2017 EFL Trophy Final, Route to the final, Oxford United
Jordy Hiwula pulled one back for the visitors with five minutes remaining, but Oxford held on to book their place in the semi-final. Their final-four game was played at Kenilworth Road against Luton Town on 1 March 2017. Once again Oxford relied on Eastwood for crucial saves early in the game, but they then took the lead as Phil Edwards fired in while sitting on the ground, after a mis-hit shot by Liam Sercombe.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Route to the final, Oxford United
They doubled their lead after 69 minutes through Johnson and appeared to be heading for a comfortable win until Luton retaliated with two goals of their own, from Isaac Vassell and Danny Hylton. Oxford clinched the match shortly after the equaliser, however, Johnson scoring with an 18-metre (20 yd) left-footed shot to book his team's place in the final.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Pre-match
With Coventry at the bottom of League One and Oxford challenging for a play-off place, City manager Mark Robins was pragmatic about his team's prospects of victory. In a radio interview before the game, he said that "there's no pressure on us, we're underdogs in terms of league position". He urged his players to make the most of their day out at Wembley Stadium but also noted that the best way to enjoy the occasion would be to win the match.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Pre-match
As he had not been the club's manager during their progress to the final, Robins chose to eschew the usual convention that the manager leads out the team. In his place, the club selected coach and former goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic, who had played in the FA Cup winning team 30 years earlier. Oxford manager Michael Appleton addressed the issue of low supporter turnout following the inclusion of academy teams in the tournament. He voiced his own frustration about the matter but also asked Oxford supporters to attend the game. "The more support we can get on the day, the better.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Pre-match
All we can promise as a club and as a team is that we'll be going all out to try and win the game and bring a bit of silverware back," he commented in an interview with BBC Radio Oxford. Coventry City sold around 42,500 tickets for the match, outnumbering the opposition fans.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Pre-match
The referee for the match was Chris Sarginson, who had officiated Coventry once during the league season, a 0–0 draw with Oldham Athletic in December. His most recent game involving Oxford was a goalless draw at Exeter in 2014. The assistant referees were Neil Radford and Matthew Parry, with Dean Whitestone named as the fourth official. Chris Husband was the reserve assistant referee. Robins made a number of changes from the side that had beaten Bristol Rovers in the previous league game, including the replacement of Ollie Clarke by Chris Stokes, and Lameiras playing instead of Jones.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Pre-match
First team goalkeeper Lee Burge played in goal, rather than Reice Charles-Cook who had played in the semifinal against Wycombe. Oxford named a close to full strength side with midfielder Ryan Ledson returning from international duty with the England under-20 team and Maguire being declared fit to start after injury worries. Joe Rothwell retained his place after playing well in the previous league game against Bury.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Pre-match
The weather on the day of the final was sunny and fans of both sides arrived at the game with what journalists covering the match for BBC Sport described as "club-based paraphernalia that only seems to make appearances on days like this". Former Coventry manager John Sillett, who had led the club to their FA Cup win 30 years earlier, appeared on the pitch before the kick-off and made a speech to the club's supporters. The national anthem before the game was sung by Natalie Rushdie, performing in her fifth appearance at a Wembley event. The attendance at the game of 74,434 was at the time the highest for the EFL Trophy at the new Wembley Stadium since its opening in 2007. This record was broken in the 2019 final between Portsmouth and Sunderland.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, First half
The match began at 14:30 BST, with both sets of supporters singing loudly. After a quiet opening with just one shot on goal by either side, Coventry took the lead on 11 minutes through a Bigirimana goal, his second for the club. The Burundian midfielder was the first to react to the loose ball after a Beavon volley had been stopped.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, First half
Oxford began pressing more consistently after falling behind and had chances to equalise on 15 minutes, when Curtis Nelson challenged for a corner with Turnbull, and on 22 minutes when John Lundstram had a clear shot in the penalty area but failed to kick it cleanly. Ledson committed a heavy foul on Coventry's Kyel Reid on 18 minutes, but was not booked. Oxford continued to control the game as the half-hour mark approached, with striker Maguire gaining frequent possession of the ball, but Coventry were able to defend and looked threatening themselves when attacking, particularly through Reid.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, First half
Oxford appealed for a penalty after 31 minutes, when Haynes made contact with Hemmings, but the referee turned them down and replays suggested it was a legal shoulder-to-shoulder challenge. Bigirimana then received the first yellow card of the game after 39 minutes following a foul on Ledson. Coventry went close to scoring a second shortly before half time as a Lameiras shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked. Attacking on the break, Oxford then had their best chance of the first half.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, First half
Johnson received the ball close to the sideline and fired in a cross for Robert Hall, but the Oxford striker's shot went wide of the goal. The score remained 1–0 as the half-time whistle was blown. In its online commentary of the game, the Oxford Mail reported that despite their team's dominance of possession, they had lacked sufficient potency in attack. The Coventry Telegraph in its minute-by-minute report urged Robins to  tell his players that they "need to start asking Oxford a few more questions rather than being forced to defend what appears to be a fragile lead".


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Second half
Play resumed at 15:34 with no changes made by either team during the interval. Coventry had an early corner but it passed through the penalty area without anyone able to connect. Hemmings then stopped playing after he thought he had been fouled, but the referee adjudged that there was no infringement and Coventry were able to mount an attack. Beavon's shot was saved by Eastwood, however. Coventry dominated the opening ten minutes of the second half and went close to a second goal when Thomas beat the United defence, though the attack broke down when his cross was off target.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Second half
Thomas then forced Eastwood to make a difficult save from a close-range shot. On 55 minutes City finally made the breakthrough: once again it was Thomas who had the chance, receiving a cross from the edge of the area by Reid and firing the resulting volley low into the corner of the goal. The BBC Sports correspondents covering the game described it as a "stunning, stunning goal". Oxford made a substitution, replacing Ledson with Sercombe, and responded positively once again to conceding but remained unable to penetrate the City defence. Coventry made their first substitution on the hour mark as Willis went off injured, replaced by Dion Kelly-Evans.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Second half
Oxford had their best chance of the second half on 74 minutes, as Maguire attempted to score from a free kick but Burge was able to tip it over the crossbar. One minute later they scored their first goal of the game. After winning a corner, which was taken by Maguire, Coventry cleared the ball, but it fell to Sercombe who hit a low shot through several players and into the corner of the net. Burge got one hand to the ball but was unable to stop it.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Second half
United had a chance to level the game four minutes after scoring, as Hall found himself one-on-one with Burge, but he wasted the opportunity and the City keeper was able to make the save. A threatened Oxford breakaway on 82 minutes was stopped by a Birigimana foul; the Coventry player had already been booked and the BBC reporter at the game thought he would be sent off, but the referee decided to punish him only with a free kick. Oxford continued to press as the game drew to a close.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Match, Second half
With one minute left of the five minutes of stoppage time allocated, Oxford won a corner. Eastwood joined the attack in the Coventry penalty area as Oxford had several shots on goal, but following a Burge save and a clearance off the goal line by the defence, City were able to escape. The game finished shortly afterwards, with a final score of Coventry City 2–1 Oxford United.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Post-match
Coventry's win gave them their first major trophy since their victory in the 1987 FA Cup Final. Thomas was named the man of the match, telling interviewers that "to get the winner at Wembley in a cup final is what dreams are made of". Like Robins he praised the club's fans, saying they had "been unbelievable throughout the whole season and today everyone came and had a great time". Robins commented on the importance of the victory for Coventry's supporters.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Post-match
"It's 30 years since they’ve been to Wembley", he said after the game, "and it was really important for us as a football club to show the world that we are still alive and kicking. It gives everybody a reminder that we have a really good fanbase and there's so much potential at this place." In his post-match interview, Oxford manager Appleton said his principal feeling about the game was one of frustration. "The game was probably decided in both boxes today.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Post-match
Coventry had a hunger and a desire to keep the ball out of the net more than we did. When you need to win finals, that's the type of desire you need," he said. The Lord Mayor of Coventry had commented before the game that he would be open to the possibility of a parade and civic reception, similar to that after the team's victory in the 1987 FA Cup. The club declined to pursue this, however.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Post-match
Despite the cup win, Coventry were relegated to League Two at the end of the season, finishing 23rd out of 24 teams in League One. Their stay in the league's bottom tier was limited to one season, however, as they returned to Wembley one year later for the 2018 League Two play-off Final, recording a 3–1 win against Exeter City. Oxford United still retained the possibility of reaching the play-offs at the time of the final, but they eventually finished the season in eighth place, four points adrift of Millwall who took sixth place and the final play-off berth.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Post-match
At the end of the 2016–17 season, representatives from League One and League Two clubs met to discuss the future of the EFL Trophy, in particular, whether to retain the inclusion of academy teams. There were three options under consideration – retaining the 64-team format, dropping the academy teams and reverting to a 48-team tournament, or cancelling the competition altogether. There was some disagreement among the clubs, but ultimately the 64-team version was retained for at least the next two seasons, gaining support from two-thirds of the League One and League Two outfits.


2017 EFL Trophy Final, Post-match
Robins was among those supporting the format, commenting that it had provided an "invaluable experience for those players at an Under-21 level to participate in senior football", citing the experience of his own young players and the opportunity they had received to play at Wembley. Appleton was more critical of the format, preferring to return to the 48-team version. He commented that the use of loan deals and reserve team football was a better way for top clubs to develop their academy players than participating in the EFL Trophy, citing his own experience playing for Manchester United reserves during the 1990s.


2017 EMF EURO
The 2017 EMF Euro was the eighth edition of the EMF miniEURO for national Small-sided football teams, and the fifth governed by the European Minifootball Federation. It took place in Brno, Czech Republic, from 9 to 17 June 2017.


2017 EMF EURO, Draw
The final tournament draw was held in Hotel Bobycentrum in Brno on 29 March 2017.


2017 EMF EURO, Goalscorers
There have been 178 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 3.42 goals per match.


2017 ESF Women's Championship
The 2017 ESF Women's Championship was an international European softball competition that was held in Bollate, Italy from 25 June to 1 July 2017.


2017 ESPY Awards
The 2017 ESPY Awards were presented at the 25th annual ESPY Awards show, held on July 12, 2017 at 5 pm Pacific at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California and on television nationwide in the United States on ABC at 8 pm Eastern/7 PM Central. On May 16, 2017, it was announced by ESPN.com that Peyton Manning would host the show. 33 competitive awards were presented, along with several honorary awards.


2017 ESPY Awards, Winners and nominees
These were the nominees for each of the competitive awards. Fans were able to vote online at a dedicated ESPN site. For "Best Play", fans voted on the plays Bracket-styled, with Round 1 of voting lasting from June 21 to June 27, Round 2 of voting lasting from June 28 to July 4, Round 3 of voting lasting from July 5 to July 11, and Round 4 of voting being on the day of the show, July 12.


2017 ESPY Awards, In Memoriam
During the segment the music was "The Song for You" performed by Gallant.


2017 East Asian Games
The 2017 East Asian Games was scheduled to take place in Fukuoka, Japan, but was later scrapped and will make a new event in 2019. (It's now the 2019 East Asian Youth Games, in Taichung, Chinese Taipei).


2017 East Ayrshire Council election
Elections to East Ayrshire Council were held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election is the third using nine new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system, a form of proportional representation.


2017 East Ayrshire Council election, Election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2017 East Ayrshire Council election, Ward Results, Ballochmyle
1= David Shaw was elected as a Labour councillor in 2012 but was deselected ahead of the 2017 election.


2017 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2017 East Carolina Pirates football team represented East Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Scottie Montgomery and played their home games at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium. The Pirates competed as members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in AAC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2017 East Carolina Pirates football team, Schedule
ECU announced their 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. They will host seven home games for the first time in school history.


2017 East Carolina Pirates football team, Schedule
East Carolina's schedule was reorganized by the American Athletic Conference on September 14 due to the effects of Hurricane Irma. Their game with UConn, originally scheduled for November 4, was moved to September 24. Their game against Houston was moved from October 28 to November 4.


2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Elections to East Dunbartonshire Council were held on Thursday 4 May, the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used seven wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, a reduction of one from 2012, with 22 Councillors being elected, 2 fewer overall. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.


2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
The election saw the Scottish National Party elected as the largest group to replace Labour, which lost all but 2 seats to form the fourth largest group. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party gained 4 seats to achieve their highest ever number of councillors, and topped the poll in 5 out of the 7 Wards, while the Scottish Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats. The Independent councillor Duncan Cumming retained his seat.


2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Former leader of the council and Labour councillor Rhondda Geekie lost her seat as did the former leader of the SNP Group Ian Mackay.


2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Following the election the SNP formed a minority Administration, although the position of Provost was filled by Conservative Councillor Alan Brown. The Minority Administration was however short lived as on 21 December 2017 Cllr Gordan Low resigned his position as Leader of the Council as did all SNP Councillors from their Administration posts. In an unexpected turn, only weeks later SNP Councillor Jim Gibbons usurped his SNP colleague's position as Convenor of the Licensing Board after Councillor John Jamieson had resigned.


2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
On 20 March 2018 Conservative Leader Councillor Andrew Polson and Lib Dem Leader Vaughan Moody were elected as Co-Leaders of the new Joint Administration, a first in East Dunbartonshire


2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election, Election Result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2017 East Lothian Council election
Elections to East Lothian Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election consisted of 6 wards electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation, with 22 Councillors elected.


2017 East Lothian Council election
This election featured revised ward boundaries to three wards resulting in the reduction of the number of East Lothian councillors from 23 to 22. Two former Musselburgh wards were merged, while losing Wallyford and Whitecraig with 4 councillors being elected. The bulk of the previous Fa'side ward became Tranent/Wallyford/Macmerry. Haddington and Lammermuir ward expanded with the addition of Ormiston and Pencaitland and gained a councillor.


2017 East Lothian Council election, Election Result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2017 East Renfrewshire Council election
The 2017 East Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of East Renfrewshire Council.


2017 East Renfrewshire Council election
Five wards were used to elect eighteen councillors, a reduction of two from 2012.


2017 East Renfrewshire Council election, 2017 Results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2017 East Sussex County Council election
The 2017 East Sussex County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All councillors were to be elected from electoral divisions by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 East Sussex County Council election
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions will take effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. This has led to an increase in the size of the Council from 49 to 50 and the splitting of former multi-member divisions.


2017 East Sussex County Council election, Results
The Conservatives took control of the council, with all UKIP's seats lost. Labour had a 3-seat loss, and the Liberal Democrats took 2 seats.


2017 East Sussex County Council election, Wealden, Forest Row and Groombridge
At the previous election this seat also had UKIP and Labour candidates, who polled 28.9% and 5.7% respectively.


2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.


2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement. He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.


2017 East Timorese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 22 July 2017. FRETILIN narrowly emerged as the largest party in the National Parliament, winning 23 seats to the 22 won by the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, which had been the largest party in the outgoing Parliament.


2017 East Timorese parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 65 members of the National Parliament were elected from a single nationwide constituency by closed list proportional representation. Parties are required to have a woman in at least every third position in their list. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 4%.


2017 East Timorese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in East Timor on 20 March 2017. Incumbent President Taur Matan Ruak, who was eligible for a second term, chose not to run for re-election. The result was a victory for Francisco Guterres of FRETILIN.


2017 East Timorese presidential election, Electoral system
The President of East Timor is elected using the two-round system. If it had been required, a second round would have been held on 20 April.


2017 Easter Island marine reserve referendum
A three-part referendum on a marine reserve was held in Easter Island on 3 September 2017. Voters were asked whether they approved of the creation of a marine reserve, whether it should be jointly administered by a board of six Easter Islanders and five officials representing the national government, and whether fishing in the marine reserve should be limited to traditional methods. The proposals were the result of a November 2013 decree by the Chilean government that started the process of creating a 740,000 square kilometre marine reserve around Easter Island. All three proposals were approved by voters.


2017 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2017 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team represented Eastern Illinois University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Kim Dameron and played their home games at O'Brien Field in Charleston, Illinois as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The Panthers finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in third place.


2017 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team, Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2016 season 6–5, 4–4 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2017 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team
The 2017 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mark Elder and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2017 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2017 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Creighton and played their home games at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. The Eagles finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team
The 2017 Eastern New Mexico football team represented Eastern New Mexico University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first year head coach Kelley Lee. The Greyhounds played their home games at Greyhound Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Greyhounds finished the season 8-2 and ranked in the top 25 in the nation. The 2017 squad tied the school record for wins in a season with 8.


2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team, Schedule
Eastern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on April 3, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Greyhounds will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, and Texas A&M-Kingsville and will travel to Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico.


2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team, Schedule
The Greyhounds will host one of two of its non-conference games against Southwest Baptist from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to the teams other opponent West Liberty from the Mountain East Conference.


2017 Eastern Province Kings season
In 2017, the  Eastern Province Kings participated in the Currie Cup First Division and the Rugby Challenge competitions. The  Eastern Province U21 team played in the Under-21 Provincial Championship and the  Eastern Province U19 team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship.


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Squad
The Eastern Province Kings squad for the Currie Cup was:


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Standings
The final log for the 2017 Currie Cup First Division was:


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Player statistics
The appearance record for players that represented the Eastern Province Kings in the 2017 Currie Cup First Division is as follows:


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Currie Cup, Player statistics
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Rugby Challenge, Squad
The Eastern Province Kings squad for the Rugby Challenge was:


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Rugby Challenge, Standings
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Rugby Challenge, Player statistics
The appearance record for players that represented the Eastern Province Kings in the 2017 Rugby Challenge is as follows:


2017 Eastern Province Kings season, Rugby Challenge, Player statistics
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team
The 2017 Eastern Washington Eagles football team represented Eastern Washington University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Aaron Best, who was promoted from Offensive Line coach. The Eagles played their home games at Roos Field in Cheney, Washington and were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. Despite being ranked in the top 25 at the end of the regular season, they were not selected to participate in the FCS Playoffs.


2017 East–West Shrine Game
The 2017 East–West Shrine Game was the 92nd staging of the all–star college football exhibition to benefit Shriners Hospital for Children. The game was held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on January 21, 2017, with a 3:00 PM EST kickoff. It was one of the final 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game featured NCAA players (predominantly from the Football Bowl Subdivision) and a few select invitees from Canadian university football, rostered into "East" and "West" teams.


2017 East–West Shrine Game
The game featured more than 100 players from the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season and prospects for the 2017 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended.


2017 East–West Shrine Game
This was first East–West Shrine Game with coaches and game officials supplied by the NFL. Head coaches in the game were assistant coaches with NFL teams who did not advance to the postseason; Brentson Buckner of the Arizona Cardinals and George Edwards of the Minnesota Vikings. The game was broadcast on the NFL Network.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign
The 2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign began when Ebrahim Raisi, chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi, launched his  campaign for the 2017 presidential election. Raisi's campaign pursued a populist agenda.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Early stages
In February 2017, Ebrahim Raisi was said to be backed by the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability and emerging as the conservative camp consensus candidate. One of  the  senior member of the front told press that his party tried to “persuade Ebrahim Raisi to stand for   the elections, but did not succeed”. On 23 February 2017, Raisi won the majority of votes during the meeting held by Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces, a newly established umbrella organization of conservatives.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Early stages
50 out of the 88 members of the Assembly of Experts, whose names has not been disclosed, have signed a letter supporting Raisi for president in March 2017.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Branding
It focuses on presenting him as a symbol of Mohammad Beheshti, Iran's chief justice assassinated in 1981. His campaign portrays him as "man of the people"; when Mashhad was hit by an earthquake in early April, he cancelled his meeting in Tehran and said “it is necessary to be with the religious people of this land”.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Branding
Raisi has publicized pictures of his visits to poverty-stricken areas in remote villages, and opening an apartment complex for the families of Afghan fighters killed in Syrian civil war.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Branding
On 17 April 2017, Raisi wrote an open letter to Hassan Rouhani, recommending him to “observe moral codes”. Raisi's campaign symbol is "National identity card". On 15 May 2017, conservative candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdrew his candidacy in favor of Raisi. It is speculation that Ghalibaf will be Raisi's first vice president if he gets  elected. They also joined in a campaign rally in Tehran with each other.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Media coverage
Iranian moderates and reformists have criticized Iran's state-run television, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), for "excessively reporting" on Raisi. According to Etemaad newspaper, the television has been showing Raisi as the prayer Imam regularly in recent days. Raisi however wrote an open letter to IRIB head Abdulali Ali-Asgari, claiming it has 'biased advertisements' toward Rouhani because of coverage of his speeches as the President of Iran.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Media coverage, Social media activity
In March 2017, a determined campaign began in social media with circulating pictures of mostly young people, including liberal-looking women loosely wearing a hijab, holding pictures with the hashtag #RaisiCome (Persian: #رئیسی_بيا).


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Political positions, Economics
Raisi has said “I see the activation of a resistance economy as the only way to end poverty and deprivation in the country”. He supports development of the agricultural sector, rather than spending money on shopping malls, which “will eventually benefit foreign brands”. Raisi sees economic sanctions as an opportunity.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Political positions, Economics
He has promised to triple the monthly state benefits, currently 450,000 rials per citizen, to tackle corruption and create six million jobs.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Political positions, Foreign policy
Answering reporters about his foreign policy, he said it “would be to establish ties with every country except Israel”.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Political positions, Sex segregation
Ebrahim Raisi is one of the supporters of Sex segregation. He said in a 2014 interview that "I think this is a good move because the majority of women do a better job in a totally relaxed atmosphere and fit are required", said about a plan segregation in Tehran Municipality. He is also supporter of Islamization of universities, revision of the Internet and deal with Western culture.


2017 Ebrahim Raisi presidential campaign, Controversy
Raisi's practice of distributing flour among the poor has been criticized and compared to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's similar distribution of potatoes before 2009 presidential election.


2017 Ecuador Open Quito
The 2017 Ecuador Open Quito was an ATP tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Ecuador Open Quito as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place in Quito, Ecuador from February 6 through February 12, 2017.


2017 Ecuador Open Quito, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Ecuador Open Quito, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles
Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo Durán were the defending champions, but Carreño Busta decided not to participate this year. Durán played alongside Andrés Molteni, but lost in the quarterfinals to Víctor Estrella Burgos and Renzo Olivo.


2017 Ecuador Open Quito – Doubles
James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald won the title when Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos retired in the final.


2017 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles
Víctor Estrella Burgos was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Paolo Lorenzi in the final, 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6).


2017 Ecuador Open Quito – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A
The 2017 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A (officially known as the Copa Banco del Pacífico Serie A for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th season of the Serie A.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A, Teams
Twelve teams competed in the 2017 Serie A season, ten of whom took part in the previous season. Aucas and Mushuc Runa were relegated from the Serie A after accumulating the fewest points during the 2016 season. They were replaced by Macará and Clan Juvenil, the 2016 Serie B winner and runner-up, respectively. Macará made their 31st top-flight appearance and their first return to the Serie A since 2013, while Clan Juvenil participated in their first top-flight appearance.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A, Teams, Stadia and locations
a: Known as River Ecuador until the end of the first stage.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A, First stage
The first stage began on January 29 and ended on July 9.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A, Second stage
The second stage began on July 14 and concluded on December 9.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A, Third stage
Delfín and Emelec qualified to the Finals (Third stage) by being the First stage and Second stage winners, respectively. The winners were the Serie A champions and earned the Ecuador 1 berth in the 2018 Copa Libertadores, and the losers were the Serie A runners-up and earned the Ecuador 2 berth in the 2018 Copa Libertadores. By having the greater number of points in the aggregate table, Delfín played the second leg at home.


2017 Ecuadorian Serie A, Copa Sudamericana playoff
The winners qualified for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage.


2017 Ecuadorian general election
General elections were held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017 alongside a referendum on tax havens. Voters elected a new President and National Assembly. Incumbent President Rafael Correa of the PAIS Alliance was not eligible for re-election, having served two terms. In the first round of the presidential elections, PAIS Alliance candidate Lenín Moreno received 39% of the vote. Although he was more than 10% ahead of his nearest rival, Guillermo Lasso of the Creating Opportunities party, Moreno was just short of the 40% threshold required to avoid a run-off. As a result, a second round was held on 2 April. In the second round Moreno was elected President with 51.16% of the vote.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Background
Following nearly a decade of political volatility in Ecuador that was characterized by impeachments, economic crises, and public unrest, Rafael Correa, the nation’s previous president, began his ascendance to power. During his 2006 campaign Correa established the PAIS Alliance, a coalition of leftist organizations that is the same party of current president Lenin Moreno. Lenin Moreno previously served as Correa’s vice president.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Background
Throughout his campaign and during his presidency Correa mobilized populist rhetoric to gain support, framing himself in opposition to the former political elite and current economic elite: Correa used the terms “neoliberal night” (“noche neoliberal”) and “particracy” (“partidocracia”) to refer to those groups, respectively, and characterized his own movement as a “citizen’s revolution” (La revolucion ciudadana). Correa’s success was part of a larger wave of leftist movements in Latin American that began around the turn of century, frequently referred to as the “pink tide.” Other countries that elected left-leaning presidents in the early 2000s include Argentina (Néstor Kirchner), Venezuela (Hugo Chávez), and Brazil (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva), among others.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Background
One of the most significant events that took place during Correa’s time in office was the ratification of a new constitution in 2008. Correa advocated for the new constitution and his supporters welcomed it, citing a focus on civil rights and social programs for the impoverished.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Background
However, the constitution was also met with much opposition, as its detractors feared that the document would give too much economic authority to the executive and initially believed its elimination of term limits would benefit Correa himself, although a provision on the amendment assured the law would not be put into action until after his presidency had ended.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Background
Guillermo Lasso, a former banker, initially ran for president in 2013, but lost to Correa by more than 30% of the vote in the first round. In both his first and second bids for president, Lasso was aligned with the Creating Opportunities Party (Creando Oportunidades), a conservative-leaning party that formed in 2012 and focused on celebrating the market, eliminating taxes, as well as advocating for an independent judiciary and free speech.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Background
With Correa ineligible for re-election, his supporters formed an organisation Rafael Contigo Siempre (Always with you Rafael) to campaign for a constitutional amendment to allow him to run again. With signatures from 8% of the electorate required to hold a referendum (929,062), a total of 1.2 million were collected. However, Correa stated that he was planning on retiring from politics and would not run again. Instead, on 2 October 2016 the PAIS Alliance nominated Lenín Moreno, Correa's vice president from 2007 to 2013, as its candidate, with incumbent vice president Jorge Glas as his running mate. Moreno was challenged by Guillermo Lasso, a former banker.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Campaign
A central issue in the presidential election was corruption; scandals in the Petroecuador state oil company and Odebrecht cases led to demands that candidates develop substantive plans to deal with corruption. Moreno proposed an anti-corruption law, while Lasso proposed a Truth Commission, which would be created with assistance from the United Nations.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Campaign
The two main candidates had very different visions for the country; Moreno's policy ideas were fairly similar to Correa's, while Lasso said he wanted to attack corruption and lower taxes.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Campaign
Lasso said before the elections that he would not allow Julian Assange to continue living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Electoral system
The President was elected using a modified two-round system, with a candidate required to get over 50% of the vote, or get over 40% of the vote and be 10% ahead of their nearest rival to be elected in the first round. The President is limited to two consecutive four-year terms.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Electoral system
The 137 members of the National Assembly were elected by three methods : 15 were elected from a nationwide constituency, 116 were elected in 31 districts (21 corresponding to the 21 smallest provinces and 10 within the 3 largest provinces, range 2-6 seats per district), and six elected from three two-member constituencies representing Ecuadorians living overseas. Elections are by open list proportional representation (every voter can vote for as many candidates as there are seats to be awarded), with the 15 national seats allocated using the Webster method and the rest using the d'Hondt method.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Electoral system
Voting was compulsory except for voters aged 16–18 or over 65 and people classed as illiterate. Members of the National Assembly are limited to two four-year terms, either consecutive or not. There are gender quotas for the party lists, meaning there is alternation between men and women. There are no quotas for minority representation.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Electoral system
Parties have to receive at least 5% of the vote in national elections in order to maintain their legal registration.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Results, President
The first-round count was delayed for four days, far longer than usual, raising suspicions from the Lasso camp. In past years, the first-round results were known on election day. Election officials blamed the delays on "numerical inconsistencies" in some ballots. Moreno maintained a consistent lead throughout the count. However, by the fourth day of counting, it was no longer mathematically possible for him to win an outright victory—setting the stage for the runoff.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Results, President
A recount would have taken weeks and Lenin Moreno (usually referred to as just “Lenin”) challenged all the allegations of fraud. President Correa said that "the moral fraud committed by the right will not go unpunished." Moreno said he will represent those who voted and those who didn’t, tweeting "Long live Ecuador! Welcome fighters of peace and of life” along with a picture of him immediately after winning the election. His opponent Lasso, however, encouraged the people to peacefully protest the election results. He tweeted: "Let's act in a peaceful but firm manner, we must go to the streets and say 'don't steal my vote' because we want a change in Ecuador."


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Results, President
The National Electoral Council announced on 13 April that it would recount all ballots contested by both parties, accounting to about 10% of the total vote. Moreno also led the vote after recount of some of the votes, increasing the number of votes obtained by 1,594.


2017 Ecuadorian general election, Results, National Assembly
The National Assembly makes up the legislative branch of Ecuadorean government. These elected officials have the power to pass laws, while judges of the national court of justice are chosen by a separate judicial council.


2017 Ecuadorian tax haven referendum
A referendum on banning politicians and civil servants from having bank accounts or companies based in tax havens was held in Ecuador on 19 February 2017, alongside general elections. The proposal was approved by voters, giving officials one year to transfer their assets or be removed from their posts.


2017 Ecuadorian tax haven referendum
The question on the ballot was "Do you agree that, for those holding a popularly elected office or for public servants, there should be a prohibition on holding assets or capital, of any nature, in tax havens?"


2017 Ecuadorian tax haven referendum, Classification of tax havens
In preparation for the referendum, the Ecuadorian Internal Revenue Service issued a resolution outlining the criteria for a jurisdiction to be considered a tax haven, establishing two categories: Preferential tax regimes, and low tax jurisdictions. A preferential tax regime was classed as a jurisdiction whose effective tax rate is below 60% in relation to the Ecuadorian corporate income tax (CIT) rate of 13.2%. A low tax jurisdiction was classed as having an effective tax rate below 60% in relation to the Ecuadorian CIT of 13.2% and no substantial economic activity.


2017 Ecuadorian tax haven referendum, Classification of tax havens
The IRS may remove a country from their list of tax havens if it reforms its tax policy, if it enforces a treaty to avoid double taxation, including a special information exchange clause, or if its laws do not include banking confidentiality, securities or other regulations that prohibit sharing information with the Ecuadorian IRS.


2017 Ecuadorian tax haven referendum, Classification of tax havens
Along with this definition, the Ecuadorian IRS published a list of countries which currently meet the definition of a tax haven under their law. This list included 28 jurisdictions in the Americas, 19 in Oceania, 16 in Europe, 13 in Asia, 9 in Africa and two other island territories.


2017 Ecuadorian tax haven referendum, Campaign
Outgoing President Rafael Correa stated that he would campaign in favour of the proposal, having previously stated that tax havens were one of the biggest issues for democracy.


2017 Edinboro Fighting Scots football team
The 2017 Edinboro Fighting Scots football team represented the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They competed in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Division.


2017 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 2017 Edmonton Eskimos season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 69th overall. The Eskimos qualified for the playoffs for the fourth straight year, but lost the West Final to the Calgary Stampeders. This is the second season under head coach Jason Maas and the first season under new general manager, Brock Sunderland. The team's former general manager, Ed Hervey, was fired on April 7, 2017.


2017 Edmonton Eskimos season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017.


2017 Edmonton Eskimos season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate international player updated 2017-11-11 • 46 Active, 7 injured, 17 six-game,10 practice, 0 suspended


2017 Edmonton attack
The 2017 Edmonton attack was a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack that occurred in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 30, 2017. Edmonton police constable Mike Chernyk was hit and stabbed by 30-year-old Abdulahi Sharif, who then struck four pedestrians with a rental truck during a police chase. All four injured survived and were hospitalized. The incident was investigated as a possible Islamist terrorist attack, with police confirming the presence of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant flag in the van that rammed the police officer. Sharif was convicted of eleven criminal charges including five counts of attempted murder, but was not charged with terrorism-related offenses.


2017 Edmonton attack, Attack and pursuit
On September 30, 2017, a military appreciation night football game between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers was being held. During the game, a driver deliberately rammed into Edmonton police constable Mike Chernyk, who was standing between a barricade and his police car near Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton at around 8:15 p.m. After exiting his car, the driver stabbed Chernyk before fleeing the scene. Around midnight, a U-Haul rental truck was pulled over at a police checkpoint on Wayne Gretzky Drive and 112 Avenue during a manhunt.


2017 Edmonton attack, Attack and pursuit
After officers identified the driver as Chernyk's attacker, he drove off with a dozen police vehicles in pursuit. While fleeing police, the man drove into four pedestrians, two of them in an alleyway near 109 Street and Jasper Avenue, and the other two near 107 Street and Jasper Avenue. Eventually, the rental truck was PIT maneuvered by police at the intersection of 107 Street and 100 Avenue, and the driver was arrested. Police investigated the incident as an act of terrorism.


2017 Edmonton attack, Victims
The first victim of the attack, Edmonton police constable Mike Chernyk, received several injuries, including stab wounds to his face and hands. He was released from the hospital the following day, returned to work 18 days later, and has claimed things have "returned to normal".


2017 Edmonton attack, Victims
The four pedestrians hit by the rental truck suffered various injuries ranging from "broken arms to brain bleeds". Two of them were released from the hospital after treatment the following day. Of the remaining two still hospitalized, one was upgraded from critical condition to stable, and the other suffered a fractured skull but has since regained consciousness.


2017 Edmonton attack, Perpetrator
The perpetrator, 30-year-old Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, is a Somali national and refugee. In 2011, Sharif was detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for four months pending deportation to Somalia. He was released with an "order of supervision", but in January 2012, ICE lost track of him. He subsequently claimed refugee status in Canada.


2017 Edmonton attack, Perpetrator
He was reported by a colleague to the police after he expressed his hatred for Shia Muslims, polytheists, and expressed support for the Islamic State, which led the  RCMP and Edmonton police to investigate him in 2015 for extremism, and was deemed "not a threat". He was arrested for offenses including participation in a terrorist attack, commission of an offence for a terrorist group, five counts of attempted murder, dangerous driving, criminal flight causing bodily harm, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. However, the Crown did not lay any terrorism-related charges against Sharif.


2017 Edmonton attack, Perpetrator
In 2019, Sharif was put on trial for eleven criminal charges: five counts of attempted murder, four counts of criminal flight from police causing bodily harm, one count of aggravated assault and one count of dangerous driving. He pled not guilty to all charges, but was ultimately convicted on all eleven offenses. During the trial, he did not retain legal counsel, did not testify in his own defence, or call any witnesses. On December 13, 2019, Sharif was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 28 years, found entitled to 3.3 years of pre-sentence credit, leaving 24.7 years to serve.


2017 Edmonton attack, Responses, Domestic
The attack was quickly condemned by Edmonton mayor Don Iveson, who expressed shock and sadness, thanking first responders and urging citizens to remain calm. Alberta premier Rachel Notley, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also condemned the attacks and praised efforts of first responders. Many other politicians issued statements condemning the attacks. Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Calgary, Alberta condemned the attack, calling it a "terrible act of violence and hatred", and expressed Calgary's solidarity with Edmonton.


2017 Edmonton municipal election
The 2017 Edmonton municipal election  was held Monday, October 16, 2017 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. One incumbent public school trustee had no challenger so was elected by acclamation; for the other eight balloting was conducted.


2017 Edmonton municipal election
They were all elected to four year terms. All contests were conducted according to the First past the post system. Although FPTP is thought to produce winners who receive a majority of the votes, the winner in seven of the 12 city councillor contests was elected with less than a majority of the votes cast. There was no mechanism used to secure proportional representation of women, labour or minority groups.


2017 Edmonton municipal election
Since 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold quadrennial elections. The voter turnout was 31.5% with 194,826 ballots cast out of the 618,564 estimate eligible voters.


2017 Egypt Cup Final
The 2017 Egypt Cup Final was the 85th final of the Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played on 15 August 2017 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria and was contested between Al Ahly and Al Masry. The winners would have entered the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup had they not already qualified. However, since Al Ahly already qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League, the Confederation Cup entry went to Al Masry, as they reached the Cup final.


2017 Egypt Cup Final
This was the 7th time the two teams meet each other in the final, having played before in 1927, 1945, 1947, 1983, 1984 and 1989.


2017 Egypt Cup Final
The match was broadcast live in Egypt by dmc Sports, Nile Sport and ON Sport. All channels provided the free-to-air coverage.


2017 El Paso, Texas city elections
The first round 2017 El Paso city elections was on May 6, 2017 to elect the Mayor and City Council of El Paso, Texas. The run-off election  was June 10, 2017. Incumbent Mayor Oscar Leeser was eligible for another term, but announced in July 2016 he would not seek another term. Leeser had a cancer-related surgery in 2016, but stated that his decision was not because of his health. Instead, it was because he "ran to do things I thought were really important for our community and I did that."


2017 El Paso, Texas city elections
The election was non-partisan; therefore there was no primary election. However, if no candidate won a majority there will be a run-off election.


2017 El Paso, Texas city elections
The mayor and council members elected in 2017 will serve through December 2020. The term is shortened because of a charter amendment to move city elections from May in odd-numbered years to November in even-numbered years.


2017 El Paso, Texas city elections
Dee Margo took first place in the mayoral race but did not win a majority of votes, so he and David Saucedo competed in a runoff election. Margo defeated Saucedo in the run-off election. 8.57% of registered voters voted in the run-off election, one of the lowest turnouts in the city's history.


2017 El Paso, Texas city elections
Districts 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 had elections in 2017. District 2 incumbent, Jim Tolbert, and District 7 incumbent, Lilia Limon, were eligible for re-election, but were defeated by Alexansandra Annello and Henry Rivera, respectively. Emma Acosta, District 3 incumbent, and Carl Robinson, District 4 incumbent, were term limited and could not run again; they were succeeded by Cassandra Hernandez and Sam Morgan, respectively. District 8 representative Cortney Niland, whose term was supposed to end in December 2018, resigned in April 2017. The city scheduled a June special election and July runoff election to fill the remainder of her term. The runoff election was won by Cissy Lizarraga.


2017 Elite 10
The 2017 Princess Auto Elite 10 was held from March 16 to 20 at Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. It was the fifth Grand Slam of Curling event held in the 2016–17 curling season. The tournament was held between ten men's teams.


2017 Elite 10, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−8).


2017 Elite One
The 2017 Elite One is the 57th season of the Cameroon top-tier football league. The season began on 25 February 2017. UMS de Loum are the defending champions coming off their first league title.


2017 Elite One, Teams locations
Elite One consists of 18 teams for the 2017 season with three clubs relegated to Elite Two and three promoted. Botafogo, Cosmos de Bafia and Panthère were all relegated to Elite Two after finishing in the last three spots of the 2015 season. Colombe, Feutcheu and Stade Renard were each promoted from Elite Two.


2017 Eliteserien
The 2017 Eliteserien was the 73rd completed season of top-tier football in Norway. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017, not including play-off matches. Rosenborg were the defending champions, while Kristiansund and Sandefjord entered as the promoted teams from the 2016 1. divisjon.


2017 Eliteserien
The 2017 season saw the name of the league change from Tippeligaen (named after sponsor Norsk Tipping) to Eliteserien, a non-sponsor affiliated name controlled by the Football Association of Norway. Rosenborg won their third consecutive title and 25th top-flight title overall, with two games to spare. Rosenborg conceded only 20 goals during the season, a league record.


2017 Eliteserien, Overview, Rebranding
On 28 August 2016, the Football Association of Norway (NFF) and Norsk Toppfotball  announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2017 season, the competition was known simply as Eliteserien, without any sponsor's name attached. As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced.


2017 Eliteserien, Overview, Summary
Rosenborg won their third consecutive title and 25th top-flight title overall. Rosenborg were the defending champions, while Kristiansund and Sandefjord entered as the promoted teams from the 2016 1. divisjon.


2017 Eliteserien, Overview, Summary
Rosenborg won the league with two games to spare. Aalesund and Viking were relegated directly. Fourteenth-finishers Sogndal were relegated after losing the play-off final to Ranheim.


2017 Eliteserien, Teams
Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the 1. divisjon. The promoted teams were Kristiansund (first season in the top-flight) and Sandefjord, (returning to the top flight after a season's absence). They replaced Bodø/Glimt and Start ending their top flight spells of three and four years respectively.


2017 Eliteserien, Relegation play-offs
The 14th-placed team, Sogndal took part in a two-legged play-off against Ranheim, the winners of the 1. divisjon promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2018 Eliteserien.


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs
The 2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relagetion play-offs was the 44th time a spot in the Eliteserien was decided by play-off matches between top tier and second level clubs.


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs
At the end of the 2017 season, Aalesund and Viking were relegated directly to 2018 OBOS-ligaen, and were replaced by Bodø/Glimt and Start who were directly promoted.


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Background
The play-offs between Eliteserien and OBOS-ligaen have been held every year since 1972 with exceptions in 1994 and 2011. They take place for the two divisions following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the fourteenth-placed club in Eliteserien and the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places in OBOS-ligaen. The fixtures are determined by final league position – the first to knockout-rounds begins with the four teams in the OBOS-ligaen: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, and the winner then play each other to determine who meet the Eliteserien club in the final.


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams
Five teams entered a play-off for the last Eliteserien spot for the 2018 season. These were:


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams
The four OBOS-ligaen teams first played a single game knockout tournament, with the winner (Ranheim) advancing to a two-legged tie against the Eliteserien team (Sogndal) for the 16th and final spot in the 2018 Eliteserien season. Ranheim won promotion to Eliteserien with a 1–1 on aggregate and a 5–4 win on penalties against Sogndal.


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams, Matches
The third to sixth-placed teams took part in the promotion play-offs; these were single leg knockout matches, two semi-finals and a final. The winners, Ranheim, advanced to play the 14th placed team in Eliteserien over two legs in the Eliteserien play-offs for a spot in the top-flight next season.


2017 Eliteserien Promotion/Relegation play-offs, Qualified teams, Matches, Final
The 14th-placed team in Eliteserien, Sogndal, played a two-legged play-off against Ranheim, the winners of the OBOS-ligaen promotion play-offs, to decide who will play in the 2018 Eliteserien.


2017 Elon Phoenix football team
The 2017 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Furman in the first round.


2017 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The 30th running of the Emakumeen Euskal Bira was held from 17 to 21 May 2017. Raced over five stages in the Basque Country, Spain, it had a total distance of 37 km. South African rider Ashleigh Moolman won the event after she won the final stage to Errenteria.


2017 Emir of Qatar Cup
The 2017 Emir of Qatar Cup was the 45th edition of the cup tournament in men's football. It was played by the 1st and 2nd level divisions of the Qatari football league structure.


2017 Emir of Qatar Cup
The competition featured all teams from the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League and the top four sides from the Qatargas League. Four venues were used – Al Sadd Stadium, Al Arabi Stadium,  Qatar SC Stadium and Khalifa Stadium.


2017 Emir of Qatar Cup
The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2018 AFC Champions League.


2017 Emir of Qatar Cup, Final
Assistant referees:Matteo Passeri (Italia)Alessandro Giallatini (Italia)Fourth official:Jouma Al Bourchid (Qatar)Additional assistant referees:Salman Falahi (Qatar)Khamis al-Marri (Qatar)


2017 Emirates Cup
The 2017 Emirates Cup was a pre-season football friendly tournament hosted by Arsenal at its home ground, the Emirates Stadium. It was the ninth Emirates Cup, an invitational competition inaugurated in 2007. Held on the weekend of 29–30 July 2017, the participants were Arsenal, Sevilla, Benfica, and RB Leipzig. It was the first edition since 2015 as pitch reconstruction works put the tournament on hiatus in 2016.


2017 Emirates Cup
Each team played two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss. An additional point is awarded for every goal scored. Arsenal did not face RB Leipzig, and Benfica did not play against Sevilla. On the first day of the Emirates Cup, Sevilla defeated RB Leipzig by a single goal, while Arsenal came from behind to beat Benfica 5–2. Although Sevilla were victorious against Arsenal and took maximum points, the hosts won the competition due to scoring more goals over the two days. RB Leipzig beat Benfica by two goals to finish in third place.


2017 Emirates Cup, Background
The Emirates Cup was inaugurated in July 2007 after Arsenal finalised plans to stage a pre-season competition at its home ground. The competition is named after Arsenal's main sponsor Emirates; the airline's association with the football club began in 2004. Arsenal won the first tournament, which was attended by over 110,000 people across the two days. In 2016, the Emirates Cup was cancelled in order to facilitate essential pitch reconstruction works at the Emirates Stadium. The 2017 edition was televised live in the United Kingdom on Quest and ESPN Deportes in the United States.


2017 Emirates Cup, Summary
RB Leipzig faced Sevilla in the opening match of the tournament; the German side were without striker Timo Werner, but manager Ralph Hasenhüttl named new signing Jean-Kevin Augustin in his first eleven. Midfielder Emil Forsberg forced Sevilla goalkeeper Sergio Rico into action early on with a shot, but the ball was comfortably held on to. RB Leipzig continued to create chances and in the 18th minute a ball played over the Sevilla defence found Augustin. The forward's volley however flew over the goal and into the stand. Sevilla's first meaningful attack just after the half-hour mark resulted in a penalty.


2017 Emirates Cup, Summary
Bernardo's challenge on Walter Montoya in the penalty area was adjudged as a foul, despite video replays showing the defender managed to take the ball off the Sevilla midfielder. Wissam Ben Yedder stepped up to take the penalty and duly converted to give Sevilla the lead. The scoreline remained 1–0, despite both clubs' best efforts to score.


2017 Emirates Cup, Summary
Arsenal played Benfica in the later game. The hosts went behind early on; Pizzi's long pass in the Arsenal box was headed downwards by Jonas and reached Franco Cervi, whose effort deflected off Per Mertesacker and into the net. Theo Walcott responded by scoring twice in nine minutes, but Eduardo Salvio equalised for the Portuguese champions just before the break. In the second half Arsenal scored three goals – first, an own goal by Lisandro López, then a well-worked move finished off by striker Olivier Giroud and finally Alex Iwobi whose shot went into the roof of the net. New signing Sead Kolašinac was involved in the build-up play for three of the goals; Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, afterwards, said of his contribution: "Today he was influential, the first two goals came from him. He looks powerful and the timing of his availability going forward is very good."


2017 Emirates Cup, Summary
On the second day of the tournament RB Leipzig beat Benfica by two goals. Halstenberg opened the score in the 19th minute, combining well with Federico Palacios before shooting the ball into the top left corner of the net. RB Leipzig made sure of victory in the second half when Marvin Compper scored. From Dominik Kaiser's free-kick, the defender headed the ball beyond Benifca goalkeeper Bruno Varela. RB Leipzig ended the tournament in third place with five points, whereas Benfica finished bottom of the table on two points. Hasenhüttl was delighted with his team's performance, telling reporters: "I am proud of how our young players performed. The constant regaining of possession was key to the win."


2017 Emirates Cup, Summary
Arsenal went into the final day of the competition knowing a draw was enough to win the Emirates Cup. Alexandre Lacazette started for Arsenal, as did Mesut Özil, while Ben Yedder continued to lead the line for Sevilla in a front three – either side of Nolito and Joaquín Correa. After an uneventful first half which saw both sides create few chances, Sevilla took the lead when Ben Yedder's reverse ball found an incoming Correa who slotted the ball past Petr Čech.


2017 Emirates Cup, Summary
Lacazette equalised for Arsenal, but the hosts went behind again after Steven Nzonzi's long shot looped into the far top corner. Sevilla held on to win, but despite a 100% record they finished second because Arsenal's points and goal difference was identical to theirs, and the Spanish club had scored fewer goals over the two days.


2017 Emirates Cup, Standings
Each team plays two matches, with three points awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for every goal scored.


2017 Emperor's Cup
The 97th Emperor's Cup (第97回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the 2017 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which began on 22 April 2017 and ended with the finals on 1 January 2018.


2017 Emperor's Cup
Cerezo Osaka won the tournament for the first time as a J.League club. It had won the cup 43 years ago, in 1974 when the club was playing for Japan Soccer League as Yanmar Diesel. As a result of this win, Cerezo automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League.


2017 Emperor's Cup, Calendar
From Third round up to Quarter-finals, the team playing in lower-tier of the league system (or lower ranked team if in same level) will have home advantage. Should the home team's stadium not fulfill requirements or the playing team is involved in 2017 AFC Champions League, organizers may assign other stadium instead.


2017 Emperor's Cup, Participating clubs
88 clubs competed in the tournament. Clubs playing in the 2017 J1 League and 2017 J2 League received a bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining teams entered in the first round.


2017 Emperor's Cup Final
2017 Emperor's Cup Final was the 97th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on January 1, 2018. Cerezo Osaka won the championship.


2017 Empire Slovak Open
The 2017 Empire Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Trnava, Slovakia, from 15–21 May 2017.


2017 Empire Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Empire Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by a protected ranking:


2017 Empire Slovak Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by a junior exempt:


2017 Empire Slovak Open – Doubles
Anna Kalinskaya and Tereza Mihalíková were the defending champions, but Kalinskaya chose to participate in Saint-Gaudens instead. Mihalíková partnered Chantal Škamlová, but they lost in the first round to Chuang Chia-jung and Renata Voráčová.


2017 Empire Slovak Open – Doubles
Naomi Broady and Heather Watson won the title, defeating Chuang and Voráčová in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2017 Empire Slovak Open – Singles
Kateřina Siniaková was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia instead.


2017 Empire Slovak Open – Singles
Markéta Vondroušová won the title, defeating Verónica Cepede Royg in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–3).


2017 Emporia State Hornets football team
The 2017 Emporia State Hornets football team represented Emporia State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. The Hornets played their home games on Jones Field at Francis G. Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas, as they have done since 1937. 2017 was the 120th season in school history. The Hornets were led by head coach Garin Higgins, who finished his 16th season overall, and 10th season at Emporia State. Emporia State has been a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) since 1991.


2017 Emporia State Hornets football team, Preseason
The Hornets enter the 2017 season after finishing with an 11–2 overall, 10–1 in conference play last season under Higgins. On August 1, 2017 at the MIAA Football Media Day, the Hornets were chosen to finish second in both the Coaches Poll and Media Polls.


2017 Emporia State Hornets football team, Preseason
On June 1, 2017, the Hornets were ranked No. 4 in Street & Smith's National Preseason Ranking Poll, and landed in the same spot by Lindy's Sports on June 23, 2017.


2017 Emporia State Hornets football team, Preseason
On August 14, the American Football Coaches Association released its poll, with the Hornets ranked No. 4 in the nation, the highest in school history.


2017 Empress's Cup
The 2017 Empress's Cup was the 39th edition of the Japanese women's football national cup. NTV Beleza won its 11th title and sealed its first League-Cup double since the 2008 season after beating Nadeshiko Division 1 newcomer Nojima Stella in the final. Defending champion INAC Leonessa was defeated on penalties in the Round of 32 by the non-L. League team of the Waseda University.


2017 Empress's Cup Final
2017 Empress's Cup Final was the 39th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at Osaka Nagai Stadium in Osaka on December 24, 2017. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.


2017 Empress's Cup Final, Overview
Nippon TV Beleza won their 12th title, by defeating Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara – with Mina Tanaka and Mizuho Sakaguchi goal.


2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42
The 2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France, from 23–29 January 2017.


2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Doubles
Elise Mertens and An-Sophie Mestach were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Doubles
Nicola Geuer and Anna Zaja won the title when Ana Bogdan and Ioana Loredana Roșca retired in the final at 6–3, 2–2.


2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Singles
Stefanie Vögele was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 Engie Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42 – Singles
Anett Kontaveit won the title, defeating Ivana Jorović in the final 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie
The 2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-first edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Saint-Gaudens, France, from 15–21 May 2017.


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by a junior exempt:


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Doubles
Demi Schuurs and Renata Voráčová were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Doubles
Chang Kai-chen and Han Xinyun won the title after defeating Montserrat González and Sílvia Soler Espinosa 7–5, 6–1 in the final.


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Singles
Irina Khromacheva was the defending champion, but retired in the quarterfinals against Valentini Grammatikopoulou.


2017 Engie Open Saint-Gaudens Occitanie – Singles
Richèl Hogenkamp won the title, defeating Kristie Ahn in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2017 Engie Open de Biarritz
The 2017 Engie Open de Biarritz was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Biarritz, France, on 11–17 September 2017.


2017 Engie Open de Biarritz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Engie Open de Biarritz – Doubles
Irina Khromacheva and Maryna Zanevska were the defending champions, but Khromacheva chose not to participate. Zanevska partnered Alizé Lim, but they lost in the first round to Audrey Albié and Marine Partaud.


2017 Engie Open de Biarritz – Doubles
Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu won the title after defeating Cristina Bucșa and Isabelle Wallace 6–3, 6–1 in the final.


2017 Engie Open de Biarritz – Singles
Rebecca Šramková was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 Engie Open de Biarritz – Singles
Mihaela Buzărnescu won the title, defeating Patty Schnyder in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne
The 2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, from 27 March–2 April 2017.


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by lucky losers:


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Doubles
Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith were the two-time defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Manon Arcangioli and Magdalena Fręch.


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Doubles
Vera Lapko and Polina Monova won the title, defeating Arcangioli and Fręch in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Singles
Ivana Jorović was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Sabina Sharipova.


2017 Engie Open de Seine-et-Marne – Singles
Ekaterina Alexandrova won the title, defeating Richèl Hogenkamp in the final, 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–3.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina
In June 2017, England played a two-test series against Argentina as part of the 2017 mid-year rugby union tests. The series was part of the fifth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 10 June, the first test match of the tour.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads, England
On 20 April, head coach Eddie Jones named a 30-man squad for England's two-test series against Argentina. Piers Francis and Sam Underhill, although playing outside England, were listed as both players are signed with an English club for the 2017/18 season.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads, England
On 21 May, James Haskell withdrew from the squad after being called up to the British and Irish Lions as an injury replacement.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads, England
On 29 May, Jones finalized England's touring squad for the series against Argentina. Nick Schonert, Mark Wilson and Marland Yarde were promoted from the additional players added to the squad for the XV side to play the Barbarians, while Don Armand and Ollie Devoto joined following the Aviva premiership final. Luke Cowan-Dickie, Paul Hill, Tom Wood and Joe Marchant withdrew from the squad.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads, England
On 21 May, several players were subsequently called up by Jones for the Barbarians game due to the Aviva Premiership final between Wasps and Exeter Chiefs.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads, England
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 28 May, the day England played the Barbarians.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Squads, Argentina
On 29 May, Argentina named a 32-man squad for their two-test series against England and the one-off test match against Georgia.


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Matches, Warm-up match
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Ben Whitehouse (Wales)Television match official:Peter Fitzgibbon (Australia)


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Matches, First test
Touch judges:John Lacey (Ireland)Egon Seconds (South Africa)Television match official: Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)


2017 England rugby union tour of Argentina, Matches, Second test
Touch judges:Nigel Owens (Wales)Egon Seconds (South Africa)Television match official:Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)


2017 English Football League play-offs
The English Football League play-offs for the 2016–17 season were held in May 2017 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London.


2017 English Football League play-offs
The play-offs begin in each league with two semi-finals which are played over two legs. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in League Two compete. The winners of the semi-finals advance to the finals, with the winners gaining promotion for the following season.


2017 English Football League play-offs, Background
The English Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places. The fixtures are determined by final league position – in the Championship and League One this is 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, while in League Two it is 4th v 7th and 5th v 6th.


2017 English Football League play-offs, Championship, Championship Semi-finals
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Huddersfield Town on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–3 on penalties.


2017 English Greyhound Derby
The 2017 Star Sports Greyhound Derby took place during June and July and the final was held on 1 July 2017 at Towcester Greyhound Stadium.


2017 English Greyhound Derby
It was the first time since 1984 that the event was held away from Wimbledon Stadium and the first time in its history that it was held outside of London. The competition was sponsored by bookmaker Star Sports for the first time with a winner's prize of £175,000. The winner was Astute Missile who was the outsider at 28-1,  his owner Geoff Hill won £175,000.


2017 English Greyhound Derby, Final, Distances
¾, 4½, 1¼, 1¾, ½ (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.


2017 English Greyhound Derby, Final, Race Report
Astute Missile broke very well from the traps alongside Hiya Butt, who produced his trademark early pace, to lead from the first bend until the third bend. Astute Missile then forced his way inside Hiya Butt at the third bend, the latter received a small bump at this stage and then tired into last place. Astute Missile went on to win from a strong finishing Tyrur Shay and the previously unbeaten Clares Rocket finished third after failing to make the fast start that was expected of him.


2017 English National Badminton Championships
The 2017 English National Badminton Championships were held in Wycombe Leisure Centre from 2-3 September 2017.


2017 English Open (snooker)
The 2017 Dafabet English Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 16 to 22 October 2017 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2017/2018 season and a part of the Home Nations Series.


2017 English Open (snooker)
Liang Wenbo was the defending champion, having beaten Judd Trump 9–6 in the 2016 final. Wenbo made a maximum break in his second round match against Tom Ford, but lost in the third round to Yan Bingtao. His maximum won him the "rolling 147 prize" of £40,000.


2017 English Open (snooker)
Ronnie O'Sullivan captured his 29th ranking title by beating Kyren Wilson 9–2 in the final. With his win O'Sullivan tied John Higgins for 2nd place on the all-time list of ranking event wins, only behind Stephen Hendry.


2017 English Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2017 English Open (snooker), Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000


2017 English cricket season
The 2017 English cricket season was the 118th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The season, which began on 28 March and ended on 29 September, featured two global one-day competitions played in England and Wales, the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. England Women's team won the World Cup, defeating India Women in the final at Lord's. Pakistan beat India in the Champions Trophy final.


2017 English cricket season
The season included men's international tours of England by South Africa and West Indies. England played four Test matches against South Africa and three against West Indies. Both teams also played One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) series against England whilst Ireland played a two ODI tour series against England.


2017 English cricket season
The season also saw the first-class counties compete in the 2017 County Championship, 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup and 2017 NatWest t20 Blast competitions. Essex won the County Championship with Nottinghamshire winning both limited overs competitions. Lancashire Women won both the Women's County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 competition. In the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League the title was won by Western Storm who defeated Southern Vipers in the final. The Minor Counties competed for the 2017 Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy, both of which were won by Berkshire County Cricket Club. Club and recreational cricket was played throughout both countries.


2017 English cricket season, Champions Trophy
The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England and Wales in June. Eight international men's teams competed in the tournament which was won by Pakistan who defeated India in the final at The Oval. Groups stage matches were played at The Oval, Edgbaston and at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.


2017 English cricket season, Women's World Cup
The 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in June and July. Eight international women's teams competed in the tournament on a round-robin basis. The top four teams after the round-robin stage qualified for semi-finals with the two winners reaching the final. England Women beat India Women in the final which was held at Lord's and was a sell-out.


2017 English cricket season, International tours
Three international men's sides toured England during the season: Ireland, South Africa and West Indies. The Irish tour was a two ODI series whilst the other tours all featured Test cricket as well as ODI and T20I matches. There were no women's tours to England during the season.


2017 English cricket season, International tours, Ireland tour
The Irish team played two ODIs against England in early May in advance of the Champions Trophy. England won both matches.


2017 English cricket season, International tours, South Africa tour
The tour by South Africa included matches played either side of the Champions Trophy. In late May, immediately before the start of the Champions Trophy, a three match ODI series was played with England winning the series 2–1. After the tournament a three-match T20I series was played, England again winning 2–1.


2017 English cricket season, International tours, South Africa tour
The four match Test series between the two teams took place between the beginning of July and early August. England won the series 3–1.


2017 English cricket season, International tours, West Indies tour
The West Indies toured England in August and September. Three Test matches were played, England winning the series 2–1. The series included the first day-night Test match to be played in England. A single T20I and a five match ODI series were played after the Tests, England winning the ODI series 4–0 whilst West Indies won the T20I. The final match of the ODI series was played on 29 September and was the final match played during the season.


2017 English cricket season, County Championship
The men's County Championship saw a restructuring of the divisional structure for the start of the season. Division One was reduced to eight teams at the end of the 2016 season in order to reduce the number of Championship matches each county played to 14. Ten teams competed in Division Two for the first time, meaning that Division Two sides did not play each other home and away during the season.


2017 English cricket season, County Championship
Essex, who had been promoted from Division Two the previous season, won the County Championship. Middlesex, the 2016 Champions, and Warwickshire were relegated from Division One with their places taken by Division Two champions Worcestershire and Nottinghamshire who narrowly beat Northants to the second place spot in the division.


2017 English cricket season, County Championship
Middelsex's relegation from Division One was controversial. The club had been deducted two points for bowling a slow over rate during a match against Surrey at The Oval at the end of August in a match which was abandoned early when a crossbow bolt was fired on to the pitch. At the time Middlesex were batting but could have declared and made up the over rate in Surrey's second innings. They lost to Somerset on the final day of the season, with Somerset just one point above Middlesex in the table.


2017 English cricket season, County Championship
The pitch at Taunton was investigated after Wayne Noon, the ECB cricket liaison officer at the ground for the match, marked it as "below average" for excessive spin on the first two days of the match – a factor which, it was suggested, would help Somerset's strong spin attack. No action was taken over the pitch quality after a further inspection took place, despite it being described as "doctored" and Somerset being called a "disgrace" by Middlesex's Chief Executive Angus Fraser. Middlesex subsequently appealed the decision to deduct the two points for the slow over rate at The Oval but the appeal was rejected by the ECB.


2017 English cricket season, MCCU Matches
The season began with three rounds of first-class cricket matches played between first-class counties and the six MCC University sides. Each MCCU side played two matches, each against a first class county, between 28 March and 9 April.


2017 English cricket season, Women's County Championship
The 2017 Women's County Championship was won by Lancashire, the county's first Championship title. The runners-up were Yorkshire. The season was the first with a changed format of three divisions with Division Three split into four geographic groups, replacing the previous system of four divisions.


2017 Ennore oil spill
The 2017 Ennore oil spill was an oil spill that occurred outside the Kamarajar Port in Ennore near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. The spill occurred on 28 January 2017 when an outbound empty tanker BW Maple collided with an inbound loaded oil tanker Dawn Kanchipuram at 04:00 local time. It was unexpected.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Location
The collision occurred two nautical miles off Kamarajar Port in Ennore, a natural harbour about 20 km north of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast. The Ennore Creek (swampy backwater traversing over 13 km between Pulicat Lake in the north and Kosasthalaiyar River in the south and emptying into the Bay of Bengal) separates the town of Ennore from the Government held public company Kamarajar Port.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Timeline
The two ships collided at 4 am on 27 January 2017. In the morning, the Kamarajar port authority released a press statement that there is no damage to the environment and no casualty or injury to persons. It also indicated that both vessels are safely anchored and the extents of damage to the vessels are under assessment. By afternoon, oil spill sheen was visible with dead turtles being washed ashore and residents of nearby coastal areas reporting a strong smell of oil. The Indian Coast Guard confirmed they were assessing the situation and providing assistance required. The Coast Guard also said that the spill would be contained in less than 24 hours.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Timeline
Investigation into the cause of the collision began on 29 January 2017. On 30 January 2017, the Kamarajar Port released a note claiming that there is no major damage to the environment or injury to persons and some sheens of oil traces were observed. It also stated that oil booms was deployed as a precautionary measure around the vessel Dawn Kanchipuram to contain seepage if any.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Timeline
The ship was subsequently brought into the port and berthed it after its cargo was discharged and vehicle inspections for damage assessment did not yield any evidence of an oil spill barring 'some sheens of oil traces', the press note said. The fishing community claimed that hundreds of fish had died and that they were unable to go for fishing because the spillage had come up to the shore.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Containment and cleanup
On 31 January 2017, the District collector of Thiruvallur confirmed in a press meet that an oil spill took place after the incident on 28 January with Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the Fisheries Department being deployed to look into the situation. Manual efforts to remove the oil spill were made by the Coast Guard, in addition to helicopter sorties to monitor the spread and assist in its removal. Three heavy buckets were used for removing the oil spill by Chennai Corporation .


2017 Ennore oil spill, Containment and cleanup
On 5 February, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam visited the site and declared that 90% of the clean up work was over with the remainder expected to be completed in a couple of days. He claimed tests had shown that the spill had not affected marine life, with fish safe for consumption, and also promised livelihood relief to the local fishing community. On 6 February, it was revealed that the viscous heavy oil being cleaned was heavy bunker fuel caused by a rupture in the fuel tanks of the oil tanker Dawn Kanchipuram and not from its cargo.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Containment and cleanup
As on 7 February, the efforts to manage the oil spill had yielded approximately 160 metric tonnes of sludge, removed by over 5700 people.


2017 Ennore oil spill, Containment and cleanup
In February 2017, the Indian Coast Guard said that approximately an area of 34,000 square metres (370,000 sq ft) was affected. He stated that 95 per cent of the spill was towards north of the Chennai Port with sludge accumulating over a length of 800 metres (2,600 ft) spread across 11 spots. He added that the shores of the city's Marina Beach suffered minimum impact and that the shoreline of the suburb Tiruvallur had oil accumulation over a 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) stretch. The volume of the spill was estimated at 9.9 million US gallons (37,000 m3).


2017 Ennore oil spill, Criticism
The Government of Tamil Nadu was criticized for its failures in crisis communication and contingency response.


2017 Epsom Derby
The 2017 Epsom Derby was the 238th annual running of the Derby horse race and took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 3 June 2017. It was televised on ITV for the first time since 1988. The race was worth £1.5million, an increase on the 2016 prize, and was sponsored by Investec. The race saw the biggest Derby upset for 43 years as Wings of Eagles won at odds of 40/1. His win was the seventh in the race for his owners and the sixth for his trainer Aidan O'Brien. By contrast, it was a first ride in the race for the winning jockey Padraig Beggy, a work-rider at O'Brien's Ballydoyle stable.


2017 Epsom Derby, Entries
The initial entry for the 2017 Epsom Derby, announced in December 2015, consisted of 416 yearlings. The number of entries was a decrease of 59 on the initial entry for the 2016 race, and included 54  horses from the Godolphin Racing organisation and 59 from the Coolmore Stud. Another 10 horses were added at the second entry stage in April 2017 at a cost of £9,000 per entry. The second entries included Thunder Snow, winner of the 2017 UAE Derby; he was subsequently routed to the US to contest the 2017 Kentucky Derby. A further entry stage took place on 29 May 2017, and saw two horses, Permian and Khalidi added to the line-up after their owners each paid supplementary fees of £85,000. The two-day declarations on 1 June saw the withdrawal of the outsider Finn McCool leaving a field of nineteen horses.


2017 Epsom Derby, Entries
The most controversial entry was Diore Lia, a filly who had shown no racing ability in two starts and who was scheduled to be ridden by the inexperienced apprentice jockey Gina Mangan. After safety concerns were raised the BHA allowed the horse to take part but insisted that Mangan be replaced by a more qualified rider. The filly was withdrawn on the morning of the race after sustaining a muscle injury. Later, Diore Lia owner are banned horse racing actives, British Horseracing Authority also banned ratings 80 below horses races at group 1 races.


2017 Epsom Derby, Trial races
Ireland staged the first notable trial for the 2017 English Derby when the Ballysax Stakes was run at Leopardstown Racecourse on 8 April and produced a considerable upset as Joseph O'Brien sent out Rekindling to win at odds of 16/1. Douglas Macarthur, Yucatan and Capri, the next three finishers, were all trained by O'Brien's father Aidan and represented the powerful Coolmore organisation. The first significant British trial races took place at the Craven meeting at Newmarket Racecourse in April.