2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team
The 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as third-year members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 5–0 in Big South play to win the Big South conference championship. The Owls received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first trip to the playoffs in school history.


2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team
In the first round of the playoffs, the Owls defeated Samford in a rematch of their only regular season loss and marked the school's first ever playoff win. In the second round, the Owls upset No. 3 seed Jacksonville State to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, despite a furious second half comeback, they lost to Sam Houston State.


2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team
On January 9, 2018, head coach Brian Bohannon was named the American Football Coaches Association's Coach of the Year.


2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team, Previous season
The Owls finished the 2016 season 8–3, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.


2017 Kent County Council election
The 2017 Kent County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 81 councillors were elected, from 72 electoral divisions, each of which returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 Kent County Council election
Ward boundary changes took effect at this election, after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.


2017 Kent County Council election
Kent saw a large turnover of councillors. Of the 81 councillors elected in 2017, 39 had not served in the previous council.


2017 Kent County Council election
UKIP, previously the second largest party on the council lost all of their seats.


2017 Kent County Council election
Liberal Democrats regained status as the second largest party, which they had been 2009-2013. A notable triumph for Liberal Democrats was Antony Hook winning the Faversham division, which had been considered a "safe" Conservative seat. Antony Hook's campaign increased the Liberal Democrat vote share from 4% in 2013 to a winning 43%. Faversham also saw the largest turnout of any seat.


2017 Kent County Council election
Labour lost seats, including those of their Leader Roger Truelove and previous leaders Gordon Cowan and Dr. Mike Eddy. Labour vote share also fell but they retained status as 3rd party.


2017 Kent County Council election, Results by district, Canterbury
* This constituency boundaries for Canterbury were redrawn and percentage changes should thus be taken as rough approximations, particularly for the previously two-seat Whitstable constituency.


2017 Kent County Council election, Results by district, Folkestone & Hythe
* All of the Folkestone & Hythe constituencies bar two were reorganised, therefore percentage changes have only been given for Elham Valley and Romney Marsh.


2017 Kent County Council election, Results by district, Swale
There are five single-member constituencies and one multi-member constituency within the District of Swale, which elect a total of seven councillors to Kent County Council. The electoral map of Swale was redrawn as a result of boundary changes which saw the old Swale Central multi-member ward split to create Sittingbourne North and Sittingbourne South, both single member divisions. Sheerness and Sheppey Divisions were merged to create the new Multi-member Sheppey Division. Swale District includes the Division of Faversham which saw Liberal Democrat Antony Hook winning the Faversham division, which had been considered a "safe" Conservative seat. Antony Hook's campaign increased the Liberal Democrat vote share from 4% in 2013 to a winning 43%. Faversham also saw the largest turnout of any seat. Boundary changes meant that Below are the results:


2017 Kent County Council election, Results by district, Thanet
* Previously Margate West, as well as part of the Cliftonville division.


2017 Kent County Council election, Results by district, Tonbridge and Malling
There are five single-member constituencies and one multi-member constituency within the District of Tonbridge and Malling, which elect a total of seven councillors to Kent County Council. Below are the results:


2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team represented Kent State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Haynes and played their home games at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
On August 28, 2017, the school announced that head coach Paul Haynes would be taking a medical leave of absence and miss the first two to three weeks of the season. Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell was named interim head coach. Haynes returned to the Flashes after missing two games due to prostate cancer treatments.


2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
On November 22, one day after the Flashes' final game of the season against Akron, the school fired Paul Haynes after five losing seasons. On December 19, the school hired Sean Lewis as head coach.


2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team, Previous season
The Golden Flashes finished the 2016 season  3–9, 2–6 in MAC play to finish in fifth place in the East Division.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
The 2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition, for men, and 20th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, on 31 July – 6 August 2017.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson were the defending champions but only Saville chose to defend his title, partnering Jarryd Chaplin. Saville lost in the quarterfinals to Tom Jomby and Eric Quigley.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Alex Bolt and Max Purcell won the title after defeating Jomby and Quigley 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Ernesto Escobedo was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Michael Mmoh won the title after defeating John Millman 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 in the final.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Hiroko Kuwata and Zhu Lin were the defending champions, but Zhu chose not to participate. Kuwata played alongside Valeria Savinykh as the top seeds, but they lost in the final to the second seeds Priscilla Hon and Valeria Savinykh in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Michaëlla Krajicek was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Grace Min won the title, defeating Sofia Kenin in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2017 Kentucky Christian Knights football team
The 2017 Kentucky Christian Knights football team represented Kentucky Christian University in the 2017 NAIA football season. The Knights played their home games at KCU Field, in Grayson, Kentucky. Kentucky Christian competed in the Bluegrass Division of the Mid-South Conference. The team was led by first-year head coach Corey Fipps and finished 1–10 overall, 1–5 in conference play to finish sixth in the Bluegrass Division.


2017 Kentucky Derby
The 2017 Kentucky Derby  (in full, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, due to sponsorship) was the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, May 6, 2017. The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held each year in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, at the end of the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km), and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The race was broadcast by NBC with a scheduled post time of 6:34 PM ET. The race went off at 6:52 PM ET before a crowd of 158,070 and a television TAD of 16.5 million viewers. The winner was the post-time favorite, Always Dreaming.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
The field for the Kentucky Derby was limited to twenty horses who qualified based on points earned in the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of races that was first introduced in 2013. Girvin was the top point-earner in 2017 after winning both the Risen Star Stakes and the Louisiana Derby. Classic Empire, who was the early Derby favorite after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in 2016, finished second in the qualifying series after overcoming several setbacks to win the Arkansas Derby.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
The other major prep race winners were Gormley (Santa Anita Derby), Irap (Blue Grass Stakes), Irish War Cry (Wood Memorial), Always Dreaming (Florida Derby) and Thunder Snow (UAE Derby). Several other contenders did not enter due to injuries or because they raced inconsistently. For example, Not This Time was an early favorite for the Derby but was injured shortly after finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was retired from racing. After an impressive win in the San Felipe Stakes, Mastery was pulled up by his jockey and was found to have a condylar fracture requiring several months to heal.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Qualification
For the first time, a spot in the starting gate was set aside for a horse from Japan through the separate Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. Epicharis, a grandson of 1989 Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence, qualified by winning the Hyacinth Stakes at Tokyo Racecourse on February 19. However, the connections of Epicharis declined the invitation.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Field
On May 3, entries for the Derby were taken and the post position draw was streamed live by Churchill Downs. After drawing post position 14, Classic Empire was installed as the lukewarm favorite on the morning line at 4–1 by Mike Battaglia. Always Dreaming in post position 5 and McCraken in post position 15 were both given odds of 5–1.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Field
The entry fee is normally $25,000, but Fast and Accurate was required to pay a supplemental entry fee of $200,000 as he was not nominated to the Triple Crown earlier in the year. The two "also eligible" entries were scratched when none of the qualified horses opted to withdraw before the 9 a.m. Friday deadline.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
When betting opened, the odds for morning line favorite Classic Empire drifted up to 6.80/1 while those for Always Dreaming drifted down to 4.70/1, making Always Dreaming the post time favorite. The track was labelled as "Wet Fast (sealed)" with some standing water due to persistent rain over the course of several days. In spite of the weather, 158,070 people attended the Derby, the seventh-highest turnout in the history of the race. The television broadcast drew 16.5 million viewers, the most since 18.5 million watched Sunday Silence win the 1989 Derby.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
The race had a difficult start for several horses. The most striking aspect of the start was the shocking refusal of Thunder Snow to run. When the gates flew open Thunder Snow inexplicably begin to buck and writhe, refusing to proceed and immediately getting pulled up. The start for several other horses was disastrous due to a "chain reaction" caused by Irish War Cry who, in the 17th position, ducked to the inside at the start, pushing over number 16 Tapwrit, and as a result, the 15 horse, McCracken, bumped heavily with number 14, Classic Empire. "Classic Empire really got clobbered", said his trainer Mark Casse. "The track is impossible. Our horse ran extremely well, considering."


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
From post position five, Always Dreaming avoided traffic problems with a burst of early speed, then settled into second place behind long shot State of Honor. In the first turn, jockey John R. Velazquez kept the colt along the rail then moved him to the outside of State of Honor down the backstretch. The two raced together into the far turn, where State of Honor started to fade while Battle of Midway and Irish War Cry moved up to challenge for the lead. Always Dreaming quickly responded by drawing away, opening up a lead of several lengths. Lookin At Lee, who had run along the rail for most of the race, found racing room and made a late run, but never threatened Always Dreaming, who won by 2+3⁄4 lengths. Battle of Midway was five lengths behind in third with Classic Empire finishing fourth.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
Trainer Todd Pletcher had entered the race with one win (Super Saver in 2010) from forty-five starters over the years. Although one of the most successful trainers in the history of the sport, Pletcher was relieved to get another Derby win with Always Dreaming. "To me", Pletcher said, "I felt I really needed that second one, you know?"


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
It was also the second Derby win for Velazquez, who had previously won in 2011 with Animal Kingdom. "This is the best horse Todd and I have ever come to the Kentucky Derby with", he said. "I got a good position early and then he relaxed. When we hit the quarter pole, I asked him and he responded. He did it himself from there."


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
It was the first Derby win for the ownership group that included Anthony Bonomo (who owns Brooklyn Boyz Stable), his wife Mary Ellen (MeB Racing), Vincent Viola (St Elias Stable) and his wife Teresa (Teresa Viola Racing). Mary Ellen Bonomo named the horse because of her tendency to daydream. "Everybody dreams of something, whether it's a big event or special day, the birth of their child, winning the Kentucky Derby. So I just said, 'Always Dreaming.' It just took off."


2017 Kentucky Derby, Race description
This was the fifth consecutive Derby in which the post-time favorite won. The only other time this happened was in the late 1890s.


2017 Kentucky Derby, Result
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 0:22.70; 1⁄2 mile – 0:46.53; 3⁄4 mile – 1:11.12; mile – 1:37.27; final – 2:03.59.Splits for each quarter-mile: (:22.70) (:23.83) (:24.59) (:26.15) (:26.32)


2017 Kentucky Derby, Subsequent Grade I wins
After winning the Derby, Always Dreaming never won another race. Several of the runners up went on to achieve Grade I success:


2017 Kentucky Senate Bill 17
Senate Bill 17 (SB 17) is a 2017 Kentucky law designed to protect religious freedoms at public schools and post-secondary institutions in the state. The law allows students to express religious views in their assignments, allows teachers to include religious lessons, and permits school clubs and other campus organizations to exclude members on religious grounds. The law has been criticized by LGBT advocates, who contend that this last provision permits student organizations to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.


2017 Kentucky Senate Bill 17, Passage
On February 10, 2017, the Kentucky State Senate voted 31 in favor and 3 against SB 17. On March 6, 2017, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 81 in favor and 8 against SB 17. On March 16, 2017, Governor Matt Bevin signed SB 17, which goes into effect on June 26, 2017.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team
The 2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Nick Mingione, who was in his first year at Kentucky. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wildcats were selected to host their second NCAA Regional, the first since 2006. The Wildcats won their regional, and faced Louisville in the super regionals, losing 2 games to none.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky played as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Stoops. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the Music City Bowl where they lost to Northwestern.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Previous season
In 2016, the Wildcats won seven out of their last ten games after starting the season 0–2, completing their fourth year under Mark Stoops at 7–5 and 4–4 in the SEC (3rd-East). They defeated in-state rival and ninth-ranked Louisville, 41–38, to end the regular season. In the postseason, the Wildcats competed in the TaxSlayer Bowl, losing to Georgia Tech 18–33.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Offseason, Spring Game
The spring game took place on April 14, in Lexington.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Offseason, 2017 signing class
Prior to National Signing Day on February 1, 2017, seven players enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice and included six former high school seniors and one junior college transfer. On National Signing Day, Kentucky signed an additional seventeen players out of high school and junior college that completed the 2017 recruiting class.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops enters his fifth season as the Wildcat's head coach for the 2017 season. During his previous four seasons he led the Wildcats to an overall record of 19 wins and 30 losses.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Personnel, Coaching staff
On January 18, 2017 Defensive Coordinator D.J. Eliot announced he would not return to the program for the 2017 season as the defensive coordinator to instead continue his career at Colorado. In his place Kentucky promoted special teams coordinator Matt House as Defensive Coordinator at Kentucky.


2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Schedule and results
The Wildcats' 2017 schedule consisted of seven home games and five away games. Kentucky hosted three of its four non-conference games—against Eastern Kentucky from the Ohio Valley Conference, Eastern Michigan from the Mid-American Conference, and Louisville from the ACC. They traveled to Southern Miss for their only road non-conference game. The Wildcats played eight conference games, hosting Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, and Ole Miss and traveling to South Carolina, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, and Georgia.


2017 Kenyan Premier League
The 2017 Kenyan Premier League (known as the SportPesa Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003, and the 54th season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 11 March and is scheduled to end on 18 November. Tusker were the defending champions, going into the season on the back of their 11th league title.


2017 Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League was expanded to 18 teams, of which 14 returned from the 2016 season. Kariobangi Sharks, Nakumatt, Nzoia Sugar (formerly Nzoia United) and Zoo Kericho were promoted from the second-tier National Super League.


2017 Kenyan Premier League
On 21 October 2017, Gor Mahia secured their record 16th league title with four games to spare after beating Ulinzi Stars 3–1 at the Kericho Green Stadium.


2017 Kenyan Premier League, Teams
Seven of the participating teams are based in the capital, Nairobi, while Bandari is the only team based at the Coast.


2017 Kenyan Premier League, League table, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2017 Kenyan general election
General elections were held in Kenya on 8 August 2017 to elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate. They coincided with the 2017 Kenyan local elections which elected Governors and representatives in the devolved governments.


2017 Kenyan general election
The published results showed that incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee Party had been re-elected with 54% of the vote. However, his main opponent, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, refused to accept the results and contested them in the Supreme Court. The results of the presidential election were subsequently annulled by the court and fresh presidential elections was ordered to be held within 60 days. It was later announced that the elections would be held in October.


2017 Kenyan general election
The results of the parliamentary and local elections remained valid. The Jubilee Party retained its majority in the Senate, winning 34 of the 67 seats, and remained the largest party in the National Assembly with 171 of the 341 seats. The Orange Democratic Movement won 20 seats in the Senate and 76 in the National Assembly.


2017 Kenyan general election, Background
The Kenyan Constitution requires a general election on the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year. There have been public discussions to move the date from August to December with proponents pointing to the fiscal timeline (1 July – 30 June) clashing with an August date, because most ministries that support critical election processes will not have been fully funded and that a possible presidential runoff vote may interfere with the national examinations calendar of October and December.


2017 Kenyan general election, Background
Opponents of the proposed date change have argued for protecting the constitutional provision and that any change would be mired by legal challenges and might drag on to the next elections and still require a referendum to decide, putting the country's stability at risk.


2017 Kenyan general election, Background
On 7 August 2017, one day before the election, Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and whose father, Barack Obama Sr., was Kenyan, called for calm and acceptance of the election results.


2017 Kenyan general election, Electoral system
The President of Kenya is elected using a modified version of the two-round system: to win in the first round, a candidate must receive over 50% of the vote and at least 25% of the vote in a minimum of 24 of the 47 counties.


2017 Kenyan general election, Electoral system
The 337 members of the National Assembly are elected by two methods; 290 are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. The remaining 47 are reserved for women and are elected from single-member constituencies based on the 47 counties, also using the first-past-the-post system. The 67 members of the Senate are elected by four methods; 47 are elected in single-member constituencies based on the counties by first-past-the-post voting. Parties are then assigned a share of 16 seats for women, two for youth and two for disabled people based on their seat share.


2017 Kenyan general election, Party primaries
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission set the duration for political parties to conduct their primaries in April 2017 following the review of Kenya's Election Laws. Parties would have 14 days between 20 April and 2 May to conduct their primaries and submit their candidates to the electoral commission.


2017 Kenyan general election, Pre-election violence, William Ruto home siege
On 29 July 2017, Deputy President Dr. William Ruto's house was attacked by a local man armed with a machete. During the siege, the deputy president and his family were not present. The assailant first injured the guard on duty, held him hostage and then killed him. The siege lasted 18 hours before special forces of the Kenyan Police shot the attacker dead. The motives of the attacker were unknown and members of the public were unaware how a man armed with a machete held the elite police forces at bay for 18 hours.


2017 Kenyan general election, Pre-election violence, Msando murder
On 27 July 2017, two bodies were found on the outskirts of Nairobi. One of the dead, Christopher Msando, was the head of information, communication, and technology at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. He played a major role in developing the new voting system for the election. His body showed apparent marks of torture before he was murdered for unclear reasons. Alongside it was the body of a 21-year-old woman, Maryanne Ngumbu. The FBI and Scotland Yard offered to help in the investigation.


2017 Kenyan general election, Pre-election violence, Msando murder
The murder of Msando raised suspicion among the opposition that it was part of a plot by the ruling party to rig the election, as it appeared Msando was standing in the way.


2017 Kenyan general election, Pre-election violence, Msando murder
Andrew Kipkoech Rono, 58, who was arrested over allegations he sent a threatening message to Msando before he was killed, appeared before High Court judge, James Wakiaga.


2017 Kenyan general election, Results, President
Kenyatta had maintained 10+% lead over Odinga in most polls for many weeks, but the two most recent polls before the election suggested a much closer race. The outcome was reported as a 9.5% victory for Kenyatta. On 10 August, provisional results released by the Kenyan electoral commission put Kenyatta ahead by 54.2% to Odinga's 44.92%. The head of the EU delegation Marietje Schaake said there had been no sign of manipulation of the result at central or local level and urged all sides to accept the result.


2017 Kenyan general election, Results, President
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared incumbents Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto as president-elect and deputy president-elect respectively on the evening of 11 August 2017. The National Super Alliance disputed the results.


2017 Kenyan general election, Results, Senate
Three women, Uasin Gishu's Margaret Kamar, Susan Kihika of Nakuru and Fatuma Dullo of Isiolo became the first women in Kenya's history to be elected to the Senate rather than appointed. Kihika was also elected Senate Majority Whip on 31 August.


2017 Kenyan general election, Results, Governors
Three women were elected as governors for the first time for their respective counties – Joyce Laboso of Bomet County, Charity Ngilu of Kitui County, and Anne Waiguru of Kirinyaga County. 25 out of 47 governors lost their seats. 29 of the 47 governors are members of the ruling Jubilee Party.


2017 Kenyan general election, Reactions, Domestic
Opposition leader Raila Odinga, alleged that the results had been tampered with by hackers. At that time, he offered no evidence to justify his claim, which the head of Kenya's electoral commission dismissed. Following the election, there were protests in Kisumu, Kibera and Mathare where Odinga enjoys major political support, some of which turned violent and deadly. Odinga published his own results, which put him ahead, and claimed that the commission's IT system had been hacked and that Kenya had seen the worst "voter theft" in its history.


2017 Kenyan general election, Reactions, Domestic
The chairman of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, responded that his organisation was the only body allowed to count votes and that while there had been an attempt to hack the commission, it had failed. A week after the vote, Odinga announced he would challenge the results in Kenya's Supreme Court.


2017 Kenyan general election, Reactions, Domestic
The Economist did its own count of a small sample of paper ballots, which tallied with the electronic results.


2017 Kenyan general election, Reactions, Domestic
Kenyatta's reaction incorporated invitations of several world leaders to his inauguration, including: former US President Barack Obama; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; British Prime Minister Theresa May; Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari; Rwandan President Paul Kagame; Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni; Tanzanian President John Magufuli; South African President Jacob Zuma; His Royal Highness Aga Khan IV; and Nigerian billionaire tycoon Aliko Dangote.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath
On 13 August, police said a total of 16 people have been killed in protests. The post-election violence ultimately resulted in the deaths of up to fifty people and over 100 injuries.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Inaugurations
It was announced on 13 August that the new Parliament would be sworn in on 22 August, with Kenyatta's second inauguration to follow a week later. However, Kenyatta's inauguration was pushed back to at least 12 September after Odinga agreed to challenge the results in court. It was later announced that the reconvening of the Kenyan parliament was delayed to no later than 7 September due to a petition which was filed by groups affiliated with the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA- Kenya) over the new parliament's lack of women needed to meet the two-thirds gender rule criteria.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Inaugurations
Despite the FIDA- Kenya lawsuit, the IEBC announced on 22 August that it will publish the full list of elected Members of the National Assembly and Members of County Assembly later that day and that the gender-rule lawsuit will not be heard in court until 20 September; the IEBC had already published the final results and names of the 47 Governors, Woman Representatives and Senators on 14 August.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Inaugurations
The Standard later reported on 22 August that the Kenyan Parliament will reconvene in the next week. On 23 August, Kenyatta issued a decree stating that the Parliament will reconvene on 31 August when they assemble to swear in new members and elect respective Speakers and Deputy Speakers. On 29 August, members-elect of the new Parliament officially underwent the process of registering their political orientation and held their first unofficial meetings in Parliament before being sworn-in. They then met with respective party leaders on 30 August. The 12th Kenyan Parliament was then sworn in on 31 August and various leaders were elected by members of the Kenyan National Assembly and Kenyan Senate to serve their respective houses as well.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision
On 28 August, the Kenyan Supreme Court heard Odinga's arguments for the first time. Permission was granted to allow two agents of both the ruling party and Odinga's NASA party to audit the IEBC results. Odinga's lawyer, James Orengo, alleged afterwards that the IEBC was denying his team full access to the servers and other equipment that transmitted results from polling stations to the tallying centre despite the court allowing "read-only" access.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision
Closing arguments then concluded on 29 August and it was announced that the court would make a decision regarding the results of the presidential election on 1 September. It was later announced on 30 August that the IEBC had submitted all result forms for scrutiny in order to give the Supreme Court a clear picture on how Kenyans voted during the elections.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision
On 1 September, the Supreme Court nullified Kenyatta's election victory and ordered a new presidential election to take place within 60 days.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision
On 5 September, the IEBC set the next presidential election to be held on 17 October. Odinga announced that he would not participate in a new presidential election without "legal and constitutional guarantees" against alleged electoral fraud. However, it was later announced on 21 September that the election would be delayed until 26 October after the IEBC sought more time to reform the voting processes. The same day, IEBC Legal Affairs officer, Praxedes Tororey, succumbed to sustained pressure from NASA and resigned from her post.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Evidence
Evidence was based on examining the forms that represented the stages of vote collection (41,451 of form 34A, 291 of form 34B and one form 34C). The court requested to inspect the originals of all forms.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Evidence
The NASA opposition claimed this jeopardised 7 million votes when the margin of the result was 1.5 million votes.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Evidence
On 20 September, Justice Philomena Mwilu issued a court statement saying that the IEBC's refusal to provide access and failure to provide information on the IT system's firewall configuration left the court "no choice but to accept the petitioner's claims that the IEBC's IT system was infiltrated and compromised, and the data therein interfered with, or IEBC's officials themselves interfered with the data." A day before the court delivered its statement, Chief Justice David Maraga said judges on the bench had faced death threats since declaring the election results void and criticized the police for "ignoring calls to act."


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Evidence
On 21 September, Kenyatta decried the ruling as a "coup."


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Calls to prosecute IEBC officials
On 22 September, Mathare MP Anthony Olouch, a member of NASA who runs a firm called AT Olouch and Company Advocates, issued a statement to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobik calling for the prosecution of the following IEBC officials: CEO Ezra Chiloba, Chairman Wafula Chebukati, Betty Nyabuto, Immaculate Kassait, James Muhati, Praxedes Tororey (who has since retired), Moses Kipkogei, Abdi Guliye, Molu Boya and Marjan Marjan. The letter also stated, "unless investigation leading into criminal charges and prosecution is commenced within 72 hours [by] this office, our instructions are to institute private prosecutions according to Section 28 of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions [Act]."


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Odinga Withdrawal from Second Election
On 10 October, Odinga quit the second election, citing problems with the IEBC and withdrawals from his coalition. Odinga strongly believes he cannot go into another election with no reforms in the IEBC.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election
On 18 October recently resigned IEBC Commissioner, who fled to the United States, issued a statement declaring that the second Kenyan Presidential election would not be a fair election. The same day, IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati expressed skepticism about a fair election as well, claiming the IEBC commissioners were partisan-minded and that he resign unless certain conditions are met to reform the IEBC. On 20 October, the IEBC's chief executive officer Ezra Chiloba announced that he will not be monitoring the election and that starting 23 October, he will take a three-week vacation. Chiloba's departure has created more uncertainty over who will monitor the election.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election
On 24 October, the IEBC announced that it would now count back-up paper ballots and not rush to announce the official results based only on numbers sent from the polling stations like in the first Presidential election as well. The same day, Chebukati appointed IEBC Vice Chair Consolata N.B. Maina as the IEBC Deputy National Returning Officer.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election
Honorable Mwau, Njonjo Mue and Khalef Khalifa filed petitions challenging the declaration at Supreme Court on 8 November. This act triggered political deadlock and uncertainty. President Uhuru Kenyatta launched his  24- page response stating his legally elected and accuses the petitioners for being used as NASA 'agents'. He also stated his acceptance on the verdict made to repeat the elections, and further accused the opposition of frustrating IEBC'S capability of handling the elections and attaching the Jubilee administration of interference in the electoral decisions putting it as propaganda.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election
He further denied claims of sing state resources for campaigning and involvement of cabinet ministers in his campaign, voter influence, intimidation and corruption during the repeat polls.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Supreme Court decision, Doubts of Fair Second Presidential Election
NASA defended its withdrawal in the second polls through its Chief Principal Raila Odinga. NASA Co- Principal  maintained that the election was a 'sham' and IEBC was at all not independent as its decisions were solemnly made by foreign organs acting as relations officers to the public and the Jubilee Administration.


2017 Kenyan general election, Aftermath, Kenyatta Inauguration
Despite challenges to his second victory, Kenyatta was officially sworn in for a second and final term on 28 November.


2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
The 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 23 January 2019. The award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit.


2017 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship
The 2017 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship is Kerry GAA's second tier gaelic football tournament for intermediate in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams and is straight knock-out with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship.


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


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 116th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship
The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship
This was Kenmare Shamrocks return to the senior ranks, meaning they will no longer provide players to the Kenmare District panel for this season. Milltown/Castlemaine (who were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017) will provide the Mid-Kerry Divisional side with players for the S.F.C.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dr. Crokes were the defending champions after they defeated Kenmare District in the 2016 final.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dr. Crokes won the 2017 senior club championship having defeated Kenmare Shamrocks 3-20 to 2-20 in the final in Fitzgerald Stadium after extra time on 10 September 2017.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Kilcummin were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after losing to Kerin's O'Rahillys in the Senior Club Championship Relegation Playoff. This ended their 20 year tenure as a senior club after claiming the 1997 Kerry I.F.C. title. This period involved a County final appearance in 2003 as well as Munster S.C.F.C. semi-final appearance in 2007.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
8 club teams and 9 divisional teams (17 in total) will take part in this year's S.F.C. It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part in the competition proper so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2017 County Championship proper.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Format Structure Change
The winner of the 2017 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2018 Senior County and Club Championships.


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


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Qualification
It was decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To determine which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2012-2016 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Qualification
The 2 lowest placed sides were (as was the case in 2016) St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then meet in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2017 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2018 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walk-overs play in 2018 Championship Qualifier.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 1
The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams play in eight matches. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the quarter finals while the losers play in Round 3.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losers from Round 1 play  each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 3
The four Round 2A losers play the four Round 2B winners in this round. The four winners progress to the Quarter-Finals while the losers exit the championship.


2017 Kerry Senior Football Championship, Relegation
The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2018. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.


2017 Khatauli train derailment
On 19 August 2017, the Kalinga Utkal Express train derailed near Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India causing fatalities: 23 people were killed and 156 others were injured. This accident was the fourth major passenger train derailment in 2017 and the third in Uttar Pradesh.


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Accident
On 19 August 2017, around 5:45 pm (IST), 14 of the 23 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed near Khatauli in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The train was heading from Puri in Odisha to Haridwar in Uttarakhand. The accident occurred because the Haridwar-bound train sped along track that was undergoing repair without being warned beforehand.


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Accident
Twenty-three people were killed in the accident, according to the Uttar Pradesh police. According to Uttar Pradesh's Minister of Industrial Development Satish Mahana, 174 injured were admitted to different hospitals.


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Aftermath
Media footage showed coaches mounted on top of one another, while one carriage crashed into a house beside the track. National Disaster Response Force personnel rushed to the scene to join the rescue operation. Rescuers used metal cutters and cranes to reach inside the damaged coaches.


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Aftermath
According to the Indian railway ministry, three trains were cancelled and six were diverted following the accident. The 14521/14522 Ambala-Delhi-Ambala Intercity Express, 18478 Haridwar-Puri Utkal Kalinga Express and the 14682 Jalandhar-New Delhi Intercity Express were cancelled. Meanwhile, the railways also issued some helpline numbers.


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Response
India's Railways minister Suresh Prabhu announced an ex-gratia of ₨ 3.5 lakh each to the next of kin of those who lost their lives and ₨ 50,000 each for seriously injured passengers. He further announced ₨ 25,000 for passengers with minor injuries.


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Response
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the accident in a series of tweets. He further said, "My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. I wish those injured a speedy recovery. The situation is being monitored very closely by the Railways Ministry. Railways Ministry & UP Government are doing everything possible & providing all assistance required in the wake of the train derailment."


2017 Khatauli train derailment, Response
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind said, "Sad at train derailment in UP; my thoughts are with deceased & their families. Injured are being rescued & provided relief."


2017 Kibō no Tō leadership election
The Japanese conservative Kibō no Tō (the Party of Hope) held a leadership election on 10 November 2017. It was the party's first leadership election since its formation in September 2017, prior to the 2017 general election. The race was held to choose a co-leader to serve alongside party leader and founder Yuriko Koike.


2017 Kibō no Tō leadership election
Representative Yuichiro Tamaki beat fellow Kibō lawmaker Hiroshi Ogushi in the closed caucus election by a margin of 39 to 14. Tamaki was initially to lead the party in the Diet while Koike remained as a national leader. Four days after the leadership election, Koike resigned her leadership post, leaving Tamaki as the sole leader of the party.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege
The 2017 Kidapawan jail siege occurred when about a hundred unidentified armed men attacked the North Cotabato Provincial Jail in Kidapawan, Philippines at around midnight freeing at least 158 inmates. Five inmates, a barangay official and a prison guard died in the siege. The jail break resulting from the attack is reportedly the biggest in the history of North Cotabato.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Attack
At around 1:00 am armed men attacked the North Cotabato Provincial Jail in Barangay Amas of Kidapawan. This led to the escape of at least 158 inmates out of the 1,511 people detained in the prison. A power outage which put out the lights in the prison preceded the attack. The intent of the siege was to free certain inmates detained in two cells but nearby inmates were also freed by the gunmen who reportedly spoke in the Maguindanao language.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Attack
According to a report by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), the gunfight following the attack lasted around two hours. The prisoners reportedly escaped through a wooden ladder placed at the back portion of the prison.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Attack
Earlier before the attack, the local police of Amas was warned of plans of a jail siege to free high-profile inmates. The barangay volunteer security group which was not armed warned the residents of the locality of the possible attack.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Attack
Jail Officer 1 Excel Visido died during the attack as well as Barangay Patadon Councilor, Satar Manalundong who was shot after authorities suspected him of helping an inmate escape.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Attack
12 escapees were "recovered" by authorities while two surrendered to the city mayor.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Aftermath
Kidapawan Mayor Joseph Evangelista requested the 39th Infantry Battalion to help the Cotabato Police Provincial Office in securing the site of the incident and in conducting strict highway inspection. The Kidapawan City 911 Response Unit was also put on standby in the area. Classes were suspended in five public schools situated in Barangay Amas. BJMP's Special Tactics and Response team, the Special Action Force, and the military conducted clearing operations within and around the vicinity of the prison.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Aftermath
The police in Davao City were put into full alert following the jail siege.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Perpetrators
Initial reports suggested that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were behind the attack with the armed group responsible for the attack allegedly led by MILF commander Satar Mandalondong. MILF Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghadzali Jaafar denied that his group was involved in the attack and offered to share information regarding the attack if they manage to get them.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Perpetrators
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were also suspected to be behind the attack, but the group's spokesperson Abu Misry denied the involvement of his group in the attack.


2017 Kidapawan jail siege, Perpetrators
The local authorities of Amas has received feedback that the group was led by a certain Commander Derby, who is wanted for serious offenses, including armed robbery, drug trafficking, and extortion. Commander Derby was suspected to be bribed by a local drug lord to help him escape.


2017 Kids' Choice Awards
The 30th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 11, 2017, at the Galen Center on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles and was broadcast live on Nickelodeon and either live or with tape delay across all of Nickelodeon's international networks. John Cena hosted the ceremony. This is the earliest Kids' Choice Awards ceremony date to take place in the year, with the latest being the 1989 ceremony on June 25, 1989.


2017 Kids' Choice Awards
A new episode of one of Nickelodeon's television series, Henry Danger, premiered right before the ceremony. Jace Norman subsequently led the transfer from the show to the ceremony. Afterwards, an unlisted airing of the Hunter Street premiere was shown.


2017 Kids' Choice Awards Argentina
The 7th Annual Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards was held on 19 October 2017, at Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, and was broadcast on 21 October 2017 through Nickelodeon. Mercedes Lambre and Leandro Leunis hosted the ceremony. Lali and Isabella Castillo led nominations with three each, and also were the biggest winners of the night, along with Camila Cabello and Mica Viciconte, with two awards each. Susana Giménez received the Career Achievement Award.


2017 Kids' Choice Sports
The 4th Annual Kids' Choice Sports was held on July 13, 2017, at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast three days later on July 16. Seattle Seahawks quarterback and Super Bowl Champion Russell Wilson returned as host for the third straight year.


2017 Kids' Choice Sports, Sports Council
A Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories." Committee members are:


2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship is the 124th edition of the Kildare GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kildare, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Kildare in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.


2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship
Sarsfields were the defending champions after they defeated town rivals Moorefield in the previous years final, however their Newbridge town rivals exacted their revenge when dethroning them at the Quarter-Final stage.


2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship
This was the Round Tower's return to the senior grade after 4 years in the middle grade.


2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship
Allenwood were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after losing to Eadestown in the Relegation Final, and thus ending their 27 year stay in the top-flight of Kildare club football.


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


2017 Kildare 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 Kildare Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners will enter the draw for the Quarter Finals while the 4 losers will play in Round 3.


2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 4 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2017 Kildare Senior Football Championship, Round 3
The 4 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners will go into the draw for the Quarter-Finals.


2017 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2017 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 53rd staging of the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1929. The championship began on 16 September 2017 and ended on 22 October 2017.


2017 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 22 October 2017, St. Patrick's Ballyragget won the championship after a 1-19 to 2-10 defeat of Graigue-Ballycallan in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their second championship overall and their first title since 1979.


2017 Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
St. Patrick's Ballyragget's Kevin Kelly was the championship's top scorer with 4-27.


2017 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2017 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 16 September 2017 and ended 29 October 2017.


2017 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
O'Loughlin Gaels were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dicksboro in the semi-final.


2017 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 29 October 2017, Dicksboro won the championship following a 4-15 to 4-10 defeat of James Stephens in the final. This was their fifth championship title overall and their first since 1993.


2017 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
David Walton of the James Stephens club was the championship's top scorer with 1-51.


2017 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, Results, First round
Four of the twelve teams received byes into the quarter finals. The remaining eight teams played in four matches with the winners progressing to the quarter finals.


2017 King Cash Spiel (September)
The 2017 September King Cash Spiel was held from September 14 to 17 at the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge, British Columbia as part of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour. Both the men's and women's events were held in a round robin format, and the purses for the men's event was $12,000 and women's event was CAD $8,000


2017 King Cup
The 2017 King Cup, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 42nd edition of the King Cup since its establishment in 1957, and the 10th under the current format. It started on 18 January and concluded with the final on 18 May 2017. The winner qualifies for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage.


2017 King Cup
Al-Hilal won their eighth title after a 3–2 win over defending champions Al-Ahli in the final on 18 May 2017.


2017 King Cup
The winner of the King Cup earns automatic qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage. However, as Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League via winning the league, Al-Nassr, the highest placed team in the 2016–17 Saudi Professional League not already qualified took the group stage spot.


2017 King Cup, Participating teams
A total of 32 teams participated in this season. 14 teams from the Professional league, 15 teams from the First Division, and 3 teams qualifying from the preliminary stage. Al-Hazem were excluded from participating this season after they withdrew from the competition last year.


2017 King Cup, Round of 32
The Round of 32 matches were played between 18 and 21 January 2017. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2017 King Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 matches were played between 23 January and 25 February 2017. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2017 King Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-finals matches were played between 30 March and 2 April 2017. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2017 King Cup, Semi-finals
The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 12 and 13 May 2017. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


2017 King Cup, Final
The final was played on Thursday 18 May 2017 at King Abdullah Sports City.


2017 King Cup, Top goalscorers
Note: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 29 July 2017. It was the 67th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Enable, a three-year-old bay filly trained at Newmarket by John Gosden, ridden by Frankie Dettori and owned by Khalid Abullah. Enable's victory was the fifth in the race for Dettori and the third for Gosden. Khalid Abullah won the race for the second time, 31 years after Dancing Brave's success in 1986. Enable was the fourth three-year-old filly to win the race following Dahlia, Pawneese and Taghrooda.


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
The race attracted a field of ten runners, seven from England, two from Ireland and one from Argentina. There were no challengers from continental Europe.


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
In the build-up to the race it seemed likely that the 2016 winner Highland Reel, trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien, would start favourite but the complexion of the race changed when John Gosden announced that the leading three-year-old filly Enable, the winner of the Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks would contest the race. The other Irish contender was Highland Reel's stablemate Idaho who had won the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. The other international challenger was Sixties Song, a winner of several major races in South America.


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
John Gosden also entered Jack Hobbs the winner of the Irish Derby and the Sheema Classic as well as the Huxley Stakes winner Maverick Wave, who appeared to be the designated pacemaker. The other four runners were Ulysses (winner of the Eclipse Stakes), Benbatl (Hampton Court Stakes), My Dream Boat (Princess of Wales's Stakes) and Desert Encounter (Buckhounds Stakes).


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
Enable was made the 5/4 favourite ahead of Highland Reel at 9/2, Jack Hobbs on 11/2, Idaho on 8/1 and Ulysses on 9/1.


2017 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
Maverick Wave went to the front as expected and set a strong pace on the inside whilst most of the field raced further out from the rail. Enable, Jack Hobbs and Highland Reel tracked the leader with Idaho and Benbatl close behind. Shortly after entering the straight, Enable went to the front and accelerated several lengths clear of her rivals. Jack Hobbs dropped away but Idaho stayed on well and Ulysses made progress on the outside to emerge as the filly's closest pursuer. Enable never looked in any danger of defeat and came home four and a half lengths clear of Ulysses with Idaho in third place. Highland Reel took fourth ahead of Benbatl, Desert Encounter, and My Dream Boat. Jack Hobbs and Sixties Song finished tailed-off in ninth and tenth.


2017 King's Cup
The 2017 Annual King's Cup Football Tournament, commonly referred to as 2017 King's Cup, was the 45th King's Cup, the annual international men's football tournament organised by Football Association of Thailand. It was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 14 to 16 July 2017.


2017 King's Cup
The matches were played at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok. As hosts, Thailand participated automatically in the tournament; they were joined by the African team Burkina Faso, the Asian team North Korea and the European team Belarus.


2017 King's Cup
The defending champions, Thailand, who won the previous fourteen King's Cup, defended their title. Burkina Faso and Belarus made their debuts. Burkina Faso were represented by their African Nations Championship team, composed of domestic league players. Belarus were represented by their B-team, composed of domestic league players. North Korea were represented by several their B-team and a few A-team players.


2017 King's Cup, Venue
All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand


2017 King's Cup, Draw
The draw will be held on 3 July 2017, at the Thairath Headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand. Suppasin Leelarit, vice president of Football Association of Thailand and Watchara Watcharapol, chief executive officer of Thairath TV will participate in the draw.


2017 King's Cup, Draw
The 4 teams are drawn into two matches, with hosts Thailand being allocated to bottom half (semi-finals 2).


2017 King's Cup, FIFA ranking
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) sent a letter of confirmation to the Football Association of Thailand. UEFA has no objection to participation of Belarus (domestic-league players) in this tournament.


2017 King's Cup, FIFA ranking
The Football Federation of Belarus will register for the tier-2 international match, which will record the result without FIFA scoring. The remaining three teams will register for the tier-1 international match.


2017 King's Cup squads
The 2017 King's Cup is an international football tournament that is currently being held in Thailand from 14 to 16 July 2017. The 4 national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 23 players.


2017 King's Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.


2017 King's Cup squads, Belarus
The following 22 players were called up for the 2017 King's Cup on 10 July 2017.


2017 King's Cup squads, Burkina Faso
The following 22 players were called up for the 2017 King's Cup.


2017 King's Cup squads, North Korea
The following 22 players were called up for the 2017 King's Cup.


2017 King's Cup squads, Thailand
The following 23 players were called up for the 2017 King's Cup on 13 July 2017.


2017 Kingisepp by-election
Legislative elections were held in Russia on 18 September 2016. On 5 October 2016 Sergey Naryshkin resigned because of his appointment as Director of SVR. On 14 June, the Central Election Commission scheduled an election in the Kingisepp constituency for 10 September 2017.


2017 Kingisepp by-election, United Russia primary
On May 28, 2017, the United Russia held primary for the selection of candidate in Kingisepp's Constituency. The primary was attended by eight people. It was possible to vote for multiple candidates.


2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election
Gubernatorial Election in Kirov Oblast were held on 10 September 2017.


2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election, Background
In the previous elections in 2014 won a Nikita Belykh, who led the region since 2009. The term was due to expire in September 2019.


2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election, Background
24 Jun 2016 Nikita Belykh was arrested in Moscow at reception of a bribe. On 25 June Investigative Committee of Russia has charged White charged with receiving a bribe in especially large size. On the same day, the Basmanny court of Moscow, he was arrested for two months. After his arrest, the duties of the Governor of the Kirov region was performed by his Deputy Alexey Kuznetsov.


2017 Kirov Oblast gubernatorial election, Background
July 28, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Nikita Belykh from the post of Governor of the Kirov region with the formulation "in connection with loss of trust". Acting Governor until the election appointed Igor Vasilyev.


2017 Klagenfurt Open
The 2017 Dynamic Klagenfurt Open, was the fourth Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Germany's Ralf Souquet who defeated another German Sebastian Ludwig 9–7 in the final.


2017 Klagenfurt Open, Tournament format
The event saw a total of 142 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.


2017 Klasika Primavera
The 63rd edition of the Klasika Primavera, a one-day road cycling race, was held on 9 April 2017. It was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.1 event.


2017 Klasika Primavera, Teams
Twelve teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:


2017 Klasika Primavera, Result
The race was won by the Spanish cyclist Gorka Izagirre of Movistar Team.


2017 Knoxville Challenger
The 2017 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 7 and 12 November 2017.


2017 Knoxville Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Knoxville Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 Knoxville Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Knoxville Challenger, Champions, Doubles
Leander Paes /  Purav Raja def. James Cerretani /  John-Patrick Smith 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4).


2017 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Peter Polansky and Adil Shamasdin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles
Leander Paes and Purav Raja won the title after defeating James Cerretani and John-Patrick Smith 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2017 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Michael Mmoh was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Bradley Klahn.


2017 Knoxville Challenger – Singles
Filip Peliwo won the title after defeating Denis Kudla 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2017 Kobalt 400
The 2017 Kobalt 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on March 12, 2017, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mi (2.4 km) asphalt intermediate speedway, it was the third race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Kobalt 400, Report, Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2017 Kobalt 400, First practice
Martin Truex, Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.907 seconds and a speed of 193.500 mph (311.408 km/h).


2017 Kobalt 400, Qualifying
Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.881 and a speed of 193.680 mph (311.698 km/h). When asked how he accomplished this despite missing his mark in Turns 1 and 2 on his pole lap, he said he didn't "know what the answer is. I'll have to look through a bunch of data, and the smart guys -- the engineers and crew chiefs -- will probably point some of that stuff out to me. But, yeah, every time I looked at the tracker, the cars that were fast in 1 and 2 weren't in 3 and 4, and we were the opposite. We were really good in 3 and 4… but we'll take it either way."


2017 Kobalt 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.197 seconds and a speed of 191.510 mph (308.205 km/h).


2017 Kobalt 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.630 seconds and a speed of 188.613 mph (303.543 km/h).


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Stage 1
Brad Keselowski led the field to the green flag at 3:48 p.m. He pulled away from Martin Truex Jr. in the opening laps, but Truex started reeling him back in around lap 12. The first caution of the race flew on lap 18 when Corey LaJoie slammed the wall in Turn 2. He went on to finish last. Truex exited pit road with the race lead.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Stage 1
The race restarted on lap 25. Keselowski, restarting on the outside lane, powered by Truex on the backstretch to take back the lead on the restart. Exiting the tri-oval, Kevin Harvick suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall, bringing out the second caution on lap 68. After leaving the infield care center, he said that the tire "started vibrating about four or five laps there before it blew out, and I was just trying to ride it to the end of the stage there. Obviously, it didn’t make it.” Joey Logano opted not to pit and took the lead.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Stage 1
The race restarted on lap 75. Truex, on four new tires, passed Logano with ease on the backstretch to retake the lead. He won the first stage and the third caution flew for the conclusion of the stage. Truex decided to stay out, having pitted under the previous caution.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Stage 2
The race restarted on lap 88. It settled into a green run that was interrupted by a cycle of green flag stops beginning on lap 125. Truex pitted from the lead the following lap. Keselowski pitted from the lead the next lap. Ty Dillon pitted from the lead on lap 129 and handed the lead to Michael McDowell. Truex passed McDowell in Turn 1 to cycle back to the lead on lap 131. Kyle Busch was handed a pass through penalty for speeding on pit road.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Stage 2
The fourth caution flew on lap 152 when Derrike Cope spun out in Turn 2. Jimmie Johnson inherited the lead after electing not to pit.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Stage 2
The race restarted on lap 156. Truex, on four new tires, passed Johnson with ease exiting Turn 2 on the restart to retake the lead. He won the second stage and the fifth caution flew for the conclusion of the stage.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 100 laps to go. Kurt Busch made an unscheduled stop with 66 to go to make a battery change. Truex pitted with 57 to go and Johnson took the lead. He stayed out for 17 laps hoping for a caution, but didn't get one, pitted with 40 to go and Truex regained the lead. Keselowski passed Chase Elliott for second with 34 to go and set his sights on Truex. He passed Truex in Turn 3 to retake the lead with 23 to go.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Final stage
The sixth caution flew with 16 to go when Danica Patrick's engine expired on the frontstretch. She said her team "got the car to a place where I [thought] we could have got a little more racy with it, especially if we would have caught some breaks, but then it just flattened out. I just rode around the top in case I blew up, but having a teammate behind me was not ideal for the timing of it, but unfortunately it happened. We'll just move on.” The leaders all pitted under the caution and Keselowski remained the leader.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with nine to go. Keselowski pulled away on the restart and had the win in check, but suffered a part failure with two to go and dropped off pace. Truex passed him on the backstretch and scored the victory.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Final stage, Final lap and brawl
On the final lap, Keselowski's car fell back through the field. Kyle Busch veered to the bottom to avoid him and made contact with Logano. In Turn 3, Logano got loose, hit Busch and sent him spinning through Turn 4 and down onto pit road. Busch got out of his car, proceeded to the staging area where the top-five cars are captured after the race, usually at the entrance of pit road, threw a punch at Logano and a brawl broke out on pit road. It lasted roughly 18 seconds before officials broke it up.


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Final stage, Final lap and brawl
Logano said after everything settled down that there wasn't much talking as "swinging," and that he was just "racing hard there at the end with our Pennzoil Ford. Kyle and I usually race really well together. We usually never have any issues, and he tried to pin me down into the corner underneath Brad and we about crashed on entry, and then I was still trying to gather it up by the center and I was gonna spin out, so I’m trying to chase it up and he was there. It obviously wasn’t anything intentional, but obviously he thinks that, so, I don’t know, we’ll get by.”


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Final stage, Final lap and brawl
Busch saw it differently, telling Vince Welch of Fox Sports that he "got dumped. (Logano) flat-out just drove straight in the corner and wrecked me. That's how Joey races, so he's going to get it."


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Truex said in victory lane that his team "definitely had [their] share of races where we've dominated and gave one away, and it looked like today was going to be another one of those. The runs just didn't work out the way we needed them. We were struggling on the really long runs. We had to run that last set of tires on that last caution longer than we did all race long. From Lap 211 until caution for Danica Patrick's blown engine on Lap 252, I was out of control and Brad was really good on the long run. I hate that he had problems. He was strong and we weren't going to do anything with him, but then he lost the brakes or something. A little bit of a gift, but we've given some away, so it feels good to come out on the good end for once."


2017 Kobalt 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Keselowski, who finished fifth, said his team will "have to take [the car] apart (to discover the source of the part failure), it has to go through inspection. I just know it was something major. It wouldn't turn, and I lost the brakes, so it's a pretty good indicator.”


2017 Kobalt 400, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 17th race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, 2001 race winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.


2017 Kobalt 400, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards worked pit road for the radio side.


2017 Kobe Challenger
The 2017 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 6 and 12 November 2017.


2017 Kobe Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kobe Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 Kobe Challenger – Doubles
Daniel Masur and Ante Pavić were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Kobe Challenger – Doubles
Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama won the title after defeating Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Christopher Rungkat 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] in the final.


2017 Kobe Challenger – Singles
Chung Hyeon was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Kobe Challenger – Singles
Stéphane Robert won the title after defeating Calvin Hemery 7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 6–1 in the final.


2017 Koblenz Open
The 2017 Koblenz Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Koblenz, Germany between 17 and 22 January 2017.


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


2017 Koblenz Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2017 Koblenz Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2017 Koblenz Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:


2017 Koblenz Open – Doubles
Hans Podlipnik and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Roman Jebavý and Lukáš Rosol 7–5, 3–6, [16–14] in the final.


2017 Koblenz Open – Singles
Ruben Bemelmans won the title after defeating Nils Langer 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–0) in the final.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix
The 2017 Kohler Grand Prix was an IndyCar Series event held at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race served as the 10th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. Hélio Castroneves qualified on pole position for the race, while Scott Dixon took victory.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Background
For the 2017 event, the length of the race was extended by five laps.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Background
Just prior to the race, Mikhail Aleshin ran into issues with his visa that temporarily prevented him from entering the United States following his participation in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. DTM driver Robert Wickens was placed on stand-by to fill in for Aleshin if his issues were unable to be cleared in time for the race. Wickens completed practice in the No. 7 car, but Aleshin's visa issued were resolved shortly, allowing him to arrive at the track on Friday night and compete in all remaining sessions during the race weekend.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Qualifying
Qualifying for the race took place on Saturday, June 24. Hélio Castroneves secured his 50th career pole position at an average speed of 143.85 mph (231.52 km/h) as Team Penske locked out the front two rows of the field, with Will Power starting second, Josef Newgarden third, and Simon Pagenaud fourth. Scott Dixon qualified fifth, making him fastest of cars outside of the Penske stable.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Race
The race was held on Sunday, June 25. The start of the race saw Hélio Castroneves hold his lead, while Josef Newgarden managed to get around Will Power for second. Scott Dixon managed to get around Simon Pagenaud during the opening lap as well, while further back, Spencer Pigot suffered a broken front-wing after making contact with Ryan Hunter-Reay. This order remained intact for several laps, though Dixon pressured Power for the third position for several laps.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Race
On lap 6, some drivers, including Alexander Rossi, Graham Rahal, and Mikhail Aleshin began stops for what would be a four-stop strategy for them. The leaders, electing to use a three-stop strategy, did not pit until around lap 13. After the first stops, Castroneves held a narrow lead over Newgarden, while Dixon and Rossi both leapfrogged Power to take third and fourth place, respectively. Shortly thereafter, Pagenaud moved by Power, dropping Power out of the top five.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Race
On lap 20, Newgarden was able to move around Castroneves and pull away, placing himself solidly in the lead. Castroneves soon began falling into the clutches of Dixon and Pagenaud when the second round of stops for the leaders came at lap 27. During the stops, Newgarden maintained his lead, but now was ahead of Dixon in second.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Race
Nearly immediately after the completion of the first round of stops came the race's first caution period as Takuma Sato spun and made contact with the wall in turn 11 on lap 29, though was able to continue after getting a bump start from the safety team. During the caution, the drivers on the four-stop strategy elected to pit.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Race
The restart saw Dixon swing around the outside of Newgarden through turn 1 and successfully grab the lead, with Castroneves moving past Newgarden a few turns later. The top five remained the same until the final round of stops on around lap 41. Dixon maintained his lead of the race, while Newgarden successfully moved back around his teammate to put him back in second. Castroneves, Pagenaud, and Power rounded out the top five. On lap 45, the race saw its second caution period, as Tony Kanaan crashed heavily in turn 11 after breaking his front wing in an attempt to pass Alexander Rossi.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Race
The restart came at lap 48 with the front runners remaining in the same order. Further back, Rossi, dealing with damage from the previous incident, was pushed off course and dropped down to 12th. Up front, no one was able to challenge Dixon for the remainder of the race, allowing him to secure his 41st career IndyCar victory, but his first of the 2017 season. Newgarden came across the line in second, while Castroneves came across the line third. Pagenaud and Power rounded out the top five. Dixon's victory allowed him to extend his lead in the championship, placing him 34 points ahead of Pagenaud.


2017 Kohler Grand Prix, Report, Race
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 Komandorski Islands earthquake
On July 17, an earthquake struck near the Komandorski Islands, east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Bering Sea at (23:34:13 UTC). Although there were no casualties from this earthquake, it was notable for a rare characteristic known as supershear, and is one of the few times a supershear earthquake has been observed. Its rupture length of 400 km is also one of the longest in the world for a strike-slip fault, comparable to the 1906 San Francisco and 2001 Kokoxili earthquake. It was preceded by a few foreshocks months earlier, and aftershocks that continued for nearly six months.


2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake, Tectonic setting
The Mww 7.7–7.8 earthquake nucleated along the Bering Fracture Zone, parallel to the Aleutian Islands arc and Aleutian Subduction Zone. This is a transform fault between the Pacific and North American Plates, and in between, the Komandorski Sliver. Formed from the highly oblique movement of the Pacific Plate, the direction of convergence is nearly parallel to the trench at 7.8 mm/yr. The Bearing Fracture Zone acts as a back-arc fault to accommodate the lateral motion at a rate of 5.1 mm/yr. The same fracture zone may have produced a similar sized earthquake in 1929 close to the Near Islands of Alaska. Energy released from this earthquake was sufficient to accommodate strain built-up since the last earthquake on that section of fault in 1858.


2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake, Earthquake
Initially registering a magnitude 7.4, the earthquake was quickly revised to a 7.7 by the US Geological Survey. No loss of life or property damage was reported following the earthquake due to the remoteness of the event, although it could be felt by people. Shaking intensities V to VI was felt at Bering Island, and in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, was felt as II. Tsunami warning was issued but cancelled a few less than two hours later. A non-destructive tsunami of 0.3 feet was observed. The small tsunami was attributed to the lack of vertical displacement during the event.


2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake focal mechanism was almost pure strike-slip, and the entire rupture process took more than 80 seconds. Displacements of 4 to 8.5 meters along the upper 15 km of the crust, with evidence of extension at 20 to 30 km depth. Evidence of supershear was discovered when researchers realized that rupture velocity of this event increased from 2.1 km/s to 5.0 km/s after the rupture jumped onto another segment at a step-over. The rupture speed far exceeded the shear wave velocity.


2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks and aftershocks
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred close to Attu Station, Alaska on 2 June, and a 6.3 thirteen hours before the mainshock. The 2 June foreshock had a foreshock of its own on 27 March.


2017 Komandorski Islands earthquake, Earthquake, Foreshocks and aftershocks
Nearly all of the aftershocks from this earthquake were relatively small, mostly in the M4.0s range, which meant that the initial quake had released most of the strain that had been building-up. The largest aftershock was an M 6.2 on January 25, 2018. On December 12, a 7.3 struck near the Kamchatka Peninsula with strike-slip mechanism was not part of the aftershock sequence, but was likely triggered by stress transfer from the July 17 quake.


2017 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2017 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 22, 2017 at Ufa Arena in Ufa, Russia, home of Salavat Yulaev Ufa, during the 2016–17 KHL season.


2017 Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game
The 2017 All-Star Game saw a change in format from previous years, as instead of being a single game between West and East, it became a tournament between the four divisions of the KHL: the Bobrov, Tarasov, Kharlamov, and Chernyshev.


2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at Yeomju Gymnasium in South Korea from 28 November to 3 December 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold, Tournament
The 2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold was the eighteenth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix and also part of the Korea Masters championships which had been held since 2007. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association, with the sanction from the BWF.


2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Yeomju Gymnasium in Gwangju, South Korea.


2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix Gold event.


2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$120,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2017 Korea National League
The 2017 Korea National League, also known as the Incheon International Airport Korea National League due to sponsorship reasons, is the 15th season of the Korea National League, the third tier of South Korea's football league system. The 2017 season will operate, with the eight member clubs playing each other a total of four times each before the top four sides compete in the post-season championship playoff series.


2017 Korea National League Championship
The 2017 Korea National League Championship was a cup competition of the Korea National League in South Korea. The 14th edition of Korea National League Championship was held from June 3rd to 16th in Yanggu, Gangwon. All of the Korea National League clubs participated.


2017 Korea Open
The 2017 Korea Open (also known as the 2017 KEB Hana Bank-Incheon Airport Korea Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's  professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 18 and 24 September 2017.


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


2017 Korea Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2017 Korea Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Korea Open Super Series
The 2017 Korea Open Super Series was the seventh Super Series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place at SK Handball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea from September 12 – 17, 2017 and had a total purse of $600,000.


2017 Korea Open – Doubles
Kirsten Flipkens and Johanna Larsson were the defending champions, but Flipkens chose not to participate this year.


2017 Korea Open – Doubles
Larsson played alongside Kiki Bertens and successfully defended the title, defeating Luksika Kumkhum and Peangtarn Plipuech in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2017 Korea Open – Singles
Lara Arruabarrena was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Alexandrova.


2017 Korea Open – Singles
Jeļena Ostapenko won the title, defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4.


2017 Korean FA Cup
The 2017 Korean FA Cup, known as the KEB Hana Bank FA Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd edition of Korean FA Cup. The winner Ulsan Hyundai qualified for the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League. In this year, video assistant referees (VAR) system is used Semi Final and Final match.


2017 Korean Series
The 2017 Korean Series was the championship series of the 2017 KBO League season. The Kia Tigers, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series. They played the winner of the playoff series, the Doosan Bears, who defeated the NC Dinos in the playoff. Kia won the best-of-seven series, 4–1. Yang Hyeon-jong was named the series' most valuable player


2017 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 1
Moon Jae-in, the President of South Korea, threw the ceremonial first pitch. Dustin Nippert started Game 1 for Doosan and Héctor Noesí started for Kia. Oh Jae-won drew a walk with the bases loaded in the fourth inning to score Doosan's first run. In the fifth inning, Park Kun-woo hit a run batted in (RBI) single, and Kim Jae-hwan and Oh Jae-il hit back-to-back home runs for Doosan in the fifth inning. In their half of the fifth inning, Roger Bernadina hit a three-run home run for Kia, and Doosan held on to win 5–3.


2017 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 2
Yang Hyeon-jong started Game 2 for the Tigers, while Chang Won-jun started for the Bears. Yang threw a complete game shutout, allowing four hits and recording 11 strikeouts. Kim Joo-chan scored the game's only run in the eighth inning after hitting a double.


2017 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 3
Pat Dean threw seven innings for Kia. He pitched aggressively, inducing weak contact from Doosan's hitters. Lee Myung-ki hit an RBI double in the third inning to give Kia a 1-0 lead, and An Chi-hong hit a two RBI single in the fourth inning to increase the lead to 3-0. The Bears scored in the bottom of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly by Yang Eui-ji, but the Tigers scored again in the fifth inning with an RBI single by Bernadina.


2017 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 3
Nick Evans hit a home run for the Bears in the seventh inning and Kim Jae-hwan had an RBI for the Bears in the eighth inning to narrow the score to 4-3. Na Ji-wan entered the game as a pinch hitter for Kia in the ninth inning, and hit a two-run home run.


2017 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 4
Im Gi-yeong started for the Tigers, and Yoo Hee-kwan started for the Bears. Bernadina hit an RBI triple in the first inning for Kia, and scored on a single by Choi Hyung-woo. The Tigers scored two more runs in the seventh inning. The Bears scored a run in the eighth inning, but Kia scored a run in the top of the ninth inning. Kim Se-hyun earned his second save of the series for the Tigers, pitching the final 1 1⁄3 innings.


2017 Korean Series, Matchups, Game 5
Game 5 was a rematch of Game 1's starting pitchers, Noesí for Kia and Nippert for Doosan. Lee Bum-ho hit a grand slam for Kia off of Nippert in the third inning. Yang Hyeon-jong earned the save, pitching out of a bases loaded situation in the ninth inning. Kia won their first Korean Series since 2009. Yang won the Korean Series Most Valuable Player Award.


2017 Korean Tour
The 2017 Korean Tour was the seventh season of the Korean Tour to carry Official World Golf Ranking points. The season consisted of 19 events, two of which were co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour and one by the Asian Tour. All the tournament had prize funds of at least 300 million won (approximately US$290,000). Seven had prize funds of 1 billion won ($960,000) or more.


2017 Korean Tour, Tournament schedule
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Korean Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament.


2017 Korean Tour, Genesis Points table
The Order of Merit used a points system, called Genesis Points. Points were awarded based on the player's position in each event.


2017 Korean Tour, Prize money leaders
'Events' refers to the number of tournaments in which the player won prize money.


2017 Koshe landslide
On 11 March 2017, a garbage landslide at the Koshe Garbage Dump in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia killed 115 people. Koshe (alternatively spelled Quoshee or Repi), derived from the Amharic word for "dirty," had hundreds of people living in unincorporated communities beneath the 50 year-old garbage dump's unstable mounds. Both shanty houses and concrete structures were built in Koshe by residents attracted to the area's cheap cost-of-living and availability of recyclables to collect for income. Destabilized by constant human interaction, a segment of one of the garbage mounds collapsed during the evening onto one of Koshe's communities.


2017 Koshe landslide, Landslide
The landslide occurred Saturday evening at 20:00 as many people were inside of their homes. A large garbage mound collapsed onto a neighborhood of about 150 people, sliding into the community with enough force destroy brick and concrete structures as well as shanty houses.


2017 Koshe landslide, Landslide
Garbage landslides are particularly deadly because buried victims are often quickly suffocated by landfill gases like methane and carbon dioxide, in addition to temperatures within decomposing mounds easily reaching 140 °F (60 °C) or higher. Six excavators were hired by authorities to clear away rubble in the search for survivors or victims Emergency officials rescued 37 people in the immediate aftermath of the landslide, but struggled to reach dozens more buried beneath the black dirt and debris. Despite the inhospitable environment, another man was rescued from beneath the collapsed mound two days after the slide. Officials redeployed excavators from across Addis Ababa to help search efforts.


2017 Koshe landslide, Landslide
The garbage landslide killed at least 115 people and left dozens of others missing. Speculation by locals in the immediate aftermath blamed the landslides on new garbage dumping in the area after a several-year cessation, and bulldozers used in construction of a nearby biogas plant for packing down and shaking the area's dirt, possibly destabilizing the garbage mounds in the process.


2017 Koshe landslide, Government response
The response to the landslide by Ethiopia's government underscored public outrage over the impoverished conditions of Koshe, prompting policy changes in housing and construction. Ethiopia's Communications Minister Negeri Lencho announced the creation of investigative committee had been created to determine the cause of the landslide. 56 families were moved to temporary government housing in Koshe's Nifas Silk Sub-City and Kolfe Keranio Sub-City as part of resettlement efforts with plans to eventually permanently resettle them. Additionally, plans were made to convert the disaster site into an open-air park. But Koshe's makeshift communities remained populated when another landslide struck in June 2019, killing a man.


2017 Kosovan local elections
Local elections will be held in Kosovo on 22 October 2017. However, only 19 municipalities elected a mayor in the first round, and 19 will have to vote again on 19 November.