2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
In the fifth match of the Malaysia Cup group stage, played on 12 August, Selangor defeated Kelantan 4–1 at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium. The goal given by Wan Zaharulnizam for Kelantan did not last long, as goals from Hadi Yahya, Patrick Wleh and a brace from Gopinathan gave Selangor win. The victory sealed their place in the quarter-finals.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
On 16 August, back to the Super League campaign, Selangor could only draw 1–1 with Terengganu at home, with goals by Ashaari Shamsuddin (64th minute) for Terengganu and Andik Vermansyah (84th minute) for Selangor. The failure of the team to achieve a win in five league games, saw them now down to fourth in the league table.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
On 20 August, Selangor played last match of the 2016 Malaysia Cup group stage, against Kuala Lumpur at Selayang Stadium (away). The Red Giants managed to get a 1–1 draw with the goal being scored by Hazwan Bakri, ensuring their in the top spot of Group B.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
On 23 August, Selangor visited Sarawak in the matchday 19 of the league. After the scoring from Sarawak foreign players Juninho, a goal from Adam Nor Azlin was not enough to bring the victory against the home team. The match finishing in a 1–1 draw.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, August
On 28 August, Selangor defeated PKNS at the Shah Alam Stadium with a 3–4 win in their Malaysia Cup first leg encounter to move closer to qualifying for the semi-finals. Ugo Ukah, Hazwan Bakri, Gopinathan and Olivi scored for Selangor.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, September
On 10 September, Selangor suffered again with a 0–1 loss against Pahang at home,  almost damaged the hopes for Red Giants to climb up the third place in the league. Pablo Vranjicán provided the goals for visitors to win the match. This is the second defeat at home to Selangor, where they still failed to win after six games in league matches.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, September
On 18 September, Selangor advanced to the Malaysia Cup semi-finals with a 1–0 victory (5–3 on aggregate) over PKNS. The goal were scored by Nazmi Faiz Mansor, and they get closer to retaining the trophy they won last year.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, September
On 24 September, Selangor were down into fifth place Super League after losing 1–0 to Perak, and again lost at home for the third time. Visitors gained the winning goal through's own goal from Ugo Ukah in the 48th minute. With only one more league matches, Selangor could not afford to bypass the third-placed team, Kedah, and had to be content to be under the top three.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, October
On 1 October, Selangor played the first leg of the semi-finals of the Malaysia Cup against T–Team, winning 2–1 at home. Ugo Ukah's late winner helped settle the tie after Patrick Cruz (T–Team) and Hazwan Bakri have both scored in the first half.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, October
On 15 October, Selangor made it to the Malaysia Cup final for the second time after beating T–Team 3–0, in the second leg of the semi-final at Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu. Goals from Gopinathan, Ugo Ukah and Andik Vermansyah was enough to take the team to the finals, beating opponents with a 5–1 aggregate. Selangor once again will face Kedah in the final for the second time after both teams met in last season's final, which Selangor won 2–0.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, October
On 22 October, Selangor played their last league game of the season at home with lost 1–2 against Johor Darul Ta'zim. After the visitors took the early lead with goal from Jorge Pereyra Díaz, Hazwan Bakri scored the equalizer before former Selangor player Amri Yahyah scored the decisive goal 12 minutes before the end of the match. With the defeat, Selangor finished fifth with 28 points and also collecting a record 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats.


2016 Selangor FA season, Season overview, October
On 30 October 2016, Selangor played the 2016 Malaysia Cup Final against Kedah. Selangor failed to defend the title after the match ended with 1–1 after extra time, but Kedah won a 6–5 on penalties. Selangor goal scored by Hazwan Bakri, while Kedah's goals were scored by Rizal Ghazali. That match was the last match for both teams to close the curtains Malaysia League 2016.


2016 Selangor FA season, Players, First Team squad
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2016 Selangor FA season, Competitions, Selangor FA Results
Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2016 season. Win  Draw  Loss


2016 Selangor FA season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2016 Selangor FA season, Statistics, Squad statistics
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2016 Senate District 59 by-election in Poland
A by-elections in Senate District 59 was held in Poland on 6 March 2016. The election was required due to the President Andrzej Duda appointing incumbent Senator Bohdan Paszkowski as the Voivode of Podlasie.


2016 Senate District 59 by-election in Poland
The result was a victory for Anna Maria Anders of the Law and Justice party. Voter turnout was just 17.11%.


2016 Senate District 59 by-election in Poland, Background
The front-runner of these elections was the right-wing candidate Anna Maria Anders, who received the support of PiS. A few months earlier the PiS candidate Bohdan Paszkowski won nearly half of votes there. The centrist and leftist opposition united and supported Mieczysław Bagiński, who took the second place in this district a few months ago. He obtained the support of PSL, PO, Modern, and SLD. In elections he won over 40% (previously 27.44%) of votes, but it did not allow him to win a mandate, because Anna Maria Anders won 6% more votes.


2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Senegal on 20 March 2016. The proposed changes to the constitution were approved by 62% of voters. A majority voted in favour in thirteen of the fourteen regions, with only Diourbel Region seeing a majority against.


2016 Senegalese constitutional referendum, Background
A total of 15 changes were proposed to the constitution, including:


2016 Senior Bowl
The 2016 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and prospects for the 2016 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The game concluded the post-season that began on December 19, 2015. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and is officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl.


2016 Senior Bowl
The game was played on January 30, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams. Coverage of the event was provided on the NFL Network.


2016 Senior League World Series
The 2016 Senior League World Series took place from July 31–August 6 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Chicago, Illinois defeated Melbourne, Australia in the championship game. It was Australia's first world series final in any division of Little League.


2016 Seongnam FC season
The 2016 Seongnam FC season is the club's twenty-eighth consecutive season in K League Classic since its establishment in 1989 as Ilhwa Chunma Football Club and the third season in its current name, Seongnam FC. The team will also competing in the 2016 Korean FA Cup.


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


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


2016 Seongnam FC season, Competitions, K League Classic, 2016 K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs
Seongnam FC relegated to 2017 K League Challenge, due to 1:1 on aggregate with Away goals rule.


2016 Sepang 12 Hours
The 2016 Motul Sepang 12 Hours was the seventeenth Sepang 12 Hours race held on Sepang International Circuit on 10 December 2016. The race was contested with GT3-spec cars, GTC-spec cars, GT4 (Supersport)-spec cars, MARC cars and touring cars. This was the second Sepang 12 Hours race organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The race was also the third and final round of the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge.


2016 Sepang 12 Hours
The race was won by the Audi R8 LMS run by Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Driven by  Robin Frijns, Christopher Haase and Laurens Vanthoor. The race victory saw Vanthoor win the inaugural drivers championship. Supported by third-placed team mates Pierre Kaffer, René Rast and Markus Winkelhock, Audi won the manufacturers championship.


2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 Series and the eighth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.


2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Background
Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his return to GP2 for this round with the Rapax team, whilst Jimmy Eriksson pulled out of the round due to financial setbacks.


2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Background
In GP3, Alessio Lorandi made his debut for the Jenzer Motorsport outfit.


2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2, Qualifying
Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.


2016 Sepang Superbike World Championship round
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2016 Sepang Superbike World Championship round
The 2016 Sepang Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2016 Superbike World Championship. It took place over the weekend of 13–15 May 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit.


2016 Serbia OQT basketball team
The 2016 Serbia OQT basketball team represented Serbia and won the spot for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in their capital, Belgrade. They were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 4th place in the EuroBasket 2015. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić and Jovica Antonić.


2016 Serbia OQT basketball team, Roster
The following is the Serbia roster in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team
The 2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team represented Serbia and won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were qualified for the Summer Olympics by winning the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade. The team was coached by Aleksandar Đorđević, with assistant coaches Miroslav Nikolić, Milan Minić, and Jovica Antonić.


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, Roster
The following is the Serbia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, Exhibition games
The Serbia roster has participated at the Super 4 in Córdoba, Argentina (July 29 – August 1), together with Argentina, Croatia and France.


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, Olympic play, Knockout round, Quarterfinal – Croatia
There was little to separate the two teams in the first half, with Serbia up 20-19 at the end of the opening period and Croatia taking a 38-32 advantage at the break. Serbia took control thanks to a third quarter in which they outscored Croatia 34-14. They took their biggest lead of the night, 66-52, when Bogdan Bogdanović buried a three-pointer with 22 seconds left in the period. Croatia answered by going on a 22-7 run that got them within 74-73 on Darko Planinić's pair of free-throws with 3:26 remaining.


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, Olympic play, Knockout round, Quarterfinal – Croatia
Serbia stayed in front but Croatia were breathing down their neck. Sasha Đorđević's side got a bit of breathing room when Miroslav Raduljica made the second of two foul shots to make it 79-75 with 27 seconds and that forced Croatia in having to foul intentionally to stop the clock but ultimately running out of time.


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, Olympic play, Knockout round, Semifinal – Australia
Serbia were in control of the game right from the start, scoring the opening eight points and forcing Australia into bad shots and costly turnovers. It didn't help that the Boomers were ice cold, going 2-of-15 from the field, as they trailed 16-5 by the end of the first quarter. It was more of the same in the second period as Australia continued to struggle to find the bottom of the net while Serbia tightened their grip on the game by closing out the first half on a 9-0 run for a commanding 35-14 lead.


2016 Serbia Olympic basketball team, Olympic play, Knockout round, Semifinal – Australia
Australia broke out of their slump in the third quarter, scoring 24 points but Serbia had 31 of their own as they headed into the final frame up 66-38, with the win all but wrapped up. Miloš Teodosić was in attack mode right from the get go, scoring 6 of Serbia's first 12 points. It gave Serbia the start they needed and they never looked back. Teodosić finished with 22 points and 5 assists.


2016 Serbian local elections
Local elections were held in most cities and municipalities of Serbia (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 24 April 2016, with repeat voting later taking place in some jurisdictions. The elections were held concurrently with the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election.


2016 Serbian local elections
Elections were not held for the City Assembly of Belgrade, as its members were elected on a different four-year cycle (although local assembly elections were held in the City of Belgrade's constituent municipalities). Some other cities and municipalities also did not hold local elections in 2020, for the same reason.


2016 Serbian local elections
All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles in 2016, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.


2016 Serbian local elections
The Serbian Progressive Party's coalition, which won majority victories at the republic and provincial levels, also won most of the local elections.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results
Note: The first percentage column in the results section refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list. The second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive five per cent of all votes to cross the electoral threshold.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade
Local elections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's municipalities.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade
The Progressive Party and its allies finished first in fourteen municipalities and ultimately formed government in all fourteen. The three municipalities that the Progressives did not win were New Belgrade, Stari Grad, and Vračar. In New Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić's independent list placed first, and Šapić was confirmed for a second term as mayor. In Stari Grad, the Democratic Party and its allies won the election and formed the local government. In Vračar, a multi-party coalition led by the Democratic Party narrowly defeated the Progressives, but the Progressives were able to form a government after splitting the coalition.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Barajevo
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Barajevo
Slobodan Bata Adamović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressives, the Socialists, and Rade Tanasijević's Accord movement.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Čukarica
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Čukarica
Incumbent mayor Srđan Kolarić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty-nine delegates. The local governing alliance consisted of the Progressives, Socialists, and Radicals.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Grocka
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Grocka
Dragoljub Simonović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He resigned amid controversy in March 2019 and was replaced by Živadinka Avramović.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Lazarevac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Lazarevac
Bojan Sinđelić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, with the support of thirty-five delegates (out of thirty-nine who attended the session). The members of the Lazarevac–Out Home list were not present for the vote. Although the selection of a Progressive Party representative as mayor was expected, the choice of Sinđelić was surprising to many.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Mladenovac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Mladenovac
Vladan Glišić of the Progressive Party (not to be confused with the future parliamentarian of the same name) was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of thirty-eight delegates. The Socialist Party supported the administration.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, New Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, New Belgrade
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Šapić was confirmed for another term in office with the support of twenty-six out of forty-seven delegates.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Obrenovac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Obrenovac
Incumbent mayor Miroslav Čučković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Palilula
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Palilula
Aleksandar Jovičić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, which the support of thirty-four delegates. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressives, Socialists, and Radicals.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Rakovica
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Rakovica
Incumbent mayor Vladan Kocić of the Progressive party was confirmed for a new term in office, receiving the votes of thirty delegates. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressives and the Socialists.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Savski Venac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Savski Venac
Irena Vujović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The local coalition government included the Progressives and the Socialists. Parliamentarian Nataša Vučković was re-elected as a DS candidate.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Sopot
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Sopot
Živorad Milosavljević of the Progressive Party, who had served as mayor of Sopot since 1989, was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Stari Grad
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Stari Grad
Marko Bastać, at the time a member of the Democratic Party, was chosen as mayor by a secret ballot in May 2016 with the support of thirty-eight delegates. The Socialist Party participated in the local coalition government. The Progressives and Enough Is Enough subsequently indicated they would serve in opposition. There was some confusion as to which other parties supported the coalition. Future parliamentarian Uglješa Marković of the Socialist Party received a mandate on 29 September 2016 and served for the remainder of the term..


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Surčin
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Surčin were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Surčin
Stevan Šuša of the Progressive Party was subsequently chosen as mayor, with the support of twenty-two delegates.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Voždovac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Voždovac were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Voždovac
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Savić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, by a vote of thirty-nine to fifteen. The local administration was supported by the Progressives, Socialists, and Radicals, as well as the Our Voždovac group (which split from the Dveri–Democratic Party of Serbia list).


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Vračar
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vračar were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Vračar
The Free Vračar alliance did not remain united after the election, and Milan Nedeljković of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor with the support of twenty-three delegates. The local coalition government was formed by the Progressive Party, the Socialist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party of Serbia. The opposition parties boycotted the vote.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zemun
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zemun
Incumbent mayor Dejan Matić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zvezdara
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zvezdara
Miloš Ignjatović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, with the support of twenty-nine delegates. The government was supported by the Socialists and the Mirijevo list.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and ten of the eleven separate municipalities of the South Bačka District. The exception was Vrbas, which was on a different four-year electoral cycle at the time.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Niš, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The Progressive Party and its allies placed first in all cities and municipalities that held elections, and members of the Progressive Party were subsequently chosen as mayors in all jurisdictions.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Miloš Vučević of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a second term in office after the election, by a vote of fifty-two to twenty-two (with four invalid votes). The government was supported by the Progressives, the Socialists, and the League of Social Democrats. Milorad Mirčić, who served as the city's mayor in the 1990s, was re-elected to the assembly on the Radical Party list.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bač were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Dragan Stašević of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He was replaced by Borislav Antonić of the same party on 10 October 2017.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Palanka were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Branislav Šušnica of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bački Petrovac were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Srđan Simić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Vuk Radojević of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, with the support of twenty-eight of the thirty-three delegates who were present. He was replaced later in the year by Dragan Tošić of the same party.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Beočin were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Mitar Milinković of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Neško Čestić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. He was replaced by his party colleague Radivoj Paroški on 6 July 2017.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sremski Karlovci were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Nenad Milenković of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Đuro Žiga of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Titel were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Dragan Božić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
There was no election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas in 2016.


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žabalj were as follows:


2016 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Čedomir Božić and his independent group joined the Progressives after the election, and Božić was confirmed for another term in office.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. They were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four more years of stability so that it is ready to join the European Union". The elections were held simultaneously with provincial elections in Vojvodina and nationwide local elections.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election
The total turnout was 56%. Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party-led coalition retained its majority, winning 131 of the 250 seats. In contrast to the 2014 elections, a record-breaking seven non-minority lists passed the 5% threshold. Several parties returned to the National Assembly, including the Serbian Radical Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Serbia, while three parties entered for the first time; the liberal Enough is Enough, the conservative Dveri (in coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia) and the Green Party (as a Slovak ethnic minority list).


2016 Serbian parliamentary election
Vučić announced formation of the new government by early June. He stated that the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians were the only certain partners in the cabinet, and remained ambiguous about the future cooperation with the Socialist Party of Serbia, the coalition partners in the previous government. After a two-month delay, Vučić announced the new cabinet on 8 August, consisting of eight old and eight new ministers, retaining the coalition with the Socialist Party. The government was approved by the National Assembly on 10 August.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 250 members of the National Assembly are elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with a 5% electoral threshold (with the percentages calculated including the invalid and blank votes cast), although the threshold is disregarded for coalitions representing ethnic minorities. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Campaign
In November 2014 Dveri and the Democratic Party of Serbia declared that they would contest the elections as the "Patriotic Bloc" alliance. In January 2015 PULS and SLS also joined the bloc.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Campaign
On 19 February 2016, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) decided to leave the coalition with SPS, and sign an agreement with SNS, as did the SDPS.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Campaign
DS, SDS and the LDP agreed to form a coalition called "Democratic Serbia - DS-LDP-SDS", with Dragoljub Mićunović as the leader. However, on 28 February DS leader Bojan Pajtić said that his party would not join the SDS and the LDP in a pre-election coalition.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral lists
The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) published an official list of competing parties and coalitions.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Results
This election resulted in a Gallagher index of 5.44, which measures disproportionality of votes received and seats allocated to each party.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
After the polls closed, it soon became clear that the Serbian Progressive Party would maintain its absolute majority in the Assembly, albeit with a smaller number of MPs, and that their partners, the Socialist Party of Serbia, would maintain their standing. However, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) and organizations monitoring the election (such as CeSID) were cautious about the results of most other lists, as they hovered around the 5% threshold.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
For a while, it looked as if all seven main contestants would pass the threshold, but as the Commission published the final results on Thursday 28 April, the DSS-Dveri coalition ended up a single vote short. Tensions ran high, as the participants started to accuse each other and the Commission of fraud, which along with demolition of Savamala resulted in start of protests. Still, there were additional 18,000 votes to share, as voting had to be repeated at 15 polling stations due to irregularities. In the re-run held on 4 May, DSS–Dveri comfortably won the required number of votes and ended up with 5.03% of the electorate. The Electoral Commission released the final results of the election on Thursday 5 May.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Vučić announced formation of the new government by early June. He stated that the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians were the only certain partners in the cabinet, and remained ambiguous about the future cooperation with the Socialist Party of Serbia, the coalition partners in the previous government, hinting that he will "certainly not form a government with someone who can't wait to stab him in the back."


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Constitutive session of the new parliament was held on 3 June. Maja Gojković of Serbian Progressive Party was re-elected president, and six vice-presidents from major parliamentary clubs were elected. The seventh vice-presidential seat, reserved for Enough is Enough, was left unfilled after the movement refused to propose their candidate despite previous agreement.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Formation of the new government, however, took much longer than announced. On July 23, PM-designate Aleksandar Vučić said he was not ruling out the possibility that Serbia's government could be "formed by somebody else at his proposal", stating that "we have problems, this is not about some kind of whim", but without elaborating the details. Fueled by hints from Vučić and statements made by his associates, media started speculating on external pressures, pointing at Western and Russian attempts to influence personal solutions in the new cabinet. President Nikolić expressed "full understanding" that the government had not been formed yet, and stated that the only important thing is that the constitutional deadlines [three months from constitution of the Assembly] are met.


2016 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Vučić announced the new cabinet on 8 August, consisting of eight old and eight new ministers, retaining a coalition with the Socialist Party. The government was approved by the National Assembly on August 10.


2016 Serbian protests
The 2016 Serbian protests were series of peaceful demonstrations that started over demolition of Savamala and accusations of electoral fraud in 2016 elections.


2016 Serbian protests, Cause of the protest, Savamala demolition
On election night of between 24th and 25th of April 2016 around 30 people wearing balaclavas came with bulldozers and demolished private objects in  Savamala, urban neighborhood in Belgrade. Police did not respond to multiple calls of people who's objects were demolished during the night, police didn't address this issue until 30th of April when minister of interior Nebojša Stefanović announced that the demolition will be investigated. Buildings that were demolished were in zone of controversial Belgrade waterfront building project. This lead public to assume that demolition was carried out by the government and sparked anti-government protests. Protestors demanded resignation of top government officials involved in the demolition, government officials who's resignation was demanded by the protestors are: Mayor of Belgrade Siniša Mali, Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović, the President of the Belgrade City Assembly, Nicholas Nikodijevic, and acting Belgrade police chief Vladimir Rebić.


2016 Serbian protests, Cause of the protest, Alleged fraud in parliamentary elections
Opposition parties have accused ruling Serbian Progressive Party of electoral fraud in 2016 parliamentary elections. They claimed that ruling party made votes of people who passed away, and that not all votes for opposition have been counted.


2016 Serbian protests, Cause of the protest, Death of Slobodan Tanasković
Slobodan Tanasković was a guard of one of the objects on the night of demolition of Savamala. His personal documents were taken from him by the men in balaclavas and he was threatened with death on that night. According to his friends he was taken to the hospital in pre-infarction state. He later died in the hospital but the cause of dead wasn't revealed. Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar announced that no harm was done to Slobodan after accusations that doctors didn't treat him well on purpose because he was one of the key witnesses.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, April
On 30th of April first protest is organized by main opposition parties whose leaders gave speeches on the protests. Sanda Rašković Ivić, leader of Democratic Party of Serbia said that with Vučić in power Serbia is slowly becoming like North Korea. Protest was attended by few thousands, police did not give an official estimate.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, May
On 11th of May, civic movement Do not let Belgrade d(r)own organized the protest which was also attended by the opposition leaders. Protestors demanded resignation of government officials that have been accused of organizing the demolition of Savamala. Those being: Mayor of Belgrade Siniša Mali, Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović, the President of the Belgrade City Assembly, Nicholas Nikodijevic, and acting Belgrade police chief Vladimir Rebić.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, May
On 14th of May, Democratic Party of Serbia organized protests, they like Do not let Belgrade d(r)own, demanded explanation who were people in balaclavas who demolished Savamala, and who sent them.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, May
On 25th of May, civic movement Do not let Belgrade d(r)own again organized protest, spokesperson of the movement Dobrica Veselinović said that they won't work together with opposition leaders despite them showing up on their protests. Protestors also demanded clarification on death of guard from Savamala, Slobodan Tanasković who died in a hospital.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, June
On 15th of June, few anti-government organizations staged a protest in Novi Sad because of change of general director of Radio Television of Vojvodina who was considered politically independent with one placed by the ruling party. This protest was also attended by anti-government organizations from Belgrade.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, June
On 25th of June largest Do not let Belgrade d(r)own protest has been held in Belgrade with more than 25,000 people attending, as they walked through the city they were greeted by many people from their balconies and windows. They were met by few counter-protestors.


2016 Serbian protests, Timeline, July
On 18th of July protestors tried to give termination of employment to Siniša Mali this led to a minor confrontation with the police in which one policeman was lightly injured. Siniša Mali said that he is being threatened and he sued one of the protestors who allegedly attacked and injured a police officer. This was last major protest in 2016, the protests started again after Vučić's victory in presidential election in 2017.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season
The 2016 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2016 Hopman Cup. Williams entered the season as the number one ranked player and the defending champion at five tournaments, including the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season
On the week of September 5, 2016, Williams tied Steffi Graf for the longest consecutive weeks as World No. 1 at 186 weeks.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season
On July 9, 2016 Williams, defeated Angelique Kerber in the finals at Wimbledon to claim her 22nd major singles title and tie the Open Era record for Grand Slam singles titles with Steffi Graf.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Hopman Cup
For the second consecutive year and for the fourth time in her career Williams started her season at the Hopman Cup. Williams partnered Jack Sock for the event and was originally set to start her campaign against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina but withdrew before the match citing knee inflammation. The world No.1 took to the court for the first time against Australia Gold's Jarmila Wolfe and, after dropping the first set, retired from the match due to the recurring inflammation in her knee. Despite retiring from her first match Williams remained optimistic that the swelling would go down before the first major of the year. The following day she announced she was pulling out of the tie against the Czech Republic. Williams was replaced by Vicky Duval.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Williams returned to competitive action for the first time in four months at the season's first major. As the defending champion the world No. 1 sought to add a seventh Australian Open title to her haul. In the opening round Williams faced off against the highest ranked unseeded player Camila Giorgi. Williams needed just a single break in each set to secure a straight sets victory and advance to the second round.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Her opponent in the second round was former doubles world No.1 Hsieh Su-wei. Williams lost just three games and wrapped up her victory in an hour to set up a third round against Russia's Daria Kasatkina. The world No. 1 overwhelmed her young Russian opponent, for the loss of two games, in 44 minutes to reach the second week of the tournament. Serena would continue her dominant form by dispatching Margarita Gasparyan in a rematch of their 2015 first round Wimbledon encounter.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Just as in their previous match, Serena served first and was broken but she responded by reeling in the next four games before breaking for a third time in the eighth game to take the first set. She then won the second set with the drop of one game. In the quarterfinals, Serena faced her long-time rival Maria Sharapova in a rematch of the 2015 Australian Open Final. It was their twenty-first encounter, properly beginning with a very tight first set that began with Serena's slow start.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Serena quickly regrouped and managed to break Sharapova in the ninth game, needing 5 break points to do so. She served out the first set and then won the first five games of the second set. She then closed out the match after Maria avoided the bagel with her last service game. Serena faced Agnieszka Radwańska in the semifinals. Serena bagelled her in the first set in 21 minutes with only four unforced errors. The second set was tighter with Serena being broken when serving at 3–2.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Serena managed to break back in the ninth game and serve out the match. Serena faced Angelique Kerber in her 26th Grand Slam final as the overwhelming favorite in her efforts to match the Open Era record in Grand Slams, but Serena was defeated in three close sets, her first defeat in the finals of the Australian Open, her first defeat in a three-set Grand Slam Final, and her first defeat in a Grand Slam final since the 2011 U.S. Open.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Bearing the weight of history on her shoulders, Serena failed to display the dominant form that helped her reach the final without dropping a set. The match featured Serena committing 46 unforced errors when she has averaged as 20 unforced errors before the final. Throughout the tournament, Serena displayed confident net skills that she lacked in 2015, but they proved to be part of her downfall as she won less than 50% of her points at the net.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early Hard Court Season, Indian Wells
Rebounding from her loss in the Australian Open, Serena opened her Indian Wells campaign by handily defeating Laura Siegemund of Germany with the loss of only three games to advance to the third round, having received a bye in the first. Serena proceeded to fave Yulia Putintseva for the second time in her career. Serena was broken twice at the end of the first set and broke back both times to force a tie-break, which she won.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early Hard Court Season, Indian Wells
Serena committed nearly 30 errors in the first set and cut down her mistakes to but five errors in the second to win 7–6(2), 6–0. Serena faced Kateryna Bondarenko in the fourth round and defeated her 6–2, 6–2. She then faced defending champion Simona Halep in the match they would have had the previous year. Despite failing to serve out the first set at 5–3. Serena broke back and ultimately won in straight sets. Serena then faced Agnieszka Radwańska in a rematch of their Australian Open semifinal.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early Hard Court Season, Indian Wells
Radwanka began the match aggressively, breaking Serena early and setting up a double break point, but Serena saved it and won seven straight games from 2–4 down in the first set to win the set and lead 3–0 in the second. Errors returned to Serena's racket and Radwanka battled to break Serena twice in an effort to serve out the set 6–5, but Serena broke back to force a tie-break during which she won the seven straight points after losing the first. Serena Williams faced a resurgent Victoria Azarenka in their twenty-first career meeting.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early Hard Court Season, Indian Wells
Nervous, Serena committed two double faults and two errors to be broken at love. Though she constructed several break back points, Azarenka saved them all and won the first set 6–4. Serena then went down 5–1 quickly in the second set to before finding her game to real in the next three games and establish a 15–40 on Azarenka's serve.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Early Hard Court Season, Indian Wells
As in the Australian Open final, Serena failed to take her chances to level the set at five all and she lost the next four points, thus losing to Azarenka 6–4, 6–4 for the first time since 2013 as well ending her 15-match winning streak at the tournament. Azarenka also became the first woman to defeat Serena four times in a final.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Miami
Williams entered Miami as a three-time defending champion. After a first round bye, she defeated Christina McHale in the second round and Zarina Diyas in the third round before succumbing in the fourth round to long-time rival Svetlana Kuznetsova in a three set match that included a very tight first set. This match ended a 20-match unbeaten run at the Miami Open.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, Italian Open
In Rome, Williams played her first clay court match of the season against Anna-Lena Friedsam in the second round and won easily. In the following rounds, Williams failed to drop a set en route to the final, defeating Christina McHale, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Irina-Camelia Begu all in straight sets. By doing so, Williams reached her third final of the year, hoping to finally capture her 70th overall title. In the final, Williams faced fellow American Madison Keys in a rare all-American clay court final. After a tense first set, Williams was able to defeat Keys 7-6(5), 6-3 for her 70th overall singles title in her career.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
Following her victory in Rome, Williams returned to Paris as the defending champion and the favorite to defend her French Open crown. However, she had to face the task of defending her No. 1 ranking. Williams opened her title defense against Magdaléna Rybáriková, defeating her easily with the loss of two games to advance to the second round. Williams continued her campaign against Teliana Pereira, again achieving an easy victory of 6–2,6-1. In the third round, Williams faced Kristina Mladenovic of France.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
Williams took the first set 6–4 in the only break of the match, occurring in the last game of the set. In the second set, Williams did not face a break point with great serving, but she her return game was much sloppier during break opportunities, establishing a 40–0 lead on Mladenovic serve twice only to lose the game. Williams was forced into a tie break that followed a rain delay. When play resumed, Williams fell behind in the tie break 2-5 before asserting herself to match point.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
She held four match points in the tie break and had to save one set point before closing out the match with an 11–9 edge. A rain delay prevented Williams from playing her fourth round encounter for several days, ultimately forcing her to play four days in a row if she were to advance to the finals. Due to the rain, court conditions were much heavier. Williams eventually faced Elina Svitolina, who was under the charge of one of Williams' greatest rivals, Justine Henin. Williams erased her poor play from the third round to overwhelm Svitolina 6–1,6-1. Following the defeats of Angelique Kerber and Agnieszka Radwańska by the fourth round, Williams kept her top ranking.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
In the quarterfinals, Williams faced first time Grand Slam quarterfinalist Yulia Putintseva in a rematch of their Indian Wells encounter. While Putintseva's play was exceptional and fearless, errors flowed from Williams' racket in the first set. At 5-all in the first, Williams established a 40–0 lead in her own service game and was broken with a stream of poor decisions, errors, and Putintseva's consistency, allowing Putintseva eventually take the set. Williams was broken at the start of the second but went on to reel in the next for games confidently before again squandering a definitive lead.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
At 4-all on her own serve, Williams was nearly broken again, but saved the break point to win the game and eventually the set on a double fault from Putintseva. Williams finally corrected her game in the third to claim the match 5–7,6-4,6-1. Following the match, Williams was outed as suffering an adductor injury, but she refused to acknowledge the injury any further than having "some problems." Williams then faced Kiki Bertens, who was in her first Grand Slam semifinal and on a 12-match winning streak but also suffering her own calf injury.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
Regardless, Bertens played confident and fearless tennis, breaking the hampered Williams early and having her own set point on Williams' serve. Williams saved the set point to win three straight games, but Bertens managed to force a tie-break. In the breaker, both players had set points, but Williams took the first set with a 9–7 edge. In the second, Williams took advantage of Bertens' increasingly hampered movement with well-executed drop shots. She won the match 7-6(7), 6–4. In the finals, Williams faced Garbiñe Muguruza in a rematch of their 2015 Wimbledon encounter.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
Williams began the match brightly with strong serving, but her first-serve percentage decreased while Muguruza's aggressiveness and confidence increased. Though Williams constructed break points well, Muguruza's clutch performance on big points allowed her to take the opening set. Williams' level did not rise in the second set, and she went down an early break. While she managed to save three championship points on her own serve, Muguruza took the final game at love to clinch her first Grand Slam singles title 7–5, 6–4.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay Season, French Open
Williams' defeat was represented her first defeat in back-to-back Grand Slam Finals though she ultimately completed the Career Slam Runner-Up. Her defeat was also written by tennis experts and commentators as a changing of the guard in women's tennis, led by Muguruza, with doubt that Williams could make a solid comeback following her U.S. Open defeat the previous year or make a claim at Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam singles title. However, Williams' consistency to regularly advance to tournament finals placed herself at the top of the leader-board in the Race to Singapore.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
After failing to reach her 22nd major title once more at the French Open, Williams was faced with doubt and uncertainty by tennis experts, commentators, and the general media for her inability to perform to her usual standard in tournament finals. Therefore, she entered Wimbledon as an uneasy favorite for the title. Serena opened her campaign with a victory against Amra Sadiković, defeating her in two comfortable sets. Williams then faced Christina McHale for the third time this season in the second round. Williams was fully tested and pushed to the limit by Christina's resilient tennis.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
Christina broke Serena's serve early but Williams pegged back to get the match back on serve, leading into a tie break that Williams lost 9–7. It was Williams' first tiebreak loss of the season. Williams played much more confident and aggressive tennis in the second set to claim it, but in the third, McHale raised her level even further to break early. William' ultimately got the match back on serve before breaking again in the ninth game then closing out her final game with three consecutive aces to win the match 6(7)-7, 6–2, 6–4. After losing the first set, Williams smashed her racket and received a $10,000 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct. Despite the setback, Williams' performance for the rest of the championship drastically altered and improved to produce the best tennis she had executed all season following her burst of anger.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
Williams quickly demonstrated her improvement during her third round encounter against German Annika Beck, held during People's Sunday due to the multiple rain delays of the tournament. Williams went down a break early in the first set, but then won 11 of the last twelve games in an overwhelming performance to win the match 6–3.6-0. Williams' victory earned her, her 300th victory at a Grand Slam, surpassing Chris Evert and being six Grand Slam match victories from tying Martina Navratilova. In the fourth round, Williams faced rival Svetlana Kuznetsova for the third time this season.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
The first set of the match proved tight with both players breaking each other twice, during which rain suspended the match at 5 all when Williams broke back as Kuznetsova was serving for the set. The roof over Centre Court was closed and the match resumed with Williams returning to her imperious form to claim final eight games of the match. Williams accumulated 43 winners, 14 aces, and 14 unforced errors, whereas Kuznetsova only won 42 points on the match. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
Williams maintained her perfect record against the Russian in a tight 6–4,6-4 straight sets victory that only featured one break of serve in both sets due to both players serving and defending brilliantly in an exhibition of power tennis. Williams did not face a break point during the match. In the semifinals, Williams faced fellow veteran and resurgent Elena Vesnina in her first ever Grand Slam semi-final. Williams took advantage of Vesnina's nerves from the onset and completely overwhelmed her in a 48-minute display of consistency, movement, and power in a 6–2,6-0 victory. Williams did not face a break point.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
She hammered 28 winners with 11 aces and only suffered 7 unforced errors to advance to the finals. Williams' quick victory marked the shortest women's Wimbledon semifinal in history. However, the victory was only Williams' second quickest routing of an opponent in a semi-final, which she did so against Sara Errani during the 2013 French Open.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
At the beginning of the Championships, Williams' No. 1 ranking was again in jeopardy, but she kept her top ranking by advancing to the finals while enjoying her 300th week at the top of the WTA. In the finals, Williams faced Angelique Kerber in a rematch of their Australian Open encounter, and it was the first Grand Slam since Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin in 2006 that featured the same pair of Grand Slam finalists in the same year.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
En route to the final, Kerber had defeated Serena's sister Venus Williams in the semi-final, thus ruining a highly anticipated all-Williams final, which would have been the first since 2009. During the match, Williams was far sharper and more prepared for Kerber's defensive game and sharp cross court angles than she was in Australia. Williams earned her revenge against Kerber (and avenged sister Venus) in straight sets in a high quality contest that featured only one break of serve in both sets.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
Williams offered only one break point during the entire match, which she erased with an ace that accompanied the 12 others that passed by Kerber in an impeccable display of serving, during which Williams also struck 27 unreturnable serves and boasted an 88% first serve percentage. Williams continued to strike a powerful offensive game with a 39-21 ratio of winners to unforced errors while Kerber had only a 12-9 ratio. Williams' victory at Wimbledon allowed to be the first to qualify for the 2016 WTA Finals. More importantly, her victory allowed her to tie Steffi Graf's Open Era Grand Slam record of 22 major titles, and place her two Grand Slam victories behind the all-time record held by Margaret Court.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
Williams' performance in singles was enhanced by the effort she and Venus placed in their doubles tournament of the Championship. Unseeded, the Williams sisters dropped one set in the quarterfinals to ultimately win their 6th Wimbledon Doubles title and their 14th Grand Slam Doubles title by defeating Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova, leaving their perfect record of Grand Slam doubles finals intact.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series & Olympics
On July 24, Williams withdrew from Rogers Cup citing a shoulder inflammation injury in which was the defending semifinalist. She subsequently participated in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she was the defending gold medalist in both singles and doubles. In the first round of the doubles competition, partnering with her sister Venus they lost to the Czech duo of Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová, ending their career record of 15–0 dating back to the 2000 Olympics.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series & Olympics
In singles, after victories over Daria Gavrilova and Alizé Cornet in the first two rounds, Williams faced Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in the third round in what was a rematch of this year's French Open quarterfinal. However, she lost to the Ukrainian 4–6, 3–6. Days after the Olympics, Williams took a late wildcard for the Western & Southern Open, where she was the defending champion, but then decided to withdraw due to concerns from the same shoulder injury/inflammation from earlier in the summer.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series & Olympics, US Open
After a successful 22nd Grand Slam win in Wimbledon, injury woes and an Olympic defeat, Williams hoped to achieve her bid on a record 23rd Grand Slam in her career and a further 7th US Open win. At the first round, she opened her campaign against Russian veteran and Olympic Women's Doubles champion Ekaterina Makarova in the first round on their sixth meeting, as Williams got stronger on her victory and winning in two straight sets. Facing with injuries from weeks back, Williams improved well with the game meant her injury was fine.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series & Olympics, US Open
Williams then faced fellow American opponent Vania King in the second round that was Williams' 900th career match, which she won in two consecutive straight set victory in a row lasted in one hour and five minutes. By the third round, Williams faced Swedish rival Johanna Larsson, the match lasted an hour and a third consecutive straight set win. In the fourth round, she had an encounter with Yaroslava Shvedova. Williams won the match in another straight set victory with a time of two 34-minute intervals per set.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series & Olympics, US Open
In the quarterfinal stage, Williams faced against Simona Halep on what was the rematch of the Indian Wells quarterfinal earlier in the year, Williams started a tough momentum on the first set. By the second set, Williams struggled to keep on a pace staved off with 12 breaks points which Williams could not keep up, Halep won the set. On the third set, Williams came with two break points to win and advanced through the semifinal. In the semifinals, Williams faced Czech Karolína Plíšková in her first Grand Slam semifinal.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series & Olympics, US Open
Williams started the semifinal sluggish and never regained any momentum as Pliskova beat Williams for the first time and entered her first Grand Slam final. Throughout the final, Williams seemed to struggle with a knee injury which limited her ability to chase down shots from Pliskova. This ended her bid to take the 23rd Grand Slam victory and lost the World No. 1 ranking to eventual champion Angelique Kerber.


2016 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Remainder of the season
On September 23, Williams announced she has withdrawn in both the Wuhan Open and China Open due to the same injury sustained from Wimbledon earlier that year. Nearly a month later, Williams had pulled out on the WTA Finals from a continuous injury.


2016 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The 2016 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali is the 31st edition of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali cycling stage race. It started on 24 March in Gatteo and will end on 27 March in Pavullo.


2016 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Schedule
Like the previous two editions, the 2016 race has four days of racing. The first of this is a split stage, with a road stage followed by a team time trial the same day. The following three days each had one stage.


2016 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Teams
A total of 25 teams took part to the race


2016 Seychelles First Division
The 2016 Seychelles First Division was the top level football competition in Seychelles. It was played from 10 March to 1 December 2016.


2016 Seychellois parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Seychelles from 8 to 10 September 2016. Three parties and three independent candidates ran for the 25 directly-elected seats. The result was a victory for the opposition Linyon Demokratik Seselwa alliance, which won 19 of the 33 seats. It was the first time since the 1979 elections that the People's Party did not win a majority of seats.


2016 Seychellois parliamentary election, Electoral system
Members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 25 are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting, and up to a further ten are elected based on the percentage of votes received by each party; for each 10% of the total national vote received, a party gets one additional seat.


2016 Seychellois parliamentary election, Campaign
The four main opposition parties (the Seychelles National Party, the Seychellois Alliance, the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy and the Seychelles United Party) formed a coalition, Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) in order to contest the elections, having boycotted the 2011 elections, which saw the People's Party win all 31 seats.


2016 Seychellois parliamentary election, Campaign
The Seychelles Patriotic Movement nominated 23 candidates for the 25 constituency seats, whilst three independent candidates also ran.


2016 Seychellois parliamentary election, Conduct
Two international observer groups were present during the election, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU). The SADC observer team of 19 members hailed from eight SADC member countries and covered all 25 constituencies. The AU sent a historic observer team of women-only observers, led by Fatuma Ndangiza, present in the country from 1 to 15 September.


2016 Seychellois parliamentary election, Conduct
Two local observer groups, the Citizens Democracy Watch Seychelles (CDWS) and the Association for Rights, Information, and Democracy (ARID) also provided feedback.


2016 Shan United FC season
Shan United Football Club (Burmese: ရွမ္းယူႏိုက္တက္ အသင္း, pronounced [kàɴbɔ́za̰]) is a Burmese football club, based in Taunggyi, Myanmar. Their home stadium name is Taunggyi Stadium in Shan State. Former name is Kanbawza FC and name changed in 2015.


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


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


2016 Shanghai Challenger
The 2016 Shanghai Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Shanghai, China between 5 and 12 September 2016.


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


2016 Shanghai Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 Shanghai Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered the singles main draw as an alternate"


2016 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
Wu Di and Yi Chu-huan were the defending champions but chose not to compete together. Wu played alongside Zhang Zhizhen. Yi teamed up with Hsieh Cheng-peng. Wu lost in the quarterfinals to Gao Xin and Li Zhe.


2016 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
Yi successfully defended his title, defeating Gao and Li 7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–0] in the final.


2016 Shanghai Challenger – Singles
Yuki Bhambri was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Shanghai Challenger – Singles
Henri Laaksonen won the title after defeating Jason Jung 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2016 Shanghai Darts Masters
The 2016 Shanghai Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a third entry in the 2016 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight Asian players who facing eight PDC players and was held at the Pullman Hotel Shanghai South in Shanghai, China from 25–26 June 2016.


2016 Shanghai Darts Masters
Michael van Gerwen won the title, defeating James Wade 8–3 in the final.


2016 Shanghai Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The next four seeded PDC players were (drawn at random into seeded side of the draw):


2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season
The 2016 season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 13th season in the Chinese Super League and 54th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup.


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


2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Squad, On loan
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2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2016 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 19th such festival devoted to international cinema held in Shanghai, China.


2016 Shanghai International Film Festival, International Jury
The members of the jury for the Golden Goblet Award were:


2016 Shanghai Masters
The 2016 Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 25 September 2016 at the Shanghai Grand Stage in Shanghai, China. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.


2016 Shanghai Masters
Kyren Wilson was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Michael Holt in the last 32.


2016 Shanghai Masters
Stephen Maguire made the 120th official maximum break in the third frame of his wildcard round match against Xu Yichen. It was Maguire's third professional maximum break.


2016 Shanghai Masters
Ding Junhui won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Mark Selby 10–6 in the final. He also became the first second-time winner in the history of the event.


2016 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money from this year is shown below:


2016 Shanghai Masters, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000 for the televised stage and at £10,500 for the qualifiers.


2016 Shanghai Masters, Wildcard round
These matches were played in Shanghai on 19 and 20 September 2016.


2016 Shanghai Masters, Qualifying
These matches were played between 30 August and 2 September 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters
The 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China from October 9 to October 16, 2016.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Controversies
Nick Kyrgios was fined nearly US$17,000 for 'lack of best efforts' in his second round match against Mischa Zverev. Kyrgios threw the match 6-3 6-1, at one point asking the umpire, "Can you call time so I can finish this match and go home?" When later asked during a press conference if he thought he owed the fans a better effort, he responded: "What does that even mean? I'm good at hitting a tennis ball at the net. Big deal. I don't owe them anything. If you don't like it, I didn't ask you to come watch. Just leave."


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles
Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Klaasen teamed up with Rajeev Ram, but they lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nenad Zimonjić in the second round. Melo played alongside Łukasz Kubot, but they lost to Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers in the second round.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles
John Isner and Jack Sock won the title, defeating Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Roberto Bautista Agut.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles
Andy Murray won the title, defeating Bautista Agut in the final, 7−6(7−1), 6−1. Bautista Agut was competing in his first Masters 1000 Series final, while Murray won his 13th Masters 1000 title and third in Shanghai.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships season
The 2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships season is the eleventh running of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. The season started on 1 April at Sandown Raceway and will finish on 13 November at Sydney Motorsport Park.


2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships season
Twelve different series will be a part of the Championships in 2016: the Australian Endurance Championship, Australian GT Trophy Series, Touring Car Masters, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia, Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Cars, Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, Radical Australia Cup, Australian Formula 3 Championship, Australian Formula 4 Championship, Australian Formula Ford Series, Australian Production Car Series, Australian Superkart Championship and Australian Sports Racer Series.


2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Sandown Round
The 2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Round 1 was held at Sandown Raceway on April 1–3, 2016. It included Australian GT, Australian Formula 3, Australian Formula Ford, Kerrick Sports Sedans, Kumho V8 Touring Cars, Porsche GT3 Cup, Sports Racers and Touring Car Masters.


2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Sandown Round, Results, Australian GT Championship, Race 1
Fastest Lap: 1:10.136 - Greg Taylor (Audi R8 LMS 2011)


2016 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Sandown Round, Results, Australian GT Championship, Race 2
Fastest Lap: 1:10.465 - Greg Taylor (Audi R8 LMS 2011)


2016 SheBelieves Cup
The 2016 SheBelieves Cup was the inaugural edition of the SheBelieves Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held in the United States. It took  place between March 3 and 9, 2016, before the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2016 SheBelieves Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2016 SheBelieves Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2016 SheBelieves Cup, the inaugural edition of the SheBelieves Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the United States from 3 to 9 March 2016. The four national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2016 SheBelieves Cup squads
The age listed for each player is on 3 March 2016, the first day of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2016 SheBelieves Cup squads, Squads, France
The final squad was announced on 23 February 2016. On 24 February 2016, Amandine Henry withdrew from the squad due to ongoing recovery from injury and was replaced by Viviane Asseyi. The next day, Laure Boulleau withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Sakina Karchaoui. A few days later, Karchaoui also withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Marion Torrent.


2016 SheBelieves Cup squads, Squads, Germany
The final squad was announced on 16 February 2016. On 23 February 2016, Felicitas Rauch withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Kathrin Hendrich. On 26 February 2016, Melanie Leupolz withdrew from the squad due to a bone edema and was replaced by Svenja Huth.


2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election
The Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election in the constituency of Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in South Yorkshire. It was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Harpham on 4 February 2016. Harpham had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since the 2015 general election. The by-election took place on 5 May 2016, the same day as local elections in the United Kingdom.


2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, Candidates
Sheffield City Council published the statement of persons nominated on 8 April 2016. This showed that seven candidates would contest the by-election.


2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, Candidates
The Labour candidate was Gill Furniss, a Sheffield city councillor and the widow of Harry Harpham.


2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, Candidates
UKIP's candidate was Steven Winstone, a local metal trader and businessman. He focused his campaign on protecting jobs in the local steel industry. He had stood for the party in Sheffield South East in the 2015 general election, where he came second.


2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, Candidates
The Green Party reselected Christine Gilligan Kubo, a lecturer at Sheffield Business School, and their candidate from the 2015 general election.


2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election, Candidates
Bobby Smith of the New Fathers 4 Justice campaign announced that he would stand in the by-election. He stood under the label "Give Me Back Elmo". He had contested the 2015 general election under the same description in Prime Minister David Cameron's Witney constituency, but took only 37 votes. Smith, of Stevenage, also contested the borough council election in his home town on the same day as the by-election.


2016 Sheffield City Council election
Sheffield City Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 84 seats were up for election, 3 per ward, after several electoral boundaries were changed. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party contested all 84 seats. The Conservatives fielded 55 candidates, UKIP 43, TUSC 23 and Yorkshire First 1. There was also 1 independent candidate. Voters in the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Parliamentary constituency also elected Gill Furniss MP, in a by-election triggered by the death of her husband Harry Harpham MP.


2016 Sheffield City Council election
The result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2016 Shepherd Rams football team
The 2016 Shepherd Rams football team represents the Shepherd University during the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They are led by head coach Monte Cater, who is in his 30th season at Shepherd. The Rams play their home games at Ram Stadium in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and they are members of the Mountain East Conference.


2016 Shepherd Rams football team, Preseason
After finishing the 2015 season with a record of 13–1, with the only loss coming in the national championship game to Northwest Missouri State, the Rams were ranked #4 in the preseason poll.


2016 Shepherd Rams football team, Regular season
The 2016 regular season for the Rams consisted of 10 games against Mountain East Conference foes. The Rams went undefeated in the regular season and were given the third seed in Super Region I in the 2016 NCAA Division II football playoffs.


2016 Shepherd Rams football team, Playoffs
Despite going undefeated and being ranked #3 in the nation, the Rams had to play in an opening round game of the playoffs. The Rams defeated #25 Assumption College in the game, 48–31, to advance to the Round of 16.


2016 Shepherd Rams football team, Playoffs
The Rams then went on the road and were able to defeat LIU Post, 40–21, to improve to 12–0 and continue their playoff run.


2016 Shepherd Rams football team, Playoffs
In the national quarterfinals the following week, the Rams again went on the road. This time, the Rams were able to defeat California (Pa.), 41–30.


2016 Shepherd Rams football team, Playoffs
The Rams hosted a national semifinal game for the second consecutive year, facing North Alabama.


2016 Shillong Premier League
2016 Shillong Premier League was the 2016 edition of Shillong Premier League, top division football league in the Indian state of Meghalaya. The league began on 18 August with eight teams competing. It was known as the Geonee Shillong Premier League this season for sponsorship reasons.


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 22 and 28 February.


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Benjamin Mitchell and Jordan Thompson are the defending champions, but only Mitchell defending his title partnering Matthew Barton .


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Mitchell and Barton withdrew before their quarterfinal match with third seeds Li Ze and Peng Hsien-yin .


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Gong Maoxin and Yi Chu-huan won the title, defeating Go Soeda and Yasutaka Uchiyama in the final 6–3, 7–6(9–7) .


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Michał Przysiężny is the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title .


2016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Yuichi Sugita won the title, defeating Zhang Ze in the final 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 .


2016 Shohada Cup
The 2016 Shohada Cup was the 2nd edition friendly football tournament; it took place in Shahr-e Qods, Iran in January 2016.


2016 Shohada Cup, Participating teams
Totally 4 teams get permission to participate in the tournament "2016 Shohada Cup".


2016 Shorter Hawks football team
The 2016 Shorter Hawks football team represented the Shorter University in the 2016 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Aaron Kelton, who was in his first season at Shorter. The Hawks played their home games at Barron Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season with a record of 0 wins and 11 losses (0–11 overall, 0–8 in the GSC).


2016 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule
Shorter announced its 2016 football schedule on March 9, 2016. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Hawks hosted GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College,  West Alabama, and West Georgia, and travelled to Delta State, North Alabama, Valdosta State, and West Florida.


2016 Shorter Hawks football team, Schedule
The Hawks hosted only one non-conference game against Clark Atlanta of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travelled to two away games against Chattanooga from the Southern Conference and Mars Hill from the South Atlantic Conference.


2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche
On 3 February 2016, an avalanche hit an Indian military base in northern Siachen Glacier region, trapping 10 soldiers under deep snow.


2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche, Background
On an average, India spends ₹50 million a day for maintaining troops on the glacier. More soldiers have been killed in the Siachen glacier owing to weather than by enemy fire over the years. Over 870 soldiers have lost their lives due to climatic conditions and environmental factors since the Army launched Operation Meghdoot in 1984, preempting Pakistan’s attempt to occupy the strategic heights. The guns fell silent after India and Pakistan declared a ceasefire along the Line of Control Actual Ground Position Line in November 2003.


2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche, Avalanche
Ten soldiers died under snow after their camp in the northern part of the Siachen glacier was hit by a major avalanche.


2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche, Rescue operation
Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, a 32-year-old Indian soldier with the 19th battalion of the Madras Regiment of the Indian Army, survived the massive avalanche and was found on 8 February during post-disaster avalanche rescue operations by the Indian Army, six days after the disaster. He was rescued from 35 feet beneath the snow in −45 °C temperatures, six days after an avalanche hit an Indian Army post in Siachen, at an altitude of 19,600 feet.


2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche, Rescue operation
CT scan showed evidence of oxygen deprivation to the brain. He had pneumonia in both the lungs along with liver and kidney dysfunction. There was no cold exposure related frostbite or bone injuries. He was placed on Ventilator. His health was critical, but news of his survival gave family members a chance to celebrate. Nine other personnel at the post, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO) of Madras Regiment, died in the incident. His family's and the country's celebration was short-lived as he eventually died at the military Hospital in New Delhi due to multiple organ failure. Hanumanthappa died on 11 February 2016 at 11:45 hrs.


2016 Siachen Glacier avalanche, Rescue operation
Indian news channels reports, depicting the bravery of the soldier. Several political parties and politicians themselves praised the soldier's will that in spite of all odds, he did not lose hope and was finally rescued. Shortly thereafter, Koppad died. President, Vice President and Prime Minister of India condoled his death. Defence Minister of India and the three service chiefs paid homage to the departed soldier before his body was taken to his native village where last rites were performed with military honour.


2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour
The 2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour took place between July 6 and July 10, after a one-week delay due to local elections. It opened with the traditional prologue and for the first time featured a mountain time trial to Bâlea Lac. It featured four pro-continental teams, including, for the first time, a British team, ONE Pro Cycling.


2016 Sibiu Cycling Tour
It was won by Nikolay Mihaylov after he was part of a breakaway on Stage 2. It was notable for its first Romanian stage winner, Andrei Nechita, who won the opening prologue; and for its first Australian stage winner, Steele von Hoff.


2016 Sibiu Open
The 2016 Sibiu Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Sibiu, Romania between 19 and 25 September 2016.


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


2016 Sibiu Open – Doubles
Victor Crivoi and Petru-Alexandru Luncanu were the defending champions but only Luncanu decided to defend his title, partnering Kamil Majchrzak. Luncanu lost in the first round to Jonathan Eysseric and Tristan Lamasine.


2016 Sibiu Open – Doubles
Robin Haase and Tim Pütz won the title after defeating Lamasine and Eysseric 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2016 Sibiu Open – Singles
Adrian Ungur was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tim Pütz.


2016 Sibiu Open – Singles
Robin Haase won the title after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 7–6(7–2), 6–2 in the final.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship
The 2016 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 37th edition of the competition, started on 10 April and finished after eleven events on 18 September 2016.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship
The championship was won by Belgian rider Jan Hendrickx and his Dutch passenger Ben van den Bogaart. For Hendrickx it was the first title while van den Bogaart won his third, having previously been World Champion as passenger of Ben Adriaenssen in 2013 and 2014. Adriaenssen, with passenger Lauris Daiders, finished second, 43 points behind while British riders Stuart Brown and Josh Chamberlain came third.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship
The defending champions were Etienne Bax from the Netherlands and his Latvian passenger Kaspars Stupelis, winning their first-ever World Championship together in  2015, also Stupelis had been World Champion twice before with Daniël Willemsen in 2003 and 2004. Bax did however not race with Stupelis in 2016, having instead chosen his brother Robbie Bax as passenger for the season.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship
The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition. All races, manufacturers and the vast majority of riders in the competition being in and from Europe. Sidecarcross is similar to motocross except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger. Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars do not lean. The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out. The coordination between the driver and the passenger are therefore of highest importance.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
The eleven Grands Prix of the season were held in eight countries; Germany held three events and the Netherlands held two, while France, Switzerland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Belgium and Estonia hosted one event. In comparison to 2015 the season was reduced from 15 to 11 events. France lost two events while Switzerland and Latvia lost one and Spain was dropped off the calendar altogether. Ukraine, who had its 2014 and 2015 Grand Prix cancelled because of political events, had originally scheduled an event but this was later moved to Germany.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
Every Grand Prix weekend was split into two races, both held on the same day. This meant that the 2016 season, with its eleven Grands Prix will have 22 races. Each race lasted for 30 minutes plus two laps. The points scored over the races were combined to determine an overall winner. In case of a tie, the results of the second race were used to determine the winner. While this overall winner received no extra world championship points, they usually were awarded a special trophy. Race start times were set at 13:30 and 16:00.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
Events typically consisted of a qualifying competition, held in multiple stages on Saturdays of a race weekend while the two race events were typically held on Sundays. One exception to this rule was Easter weekends, when the races were held on Easter Monday. Race weekends could consist of additional motocross or quart support races as well, but the FIM stipulated that the World Championship races have priority. Riders had to be provided with at least one 30 minute free practice season, which was timed.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
A race could consist of up to 30 starters and the qualifying modus was dependent on the number of entries. Up to 32 entries, it was held in one group split into two sessions of 30 minutes each. Above 32 entries, the starter field was sub-divided into two groups through ballot and the current standings. Each qualifying group could consist of up to 30 racers. Should there be more than 60 entries, a pre-qualifying had to be held. Of the riders in the two groups, the top-twelve directly qualified for the races. The remaining teams then go to a second-chance qualifying, in which the best six advanced. The riders placed seventh and eighth remained in reserve should one of the qualified teams be unable to participate.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The FIM stipulated that all drivers and passengers must be at least 16 years old to compete, with the minimum age of drivers having come down from 18 in previous seasons, but no older than 50. Riders older than 50 had to provide a certificate of medical fitness to be permitted to compete. The driver had the right to exchange his passenger under certain conditions.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The engines permitted in the competition in 2015 were 2-stroke from 350 to 750 cc or 4-stroke up to 1,000 cc.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
Starting numbers for the season were awarded according to the previous season's overall finishing position of the driver. Current or former World Champions had however the right to pick any number they wished, except the number one which was reserved for the current World Champion.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The competition was open for motor cycles with two-stroke engines from between 350 and 750cc and four-stroke engines of up to 1,000cc. Each team was permitted the use of two motorcycles with the possibility of changing machines between races.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The FIM did not permit radio communication between riders and their teams. Outside assistance during the race on the course was not permitted unless it was through race marshals in the interest of safety. Limited repairs in the designated repair zone during the race were permitted.


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Format
The first twenty teams of each race scored competition points. The point system for the 2016 season will be as follows:


2016 Sidecarcross World Championship, Prize money
In 2016 prize money will be awarded to all riders scoring points, with €300 going to each race winner, €250 to the runners-up, gradually declining from there, with €50 going to all teams placed 12th to 20th. Additionally, every team qualified for the race plus the two reserve teams received €500 in travel compensation.


2016 Silk Way Airlines Antonov An-12 crash
On 18 May 2016, a Silk Way Airlines Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashed after an engine failure shortly after taking off from Dwyer Airport in southern Afghanistan, en route to Mary International Airport in Turkmenistan. Seven of the nine crew members on board were killed in the crash, which was the second incident for Silk Way in Afghanistan after a 2011 Il-76 crash. Two others were taken to hospital and treated for their injuries.


2016 Silk Way Airlines Antonov An-12 crash
Arif Mammadov, head of Azerbaijan's State Civil Aviation Administration, said that the aircraft crashed after hitting an obstruction.


2016 Silk Way Rally
The 2016 Silk Way Rally was run in Russia, Kazakhstan, and China on July 9–24, 2016.


2016 Silk Way Rally
It began in Moscow on the 9th and ends in Beijing on the 24th. It features the primary classes of cars and trucks.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 9 and 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the fifth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the third round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 British Grand Prix.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Background
ART Grand Prix's Nobuharu Matsushita returned to the series after serving his one-round ban in Austria.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Background
It was announced that Arjun Maini would be replacing Oscar Tunjo at Jenzer Motorsport GP3 team for the Silverstone round.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Qualifying
In a somewhat controversial manner, Norman Nato achieved the fastest time of 1:38.216, thereby achieving his first pole position of the year. He was under investigation for setting his pole lap under red flag conditions. He was deemed by officials to set the lap time under green conditions and his pole time stood. Pierre Gasly achieved second place two-tenths behind Nato and Nicholas Latifi achieved a career-best of third.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Feature Race
The preferred tyre strategy for the feature race was often to start on the hard compound and then to switch to soft later in the race. Prema Racing went against this using the opposite strategy to great effect, with Pierre Gasly taking his maiden GP2 win from teammate Antonio Giovinazzi. Oliver Rowland also went with this strategy, achieving third despite struggling for grip in the dying laps. This result elevates both Prema drivers to first and second in the standings, with Evans maintaining third.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Sprint Race
The sprint race saw another dominant performance from Jordan King who led from start to finish despite a late charge from Luca Ghiotto. The race was rather calm for the most part until three-laps from the end when the rain started to descend upon the circuit. As the circuit became more and more slippery, the drivers soon found themselves struggling for grip. Norman Nato spun off and several others left the circuit. Rowland passed Matsushita in the final laps to achieve another podium, the only driver to do so throughout the weekend.


2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP3 Series, Qualifying
In changing conditions, Alexander Albon prevailed an achieved his first pole position and the second for ART Grand Prix for the year. Being over seven-tenths faster than nearest competitor Charles Leclerc, it was a dominant display from Albon. Because of Leclerc's grid penalty, Sandy Stuvik will line up second on the grid, thereby making it the first ever all-Thai front row. Debutant Arjun Maini achieved a time of 1:48.393 to put himself third on the grid.