. My second outing we were way tight and I didn’t know where it came from. “(Tony) Gibson, (crew chief) and crew went to town. They just adjusted on it. We gambled and we made that last session, which was great.


2016 Kobalt 400, Qualifying
That was icing on the cake to be able to go out into the third round. I was first or 12th it didn’t matter.” Joey Logano said that second for him was "so close. Second always stings the most. I felt like that last run I just – I told Todd that our car was close I just had to want it more. I pushed as hard as I could and got a little tight in one and two and that was enough to give up that speed we needed to get the pole tonight.


2016 Kobalt 400, Qualifying
I am so proud of what this Pennzoil team has done to pick up over last week. Dang it. It is so close. It was a lot of fun out there tonight and we are looking forward to Sunday.” Kyle Busch, who described his car as being "out of control" after qualifying 23rd, said that his "front tires were chattering, and there wasn’t much we were going to do to fix that out there." Carl Edwards switched to a backup car after making contact with the wall in the session. Because this took place after qualifying, he'll start from the rear of the field. He said that going to his backup was "frustrating because the car was really fast but they say the back-up is just as fast. I guarantee that car will be as good as this one."


2016 Kobalt 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Carl Edwards was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.189 and a speed of 191.564 mph (308.292 km/h).


2016 Kobalt 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.502 and a speed of 189.460 mph (304.906 km/h).


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, First half, Start
Under clear Nevada skies, Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag at 4:11 p.m. After 10 laps, he pulled to a 1.5 second lead over Joey Logano. By lap 25, Logano cut the deficit in half. A number of cars began reporting pieces of trash lying all over the track due to the 30 mph (48 km/h) gusts of wind. The first caution of the race flew on lap 31. It was a scheduled competition caution due to rain. Denny Hamlin exited pit road with the lead. Busch was tagged for being too fast on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. Clint Bowyer was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 36. Logano drove under Hamlin going into turn 3 to take the lead on lap 45. After 10 laps, he pulled to a two-second lead over Matt Kenseth. By lap 70, teammate Brad Keselowski chipped away half his lead. Kenseth was running fourth when he made an unscheduled stop on lap 74 for a loose wheel. He rejoined the race in 35th one lap down. A number of cars began pitting on lap 82. Logano hit pit road on lap 83 and handed the lead to Kevin Harvick.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, First half, Start
He pitted the next lap and Austin Dillon took the lead. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled to Keselowski. A. J. Allmendinger was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty. Chris Buescher was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and was forced to serve a pass-through penalty.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, First half, Second quarter
Debris on the backstretch brought out the second caution of the race on lap 99. Keselowski and Logano swapped the lead on pit road with the former pitting before the start/finish line, but Jimmie Johnson exited pit road with the lead after taking just right-side tires.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 105. Logano took the lead from Johnson on lap 133, but Johnson passed him back the next lap. A number of cars began pitting on lap 141. These were the cars that took the wave-around under the second caution. It didn't stop Johnson from pitting on lap 149 and handing the lead over to Logano. He pitted on lap 151 and handed the lead to teammate Keselowski. He pitted on lap 154 and the lead cycled back to Johnson. Greg Biffle, Dillon, Kyle Larson and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were all tagged for speeding on pit road and were forced to serve pass-through penalties.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
Dealing with lapped traffic going into turn 1, Logano passed Johnson to take the lead on lap 178. Debris in turn 1 brought out the third caution of the race on lap 179. Johnson and Logano swapped the lead on pit road with the latter exiting with the lead. Keselowski was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. After the race, Paul Wolfe – Keselowski's crew chief – said that overcoming the penalty "talks about the whole team and how strong we are, how we continue to push.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
We had to overcome adversity today obviously. I think Brad and this team showed in the past there's no one I think that's any better at that. Getting that speeding penalty early on, you know, obviously wasn't ideal. No one gave up. Brad obviously continued to push hard and show the strength of the car."


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted with 82 laps to go. The fourth caution of the race flew with 69 laps to go for a single-car spin in turn 2. Rounding the turn, Allmendinger clipped the left-rear corner of Larson's car and sent him spinning. The right-rear corner tagged the wall. Kenseth exited pit road with the race lead. The restart was held a few laps for a dust storm building up southeast of the track.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
Despite a dust storm settling over the track, the race restarted with 64 laps to go. Johnson got a run on Kenseth exiting turn 4 and took the lead with 57 laps to go. The fifth caution of the race flew with 53 laps to go for a two-car wreck in turn 4. It appeared that Larson and Regan Smith got loose and slammed the wall. Logano opted not to pit when Johnson did and assumed the race lead.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 44 laps to go. Kyle Busch drove under Logano in turn 3 to take the lead with 43 to go. The sixth caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck in turn 1. Going into the turn, Kenseth got loose, slid up the track and slammed the wall. Chase Elliott slammed into his rear. Checking up to avoid Kenseth, Kurt Busch got loose, clipped Carl Edwards and sent both of them spinning. Kenseth said he didn't "know what happened. I just turned off in there and spun off before I honestly knew what was happening.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
I don’t know why it spun out. I tried to save it the best I could and just got hit hard from behind and ended up wrecking it.” Elliott said what happened was "disappointing. What a fast race car. Just a terrible job on my behalf. It's pitiful. Run three races and finished one. Bad job on my end. I know better to miss a wreck like that.”


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 35 laps to go. Busch shot out ahead of Logano and began to pull away. With 15 laps to go, that gap closed to less than a second. With 12 to go, he said his right-front tire was "falling apart." Keselowski closed in and passed Busch for the lead with five laps to go and drove on to score the victory.


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Keselowski described his day as "really, really great. It seemed like there were plenty of challenges, whether it was pit road or the weather or cautions. They threw everything they had at us today but this Miller Lite Ford team was too strong and we were able to fight them off and get to victory lane.”


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing runner-up, Logano said he's "finished second so many times this year already, and this whole weekend we finished second. Second in every qualifying round, during qualifying, second in practice on Friday, second in the race. Just so close. I want to break through and get a trophy eventually. Still, nothing to hold our heads down about. It's not easy to finish second. I want to break through and get a trophy."


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Kyle Busch said he "had a vibration when we put the rights on, and it just kept getting worse and worse. There at the end, I didn't know if a tire was coming off or what. And there at the end, I was trying to give it everything I had, but it would just not turn. It just go so tight, it was the tightest we were all day.” He also added that his car was "really, really bad this whole weekend, horrible. So, not a bad finish today considering. Not a win. But we have started top-fiving it and when we do that, the wins should come."


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Following his fifth-place finish, Dillon said of his speeding penalty that he "did all I could there to get ourselves back in a position to get back on the lead lap. The caution fell perfect for us. It took a gutsy call there (by Labbe) to take the wave-around to get back on the lead lap, to see if the caution would come out. It did right in our window, so things fell our way there for sure. But what a fast racecar. We were running some lap times faster than the leader in the middle of the race when we were laps down. That's something we're really proud of."


2016 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
After finishing sixth, Ryan Blaney said that it "was really satisfying. It was a good day for us. We needed a good finish after last week and it is nice to go out here and we all had fast cars. … We were able to drive up through the field early and made it better throughout the day. We had some spectacular late runs but we'd give up a little too much early and we couldn't ever get back what we lost. It's a great day.”


2016 Kobalt 400, Media, Television
Fox Sports will be covering their 16th race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2001 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip will have the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum will handle the pit road duties for the television side.


2016 Kobalt 400, Media, Radio
PRN will have the radio call for the race which will also be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini will call the race in the booth when the field is racing through the tri-oval.


2016 Kobalt 400, Media, Radio
Rob Albright will call the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson will call the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field is racing through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards will work pit road for the radio side.


2016 Kobe Challenger
The 2016 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 7 and 13 November 2016.


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


2016 Kobe Challenger – Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions but only Sonchat Ratiwatana defended his title, partnering Yi Chu-huan. Ratiwatana lost in the semifinals to Daniel Masur and Ante Pavić.


2016 Kobe Challenger – Doubles
Masur and Pavić won the title after defeating Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Christopher Rungkat 4–6, 6–3, [10–6] in the final.


2016 Kobe Challenger – Singles
John Millman was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Kobe Challenger – Singles
Chung Hyeon won the title after defeating James Duckworth 6–4, 7–6(7–2) in the final.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
The 2016 Kohler Grand Prix was the 9th round of the 2016 IndyCar Series. The event took place over 50 laps around Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race was the first for IndyCars at the circuit since 2007 during the final season of the ChampCar World Series. It was the 26th time that the circuit had been used for IndyCar racing.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
Prior to the race weekend, doubts surrounded whether Josef Newgarden would be able to race due to injuries sustained during the 2016 Firestone 600. However, he was cleared by doctors to participate in opening practice and, later, for all sessions of the grand prix. In qualifying, Will Power went fastest, setting a time of 1:42.2105 to beat out Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. Championship leader Simon Pagenaud qualified fourth. Josef Newgarden and James Hinchcliffe both lost their two fastest times of their sessions, Newgarden for bringing out a red flag after spinning in turn 9 and Hinchcliffe for impeding the laps of Juan Pablo Montoya and Alexander Rossi. They started 20th and 22nd respectively.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
At the start of the race, the first four positions remained as they qualified, while Graham Rahal moved up into fifth. In the rear of the field, Jack Hawksworth spun in turn five, moving him to the back of the field. Sébastien Bourdais came into the pits with damage to the rear wing assembly at the end of the first lap, putting him a lap down and ending his chances of taking victory. On lap 7, Scott Dixon pulled off course and rolled to a halt in turn five with engine failure, leaving him with a last place finish.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
With Dixon gone, Will Power was free to extend his lead over Tony Kanaan before the first round of pit stops. At the first round of stops, Power easily emerged back in the lead, but Kanaan was challenged by Graham Rahal for second place. The running order remained largely the same through the second round of pit stops, though Rahal would briefly pull into second after a quick pit stop before Kanaan passed him again later in the lap. However, both would fall back as Simon Pagenaud, on red tires, charged past both to move into second. As the race approached lap 40, the last round of pit stops came, with the running order remaining Power, Pagenaud, Kanaan, Rahal.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
On lap 40, the race's only caution period came out after the rear suspension on Conor Daly's car failed, sending him off course and into the wall in turn one. This bunched the field up for a shootout to the end of the race. On the restart on lap 44, Power held his lead, while Tony Kanaan moved past Simon Pagenaud into second. In a repeat of the Indianapolis 500, Pagenaud reported that his engine had developed a misfire, causing him to drop quickly down the running order.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
At the front of the race, Kanaan was able to close the gap to Power down to only half a second by the final lap. However, Power had conserved most of his push-to-pass presses, allowing him to use them for most of the final lap and hold of Kanaan for the victory. Power's win was his second consecutive win and his 27th career victory, tying him for 13th with Johnny Rutherford for most career IndyCar victories. The victory also put Power in serious contention for the championship despite missing the first race of the season.


2016 Kohler Grand Prix
Kanaan's second was his first podium finish since the previous season's race at Auto Club Speedway. Graham Rahal completed the podium as the highest finishing Honda driver in the race. Pagenaud's engine issue plummeted him all the way down the order to 13th, turning what seemed like a huge points day with Scott Dixon's engine failure into only a small gain. The highest finishing rookie of the race was Spencer Pigot, who came across the line in ninth. Josef Newgarden, despite his injuries, managed to finish in eighth place.


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


2016 Kokrajhar shooting
On 5 August 2016, a group of militants opened fire at a market in Balajan Tiniali, near the town of Kokrajhar in Assam, India. Fourteen people were killed and sixteen were injured as a result of the attack.


2016 Kokrajhar shooting, Attack
As many as six attackers came to the market in a rickshaw and began shooting at people as well as throwing grenades into the crowd of people. After the attackers finished their attack, five of the six attackers ran away, while one attacker was killed by security forces. After the attackers fled, AK-56 and AK-47 rifles were found at the attack site.


2016 Kokrajhar shooting, Response
Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal condemned the attack, calling it "cowardly and dastardly". He also offered Rs 5 lakh to the relatives of those who were killed, Rs one lakh to the person who was critically injured, and Rs 20,000 to those who received minor injuries.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse
On 31 March 2016, a 150 m (490 ft) steel span of the under-construction Vivekananda Road flyover in the Girish Park neighbourhood of Kolkata, India, collapsed. 27  people died and 50 more were injured in the accident.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Background
The construction for the 2.2-kilometre (1.4 mi) Vivekananda Road flyover was contracted in 2008 and began in 2009. IVRCL, a construction firm based in Hyderabad, won the bid for the project. The construction was scheduled to be completed in 2010 but overshot the deadline multiple times. IVRCL was given an 18-month deadline by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, to complete the flyover by February 2016 and allocated a budget of nearly ₹165 crore (US$23 million) but only about 60 percent of the work was completed.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Background
As of March 2015, IVRCL had a debt of ₹4,055 crore (US$570 million) and reported losses of ₹672 crore (US$94 million). In December 2015, a consortium of banks that had lent to the company took over the company and it was banned from doing business in Uttar Pradesh and several other Indian states.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Background
On 30 March 2016, one day before the collapse, concrete was laid on the bridge. Just hours before the collapse, construction workers were reported to have heard a cracking noise from the cantilever.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Incident
At 12:40 pm IST on 31 March 2016, the bridge collapsed, trapping many pedestrians and vehicles underneath. The incident took place at the busy Rabindra Sarani – K K Tagore road crossing. 27 people were killed and at least 80 others were injured. More than 90 people had been pulled from the rubble, but as of 1 April 2016, over 100 people were still unaccounted for. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) worked in relief operations with police and other security personnel. Many photographs and videos were quickly posted on social media platforms.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Aftermath
On 1 April 2016, the construction company IVRCL was charged with murder, under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. The police detained five IVRCL officials in Kolkata and two in Hyderabad, and sealed off IVRCL's local office in Kolkata. The firm called the collapse an "accident", with one IVRCL official describing it as an "act of god". The shares of the company fell 11.7% the day after the disaster. Sixty-two families living in buildings near the accident site were asked to vacate temporarily for the safe removal of collapsed debris. In a letter sent to BSE, IVRCL claimed that the design of the flyover was done by a reputed consulting firm of Kolkata.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Potential causes
Anandapran Gupta, former head of the department of civil engineering at IIT KGP stated that his investigating committee found defects in multiple aspects of the flyover construction including design, construction, raw materials and supervision. Biranchi  Acharya, an experienced construction professional, claimed that the main cause was the failure of a pier cap which brought down two spans supported over it. Some flaws either in joints of pier cap or unwanted eccentric loading may have been responsible.


2016 Kolkata flyover collapse, Reaction
The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, rushed to oversee the post-crash relief and rescue operation, and made a statement accusing the previous left-wing government for the disaster. The previous state government, headed by the Communist Party of India (M), stated that the portion of the flyover that collapsed was built during the current government's tenure. Minister of State for Urban Development, Babul Supriyo, remarked that the construction work of the flyover was carried on in an unscientific manner and "the state administration did not take any lesson even after the collapse of Ultadanga flyover three years ago". The legal advisor to IVRCL, Sheela Peddinti, said "The glass was shattered. It could have been a blast."