2016 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table
The swimming also saw multiple instances of the same medals being awarded, in the men's 100m backstroke S11, both Wojciech Makowski and Bradley Snyder swam a dead heat in the final and were both awarded a silver medal, resulting in no bronze medal being given that for event, in the men's 100m breaststroke SB13, both Oleksii Fedyna and Firdavsbek Musabekov swam a dead heat in the final and were both awarded a gold medal, resulting in no silver medal being given that for event.


2016 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table
In both the women's 50, freestyle S11, two bronze medals were awarded each as two swimmers set the same time in third place. No bronze medal was awarded in the 4 × 400 Relay as only two teams completed the event. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on the evening of 7 September 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at 18:30 BRT (21:30 UTC).


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Preparations
The theme of the ceremony was "Todo Mundo tem um Coração" ("Everybody Has a Heart"); writer and director Marcelo Rubens Paiva stated that the ceremony would focus upon "humanity, on the human condition, on feelings, difficulties, solidarity, love, heart" and "evoke emotion, laughs and tears". At least 2,500 people were involved in the ceremony, including 500 creative professionals and 2,000 volunteers.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Preparations
On 2 September 2016, director Fred Gelli revealed that the ceremony would feature U.S. Paralympic snowboarder and Dancing with the Stars contestant Amy Purdy performing a contemporary, Samba-inspired dance routine with a "surprise partner". Amidst larger financial concerns surrounding the Games, fellow director Flávio Machado affirmed that the ceremony's budget was fiscally responsible and was "enough to do what we wanted to create", adding that "It wasn't a problem and it's not going to be an excuse".


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Preparations
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach was absent from the opening ceremony, as he had prior obligations to attend the state funeral of former West German president Walter Scheel. This marked the first time since 1984 that the current president of the IOC did not attend the opening ceremonies of a Paralympic Games. IOC delegate to disability sports Sam Ramsamy attended the ceremony in place of Bach.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Pre-show entertainment
Prior to the ceremony, the Rio 2016 mascots Vinicius and Tom were seen participating in a parody of Gisele Bündchen's runway walk segment from the Olympics' opening ceremony, with Vinicius dressed similarly to Bündchen.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Prologue
The ceremony opened with a pre-recorded segment, featuring Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee. After his direct flight to Rio was cancelled, Craven instead flies to Belém, travelling on his wheelchair through various Brazilian cities en route to Rio de Janeiro, and visiting the Christ the Redeemer statue before entering the stadium. A countdown from 10 was conducted using numbers unfolded from the upper deck of the stadium.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Prologue
For the conclusion of the countdown, wheelchair stunt performer Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham rode down a ramp, jumping through a large numeral "0" and landing a backflip into an air cushion, which is a reference to Canadian snowboarder Johnny Lyall sliding down a ramp and leaping through a set of Olympic rings in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics opening ceremony. The first segment of the cultural portion of the ceremony paid tribute to the invention of the wheel, featuring samba circles and performers riding the stage in wheelchairs.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Prologue
The next segment paid tribute to Rio's beaches, including performers "surfing" on skateboards on the projection floor. Appearing in the segment was Brazilian Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias. It was followed by a segment honouring African influence on Brazilian culture. The Hino Nacional Brasileiro was performed on piano by João Carlos Martins, while performers arranged themselves on the stadium floor to form the flag of Brazil.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Parade of Nations
Delegations representing 161 National Paralympic Committees marched into the stadium, led by the Independent athletes. Each team was accompanied by a woman carrying a puzzle piece-shaped sign with the country's name written on in Brazilian Portuguese; the other side of each piece contained photos of the athletes participating in the Games.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Parade of Nations
In protest of the banning of Russia from the Games over a doping scandal, Belarusian Ministry of Sport official Andrey Fomochkin was seen carrying the flag of Russia while entering the stadium; the flag was confiscated, and Fomochkin's credentials were revoked by the IPC for violating the policy forbidding political protests and gestures. As countries entered, the puzzle pieces were assembled on the stadium floor to create a mosaic of the human heart using the photos.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Opening
The entry of athletes was followed by opening remarks by Rio 2016 Organizing Committee head Carlos Arthur Nuzman, who invited athletes to "play fair, abide by the rules and, most of all, have fun doing what you do best". The crowd booed at Nuzman after he thanked local governments for their contributions to the Games.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Opening
Nuzman's speech was followed by a speech by IPC president Philip Craven, in which he called upon spectators to "see the true meaning of sport and the true definition of ability", explaining that "in a country which has faced major challenges of late, Paralympians will switch your focus from perceived limitations, to a world full of possibility and endless opportunity. They will surprise you, inspire and excite you, but most of all they will change you." The Games were officially opened by President of Brazil Michel Temer; in the wake of the formal impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, Temer was also booed at.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Cultural segments
A segment called "Beyond Vision" by computation artist and designer Marcelo Coelho, with projections by Muti Randolph, featured dancers dressed in black while carrying white light sticks, followed by a routine by a pair of partially-sighted dancers aided by a tactile floor. This was followed by segments paying tribute to the sports that would be featured during the Games.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Cultural segments
The Paralympic emblem was formed on the arena floor, followed by the entry and raising of the Paralympic flag; the flag was brought in by members of the Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente (an organization for disabled youth), and a montage of Paralympic athletes was played while the flag was raised. Following the taking of oaths, dancer and Paralympic snowboarder Amy Purdy, dressed in a 3D Printed Dress designed by fashion designer Danit Peleg, performed a dance routine with a KUKA robotic arm, which symbolized the co-existence of humans and technology.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Lighting of the cauldron
As rain fell over the Maracanã, the Paralympic flame was brought into the stadium by the Brazilian pioneers in the Parasports. Firstly, sprinter Antônio Delfino who has won 2 gold medals in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, passed the torch to Márcia Malsar—the first Brazilian gold medalist at the Paralympics in 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York City. Malsar slipped and fell on the rain-soaked ground, dropping the torch. After successfully recovering from the fall, Malsar passed the torch to Brazilian paralympic legend Ádria Santos, who has won 13 paralympic medals.


2016 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony, Synopsis, Lighting of the cauldron
Santos then passed the flame to the final torchbearer, Brazilian paralympic legend Clodoaldo Silva. The cauldron was located at the top of a flight of stairs, which slid apart to reveal a series of ramps for Silva's wheelchair. Silva ascended the ramps and lit the Paralympic cauldron, which was the same as that of the 2016 Olympics, but adapted in a lower module. The lighting was followed by a musical performance by singer Seu Jorge.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay
The 2016 Summer Paralympics Torch Relay was a 7-day event leading up to the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. It began on September 1, 2016, in Brasilia and concluded at the Games' opening ceremony on September 7. The Paralympic torch relay began with five individual flames being relayed to a city in each of the five regions of Brazil. These flames, as well as a sixth flame lit in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain, were united to form a single Paralympic flame, which was relayed through Rio on 6 and 7 September 2016 en route to its lighting at the Maracanã during the opening ceremony.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, The Torch
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Torch was unveiled on December 13, 2015. It was created from the same design concept as the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch, which celebrates the essence of Rio 2016—passion and transformation. The torch is able to open and close. When closed, the Olympic and Paralympic torches look the same, demonstrating the equality of the two torches, and when opened, the character of the torches reveal themselves.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, The Torch
According to Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman, "The Paralympic Torch’s sinuous curves represent the highs and lows in the life of a Paralympic athlete, celebrating their determination and achievements. Its quadrangular shape refers to the four Paralympic values – courage, determination, inspiration and equality – which are also written in Braille on the torch, along with the words 'Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Torch Relay.'"


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, The Torch
During the relay, when the flame is passed from one torchbearer to another its segments open upwards, symbolizing a person's body stretching its boundaries. The segments come from the elements of the Brazilian flair and the host city's nature represent with the different colors, but these colors were different and more warmer, symbolizing the joy and warmth typical to the Brazilian people. The Paralympic Torch’s sinuous curves represent the highs and lows in the life of a Paralympic athlete, celebrating their determination and achievements.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, The Torch
The quadrangular shape refers to the four Paralympic values – courage, determination, inspiration and equality – which are also written in Braille on the torch, along with the words “Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Torch Relay.”. Like the Olympic torch, the curves had colors that meant the values of this edition of the Games, The orange represents the courage of the Paralympic athletes, red represents the determination and the warmth and welcome of the Brazilian people.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, The Torch
The purple represented the inspiration created by the Paralympic sport and also the expectations created in the country with the event and what the event could accomplish in Brazilian society. The dark blue represented equality, emphasized in the current Brazilian Constitution that has existed since 1988, and in the holding of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the same city and in equal conditions since that year. The shape of the segments represents the esplanades (Calçadão in Portuguese) of the beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema. The axis of the torch expresses unity and diversity.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Relay, Locations
Each city that the relay included celebrated a different Paralympic and Rio 2016 value: in Brasília, it was equality; in Belém, determination; in Natal, inspiration; in São Paulo, transformation; in Joinville, courage; and in Rio de Janeiro, passion.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Relay, Heritage Ceremony
On September 2, 2016, Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain, the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement, held a ceremony for the lighting of the Heritage Flame. The flame was combined with the five Brazilian flames in Rio de Janeiro on September 6, which formed the Rio 2016 Paralympic flame.


2016 Summer Paralympics torch relay, Relay, End of the relay
After the Paralympic flame was created, it was then carried around Rio from September 6 to September 7. On the day of the opening ceremony, 1984 Paralympic gold medalist Marcia Malsar was carrying the torch at the Maracana Stadium when she slipped and fell on the rain-covered floor. Once she recovered from the fall, she smiled, waved at the audience, and handed off the torch. Clodoaldo Silva was the last torchbearer, and lit the cauldron.


2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament
The 2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament will take place from May 25–28. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round robin regular season. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament.


2016 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Summit League. The tournament was held from March 5–8, 2016 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The winners of the tournament, South Dakota State, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. This was South Dakota State's third championship in five years.


2016 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top 8 teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.


2016 Summit League Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 11th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
The Denver Pioneers won The Summit League title, besting the Omaha Mavericks, 2–1 in the championship match. It was Denver's fourth Summit League title and their fourth consecutive.


2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
The tournament was hosted by the University of Denver and all matches were contested at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.


2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeds
The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2016 Summit League season.


2016 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 5–8 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings will qualify for the tournament. South Dakota State defeated South Dakota to win their 2nd straight Summit League Tournament title to receive an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.


2016 Summit League Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Summit League Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Summit League to be held from November 3 to 5, 2016. The three match tournament was be held at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota. The four team single-elimination tournament will consist of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are the three-time defending tournament champions after defeating the North Dakota State Bison 3–0 in the championship match in 2015.


2016 Summit League men's soccer season
The 2016 The Summit League men's soccer season was the 11th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Summit League men's soccer season
The Denver Pioneers are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.


2016 Summit League men's soccer season, All-Summit League awards and teams
Fazlo Alihodzic (M), Sr., OmahaJacob Bevan (F), Sr., Western IllinoisReagan Dunk (D), Sr., DenverKortne Ford (D), Jr., DenverNick Gardner (GK), So., DenverJoseph Ghitis (GK), Jr., OmahaSam Hamilton (M), Sr., DenverEmmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., OmahaKarsten Hanlin (F), Sr., DenverSeth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., OmahaZach Tom (M), So., Fort Wayne


2016 Summit League men's soccer season, All-Summit League awards and teams
Scott DeVoss (D), So., DenverBlake Elder (F), Jr., DenverBen Fiddes (D), Jr., Western IllinoisMark Moulton (M), Sr., OmahaMike Novotny (GK), Jr., Eastern IllinoisFernando Pacheco (M), Jr., Western IllinoisSantiago Riveros (M), Jr., Oral RobertsAndre Shinyashiki (F), So., DenverGraham Smith (M), Jr., DenverOscar Uyamadu (F), Jr., Fort WayneJacob Weiler (D), Jr., Omaha


2016 Summit League men's soccer season, All-Summit League awards and teams
Alex Castaneda (F), Fr., Eastern IllinoisDaniel Collins (M), Sr., Western IllinoisBlake Elder (F), Jr., DenverFred Frimpong (M), Fr., OmahaThibaut Giquel (GK), So., Oral RobertsEmmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., OmahaJonathan Huerta (M), Fr., Eastern IllinoisTyler LaCourse (D), Fr., Oral RobertsAnton Olsson (D), Fr., Eastern IllinoisSeth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., OmahaGraham Smith (M), Jr., Denver


2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bobcat Ballpark on the campus of the Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas from May 25 to May 29, 2015. The tournament used a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, and will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 10 to March 13. The tournament winner, Little Rock, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 9th edition of the tournament. It determined the Sun Belt Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Coastal Carolina won the Sun Belt title, making it their first Sun Belt championship, but their 13th overall conference tournament title. The Chanticleers defeated Georgia State in the championship, 1–0.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Awards
Graham Smalley (Appalachian State, Freshman, Midfielder)Einar Einarsson (Coastal Carolina, Senior, Defender)Henrik Muller (Coastal Carolina, Junior, Defender)Frantzdy Pierrot (Coastal Carolina, Junior, Forward)Emil Laursen (Georgia Southern, Sophomore, Defender)Kwaku Adu-Boahene (Georgia State, Sophomore, Forward)Hannes Burmeister (Georgia State, Sophomore, Midfielder)Liam Fitzsimmons (Georgia State, Redshirt Sophomore, Defender)Hamish Ritchie (Hartwick, Freshman, Midfielder)Kenneth Hersey (Howard, Redshirt Senior, Goalkeeper)


2016 Sun Belt Conference Softball Tournament
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Softball tournament was held at the Bobcat Softball Complex on the campus of the Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas from May 6 through May 9, 2015. The tournament winner earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Day one of the tournament acted as a single elimination tournament, while Day 2 begins a double elimination format among the remaining 4 teams. The championship game was winner takes all. Days 1 & 2 of the tournament were streamed via . Days 3 and 4 of the tournament (semifinals & championship) were televised on ESPN3.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference beginning on March 9, 2016, and ending on March 12, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Lakefront Arena.


2016 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference to be held from November 2 to 6, 2016. The seven-match tournament will be held at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Alabama Jaguars are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Georgia State Panthers in the championship match.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 16th season in which the Sun Belt Conference operated a football league, and was part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 1 with Appalachian State facing Tennessee. This was the third season for the Sun Belt since realignment that took effect in 2014, which added the tenth and eleventh members — Idaho and New Mexico State. Both teams were previously independents before joining the conference. The Sun Belt Conference is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, and the Mountain West Conference.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season
In this season, the Sun Belt football conference included 11 members: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, South Alabama, Texas State, and Troy. The conference championship was determined by win-loss record within the conference.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season
Arkansas State entered the season as defending Sun Belt champions, as they went undefeated in 2015 conference play. The Red Wolves went on to lose to Louisiana Tech in the New Orleans Bowl 28–47.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season, Preseason, 2016 predictions
The 2016 preseason coaches predictions were released on July 21, 2016, with the vote conducted by the head football coaches of each conference school. Appalachian State was picked to win the conference for the first time in school history. After coming second in the conference last year which resulted a trip to the Camellia Bowl, the Mountaineers returned 22 starters on the field for the upcoming season. Arkansas State, which had won at least a share of the conference title in four of the previous five seasons and was returning 13 starters (6 on offense, 7 on defense), was tapped to finish second.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season, Preseason, 2016 predictions
Below are the results of the coaches poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season, Season
For the first time in the 16-year history of Sun Belt football, a team from the conference was ranked in the top 25 of the AP Poll. In Week 11, the Troy Trojans, with a record of 8-1, received the #25 spot in the AP Poll. The Trojans lost their next game, to Arkansas State, to drop back out of the rankings.


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season, Sun Belt vs other Conferences, Sun Belt vs Power Conference matchups
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC) Sun Belt played in non-conference play. (Rankings from the AP Poll):


2016 Sun Belt Conference football season, All-Sun BeltTeam
Honorable Mention: Appalachian State: Barrett Burns, A. J. Howard, Taylor Lamb, Myquon Stout; Arkansas State: Justice Hansen, Chris Humes, Waylon Roberson, Kendall Sanders; Georgia Southern: Kevin Ellison, Darius Jones, Jr., Ukeme Eligwe, B. J. Johnson III; Georgia State: Shawanye Lawrence, Alonzo McGee, Keith Rucker, Chandon Sullivan; Idaho: Trent Cowan, Kaden Elliss, Tony Lashley, Jordan Rose; Louisiana-Lafayette: Keenan Barnes, Karmichael Dunbar, Eddie Gordon, Tre'maine Lightfoot; Louisiana-Monroe: Justin Backus, David Griffith, Ajalen Holley, Frank Sutton, Jr.; New Mexico State: Kourtland Busby, Greg Hogan, Anthony McMeans, Tyler Rogers; South Alabama Roman Buchanan, Kalen Jackson, Xavier Johnson, Kevin Kutchera; Troy: Ryan Kay, William Lloyd, Kamryn Melton, Baron Poole; Texas State: Aaron Brewer, Bryan London, Gabe Loyd , Jordan Mittie.


2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 15th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
The Hartwick Hawks are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.


2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season, All-Sun Belt awards and teams
Stephen Chapman, Sr., FW, ASUFrantzdy Pierrot, Jr., FW, CCUBlake Wilson, Jr., FW, GSOUHannes Burmeister, So., MF, GSTAMax Hemmings, So., MF, GSTAJohnny McBeth, Jr., MF, HARTEinar Einarsson, Sr., DF, CCUEmil Laursen, So., DF, GSOUKyle Clinton, Fr., DF, GSOUElliott Bentley, Fr., DF, HARTYannic Horn, Jr., GK, GSTA


2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season, All-Sun Belt awards and teams
Martin Melchor, Jr., FW, CCUFrank Rosenwald, Fr., FW, GSTAMike Rood, Sr., FW, HARTSander Wang, Fr., MF, GSOUNick Wells, Jr., MF, GSOUJack Donaldson, Sr., MF, HARTHamish Ritchie, Fr., MF, HARTElis Bjornsson, Sr., DF, CCURyan Reid, Sr., DF, CCULiam Fitzsimmons, Jr., DF, GSTABraulio Linares-Ortiz, Jr., GK, CCU


2016 Sun Bowl
The 2016 Sun Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played on December 30, 2016. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. It featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference and the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash
On 13 April 2016, a Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander operated by Sunbird Aviation crashed about 1,200 m (0.65 nmi; 0.75 mi) short of runway 7 at Kiunga Airport in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The plane had pitched up right before the crash, and then dropped its right wing and fell almost vertically to the ground. Eleven passengers (including three children) and the 31-year-old Australian pilot, Benjamin Picard, were killed. Nine people died on impact, with other three declared dead on arrival at Kiunga Hospital.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash
The investigation determined that an engine failure occurred mid-flight. The aircraft was loaded significantly aft of the center of gravity limit. Upon extension of the aircraft's flaps, an uncontrollable pitch up resulted in the aircraft stalling and spinning into the ground.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Flight
The flight was a non-scheduled domestic chartered passenger flight from Tekin, West Sepik Province (Sandaun) to Kiunga, Western Province. The flight was under Visual Flight Rules. The flight was operated by Sunbird Aviation, a small non-scheduled aviation company based in Goroka, with a Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander, registered as P2 – SBC. The flight was carrying 11 passengers, including 3 children, and an Australian pilot, identified as Benjamin Andre Picard.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Flight
The flight took off from Kiunga at 13:56 and later reached Oksapmin. Picard then reported to Kiunga that the flight was on Kiunga's circuit area and began to fly a left circuit to land at Kiunga. The weather in Kiunga, at the time, was in good condition. Picard then configured the aircraft for landing.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Flight
As the flight approached Kiunga, it suddenly pitched up in a nearly vertical condition. Due to the vertical motion, the right wing stalled and the aircraft rolled to the right. It then fell rapidly, struck trees and slammed onto the ground. The aircraft impacted at a nearly 90° angle. Due to the force of the impact, the front part was crushed and the tail snapped. 9 people were killed instantly.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Flight
Witnesses reported the crash to the airport and subsequently located the crash site. 3 people were extricated alive from the crash site and were transported to Kiunga Hospital. However, they were later pronounced dead on arrival. All 12 passengers and crews on board were killed.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
Papua New Guinea AIC sent two investigators to the crash site. Representative from the aircraft's manufacturer Britten-Norman was also invited to join the investigation. Initial examination of the wreckage was hampered due to bad weather condition. The wreckage was left unattended for five days due to inundation around the area. It was later taken to Kiunga on the sixth day.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
There were reports that the pilot of the flight, Benjamin Picard, made an emergency call to the authorities in Kiunga. Seconds later, the aircraft pitched vertically and crashed. Investigators dismissed the report. However, investigators later confirmed that the right engine had failed in mid-flight. It happened while the aircraft was approaching Kiunga. Evidences found on the right engine proved that an engine failure had occurred in mid-flight. This causing the propeller to auto feather as it was shutting down, but that the compressor was still spooling down at impact.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
Further investigation revealed that the centre of gravity of the aircraft had shifted significantly to the aft centre. As a result, the aircraft pitched up severely when the pilot extended the flaps.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
It is usual for aircraft to pitch up when the pilots extended the flaps. The possibility for the aircraft to pitch up is even greater when the pilots extended the flaps for an approach.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
The accident flight was aggravated by the fact that the centre of gravity of the aircraft was shifted to the aft. When the pilot extended the flaps, the aircraft pitched up. However, because the centre of gravity was located at the aft, it would be difficult to pitch the nose down. Examination on the wreckage revealed that the flaps, at the time, were fully extended and that Picard, during the stall, had made a full nose down input, to no avail. Investigators added that there was no evidence that the pilot calculated the aircraft loaded balance for the flight. The actual weight and balance of the aircraft could not be conclusively determined.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
Investigators later added that recovery from the stall was impossible due to the low height of the aircraft.


2016 Sunbird Aviation crash, Investigation
The investigation concluded that the right engine failure caused the aircraft to lose its lift force. The improper loading of the cargo aggravated the condition.


2016 Sundance Film Festival
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 21 to January 31, 2016. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 2, 2015. The opening night film was Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. The closing night film was Louis Black and Karen Bernstein's Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny.


2016 Sundance Film Festival, Juries
Jury members, for each program of the festival, including the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which also took part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 12, 2016.


2016 Sundance Film Festival, Acquisitions
Ahead of the festival opening distributor Netflix obtained worldwide streaming rights to Tallulah and Iranian horror film Under the Shadow. Oscilloscope Laboratories also obtained U.S. distribution rights to The Fits before its Sundance debut. Amazon also acquired the rights to Manchester by the Sea and Love & Friendship (the latter in collaboration with Roadside Attractions).


2016 Sunderland City Council election
The 2016 Sunderland City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect one-third of the members of Sunderland City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections held across the United Kingdom.


2016 Sunderland City Council election, Election results
The election saw Labour gain two seats, taking the Houghton and Copt Hill wards after incumbent Independent councillors chose not to stand for re-election. The Conservatives held the seats they were defending in Fulwell and St Michael's. The Liberal Democrats took a seat from Labour in Millfield.


2016 Sunderland City Council election, Ward by ward results, Copt Hill ward
†The incumbent Independent councillor Derrick Smith retired at this election, and none of UKIP, the Conservatives, or the Greens had stood when the seat was last contested. The swing shown is to the Labour candidate from the Independent.


2016 Sunderland City Council election, Ward by ward results, Hetton ward
†Swing away from Labour to the Conservatives, who had stood aside last time this seat was contested.


2016 Sunderland City Council election, Ward by ward results, Houghton ward
†The incumbent Independent councillor Sheila Ellis retired at this election, and neither UKIP, the Conservatives, or Mick Watson had stood when the seat was last contested. The swing shown is to the Labour candidate from the previous Independent.


2016 Sungai Besar by-election
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat seat of P93 Sungai Besar, a parliamentary seat located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia on 18 June 2016 following the nomination day on 5 June 2016. The seat fell vacant after death of member of parliament Noriah Kasnon, who died in a helicopter crash on May 5, 2016 while campaigning in the Sarawak state election. Noriah Kasnon was also the Plantations Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister. In the 2013 general election, Noriah Kasnon won the seat with a majority of 399 votes beating Mohamed Salleh M Hussin of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). This by-election was held concurrently with the Kuala Kangsar by-election for the same reason.


2016 Sungai Besar by-election
The Barisan Nasional candidate was Budiman Mohd Zohdi from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) who is also the Sungai Panjang state assemblyman. The PAS candidate is Abdul Rani Osman who is also the state assemblyman for Meru. The opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan has chosen Azhar Abdul Shukor from the National Trust Party (AMANAH) as its candidate.


2016 Sungai Besar by-election
Some of the issues that will be brought up during the by-election campaign are the Goods and Services tax, the rising cost of living and electricity tariffs.


2016 Sungai Besar by-election, Results
Budiman Mohd Zohdi retained the seat for Barisan Nasional with a majority 9,191 votes beating both candidates from Amanah and PAS.


2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour
The 2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour was the 3rd season of the Sunshine Ladies Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women based in  South Africa.


2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 9 events, all held in South Africa, played between November and March.


2016 Sunshine Ladies Tour, Order of Merit
This shows the leaders in the final Order of Merit.


2016 Sunwolves season
In 2016, the Sunwolves participated in the 2016 Super Rugby competition, their first ever appearance in the competition. They were included in the Africa 1 Conference of the competition, along with the  Bulls,  Cheetahs and  Stormers.


2016 Sunwolves season, Personnel, Coaches and management
The Sunwolves coaching and management staff for the 2016 Super Rugby season were:


2016 Sunwolves season, Personnel, Squad
The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season:


2016 Sunwolves season, Log
The final standings for the 2016 Super Rugby season are:


2016 Sunwolves season, Log
The top eight teams qualified to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners were seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards were seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.


2016 Sunwolves season, Log
In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners hosted the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners progressed to the Semi-Finals, where the highest seed to reach the Semi-Finals hosted the lowest seed and the second-seeded semi-finalist hosted the third-seeded team. The winner of the Semi-Finals progressed to the Final, at the venue of the highest-seeded team.


2016 Sunwolves season, Log
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a matchClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:* Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top)* Log points* Number of games won* Overall points difference* Number of tries scored* Overall try difference


2016 Sunwolves season, Matches
The Sunwolves played the following matches during the 2016 Super Rugby season:


2016 Sunwolves season, Player statistics
The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2016 is as follows:


2016 Sunwolves season, Player statistics
Squad members Ryuhei Arita, Shohei Hirano, Tsuyoshi Murata and Kazuhiko Usami made no appearances in the competition.


2016 Super 8s
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2016 Super 8s
After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split into 5 groups called the Super 8s. The top 8 Super League play each other once more before the top 4 team enter the playoffs for a place in the Super League Grand Final.


2016 Super 8s
The bottom 4 Super League teams and top 4 Championship teams play each other in The Qualifiers for a place in next seasons Super League.


2016 Super 8s
The bottom 4 Championship teams play each other once more with the top 4 teams entering the playoffs for the Championship Shield with the bottom 2 teams being relegated to League 1.


2016 Super 8s
The top 8 League 1 sides play each other once more before the top 5 teams enter the playoffs with 2 teams being promoted. The bottom 7 teams play each other for the League 1 Shield


2016 Super 8s, Super League
The Super League Super 8s sees the top 8 teams from the Super League play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over and after 7 additional games the top 4 teams will contest the play off semi-finals with the team in 1st hosting the team in 4th, and the team finishing 2nd hosting the 3rd placed team; the winners of these semi-finals will contest the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford.


2016 Super 8s, The Qualifiers
The Qualifiers Super 8s sees the bottom 4 teams from Super League table join the top 4 teams from the Championship. The points totals are reset to 0 and each team plays 7 games each, playing every other team once. After 7 games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd will gain qualification to the 2017 Super League season. The teams finishing 4th and 5th will play in the "Million Pound Game" at the home of the 4th place team which will earn the winner a place in the 2017 Super League; the loser, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th and 8th, will be relegated to the Championship.


2016 Super 8s, Championship Shield
At the end of the regular season the bottom 8 Championship teams play each other once more, home or away. The bottom two teams are then relegated to League 1 and the top four teams qualify for the play off for the Championship Shield.


2016 Super 8s, League 1 Super 8s
The top 8 teams in League 1 carry points forward and play each other once more home or away. The top five teams after 7 games will enter the playoffs.


2016 Super 8s, League 1 Shield
The bottom 7 teams compete in the League 1 Shield where they play each other once more home or away. The top 2 teams compete for the League 1 Shield.


2016 Super Formula Championship
The 2016 Japanese Super Formula Championship  was the 30th season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the fourth under the name of Super Formula. Hiroaki Ishiura started his 2015 Championship defense when the season began on 24 April, and ended after seven rounds on 30 October.


2016 Super Formula Championship, Teams and drivers
All teams were Japanese-registered and used the Dallara SF14 spec-racer chassis. Eight cars were powered by Honda's HR-414E engine, with the other 11 cars using Toyota's RI4A engine.


2016 Super Formula Championship, Race calendar and results
A provisional calendar for the 2016 season was released on 10 December 2015. The 7 rounds of the 2016 Super-Formula Championship were held over 7 months from April through October, with a 7 week long summer hiatus through June to mid-July. All events were held on premier, natural terrain road racing circuits in Japan. Thus far, no events on the Super Formula calendar have been held on super-speedway ovals or on city street circuits.


2016 Super Formula Championship, Race calendar and results
The Autopolis round was cancelled on May 29 due to damage caused by the Kumamoto earthquake. However, on July 15, it was decided that Okayama would take its place at the same date, holding a double-header round.


2016 Super Formula Championship, Championship standings, Teams' Championship
† Half points were awarded at the first Okayama round as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.


2016 Super GT Series
The 2016 Autobacs Super GT Series was the twenty-fourth season of the Japan Automobile Federation Super GT Championship including the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) era, and the twelfth season under the name Super GT. It was the thirty-fourth overall season of a national JAF sportscar championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The season began on April 10 and ended on November 13, after 8 races.


2016 Super League Grand Final
The 2016 Super League Grand Final was the 19th official Grand Final and conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XXI season. It was held on Saturday 8 October 2016, at Old Trafford, Manchester, with a 6pm kick-off time. British rock band Feeder provided the pre-match and half-time entertainment. The Wigan Warriors were crowned champions, winning their fourth Super League crown, and prevented Warrington from winning their first championship in 61 years.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Warrington Wolves
Warrington's back end of the season started badly when they lost at the Challenge cup final, when they lost 12–10 against Hull FC. Then in the rematch of the final, Warrington won 23–6 to win the League. They then beat St. Helens for only the 2nd time at the Halliwell Jones Stadium to clinch the first Final spot.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Background, Route to the Final, Wigan Warriors
Wigan were quieter than usual this season, however in the back end of the season Wigan fought back to finish second by beating Hull F.C. and Warrington Wolves away. Drawn at home to Hull F.C. at the semi-final Wigan won 28–18 to set up the final against Warrington.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match day, Pre-game
The match was a rematch of the 2013 Super League Grand Final, where Wigan won the trophy after trailing at half-time. This is Wigan's fourth consecutive Grand Final appearance. Warrington have been in the Grand Final twice before and have never won the Super League trophy, with their last league trophy win coming 61 years ago in the 1954–55 Northern Rugby Football League season.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match day, Pre-game
Wigan were underdogs coming into this match as a host of their regular players were missing through injury. Players such as Sam and Joel Tomkins, Michael McIlorum, Dominic Manfredi, and Lee Mossop. Skipper Sean O'Loughlin was also amongst this list but was rushed into the team for the Grand Final and was placed on the bench after two 'successful' training sessions. Warrington's Chris Sandow was also a late inclusion for the Grand Final after he recovered enough to play, however he also started the game on the reserves bench.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match day, Pre-game
This was the last rugby league match for Wigan's Josh Charnley before heading off to play rugby union. Teammate, Lewis Tierney, son of 1998 Super League Grand Final winner and dual-international, Jason Robinson, created history by becoming the first son to play in a Grand Final after his father did. Notably, Oliver Gildart's father Ian Gildart had also won various silverware with Wigan, but this was prior to the Super League era.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
Wigan opened the scoring in the 8th minute with a penalty goal from Matty Smith due to teammate, John Bateman, being held too long in a tackle.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
In the 17th minute, Wigan dotted the ball on the line out wide with Charnley, however the try wasn't awarded, due to a flick from Gelling which went forward due to pressure from Warrington's defence. This was Wigan's only notable effort in the first half as errors, such as this one, from both teams cost them opportunities.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, First half
However, in the 21st minute, Warrington did score, thanks to a try from Declan Patton, who was only making his 9th appearance of the season. He then converted his own try to give his team a 6–2 lead, which they'd hold onto until half-time.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
In the 54th minute, Ryan Atkins made his way over the try-line for Warrington. However, referee Robert Hicks sent the final decision to Video Referee Ben Thaler, as he couldn't see whether or not the ball was grounded on the try-line, after 5 Wigan players were tackling Atkins. Eventually after a short delay, Hicks' initial TRY decision was overturned by video referee, Ben Thaler, due to Atkins seen losing control of the ball before he could get it down.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
A minute later, Liam Farrell broke Warrington's defensive line, and then gave a pass off to Oliver Gildart, who'd go on to score the 100th Super League Grand Final try. After kicking from a wide angle, Matty Smith was unable to convert and the scores remained level.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
In the 63rd minute, Josh Charnley wasn't denied this time around, scoring after grounding the departing team member Dan Sarginson's grubber in the in-goal area. Matty Smith again had to convert from out wide, but he again failed to capitalise on the extra 2 points.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Second half
Smith then finally added another two points, courtesy of a penalty goal, conceded by Daryl Clark. The penalty-goal made the score 12–6 to Wigan with only 6 minutes remaining. After this moment, all the chances belonged to Warrington, but Wigan's defence stood up when it mattered most, tackling players out of play and tackling them on the 5th tackle, to create a turnover each time. Wigan held on to win their 4th Super League title.


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Post-match
Liam Farrell won the Harry Sunderland Trophy/ Man of the Match award


2016 Super League Grand Final, Match details, Post-match
The match was also the last for SkySports commentator, and former Great Britain international, Stevo, after 26 years of commentating the sport.


2016 Super League Grand Final, World Club Series
By winning this match Wigan had qualified for the World Club Series Final, to be played at DW Stadium against the winners of the 2016 NRL Grand Final, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Warrington, as the runners up, would play 2016 NRL Grand Final runners up Melbourne Storm at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. The third game would have seen Challenge Cup champions Hull F.C. take on Canberra Raiders at KCOM Stadium. However circumstances later dictated that only Wigan and Warrington would play games, against Cronulla and Brisbane Broncos respectively.


2016 Super League of Malawi
The 2016 TNM Super League was the 31st season of the Super League of Malawi, the top professional league for association football clubs in Malawi, since its establishment in 1986.


2016 Super League of Malawi
Big Bullets FC came into the season as defending champions of the previous season.


2016 Super League of Malawi, Clubs
A total of 16 teams will contest the league including 13 teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from regional leagues: Dwangwa United, Max Bullets and Karonga United.


2016 Super League of Malawi, Clubs
Super League of Malawi (SULOM) decided to extend the top level to 16 clubs; the additional place is contested by the three relegated teams in a play-off.


2016 Super League of Malawi, Clubs
The relegation play-off was played on 11-13 March between Airborne Rangers and FISD Wizards at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe and ended with the victory of the FISD Wizard, who remained in the TNM Super League.


2016 Super League of Malawi, Clubs
Dedza Young Soccer, withdrew from play-off after obtained a court injunction against this play-off after the first match was played, arguing they should have been elected to remain at the top level without any play-off, later, Dedza Young Soccer, decided to withdrew the injunction but maintaining decision to not participate in play-off.


2016 Super Rugby Final
The 2016 Super Rugby Final was played between the Hurricanes and the Lions. It was the 21st final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the first under the expanded 18-team format. The Hurricanes had qualified in first place of the log standings during the regular season, while the Lions had qualified in second place. Both teams hosted quarter-final and semi-final matches. In the quarter-finals the Hurricanes beat the Sharks while the Lions beat the record Super rugby winners Crusaders. For the semi-finals it was the Hurricanes defeating fellow New Zealand team Chiefs in Wellington and the Lions defeating New Zealand team Highlanders in Johannesburg. Because of being the higher placed team in the regular season log standings, the final was held in Wellington.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final
The 2016 Super Rugby competition involved an expanded 18-team format. The 18 teams were grouped geographically in two regional groups, each consisting of two conferences: the Australasian Group, with five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference and the South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentinean team and one Japanese team split into a four-team Africa 1 Conference and a four-team Africa 2 Conference. The four conference winners qualified for the Quarter Finals, where they had home ground advantage against the four wildcard teams, made up of the third to fifth placed teams in the Australasian Group and the third placed team in the South African Group.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final
In the quarter-finals, there were wins for Highlanders over the Brumbies, Hurricanes beat Sharks while keeping them with no points, Lions beat Crusaders and Chiefs triumphing over Stormers. In the semi-finals, the Hurricanes defeated Chiefs in Wellington and the Lions defeated Highlanders in Johannesburg. The Hurricanes won their first title by defeating Lions.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final, Final, Summary
The Hurricanes won their first Super Rugby title with a dominant 20-3 win over the Lions in Wellington with tries from Cory Jane and man-of-the-match Beauden Barrett. Victor Vito celebrated his 100th and final match for the Wellington-based side in style. Tries were difficult to get with the wet, cold and windy weather conditions with both tries scored off Lions mistakes and Barrett chipped in with 10 points from the boot with two conversions and two penalties to spark tumultuous scenes in the packed stadium.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final, Final, Summary
The Lions were unable to find a way to unlock the Hurricanes defence, while Elton Jantjies had a forgettable night in front of goal, scoring only one of his three kicks. The match began with Jantjies missing an early penalty and Jane had a try disallowed in the 6th minute after the TMO ruled correctly that Brad Shields had knocked-on in the build-up.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final, Final, Summary
The veteran winger was not to be denied for long, in the 22nd minute when the Hurricanes defence again proved its worth causing Jantjies to throw a wild pass under pressure in his own 22, forcing Lionel Mapoe to make a clearing kick, but the ball went straight to Jane, who raced in to score at the corner. Barrett slotted the conversion to add to the earlier 11th-minute penalty to give the Hurricanes a 10-0 lead. Jantjies reduced the deficit with a penalty three minutes later.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final, Final, Summary
Barrett extended his side's lead to 13-3 with another penalty midway through the second half. The match was effectively ended as a contest 11 minutes from full-time when the Lions botched a lineout clearance close to their own line. Replacement hooker Ricky Riccitelli hacked the ball on and the fly-half pounced on it inside the Lions in-goal area for his side's second try making Hurricanes to become the fifth New Zealand side to be crowned Super champions having previously lost both the 2006 and 2015 finals as well as being five times beaten semi-finalists.


2016 Super Rugby Final, Road to the Final, Final, Details
Assistant Referees:Angus Gardner (Australia)Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2016 Super Rugby season
The 2016 Super Rugby season was the 21st season of Super Rugby and the first season featuring an expanded 18-team format. It was also the first season that teams outside Australia, New Zealand and South Africa featured, with the Jaguares from Argentina and the Sunwolves from Japan taking part. This season also saw the return of the Kings, who competed just once before, in the 2013 Super Rugby season. The round-robin games took place every weekend from 26 February to 16 July 2016 (with a break for international matches during June), followed by the finals series at the end of July and culminating in the final on 6 August.


2016 Super Rugby season
The Hurricanes won their first championship after repeating their efforts of 2015 by finishing first in the regular season and hosting the final at Westpac Stadium, but this time they won, beating the Lions 20–3. Unlike 2015, where the Hurricanes looked likely to finish the regular season first with a number of rounds to go, they were sitting in seventh going into the final week of the regular season and while guaranteed a play-off spot, they required a number of upset results to elevate them to first. In particular the Lions losing to the Jaguares and scoring no match points after sending an under-strength side to Argentina, thereby losing their chance to host the final.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
The 18 teams were grouped geographically in two regional groups, each consisting of two conferences: the Australasian Group, with five teams in the Australian Conference and five teams in the New Zealand Conference and the South African Group, with six South African teams, one Argentinean team and one Japanese team split into a four-team Africa 1 Conference and a four-team Africa 2 Conference.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
In the group stages, there were 17 rounds of matches, where each team played 15 matches and had two rounds of byes for a total of 135 matches.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
Teams played six intra-conference matches; in the four-team African Conferences, each team played the other three teams in their conference at home and away, while in the five-team Australasian Conferences, each team played two teams home and away and once against the other two teams (one at home and one away). The other nine matches were a single round of matches against each team in the other conference in their group, as well as against each team from one of the conferences in the other group. For 2016, the teams in Africa 1 played the teams in the Australian Conference, while the teams in Africa 2 played the teams in the New Zealand Conference.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
The top team in each of the four conferences automatically qualified to the Quarter Finals. The next top three teams in the Australasian Group and the next top team in the South African group also qualified to the Quarter Finals as wildcards. The conference winners were seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards were seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners hosted the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
The Quarter Final winners progressed to the Semi-Finals, where the highest seed to reach the Semi-Finals hosted the lowest seed and the second-seeded semi-finalist hosted the third-seeded team.


2016 Super Rugby season, Competition format
The winners of the Semi-Finals progressed to the Final, at the venue of the highest-seeded team.


2016 Super Rugby season, Standings
The final standings for the 2016 Super Rugby season are:


2016 Super Rugby season, Standings
The top eight teams qualified to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners were seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards were seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages.


2016 Super Rugby season, Standings
In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners hosted the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners progressed to the Semi-Finals, where the highest seed to reach the Semi-Finals hosted the lowest seed and the second-seeded semi-finalist hosted the third-seeded team. The winner of the Semi-Finals progressed to the Final, at the venue of the highest-seeded team.


2016 Super Rugby season, Standings
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a matchClassification:Teams standings are calculated as follows:* Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top)* Log points* Number of games won* Overall points difference* Number of tries scored* Overall try difference


2016 Super Rugby season, Matches
The fixtures for the 2016 Super Rugby competition were released on 28 September 2015: The following matches were played during the regular season:


2016 Super Rugby season, Finals
The four conference winners advanced to the Quarter Finals, where they had home advantage against four wildcard teams, which consisted of the third to fifth-ranked teams in the Australasian Group and the third-ranked team in the South African Group.


2016 Super Rugby season, Players, Squads
The following squads were named for the 2016 Super Rugby season:


2016 Super Rugby season, Players, Player statistics
The top ten points scorers during the 2016 Super Rugby season are:


2016 Super Rugby season, Referees
The following refereeing panel was appointed by SANZAAR for the 2016 Super Rugby season:


2016 Super T20 Provincial team squads
This is a list of the squads participated for the  2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament.


2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament
The 2016 Super T20 Provincial Tournament is the sixth edition of the Inter-Provincial Twenty20. The tournament featured a different format from previous seasons, featuring five teams, and was held between 26 January and 5 February 2016. Colombo Commandos won the tournament, defeat Galle Guardians in the final by 8 wickets.


2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament, Format
The Tournament will comprise 10 Round-robin matches plus the two semi-finals and the final. All first Round-robin matches and semi finals were held as day games and the final as a day/night game.


2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament, Venue
All the matches will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.


2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament, Statistics, Highest Team Totals
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.


2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament, Statistics, Most Runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.


2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament, Statistics, Most Wickets
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.


2016 Superbike World Championship
The 2016 Superbike World Championship was the 29th season of the Superbike World Championship. Jonathan Rea won his second consecutive Superbike World Championship title at the first race of the last round at Losail, while Kawasaki had secured the manufacturers' title at the previous event at Jerez. Chaz Davies won the most amount of races this season with Davies winning 11 races to Rea's 9.


2016 Superbike World Championship, Race calendar and results
In comparison with the previous season, the calendar saw the discontinuation of the Algarve round and the return of EuroSpeedway Lausitz; Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which was also due to reappear on 23–24 July as the tenth round—subject to track homologation—was removed from the calendar on 1 April 2016; the round was definitively cancelled the following 29 April, as no replacement venue had ultimately been found.


2016 Superbike World Championship, Race calendar and results
After changes in the standard weekend timetable, the first race, which was previously run on Sunday along with the second one, was scheduled to be held on Saturday.


2016 Supercar Challenge
The 2016 Supercar Challenge powered by Pirelli was the sixteenth Supercar Challenge season since it replaced the Supercar Cup in 2001. It began at Circuit Zolder on April 16 and ended at TT Circuit Assen on October 23.


2016 Supercar Challenge, Calendar
Due to noise restrictions the Supercar Challenge would not be competing at Zandvoort during the Opening Races on April 8 to April 10. As a replacement the Supercar Challenge went to Zolder on April 15 to April 17 during the New Race Festival. The event at the Slovakia Ring was moved a week from the original date before being replaced by Snetterton after all.


2016 Supercar Challenge, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below. The pole-sitter in Race 1 and Race 2 and the driver with the fastest lap in Race 1 and Race 2 also received one point. The grid for Race 1 was decided by a normal qualifying, but the grid for Race 2 was decided by everyone's second best time in qualifying. If a guest driver got Pole Position, the point would go to the best qualified regular driver.


2016 Supercar Challenge, Championship standings
If a guest driver had the fastest lap, the point would go to the regular driver with the fastest lap. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's (per division) race distance in order to be classified and earn points. All results counted towards the year-end standings. There were no scratch results. If there were in a division on average less than five participants the overall points standing would be reduced with 75%.


2016 Supercars Dunlop Series
The 2016 Supercars Dunlop Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Supercars, staged as a support series to the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. It was the seventeenth annual Supercars Development Series and the fifth to be contested under the "Dunlop Series" name. The season was also the first in which Holden VF Commodores and Ford FG X Falcons built to 'Car of the Future' specifications are eligible for the series, racing alongside previous generation VE Commodore and  FG Falcon models.


2016 Supercars Dunlop Series
The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.


2016 Supercars Dunlop Series, Series standings, Points standings
The series was won by Garry Jacobson driving for Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG X Falcon.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The 2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 6 to 9 October 2016. The event was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, and consisted of one race of 1000 kilometres in length. It was the eleventh event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Race 21 of the season. It was also the second event of the 2016 Enduro Cup. The event marked ten years since the first awarding of the Peter Brock Trophy, which was introduced following the death of nine-time race winner Peter Brock in September 2006.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Triple Eight Race Engineering drivers Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell started the race from pole position. The race was won by Tekno Autosports' Will Davison and Jonathon Webb. Whincup had taken the chequered flag first, but a post-race 15-second time penalty relegated him to eleventh position. Shane van Gisbergen and Alexandre Prémat finished second for Triple Eight, with the Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport entry of Nick Percat and Cameron McConville completing the podium.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
An appeal to the time penalty imposed on Whincup was lodged by Triple Eight Race Engineering but dismissed nine days after the race.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background
The event was the 59th running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 56th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 20th running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It was the 18th time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fourth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background
The event commemorated ten years since the death of nine-time race winner Peter Brock—who died in a crash at the Targa West rally one month prior to the 2006 race—and the introduction of the Peter Brock Trophy. Brock's brother Phil presented the Trophy to the race winners, having made the first presentation of the Trophy in 2006. Several of Brock's old race cars were on display at the event, with a selection completing parade laps prior to the race on Sunday morning. The cars in the parade were driven by Phil Brock and the previous winners of the Peter Brock Trophy. The event also paid tribute to Mark Porter, who died following a crash in a support race during the 2006 event.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background
Shane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader, seven points clear of his Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup. Lowndes, the third Triple Eight driver, was third in the points standings, 157 behind Van Gisbergen. In the Teams' Championship, Triple Eight Race Engineering hold a 1273-point lead over the Holden Racing Team. In the Enduro Cup standings, Holden Racing Team drivers Garth Tander and Warren Luff lead the Triple Eight pairing of Van Gisbergen and Alexandre Prémat by 24 points.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background, Entry list
As well as the regular 26 championship entries, a single wildcard entry was received for the race. The Harvey Norman Supergirls entry that contested the 2015 race returned for 2016, fielding an unchanged line-up of Simona de Silvestro and Renee Gracie. The entry switched from competing with a Prodrive Racing Australia-prepared Ford Falcon FG X to a Nissan Altima L33 built by Nissan Motorsport.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Background, Entry list
Entries with a grey background were wildcard entries which did not compete in the full championship season.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
Three one-hour practice sessions were held on the Thursday prior to the race. Practice 1 and Practice 3 were open to both regular drivers and co-drivers, while Practice 2 was for co-drivers only. The first session was contested mainly by regular drivers, with Whincup setting the fastest lap time of 2:05.9500. He had earlier caused a red flag after spinning at the final corner and getting stuck in the sand trap. Coulthard was second fastest, more than half a second behind, ahead of Slade.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
The car of Pye sustained damage when Pye spun at McPhillamy Park and went backwards into the tyre wall. Despite the damage, Pye was able to return to the pit lane. Courtney brushed the inside wall at Turn 13 early in the session but did not incur any significant damage. Rick Kelly and Mostert completed minimal laps, with both of their cars suffering from a vibration in the driveline. Practice 2 was topped by Whincup's co-driver Dumbrell, who set a time of 2:06.8947. Walsh, Premat, Canto and Macauley Jones completed the top five.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
The session was red flagged with seven minutes remaining when Golding ran wide at Turn 6 and made heavy contact with the outside wall. The car suffered significant damage to the front and rear suspension on the left-hand side as well as to the transaxle. Moffat did not take part in Practice 3 as Garry Rogers Motorsport were unable to repair the damage from the crash in time. Like Practice 1, the session was contested mainly by regular drivers, with only six co-drivers completing laps during the session. Whincup set a lap time of 2:05.2946 to be fastest ahead of Coulthard and Mostert.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
Two more one-hour sessions were held on Friday. Practice 4 was open only to co-drivers while all drivers were allowed to run in Practice 5. The car of Moffat and Golding returned to the circuit in Practice 4 after being repaired overnight; Golding finished the session in 14th place. Le Brocq set a time of 2:05.9547 to be fastest, with Youlden, Dumbrell, Canto and Premat completing the top five. Ingall clipped the wall at Turn 13, similar to Courtney in Practice 1, but continued without damage and finished the session in 22nd place.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
While co-drivers were allowed to run in Practice 5, the session was contested exclusively by regular drivers. The final part of the session was used as a simulation for qualifying session to be held later in the day. Whincup returned his car to the top of the order with a time of 2:05.1494, the fastest lap of the weekend to that point. Winterbottom was second fastest ahead of Mostert, McLaughlin and Van Gisbergen. Halfway through the session, Percat's car got loose going through the Esses, causing him to lock a brake going into the Dipper.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
He hit the inside wall which sent the car into a spin before it came to rest on the exit of the Dipper. Percat escaped without significant damage and was able to take part in the remainder in the session. The sixth and final one-hour practice session was held on Saturday morning. Teams focused on the race set-up of their cars for the majority of the session and completed practice pit stops.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Practice
Towards the end of the session, a number of the drivers who had qualified for the Top 10 Shootout took the opportunity to do a simulation of their Shootout lap; Mostert set a lap time of 2:05.3352 to be fastest. His co-driver Owen had almost hit the wall earlier in the session when he lost control of the rear of the car going into the Dipper. Winterbottom was second fastest ahead of McLaughlin.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying – Race 21
Qualifying for Race 20 consisted of two parts: a 40-minute qualifying session and a Top 10 Shootout. The qualifying session was held on Friday afternoon and was contested by regular championship drivers. The fastest ten drivers in the qualifying session progressed to the Top 10 Shootout, held on Saturday afternoon.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying – Race 21, Qualifying
The start of the qualifying session was delayed by ten minutes following a crash in the preceding Supercars Dunlop Series session which left fluid on the circuit. Whincup continued to show strong form, setting an early benchmark of 2:05.5157. His teammate Van Gisbergen set the second fastest time, with Mostert, McLaughlin and Winterbottom completing the top five, before the session was red flagged when Davies went off at the Chase and became stuck in the sand trap.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying – Race 21, Qualifying
As per the qualifying regulations, Davies had his fastest lap time removed and was not permitted to take part in the rest of the session. The session resumed with 25 minutes remaining and Mostert went to the top of the order with a 2:05.2067. The session was red flagged again with 20 minutes remaining, with de Silvestro getting stuck in the sand trap at the Chase. Like Davies, she had her fastest time removed and was excluded from the rest of the session.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying – Race 21, Qualifying
After the resumption of the session, Mostert remained at the top of the order until Whincup set a time of 2:05.0481 with two minutes remaining, which would prove to be the fastest time of the session. McLaughlin started his final flying lap just before the end of the session and moved up to second, one tenth of a second slower than Whincup. Slade was third fastest despite encountering an electrical problem which left him without key information—such as anti-roll bar positions and brake bias—for much of the session. Mostert, Coulthard, Van Gisbergen, Winterbottom, Pye, Tander and Caruso completed the top ten and progressed through to the Top 10 Shootout along with Whincup, McLaughlin and Slade. Defending race winner Lowndes qualified in 21st position, having struggled with his car for most of practice.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying – Race 21, Top 10 Shootout
The top ten shootout saw each of the ten drivers complete one flying lap each, in reverse order of their qualifying positions. Having qualified in tenth position, Caruso was the first driver to complete a lap, setting a time of 2:05.9167. Both Tander and Pye were unable to beat Caruso's time, with Tander going 0.0019 seconds faster than Pye. Winterbottom ran wide at the Chase on his lap, setting the slowest time of 2:08.2615. Van Gisbergen went faster than Tander but was still over three tenths of a second slower than Caruso.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Report, Qualifying – Race 21, Top 10 Shootout
Caruso's time was finally beaten when Coulthard set a time of 2:05.6726; this was immediately eclipsed by Mostert's time, who went fastest despite running wide on the exit of the Chase. Slade slotted in between Coulthard and Caruso before McLaughlin went to the top, 0.0352 seconds faster than Mostert. Whincup was the final driver to complete a lap and set a time of 2:05.4263 to take pole position by less than a tenth of a second over McLaughlin. It was the second time Whincup had scored pole position at Bathurst, though he downplayed its importance, saying: "It’s all good stuff, but it doesn’t mean anything, tomorrow’s the big day. There’s no points for qualifying on pole."


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
Whincup was running second behind McLaughlin in the closing stages of the Bathurst 1000, when he attempted to pass McLaughlin coming into the chase, but the two touched sending the McLaughlin across the grass on the exit of the corner. Attempting to redress the situation, Whincup slowed down to allow McLaughlin to rejoin the track ahead.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
However, as he slowed down, Tander, who was running directly behind the pair in third place, tried to take advantage and pass both drivers, but as he pulled out to pass Whincup, McLaughlin rejoined the track and ran into the side of the HRT car, knocking both drivers out of contention as Whincup carried on. However, whilst the safety car was out to clean up the incident, Whincup received a 15-second penalty which would be applied after the race.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
Once the safety car pulled in, Whincup attempted to pull out a 15-second gap over Davison, who was focused on defending the net lead of the race over van Gisbergen. But this plan failed when Todd Kelly spun into the gravel on lap 158 and brought out the safety car, however the race continue to run. Whincup took the win on the road but dropped down to 11th once the penalty was applied, giving the race win to Davison.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
“I just went out there and raced hard. I feel sorry for the result, I’m just going up to the Volvo and HRT guys. You don’t want to see any wrecked cars. I’ll just go and apologies for the result. I feel the move was on, I was in there. He squeezed me narrow, we had contact. I was happy to redress, but the two cars weren’t there to redress.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
“We tried hard like we always do. We’ll fight back in a couple of weeks time.”


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
Holden Racing Team owner Ryan Walkinshaw was furious at a “greedy” Whincup who says he robbed Holden Racing Team of a potential Bathurst 1000 fairytale ending. Walkinshaw slammed the Red Bull Racing Australia driver for the chaotic crash which put Tander out of the race and left McLaughlan to limp home in 12th. “It’s gutting for the boys,” Walkinshaw said. “If it hadn’t been for Jamie (Whincup) making that move on Scotty (McLaughlin) we probably win that race. It’s a difficult thing to take.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
A win for that car would’ve been an absolute fairytale and it was a real shame it got spoiled unnecessarily by the actions of Jamie (Whincup).” “Scotty (Scott McLaughlin) came and apologised. He’s a good bloke and didn’t mean to do what he did. I can see that,” “As I’ve said, I don’t think any of it would have happened if Jamie hadn’t slowed done so much.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
We’re just gutted because it would have been the perfect way to end not only our relationship with the Holden Racing Team, winning Bathurst, but also our last race with Garth Tander as well.” “It’s a shame because you don’t want to see races won or lost like that. When you’ve got three drivers all fighting for the win at a place like Mount Panorama, with 10 laps to go, we want clean racing. That’s what we were giving out and what you expect in return.”


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy
Australian motor racing legend John Bowe believes Whincup has been “robbed” of a Bathurst 1000 title as the controversy following Sunday's race continues to rage. The Whincup camp has received support from two-time Bathurst winner Bowe, who issued a statement on Facebook backing the appeal, calling Whincup an “extremely fair driver”.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy, Triple Eight lodge protest
The appeal against the penalty along with a $10,000 fee has been submitted by Red Bull Racing Australia Team Manager Mark Dutton to the CAMS Stewards of the meeting. The crux of Triple Eight's appeal centres on an argument that levying the time penalty is inconsistent with the system of punishment that has been explained to teams this year, which includes three levels of offence and the ability to redress an error by handing back the position taken in the passing move. Triple Eight owner Roland Dane told supercars.com.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy, Triple Eight lodge protest
“We have protested the 15 seconds because the penalty they gave is completely inconsistent with what we have been given as the way the rules will be enforced this year,” Dane said. “It is questionable whether Jamie (Whincup) was guilty of any crime when you actually look at the incident with McLaughlin. The stewards have confirmed that the 15 seconds penalty is nothing to do with the aftermath. That wasn’t Jamie’s fault. It was only to do with the incident with McLaughlin.”


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Controversy, The Supercars National Court of Appeal
On 18 October, the Supercars National Court of Appeal's dismissal of Whincup's appeal on Tuesday night ensured provisional winner Holden's Will Davison and co-driver Jonathon Webb's grip on the Peter Brock Trophy tightened. However, Whincup's Red Bull Racing Australia have a week to decide whether to take their case to the FIA International Court of Appeal. Triple Eight Race Engineering entry Red Bull Racing Australia appealed the severity of the time penalty but it took just 50 minutes for the three-man Supercars Court of Appeal panel to dismiss it.


2016 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Championship standings after the event, Race
– Received a 15-second time penalty for causing a collision.


2016 Supercopa Argentina
The 2016 Supercopa Argentina Final (officially the Supercopa Argentina 2016 "Burger King" for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. Lanús beat River Plate 3–0 in La Plata and won the trophy.


2016 Supercopa Euroamericana
The 2016 Supercopa Euroamericana was the second and final edition of the Supercopa Euroamericana, a men's football friendly tournament created by DirecTV, disputed between the Copa Sudamericana and the UEFA Europa League winners. The match was played in 2016 by Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana champions, and Sevilla, the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League champions. The match took place on 24 July at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Bay Lake, Florida. Sevilla won the match 2–1.


2016 Supercopa Euroamericana, Format
The match was played for 90 minutes. In case of a draw after regulation, the winners were determined via a penalty shoot-out.


2016 Supercopa MX
The 2016 Supercopa MX was a Mexican football match-up played on 10 July 2016 between the champions of the Apertura 2015 Copa MX, Guadalajara, and the winners of the Clausura 2016 Copa MX, Veracruz. Like the 2015 edition, the 2016 Supercopa MX was one match at a neutral venue in the United States. This match took place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The 2016 Supercopa MX was part of a doubleheader, which also included the 2016 Campeón de Campeones, organized by Univision Deportes, Soccer United Marketing (SUM), and Liga MX.


2016 Supercopa MX
Guadalajara won the match 2–0, earning a spot in the 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage as "Mexico 3".


2016 Supercopa MX, Match details
Assistant referees:Jeremy Hanson (United States)Alexander Luttmann (United States)Fourth official:Timothy Ford (United States)


2016 Supercopa de Chile
The 2016 Supercopa de Chile was the fourth edition of this championship organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).


2016 Supercopa de Chile
The match was played between the 2015-16 Primera División Best-Champions Universidad Católica, and the 2015 Copa Chile Winners Universidad de Chile.


2016 Supercopa de Chile, Road to the final
The two teams that disputed the Supercopa were Universidad Católica, that qualified as Clausura 2015-16 Champion and the Best Champion in the accumulated table, and Universidad de Chile, that qualified for the trophy dispute as the winner of the 2015 Copa Chile, winning Colo-Colo 1:1 (5:3 in penaltys) at the Estadio La Portada.


2016 Supercopa de Chile, Details
Man of the Match:Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Catolica)Assistant referees:Raúl OrellanaEdson CisternasFourth official:Julio Bascuñán


2016 Supercopa de España
The 2016 Supercopa de España was a two-legged football match-up played in August 2016 between the champions of 2015–16 La Liga and 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, and the runners-up of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Sevilla.


2016 Supercopa de España, Match details, First leg
The opening goal of the match came in the 54th minute when Denis Suárez chipped the ball into the penalty area for Arda Turan to chest back into the path of Luis Suárez, who finished with a low, right-footed bouncing shot from ten yards out. Munir scored the second in the 81st minute with a left-footed strike from the top of the penalty area following a low pass from Lionel Messi.


2016 Supercopa de España, Match details, First leg
Assistant referees:Ángel Nevado RodríguezJosé Manuel Fernández MirandaFourth official:Hugo José López Puerta


2016 Supercopa de España, Match details, Second leg
Arda Turan opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a low shot into the bottom right corner from six yards out after a pass from Messi. At the half-hour mark, Claudio Bravo saved a penalty from Vicente Iborra after Samuel Umtiti had blocked a shot that was ruled a handball. A minute before halftime, Sevilla almost got their first goal of the series with Gabriel Mercado's header hitting the crossbar. Turan then got his second one minute into the second half with a lobbed right foot finish from outside the penalty area. Barcelona's third goal came in the 55th minute with a header scored by Messi after a cross from the left by Lucas Digne.


2016 Supercopa de España, Match details, Second leg
Assistant referees:Teodoro Sobrino MagánJosé Enrique Naranjo PérezFourth official:Alexandre Alemán Pérez


2016 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto
The Supercopa de España de Baloncesto 2016 was the 13th edition of the tournament since it is organized by the ACB and the 17th overall. It was also called Supercopa Endesa for sponsorship reasons. It was played in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz on September 23 and 24.


2016 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto
Herbalife Gran Canaria won its first national title after beating Baskonia in the semifinal and FC Barcelona Lassa in the final.


2016 Supercopa de España de Baloncesto, Participant teams and draw
On August 1, 2016, the ACB confirmed Vitoria-Gasteiz to host the tournament and the participants. The draw of the semifinals will take part on 5 September 2016. As there will be only one seeded team (Real Madrid as League and Cup champion), there will not exist any restrictions for the pairings.


2016 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2016 Supercoppa Italiana was the 29th edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, Italian football supercup. It was played on 23 December 2016 at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Juventus were the defending champions. With Juventus winning both the 2015–16 Serie A championship and the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, the game was played between Juventus and the 2015–16 Coppa Italia runners-up, Milan. Milan won 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time.


2016 Supercoppa Italiana, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Riccardo Di FioreAlessandro GiallatiniFourth official:Marco BarbiratiAdditional assistant referees:Paolo ValeriCarmine Russo


2016 Supercupa României
The 2016 Supercupa României was the 18th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The game was contested between Liga I title holders, Astra Giurgiu, and Romanian Cup holders, CFR Cluj. It was played at Cluj Arena in Cluj-Napoca in July. Astra won the trophy for the second time in its history, after defeating CFR Cluj with 1–0


2016 Superettan
The 2016 Superettan, part of the 2016 Swedish football season, was the 16th season of Superettan, Sweden's second-tier football league in its current format. The 2016 fixtures were released in December 2015. The season started in April 2016 and ended in November 2016.


2016 Superettan, Teams
A total of 16 teams contested the league. The top two teams qualified directly for promotion to the Allsvenskan, whilst the third had to play a play-off against the fourteenth-placed team in the Allsvenskan to decide who would play in the 2017 Allsvenskan. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to Division 1, whilst the thirteenth and the fourteenth-placed teams had to play-off against the second-placed teams from Division 1 Södra and Division 1 Norra to decide who would play in the 2017 Superettan.


2016 Superettan, Teams
2015 champions Jönköpings Södra IF and runners-up Östersunds FK were promoted to the Allsvenskan at the end of the 2015 season. They were replaced by Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF. Utsiktens BK and IF Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2015 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by Division 1 Norra champions Dalkurd FF and Division 1 Södra champions Trelleborgs FF. Mjällby AIF was also relegated after losing the relegation play-offs to Division 1 Södra runner-up Örgryte IS.


2016 Superettan, League table, Playoffs
The 13th-placed and 14th-placed teams in the Superettan met the two runners-up from 2016 Division 1 (Norra and Södra) in Two-legged ties on a home-and-away basis with the teams from the Superettan finishing at home.


2016 Superliga Colombiana
The 2016 Superliga Colombiana (known as the 2016 Superliga Águila for sponsorship purposes) was the fifth edition of the Superliga Colombiana. Atlético Nacional were the winners and qualified for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Supersport World Championship
The 2016 Supersport World Championship was the eighteenth season of the Supersport World Championship—the twentieth taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series, a racing competition on production-based motorcycles of 600 to 750 cm³ displacement.


2016 Supersport World Championship
Kenan Sofuoğlu claimed the title for the fifth time in the championship's history with one race to spare. A portion of the full-time riders contested the European rounds only, scoring points for the World Championship standings and competing for the FIM Europe Supersport Cup; Axel Bassani was the Cup entry who amassed the most points in the overall championship standings and was awarded the European title.


2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
The 2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 38th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It took place on 7 August 2016, and it featured the champions of the 2015–16 Primeira Liga, Benfica, and the winners of the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, Braga.


2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Background
Benfica made their 18th Supertaça appearance. Their last appearance had been in 2015, where they lost 1–0 to Sporting CP at the Estádio Algarve. Benfica had won five Supertaças, in 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005 and 2014.


2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Background
Braga played in the fixture for the third time. Their last presence had been in 1998 where they lost 2–1 on aggregate against Porto. Braga had not won any edition, being runners-up in 1982 and 1998.


2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
Benfica qualified for their third consecutive Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira by winning the league title. On the last matchday, Benfica won 4–1 against Nacional at Estádio da Luz to clinch the Primeira Liga for the 35th time.


2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Pre-match, Entry
Braga qualified by winning the cup final, beating Porto 4–2 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw. This was Braga's second Taça de Portugal triumph.


2016 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Álvaro Mesquita (Vila Real)Pedro Mota (Lisbon)Fourth official:Pedro Ribeiro (Aveiro)Additional assistant referees:Tiago Martins (Lisbon)Fábio Veríssimo (Leiria)


2016 Suphanburi F.C. season
The 2016 season is Suphanburi's 6th season in the Thai Premier League of Suphanburi Football Club. Since 2006–2007 and 2013 to present.


2016 Suphanburi F.C. season, Foreign Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Suphanburi F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 14, 2015 to January 28, 2016Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2016 to June 30, 2016


2016 Surrey Stars season
The 2016 season was Surrey Stars' first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fourth in the group stage, winning two of their five matches.


2016 Surrey Stars season
The side was based in South London, and was partnered with Surrey County Cricket Club. They played one home match at The Oval and one at Woodbridge Road, Guildford. Surrey Stars' coach was Richard Bedbrook, and they were captained by Nat Sciver.


2016 Surrey Stars season, Squad
Surrey Stars' 15-player squad is listed below. Meg Lanning and Kirstie White were originally named in the squad, but were both ruled out due to injury and replaced by Lea Tahuhu and Naomi Dattani, respectively. Age given is at the start of Surrey Stars' first match of the season (31 July 2016).


2016 Surrey Storm season
The 2016 Surrey Storm season saw them retain the Netball Superleague title after defeating Manchester Thunder in the grand final. During the regular season they finish second behind Thunder.


2016 Surrey Storm season, Pre-season
In November 2015 Surrey Storm competed in Team Bath's Pre-season Tri-Tournament, winning against Hertfordshire Mavericks before losing to the hosts. Storm finished second in the tournament.


2016 Suruga Bank Championship
The 2016 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2016; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2016) was the ninth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the winners of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Suruga Bank Championship
The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the 2015 J.League Cup winners, and Colombian team Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana winners. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on 10 August 2016.


2016 Suruga Bank Championship
Santa Fe defeated Kashima Antlers 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title, and their second international title following their 2015 Copa Sudamericana triumph.


2016 Suruga Bank Championship, Format
The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.


2016 Suwon JS Cup
The 2016 Suwon JS Cup was an international football friendly tournament. The tournament was used to prepare the host organisers for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open
The 2016 Suzhou Ladies Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Suzhou, China, on 17–23 October 2016.


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open – Doubles
Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhang Yuxuan were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open – Doubles
Hiroko Kuwata and Akiko Omae won the title, defeating Jacqueline Cako and Sabina Sharipova in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open – Singles
Zhang Kailin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2016 Suzhou Ladies Open – Singles
Chang Kai-chen won the title, defeating Wang Yafan in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1.


2016 Svenska Cupen Final
The 2016 Svenska Cupen final was played on 5 May 2016. The match was played at Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, the home ground of Malmö FF, determined in a draw on 21 March 2016 after the semi-finals. The final was the culmination of the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen.