2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Oakland Raiders
After a strip sack and forced fumble off quarterback Derek Carr deep in Raiders' territory, the Broncos had a first and goal at the 1-yard line, however, Paxton Lynch threw a pass that was deflected and intercepted by linebacker NaVorro Bowman in the end zone. A 9-yard touchdown pass from Carr to wide receiver Amari Cooper, coupled with a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Marshawn Lynch, gave the Raiders a 14–0 lead before halftime. The lead was increased to 21–0 early in the third quarter, with a 6-yard touchdown pass from Carr to running back Jalen Richard.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Oakland Raiders
After Paxton Lynch suffered an ankle injury, he was replaced by Trevor Siemian late in the third quarter, and got the Broncos on the scoreboard at the 10:26 mark of the fourth quarter, with a 25-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Cody Latimer. The Raiders drove to the Broncos' 17-yard line on their next possession, chewing up nearly five minutes off the clock, and were attempting to add to their lead. However, a 35-yard field goal attempt by placekicker Giorgio Tavecchio missed wide left.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Oakland Raiders
Siemian engineered a 12-play, 75-yard drive and pulled the Broncos to within a 21–14 deficit with 2:44 remaining in the game, after a 22-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Bennie Fowler III. The Broncos were hoping for a defensive stop just before the two-minute warning, but after using the last two of their three team timeouts, Carr connected on a 31-yard pass to wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson on a 3rd-and-8, sealing the win for the Raiders. With the loss, the Broncos exceeded their loss total from 2016.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Miami Dolphins
A 65-yard interception return by Justin Simmons of Dolphins' quarterback Jay Cutler was the Broncos' only touchdown of the game, as the offense only managed one other scoring play – a 31-yard field goal by placekicker Brandon McManus. The Broncos surrendered two safeties – one off a fumbled snap and the other when Isaiah McKenzie muffed a punt in the end zone, and also had a punt blocked. Quarterback Trevor Siemian threw three interceptions – one of which was returned for a touchdown, the offense went 1-for-13 on third down and gained 270 net yards, their lowest output of the season.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. New York Jets
The Broncos' defense allowed the Jets' offense to advance past midfield only twice out of 12 opportunities, in a 23–0 win, as the Broncos snapped an 8–game losing streak – the team's longest since 1967. It was the Broncos' first shutout win since 2005 – also against the Jets. Offensively, the Broncos did not commit any turnovers, and after forcing a Jets' fumble on their first possession, quarterback Trevor Siemian threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. New York Jets
Fullback Andy Janovich added another touchdown in the third quarter, and placekicker Brandon McManus added three field goals, though he missed a 29-yard attempt early in the second quarter. The Broncos, however, were officially eliminated from playoff contention as the result of wins by the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: vs. New York Jets
The Broncos wore their alternate navy blue jerseys for this game.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
The Broncos spotted the Colts a 10–0 lead, with quarterback Jacoby Brissett rushing for a 7-yard touchdown, followed in the second quarter by a 45-yard field goal by placekicker Adam Vinatieri. The former occurred after an interception of quarterback Trevor Siemian on the Broncos' initial possession. Siemian was knocked out of the game late in the first quarter due to a shoulder injury, after being sacked by Colts' linebacker Barkevious Mingo. Brock Osweiler took over early in the second quarter, and got the Broncos on the scoreboard just before halftime, with an 18-yard touchdown run.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
A 39-yard field goal by Vinatieri on the Colts' initial possession of the second half increased the lead to 13–7; however, the Broncos' defense held the Colts scoreless for the remainder of the game. The Broncos claimed the lead for good with a pair of touchdown passes from Osweiler – a 22-yarder to wide receiver Cody Latimer, followed by a 54-yarder to tight end Jeff Heuerman (with a successful two-point conversion). Placekicker Brandon McManus added a 40-yard field goal with 5:18 remaining in the game, on a drive that chewed up 9:40 off the clock. It was the Broncos' only road win of the season.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Indianapolis Colts
The Broncos snapped a 6-game losing streak in Indianapolis, dating back to 2003 (including the playoffs).


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Washington Redskins
A 31-yard field goal by placekicker Brandon McManus gave the Broncos a 3–0 lead late in the first quarter. However, the Redskins reeled off 27 unanswered points, and the same offensive mistakes that plagued the Broncos during their 8-game losing streak resurfaced. The defense allowed Redskins' quarterback Kirk Cousins to pass for 299 yards and three touchdowns. The Broncos' lone touchdown came late in the fourth quarter – a 5-yard run by running back C. J. Anderson, by which time the game had already been decided in the Redskins' favor.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: at Washington Redskins
This was the Broncos' final game against Washington under the "Redskins" moniker – home or away, as Washington adopted a temporary moniker in 2020.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
In their final game of the season, the Broncos took a 10–7 lead over the Chiefs, before the Chiefs reeled off 17 unanswered points to take a 24–10 lead, which included a fumble return by Chiefs' linebacker Ramik Wilson for a touchdown. The Broncos pulled even with the Chiefs at 24–24 with 2:53 remaining in the game, which included a fumble return by linebacker Zaire Anderson for a touchdown. However, Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes, playing in place of regular starter Alex Smith, engineered a game-winning drive, culminating in a 30-yard field goal by placekicker Harrison Butker as time expired. Paxton Lynch, in only his second start of the season, threw two touchdown passes – one to running back De'Angelo Henderson and another to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, but also threw two interceptions.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Running back C. J. Anderson reached the 1,000-yard rushing plateau for the first time in his career, as well as becoming the first Broncos' running back since Knowshon Moreno in 2013 to do so. Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas fell 51 yards short of reaching 1,000 receiving yards for a sixth consecutive season. The Broncos lost their fifth consecutive game against the Chiefs – the team's longest losing skid against the Chiefs since a six-game streak from 1970 to 1973.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Quarterback carousel
Trevor Siemian was named the starting quarterback on August 21, two days after the Broncos' second preseason game vs. the San Francisco 49ers. It was the second consecutive season that Siemian beat out Paxton Lynch, the team's 2016 first-round draft selection, for the starting quarterback position. However, after a four-touchdown performance against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 2, Siemian struggled with turnovers and inconsistent play, and was benched in favor of Brock Osweiler, who was re-signed by the Broncos just before the start of the season, and designated as Siemian's backup.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Quarterback carousel
Osweiler was named the starter on November 1, four days before the team's Week 9 game at the Philadelphia Eagles. However, Osweiler suffered through the same struggles as Siemian. Lynch, who had been inactive for the first ten games of the season due to an injury to his throwing shoulder during the preseason, was named the starter on November 22, four days prior to team's Week 12 game at the Oakland Raiders. This change occurred immediately after Bill Musgrave was named offensive coordinator, following the firing of Mike McCoy.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Quarterback carousel
After Lynch suffered an ankle injury during the Week 12 loss to the Raiders that sidelined him for three weeks, Siemian started the next three games (Weeks 13–15), but suffered a partial dislocation of his non-throwing shoulder during the team's Week 15 win over the Indianapolis Colts that ended his season. Lynch started the regular season finale against the Kansas City Chiefs.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Awards and honors, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections
Linebacker Von Miller and cornerback Aqib Talib were selected to the 2018 Pro Bowl, while cornerback Chris Harris, Jr. and nose tackle Domata Peko were named as alternates. Miller was also voted to the 2017 All-Pro Team and named to the Second Team.


2017 Denver Broncos season, Other news and notes
On July 24, John Elway, the team's executive vice president/general manager since 2011, received a five-year contract extension from the Broncos that will run through the 2021 season. In addition, Elway was promoted from executive vice president to president of football operations.


2017 Denver Outlaws season
The 2017 Denver Outlaws season was the twelfth season for the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse. The Outlaws come into the 2017 season as defending MLL champions after defeating the Ohio Machine in the 2016 final, 19-18. After losing in their first four Steinfeld Cup appearances, the Outlaws have won two championships in the past three seasons. Despite winning the title in 2016, the Outlaws had to rattle off six straight wins at the end of the regular season just to finish tied atop the standings at 8-6 with six other teams. Due to tiebreaker procedures, the Outlaws were rewarded the third seed in the postseason.


2017 Denver Outlaws season
On August 5, thanks to an Ohio loss to Rochester in the last week of the regular season, the Outlaws clinched the top spot in the postseason with a 9-5 record. On August 19, the Outlaws played in their MLL-record seventh league championship game, but lost to the Machine 17-12.


2017 Dera Ismail Khan bombing
On 4 January 2017, an explosion took place on Bannu Road in Dera Ismail Khan. The police van was on routine patrolling when it was targeted by remote control bomb that was planted in the center of the road. According to police the bomb weighed between 5 and 7 kilograms.


2017 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Events
In the attack, 15 people including five police officers and a woman were injured. The injured police officers include constable Atta-ur-Rehman, BaqarMukhtarHussain, Asif and Akram while among other injures was the security guard of Gomal University, Muhammad Ali who was referred to Multan for medical treatment.


2017 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Events
The injured were shifted to hospital where one injured was stated to be in critical condition. Security forces cordoned off the area and started search operation for hunting the miscreants.


2017 Derby City Classic
The 2017 Derby City Classic was a professional pool tournament held from the January 20 to 28, 2017 in Horseshoe Southern Indiana  in  Elizabeth,  Indiana. It was the 19th hosting the event. Competitions were held in the disciplines nine-ball,  ten-ball, one-pocket, straight, and bank pool. The event was the 2017 edition of the Derby City Classic.


2017 Derby City Classic
The Master of the Table awarded for the best player overall was won by Dennis Orcollo who defeated Shane Van Boening 9–3 in the final of the nine-ball competition and won third place in the one-pocket competition.


2017 Derby City Classic, Results, Bigfoot 10-Ball-Challenge
The Bigfoot ten-ball challenge competition ran from January 20–24, 2017. Below is the results from the last-16 onwards.


2017 Derbyshire County Council election
An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 United Kingdom local elections. 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in the City of Derby, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Conservative Party won back control of the council, taking thirty-seven of the authority's sixty-four seats.


2017 Derbyshire County Council election
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 May 2017 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections.


2017 Derbyshire County Council election
It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.


2017 Derry Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Derry Senior Football Championship was the 94th edition of Derry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in Derry Football League Division 1. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup.


2017 Derry Senior Football Championship
Slaughtneil were the defending champions, having won their third title in-a row by beating The Loup in the 2016 final by 2-11 to 0-6. On 24 September 2017 they won "4-in-a-row" by defeating Ballinascreen 4-12 to 1-11 in the final in Celtic Park.


2017 Derry Senior Football Championship, Format
The senior championship reverted to a straight knock out in 2016 and continues with minor alterations. At the end of each round, a draw was held to determine the fixtures in the next round.


2017 Derry Senior Football Championship, Format
In Derry, relegation or promotion within the league system determines which championship clubs compete in – Division 1 teams compete in the senior championship, Division 2 teams in the intermediate championship and Division 3 teams in the junior championship.


2017 Derry Senior Football Championship, Format
A  back-door format was used from 2009 to 2015. Four initial ‘round-robin’ groups progressing to an eight team straight knockout were used in seasons 2007 and 2008.


2017 Derry Senior Hurling Championship
The 2017 Derry Senior Hurling Championship was the 72st edition of the Derry GAA's premier hurling tournament for senior clubs in Derry. The winners receive the Fr Collins Cup.


2017 Derry Senior Hurling Championship
Slaughtneil Robert Emmet's were the defending champions, having beaten Banagher in the 2016 final 2-19 to 1-12.


2017 Desert Diamond Cup
The 2017 Desert Diamond Cup was the seventh edition of the preseason exhibition tournament. The competition featured six soccer teams from Major League Soccer, held from February 15 to February 25, 2017. The defending champion was the New England Revolution.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix
The 2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season and the first oval race of the season. It took place on April 29, 2017 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. The race was won by Simon Pagenaud for Team Penske, his first ever victory on an oval.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, April 28. Hélio Castroneves took pole position, breaking the track record that he had set the previous lap with a time of 37.7538 (194.905 mph). His teammate Will Power qualified second. J. R. Hildebrand qualified third; the only driver outside of Team Penske in the top five. Tony Kanaan in sixth place was the fastest Honda driver.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race
The race was held on Saturday, April 29. The start saw Hélio Castroneves pull into the lead, while Josef Newgarden was able to move into second after passing both Will Power and J. R. Hildebrand. Behind them, however, the start was chaotic, as Mikhail Aleshin spun in the middle of turn one, triggering a multi-car incident that took out championship leader Sébastien Bourdais, Max Chilton, Marco Andretti, and Graham Rahal. All five were out of the race. Ryan Hunter-Reay suffered a punctured tire in the incident and dropped to 15th following his pit stop.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race
After a lengthy clean-up, racing resumed on lap 22, where Simon Pagenaud managed to move in front of Hildebrand for fourth place. For several laps, the order remained unchanged. On lap 70, however, Pagenaud was able to catch up to his teammate Power and move himself into third place. Pit stops began shortly after, where Power was able to leapfrog all three of his teammates and take the lead of the race, with Castroneves, Pagenaud, and Newgarden behind. James Hinchcliffe rounded out the top five after the stops. During the cycle, Conor Daly lost numerous laps after suffering a gearbox failure while on pit lane on lap 78.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race
The order remained largely unchanged for the following stint, though Newgarden, struggling with a broken front wing, lost his fourth position to a hard-charging Hildebrand. At roughly lap 120, the second cycle of pit stops came, during which Alexander Rossi made contact with the wall and was forced to retire from the race, though there was no caution for this incident. Shortly after, however, Rossi's teammate Takuma Sato made contact with the turn four wall and came to a stop on the frontstretch, bringing out the caution. Due to where the pit stop cycle was at the time, Pagenaud now held a sizable advantage on the field, allowing him to pit under yellow without losing any track position.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race
The restart came on lap 149, where Pagenaud was able to pull out a healthy lead due to several lapped cars being between him and Power. Further back, Newgarden was able to march back up into the top five quickly after finally being afforded the chance to change his front wing. Little change in the order occurred as the field cycled through their final pit cycle from about lap 190 through lap 210. Pagenaud's lead now stood at over 5.5 seconds on lap 215.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race
Shortly after pit stops, Newgarden's day went awry once again, as he and Ryan Hunter-Reay made contact, breaking Newgarden's front wing again and breaking Hunter-Reay's suspension, taking him out of the race. For the second time in three races, all Andretti Autosport cars were out of the race. Newgarden changed front wings again, dropping him to 10th. The biggest beneficiary of the incident, however, was Hildebrand, who was able to pass both Newgarden and Castroneves, who had slowed up to avoid the incident, boosting him to third place.


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Report, Race
Up front, it was smooth sailing for Pagenaud, who came across the finish line over nine seconds ahead of his teammate Power. Hildebrand came across the line third, securing his first podium finish in six years. Castroneves finished fourth while Scott Dixon, who ran an quiet race, finished fifth, the first car one lap down. For Pagenaud, the victory was his 10th career victory and his first ever on an oval. For Team Penske, it was the team's 450th win in motorsports and the 100th IndyCar win for the team on an oval. The victory also allowed Pagenaud to take the lead in the points. Attendance was 18,500


2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix, Results, Race
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2017 Desert T20 Challenge
The 2017 Desert T20 Challenge was an international Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from 14 to 20 January 2017. The eight Associate Members that have T20I status were scheduled to take part, although Papua New Guinea declined to participate and were replaced by Namibia (who did not have T20I status at the time). Therefore, matches with Namibia were played as Twenty20 matches.


2017 Desert T20 Challenge
The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) in December 2016. The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, with Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia and the United Arab Emirates in Group A and Netherlands, Scotland, Oman and Hong Kong in Group B. The semi-finals and final of the tournament took place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 20 January.


2017 Desert T20 Challenge
Afghanistan and Ireland qualified from Group A and Scotland and Oman qualified from Group B for the finals stage of the tournament. Afghanistan beat Ireland by 10 wickets in the final match to win the tournament.


2017 Desert T20 Challenge, Squads
Before the tournament started, both Andrew Balbirnie and Stuart Thompson were ruled out of Ireland's squad due to injury. They were replaced by Stuart Poynter and Lorcan Tucker respectively.


2017 Detroit Lions season
The 2017 season was the Detroit Lions' 88th in the National Football League (NFL), their 84th as the Detroit Lions, and their fourth and final season under head coach Jim Caldwell. The Lions finished with a 9–7 record, the same record they had in 2016, but unlike the previous year, failed to qualify for the playoffs. After starting the season 3–1, they lost 6 of their next 12 games. They were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention in week 16 following their loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.


2017 Detroit Lions season
Despite missing the playoffs, the Lions recorded consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1994–1995. They also won all of their division road games for the first time ever and swept their division rival Green Bay Packers for the first time since 1991. Despite this, Caldwell was dismissed by the Lions after the season, having accumulating a winning record of 36–28 (4–25 against teams that finished with winning records), but no playoff wins, in four seasons. The team also unveiled a new uniform set and logo, which removed the black that had been used a secondary color since 2003, as well an all-silver uniform in week 15.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals
To open the regular season, the Lions hosted the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals took an early lead in the first quarter with an 82-yard interception return from Justin Bethel, followed by a 24-yard field goal from Phil Dawson. The Lions got on the board in the second quarter with a six-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Marvin Jones Jr., and a 58-yard field goal from Matt Prater to make the score 10–9 in favor of Arizona at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals
In the third quarter, the Cardinals added to their lead with a three-yard touchdown run from Kerwynn Williams, but the Lions responded with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Theo Riddick. In the final quarter, the Lions took their first lead with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Kenny Golladay. Stafford connected with Golladay again minutes later with a 45-yard touchdown pass, then Miles Killebrew returned an interception 35 yards for the Lions' final points. The Cardinals scored with a one-yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer to J. J. Nelson, making the final score 35–23 in favor of Detroit. It was Matthew Stafford's 27th fourth quarter or overtime comeback since 2011, the most in the league.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at New York Giants
In week 2, the Lions visited the New York Giants to play on Monday Night Football. The Lions took an early lead in the first quarter with a 27-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Marvin Jones.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at New York Giants
The Giants tied the game in the second quarter with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Evan Engram, but the Lions took the lead back (which they kept for the rest of the game) with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Eric Ebron, and a 56-yard field goal by Matt Prater to make the score 17–7 in favor of Detroit at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2: at New York Giants
Each team only scored once in the second half: first the Giants with a 25-yard field goal by Aldrick Rosas in the third quarter, then the Lions with an 88-yard punt return by Jamal Agnew in the fourth quarter, making the final score 24–10 for the Lions' second consecutive win. The Lions started the season 2–0 for the first time since 2011, and won both games by double digits for the first time since 1980. Stafford threw his 193rd touchdown, passing Bob Griese for the 48th spot on the all-time list.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons
In week 3, the Lions hosted the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons took an early lead in the first quarter with a four-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan to Mohamed Sanu. The Falcons scored 13 points in the second quarter via a 36-yard field goal from Matt Bryant, a one-yard touchdown run from Devonta Freeman, and a 48-yard field goal from Bryant.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Lions also scored 13 points in the second quarter via a 55-yard field goal from Matt Prater, a 40-yard field goal from Prater, and a 37-yard interception return from Glover Quin, to make the score 20–13 in favor of Atlanta at half-time. The Falcons extended their lead in the third quarter via a 40-yard field goal from Bryant. The Lions responded with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Golden Tate, and a 35-yard field goal from Prater to tie the game at 23.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons regained the lead in the fourth quarter via a 40-yard touchdown pass from Ryan to Taylor Gabriel. The Lions reduced the Falcons lead to four points with a 57-yard field goal from Prater. The Lions' attempted comeback failed when a touchdown pass from Stafford to Tate was overturned with eight seconds remaining in the game. Due to Tate being ruled down in the field of play and the Lions having no timeouts left, the ten-second runoff rule was invoked, ending the game and giving the Lions their first loss of the season.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Minnesota Vikings
In week 4, the Lions visited their divisional rival, the Minnesota Vikings. After a scoreless first quarter, the Lions got on the board with a 29-yard field goal by Matt Prater. The Vikings responded a few minutes later with a five-yard rushing touchdown by Dalvin Cook to make the score 7–3 in favor of Minnesota at half-time. The Lions scored 11 unanswered points in the second half. First, Prater kicked a 37-yard field goal to cut the Vikings' lead to three in the third quarter.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4: at Minnesota Vikings
Next, Detroit regained the lead with a three-yard rushing touchdown by Ameer Abdullah, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Matthew Stafford to T. J. Jones. Both third quarter scores followed Vikings fumbles that were recovered by the Lions. Detroit's Glover Quin forced another fumble by Adam Thielen with under two minutes left in the game, which was recovered by Tahir Whitehead to end Minnesota's attempt at a possible game-tying drive.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers
In week 5, the Lions hosted the Carolina Panthers. The teams exchanged field goals in the first quarter, one from Matt Prater from 30-yards, and one from Graham Gano from 21-yards. The Lions regained the lead in the second quarter via a one-yard touchdown run from Zach Zenner. The Panthers responded with a six-yard touchdown pass from Cam Newton to Christian McCaffrey, and a 10-yard touchdown pass from Newtwon to Devin Funchess, to make the score 17–10 in favor of Carolina at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Carolina Panthers
The Panthers scored 10 points in the third quarter via a 31-yard touchdown pass from Newton to Kelvin Benjamin, and a 44-yard field from Gano. The Lions responded with 14 points in the fourth quarter via two touchdown receptions from Matthew Stafford to Darren Fells, from four-yards and 20-yards respectively, making the final score 27–24 in favor of Carolina. Detroit's loss dropped them to 2nd in the NFC North, as the Packers beat the Cowboys later in the day to move to 4–1.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at New Orleans Saints
In week 6, the Lions visited the New Orleans Saints. The Saints opened the scoring in the first quarter via a fumble recovery in the end zone by Kenny Vaccaro. The Lions responded with a 45-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Golden Tate to tie the game. The Saints regained the lead via a 20-yard touchdown pass from Drew Brees to Ted Ginn Jr. and a 41-yard field goal from Wil Lutz. The Saints scored 14 points in the second quarter via two touchdown runs from Mark Ingram Jr. from one and two-yards respectively.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at New Orleans Saints
Matt Prater recorded a 41-yard field goal to make the score 31–10 in favor of New Orleans at half-time. The Saints scored 14 points in the third quarter via a two-yard touchdown pass from Brees to Michael Hoomanawanui and a 27-yard interception return from Marshon Lattimore. The Lions responded with 28 straight points in the second half. The Lions scored 14 points in the third quarter via a 22-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Marvin Jones Jr. and a 22-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Darren Fells.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6: at New Orleans Saints
The Lions scored 14 points in the fourth quarter via a 74-yard punt return from Jamal Agnew and a two-yard interception return from A'Shawn Robinson, reducing the Saints' lead to seven points. The Lions' attempted comeback failed when Stafford's pass intended for Eric Ebron was intercepted in the end zone by Cameron Jordan, making the final score 52–38 in favor of New Orleans.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
In week 8 following their bye-week, the Lions hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday Night Football. The teams exchanged field goals in the first quarter, one from Chris Boswell from 34-yards, and one from Matt Prater from 48-yards. The Lions scored nine points in the second quarter via three field goals from Prater, from 37-yards, 51-yards, and 34-yards, respectively. The Steelers responded with a five-yard touchdown run from Le'Veon Bell, to make the score 12–10 in favor of Detroit at half-time. The Steelers scored 10 points in the third quarter via a 38-yard field from Boswell, and a 97-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger to JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Lions responded with a 19-yard field goal from Prater in the fourth quarter, making the final score 20–15 in favor of Pittsburgh.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Lions had 482 total yards of offense without scoring a touchdown. This was the third-highest yardage total without a touchdown in NFL history.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at Green Bay Packers
In week 9, the Lions visited their divisional rival, the Green Bay Packers, on Monday Night Football. The Lions took an early lead on their opening drive of the first quarter, which they kept the rest of the game, via a 25-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Marvin Jones Jr. The Lions extended their lead in the second quarter via a four-yard touchdown run from Ameer Abdullah. The Packers responded with a 35-yard field goal from Mason Crosby, to make the score 14–3 in favor of Detroit at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at Green Bay Packers
The Lions opened the scoring in the second-half via a 44-yard field goal from Matt Prater in the third quarter. The Lions scored 13 points in the fourth quarter via a 19-yard field goal from Prater, an 11-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Jones, and a 31-yard field goal from Prater. The Packers scored 14 points in the fourth quarter via a one-yard touchdown run from Brett Hundley, and a one-yard touchdown run from Jamaal Williams as time expired, making the final score 30–17 in favor of Detroit, snapping their three-game losing streak. After 23 consecutive road losses against the Packers between 1992 and 2014, the Lions have now won two of the last three meetings in Green Bay.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9: at Green Bay Packers
Matthew Stafford recorded his 200th career touchdown in the first quarter of the game, becoming the fourth quarterback in NFL history to do so before turning 30 years old, a list also occupied by Brett Favre, Dan Marino, and Peyton Manning. The game also marked the first time the Lions did not punt in a game since Thanksgiving Day in 1971.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Cleveland Browns
In week 10, the Lions hosted the winless Cleveland Browns. The Browns scored 10 points in the first quarter via a 23-yard field goal from Zane Gonzalez, and a 19-yard touchdown pass from DeShone Kizer to Kenny Britt. The Lions responded with a 46-yard field goal from Matt Prater. The Lions tied the game in the second quarter via an eight-yard touchdown run from Ameer Abdullah, and took their first lead of the game via a 44-yard fumble return from Nevin Lawson, to make the score 17–10 in favor of Detroit at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Cleveland Browns
The Browns again tied the score in the third quarter via a six-yard touchdown run from Isaiah Crowell, and regained the lead via a one-yard touchdown run from Kizer. The Lions responded by scoring the final 21 points in the game, first with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Theo Riddick in the third quarter, then via a pair of fourth quarter touchdown passes, first a 29-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Eric Ebron, and next a 40-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Golden Tate, making the final score 38–24 in favor of Detroit.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Chicago Bears
In week 11, the Lions visited their division rival, the Chicago Bears. The Bears scored 10 points in the first quarter via a 23-yard field goal from Connor Barth, and a one-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell Trubisky to Adam Shaheen. The Lions scored 21 points in the second quarter via a 27-yard fumble return from D. J. Hayden, a 28-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Marvin Jones Jr. and a two-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Ameer Abdullah.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Chicago Bears
The Bears responded with a 12-yard touchdown run from Jordan Howard, to make the score 21–17 in favor of Detroit at half-time. After a scoreless third quarter, the Lions extended their lead in the fourth quarter via a 27-yard field goal from Matt Prater. The Bears responded with a 15-yard touchdown run from Tarik Cohen to tie the game. The Lions regained the lead via a 52-yard field goal from Prater.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11: at Chicago Bears
The Bears attempted comeback failed when Barth missed a potentially game-tying 46-yard field goal attempt with eight seconds remaining in the game, making the final score 27–24 in favor of Detroit. With the win, the Lions won all of their division games on the road in a season for the first time in franchise history.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
For their annual Thanksgiving Day game, the Lions hosted a rematch with their divisional rival, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings scored 13 points in the first quarter via a one-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum to Kyle Rudolph, and a nine-yard touchdown run from Keenum. The Lions responded with 10 points in the second quarter via a 32-yard field goal from Matt Prater and a six-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Marvin Jones Jr.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings extended their lead in the second quarter via a 22-yard touchdown pass from Keenum to Rudolph to make the score 20–10 in favor of Minnesota at half-time. The Vikings opened the scoring in the second half via a two-yard touchdown run from Latavius Murray. The Lions responded with two field goals from Prater in the third quarter from 32-yards, and 50-yards, respectively. The Lions reduced the Vikings lead to four points in the fourth via a 43-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Jones.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings extended their lead in the fourth quarter via a 36-yard field goal from Kai Forbath. The Lions' attempted comeback failed when Stafford's pass intended for Jones was intercepted by Xavier Rhodes. On the Vikings' ensuing drive, Forbath's 25-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Darius Slay and recovered by Nevin Lawson and returned for a 77-yard touchdown, which was then nullified due to an offside penalty on Slay, making the final score 30–23 in favor of Minnesota, snapping the Lions' three-game winning streak and snapping the team's four-game Thanksgiving Day win streak.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens
In week 13, the Lions visited the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 38-yard field goal from Justin Tucker. The Ravens added 17 points in the second quarter via a one-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Benjamin Watson, a three-yard touchdown pass from Flacco to Patrick Ricard, and a 46-yard field goal from Tucker, giving the Ravens a 20–0 lead at the intermission.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13: at Baltimore Ravens
After half-time, the Lions finally got on the board and scored 13 points in the third quarter via a four-yard touchdown run from Theo Riddick, and a six-yard touchdown run from Tion Green (the first of his career), reducing the Ravens' lead to seven points. The Ravens responded with 24 points in the fourth quarter via a seven-yard touchdown run from Alex Collins, a 51-yard field goal from Tucker, a six-yard touchdown run from Collins, and a 45-yard interception return from Eric Weddle. The Lions scored via a one-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Nick Bellore, making the final score 44–20 in favor of Baltimore.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In week 14, the Lions visited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Each team exchanged touchdowns in the first quarter. First a two-yard touchdown run from Detroit's Theo Riddick, then a one-yard touchdown run from Tampa Bay's Doug Martin. The only score of the second quarter was a five-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Golden Tate, to make the score 14–7 in favor of Detroit at half-time. The Lions scored the only points of the third quarter when Riddick ran in his second touchdown of the game, this time from 18-yards.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay responded with back-to-back touchdowns in the fourth quarter, first with a two-yard touchdown pass from Jameis Winston to O. J. Howard, then a two-yard touchdown pass from Winston to Leonard Wester to tie the game at 21. Matt Prater kicked a 46-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in the game, making the final score 24–21 in favor of Detroit.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Chicago Bears
In week 15, the Lions donned brand new all-silver uniforms and hosted a Saturday evening rematch with their division rivals, the Chicago Bears. The Lions opened the scoring in the first quarter via a 48-yard field goal from Matt Prater. The Lions extended their lead in the second quarter via a 31-yard field goal from Prater, and a three-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to T. J. Jones.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 15: vs. Chicago Bears
The Bears got on the board via a 41-yard field goal from Mike Nugent with two seconds remaining in the first half, to make the score 13–3 in favor of Detroit at half-time. The Lions scored the only points in the third quarter via an eight-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Eric Ebron. The Bears scored the only points in the fourth quarter via a nine-yard touchdown pass from Mitchell Trubisky to Benny Cunningham, making the final score 20–10 in favor of Detroit.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Cincinnati Bengals
In week 16, the Lions visited the Cincinnati Bengals on Christmas Eve to finish their road schedule. The Lions took an early lead when Eric Ebron caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford for the only points of the first quarter. The Bengals' Randy Bullock kicked a pair of field goals in the second quarter, from 29-yards and 27-yards, respectively, to make the score 7–6 in favor of Detroit at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 16: at Cincinnati Bengals
The Lions extended their lead in the third quarter when Matt Prater kicked a 23-yard field goal, but then the Bengals took their first lead of the game when C. J. Uzomah caught a one-yard touchdown pass from Andy Dalton. In the fourth quarter the Bengals extended their lead when Bullock scored another field goal from 35-yards out, then Detroit's Tion Green ran in a touchdown from five-yards out to give the Lions a 17–16 lead. However, Cincinnati regained the lead when they added ten more points with a 51-yard field goal from Bullock and a 12-yard touchdown run from Giovani Bernard to make the final score 26–17 in favor of the Bengals. With the loss, the Lions were eliminated from playoff contention.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
To finish the season, the Lions hosted a rematch with their divisional rivals, the Green Bay Packers, on New Year's Eve. The teams exchanged field goals in the first quarter, one from Green Bay's Mason Crosby from 41-yards, and one from Detroit's Matt Prater from 28-yards. The Lions scored 17 points in the second quarter via a 54-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Kenny Golladay, a three-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Marvin Jones Jr., and a 30-yard field goal from Prater, to make the score 20–3 in favor of Detroit at half-time.


2017 Detroit Lions season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. Green Bay Packers
The Lions extended their lead in the third quarter via a 71-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Golden Tate. Each team exchanged touchdowns in the fourth quarter. First a 17-yard touchdown pass from Brett Hundley to Randall Cobb of the Packers, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Hundley to Cobb for the Packers. Then the Lions scored the game's final points with a seven-yard touchdown run from Ameer Abdullah, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Tate to Stafford, making the final score 35–11 in favor of Detroit. With the win, it marked the first time the Lions beat the Packers twice in the regular season since 1991. The Lions also had their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1994 and 1995.


2017 Detroit Tigers season
The 2017 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 117th season. This was the team's fourth and final year under manager Brad Ausmus. This was the first season without owner Mike Ilitch, who bought the team in 1992 and died on February 10, 2017. The Tigers 2017 uniform features a "Mr. I" patch to honor him, the grounds crew wrote "Mr. I" in the outfield of Comerica Park, and he was also honored during a ceremony at the Tigers home opener on April 7.


2017 Detroit Tigers season
On September 12, the Tigers were eliminated from playoff contention for the third consecutive season. On September 22, the Tigers announced manager Brad Ausmus will not return in 2018. The team finished last in the AL Central, last in the league and tied with the San Francisco Giants for the worst record in MLB at 64–98, the team's lowest win total since 2003. Because the Tigers held a tiebreaker over the Giants, they received the first pick in the 2018 MLB draft. Incidentally, both teams had competed in the 2012 World Series five years earlier, which the Tigers lost.


2017 Detroit Tigers season
This was ace pitcher Justin Verlander's last season with the Tigers. He had been with the team since 2005. He was traded to the Houston Astros on August 31. Verlander was the last remaining member of the 2006 American League Champion team.


2017 Detroit Tigers season, Spring training
The Tigers ended spring training with a 14–21 win–loss record, excluding two tie games that did not count toward the standings. Their .400 winning percentage was the joint-worst (along with Toronto) among American League teams in pre-season.


2017 Detroit Tigers season, Season highlights, All-Stars
The Tigers sent two players to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Starting pitcher Michael Fulmer was named to the All-Star Game, but did not participate due to pitching on Sunday, so his teammate outfielder Justin Upton took his place on the American League roster.


2017 Detroit Tigers season, Roster, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2017 Detroit mayoral election
The 2017 Detroit mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. It was the first mayoral election for the city since it emerged from state control under Michigan's emergency manager law. Incumbent Mike Duggan won re-election to a second term.


2017 Detroit mayoral election
The Mayor of Detroit is elected on a non-partisan basis, where the candidates are not listed by political party. A non-partisan primary election was held on August 8, 2017. The top two finishers advanced to the general election on November 7, 2017. As of August 2017, half of the remaining eight candidates are ex-felons.


2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season is scheduled to run from 6 May until 15 October over 18 races. René Rast won his first DTM championship after a total of nine events.


2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.


2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Calendar
The nine event calendar was announced on 16 December 2016. All races from 2016 will return in 2017.


2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:


2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Championship standings
Additionally, starting 2017, the top three placed drivers in qualifying will also receive points.


2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap1 – 3 Points for Pole2 – 2 Points for P23 – 1 Point for P3


2017 Deutschland Cup
The 2017 Deutschland Cup was the 28th edition of the tournament.


2017 Devon County Council election
The 2017 Devon County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 60 councillors were elected from 58 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 Devon County Council election
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.


2017 Dhaka RAB camp suicide bombing
The 2017 Dhaka RAB Camp suicide bombing was an attempted suicide attack in the under construction compound of the elite Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 17 March 2017. The suicide attempt failed to cause any mass casualties, injuries or deaths. Only the lone suicide bomber died.


2017 Dhaka RAB camp suicide bombing, Background
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had called for suicide attacks in Bangladesh on 15 March 2017. Suicide attacks are rare in Bangladesh.


2017 Dhaka RAB camp suicide bombing, Attack
On 17 March 2017 a suicide bomber the entered under-construction Rapid Action Battalion headquarters in Ashkona, Dhaka, Bangladesh and detonated his vest. The suspected bomber was killed in the explosion and two RAB officers were injured. The injured officers, Lance Corporal Mizan and Constable Arif, were rushed to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital. The incident happened outside a makeshift camp located near the Haji Camp at Ashkona.


2017 Dhaka RAB camp suicide bombing, Attack
The assault comes only two days after ISIL called for suicide attacks in Bangladesh, and one day after two militants of New JMB group blew themselves up to evade arrest by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit during a raid in Chittagong's Sitakunda. The attack happened at Bangladeshi Local time 1:10 P.M. in Uttara, Bangladesh.


2017 Dhaka RAB camp suicide bombing, Attack
The attack followed what had been a lull in Islamist attacks in Bangladesh.


2017 Dhaka RAB camp suicide bombing, Attack
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for this terror attack.


2017 Dhaka Senior Division League
2017 Dhaka Senior Division Football League is also known as Saif Powertec Senior Division Football League due to sponsorship reason and It will be the 4th season. In this season there are  12 teams participating in the tournament.


2017 Dhaka Senior Division League, 2017 Dhaka Senior Division League Teams
The following 12 clubs competed in the Dhaka Senior Division League during the 2017 season.


2017 Dhangadhi Premier League
The 2017 season of Dhangadhi Premier League was the debut season of the Dhangadhi Premier League. The tournament featured six teams. The season began on 9 April 2017 with the final match being held on 22 April 2017.


2017 Dhangadhi Premier League
The tournament was won by Team Chauraha Dhangadhi, who defeated Biratnagar Kings in the final. Sushil Kandel of Biratnagar Kings was declared the player of the tournament.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League
The 2017 Dhivehi Premier League season is the third season of the Dhivehi Premier League, first according to its new format. The season features eight teams; four teams from 2017 Malé League and for teams from 2017 Minivan Championship, each playing 14 matches during the regular season.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League, Qualified Teams, Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Round One & Two
Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2017 Dhivehi Premier League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Matches, First Round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Matches, Second Round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.


2017 Dhivehi Premier League, Season summary, Matches, Second Round
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2017 Diamond Head Classic
The 2017 Diamond Head Classic was a mid-season eight-team college basketball tournament that was played on December 22, 23, and 25 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was the ninth annual Diamond Head Classic tournament, and was part of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. USC defeated New Mexico State to win the tournament championship.


2017 Diamond League
The 2017 Diamond League was the eighth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It is the first to feature the new championship-style system in which overall event winners are determined only by the results of the final meet.


2017 Diamond League, Changes
The Diamond League's format was completely overhauled for the 2017 edition. The Diamond Race system used in previous years, in which athletes accumulated points through the season with double points in the finals, was replaced with a championship-style format in which earlier meets act as qualifying meets for the finals; the top eight or twelve athletes, depending on the event, will qualify.


2017 Diamond League, Changes
The two final meetings are held at the end of the season in Zürich (Weltklasse) and Brussels (Memorial Van Damme), with half of the 32 events contested in each final; the overall Diamond League championship in each event will be determined solely by the results of the finals. While not previously used in the Diamond League, this new system is similar to the old IAAF Grand Prix circuit with its IAAF Grand Prix Final.


2017 Diamond League, Changes
Scoring in the non-final meets was extended from the top six to the top eight, with the winner receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for an eighth-place finish. Instead of all 32 events appearing in six meets and the final, half of the events now appear in only four qualifying meets in addition to the final; the remaining events are still contested in six qualifying meets and the final. A controversial field event rule change from 2016, under which only the top four athletes after three rounds were allowed the full six attempts, was reverted for 2017.


2017 Diamond League, Changes, Points system
A new points system was adopted for the 2017 Diamond League, with the winner of an event at a qualifying meet receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for the athlete in eighth place; at the end of the year, the eight or twelve athletes with the most points, depending on the event, will qualify for the finals. In case of a tie on points, the best legal mark during the qualifying phase will determine the athlete who qualifies.


2017 Diamond League, Schedule
The following fourteen meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2017 season:


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 100 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 200 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 400 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 800 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 1500 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 5000 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 3000 metres steeplechase
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 110 metres hurdles
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, 400 metres hurdles
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, High Jump
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, Pole Vault
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, Long Jump
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, Triple Jump
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Men, Javelin Throw
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 100 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 200 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 400 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 800 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 1500 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 5000 metres
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 3000 metres steeplechase
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 100 metres hurdles
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, 400 metres hurdles
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, High Jump
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, Pole Vault
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, Triple Jump
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, Shot Put
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Diamond League, Diamond League Finals, Women, Javelin Throw
Athletes marked with * called up as reserves for Final


2017 Dimension Data season
The 2017 season for the Team Dimension Data cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2017 Division 1 (Swedish football)
The 2017 Division 1, part of the 2017 Swedish football season is the 12th season of Sweden's third-tier football league in its current format. The 2017 fixtures were released in December 2016. The season started on 13 April 2017 and will end on 4 November 2017.


2017 Division 1 (Swedish football), Teams
28 teams contest the league divided into two divisions, Norra and Södra. 18 returning from the 2016 season, three relegated from Superettan and seven promoted from Division 2. The champion of each division will qualify directly for promotion to Superettan, the two runners-up has to play a play-off against the thirteenth and fourteenth team from Superettan to decide who will play in Superettan 2018. The bottom three teams in each division will qualify directly for relegation to Division 2.


2017 Division 1 (Swedish football), League tables, Södra
(*Qviding FIF was relegated to Division 3 due to economical abuse.)


2017 División de Honor de Béisbol
The División de Honor de Béisbol 2017 was the 32nd season of the top Spanish baseball league since its establishment and the 72nd Spanish championship overall.


2017 Diyarbakır bombing
On 11 April 2017, an attack occurred in the campus of the Riot Control Police Department in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey. As a result of the attack, 3 people, including 1 police officer and 2 civilians, died and more than 10 people were injured. The PKK took responsibility for the attack a day later.


2017 Diyarbakır bombing, Attack
The attack occurred on 11 April 2017 at 10:45 (UTC+03:00), within the police campus area, where different units of the Provincial Police Department were located in the central Bağlar district of Diyarbakır. As a result of the attack, 3 people, including 1 police officer and 2 civilians, were killed. Numerous buildings around the police campus were damaged in the explosion.


2017 Diyarbakır bombing, Later events
In the first statement, it was reported that the incident occurred during the repair of the panzer in the repair workshop of the Maintenance-Repair Branch Directorate. On 12 April 2017, Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu announced that initially it was believed that the explosion had occurred during the repair of an armored vehicle in the workshop, as a pit was formed in the same area following the explosion, but further investigation revealed that it was a terrorist attack.


2017 Diyarbakır bombing, Later events
In a written statement made by the Governorship of Diyarbakır, details about the incident were given: "A 30-meter-long tunnel was dug from the basement of the apartment building adjacent to the area where the Police Department's additional units were located, towards the repair workshop affiliated to the Maintenance and Repair Department, and an explosive device, which contained RDX, TNT, ammonium nitrate and diesel, was placed there as revealed by the criminal examination. The explosion was made possible by using a time adjustable mechanism."


2017 Diyarbakır bombing, Later events, Perpetrators
One day after the attack, PKK took responsibility for the incident. In the PKK statement in the Firat News Agency, it was emphasized that the attack was carried out by militants affiliated with the armed wing of the PKK, HPG. It was added that the attack "was carried out by placing 2,540 pounds of explosives under the building where 150-200 riot control police officers were staying."


2017 Diyarbakır bombing, Investigations and detentions
Following the attack, the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation. 5 people were detained on the grounds that they had a direct connection to the incident. In addition, 172 people were detained under the instructions of the Chief Public Prosecutor within the scope of the fight against terrorism. On 16 April 2017, a PKK attacker together with two other people, who were found to enter and leave the basement rented for digging the tunnel through which the explosives were transmitted, were detained in Cizre, Şırnak, while carrying fake ID cards.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season
The 2017 season was Djurgårdens IF's 117th in existence, their 62nd season in Allsvenskan and their 17th consecutive season in the league. They were competing in Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen and qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Djurgårdens IF season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Dockerty Cup
The 2017 Dockerty Cup was a football (soccer) knockout-cup competition held between men's clubs in Victoria, Australia in 2017, the annual edition of the Dockerty Cup. Victorian soccer clubs from the 5 State League Divisions, regional, metros and masters leagues - plus the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues Victoria - competed for the Dockerty Cup trophy.


2017 Dockerty Cup
The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. In addition to the two Victorian A-League clubs, the four semi-finalists qualified for the final rounds of the 2017 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.


2017 Dockerty Cup, Prize fund
The prize fund for the 2017 event is detailed below.


2017 Dockerty Cup, Preliminary rounds
Victorian clubs, participated in the 2017 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. This was open to teams from the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Victorian State League divisions, regional and metros leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their division in 2017.


2017 Dockerty Cup, Semi finals
A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition, with the matches played on 21 June and 22 June.


2017 Dollar General Bowl
The 2017 Dollar General Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The 19th edition of the Dollar General Bowl featured the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Mid-American Conference champion Toledo Rockets. Kickoff was scheduled for 6:00 PM CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Dollar General chain of variety stores.


2017 Dollar General Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Toledo Rockets. It was the second all-time meeting between the schools; the first was the 2016 Camellia Bowl which saw the Mountaineers defeat the Rockets by a score of 31–28.


2017 Dollar General Bowl, Teams, Toledo Rockets
This was the Rockets' third Dollar General Bowl; their record in prior games was 2–0, having previously defeated the UTEP Miners 45–13 in the 2005 game (when it was known as the GMAC Bowl) and having subsequently defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 63–44 in the January 2015 game (when it was known as the GoDaddy Bowl).


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, addressed a joint session of the United States Congress on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. It was his first public address before a joint session. Similar to a State of the Union Address, it was delivered before the 115th United States Congress in the Chamber of the House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Paul Ryan, accompanied by Mike Pence, the vice president in his capacity as the president of the Senate.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress
During his speech, President Trump announced the creation of the Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) in the United States Department of Homeland Security.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of government. He was sequestered at a secret secure location for the duration of the event.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Reception
Fact-checkers noted that although Trump's speech to Congress had "fewer untrue statements than many of his remarks", the address nevertheless included numerous false and misleading statements on a variety of issues, including the federal budget, immigration and crime, immigration and the economy, welfare, and the job impact of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Reception
The speech was considered more optimistic, conciliatory and politically conventional and "presidential" than Trump's typically populist manner of speaking, at a time in which he was receiving historically low approval ratings. President Trump’s approval rating was 53% on February 24th 2017, according to Rasmussen Reports - Presidential Daily Poll.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Democratic responses
For the Democratic Party, former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear provided the response; activist Astrid Silva of Nevada offered another response for the party in Spanish. Beshear spoke at a diner in Lexington, Kentucky.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Democratic responses
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (an independent who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate) responded to the speech in a 14-minute video posted to Facebook, in which he criticized Trump for failing to make any mention of income inequality, criminal justice reform, or climate change.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Democratic responses
Sanders also stated: "President Trump once again made it clear he plans on working with Republicans in Congress who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, throw 20 million Americans off of health insurance, privatize Medicare, make massive cuts in Medicaid, raise the cost of prescription drugs to seniors, eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, while at the same time, he wants to give another massive tax break to the wealthiest Americans."


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Democratic responses
According to the Democratic think-tank Center for American Progress, Trump made 51 false or manipulative statements during his speech.


2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress, Viewership
Trump's speech was aired live on 11 broadcast and cable news networks, and viewed on TV by an estimated 47.7 million people in the United States.


2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day. All 55 councillors were elected from 21 wards which returned either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the Council, with an increased majority after gaining two seats from UKIP.


2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council composition
Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was:


2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council composition
MF - Mexborough First I - Independent U - UKIP


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 95th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. Sixteen teams compete with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship
The championship began with four groups of four and continued with a knock-out format.


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship
Glenswilly were the defending champions after they defeated Kilcar 1-10 to 0-12 in the 2016 final.


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship
C. J. Molloy scored a contender for goal of the season against Glenswilly in their opening group match, though his club lost. Directly from the second-half throw-in, he soloed through the Glenswilly defence and kicked the ball into the net from a distance of around 25 yards.


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship
This was Burt's debut in the senior grade after winning the 2016 Donegal I.F.C. title.


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams changed division since the 2016 championship season.


2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Format
The 2017 County Championship took the same format as the 2015 & 16 championships in which there was four groups of four with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finals. Bottom of each group play in relegation play-offs to decide which team is relegated the 2018 Intermediate championship.


2017 Donegal county football team season
The following is a summary of Donegal county football team's 2017 season.


2017 Donegal county football team season
Richard Thornton from Coalisland helped train the team in 2017. Thornton took over from former Westmeath footballer Jack Cooney after two years, while Brendan Kilcoyne stayed on as a selector.


2017 Donegal county football team season, National Football League Division 1
In the opening game against Kerry, three players had their senior debuts (Jason McGee, Michael Langan and Jamie Brennan), with Caolan Ward and Paul Brennan making their first competitive starts.


2017 Donegal county football team season, National Football League Division 1, Table
Qualify for Division 1 final  Automatic relegation to Division 2


2017 Donegal county football team season, 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place in Dublin in mid-October 2016. In the quarter-final victory against Antrim, four players had their first championship starts (Jamie Brennan, Michael Carroll, Jason McGee and Caolan Ward).


2017 Dorset County Council election
The 2017 Dorset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 46 councillors were elected from 40 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 Dorset County Council election
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions, saw an increase in councillors from 45 to 46 and decrease in electoral wards from 42 to 40, took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.


2017 Dow Tennis Classic
The 2017 Dow Tennis Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twenty-third 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 Midland, Michigan, United States, from 30 January–5 February 2017.


2017 Dow Tennis Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Dow Tennis Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2017 Dow Tennis Classic – Doubles
Catherine Bellis and Ingrid Neel were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Dow Tennis Classic – Doubles
Ashley Weinhold and Caitlin Whoriskey won the title, defeating Kayla Day and Caroline Dolehide in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–3.


2017 Dow Tennis Classic – Singles
Naomi Broady was the defending champion, but she lost in the final to Tatjana Maria, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Down Senior Football Championship was the 109th official edition of Down GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Down. 16 teams compete with the winner representing Down in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship
The tournament operated a double elimination format for the opening two rounds of the championship, with the winners and early round losers rejoining at the quarter final stage.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship
Kilcoo Owen Roe's were the defending champions after they defeated Clonduff 3-11 to 0-9 in the 2016 final. On 1 October 2017 they successfully defended their title to claim a "6 in a row" of Down S.F.C. titles when defeating Burren 0-13 to 0-11. The final was broadcast live on TG4.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship
An Ríocht return to the senior grade after claiming the Down I.F.C. title in 2016. Bredagh make their senior comeback after breaking into the top 15 ranked teams in the Down football leagues for 2016.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship
Ballymartin and Bredagh are relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after finishing outside the top 15 ranked teams in the Down football leagues for 2017. They finished 9th and 5th (ranked 21st and 17th overall) respectively in Division 2. Rostrevor and Carryduff will replace them after finishing 2nd and 3rd (ranked overall 14th and 15th) respectively in the Down ACFL Division 2 in 2017. Loughinisland gained a reprieve from relegation after finishing overall ranked 16th, however due to Rostrevor claiming the I.F.C. title, they were permitted to remain senior.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 1
All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winning teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners enter the draw for the quarter-finals while the 4 losers play in Round 3.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losing teams from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners go into Round 3 while the 4 losing teams exit the championship.


2017 Down Senior Football Championship, Round 3
This is the final qualifier round. The four losing teams from round 2A (who won a match and lost a match) play the four winning teams from round 2B (who lost a match and won a match).


2017 Down Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Finals
The 4 winners from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 3.


2017 Down county football team season
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2017 season.


2017 Down county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup
Down started 2017 with a win against Queen's University, their first win since beating St Marys in the 2016 McKenna Cup competition. Down followed it up with a win against Derry at Páirc Esler, their first back to back win in nearly two years and first intercounty win since beat Laois in the National Football League on 4 April 2015. Down's McKenna Cup campaign ended with a defeat away to Armagh which sent Derry into the semi-finals on points difference.


2017 Down county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup, Table
Qualify for Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1  Automatic relegation to Division 3


2017 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2
Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2017 following relegation from Division One in 2016. Down had a dismal start to their campaign suffering a defeat at home to Fermanagh followed by an away defeat to Clare. Reports began to circulate that Eamon Burns was facing a mass walk out from players in the squad, this was later denied by Burns and Down went on to win their next two games.


2017 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2
The two wins in a row proofed to be crucial as Down went on to lose another two games leaving their Division Two status hanging in the balance. Down finished their Division Two campaign with a surprise draw away to Cork, which resulted in them retaining their place in Division Two for 2018.


2017 Down county football team season, National Football League Division 2, Table
Qualify for Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1  Automatic relegation to Division 3


2017 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 14 October 2016 with Down being drawn at home to Armagh. This was Down's first home draw in the Ulster Championship in 12 years since they faced Tyrone at home in the 2005 Ulster Championship.


2017 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
Down edged out Armagh in a close, physical encounter at Páirc Esler sending them into the 2017 Ulster Championship semi-finals to face Monaghan at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh on 24 June 2017. Down produced a memorable display in a close semi-final as they pulled off arguably the shock of the 2017 Ulster Championship by beating Monaghan and earning themselves a place in the 2017 Ulster final against Tyrone on 16 July in Clones.


2017 Down county football team season, Ulster Senior Football Championship
Down suffered a heavy defeat in the Ulster final meaning they entered the All Ireland series in round 4.


2017 Down county football team season, 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down entered the All Ireland in Round 4 of the qualifiers following their defeat to Tyrone in the Ulster final. Down were matched once again with Monaghan however in this encounter Down fell short and ended their championship season in Round 4.


2017 Dr McKenna Cup
The 2017 Dr McKenna Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup, was a Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster for county and university teams.


2017 Dr McKenna Cup
Twelve teams took part – the nine Ulster county teams and three university teams, i.e. St Mary's University College, Belfast, Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University.


2017 Dr McKenna Cup
On 28 January 2017, Tyrone won their sixth title in a row, beating Derry by 2-13 to 1-7 in the final.


2017 Dr McKenna Cup, Format
The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.


2017 Dr McKenna Cup, Format
Ties are broken by score average (total scored divided by total conceded).


2017 Dr McKenna Cup, Format
The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals with the two winners progressing to the final.


2017 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rick Fox and played their home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in PFL play to finish in second place.


2017 Drake Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2016 season 7–4, 6–2 in PFL play to finish in third place.


2017 Dubai 24 Hour
The 2017 Dubai 24 Hour was the 12th running of the Dubai 24 Hour endurance race. It took place at the Dubai Autodrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and ran between 11–13 January 2017.


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
SPX: T. Dyer (COOL RACING BY GPC MOTORSPORT, Vortex 1.0): 2:03.117


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
SP2: J. van Lagen (Bovi Motorsport, Brokernet Silver Sting): 2:06.067


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
SP3-GT4: J. Mardenborough (Nissan GT Academy Team RJN, Nissan 370Z GT4): 2:10.180


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
TCR: M. Beche (Modena Motorsports, Seat Leon TCR V2 SEQ): 2:12.889


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
A3: S. D'Aste (PB Racing, Lotus Elise Cup PB-R): 2:16.947


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
CUP1: J. de los Milagros (Sorg Rennsport, BMW M235i Racing Cup): 2:19.228


2017 Dubai 24 Hour, Fastest Laps
A2: A. Mollison (Stanco & Tanner Motorsport, Renault Clio Cup IV): 2:21.765


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
The 2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the fifth staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2017. The tournament featured eight of the top players according to the PDC Order of Merit, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was be held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 24–25 May 2017.


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Gary Anderson was the title defender after beating Michael van Gerwen 11–9 in the last year's final. He successfully defended his title after beating Michael van Gerwen in a repeat of the final 11–7.


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
The combined average in the final was 221.34, the highest total in a televised PDC final, beating the previous best of 217.15 by Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the 2013 World Matchplay final.


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
Eight players were invited by the Professional Darts Corporation were selected to compete. 5 of the top 6 players in the PDC Order of Merit prior to the event were invited - reigning event champion Gary Anderson, 2017 world champion Michael van Gerwen, 2017 UK Open winner Peter Wright, James Wade & Dave Chisnall - as were two former world champions - the sixteen-time champion Phil Taylor and five-time champion Raymond van Barneveld. The 2017 UK Open runner-up Gerwyn Price was the eighth player invited, making his World Series of Darts debut. Price was the only player not to have featured in the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters event.


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The top four players going into the event were seeded and were kept apart for the first round.


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Qualifiers
The other four players were unseeded and drawn randomly among the top four seeds for the first round.


2017 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters, Broadcasting
The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels.


2017 Dubai Sevens
The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 December 2017 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2017 Dubai Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.


2017 Dubai Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams participate in the tournament along with one invited team, Uganda, the winner of the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens:


2017 Dubai Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
The 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2017 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an ATP 500 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 on the 2017 WTA Tour. Both events were held at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place from February 20 to 26, 2017 while the men's tournament took place from February 27 through March 4, 2017.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi were the defending champions, but Bolelli chose to compete in São Paulo instead. Seppi played alongside Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the qualifying tournament, but lost in the qualifying competition to James Cerretani and Philipp Oswald.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău won the title, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Marcin Matkowski in the final, 4–6, 6–3, [10–3].


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Damir Džumhur.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Andy Murray won the title, defeating Fernando Verdasco in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
In a quarterfinal match, Murray saved seven match points against Philipp Kohlschreiber and won the second set tiebreak with a score of 20–18, tying the record of the longest tiebreak ever played alongside other six matches in the entire history.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung and Darija Jurak were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Chuang played alongside Zheng Saisai, but lost in the first round to Gabriela Dabrowski and Jeļena Ostapenko. Jurak teamed up with Anastasia Rodionova, but lost in the second round to Dabrowski and Ostapenko.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7].


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Sara Errani was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to an adductor problem.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Angelique Kerber was in contention to regain the world No. 1 ranking by winning the title, but lost in the semifinals to Elina Svitolina.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Svitolina went on to win the title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Dubai Tour
The 2017 Dubai Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place in Dubai between 31 January and 4 February 2017. It was the fourth edition of the Dubai Tour and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Asia Tour.


2017 Dubai Tour
The race was won for the second consecutive year by Germany's Marcel Kittel for the Quick-Step Floors team. Kittel won three of the four stages to be run – comfortably winning the points classification as a result – while in the other stage, Kittel was involved in a skirmish with Andriy Hrivko, which resulted in the Astana rider being ejected from the race. Kittel won the overall classification by 18 seconds ahead of LottoNL–Jumbo's Dylan Groenewegen from the Netherlands, who won the young rider classification in doing so.


2017 Dubai Tour
The final podium was completed by Kittel's compatriot John Degenkolb, a further two seconds in arrears, with the Trek–Segafredo rider winning the stage not won by Kittel. In the other race classifications, Italian rider Nicola Boem (Bardiani–CSF) won the intermediate sprints classification, while the UAE Abu Dhabi squad won the teams classification.


2017 Dubai Tour, Teams
As the Dubai Tour was a 2.HC event, a limited number of UCI WorldTeams were able to participate in the race. In total, 16 teams participated in the race: 10 UCI WorldTeams, 4 Professional Continental teams, Continental team ONE Pro Cycling, and a national selection from the United Arab Emirates.


2017 Dubai Tour, Route
For the 2017 Dubai Tour, the race was extended from four stages to five stages. The full itinerary was released on 13 December 2016.


2017 Dubai Tour, Route
The fourth stage, initially scheduled to be run over 172 km (107 mi) and to start in Dubai was initially shortened due to strong winds and sandstorms. The new stage was 109 km (68 mi) long and due to start in Hatta, whilst still finishing at the Hatta Dam. The stage was later cancelled altogether due to the winds.


2017 Dubai Tour, Classification leadership table
In the 2017 Dubai Tour, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received a blue jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Dubai Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2017 Dubai Tour, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 16 for second, 11 for third, 8 for fourth, 6 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a sprints classification for the points awarded at the aforementioned intermediate sprints, where the leadership of which was marked by a jersey in the colours of the United Arab Emirates flag.


2017 Dubai Tour, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1992 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2017 Dubai Women's Sevens
The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was on 30 November to 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2017 Dubai Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.


2017 Dubai Women's Sevens, Teams
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the winner of the 2017 Women's Africa Cup Sevens, South Africa:


2017 Dubai Women's Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2017 Dubai World Cup
The 2017 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday 25 March 2017. It was the 22nd running of the Dubai World Cup and the third running of the race since the synthetic Tapeta surface was replaced by a dirt track.


2017 Dubai World Cup
The winner was Juddmonte Farm's Arrogate, a four-year-old grey colt trained in the United States by Bob Baffert and ridden by Mike Smith. Arrogate's victory was the third in the race for Baffert after Silver Charm in 1998 and Captain Steve in 2001 and was the first in the race for his jockey and owner.


2017 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
The race had a strong North American challenge headed by Arrogate, who had begun his 2017 campaign by winning the Travers Stakes in record time. The other runners from the United States were Gun Runner, Keen Ice, Hoppertunity (Clark Handicap, Jockey Club Gold Cup) and Neolithic. The United Arab Emirates was represented by Mubtaahij (UAE Derby), Move Up (Bosphorus Cup), Special Fighter (Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3, 2016), Long River (Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3, 2017) and the Chilean-bred mare Furia Cruzada (Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 2). The other four runners were the Japanese challengers Gold Dream (February Stakes), Awardee (JBC Classic), Apollo Kentucky (Tokyo Daishoten) and Lani (3rd in the Belmont Stakes).


2017 Dubai World Cup, The contenders
Betting is illegal in Dubai, but British bookmakers made Arrogate the 1/3 favourite ahead of Gun Runner on 7/1. The only other runners given any chance according to the betting were Hoppertunity, Move Up and Mubtaahij who started at 16/1.


2017 Dubai World Cup, The race
Arrogate was hampered at the start and dropped back to the rear of the field. Long River set the early pace ahead of Gun Runner and Neolithic with Mubtaahij close behind. Few of the other runners were ever in contention. With half a mile left to run Gun Runner went to the front and Long River quickly dropped away. Gun Runner turned for home with a clear advantage but Arrogate produced a sustained run on the outside, took the lead 200 metres from the finish and drew away to win "comfortably" by two and a quarter lengths. Neolithic was five lengths away in third ahead of Mubtaahi, Awardee, Hoppertunity and Keen Ice with the other seven finishers trailing in at long intervals.


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship was the 131st edition of Dublin GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. 32 teams participate, with the winner representing Dublin in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship
This was Fingallians return to the top flight of Dublin football after a 5-year exodus.


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship
St. Vincent's were the defending Dublin (and Leinster champions) having defeated Castleknock in the 2016 Dublin championship final.


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season –


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
Promoted to 2017 Senior Football Championship from 2016 Intermediate Football Championship


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
Relegated from 2016 Senior Football Championship to 2017 Intermediate Football Championship


2017 Dublin Senior Football Championship, Senior Football Championship, Round 1
All 32 teams enter the championship at this stage. The 16 winning teams advance to round 2 while the 16 losing teams exit the Senior 'A' Football Championship and enter the Senior 'B' Football Championship.