Portal:Current events/2014 March 16
March 16, 2014 (Sunday)
Politics and elections
- Crimean referendum, 2014
- Voters in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia. Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States condemn the referendum, which did not give voters the option of the status quo. (BBC News) (Associated Press)
- Serbian parliamentary election, 2014
- Voters in Serbia go to the polls for an early parliamentary election. The centre right SNS is reported to be receiving around 50% of the popular vote. (AP via Houston Chronicle) (Straits Times)
Sports
- 2014 Winter Paralympics:
- The Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia officially concludes. (CBC) (BBC Sport)
- In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Carl Edwards wins the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway after rain causes the race to be delayed more than 5 hours, and the final laps of the event to be run under caution. (NASCAR.com)
- In U.S. men's college basketball, the field for the NCAA Division I Tournament is set. Florida is the #1 overall seed, with the other top seeds being Arizona, Virginia, and unbeaten Wichita State. (AP via ESPN)