2016 Rossendale Borough Council election
Prior to the election The Labour Party held 19 seats, The Conservatives held 15 and there were 3 Independents. The result was a Labour victory with 3 seats gained 2 from the Conservatives and 1 from Independent. UKIP, The Green Party and National Front along with several Independents also fielded candidates. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative party required a net gain of three seats to take control of the council. The resulting Labour victory was a surprise. The most surprising was Labour's taking of the seemingly safe Conservative ward of Eden.


2016 Rostelecom Cup
The 2016 Rostelecom Cup was the third event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 4–5. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2016 Rostelecom Cup
Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final.


2016 Rostelecom Cup, Entries
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 30, 2016.


2016 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 63 seats were up for election, 3 seats from each of the 21 wards.


2016 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2016 Rouen fire
On 6 August 2016, 14 youths were killed in a fire at the Cuba Libre bar in Rouen, Normandy, France.


2016 Rouen fire, Event
The fire started shortly before 00:50 on 6 August, when firefighters were called to the Cuba Libre bar in Rouen. The bar was hosting a private birthday party. The fire was initially reported as being caused by an "accidental explosion," but this was subsequently refuted by the local authority. The blaze took 30 minutes to put out.


2016 Rouen fire, Event
Rouen's Vice Prosecutor Laurent Labadie told The Associated Press that the first testimonies from survivors and early results from the police investigation indicated that the "fire was completely accidental." "There was no explosion," Labadie told the AP. "Candles on a birthday cake started the fire after the person who carried it tripped on the stairs leading to the basement."


2016 Rouen fire, Event
The candle flames are believed to have set the polystyrene ceiling tiles of the basement ceiling alight. It is expected that most deaths were caused by toxic smoke inhalation, although at this time no autopsies have been carried out to confirm the individual causes of death.


2016 Royal Bank Cup
The 2016 Royal Bank Cup was the 46th Canadian junior A Ice Hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. It was the 46th consecutive year a national championship was awarded to this skill level since the breakaway of Major Junior hockey in 1970.


2016 Royal London One-Day Cup
The 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2016 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and have List A status. All eighteen First-class counties competed in the tournament. Defending champions Gloucestershire went out in the group stage, as Warwickshire Bears  beat Surrey in the final.


2016 Royal London One-Day Cup, Format
The competition featured two groups of nine teams, with the top four teams from each group progressing to the quarter-finals. The groups for the 2016 season were based on a geographical split, with a North and South group.


2016 Rugby Americas North Championship
The 2016 Rugby Americas North Championship, the ninth edition of NACRA Rugby Championship, is a rugby union championship for Tier 3 North American and Caribbean teams. Pool play takes place between 3 March and 2 July. Unlike the 2015 edition of the tournament, teams are split into North and South zones, but not Championships and Cups. As this edition of the tournament doubles as a round of qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, only full members of World Rugby will compete.


2016 Rugby Americas North Championship, Teams
Notable changes from last year: Jamaica returns to participate in the qualifier. Saint Lucia, British Virgin Islands, Curacao, Turks and Caicos Islands and USA South are not participating, as they are not full members of World Rugby


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


2016 Rugby Championship
The 2016 Rugby Championship was the fifth edition of the annual southern hemisphere Rugby Championship, featuring Argentina, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The competition is operated by SANZAAR, a joint venture of the four countries' national unions. New Zealand won their first four matches with bonus points to gain an unassailable lead, winning the title for the fourth time.


2016 Rugby Championship
The tournament started on 20 August after the 2016 Summer Olympics had concluded, with Australia hosting New Zealand and South Africa hosting Argentina. The tournament ran for eight weeks with two bye weeks, ending on 8 October when South Africa hosted New Zealand and Argentina played Australia in London, England at Twickenham Stadium.


2016 Rugby Championship, Background
The tournament was operated by SANZAAR and known for sponsorship reasons as The Castle Rugby Championship in South Africa, The Investec Rugby Championship in New Zealand, The Castrol Edge Rugby Championship in Australia and The Personal Rugby Championship in Argentina.


2016 Rugby Championship, Background
The 2016 Championship returned to a 6-round format, with each team playing the other home and away. The previous year it had been reduced to 3 rounds so that the 2015 Rugby World Cup could be accommodated. It was the first tournament for which Argentina was a full member of SANZAAR, and the first in which they had a team competing in the SANZAAR-run Super Rugby competition.


2016 Rugby Championship, Background
For the first time a match was played in a neutral venue. Argentina's home match against Australia on 8 October was held at Twickenham in London.


2016 Rugby Championship, Background
Australia were the holders of the title, having won the 2015 edition.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
In June there was a break from the 2016 Super rugby tournament while the four Southern Hemisphere national teams played test matches against touring Northern Hemisphere nations. New Zealand won all three tests against Wales, Australia were whitewashed by England in their three tests (the first time they had lost a series against England in Australia), Argentina's series against France ended in one win each and Ireland won their first match in South Africa before losing the next two and the series. These results and their 11 match winning streak leading into the tournament made New Zealand firm favourites to secure their fourth Rugby Championship title since it expanded to include Argentina five years ago.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
The opening match was played between New Zealand and Australia at ANZ stadium in Sydney. New Zealand comprehensively beat Australia 42–8, scoring six tries to one. In the first half Ryan Crotty, Jerome Kaino, Waisake Naholo and man of the match Beauden Barrett scored tries for New Zealand, while Australia only managed a solitary penalty through Bernard Foley. Australia's cause was not helped as they lost three backs (Matt Giteau, Rob Horne and Matt Toomua) to injury.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
After the break New Zealand scored two more tries with Dane Coles and Julian Savea dotting down, while Nick Phipps scored a consolation try for Australia at the end. South Africa narrowly beat Argentina 30–23 in Mbombela, scoring a try in the final minutes to take the lead. South Africa took an early lead after Ruan Combrinck scored a try in the corner, but Argentina struck back though a try of their own to Matias Orlando to take a 13–10 lead into the halftime break.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
Late in the second half Argentina looked to have won the game when Santiago Cordero collected a Nicolás Sánchez  chip to give Argentina a 10-point lead with 11 minutes remaining. However, South Africa leveled after a Johan Goosen try and an Elton Jantjies penalty, before Warren Whiteley sealed the win with two minutes remaining.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
The second round featured the same teams playing their return matches. New Zealand kept Australia try-less, winning 29–9 and retaining the Bledisloe Cup for the thirteenth straight year. Despite Israel Dagg scoring two tries, Australia put in a better defensive effort and New Zealand only led 15–9 at the half time break. Julian Savea and Sam Cane scored a try each in the second half while keeping Australia scoreless. Argentina reversed the result against South Africa in Salta, kicking a last minute penalty to secure a 26–24 victory.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
Argentina outplayed South Africa in the first half, scoring one try to fullback Joaquin Tuculet, to lead 13–3. South Africa struck back in the second half with veteran winger Bryan Habana scoring a record 65th test try. Juan Leguizamon scored a second try for Argentina and they led by seven with 13 minutes remaining. South Africa took the lead for the first time in the match with six minutes left when Pieter-Steph du Toit scored a try and then Morne Steyn landed a penalty. Argentina were able to defended strongly to prevent South Africa scoring any more points, before Gonzalez Iglesias landed a match winning penalty in the 77th minute.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
After a week's break Argentina traveled to New Zealand and following a competitive first half dropped away to lose 57–22. Argentina took the lead after only two minutes as Cordero scored under the posts from the opening passage of play. However, New Zealand struck straight back with a Julian Savea try. Ben Smith and Barrett also scored for New Zealand while Sanchez's four penalties kept Argentina close, with New Zealand leading 24–19 at half time.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
The second half was all New Zealand as they scored five tries to Ben Smith, Charlie Faumuiana, Luke Romano and Crotty twice against a solitary penalty from Sanchez. Australia hosted South Africa, ending a six match losing streak after clinching a 23–17 victory in the wet at Brisbane. Only one point separated the two teams at the half time break. Whiteley and Goosen had scored tries early for South Africa to give them the lead, while an Adam Coleman try and two Foley penalties brought Australia to within one point. Early in the second half South African lock Eben Etzebeth was sin binned for a dangerous challenge and Foley kicked the resulting penalty to give Australia a slight lead. Foley then scored the decisive try 20 minutes later to give them their first win of the tournament.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
In the fourth round New Zealand continued their winning form, downing South Africa 41–13 in Christchurch, while Argentina fell to a 36–20 defeat in Australia. New Zealand hooker Coles set up tries for Dagg, Julian Savea and Sam Whitelock with some crisp passing. Ben Smith, Ardie Savea and TJ Perenara also scored tries, while South Africa's only try came early when Habana crossed in the first 10 minutes. Australia jumped to a 21-point lead against Argentina after Samu Kerevi, Dane Haylett-Petty and Will Genia all scored converted tries in the first 12 minute.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
Argentina responded with two penalties and at halftime the score was 21–6. Cordera scored early in the second half to bring the deficit to eight, before Sean McMahon beat four defenders to set up Genia's second try. Quade Cooper then set up a decisive try for Michael Hooper to give Australia a 20-point lead, with Argentina only managing a late consolation try to Facundo Isa.


2016 Rugby Championship, Overview
Four wins from four games and four bonus points for scoring at least three tries more than their opposition in each game meant that the Rugby Championship title returned to New Zealand with two rounds still to play. The 24 tries scored by New Zealand at this point in the tournament is more than the other three nations combined and they are within three wins of the record for the longest winning streak in tests. Stuart Barnes has labelled the current New Zealand team the most dominant in rugby history, something which former New Zealand captain Sean Fitzpatrick does not think is "good for the game as a whole".


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 1
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Federico Anselmi (Argentina)Television match official:Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 2
Touch judges:Glen Jackson (New Zealand)Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Angus Gardner (Australia)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 3
Touch judges:Wayne Barnes (England)Pascal Gaüzère (France)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Marius Mitrea (Italy)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 4
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Nick Briant (New Zealand)Television match official:Ben Skeen (New Zealand)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)George Clancy (Ireland)Television match official:Jim Yuille (Scotland)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 5
Touch judges:Stuart Berry (South Africa)Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)Television match official:Johan Greeff (South Africa)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 6
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)George Clancy (Ireland)Television match official:Jim Yuille (Scotland)


2016 Rugby Championship, Fixtures, Round 6
Touch judges:JP Doyle (England)Matthew Carley (England)Television match official:Rowan Kitt (England)


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Summary
Note: Ages, caps and domestic side are of 20 August 2016 – the starting date of the tournament


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Argentina
On 20 July 2016, Argentina named a 33-man squad for the Championship.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Argentina
1 On 10 August 2016, Felipe Arregui, replacing  Santiago García Botta, was named in Argentina's 26-man travelling squad for the opening match against South Africa.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Australia
On 29 July 2016, Michael Cheika named a 36-man training squad for the 2016 Rugby Championship.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Australia
On 5 August, Cheika named the final 33-man squad for the Championship, with Nick Frisby, Luke Morahan and Toby Smith missing out on the final squad.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Australia
1 On 4 September, Rory Arnold, Kyle Godwin, Luke Morahan, Sefa Naivalu and Henry Speight were called up to the squad as injury replacements and cover for Adam Ashley-Cooper (returned to France), Matt Giteau and Rob Horne (ruled out for remainder of Championship) and Ben McCalman and Matt Toomua (still recovering from injury sustained in Round 1).


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Australia
2 On 11 September, Toby Smith was called up to the squad as injury cover for Allan Alaalatoa, who was ruled out of Round 4 after sustaining an injury against South Africa in Round 3.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Australia
3 On 21 September, Nick Frisby and Tolu Latu was called up to the squad for the final two rounds, with Latu replacing Tatafu Polota-Nau in the squad due to injury.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, Australia
4 On 3 October, Leroy Houston was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Sean McMahon ahead of the final round of the Championship.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, New Zealand
New Zealand's 32-man squad for the Championship was announced on 1 August 2016.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, New Zealand
1 On 11 August, Anton Lienert-Brown was called up to replace Sonny Bill Williams who was injured during the 2016 Summer Olympics rugby sevens tournament.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, New Zealand
2 On 14 August, Kane Hames and Matt Todd were added to the squad for the first match of the Championship as injury cover for Joe Moody and Sam Cane.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, New Zealand
3 On 22 August, Liam Coltman, Rieko Ioane, Damian McKenzie, James Parsons and Seta Tamanivalu were called up to the squad as injury cover for Ryan Crotty, Nathan Harris, George Moala, Waisake Naholo and Codie Taylor.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, South Africa
Head coach Allister Coetzee named the following 31-man training squad for the 2016 Rugby Championship on 6 August 2016:


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, South Africa
1 Trevor Nyakane was initially included pending medical clearance. However, his ankle injury ruled him out of the first two matches of the Rugby Championship and he was replaced by Lourens Adriaanse.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, South Africa
2 On 11 September, Willem Alberts was called up to the squad as injury cover for Lood de Jager.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, South Africa
3 On 21 September, Patrick Lambie and Willie le Roux were called up to the squad, with Lambie being called up after recovering from injury and Le Roux a tactical call up.


2016 Rugby Championship, Squads, South Africa
4 On 3 October, Piet van Zyl was called up to the squad as an injury replacement for Rudy Paige for the final round of the Championship.


2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Conferences
The 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Conferences were the lower divisions of Rugby Europe's 2016 sevens season. Conference 1 was held in Burgas, Bulgaria, with the two top-placing teams advancing to the 2017 Trophy, while Conference 2 was held in Esztergom, Hungary, with the top two advancing to Conference 1 for 2017.


2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
The 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series competition was restructured from the previous year, now with four divisions: Sevens Grand Prix Series, the Trophy, Conference 1, and Conference 2.


2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series
In preparation for the 2016 Olympics, instead of England, Scotland, and Wales fielding their own teams, two unified teams, the Great Britain Royals and the Great Britain Lions, took part in the Grand Prix.


2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series, Grand Prix series, Standings
The two highest teams who did not already have "core status" on the World Rugby Sevens Series -- Spain and Germany -- qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier, which in turn was a qualifying event for promotion to core team status on the 2017-18 World Rugby Sevens Series.


2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy
The 2016 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy was the second division of Rugby Europe's 2016 sevens season. This edition was hosted by the cities of Malmö and Prague from 11 June to 3 July. The winner, Ireland, was promoted to the 2017 Grand Prix; the two teams with the fewest points, Monaco and Slovenia, were relegated to Conference 1.


2016 Rugby Europe Women's Championship
The 2016 Women's European Championship was the 21st annual rugby tournament organised by FIRA for the continent's national teams, and also acted as a qualification tournament for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.


2016 Rugby Europe Women's Championship, Final standings
Scotland and the winner of European Championship (Spain) played a home-and-away series to determine the final European qualifier for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.


2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference
The 2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Conference was the third level of international women's rugby sevens competitions organised by Rugby Europe during 2016. It featured one tournament hosted in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winners and runners up, Latvia and Malta respectively, were promoted to the 2017 Trophy series.


2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series
The 2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series was the top level of international women's rugby sevens competitions organised by Rugby Europe during 2016. The series featured two tournaments, one hosted in Kazan and one hosted in Malemort. In preparation for 2016 Summer Olympics, England and Wales were replaced by two Great Britain representative teams, the Lions and the Royals. France won the Kazan tournament while Russia won the Malemort tournament. Russia won the overall championship. Finland and Ukraine were relegated to the 2017 Trophy series.


2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series, Final standings
The three highest teams who did not already have core team status during the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, which in turn was a qualifying event for promotion to core team status on the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.


2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy
The 2016 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Trophy was the second level of international women's rugby sevens competitions organised by Rugby Europe during 2016. The competition featured two tournaments, one hosted in Prague and one hosted in Esztergom. Sweden won both tournaments. Sweden and Poland were promoted to the 2017 Grand Prix series while Norway and Denmark were relegated to the 2017 Conferences.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations
The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament (known as the 2016 Ladbrokes Four Nations, for sponsorship purposes) was the fifth staging of the Rugby League Four Nations tournament and was played in England in October and November. The series was contested by Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland, who qualified for their first Four Nations by winning the 2014 European Cup. The final was played on 20 November, with Australia winning its third tournament, defeating New Zealand.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, History
The 2016 tournament is the fifth Four Nations series to be planned before the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, with the venues rotating between Europe and the South Pacific.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, History
In addition to automatic inclusions Australia, England and New Zealand, Scotland qualified for the tournament by defeating France in the final of the 2014 European Cup.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, History
England have previously co-hosted tournaments with other European nations and the Rugby Football League (RFL) planned to take a game up into Scotland but backed down and decided to take games to other venues.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, History
The redeveloped 54,074 capacity Anfield Stadium hosted the Four Nations Final. This was the first time in 19 years the venue had held a rugby league match. Three rugby league games have been played at Anfield before. The final was the first ever international rugby league match held at the venue.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Venues
The games were played at the following venues in England. The tournament final was played at Anfield.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 1
Touch Judges: Jack Smith Mick CravenVideo Referee: Bernard SuttonReserve Referee: Gerard Sutton


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 1
Touch Judges: James Child Anthony ElliottVideo Referee: Bernard SuttonReserve Referee: Ben Cummins


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 2
Touch Judges: Mick Craven Chris KendallVideo Referee: Ben ThalerReserve Referee: Robert Hicks


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 2
Touch Judges: Anthony Elliott Joe CobbVideo Referee: Bernard SuttonReserve Referee: Robert Hicks


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 3
Touch Judges: James Child Chris KendallVideo Referee: Ben ThalerReserve Referee: Gerard Sutton


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 3
The match was originally scheduled to kick-off at 3:30pm BST, however on 22 September the RFL changed the kick-off time to 2:00pm BST.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Results, Round 3
Touch Judges: Anthony Elliott Mick CravenVideo Referee: Bernard SuttonReserve Referee: Ben Cummins


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Pre-tournament matches
Before the series, Australia and New Zealand organised to play the first ever International rugby league test-match in Perth, Scotland took on a Cumbrian rugby league team and England took on France in Avignon.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Pre-tournament matches, Cumbria Select XIII vs Scotland
The Cumbria Select XIII was a Cumbrian-based team selected by retiring Barrow Raiders player Liam Harrison. The Cumbrian side featured Scottish internationals Oliver Wilkes and Shane Toal.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations, Broadcasting
Premier Sports was the host broadcaster for every match of the tournament.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations squads
The Four Nations Rugby Squad is a biennial rugby tournament representing the top three nations of the sport including an additional underperforming team. Australia, England and New Zealand are the top three nations excelling in the game. The event is recognized as Ladbroke Four Nations because the tournament is sponsored by Ladbrokes, a British gambling company. The squads competing in the 2016 rugby tournament consists of Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. The rosters for each squad below consist of player’s information and the head coach of each team.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations squads, Squads, Australia
* Replaced Josh Papalii who withdrew due to injury on 13 October.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations squads, Squads, England
* Replaced Brett Ferres who withdrew due to injury on October 18.


2016 Rugby League Four Nations squads, Squads, New Zealand
* Replaced Simon Mannering who withdrew due to injury on October 18.


2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament
The 2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament was a qualification tournament for the women's rugby sevens 2016 Summer Olympics which was held on 25–26 June 2016. The tournament used a round-robin format, with the top team qualifying directly to the Olympics.


2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament
The tournament took place at the UCD Bowl in Dublin, Ireland.


2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament, Teams
1. Kenya, as the runners-up in the African qualifying tournament, would have qualified to this tournament, but instead qualified directly for the Olympics after South Africa withdrew. Madagascar, the fifth-place finisher in qualifying, was named as a replacement.


2016 Runnymede Borough Council election
The 2016 Runnymede Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect 15 members of Runnymede Borough Council in Surrey, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election
The 2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Note the election for Aldershot Park was postponed to 2nd June due to the death of a candidate.


2016 Russell Athletic Bowl
The 2016 Russell Athletic Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 28, 2016 at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 27th edition of the Russell Athletic Bowl featured the West Virginia Mountaineers of the Big 12 Conference against the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor is the Russell Athletic uniform company.


2016 Russell Athletic Bowl, Teams
The game featured tie-ins from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big 12 Conference.


2016 Russell Square stabbing
On 3 August 2016, a mass stabbing occurred in Russell Square, London. Six people were stabbed, one fatally, before a suspect, identified as Zakaria Bulhan, was apprehended by police and charged with murder and attempted murder. The media initially linked the stabbing to terrorism, but later shifted its focus to possible mental disorders.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Events
London's Metropolitan Police Service and London Ambulance Service arrived at the scene of the attacks six minutes after emergency services were called at 22:33. Less than ten minutes later, a man was arrested at the scene after being tasered by police.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Events, Victims
Six people, apparently selected at random, were stabbed. A 64-year-old American, Darlene Horton, died at the scene. She had planned to fly back to Florida the following day. An American man, a British man, an Australian man, an Australian woman, and an Israeli woman were injured. The British man, Bernard Hepplewhite, underwent emergency surgery for a serious abdominal wound and remained in hospital for several days.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Suspect
Zakaria Bulhan was a 19-year-old male Norwegian national of Somali descent. He was described as a Muslim who "didn't really talk about religion." He moved from Norway in 2002, and was unemployed and living with his mother and younger brother in Tooting, South London.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Suspect
Not long before the stabbing, Bulhan completed his first studies at South Thames College, and had been a patient at a psychiatric facility near Russell Square. According to a family friend, Bulhan called an ambulance three separate times in the last six months, claiming he wanted to harm himself.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Suspect
In his 2017 book, Media, Diaspora and the Somali Conflict, Idil Osman speculates that the "cultural stigma" associated with mental illness in Somali society makes it less likely that individuals and families of disturbed persons like Bulhan  will seek treatment.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Suspect, Legal proceedings
Following his arrest, Bulhan was treated in hospital and later held in custody at a police station in South London. On 5 August, he was charged with the murder of Horton, along with five counts of attempted murder. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 August, where he was remanded in custody. The trial was expected to take place in February 2017. In February 2017, Bulhan admitted killing US tourist Darlene Horton and injuring five others in Russell Square in 2016.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Suspect, Legal proceedings
He was sentenced on 7 February to be detained for an indefinite period in a maximum security hospital.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Suspect, Investigation
The Metropolitan Police initially said they were exploring terrorism as a possible motive. They later said the investigation "increasingly points" to the attack being "triggered by mental health issues", and that the stabbings were random. Norwegian police cooperated in the investigation.


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Reactions
In an interview after the attack, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said, "London is one of the safest capitals in the world". He added, "It is a reality in 2016 – especially when you look at what happened in Nice, in Brussels, in Munich, in parts of America – we've always got to be vigilant and never complacent."


2016 Russell Square stabbing, Reactions
Kenan Malik described the attack as highlighting "the difficulty... in drawing a distinction between jihadi violence and the fury of disturbed minds."


2016 Russia Open Grand Prix
The 2016 Russia Open Grand Prix is the 15th Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in Sports Hall Olympic, Vladivostok, Russia from October 4 until October 9, 2016 and had a total purse of 55,000.


2016 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2016 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Penza, Russia between 28 March - 10 April 2016.


2016 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Meldonium Incident
On Saturday, April 2, new national champion Nikolai Kuksenkov was suspended from the Russian men's championships in Penza after it was revealed he tested positive for the banned substance meldonium. On Friday, April 15, the Russian Anti- Doping Agency notified the Russian Gymnastics Federation that it had officially lifted Kuksenkov's suspension, formally allowing him to return to competition. The news came after the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) admitted that "there is currently limited data available" on how long meldonium stays in the system after use.


2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series
The 2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series is the third season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It was the second season with TCR class cars, competing alongside the Super 2000 TC2 and the Super Production cars.


2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers were Russian-registered. Yokohama is the official tyre supplier.


2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Calendar and results
The 2016 schedule was announced on 11 November 2015, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia. Updated on 10 March. 21 July announced that due to the reconstruction of ADM Raceway stage 6 moved to Smolenskring.


2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series, Championship standings
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. The number of points after the deduction of the two worst results.


2016 Russian Cup Final
The 2015 Russian Cup Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Russian Cup, the 24th season of Russia's main football cup. It was played on 2 May 2016 at the Kazan Arena in Kazan, between CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg.


2016 Russian Cup Final
After being level 1—1 at halftime, Zenit scored three second half goals to emerge victorious with a 4-1 win.


2016 Russian Cup Final
As winners, Zenit qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and also faced off against CSKA in a rematch of the cup final in the Russian Super Cup held on 23 July 2016.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
On 25 December 2016, a Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, Russia, while en route to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria. All 92 passengers and crew on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir of the Russian Armed Forces, were killed. The aircraft had flown from Chkalovsky Airport and had landed at Sochi to refuel.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Tupolev 154B-2, tail number RA-85572, msn 83A-572, which had been in operation since 1983, and had flown for about 7,000 hours before the crash.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Crash
The Tupolev had taken off at 05:27 local time (02:27, 25 December 2016 (UTC) (2016-12-25T02:27UTC)) from the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia, where it had landed to refuel, bound for Syria. Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft crashed into the Black Sea, 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) from the coast. Wreckage was found at a depth of 50 to 70 metres (160 to 230 ft). All 92 people on board were killed.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Passengers and crew
Of the 92 passengers and crew on board, 64 were members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir, the official choir of the Russian Armed Forces, including its director Valery Khalilov. The members of the Ensemble were travelling from Moscow to the Russian military base at Khmeimim near Latakia, Syria, to take part in New Year celebrations.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Passengers and crew
Among the passengers was Russian humanitarian worker Elizaveta Glinka, the Director of the Department of Culture for the Russian Ministry of Defence Anton Gubankov, seven soldiers (besides Khalilov), nine journalists (three each from Channel One Russia, NTV, and Zvezda), and two civilian officials.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
Immediately after the crash, the Investigative Committee of Russia launched a criminal case to probe the cause.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
By 27 December, the cockpit voice and flight data recorders had been located, and both were later recovered and sent to Moscow for analysis. By 28 December, the bodies of 18 people had been recovered from the sea. On 29 December, a third recorder, which backs up data from the CVR and FDR, was found, which, despite being damaged, revealed more information.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
One Russian official downplayed the possibility of a terrorist attack as the cause of the crash, focusing more on the possibility of mechanical or human error.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
A bright flash was purportedly caught on surveillance cameras along the Sochi coastline before the crash. Witnesses told reporters the plane appeared to experience trouble in gaining altitude, turned 180 degrees, started descending and crashed into the sea.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
On 27 December it was reported that an investigative source had told the Interfax news agency that Russian investigators believed a fault with the aircraft flaps had caused the crash. The Life.ru news portal was reported to have obtained a recording of the last words of one of the pilots: "Commander, we are going down." There was no official confirmation.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
On 29 December it was announced by the Flight Safety Service of the Russian Ministry that a preliminary analysis of data from the cockpit voice recorder showed that no explosion had occurred on board.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
On 16 January the Interstate Aviation Committee, the civil authority in aviation accident investigation, announced that its representative would participate in the investigation.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
On 19 January Interfax reported that, during the underwater search, remains had also been found of a Soviet Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston bomber, supplied from the U.S. through the Lend-Lease agreement, which crashed on 15 November 1942.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Investigation
On 31 May 2017, Russia's Kommersant said all the evidence pointed to the pilot, Maj Roman Volkov having suffered from somatogravic illusion. Analysis of the flight data suggested that the pilot had "lost his bearings and ignored his instruments, believing that the jet was climbing too sharply." Tiredness was thought to be a factor. Experts said that he was already feeling unwell on the ground and had trouble getting the plane on to the correct runway.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Reactions
Russia observed a national day of mourning on 26 December, at the declaration of President Vladimir Putin. Lieutenant Colonel Igor Shevernyov, director of the Military Band Service of the Moscow Military District and inspector general of the band service commented to RT on Khalilov's by noting that it was "an irreparable loss." "It will be very difficult for us", said Shevernyov. The NYPD Police Band, which had previously worked with the ensemble in Quebec, also expressed its condolences. The victims were buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast. Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered that the Moscow Military Music College be given the honorific Valery Khalilov.


2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Reactions
On 28 December, French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo published several cartoons mocking the tragedy. In response, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said: "If such, I dare say, 'artistry' is the real manifestation of 'Western values', then those who hold and support them are doomed".


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2016) were held from 23 to 27 December 2015 in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were among the criteria used to select Russia's teams sent to the 2016 World Championships and 2016 European Championships.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Competitions
In the 2015–16 season, Russian skaters competed in domestic qualifying events and national championships for various age levels. The Russian Cup series led to three events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, and the Russian Cup Final.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Senior Championships
The senior Championships were held in Yekaterinburg from 23 to 27 December 2015. Competitors qualified through international success or by competing in the Russian Cup series' senior-level events. The list of competitors was published on 23 December. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (due to Klimov's back pain) and Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin (due to Monko's injury sustained at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup) withdrew before the start of the competition.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, Junior Championships
The 2016 Russian Junior Championships (Russian: Первенство России среди юниоров 2016) were held in Chelyabinsk from 21 to 23 January 2016. Competitors qualified by competing in the Russian Cup series' junior-level events. The results of the January competition were part of the selection criteria for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2016 World Junior Championships. The list of qualifiers was published on 12 January 2016. Alena Kostornaia withdrew before the start of the event and was replaced by Elizaveta Iushenko.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, European Championships
Russia's team to the 2016 European Championships was published on 27 December 2015.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, Winter Youth Olympics
Russia's team to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was published on 23 January 2016.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
Russia's team to the 2016 World Junior Championships was published on 23 January 2016.


2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
Russia's team to the 2016 World Championships was published on 8 March 2016.


2016 Russian Grand Prix
The 2016 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix; Russian: Гран-при России 2016 года, romanized: Gran-pri Rossii 2016 goda) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 1 May 2016. The race, contested over fifty-three laps, was held at the Sochi Autodrom. It was the fourth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifth running of the Russian Grand Prix, the third time as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950. Nico Rosberg of Mercedes came into the race leading the championship ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was the defending race winner.


2016 Russian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg won the race from pole position, ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton, with Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium for Ferrari. While Rosberg extended his winning streak to seven consecutive Grands Prix, Sebastian Vettel retired from the race on the first lap, after contact with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat. With the maximum number of 100 points from the first four races of the season, Rosberg left Russia with a 43-point lead to Hamilton. By securing pole position, winning the race, setting the fastest lap and leading every lap, Nico Rosberg achieved the first grand slam of his career.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Going into the fourth Grand Prix weekend of the season, Nico Rosberg and his team Mercedes were leading the Drivers' and Constructors' championships respectively. Rosberg was 36 points ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton, having taken 75 out of 75 available points from the first three races of the season. Daniel Ricciardo followed in third place, three points behind Hamilton. In the Constructors' standings, Mercedes headed the field with 114 points, 53 points ahead of Ferrari and 57 points clear of Red Bull. This was the third time since the Russian Grand Prix debuted in Formula One in 2014 that the race was held as part of the World Championship. Two early editions of the race were held in 1913 and 1914.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Red Bull Racing used the first practice session to test the "aeroscreen", a form of cockpit protection developed in response to fatal accidents of the drivers such as Ayrton Senna, Jules Bianchi, Justin Wilson and Henry Surtees, who were struck on the head by flying debris. The aeroscreen was developed as an alternative to the "halo" device trialled by Ferrari during pre-season testing. The device was fitted to Daniel Ricciardo's car and he completed a single installation lap to assess it before it was removed for the remainder of the session. Ricciardo was satisfied with the device, saying: "Where we have the structure in place is pretty much where the mirrors are so I wouldn't say it hindered any more than we are now in terms of visibility. Peripheral vision was fine as well."


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Sole tyre supplier Pirelli brought the medium, soft and supersoft tyres to the event, continuing the trend established in the Australian, Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix. Per the regulations of the 2016 season, every driver needs to set aside one set each of the two hardest compounds for the race and one set of the supersoft tyres for Q3 (should they advance). The drivers have freedom of what other compounds they choose for the remaining ten out of thirteen sets. It was the 100th race for Pirelli tyres since their return to the sport in 2011.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Per the regulations for the 2016 season, two ninety-minute practice sessions were held on Friday and another one-hour session was held before qualifying on Saturday. In the first session on Friday morning, Nico Rosberg was fastest for Mercedes with a time of 1:38.127, more than seven-tenths of a second ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Both set their fastest times on the super-soft tyre compound, while Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen at Ferrari opted for the harder soft compound, slotting in third and fourth fastest respectively.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Several drivers had problems with spinning or running wide, either in turn two or between turns 15 and 16. Among the drivers caught out were Hamilton, Vettel, Jolyon Palmer and Jenson Button. Two reserve drivers made an appearance during the first free practice session. Sergey Sirotkin drove for Renault, taking the place of Kevin Magnussen, making his second appearance in a Formula One car, after driving for Sauber during free practice at the 2014 Russian Grand Prix. Alfonso Celis Jr. replaced Nico Hülkenberg at Force India during the first practice session. Sirotkin ended the session ahead of his teammate Palmer, while Celis finished last, more than three seconds behind teammate Sergio Pérez.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets in second practice on Friday afternoon with a time of 1:37.583, using the super-soft compound. Earlier in the session, he had suffered a spin in turn four that flat-spotted his tyres and sent him back to the pitlane. Rosberg managed only third fastest as the Mercedes drivers were split by Sebastian Vettel, even though the latter suffered from electrical problems that lost him track time.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Rosberg in turn was unable to improve on his time set on the soft-compound tyre due to his super-soft run being compromised by yellow flags shown after a spin by Romain Grosjean. Behind the top three, Kimi Räikkönen was again fourth, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas. Slowest of the session was Sauber's Marcus Ericsson, with the two Manor drivers Rio Haryanto and Pascal Wehrlein slotting in ahead of him. Wehrlein reported a loss of power after crossing the chequered flag at the end of the session.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
In third practice on Saturday morning, Hamilton narrowly beat Rosberg to the fastest time, lapping just 0.068 seconds faster than his teammate. All drivers used the super-soft tyre compound to set their fastest lap times, with the two Ferrari cars of Vettel and Räikkönen third and fourth ahead of the Williams pair of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. Vettel had spent most of the session testing his car with a heavier fuel load in preparation for the race that would see him start with a five-place grid penalty for a change of the gearbox. He completed the highest number of laps with 28, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who was 11th fastest. At the back end, the Sauber drivers of Ericsson and Nasr were slowest, behind both Manor cars.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying consisted of three parts, 18, 15 and 12 minutes in length respectively, with six drivers eliminated from competing after each of the first two sessions. During the first part of qualifying (Q1), Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time, a new fastest lap of the track ever at 1:36.006. However, he also came under investigation of the stewards as he failed to obliged the rules set for turn 2, rejoining the track earlier than allowed after running wide. After being summoned to the stewards at the end of qualifying, he walked away with a reprimand, but was not penalised. Behind Rosberg in second place, the two Ferrari cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen were third and fourth respectively. At the tail end of the field, three pairs of cars were eliminated: both Sauber, Manor and Renault drivers missed Q2.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In the second part, Nico Rosberg was fastest, half a second faster than teammate Hamilton, and 1.7 seconds clear of the pole position lap time from the year before. Both McLarens had shown promising pace, but nevertheless dropped out of contention in 12th and 14th, while Daniil Kvyat was the last driver to secure a place in Q3, demoting Carlos Sainz Jr. to 11th. Kvyat's Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo also progressed, albeit suffering a failure of his wing mirror, which hung off the side of his vehicle during his last timed lap. Eliminated at the back were both Haas drivers, along Nico Hülkenberg, who was unable to follow his teammate Pérez into Q3 and qualified 13th.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
As Q3 started, it became apparent that Lewis Hamilton would be unable to take part, suffering from a hybrid system failure in the turbo charger, the same problem that had plagued him in China two weeks earlier. Nico Rosberg went on to secure pole position, even though his last timed lap was compromised by a tyre lockup into turn 13. Sebastian Vettel was closest to Rosberg, but a five-place grid penalty meant that he would start the race from seventh on the grid, moving Valtteri Bottas into the first row.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Kimi Räikkönen was fourth fastest, ahead of Massa, Ricciardo, Pérez, Kvyat and Verstappen. After qualifying, Mercedes decided to switch Hamilton's car back to his spare power unit, which had been rebuilt following its failure at the Chinese Grand Prix, thereby avoiding a grid penalty, which they would have incurred if a new power unit would have been installed. Williams were satisfied with their pace in qualifying, praising the advances they made in slow-corner speed.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, several drivers made contact with one another into turn two. Sebastian Vettel was hit in the rear by Daniil Kvyat there and during turn three, the latter of which caused him to crash into the barrier and retire from the competition. Further back, Nico Hülkenberg was hit by Esteban Gutiérrez and collected Rio Haryanto, forcing both Hülkenberg and Haryanto into retirement as well.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the safety car came out to allow for the cars and debris to be cleared from the track, several cars headed to the pit lane to repair damage, among them Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat and Sergio Pérez. The order at the restart on lap four was: Rosberg, Räikkönen, Bottas, Massa and Hamilton, who had stayed clear of the incidents to move up to fifth. On the restart, Bottas moved ahead of Räikkönen, while Hamilton made a successful move on Massa into fourth.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Kvyat's early pit stop left him in 15th at that point, and he soon served a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for his contacts with Vettel, dropping him to last. Meanwhile, Hamilton overtook Räikkönen to move into third on lap seven. Felipe Nasr came into the pit lane on lap 12 to replace a slow puncture on his tyres. The order at the front remained the same until Bottas became the first front runner to pit for fresh tyres on lap 17. Hamilton followed suit one lap later, but still emerged behind Bottas, overtaking him into turn two another lap later. On lap 20, Räikkönen made a pit stop as well, coming back out behind Hamilton, but ahead of Bottas. All the while, Rosberg led comfortably ahead of Max Verstappen, who made his first stop on lap 23 and dropped back.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
While racing for position on lap 23, Sainz forced Jolyon Palmer off the track in turn two and was later handed a ten-second time penalty for the incident. Four laps later, Pascal Wehrlein tried to overtake Felipe Nasr for 16th, but was unsuccessful and in turn lost a position to Kvyat. His teammate Ricciardo overtook Kevin Magnussen for eighth on lap 29, but lost the position again and was in turn passed by Romain Grosjean.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
As Nico Rosberg started to lap backmarkers on lap 31, the gap to second-placed Hamilton started to come down, with his advantage dropping from more than eleven seconds to a little more than seven seconds by lap 36. Meanwhile, Verstappen was forced to retire due to power unit failure on lap 34, while running in sixth place. As Hamilton was told by his pit crew that he suffered from a water pressure problem, his gap to Rosberg started to increase again, staying at 13 seconds by lap 41. Wehrlein made a pit stop for new tyres on the same lap, but problems with his stop forced him stationary for almost a minute, resulting in him moving into last place on the road.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 47, Massa made a pit stop for new tyres from fifth place, retaining his position ahead of Fernando Alonso. All the while, Räikkönen was able to close the gap to Hamilton ahead of him to eight seconds on lap 49. On the next lap, Button passed Sainz for tenth and Ricciardo moved ahead of Palmer for 12th another lap later. Rosberg crossed the line to take his seventh consecutive victory, a feat to that point only achieved by Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen rounded up the podium ahead of the two Williams drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa. Rosberg recorded the first Grand Slam of his career, meaning he won the race, recorded the fastest lap, achieved pole position and led every lap. He was the 24th driver in history to achieve the feat.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
The first lap collision between Kvyat and Vettel that put the latter out of the race was a major talking point afterwards. The two had already been embroiled in an argument after the previous Grand Prix in China, when Vettel felt that Kvyat had caused a collision between the two Ferrari drivers. This time around, Vettel reacted to his retirement with what The Telegraph described as "one of the most explosive outbursts heard over team radio for years".


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
He later demanded an apology from Kvyat, as did Red Bull teammate Ricciardo, who felt that Kvyat, who pushed Vettel into him, had ruined his race as well. Red Bull announced that they would summon Kvyat to talks about the incident, calling their race a "disaster", with Helmut Marko, the team's young driver coordinator, calling him "over-motivated". Kvyat received three penalty points on his licence as a result of the incident. He himself said after the race: "I apologise to everyone who is involved and I will learn from it. I think we have to speak. It is easy now to attack me and I guess everyone will, but I am OK with that."


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
On 5 May, Red Bull announced that they had relegated Kvyat back to their junior squad, Toro Rosso, the team for which he made his début in 2014, for the remainder of the season, switching him with 18-year-old Max Verstappen. Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner explained the driver swap with Verstappen's talent, also stressing that the move to Red Bull would tie him to the team for the foreseeable future.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Following multiple collisions shortly after the start, Jenson Button pressed for changes to be made to turn two of the Sochi Autodrom, saying: "The bollard at turn two is the problem at the start because people are trying to fight through turns two and three. I think that needs some looking at." Apart from Kvyat, two more drivers received penalty points to their licences. Two points each were given to Carlos Sainz Jr., who was deemed to have forced Jolyon Palmer off the track and Esteban Gutiérrez, who collided with Nico Hülkenberg at the start.


2016 Russian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
As a result of the race, Nico Rosberg cemented his position at the top of the Drivers' Championship, having taken the maximum number of 100 points available from the first four rounds. Lewis Hamilton followed in second with 57 points, while Kimi Räikkönen moved up to third with 43 points. Vettel's retirement dropped him to fifth in the standings, behind Daniel Ricciardo. In the Constructors' standings, Mercedes increased their points tally to 157, now 81 points clear of second-placed Ferrari. Red Bull's poor performance saw their advantage over fourth placed Williams reduced to just six points.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash
On the morning of 1 July 2016, an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft configured for aerial firefighting and belonging to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations crashed near Lake Baikal northeast of Irkutsk in Siberia, Russia. All ten crew members were killed.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Background
Prior to the crash a wildfire had been burning near Irkutsk for several weeks. The day the aircraft was found, the aviation division of the Russian forestry agency stated that an area of more than 45,000 hectares (450 km2; 170 sq mi) of forest in Siberia was alight, while Greenpeace's Russian arm stated that, based on its interpretation of satellite data, almost ten times this area was burning just in the Irkutsk region.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-76 four-engine freighter fitted out for aerial firefighting, with manufacturer's serial number 1033417553  and registration RA-76840; it was almost 22 years old.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Flight
The Ilyushin Il-76 took off from Runway 12 at Irkutsk International Airport not long after sunrise at 06:18 local time, on a mission to fight forest fires. The last communication with the aircraft was sixteen minutes later at 06:34, when it was flying above the Bayandayevsky District in a north-easterly direction at an altitude of 9,900 feet (3,000 m).


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Recovery and investigation
After contact was lost with the aircraft, it was declared missing, which prompted a search and rescue operation. A hundred rescue workers were parachuted into the area where the aircraft disappeared. The search efforts eventually involved sixteen aircraft and 441 people in total. The search was difficult because of the large territory and the inaccessibility of the area. Ground vehicles were not able to reach the area where the Il-76 disappeared. The high temperatures combined with the low visibility from the thick smoke and trees made the operations difficult, especially for ground units. After two days of searching, the crashed aircraft was finally found.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Recovery and investigation
The aircraft was found near the village of Uyan in the Kachugsky District, about 150 miles (240 km) northeast of where contact with it was lost, burnt out except for the rear fuselage and tail. There were no survivors among the ten people on board. The wreckage was found by a firefighter. Investigators interviewed witnesses in the village of Karan who described seeing the aircraft flying above them before hearing a large "clap" after it dropped water, but not being able to hear the engines.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Recovery and investigation
The flight recorders were found to be damaged by heat but their data were extracted and analysed, revealing no technical failures during the flight. There is currently an ongoing investigation by the Interstate Aviation Committee and others. They have found that the crew had chosen to fly at minimum altitude over the area. In the last few seconds preceding the crash, the crew attempted to gain altitude. The thick smoke may have led to the choice of flight profile. The captain of the aircraft was reported to have more than 12,000 hours' flying experience; the copilot more than 5,500 hours; and the navigator more than 7,000 hours.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Recovery and investigation
Investigators found that the hot air from the wildfires could have caused loss of engine thrust, resulting in loss of altitude. The Il-76's tail may have then clipped a hillock, causing the rest of the aircraft to collide with the hillside. The crew may have lost control of the aircraft after it started hitting trees.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Aftermath
Flags were flown at half-mast and television programmes were cancelled as respect for those who were killed.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Aftermath
The Russian Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Puchkov told the families of the deceased crew that he "expresses his condolences". He stated that "All our Emergencies Ministry team is mourning. These were professional pilots and rescuers. We will never forget them." The pilots were said to be experienced, and had been in the job for decades.


2016 Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash, Aftermath
The Chairman of the Interstate Aviation Committee Sergei Yakimenko also commented on the incident, citing that human, equipment, and environmental factors may have all contributed to the crash.


2016 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships
The Russian National Freestyle  Wrestling Championships 2016 were held in Yakutsk, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia in the Triumph Arena from 27 to 29 May 2016.


2016 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, Incident between Lebedev and Musukaev
At the end of the 57 kg quarterfinal wrestling match between Lebedev and Musukaev the referees awarded the victory to Viktor Lebedev. However, after the match the Russian Championships wrestling commission considered mistakes of the referee and awarded the victory to Ismail Musukaev (4-2). Even so, Lebedev remained in the semifinals.


2016 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, Incident between Lebedev and Musukaev
After the incident, the Dagestani team walked out, along with others, including many Chechens.


2016 Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Championships, Incident between Lebedev and Musukaev
In the 57 kg final, following another controversial victory for Lebedev over Aleksandr Bogomoev, the commission decided award gold medals to both.


2016 Russian Super Cup
The 2016 Russian Football Super Cup was the 14th Russian Super Cup match, a football match which was contested between the 2015–16 Russian Premier League champion, CSKA Moscow, and the 2015–16 Russian Cup champion, Zenit Saint Petersburg.


2016 Russian Super Cup
The match was held on 23 July 2016 at the Lokomotiv Stadium, in Moscow.


2016 Russian Women's Football Championship
The 2016 Russian Women's Football Championship was the 25th season of the Russian women's football top level league. Zvezda 2005 Perm were the defending champion.


2016 Russian elections
Election Day in Russia was 18 September 2016. Among them were the legislative election for the 7th State Duma, nine gubernatorial elections, 39 regional parliamentary elections, and many elections on the municipal and local level.


2016 Russian elections, State Duma
All 450 seats of the State Duma were up for reelection on September 18.


2016 Russian elections, Other local elections
On election day in 2016 there were more than five thousand other elections of heads of municipalities and for local municipal councils of deputies in cities across the country, along with 148 local referendums.


2016 Russian gubernatorial elections
Gubernatorial elections were held on 18 September 2016 in nine federal subjects of Russia. All elections passed in one round.


2016 Russian gubernatorial elections
In seven federal subjects, there were direct elections of governors, and in two, the governor was be elected by the regional parliaments.


2016 Russian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016, having been brought forward from 4 December. At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma of the 7th convocation, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Prior to the election United Russia had been the ruling party since winning the 2011 elections with 49.32% of the vote, and taking 238 seats (53%) of the seats in the State Duma.


2016 Russian legislative election
Prior to the election, observers expected that turnout would be low and called the election campaign the dullest in recent memory. 109,820,679 voters were registered in the Russian Federation (including Crimea) on 1 January 2016. Taking into account people registered outside the Russian Federation and the voters in Baikonur, the total number of eligible voters for 1 January 2016 was 111,724,534. The vote had a record low turnout of 47.88%, with just 28% of Muscovites casting their votes before 6 pm.


2016 Russian legislative election, Background
Although the elections had been planned for 4 December 2016, deputies discussed the issue of rescheduling to an earlier date since the spring of 2015, with the second and third Sundays of September or October 2016 as possible alternatives. On 1 July 2015 the Constitutional Court of Russia accepted the possibility of conducting early elections to the Duma in 2016 under certain conditions. According to the Court, the constitution does not require the election date to be exactly five years after the previous elections and the election date can be shifted if the following conditions are met:


2016 Russian legislative election, Background
On 19 June 2015 the State Duma approved the first reading of a bill to bring the election to the State Duma forward from 4 December 2016 to the third Sunday of September 2016. The corresponding bill was adopted by the State Duma on the second and third (and final) reading with 339 deputies in favour and 102 against, with no abstentions. The document was put together by the speaker of the Duma, Sergei Naryshkin, and the three leaders of the Duma factions, Vladimir Vasilyev (United Russia), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (LDPR), and Sergei Mironov (A Just Russia).


2016 Russian legislative election, Background
The initiative to transfer the date of elections had not been supported by the deputies of the Communist Party, who called it an unconstitutional decision. Earlier, a similar opinion was expressed by the leader of the Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov. The September elections were not satisfactory to the Communists in part because the debate fell in August, "when one will be in the garden, the latter on the beach, others with their children" said Zyuganov. The Russian government supported the bill.


2016 Russian legislative election, Background
On 17 June 2016 President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the appointment of the State Duma elections on 18 September 2016. From that day parties had the right to start the nomination process for deputies to hold congresses and transmit documents of candidates to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (CEC) for registration.


2016 Russian legislative election, Background
For the first time since the controversial and unilateral 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea (from Ukraine), Crimean voters could vote in a Russian general election. Ukraine strongly condemned the vote. Various countries (among them the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and France) did not recognize the legitimacy of the election in Crimea. According to Russia correspondent for Al Jazeera English Rory Challands, (on election day) "Despite many Crimeans voting in Russian elections for 1st time, there's little excitement. Main sentiments so far are apathy and cynicism." Scuffles between police and Ukrainian nationalists were reported near polling stations for Russian citizens in (the Ukrainian cities) Kiev and Odessa.


2016 Russian legislative election, Background
In Syria, 4,751 Russian citizens (most of them taking part in the Russian military intervention in Syria) voted.


2016 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
The State Duma is elected on a single election day for a term of five years, with parallel voting that was used between 1993 and 2003.


2016 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
Out of 450 seats, 225 are elected by proportional representation from party lists with a 5% electoral threshold, the whole country forming a single constituency. Each political party should adopt a party list which should be divided into a federal part and regional groups. The federal part should have from 1 to 10 candidates, with the rest of the party list candidates comprising the regional groups. There should be at least 35 regional groups. Total number of candidates in a party list should be between 200 and 400.


2016 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
Seats are allocated using Hare quota and largest remainder method.


2016 Russian legislative election, Electoral system
The other 225 seats are elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.


2016 Russian legislative election, Chronology
On 17 June, President Vladimir Putin set the date of the election as 18 September 2016. On 20 June the Central Election Commission approved the calendar of the election campaign.


2016 Russian legislative election, Conduct
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe published its full report of the election on 23 December 2016. It noted many problems with the election, such as the lack of "clear political alternatives [with the main four parliamentary parties, limiting] voters' choice", over-regulation of the registration of political parties, lack of proper conduct during counting of votes, voters not folding their ballots on 70% of occasions and lack of transparency of campaign finance.


2016 Russian legislative election, Participating parties
The Central Election Commission determined that 14 political parties could submit lists of candidates without collecting signatures. Whilst other parties were required to present at least 200,000 signatures (with a maximum of 7,000 signatures per region).


2016 Russian legislative election, Participating parties, Parties that participated in the election
Fourteen parties were registered to participate in the election. These are the same fourteen parties that did not have to collect signatures in order to participate. None of the parties tasked with collecting signatures were registered on the ballot due to various violations or failure to submit documents.


2016 Russian legislative election, Participating parties, Single-member constituencies
In 225 single-member constituencies, candidates could be nominated by a party, or be self-nominated.


2016 Russian legislative election, Results
United Russia won a supermajority of seats, allowing them to change the Constitution without the votes of other parties. Turnout was reported as low. Throughout the day there were reports of voting fraud including video purporting to show officials stuffing ballot boxes. Additionally, results in many regions demonstrate that United Russia on many poll stations got anomalously close results, such as 62.2% in more than hundred poll stations in Saratov Oblast, suggesting that the results in these regions likely have been rigged. The government said there was no evidence of any large scale cheating.


2016 Russian legislative election, Results
On 22 September, the Central Electoral Committee canceled the results in seven constituencies, where the number of used ballots exceeded the number of registered voters, or where the authorities were videotaped stuffing the ballots. According to research by University of Michigan political scientists Kirill Kalinin and Walter R. Mebane Jr., the election results are fraudulent.


2016 Russian legislative election, Results, By region
The breakdown of the party-list results by region is as follows:


2016 Russian legislative election, Results, By region
CPRF (red) vs LDPR (blue), percentage difference based on total number of registered voters


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Scarlet Knights' third season as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and a member of the East Division. The team was led by Chris Ash, who is in his first season. Rutgers played its home games at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Schedule
Rutgers announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Scarlet Knights will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State, and will travel to Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Ohio State.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Schedule
The team will host two of the three non–conference games which are against Howard Bison from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, the New Mexico Lobos from the Mountain West Conference, and Washington Huskies from the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12).


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Game summaries, Michigan
After its game against Ohio State, Rutgers returned home to face Michigan in Michigan's first road game of the season. Michigan defeated Rutgers 49–16 in the previous meeting.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Michigan won in a historic blowout, 78–0. Michigan opened the scoring in the first quarter via a four-yard touchdown run from Ty Isaac. Michigan added to its lead via a 30-yard touchdown pass from Speight to Chesson. Michigan added 29 points in the second quarter via a seven-yard touchdown run from Peppers, two one-yard touchdown runs from Hill, a two-point conversion Garrett Moores rush, and a four-yard touchdown run from Peppers, which made the score 43–0 in favor of Michigan at half-time.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Michigan added 14 points in the third quarter via an 11-yard touchdown pass from John O'Korn to Hill, and a 15-yard touchdown run from Karan Higdon. Michigan added 21 points in the fourth quarter via a 13-yard touchdown run from Bobby Henderson, a 44-yard touchdown run from Higdon, and a 34-yard touchdown run from Isaac.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Game summaries, Michigan
The game was a statistical domination for Michigan. Michigan accumulated 600 yards of offense and eleven touchdowns (nine rushing, two passing); the nine rushing touchdowns tied for the most in modern program history. Khalid Hill recorded three touchdown scores, making him the first Michigan player with three or more scores since Chesson had four in 2015 against Indiana. Michigan improved to 6–0 for the first time since 2011 and recorded its first shutout since the previous season against Northwestern. Michigan's defense held Rutgers to only 39 total yards, two first downs, 14 three-and-outs and 0-for-17 on third down.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Michigan recorded its largest margin of victory—during either conference or non-conference play—since it defeated Chicago 85–0 in 1939. This was also the largest margin of victory in any Big Ten game since the same Michigan victory over Chicago. The defeat was Rutgers' worst loss since an 82–0 loss to Princeton in 1888.


2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Penn State piled up 39 points despite the game taking place during an ice storm and limited Rutgers to 87 yards, 5 first downs, and 1-14 third down conversions, managing only 1 yard in the entire second half.


2016 Ryder Cup
The 41st Ryder Cup Matches were held in the United States from September 30 to October 2, 2016, at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. Europe entered the competition as the cup holders, having won in 2014 in Scotland for their third consecutive win.


2016 Ryder Cup
The United States won for the first time since 2008 at Valhalla, and featured the most lopsided American victory since a 9-point win in 1981 at Walton Heath. As in 2008, the U.S. never trailed during the tournament. Ryan Moore defeated Lee Westwood by 1 hole to reclaim the Cup with three matches still in progress. Captain Davis Love III dedicated the win to Arnold Palmer, who had died five days before the competition at the age of 87 while awaiting heart surgery.


2016 Ryder Cup
A bag from Palmer's captaincy in 1975 at Laurel Valley was placed on the first tee during Friday's opening foursomes to honor "The King", and Team USA also swept the opening foursomes on Friday morning for the first time since 1975. Two days after the matches, the majority of Team USA attended Palmer's public memorial at Saint Vincent College in his hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and brought the trophy at the request of Palmer's daughter Amy. Palmer had also had a video tribute at the opening ceremony and tributes in remarks from both captains (Love and Darren Clarke) and both honorary captains (Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin).


2016 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format is as follows:


2016 Ryder Cup, Format
On the first two days there are 4 foursome matches and 4 fourball matches with the home captain choosing which are played in the morning and which in the afternoon.


2016 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points available, 141⁄2 points are required to win the Cup, and 14 points are required for the defending champion, Europe, to retain the Cup. All matches are played to a maximum of 18 holes according to the current format.


2016 Ryder Cup, Course
The announcement that the PGA of America had selected Hazeltine as the venue for the 2016 Ryder Cup was made on April 22, 2002.


2016 Ryder Cup, Course
The order of holes is different from that normally used for the course. The front nine are current holes 1–4 and 14–18 while the back nineare current holes 10–13 and 5–9.


2016 Ryder Cup, Television
The 2016 Ryder Cup was televised in the United States by Golf Channel and NBC, which planned to provide 170 hours of coverage. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the event was broadcast by Sky Sports; the broadcaster re-branded its Sky Sports 4 channel as Sky Sports Ryder Cup for the week of the event, and planned to broadcast 240 hours of coverage.


2016 Ryder Cup, Task Force
Following the European victory in the 2014 Ryder Cup, the PGA of America created a "Ryder Cup Task Force". The Task Force consisted of three PGA officials and eight players with Ryder Cup experience. There were three previous Ryder Cup captains: Raymond Floyd, Tom Lehman and Davis Love III together with Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods. The Task Force considered a number of issues including the selection of the Ryder Cup captain and vice-captains and the team selection process.


2016 Ryder Cup, Task Force
The conclusions of the Task Force were announced on February 24, 2015, with the announcement of a number of changes for the 2016 contest. Davis Love III was selected as the captain, while new criteria were specified for the selection of vice-captains. In addition a number of changes were made to the team selection process for 2016. The 11-man Task Force was disbanded after the announcement and replaced with a smaller 6-man "Ryder Cup Committee" which included Love, Mickelson and Woods.


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States
The United States qualification rules were announced by the Task Force on February 24, 2015. The majority of the team was selected from the Ryder Cup points list which was based on prize money won in important tournaments. Generally one point was awarded for every $1,000 earned. The team consisted of:


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States
There were a number of changes from 2014. The number of captain's picks was increased from three to four with the selections being made later than previously, especially moving the fourth and last pick to less than a week before the Ryder Cup, right after the completion of the Tour Championship. The qualifying events included both the 2015 World Golf Championships events and The Players Championship, on top of the four 2015 major championships as in previous years, but only included 2016 PGA Tour events actually played in 2016, thus excluded any other event played in 2015. The qualifying period was also extended because the Olympic Games had moved the timeslot for the 2016 PGA Championship which took place already at the end of July.


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States
The leading 15 players (and including the last captain's pick who was in 20th place) in the final points list were:


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States
Players in qualifying places are shown in green. Captain's picks are shown in yellow.


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe
The European team qualification rules were announced on May 26, 2015. The basic qualification rules were unchanged from those for the 2014 event. The team consisted of:


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe
Only European members of the European Tour were eligible for the team and players could only earn points in the above two lists while they were a member of the European Tour. Paul Casey was not a member of the European Tour and was ineligible to earn points or be selected to the team. Russell Knox was not yet a member of the European Tour when he won the 2015 WGC-HSBC Champions.


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe
Two weeks after that win, he took up membership in order to try to qualify for the Ryder Cup, but the money and the approximately 90 OWGR points he had earned since the start of the qualification period did not count toward his Ryder Cup point totals. If these OWGR points had counted, he would have qualified easily by finishing fourth on the world ranking list; instead, he finished in tenth place, 12.36 OWGR points from automatic qualification, and was not selected as a captain's pick.


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe
The leading players in the European Ryder Cup points lists were:


2016 Ryder Cup, Team qualification and selection, Europe
Sergio García and Justin Rose, who qualified through the World points list, finished in 17th and 26th place respectively on the European points list.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Captains
Darren Clarke was named as the European captain on February 18, 2015. He was selected by a five-man selection panel consisting of the last three Ryder Cup captains: Paul McGinley, José María Olazábal, Colin Montgomerie, another ex-Ryder Cup player David Howell and the European Tour chief executive George O'Grady.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Captains
Davis Love III was named the United States captain on February 24, 2015. He had previously captained the 2012 team.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Vice-captains
Each captain selects a number of vice-captains to assist him during the tournament.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Vice-captains
Clarke selected Thomas Bjørn, Pádraig Harrington, and Paul Lawrie as European team vice-captains in May 2016. He added Ian Poulter in June and Sam Torrance in July.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Vice-captains
Tom Lehman was named as a United States vice-captain at the same press conference that Love was named as captain. In November 2015 three more vice-captains were named: Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods. All three had been members of the American Task Force. On September 27, 2016, Love selected Bubba Watson as the fifth vice-captain.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Players
Captain's picks are shown in yellow. Davis Love III announced three captain's picks at 11:00 EDT on September 12. Ryan Moore was announced as the final captain's pick during halftime of the Sunday night NFL game on September 25. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 2016 Ryder Cup.


2016 Ryder Cup, Teams, Players
Darren Clarke announced the three captain's picks at 12.30 BST on August 30. Captain's picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 2016 Ryder Cup.


2016 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches
The tournament began with the alternate shot foursomes in the morning followed by four fourball matches in the afternoon. The pairings for the foursomes were announced on Thursday September 29.


2016 Ryder Cup, Friday's matches, Morning foursomes
Team USA swept the morning foursomes. It was the first time since 1975 that they had swept the opening session and the first time since 1981 that they had swept any session.


2016 Ryder Cup, Saturday's matches, Afternoon fourballs
Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth played together for the fourth time in the 2016 Ryder Cup and, having been paired together three times in 2014, became the first American pairing to play seven matches. By winning their match they also equaled the American record of 5 points set by Gardner Dickinson and Arnold Palmer in 1967 and 1971.


2016 Ryder Cup, Sunday's singles matches
The deciding moment for the USA with reaching 141⁄2 points to clinch victory belonged to Ryan Moore who defeated Lee Westwood on the 18th green. Thomas Pieters became the first European rookie to score 4 points, beating the previous record of 31⁄2 set by Paul Way in 1983 and by Sergio García and Paul Lawrie in 1999.


2016 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2016 S.League
The 2016 S.League (also known as the Great Eastern Yeo's S.League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996. The season began on 13 February 2016, and concluded on 28 October 2016. DPMM FC were the defending champions.


2016 S.League, Teams
A total of 9 teams competed in the league. Albirex Niigata (S) and DPMM FC were invited foreign clubs from Japan and Brunei respectively.


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


2016 S.League, Teams, Foreigners
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2016 SABA Championship
The 2016 SABA Championship was the 5th SABA Championship, and the qualifying event in the SABA subzone, one of the FIBA Asia's subzone for the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. The games were held from 6 July to 8 July in Bengaluru, India.


2016 SABA Championship
India successfully defended their title by sweeping the tournament, 3–0, winning the subzone title and the subzone's lone spot for the main tournament.


2016 SABA Championship
After a three-way tie for the second spot, Maldives notched their first podium finish by winning the point differential against third-place Nepal and fourth-place Bangladesh.


2016 SABA Championship, Venue
The Kanteerava Indoor Stadium was set to host the games for the second successive year.


2016 SABA Women's Championship
The 2016 SABA Women's Championship was the 1st SABA Women's Championship. The tournament was held from 29 March to 2 April in Kathmandu, Nepal. Five (5) teams are reported to join the women's maiden tournament for SABA subzone, one of FIBA Asia's subzone. India, Pakistan and Afghanistan were reportedly not seeing action in the five-day competition.


2016 SABA Women's Championship
Sri Lanka won their first ever subzone championship by thrashing hosts Nepal in the final game, 75-49. Maldives scored their second successive international win against Bhutan in the penultimate day of the tournament, 69-46, to bag the bronze medal.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship
The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship  was the 4th edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament began in India from 26 December 2016 and went on until 4 January 2017. The country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016. This was the first time India had hosted the SAFF Women's Championship.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship
The defending champions coming into the tournament were India, who won the three previous tournaments. By the end of the tournament, India emerged as champions again, defeating Bangladesh in the final 3–1.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship, Participating teams
Apart from the hosts, India, six other South Asian teams participated in the tournament. On 3 November 2016 it was announced that Pakistan would not participate in the tournament.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship, Venue
The Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal served as the host venue for the SAFF Women's Championship.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship, Group stage
The group stage draw for the tournament was held on 17 November 2016 at the South Asian Football Federation head office in Dhaka.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads
The 2016 SAFF Women's Championship will be the fourth edition of the SAFF Women's Championship, the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). The tournament will take place in India from 26 December 2016 to 4 January 2017, after the country was awarded hosting rights in January 2016. This will be the first time India will have hosted the SAFF Women's Championship.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads
Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group A, Nepal
The final 20-player squad was announced on 9 December 2016.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group A, Nepal
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group A, Sri Lanka
The final 20-member squad for Sri Lanka was announced on 24 December.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group A, Sri Lanka
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group B, Bangladesh
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group B, India
The final 20-member squad for India was announced on 22 December.


2016 SAFF Women's Championship squads, Group B, India
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SANFL Grand Final
The 2016 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final was played at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 25 September to determine the 2016 SANFL champion team.


2016 SANFL Grand Final
The Grand Final was contested by the 2016 minor premiers Woodville-West Torrens and Sturt. This was the first time the two teams have played each other in the SANFL Grand Final. Sturt defeated the premiership favorites Woodville-West Torrens by 27 points as an upset to claim their fourteenth premiership overall and the first time since 2002.


2016 SANFL season
The 2016 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL IGA League) was the 137th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition.


2016 SANFL season
Two key new rules to be introduced for the 2016 season are:


2016 SANFL season
Both rules were more aggressive variants of similar rule changes later made in the AFL in 2016: the AFL limited interchanges to ninety per game, and adopted a stricter interpretation of deliberate out of bounds without automatically applying it to all untouched disposals out of bounds.


2016 SANFL season
The season commenced on 24 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 25 September. Sturt won their 14th premiership and first in 14 years, defeating minor premiers Woodville-West Torrens by 27 points in the Grand Final at Adelaide Oval.


2016 SBS Drama Awards
The 2016 SBS Drama Awards (Korean: SBS 연기대상; RR: SBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 31, 2016 at SBS Prism Tower, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Lee Hwi-jae, Jang Keun-suk and Minah.


2016 SBS Entertainment Awards
The 2016 SBS Entertainment Awards (Korean: SBS 연예대상; RR: SBS Yeon-ye Daesang) presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 25, 2016 at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Lee Kyung-kyu, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Si-young. The nominees were chosen from SBS variety, talk and comedy shows that aired from December 2015 to November 2016.


2016 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season
The 2016 season is SCG Muangthong United's 8th season in the Thai Premier League since 2009. The club enters the season as the Thai Premier League Champion, and will participate in the Thai League, FA Cup, League Cup, Kor Royal Cup, Toyota Premier Cup and the AFC Champions League.


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


2016 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Kit
Manufacturer: Grand Sport Group, Main sponsor: Siam Cement, 2nd sponsor: Yamaha Corporation, 3rd sponsor: Singha, 4th sponsor: I-Mobile, 5th sponsor: Herbalife, 6th sponsor: Sponsor Beverage Brand, 7th sponsor: Coca-Cola


2016 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Kor Royal Cup
Coke Charity Cup. It's a match between Buriram United the 2015 Toyota Thai Premier League's champions VS. SCG Muangthong United the 2015 Toyota Thai Premier League's runners-up at Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.


2016 SCG Muangthong United F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 27, 2015 to January 28, 2016Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2016 to June 30, 2016


2016 SEABA Championship for Women
The 2016 SEABA Championship for Women was the 9th edition of the SEABA Championship for Women. It was held in Malacca City, Malaysia from 20 to 26 September.


2016 SEABA Championship for Women
The Malaysia Basketball Association announced Malaysia's hosting of the tournament in May 2016.


2016 SEABA Championship for Women
The Philippines secured their second title after they won over host Malaysia with the scoreline of 77–73 in September 24 with games still to be played. By that time only Malaysia could tie them by points but the winner over the other rule ensures the Philippines' title.


2016 SEABA Cup
The 2016 SEABA Cup was the qualifying event in the SEABA for the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. The fifth edition of the games took place from 22 May to 28 May 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.


2016 SEABA Cup
Automatically, only one spot was allotted for SEABA but due to the Philippines' runner-up finish in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship, the subzone was awarded another slot, thus SEABA had two spots which was contested by five SEABA teams.


2016 SEABA Cup
The Philippines won their second tournament title by defeating the hosts Thailand in the championship match, 97-80. However, both teams were already qualified to the main tournament as of 25 May due to their top two finish in the elimination round.


2016 SEABA Cup, Final round
Top two teams qualify to the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.


2016 SEABA Cup squads
These are the team rosters of the 5 teams competing in the 2016 SEABA Cup.


2016 SEABA Under-18 Championship
The 2016 SEABA Under-18 Championship was the qualifying tournament for Southeast Asia Basketball Association at the 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. The tournament was the tenth edition and took place in Medan, Indonesia from 23 April to 28 April 2016. Due to the Philippines' top five finish at the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, the subzone was allotted another spot to be contested, totaling to three spots for SEABA in the Asian tournament.


2016 SEABA Under-18 Championship, Final round
Top three teams qualify to the 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2016 SEAT León Eurocup
The 2016 SEAT León Eurocup was the sixth season of the SEAT León Eurocup.