2016 Queensland Handball League
The inaugural Brisbane Schools Handball Championship was held at Brisbane State High School with over one hundred participants in three sections. The Junior Boys was won by St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe after defeating Brisbane State High School 1. Mt Gravatt High School were third. The Junior Girls saw Brisbane State High School Yellow win. The Youth Boys was a tie between the two Brisbane State High School teams.


2016 Queensland term length referendum
The Queensland fixed four-year terms referendum was a one-question referendum held in the Australian state of Queensland on 19 March 2016, in conjunction with the state's local government elections. Electors were asked if they approved of a bill to amend the Constitution of Queensland 2001 and the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1934 to legislate for fixed-term elections for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, to be held in the last week of October every four years. The referendum was conducted by the Electoral Commission Queensland (ECQ).


2016 Queensland term length referendum
The referendum was successful, with just under 53 per cent of electors voting 'Yes'. It is the third successful Queensland referendum, after the constitutional referendum on Federation in 1899, and the 1910 referendum on religious education in schools.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Background
Queenslanders had previously voted in a referendum on 23 March 1991 on extending the maximum term of parliament from three to four years (without a fixed term provision). The 1991 referendum failed, with 811,078 No votes (51.1%) received to 772,647 Yes votes (48.9%).


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Arguments
The ECQ is required to publish statements for and against the question being put to voters. When the statements were printed and published, supporters of the 'No' case complained that the pamphlet for the 'Yes' case was more "eye-catching", with a larger, bolder typeface giving their opponents more prominence. The ECQ denied it had given one side more prominence, and that the pamphlets had been written and formatted by members of parliament who had voted for or against the bill to hold the referendum. Shadow attorney-general Ian Walker called the claims of bias a "storm in a teacup".


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Arguments, 'Yes' case
The argument for fixed four-year terms was supported in the parliament by the governing Labor Party, the opposition Liberal National Party and the three independent members of the assembly.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Arguments, 'Yes' case
Proponents of the 'Yes' case said that four-year fixed terms would reduce the cost of holding elections; provide certainty to business and electors, as well as allow MPs more time for considered policy development; and would take the politics out of the election date being decided by the Premier of the day to their party's advantage.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Arguments, 'No' case
The argument against fixed four-year terms was supported by Katter's Australian Party.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Arguments, 'No' case
KAP and other proponents of the 'No' case stated that the proposal was wrong for a unicameral parliament without an upper house, and that voters would have to wait longer to vote out a "bad" government. They said there is no guarantee that longer terms would ensure better planning and policy development, and that it would make parliamentarians more complacent and less responsive.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Arguments, 'No' case
Graeme Orr, professor of law at the University of Queensland, wrote an opinion article on the Brisbane Times online news site titled "Four-year terms in Queensland: Why you should vote no", which argued against the proposal to change.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Result
On 5 April 2016, the Electoral Commission declared that the referendum had passed, with final counting still under way but with the result beyond doubt. Electoral Commissioner Walter van der Merwe called the result "historic", given that the previous referendum on parliamentary term length in 1991 had failed, and that it was the third successful state referendum in Queensland history.


2016 Queensland term length referendum, Result
The final results were 1,302,398 'Yes' votes (52.96%) to 1,157,043 'No' votes (47.04%).


2016 Quetta police training college attack
On 24 October 2016, three heavily armed terrorists carried out an attack on the Balochistan police training college in Quetta, Pakistan, killing 61 cadets and injuring more than 165 others. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack, and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed to have collaborated with them. According to Pakistani authorities, the assailants came from Afghanistan and were in contact with their handlers there while perpetrating the attack.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Attack
Three militants entered the training centre around 11:10 pm on Tuesday 24 October, while cadets were sleeping, and opened fire before taking hundreds of police cadets hostage and engaging in a standoff with security forces. At least 61 people were killed and over 165 people were injured as well.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Attack
All the three gunmen were killed during the attack. Two detonated suicide belts and the third was shot by police. Many of the victims were killed when the attackers detonated their belts.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Perpetrators
Pakistan's national security advisor Naseer Khan Janjua stated to U.S. ambassador David Hale that India's Research and Analysis Wing and Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) were "patronising" terrorist organisations on attacking soft targets in Pakistan, and emphasised the need for effective action against militant elements in Afghanistan linked to the attack.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Perpetrators
Maj. Gen. Sher Afgan, the chief of the Frontier Corps in Quetta, said that a faction of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Pakistan-based sectarian Sunni group, was believed to have carried out the attack. Shortly afterwards, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIL) claimed responsibility via its Amaq media wing. It also released the photos of the claimed attackers.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Perpetrators
A senior security official said that the ISIL had "outsourced" the attack to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. A spokesman of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi faction Al-Alami subsequently told Reuters that the two groups (Al-Alami and ISIL) had "done this attack together". Analysts said that the ISIL clearly has a presence in Pakistan and has local groups working with it.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Aftermath
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cancelled all of his engagements and called a meeting with arms officials in Quetta. Pakistan's national security advisor Naseer Khan Janjua stated to U.S. ambassador David Hale that India's Research and Analysis Wing and Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) were "patronising" terrorist organisations on attacking soft targets in Pakistan, and emphasised the need for effective action against militant elements in Afghanistan linked to the attack.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Aftermath
Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri revealed on 10 November 2016 the arrest of mastermind and facilitator of the attack.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Reactions, International
The Chinese Foreign Ministry, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affair, German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Russia President Vladimir Putin, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, United States State Department Spokesperson John Kirby all condemned the attack and expressed their solidarity with Pakistan.


2016 Quetta police training college attack, Reactions, International
The United Nations and the European Union condemned the terrorist attack, and pledged to "work closely together with Pakistan to fight the global threat of terrorism and expressed condolences to the families of the victims."


2016 Quetta suicide bombing
2016 Quetta suicide bombing or 2016 Quetta attack  may refer to:


2016 Quetta suicide bombing, January 2016 Quetta Suicide Bombing, Incident
At least 15 people, among them 13 Police personnel, a FC soldier and a civilian, were killed while 25 others were injured when suicide bomber blew himself up near a Government health centre in Satellite Town area of Quetta. (1)


2016 Quetta suicide bombing, August 2016 Suicide Bombing
On August 8, a suicide bombing occurred in Quetta, Pakistan at a hospital which injured over a 100 and killed 70 more. (2)


2016 Quetta suicide bombing, August 2016 Suicide Bombing, Incident
Earlier in the day Bilal Anwar Kasi  president of Balochistan Bar Association, was attacked on the morning of 8 August near Mengal Chowk on Manno Jan Road while leaving his home for his office. His body was transported to the hospital for an autopsy and many people gathered at the hospital, many which were lawyers. A suicide bombing exploded inside of the hospital which led to much gunfire outside of the hospital which left many people injured or dead and about half of the fatalities and injuries were people that were lawyers. (3) The Islamic State News Agency reported that ISIS had taken responsibility for the attack.


2016 Quetta suicide bombing, August 2016 Suicide Bombing, Reaction
The prime minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the attack and announced a three-day mourning period for Pakistan. Mehmood Khan Achakzai  Chief of Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party called for  Joint Sitting of the Parliament to discuss and revisit interior and foreign policies to cope with scourge of terrorism. he stressed the need to make the parliament an origin of power and making a joint front to effectively fight the menace of terrorism. He requested the government to declare it an attack on Pakistan like the USA had declared attacks on twin towers in New York an attack on America within five minutes. (4)


2016 Quezon City local elections
Local elections will be held in Quezon City on May 9, 2016 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and six councilors at-large for each district. There are six legislative districts in the city.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Background
Incumbent City Mayor Herbert Bautista will be facing tight competition in the mayoralty elections against Leon Peralta, an advocate against Trapos (traditional politicians) and political dynasty, NGO worker Martin Sanchez, Jr. and radioman Alex Lague. Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, who will seek a reelection, will faced four challengers, including radioman Rolando Jota, and businessmen Henry Samonte, Allan Bantilo and Glenn Nicanor Acol.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Background
In the congressional race, only four Congressmen, Winnie Castelo, Jorge Banal, Alfred Vargas and Kit Belmonte will be running for reelection in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th districts, without any opponents. House Speaker Sonny Belmonte will faced up against Hadja Lorna Aquino and Hans Palacios in the 4th district. Incumbent representative Francisco Calalay and his predecessor Bingbong Crisologo will be tossed-up for the seat in the 1st district.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Candidates, Mayor
(*) Note: He was then considered by the Liberal Party to be part of their senatorial line-up but he decided to run instead as mayor.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Candidates, Councilor, 1st District
Note: Incumbent councilors Dorothy Delarmente and Ricardo Belmonte Jr are barred and cannot seek reelection. They will running for the party-list seat as the 1st and 2nd nominees of Serbisyo sa Bayan party-list, respectively.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Candidates, Councilor, 2nd District
Note: Incumbent councilor Roderick Paulate cannot seek reelection due to his perpetual disqualification in the public office.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Candidates, Councilor, 3rd District
Note: Incumbent councilor Jaime Borres is not eligible for reelection.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Candidates, Councilor, 4th District
Note: Incumbent councilors Vincent Belmonte and Atty. Bong Suntay are barred and cannot seek reelection. Incumbents Jessica Castelo Daza and Bayani Hipol will not run for reelection.


2016 Quezon City local elections, Candidates, Councilor, 6th District
Note: Incumbent councilor Candy Medina is barred and cannot seek reelection.


2016 Quezon local elections
Local elections was held in the Province of Quezon on May 9, 2016 as part of the 2016 general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Quezon.


2016 Quezon local elections, Provincial elections
The candidates for governor and vice governor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected.


2016 Quezon local elections, Congressional elections, 1st District
Wilfredo Mark Enverga is term-limited. Heis sister, Trina Enverga-Dela Paz, will run for congressman.


2016 Quezon local elections, Lucena local elections
This refers to the candidates and winners of the 2016 election in the highly-urbanized city of Lucena, independent from the province.


2016 Quezon local elections, Lucena local elections, Mayoralty elections
Mayor Roderick Alcala and Vice Mayor Philip Castillo is the incumbent.


2016 Quick Lane Bowl
The 2016 Quick Lane Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on December 26, 2016. The third edition of the Quick Lane Bowl featured the Maryland Terrapins of the Big Ten Conference and the Boston College Eagles of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2016 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Boston College Eagles against the Maryland Terrapins.


2016 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams
This was the twelfth meeting between the schools, with Boston College leading the all-time series 8–3 coming into the game. Notably, Boston College and Maryland had been together in the ACC from 2005 until 2013, after which Maryland left to join the Big Ten.


2016 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams
Their most recent meeting had been on November 23, 2013, when the Eagles defeated the Terrapins by a score of 29–26.


2016 Quiz Olympiad
Organised by the International Quizzing Association and held from 3 to 6 November 2016, the 2016 Quiz Olympiad in Athens was the inaugural Quiz Olympiad. Replacing the annual European Quizzing Championships, the event was open to quizzers from all over the world, with representatives of 26 nations competing.


2016 Quiz Olympiad, Event, Quizzes
The following were the official quizzes at the 2016 Quiz Olympiad:


2016 Quiz Olympiad, Event, Quizzes
Some quizzes have similar standing with IOC demonstration sports. These were awarded medals, but do not feature on the overall medals table:


2016 Quiz Olympiad, Participants
There were 201 participants from 26 nations at the 2016 Quiz Olympiad. Some notable participants included Nico Pattyn and Ronny Swiggers of Belgium; Dorjana Širola of Croatia; Kevin Ashman, Olav Bjortomt, Pat Gibson, Ian Bayley, David Stainer, Paul Sinha, and Jenny Ryan of England; Tero Kalliolevo of Finland; Holger Waldenberger of Germany; Anne Hegerty and Barry Simmons of Scotland; Ed Toutant, Ken Jennings, and Shane Whitlock of the United States; and David Edwards of Wales.


2016 RAN Sevens
The 2016 RAN Sevens will be the 16th edition of the annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Rugby Americas North. It will be played in Trinidad and Tobago at Saint Mary's College in Port of Spain


2016 RAN Sevens
The top two teams (excluding Canada) will qualify for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to qualify as a core team in the Sevens World Series.


2016 RAN Women's Sevens
The 2016 RAN Women's Sevens Championship was the twelfth tournament of the RAN Women's Sevens, the official rugby sevens continental championships organized by RAN. Both the women's and men's competitions were held at Saint Mary's College, Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain on 12–13 November 2016.


2016 RAN Women's Sevens
Ten national teams competed in the women's tournament. Jamaica as the best placed non-core team qualified to compete at 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens to compete for a spot on the World Series.


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
The 2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States between 1 and 6 February 2016.


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Denys Molchanov and Andrey Rublev were the defending champions, but they chose to compete with different partners.


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Molchanov competed alongside Radu Albot while Rublev played with Frances Tiafoe. Molchanov and Albot lost in the quarterfinals to Nicolas Meister and Eric Quigley while Rublev and Tiafoe lost in the first round to Hans Hach Verdugo and Dennis Novikov.


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Nicolas Meister and Eric Quigley went on to win the title, defeating Sekou Bangoura and Dean O'Brien in the final 6–1, 6–1.


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Tim Smyczek was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Kyle Edmund.


2016 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Kyle Edmund went on to win the title, defeating Daniel Evans in the final 6–3, 6–2.


2016 RC Hotel Open
The 2016 RC Hotel Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Jönköping, Sweden between 7 and 13 March 2016.


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


2016 RC Hotel Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry courtesy of a special exemption:


2016 RC Hotel Open – Doubles
Isak Arvidsson and Fred Simonsson won the title, defeating Markus Eriksson and Milos Sekulic 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] in the final.


2016 RC Hotel Open – Singles
Andrey Golubev won the title, defeating Karen Khachanov 6–7(9–11), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2016 RFL Championship
The 2016 Rugby Football League Championship, known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, was a rugby league football competition played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2016 season was the second to consist of a new structure combining the championship and super league divisions three quarters of the way through the season.


2016 RFL Championship
The 2016 Championship featured 12 teams, which all played one another twice in the regular season, once at home, and once away, totalling 22 games. The 2016 season also featured the "Summer Bash Weekend" for a second time. This is a 23rd round of fixtures which replicates Super League's Magic Weekend concept for the Championship sides. After these 23 rounds in both the Championship and the Super League, the two divisions of twelve were split into three divisions of eight, the "Super 8's".


2016 RFL Championship
Following the split into the Super 8's, the top four teams in the Championship 2016 joined the bottom four teams of the Super League 2016 in the qualifiers. This group saw each team play each other once each, totalling seven extra games, with points reset to zero for the qualifiers. After seven extra rounds, the top three teams earned a place in the Super League competition for 2017, thus either retaining or earning a place in the top competition.


2016 RFL Championship
The teams finishing 4th and 5th in the qualifiers played off in an extra fixture, hosted by the fourth-place side, for the final place in the 2017 Super League competition. The loser of this fixture, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th, and 8th in the qualifiers, were either relegated to or remained in the Championship for the 2017 season.


2016 RFL Championship
Teams finishing after 23 rounds between 5th and 12th in the Championship played in the third of the three "Super 8" groups, "The Championship Shield". This saw each team playing each other once more, but with points from the original season retained. Following the additional seven rounds a four-team play-off took place pitting 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners playing each other in the final to win the new "Championship Shield". The two teams finishing at the bottom of this group of eight were relegated to the 2017 Kingstone Press League One, being replaced by two promoted teams from the 2016 League 1 competition.


2016 RFL Championship
Relegation to League 1 was in place for the 2016 season, with the two bottom teams from "The Championship Shield" group after the split suffering the drop, with promotion to the Super League being available to teams finishing in the top four after 23 rounds. All of the teams in the 2016 Championship also competed in the 2016 Challenge Cup, where they entered in the third round.


2016 RFL Championship, Teams
This year's competition featured 12 teams. The teams consisted of ten of the 12 teams from 2015, the champion of the 2015 Championship 1 season, Oldham, and the champion of the Championship 1 playoffs, Swinton Lions. Doncaster and Hunslet Hawks, who finished in the bottom two in 2015, were relegated to League One for 2016.


2016 Racket Club Open
The 2016 Racket Club Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 11 and 17 January 2016.


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


2016 Racket Club Open – Doubles
Second seeds Facundo Bagnis and Máximo González won the title, beating Sergio Galdós and Christian Lindell 6–1, 6–2


2016 Racket Club Open – Singles
Facundo Bagnis won his sixth career ATP Challenger Tour title, beating Arthur De Greef 6–3, 6–2


2016 Racquetball World Championships
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Colombia has hosted Worlds, and the first time Worlds have been in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia hosted the event.


2016 Racquetball World Championships
American Rocky Carson and Mexican Paola Longoria are the incumbent champions in men's and women's singles, respectively.


2016 Racquetball World Championships
Longoria was also the incumbent champion in women's doubles with Samantha Salas and they also successfully defended their title. Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera will be trying to defend the Men's Doubles title that they won in Canada two years ago.


2016 Racquetball World Championships, Tournament format
The 2016 World Championships used a two-stage format to determine the World Champions. Initially, players competed in separate groups over three days. The results were used to seed players for an elimination round. Thus, there was no team competition. Team standings were based on points earned from the singles and doubles competitions.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds have been in Colombia, and the first time the event was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was host.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles
Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Javier Moreno won the Men's Doubles World Championship for the third time as a team, when the defeated Americans Jake Bredenbeck and Jose Diaz in the final, 15-12, 15-9. Previously, the Mexicans had won in 2006 and 2012. Moreno also won the title in 2000 with Luis Bustilos. The Mexicans defeated the defending World Champions, Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera of Colombia, in the semi-finals.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Doubles, Tournament format
The 2016 World Championships was a two-stage competition. There was an initial group stage played as a round robin with the results used to seed teams for the medal  round.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15-23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was the host city.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles
American Rocky Carson won gold for the fifth consecutive time, extending his career record, when he defeated Mexican Daniel De La Rosa, in the final, 15-11, 5-15, 11-5. But it was the first time that Carson needed a tie-breaker to win the final, and he also needed three games to advance to the final, as Bolivian Conrrado Moscoso took him to a tie-breaker in the semi-finals.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Men's Singles, Tournament format
The 2016 World Championships used a two stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Doubles
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15 to 23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds have been in Colombia, and the first time the event was held in South America since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was host.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Doubles
In the final, Americans Aimee Ruiz and Janel Tisinger upset Mexicans Paola Longoria and Samantha Salas, who were the three time defending champions in Women's Doubles. Ruiz and Tisinger were silver medalists in 2014, when they lost to the Mexicans in the final. The win was Ruiz's third World Championship in Women's Doubles, as she also won in 2006 with Laura Fenton and 2008 with Jackie Paraiso. It was Tisinger's first World Championship.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Doubles, Tournament format
The 2016 World Championships was a two-stage competition. There was an initial group stage played as a round robin with the results used to seed teams for the medal  round.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles
The International Racquetball Federation's 18th Racquetball World Championships were held in Cali, Colombia from July 15–23, 2016. This was the first time Worlds were in Colombia, and the first time a South American country hosted the event since 1998, when Cochabamba, Bolivia was the host city.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles
Mexican Paola Longoria won her third World Championship in Women's Singles, which ties her with Cheryl Gudinas and Michelle Gould for most World Championships in Women's Singles. Ana Gabriela Martinez of Guatemala was Longoria's opponent in the final, and she was a surprise finalist, as she was only 16 years old, although she was the World Junior Champion in Girl's U16. Also, neither American player - Michelle Key or Rhonda Rajsich - made the podium, which was the first time a USA woman had not finished in the top three in World Championship history.


2016 Racquetball World Championships – Women's Singles, Tournament format
The 2016 World Championships used a two-stage format with an initial group stage that was a round robin with the results used to seed players for a medal round.


2016 Radio Disney Music Awards
The 2016 Radio Disney Music Awards were held and filmed on April 30, 2016, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony premiered on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 7/6c on Radio Disney and Disney Channel. Scooter Braun was announced as creative executive-producer this year. This year's show also introduced new categories including Country Music Awards in honor of the newly opened, Radio Disney Country.


2016 Radio Disney Music Awards, Production
Radio Disney DJ Brooke Taylor and American singer Alex Aiono were announced as the red carpet presenters. On  April 28, 2016, Radio Disney and Disney Channel announced it has partnered with Immersive Media, a virtual reality company, to live-stream the red carpet. The  virtual content was viewable on tablets and mobile devices.


2016 Radio Disney Music Awards, Winners and Nominees
The nominees were announced on March 4, 2016. The winners were revealed on April 30, 2016.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 4 January 2016 with the start of the 2016 Qatar Open.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Qatar Open
Nadal began his year at the Qatar Open. He faced compatriot Pablo Carreño Busta in the first round  and managed a comeback by defeating him in three sets. He then defeated Robin Haase in straight sets but then required three sets to defeat Andrey Kuznetsov in the quarter-finals. Nadal then defeated Illya Marchenko in the semifinals in straight sets to advance to the final, where he faced Novak Djokovic for the title. Nadal was crushed, winning just three games in a straight sets defeat, and thus lost his lead in his head-to-head record against Djokovic for the first time.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open Series, Australian Open
Nadal suffered a shocking defeat in the first round of the 2016 Australian Open at the hands of his compatriot Fernando Verdasco in five gruelling sets. This marked only the second time in his entire professional career that he has lost in the first round of a grand slam singles tournament. The only other first round loss was to Steve Darcis at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, South American Clay Court Season, Argentina Open
After receiving a bye in the first round, Nadal reached the semifinals of the Argentina Open by defeating Juan Mónaco and Paolo Lorenzi respectively in straight sets. However, he lost to an in-form young-gun Dominic Thiem in the semifinals in three sets after squandering 2 match points.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, South American Clay Court Season, Rio Open
Nadal opens his Rio Open campaign by defeating compatriots Pablo Carreno Busta and Nicolas Almagro respectively in straight sets to book his place in the quarterfinals. He got a walkthrough to the semifinals after Alexandr Dolgopolov withdrew due to a right-shoulder injury. He eventually lost to Pablo Cuevas in the semifinals.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, March Masters, Indian Wells Masters
After receiving a bye in the first round, Nadal recorded his first win after changing back to his old racket against Gilles Müller in three tight sets and booked his place in the fourth round winning his rematch against Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. Nadal reaches the quarterfinals for the second straight year after saving a match point against rising star Alexander Zverev to beat him in three gruelling-sets. He defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets for his first top 10 win of the season to advance to the semifinals. He lost to Novak Djokovic 7–6, 6–2 in the semifinal after squandering a set point on Djokovic's serve in the first set making their head-to-head record 25–23 in Djokovic's favor.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, March Masters, Miami Masters
After a bye in the first round, Nadal lost to Damir Džumhur in the second round, retiring in the third set of their match citing dizziness due to the extreme heat at the end of the first set.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, European Clay Court Season, Monte-Carlo Masters
After receiving a bye in the first round, Nadal defeated Aljaz Bedene in straight sets and faced a more stringent test in the third round against the in-form Dominic Thiem. After two hours on the court, Nadal came out victorious, beating Thiem in straight sets 7–5, 6–3. Nadal reached the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters for the 2nd straight year after a dominant straight sets win in the quarterfinals against 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, European Clay Court Season, Monte-Carlo Masters
After dropping the first set in the semifinals 2–6 to world #2 Andy Murray, Nadal rallied to beat Murray 6–4, 6–2, upping his head-to-head record against Murray to 17–6. In the final, Nadal defeated an in-form Gaël Monfils in three tough sets, winning 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 to claim his 9th Monte Carlo masters trophy, ending a nearly 2-years Masters 1000 title drought since his last Masters title in Madrid 2014. After leading the Masters 1000 title tally for several years Nadal was surpassed by Novak Djokovic in Miami 2016 but the Monte Carlo win ensures that Nadal is again tied with Djokovic for a record of 28 masters titles.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, European Clay Court Season, Barcelona Open
After a first round bye, Nadal continued his dominant form by dispatching compatriots Marcel Granollers and Albert Montanes in straight sets to proceed to the Quarterfinals. Nadal faced Fabio Fognini who defeated him 3 times the previous year and managed to close out the match in the 2nd set tiebreak in straight sets. Nadal reaches his 101st final beating German Philipp Kohlschreiber in a one-sided contest, winning in straight sets. He defeated two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori in the final 6–4, 7–5, winning the tournament without dropping a single set and winning a record 9th Barcelona Open and equalling the record of most clay court titles won with Guillermo Vilas with 49 clay court titles.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, European Clay Court Season, Madrid Open
After receiving a first round bye, Nadal put on a superb display against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov, beating him in straight sets along with Sam Querrey, dispatching him in a hard-fought straight sets win, nearly going 1–5 down in the first set after fending off a break point in his own serve in the 5th game and then winning 5 straight games to clinch the first set and reach the quarterfinals. Nadal progresses to the semis beating an in-form Joao Sousa in three-sets despite winning the first set in a bagel. He lost to Andy Murray in the semifinal with a score of 7–5, 6–4.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, European Clay Court Season, Italian Open
Nadal received an unfavorable draw and, after a bye in the first round, Nadal faced Phillip Kohlschreiber and beat him 6–3, 6–3. Nadal then faced Nick Kyrgios who famously beat Nadal at the 2014 Wimbledon and, despite Kyrgios winning the first set in a tiebreak, Nadal won the last 2 sets, breaking Kyrgios 3 times and winning in three sets to book his place in the quarterfinals, where he was  beaten by Novak Djokovic in straight sets.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, European Clay Court Season, French Open
Nadal gained a top 4 seeding for his French Open campaign after Federer withdrew with a back injury which guaranteed he won't be meeting Djokovic until the semifinals. Nadal defeated Sam Groth in the first round 6-1 6-1 6-1. In the second round, Nadal defeated Facundo Bagnis. However, Nadal was forced to withdraw a day before his 3rd round match due to a wrist injury.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Rio Olympics
Having not played since May 28, Nadal took part in his first competitive match in the Rio Olympic games. Nadal Faced Argentina's Federico Delbonis. Nadal was in no mood to mess around as he put in an excellent performance, winning 6–2 6–1. In the next round, he faced Andreas Seppi, but beat him in straight sets. Nadal faced Gilles Simon from France, and despite hitting 28 unforced errors in the first set, Nadal came through 7-6 6-3. Nadal then faced home favourite and fellow lefty Thomaz Bellucci. Nadal came through in 3 tough sets.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Rio Olympics
He then faced a resurgent Juan Martín del Potro, the pair last met three years ago. Despite Nadal winning the first set, del Potro fought back to claim victory in an epic olympic semi-final. After the loss to del Potro, Rafa faced Kei Nishikori in the bronze medal match. A visibly exhausted Nadal lost the first set 6–2. He was then 5–2 down in the second, but Nishikori nerves were visible, Nadal levelling 7–6. But in the end, Nishikori was too good, prevailing 6–3 in the third.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Rio Olympics
Nadal saw more success in the doubles tournament playing alongside Marc Lopez, winning the gold medal. Nadal was also set to play in the mixed doubles alongside Garbiñe Muguruza, but withdrew without playing a match, saying the medical staff advised that three tournaments could aggravate his wrist's recovery.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, Cincinnati Masters
Nadal was defeated in the third round by Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year in detail, US Open Series, US Open
Entering the tournament as the fourth seed, Nadal advanced to the fourth round but was defeated by 24th seed Lucas Pouille in 5 sets.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Tournament schedule, Singles schedule
Nadal's 2016 singles tournament schedule is as follows:(Bolded letter indicates better or same result at the tournament)


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Tournament schedule, Singles schedule
1 The symbol (i) = indoors means that the respective tournament will be held indoors.


2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Rafael Nadal has a 39–14 (73.6%) match win-loss record in the 2016 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 4–5 (44.4%). The following list is ordered by number of wins:(Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 30)


2016 Railway budget of India
2016 Railway Budget of India refers to the Railway Budget of the Indian Railways in the fiscal year 2016–17. The budget was presented by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Parliament on 25 February 2016. It was the final Railway Budget of India as after this budget, the Railway Budget got merged with the Union Budget of India.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary
There were no fare hikes. It was announced that the freight tariffs would be changed to make them more competitive to the cost of transport by road. The capital outlay for 2016-17 was set at ₹1.21 lakh crore (US$17 billion), a 20% increase from last year. The revenue from traffic was projected at ₹1.85 lakh crore (US$26 billion).


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, Cleanliness
It was announced that 17,000 bio-vacuum toilets would be installed on various trains. These toilets use a bacterium developed by the DRDO in the compost tank. Additional toilets would be built in 475 stations. A "Clean My Coach" initiative was announced which will allow passengers to request cleaning service by SMS.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, Safety
A target to eliminate all unmanned railway crossings by 2020 was announced. There are about 11,000 unmanned crossings in India. The 2015 budget had allocated ₹6,581 crore (US$923 million) to eliminate 3,500 of these crossing. But by February 2016, work had been completed on only 1,000 of them. CCTVs will be installed in major stations. It was also announced that travel insurance will be offered to passengers.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, Convenience and comfort
New SMART (Specially Modified Aesthetic Refreshing Travel) coaches will be introduced, which will be roomier and have automatic doors, entertainment and vending machines. FM radio stations will be invited to provide entertainment at selected stations. The railway magazine, Rail Bandhu, will be now published in all regional languages and would be available for purchase to reserved passengers.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, Facilities for senior citizens, women and differently-abled persons
The budget introduced some new facilities for senior citizens, women and differently-abled persons. The number of lower berths reserved for senior citizens was increased by 50% to about 120 per train. Under the reserved category, 33% was earmarked for women travelers. In all coaches, the middle bays were reserved for women. A 24-hours helpline for women was announced. Women traveling with infants will provided with baby foods, milk, hot water and diaper-changing boards on trains and stations under the "Janani Seva" initiative.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, Facilities for senior citizens, women and differently-abled persons
It was also announced that differently-abled persons will be able to register once online to avail concession. New Braille-enabled coaches will be introduced. Wheelchairs will be allowed to be booked online. Under the Accessible India Campaign, all stations currently under redevelopment will be made disabled-friendly.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, New trains and projects
Antyodaya Express will be a fully unreserved Superfast Express class of trains which will run on dense routes. A few unreserved additional coaches called "Deen Dayalu" coaches will added to long distance trains. These coaches will have potable water and mobile charging ports. The Mahamana Express between Delhi and Varanasi was announced with upgraded coaches.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, New trains and projects
Humsafar Express, an AC 3-tier service with optional meal service, targeted at the middle class was announced. Tejas will be a semi-high speed train with a speed of 130 km/h. It will provide onboard WiFi, entertainment and local cuisine. Uday Express or Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri Express will be double-decker trains with 40% additional passenger capacity. They will run overnight on busy routes. Three new freight corridors were announced: Delhi to Chennai, Kharagpur to Mumbai, and Kharagpur to Vijaywada.


2016 Railway budget of India, Summary, Other
A Special Unit for Transportation Research and Analytics (SUTRA) was announced to datamine the 1TB of data collected annually by the railways. It was reported that an audit of operations in the Ghaziabad to Mughalsarai section has been started. The heavy traffic section used to affect the entire network. Following the audit, some improvement in punctuality were observed.


2016 Railway budget of India, Responses
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the budget passenger-centric and said that it caters to all sections of the society. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari called the budget reformative and claimed that it will change the basic infrastructure of the railways.


2016 Railway budget of India, Responses
The Aam Aadmi Party in a statement called the budget oblivious to the needs of the common man. It claimed that the budget panders to the corporations. It also pointed out that the benefit of falling oil prices were not passed on to the passengers. INC leader Shashi Tharoor said that the budget seemed like corporate presentation and that it had no concrete proposals for changes in the services.


2016 Railway budget of India, Responses
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik welcomed the increased allocation of funds towards his state, a 30% increase from 2015. He also praised the extension of the Kharagpur to Vijayawada freight corridor. Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel praised the railway budget for the facilities provided to senior citizens and women.


2016 Railway budget of India, Responses
The stock market index SENSEX fell 113 points after the announcement. The stock values of companies in the railway sector also fell.


2016 Rakhine United F.C. season
Rakhine United FC (Burmese: ရခိုင်ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) Football Club is a professional football club based in Rakhine State that plays in the Myanmar National League. At the end of the 2016 season, Rakhapura United FC finished in 10th position. Rakhine United FC's biggest win was a 7-2 victory in General Aung San Cup against Manaw Myay.


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the Japan Open, and part of the 500 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 3–9, 2016.


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but Melo chose to play in Beijing instead.


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Klaasen played alongside Rajeev Ram, but lost in the final to Marcel Granollers and Marcin Matkowski, 2–6, 6–7(4–7).


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
Nick Kyrgios won the title, defeating David Goffin in the final, 4−6, 6−3, 7−5. This was his first ATP 500 level title.


2016 Rally America season
The 2016 Rally America season is the 12th consecutive season of the Rally America series. The Rally America series is currently the premiere stage rally championship in the United States. The season consists of eight events across the country.


2016 Rally America season, Championship Standings
This table represents the current championship standings from the 2016 Rally America season. Competitors that start each event get one point, competitors that finish get another point, and then further points are determined by placing order at the end of the event. 1st place receives 20 points, 2nd place receives 15 points, 3rd place receives 12 points and so on. The table underneath shows how points are distributed.


2016 Rally America season, Championship Standings
*In the above table, where noted, certain events and their points are dropped from the championship total. This is because there are only 6 allowed events in the national championship. This allows competitors that race in all 8 events to drop their two worst scores leaving them with 6 total races. Since the season is not yet over, many of the dropped races are estimated by worst placing finish, and will be determined at a later date.


2016 Rally Argentina
The 2016 Rally Argentina (formally the 36° YPF Rally Argentina) was the fourth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 21 April and 24 April 2016, and operated out of Córdoba, Argentina. Hyundai's Hayden Paddon won the race, his first win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rally Argentina, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 16.32 km (10.14 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally Australia
The 2016 Rally Australia (formally the 25. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2016) was the thirteenth and final round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 17 November and 20 November 2016, and was based in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Volkswagen's Andreas Mikkelsen won the race, his third win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rally Australia, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 6.44 km (4.00 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally Catalunya
The 2016 Rally Catalunya (formally the 52. RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada) was the eleventh round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 13 October and 16 October 2016, and was based in Salou, Catalonia, Spain. Volkswagen's Sébastien Ogier won the race, his 37th win in the World Rally Championship, securing his fourth world champion title.


2016 Rally Catalunya, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 12.10 km (7.52 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally Estonia
The auto24 Rally Estonia 2016 was the seventh running of the Rally Estonia and also the sixth round of the 2016 European Rally Championship season. The event was won by Ralfs Sirmacis & Māris Kulšs after Alexey Lukyanuk & Alexey Arnautov crashed out from the lead on the penultimate stage.


2016 Rally Finland
The 2016 Rally Finland (formally known as the 66. Neste Rally Finland) was the eighth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship season, an auto racing event for rally cars. It was held over twenty-four stages based in and around Jyväskylä in central Finland from 28 July to 31 July 2016, with competitors covering 333.99 km (207.53 mi) of competitive kilometres. It was won by Northern Irishman Kris Meeke, his second win of the season. Meeke established a new record for the fastest FIA WRC round in history - the 126.60 km/h average speed beat the previous record by 1.2 km/h.


2016 Rally Finland, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 10.15 km (6.31 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally Islas Canarias
The 2016 Rally Islas Canarias was the first round of the 2016 European Rally Championship season, held in the Canary Islands between 10-12 March 2016.


2016 Rally Islas Canarias
The rally was won by Alexey Lukyanuk for him to lead the championship, and it continued his winning streak from the last event of the 2015 season. The WRC rally-winner and current Ford works driver Mads Østberg retired early on his ERC début after having led from stage one. In the latter stages, the field was headed by a non-registered local competitor, Enrique Cruz, who won this rally outright, so Lukyanuk won the ERC portion of the event. The WRC-2 winner was Wojciech Chuchala. The WRC-3 winner was Lukasz Habaj. The ERC ladies winner was Emma Falcon.


2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
The 2016 Rally di Sardegna (formally the 13º Rally Italia Sardegna) was the sixth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 9 June and 12 June 2016, and was based in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. Hyundai's Thierry Neuville won the race, his 2nd win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rally Mexico
The 2016 Rally Mexico (formally the 13º Rally Guanajuato México) was the third round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 3 March and 6 March 2016, and was based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Volkswagen's Jari-Matti Latvala won the race, his 16th win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rally Mexico, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 16.47 km (10.23 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally Poland
The 2016 Rally Poland (formally the 73. PZM Rajd Polski) was the seventh round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The event was held over four days between 30 June and 3 July 2016, and was based in Mikołajki, Poland.


2016 Rally Poland
Sebastian Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners having won the event in the previous two seasons. Volkswagen's Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger won the rally after taking the lead in penultimate stage .It was Mikkelsen's second win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rally Poland, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 8.55 km (5.31 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally Sweden
The 2016 Rally Sweden (formally known as the 64. Rally Sweden) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 14 February 2016. It marked the sixty-fourth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2016 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 and WRC-3 seasons.


2016 Rally Sweden
Due to a lack of snow in the area, eight Special Stages were cancelled prior to the start of the rally, including the opening Super Special stage and all of day three stages apart from the final Power Stage. The penultimate stage, SS20, was cancelled during the event. Of the 21 scheduled stages, only 12 were run.


2016 Rally Sweden
Defending World Champion Sébastien Ogier started won his second consecutive rally of the season and his third Rally Sweden victory.


2016 Rally Sweden, Results, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 15.87 km (9.86 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rally de Portugal
The 2016 Rally de Portugal (formally the 50. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2016) was the fifth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 19 May and 22 May 2016, and was based in Matosinhos, Portugal. Citroën's Kris Meeke won the race, his 2nd win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rally de Portugal, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 11.19 km (6.95 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Rallye Deutschland
The 2016 Rallye Deutschland (formally the 34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland) was the ninth round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 19 August and 21 August 2016, and was based in Trier, Germany. Volkswagen's Sébastien Ogier won the race, his 35th win in the World Rally Championship.


2016 Rallye Deutschland, Special stages, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 14.84 km (9.22 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2016 Ramadi bombing
On 27 January 2016, up to a dozen car bombs were set off in the city of Ramadi, attacking the 10th Iraqi army division. The attack killed 55 Iraqi soldiers and pro-government tribal fighters, wounding an unknown number as well. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.


2016 Ranchi Rays season
The 2016 season is Ranchi Rays' second season in the Hockey India League. The season covers the period from 18 January to 21 February 2016. The season saw the introduction of a new rule according to which weightage for field goals was double compared to the goals scored from penalty corners, meaning a field goal will count as two while successfully converted short corner will still be considered as one goal.


2016 Ranchi Rays season, League
The fixtures for 2016 season were drawn on 6 January 2016. Ranchi Rays began their campaign on 19 January with a 2–0 loss away to Punjab Warriors. In its second game on 22 January, Rays registered an away win against Uttar Pradesh Wizards. After a 15th minute field goal by Wizards giving the team a 2–0 lead, Rays scored its first goal in the 45th minute after Sarvanjit Singh converted a penalty corner into a goal.


2016 Ranchi Rays season, League
Jackson followed it up with a field goal with an assist provided by Barry Middleton in the 48th minute and a 60th-minute goal with a penalty corner conversion, and the team finished 4–2. Playing its first home game on 26 January, Rays beat Delhi Waveriders 2–1 that included another brace by Jackson, converting penalty corners in the 29th and 31st minute.


2016 Ranchi Rays season, League
Playing then table-toppers Kalinga Lancers at home, dubbed the 'Eastern derby', Rays were down 0–1 in the 33rd minute, and came from behind with a penalty conversion by Jackson in the 39th minute and a field goal by Tim Deavin in the 48th minute to win the game 3–1. With the win, Rays replaced Lancers at the top of the table. In its second game against Punjab Warriors, playing at home, Rays were down 0–2 in the 7th minute. Field goals from Kothajit Singh in the 18th minute and Daniel Beale in the 28th minute saw them go 4–2 up. After another field goal from Warriors, Sandeep Singh of Rays converted a penalty in the 43rd minute after coming in as a substitute, to win the game 5–4.


2016 Ranchi Rays season, League
Playing Dabang Mumbai away on 3 February, Rays scored the equalizing goal to make 1–1 in the 18th minute. Jackson scored his second goal for Rays with a penalty conversion to go 4–3 up in the 41st minute. In the same minute, Mumbai scored a field goal to go 5–3 up. Despite a Sandeep Singh penalty conversion in the 59th minute, the match went in Mumbai's favour 7–5. Playing table-leaders Kalinga Lancers again, now away, Rays were down 0–2 in the 9th minute.


2016 Ranchi Rays season, League
For Rays, Jackson converted a penalty corner the next minute, and with a 49th minute field goal by Mohammad Amir Khan, they finished the game winning 3–2, and in the process again upstaged Lancers at the top of the table with a total of 27 points off 7 games to the latter's 23 off 8. Playing Delhi Waveriders in its final away game, Rays were down 0–5 by the 19th-minute. With field goals from Jackson and Trent Mitton, the game ended at 7–4 in Waveriders' favour. Rays could convert none of its eight penalty corner chances into goals.


2016 Ranchi Rays season, Team
Prior to the players' auction held in September 2015, the franchise of Rays retained six of its players — Manpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh, Ashley Jackson, Barry Middleton and Fergus Kavanagh — from the 2015 season. At the auctions, 13 new players were signed to complete the fixed squad of 20.


2016 Rangitikei local elections
The 2016 Rangitikei local elections were held across the Rangitikei District of Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, between 16 September and 8 October. These elections were for the offices of Mayor of Rangitikei, eleven members of the Rangitikei District Council, four members each of two community boards, two members of the Horizons Regional Council and seven members of the Whanganui District Health Board; these elections were part of the New Zealand-wide local elections. Postal ballots will be issued to all registered voters.


2016 Rangitikei local elections
The incumbent mayor was Andy Watson, who on 9 June announced his intention on seeking re-election. First past the post (FPP) was be to used for all elections except the District Health Board elections which used single transferable vote (STV).


2016 Rangitikei local elections
The previous elections took place in October 2013 and the following will take place in October 2019.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, Mayor
The incumbent Mayor of Rangitikei was Andy Watson, first elected in 2013. Watson sought re-election and contested the election along with community patrol chair George London and civil engineer Rob Snijders.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, Mayor
Incumbent mayor Watson was declared re-elected on 13 October 2016.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Bulls ward
The Bulls ward elected two councillors. The incumbent councillors were Tim Harris and Rebecca McNeil. Harris and McNeil both sought re-election.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Bulls ward
Both incumbents lost re-election to new candidates Platt and Dunn.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Hunterville ward
The Hunterville ward elected one councillor. The incumbent councillor is Dean McManaway, the deputy mayor. McManaway, who was elected unopposed in 2013, was elected unopposed for a second consecutive time in 2016.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Marton ward
The Marton ward elected four councillors. The incumbent councillors were Cath Ash, Nigel Belsham, Mike Jones and Lynne Sheridan. Ash, Belsham and Sheridan sought re-election; Jones retired from politics.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Marton ward
Belsham, Sheridan and Ash were all re-elected; Dave Wilson was elected.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Taihape ward
The Taihape ward elected three councillors. The incumbent councillors were Richard Aslett, Angus Gordon and Ruth Rainey. All three incumbents are seeking re-election.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District council, Turakina ward
The Turakina ward elected one councillor. The incumbent councillor is Soraya Peke-Mason. Peke-Mason, who was elected unopposed in 2013, was elected unopposed for a second consecutive term.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, Community boards, Ratana Community Board
The Ratana Community Board is composed of four members. The incumbent members were Maata Kare Thompson, Nadine Rawhiti, Bjorn Barlien and Tama Biddle.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, Community boards, Ratana Community Board
Thompson was re-elected and Rawhiti lost her seat. Charlie Mete, Charlie Rourangi and Thomas Tautaurangi were also elected.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, Community boards, Taihape Community Board
The Taihape Community Board is composed of four members. The incumbent members were Michelle Fannin, Gail Larsen, Peter Oliver and Yvonne Sicely. Fannin, Larsen and Sicely were re-elected unopposed and Ann Abernathy was elected unopposed also.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, Regional election
As part of the Manawatū-Whanganui region, Rangitikei electors form part of the Manawatu-Rangitikei constituency of the Horizons Regional Council. This constituency elects two members. The incumbent councillors were chairman Bruce Gordon and Gordon McKellar. Both incumbents were re-elected unopposed.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District health board election
Rangitikei District is part of the Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB), one of 20 district health boards in New Zealand. The WDHB consists of seven elected members and up to four members appointed by the Minister of Health. The incumbent elected members were Allan Anderson, Philippa Baker-Hogan, Jenny Duncan, Kate Joblin, Judith MacDonald and Ray Stevens. Baker-Hogan, Duncan, MacDonald and Stevens are running for re-election, with eleven other candidates running including incumbent Mayor of Whanganui Annette Main.


2016 Rangitikei local elections, District health board election
Baker-Hogan, Duncan and MacDonald were re-elected; Stevens lost re-election. Annette Main, Charlie Anderson, Graham Adams, and Stuart Hylton were also elected. This election used the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election
The 2016 Rangitikei mayoral election were part of the Rangitikei and wider New Zealand local elections. On 8 October 2016, elections were held for the Mayor of Rangitikei and other local government roles. Incumbent mayor Andy Watson was first elected in 2013 with 41.5% of the vote. Watson announced on 9 June he is running for a second term as mayor. Running against Watson are community patrol chair George London and civil engineer Robert Snijders, all three from Marton.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election, Candidates
Incumbent mayor Andy Watson announced on 9 June his intention to run for a second term.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election, Candidates
On 9 August candidates George London and Robert Snijders came forward. London is a Queen's Service Medal recipient, given to him for his services to the community; he is a volunteer health shuttle driver for St John Ambulance since 2009 and was elected chairman of the Marton Community Patrol in June 2015.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election, Candidates
Snijders is a civil engineer and the new owner of the Old Granary in Marton since July 2016; Snijders and his wife aim to restore the building—a Heritage New Zealand Category II building—which had burnt down in March 2013.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election, Campaign
On 28 July, as no other candidates had yet come forward, mayor Watson encouraged other candidates to stand for the mayoral election saying "It would be poor democracy if there were no more names put forward". Watson voiced his drive as being the number of projects he had initiated that he wanted to see through, and the district being faced with fairly major challenges around earthquake infrastructure.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election, Campaign
Snijder's view on the council is that "it needed to be more engaged with the community". Snijder has been a civil engineer working in Libya, Russia and England doing urban rejuvenation. "With my construction background I feel I'm more than qualified to step in and provide advice and expertise on costs and how to improve the proposed design [of new proposed centres in Bulls, Marton and Taihape]." In addition, Snijder aims to increase tourism in the area.


2016 Rangitikei mayoral election, Campaign
London, a resident in Marton for 16 years and chair of the Marton Community Patrol, has said the council "needs a 'stronger' leader". Further adding: "I don't think there's a strong enough council there at the moment. They're a bit shy, a bit quiet and I want to be a bit louder and get out there more".


2016 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C. season
The 2016 season is Ratchaburi Mitr Phol's 4th season in the Thai Premier League of Ratchaburi Mitr Phol Football Club. Since 2013 to present.


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


2016 Rayo OKC season
The 2016 Rayo OKC season was the club's only season of existence, during which they played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2016 Rayo OKC season, Season Events
Former San Antonio Scorpions head coach Alen Marcina was named Rayo head coach on January 7, 2016. Marcina resigned as manager on August 1, being replaced by Gerard Nus.


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


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


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


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


2016 Rayo OKC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Rayo OKC will compete in the 2016 edition of the Open Cup.


2016 Re-Album
2016 Re-Album (stylised as 2016 are-ALBUM) is a compilation album by the South Korean boy band Sechs Kies. It was released on December 1, 2016 under YG Entertainment. This marks the group's first official release since their compilation album, Blue Note, in 2000. It also marked the group's first official release under YG, and the first without member Ko Ji Yong, who chose not to participate in the group's reunion activities.


2016 Re-Album, Overview
Due to the inaccessibility of previous Sechskies releases, YG in-house producers Rovin, Airplay, Future Bounce and Kang Ukjin, recomposed and compiled previous Sechskies songs.


2016 Re-Album, Overview
The music videos were filmed during winter in Sapporo, Japan.


2016 Re-Album, Background
On May 11, 2016, five of the six members of Sechs Kies signed with YG Entertainment. Shortly after "Three Words" was released on October 7, 2016, marking their first comeback since their disbandment. On November 23, 2016, YG Entertainment released a teaser, revealing the album's title. The only songs performed before the official release of the album were Com' Back and Couple in the end of the year Melon music Awards.


2016 Re-Album, Background
On December 2, the album along with its music video for the lead single "Couple" were released.


2016 Re-Album, Personnel
Liner credit notes as seen in the booklet of the physical album.


2016 Reading Borough Council election
The 2016 Reading Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Reading Borough Council in England. The election for Police and Crime Commissioner was held on the same day. The Labour Party increased their borough-wide vote by over 7% and held on to marginal seats in Church, Kentwood and Caversham, the latter receiving the highest number of votes recorded for any candidate at this election .


2016 Real Monarchs season
The 2016 Real Monarchs SLC season is the club's second season of existence, and second playing in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The season began on March 26 at home against Saint Louis FC, and will end on September 24.


2016 Real Monarchs season, Competitions, USL Season, Results Summary
Last updated: April 2, 2016Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Real Salt Lake Women season
The 2016 Real Salt Lake Women season is the team's fifth year of existence in its current incarnation and their first season in United Women's Soccer, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.


2016 Real Salt Lake Women season, Competitions, UWS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: July 7, 2016Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Real Salt Lake season
The 2016 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 12th year of existence and their twelfth consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.


2016 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, MLS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: October 24, 2016Source: MLS ResultsPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2016 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Real Salt Lake entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.


2016 Real Salt Lake season, Competitions, CONCACAF Champions League
Real Salt Lake will continue the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League in the knockout stage with all remaining competitors. Having earned a 3rd-place position in the knockout stage Real Salt Lake will host the second leg of the quarter finals


2016 Real Tennis World Championship
The 2016 Real Tennis World Championship was a real tennis tournament held at the National Tennis Club in Newport, Rhode Island. 12-time world champion Rob Fahey lost the championship for the first time since 1994 to challenger Camden Riviere by a score of 7–2.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
As the defending champion, Robert Fahey qualified directly to the World Championship Challenge. The challenger was determined through a series of eliminator matches. Qualification to the eliminator matches was based on results in major tournaments in 2014 and 2015. Four players were declared eligible to compete:


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Sayers opted not to participate in the first round eliminator, meaning that Riviere proceeded directly to the final eliminator.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Riviere had previously challenged for the world championship on two occasions, in 2008 and most recently in 2014, both times losing to defending champion Robert Fahey. He missed the 2012 challenge due to injury. During the qualification period, he won five Major Opens, including his first wins at the Australian and British Opens. Since 2013, he was ranked number one in the world rankings.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Virgona had qualified to be the World Championship challenger on two occasions: first in 2010 in Melbourne and again in 2012 at the Queen's Club, losing both times to Fahey. In 2014, he lost at the final eliminator stage to Riviere. During the qualification period, he won his seventh open title at the 2015 British Open as well as reached the final of three other Major Opens.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Qualification
Chisholm had previously challenged three times for the world championship, all in the early 2000s. Each time, he lost to incumbent champion Robert Fahey. Although he had not won an open since 2004, he did reach the final of the 2015 British Open. Alongside Riviere, he won his first World Doubles Championship at his home club of Tuxedo in 2015.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators
Due to Sayer's absence, Riviere received direct entry to the final eliminator. The first round would be held as a home-and-away format between the two qualified players. The final eliminator would be held at a single venue following a bidding process.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators
In the first round, both players opted to play at their home courts. As Virgona was ranked higher, the second and third match (if required) would be played at his home court of Chicago, while the first match would be played Tuxedo, the home court of Chisholm. The hosting right of the final eliminator was won by the Racquet Club of Philadelphia.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators, First Round Eliminator
The first match was a narrow fought five set affair, with Virgona winning a close fifth set at Chisholm's home court. On the second leg at Virgona's home court, Virgona won in straight sets.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, Eliminators, Final Eliminator
The Final Eliminator was hosted over three days at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. On each of the first two days, Riviere won three sets to one for Virgona. Riviere needed just one set on the final day to qualify for the Championship challenge, which he did comfortably.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge
The 2016 World Championship Challenge was held as a best-of-13 set match between defending champion Robert Fahey and world number 1 Camden Riviere. The venue for the challenge the National Tennis Club at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, the home court of Camden Riviere. It was the second time that the National Tennis Club had hosted the World Championship. The previous challenge in Newport was in 2004, where Fahey successfully defended against Tim Chisholm. The venue also regularly hosts the US Pro Singles, otherwise known as the Schochet Cup. Their last meeting at the venue was at the 2014 US Pro Singles, where Riviere won in 4 sets.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge
The pair had previously met in twice in World Championship Challenges, all of which featured Fahey as the defending champion. Their first meeting was in Fontainebleau, France in 2008, which was Riviere's first challenge. Then, Riviere had never before beaten Fahey, but gave a strong showing to win five sets from Fahey. Their second meeting was at the Melbourne, Australia in 2014. Again, Fahey successfully defended his championship 7–3.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge
Since then, the pair had only met twice, first at the 2014 US Pro at the National Tennis Club in Newport, Rhode Island, and the 2015 US Open in Boston, both times Riviere won in 4 sets. Since the last World Championships, Fahey had also won the 2014 Australian Open and 2015 French Open.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Day 1
The match was marked by Andrew Lyons, the head professional at the Queen's Club. The match started evenly, but Riviere soon found a winning streak, racing from 3-all in the first set, to win it 6/4 and take a 3 game lead into the second set. The match evened up, with Riviere holding his advantage to take the second set as well. Fahey took an early lead in the third, but Riviere surged back to win five games without reply and a three set lead. The fourth set was close all the way through, with Fahey holding on to bring the score back to 3-1.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Day 2
Riviere took an early lead in the fifth set, and although Fahey started to match Riviere, the advantage was enough for Riviere to take the first set. It was a similar outcome in the sixth set. Finally, in the seventh, Fahey took an advantage and despite Riviere drawing level, managed to win his second set of the match, thus pushing the match into a third day. The final set of the day see-sawed between both players, with Riviere ultimately the winner.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Day 3
As with the final eliminator, Riviere needed just one set on the third day to win the match. He did that comfortably, taking the set 6/2 after establishing a solid 5/1 lead.


2016 Real Tennis World Championship, World Challenge, Result
Riviere won the match 7-2 to become the 25th person to hold the title of Real Tennis World Champion. He was the first American to hold the title since Jimmy Bostwick in 1974. It was the first time that Fahey had lost a World Championship challenge, after winning 12 consecutive titles from 1994 to 2014.


2016 Recopa Sudamericana
The 2016 Recopa Sudamericana (Portuguese: Recopa Sul-Americana 2016) was the 24th edition of the Recopa Sudamericana, the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.


2016 Recopa Sudamericana
The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine team River Plate, the 2015 Copa Libertadores champion, and Colombian team Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana champion. The first leg was hosted by Santa Fe at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá on 18 August 2016, while the second leg was hosted by River Plate at Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires on 25 August 2016.


2016 Recopa Sudamericana
River Plate defeated Santa Fe 2–1 on aggregate to win their second Recopa Sudamericana title, repeating their triumph in 2015.


2016 Recopa Sudamericana, Format
The Recopa Sudamericana was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champion hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2016 Recopa Sudamericana, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Kléber Lúcio Gil (Brazil)Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)Fourth official:Raphael Claus (Brazil)


2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship was the eleventh Red Bull Air Race World Championship series.


2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Race calendar and results
The eight-event calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 16 December 2015.


2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, Championship standings, Master Class
* Arch finished 4th but was later excluded from the results; thus the points for 4th place were not awarded to any pilot. * * The final four wasn't held because of bad weather, 75% of points were awarded for this situation.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Abu Dhabi, Master Class, Round of 14
Pilot received 2 seconds in penalties  Pilot received 3 seconds in penalties


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Ascot was the fifth round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, United Kingdom.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest was the fourth round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Much of the event was cancelled due to heavy rain.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest, Master Class, Qualification
Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather. Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship standings.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest, Master Class, Final 4
The Final 4 round was not held due to inclement weather. The final results were determined by the times set in the Round of 8, meaning Matthias Dolderer was the event winner. 75% of usual points were awarded in this situation.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Budapest, Challenger Class
Due to inclement weather on race day the Challenger Class race was cancelled.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba was the third round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held in Chiba, Japan.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Chiba, Master Class, Qualification
Due to the high seas and rough conditions on the racetrack on Saturday, the Race Committee was forced to cancel the Qualifying session of the Master Class. The Round of 14 fixtures were decided by championship position, whilst the Challenger Class race would take place on Sunday.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Indianapolis was the seventh round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis, the United States. German pilot Matthias Dolderer wrapped up his first championship with a round remaining, while Chilean pilot Cristian Bolton made his debut as a replacement for the late Hannes Arch.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Lausitz
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Lausitz was the sixth round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in the Brandenburg state of Germany.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Lausitz
This was the last event before the death of the 2008 champion Hannes Arch.


2016 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg
The 2016 Red Bull Air Race of Spielberg was the second round of the 2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season, the eleventh season of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. The event was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.


2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
The 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the tenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. After the selection event held from 16 to 18 October 2015 at Circuito Guadix in Spain and pre-season testing, held from 1 to 4 April 2016 in Jerez, the season began at the same track on 23 April and ended on 25 September at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón after 13 races. The races, for the fourth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, were held at seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar. The championship was won by Japanese rider Ayumu Sasaki at the last race.


2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the rider finished the race.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 2 and 3 July 2016 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the fourth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the second round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Background
Following the Baku round, Nobuharu Matsushita was suspended from competing in the Austrian GP2 round due to erratic driving that caused several collisions during the restarts. On 28 June, ART Grand Prix announced René Binder as Matsushita's replacement.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Background
Before the weekend commenced, Mahaveer Raghunathan announced that he would call time on his GP3 campaign to focus on his efforts in Auto GP. In the weekend's only practice session, Giuliano Alesi withdrew from the weekend after an accident which saw him unfit to complete the rest of the weekend.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Qualifying
Arden International GP2 driver, Jimmy Eriksson will carry through a three-place grid penalty from the previous round after GP2 stewards deemed him to be at fault in the collision between himself and Jordan King.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Qualifying
Sergey Sirotkin achieved the fastest time of 1:13.663, thereby achieving his second pole position of the year. Antonio Giovinazzi narrowly missed out by six-thousandths of a second and Pierre Gasly occupied third. The session however, ended under yellow flags after Jimmy Eriksson's car stopped at turn seven.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Feature Race
The Feature Race for GP2 was delayed by 15 minutes due to incidents that occurred in the preceding Formula One qualifying session. The race saw changing conditions that effected the outcome of the race. While the bottom of the circuit would be dry, heavy rainfall would be at the top. Gasly spun from the lead which triggered a safety car and a flurry of pitstops. On lap 28, Marvin Kirchhöfer also spun, which triggered another safety car.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Feature Race
Upon exiting the pitlane shortly thereafter, Artem Markelov hit the wall on pit exit, prompting a red flag due to damage to the track. After a lengthy delay, the race was restarted behind the safety car with the Campos pair of Mitch Evans and Sean Gelael leading and Philo Paz Armand, who incurred a penalty after overtaking the safety car. Raffaele Marciello began to charge through the field on fresh super soft tyres, but as the pace in the compound started to fade away, Evans took control and won his first race of the season.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Sprint Race
The Sprint Race was held under atrocious conditions, with rain affecting the entire race. This would catch out drivers throughout the race and would lead to two safety cars. The first of which came as a result of Sean Gelael retiring after being hit by Arthur Pic on lap three. The second safety car came after Nicholas Latifi spun on the exit of turn one on lap ten. By this stage, the circuit was beginning to dry and some drivers elected to pit for dry tyres in an attempt to take advantage of the changing conditions.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP2 Series, Sprint Race
However, the track had not dried out sufficiently by this stage and so saw most of the competitors struggling for grip for the first few laps into the stint. As well as this, the restart was prompt and the group that had pitted for dry tyres were left far behind the leading pack by the time of the restart. In the end, Racing Engineering's Jordan King completed a dominant performance and earned his first GP2 win and Racing Engineering's second of the season.


2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, Report, GP3 Series, Qualifying
It was a dominant session for the ART Grand Prix outfit with the top-three being Charles Leclerc, Alexander Albon and Nyck de Vries. Leclerc achieved a time of 1:19.071, half a second faster than his nearest competitor, Albon.


2016 Red Rock Pro Open
The 2016 Red Rock Pro Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Las Vegas, United States, on 26 September–2 October 2016.


2016 Red Rock Pro Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2016 Red Rock Pro Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2016 Red Rock Pro Open – Doubles
Julia Boserup and Nicole Gibbs were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2016 Red Rock Pro Open – Doubles
Michaëlla Krajicek and Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Jamie Loeb and Chanel Simmonds in the final, 7–5, 6–1.


2016 Red Rock Pro Open – Singles
Michaëlla Krajicek was the defending champion, but lost to Sachia Vickery in the second round.


2016 Red Rock Pro Open – Singles
Alison Van Uytvanck won the title, defeating Sofia Kenin in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint
The 2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 26 to 28 August 2016. The event was held at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the ninth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 18 and 19 of the season. The event was the 19th running of the Sydney SuperSprint.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint
The event saw Triple Eight Race Engineering extend its winning streak to seven races, with its drivers Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup winning Races 18 and 19 respectively. By taking victory in Race 19, Whincup became the second driver in championship history to reach 100 race wins, after his teammate Craig Lowndes. Lowndes started his 600th championship race in Race 19, becoming the first driver to reach the mark, and finished second behind Whincup. James Courtney scored a podium finish behind Van Gisbergen and Whincup in Race 18 while Chaz Mostert completed the podium in Race 19.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Background
After running the car belonging to Dunlop Series driver Kurt Kostecki at the previous two events, Team 18 completed the build of its new car two weeks prior to the event. The team's regular driver Lee Holdsworth, who had been injured at the Darwin event, completed laps in the car during a shakedown run at Winton Motor Raceway one week prior to the event, though the team's endurance co-driver, Karl Reindler, was announced as the driver for the race weekend.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Background
Triple Eight Race Engineering and the Holden Racing Team also debuted new cars at the event, for Jamie Whincup and Garth Tander respectively. The two teams were part of an announcement from Holden in the lead up to the event, with the company announcing that the "Holden Racing Team" brand would be moved to Triple Eight for the 2017 season while Walkinshaw Racing, which had operated under the "Holden Racing Team" name in various guises since 1990, would have its factory support removed.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Background
After Craig Baird stepped in to replace Aaren Russell at the previous event in Ipswich, Erebus Motorsport announced Dunlop Series driver Shae Davies as the full-time replacement for Russell. The car also sported a new livery with backing from Supa Centa Moore Park and Westfield Eastgardens. A number of other cars also carried new liveries: DJR Team Penske continued its sponsor rotation system with backing from MAN; Nissan Motorsport ran a Nissan Financial Services livery on Michael Caruso's car; and Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport featured a Repair Management Australia livery on both of its cars. Super Black Racing ran a tribute to its founder Tony Lentino, who passed away one month before the event. The other three cars run by Prodrive Racing Australia also displayed a tribute.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Background
Whincup entered the event as the championship leader, 110 points clear of his teammate Shane van Gisbergen, with Mark Winterbottom a further ten points behind in third.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Practice
Two one-hour practice sessions were held on Friday afternoon. Chaz Mostert set the fastest time in the first session, ahead of Tim Slade and Caruso. A number of endurance co-drivers completed laps: Matt Campbell for Nissan Motorsport; Cameron McConville for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport; and Luke Youlden and Tony D'Alberto for DJR Team Penske. Light rain fell at the end of the session, preventing drivers from improving their times. The second session was topped by Scott McLaughlin with Van Gisbergen and Winterbottom completing the top three.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Practice
Rick Kelly made contact with the wall at Turn 3 after the throttle became jammed open on his car. Despite sustaining only minor damage, he did not take part in the rest of the session as his team were unable to solve the throttle problem. The third and final practice session was held on Saturday afternoon and was 15 minutes in length. Winterbottom was fastest ahead of James Courtney and McLaughlin.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Qualifying – Race 18
Qualifying for Race 18 was a single 15-minute session held on Saturday afternoon. Reindler was forced to remain in the pit lane at the start of the session due to a problem with his car. Mostert took pole position by over two tenths of a second, setting a new qualifying lap record of 1:28.8272. Van Gisbergen and Whincup secured second and third ahead of Scott Pye, Courtney and Slade.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 18
Race 18 took place on Saturday afternoon, with the regulations requiring each car to make at least one pit stop to change all four tyres. Mostert maintained the lead at the start but ran slightly wide at Turn 3, allowing Van Gisbergen to take the lead at Turn 4. Whincup also passed Mostert at Turn 6 on the first lap. Pye attempted to pass Mostert on lap 4, but both drivers ran wide and Courtney was able to take advantage and move into third place.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 18
Todd Kelly was the first driver to complete his pit stop, doing so at the end of lap 7. One lap later, Pye retired from the race with a power steering problem. Van Gisbergen stopped on lap 14, followed by Courtney and Mostert on lap 16. Whincup stayed out until lap 17, with the aim being to have fresher tyres than his rivals at the end of the race.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 18
After every driver had completed their pit stop, Van Gisbergen led from Whincup, McLaughlin, Craig Lowndes and Slade, with the tyre condition of each varying throughout the field. Courtney and Mostert used their younger tyres to move forwards and assume third and fourth position respectively by lap 26. Van Gisbergen and Whincup began battling for the lead in the closing stages, with the pair making slight contact at Turn 2 on lap 28.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 18
Smoke began issuing from the front-right corner of Whincup's car on the final lap; this was later revealed to be caused by rubber debris burning inside the brake disc. Van Gisbergen took victory by a quarter of a second over Whincup, with Courtney completing the podium ahead of Mostert, McLaughlin, Lowndes, Slade, Tander, Rick Kelly and Fabian Coulthard. Whincup's championship lead was reduced to 98 points, while Lowndes and Winterbottom became tied on points for third place after the latter finished eleventh.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 18, Post-race
Nick Percat was penalised ten championship points, being charged with careless driving after making contact with Chris Pither during the race. DJR Team Penske changed the engine in Pye's car as it momentarily lost oil pressure when the power steering belt came off during the race.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Qualifying – Race 19
Qualifying for Race 19 was held on Sunday morning and consisted of a single 20-minute session. The top three qualifiers were the same as in Race 18, with Mostert taking his second pole position of the weekend ahead of Van Gisbergen and Whincup. Lowndes qualified fourth fastest ahead of his 600th championship race start, while Garry Rogers Motorsport locked out the third row with McLaughlin ahead of James Moffat. Courtney triggered the kerb sensor, a timing loop used to stop drivers exceeding the track limits, at Turn 5 on his final lap and his time was deleted as a result, leaving him to start twelfth.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 19
Race 19 was held on Sunday afternoon and the race regulations required each car to take on at least 120 litres of fuel during the race. The race was scheduled to be 52 laps in length, however this was reduced by one lap after a problem with the start lights led to an aborted start. Lowndes made a good start and moved into the lead around the outside of Mostert into the first corner, with Whincup in third ahead of Moffat, McLaughlin and Van Gisbergen.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 19
Winterbottom encountered a problem with his front-right tyre and was the first driver to complete a pit stop, doing so on lap 8. One lap later, Van Gisbergen was the first of the leaders to pit, followed by Lowndes and Whincup on lap 10. McLaughlin stopped on lap 12 while Mostert and Moffat stayed out until laps 15 and 16 respectively. After all drivers had completed their first pit stop, Lowndes led from Whincup, Van Gisbergen, Mostert and Moffat.


2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint, Report, Race 19
The second round of pit stops began on lap 28 when Todd Kelly stopped; he was followed by McLaughlin and Pye on lap 29. Lowndes and Whincup stopped on lap 30, with a slightly faster pit stop for Whincup seeing him emerge ahead of his teammate. Mostert and Van Gisbergen pitted on the next lap, leaving Moffat in the lead until he stopped on lap 35. After Pither completed his second pit stop, Whincup led from Lowndes, Mostert, Van Gisbergen and McLaughlin.