2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
In Muhammad's capital punishment trial, Muhammad chose to testify and answer questions about his killing spree. When asked if he intended to kill a white man, Zachary Randalls in the PG&E truck, Muhammad stated that "I wanted to kill them, yes". Muhammad kept alluding to his own version of ancient religious prophesies. Muhammad stated that "God is going to destroy white men in particular, specifically. It was written and 25,000 years ago that this had to happen." Muhammad also compared his killings to the coronavirus, stating that he shot Mark Gassett when he was on the ground to make sure he was dead. Muhammad stated "I wanted to kill him, just like the coronavirus is killing white men right now."


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
During testimony, Muhammad claimed he was a god, and stated that God would destroy America if African-Americans were not given reparations. He also claimed to take credit for the destruction of Paradise, California during the 2018 Camp Fire (2018).


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
After Muhammad's sentencing by the judge in the murder trial, statements were read in the courtroom by family members and friends of the victims. Muhammad left the courtroom during the statements, and later came back to give his own statement. Muhammad responded by initially offering condolences, and then talking about land and reparations for African Americans. Muhammad's comments did not sit well with members of the audience and some family members angrily proclaimed for Muhammad to suffer for the rest of his life. Muhammad responded back, taunting the victims by blowing kisses.


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
According to The Daily Beast, Muhammad's posts indicated a support of the Moorish Science Temple of America, an African American organization associated with the sovereign citizen movement, which advocated few beliefs similar to those of mainstream Islam. Brian Levin, director of Cal State San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, said that Muhammad's social media posts made multiple references to terms used by the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black supremacist organization labeled as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti- Defamation League.


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
Muhammad made references to "grafted white devils", an expression frequently used in the Nation of Islam to describe white people, and "Yakub", the villainous figure responsible for creating white people in the Nation of Islam. Muhammad said he drew inspiration from Wallace Fard Muhammad, an important figure in the Nation of Islam. Muhammad's relatives said that he "became involved" with the NOI when he was younger, but did not clarify what kind of role the group played in his life during his imprisonment and after his release.


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
Muhammad's beliefs included a mixture of the Nation of Islam and also voodoo which he said is called Kali Sufi. He used amulets and necklaces for his voodoo religion, and referred to himself as a god.


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
In February, Muhammad released two hip hop albums on iTunes and YouTube under the name of B-God MacSun. the Los Angeles Times noted that Muhammad sang that he was an "Asiatic black god", and that the album's contents "repeatedly references violence between black and white people."


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
In addition, Muhammad produced a music-themed talk show at the Community Media Access Collaborative, a nonprofit organization specializing in promoting people and companies through the use of media. Muhammad's talk show ran for four episodes, which were produced between May 12, 2015, and October 10, 2016. In that talk show, he claimed that he had joined a Sacramento gang at the age of nine, the "black liberation movement" at the age of fourteen, and the NOI later on in his teens. The organization's director of operations described Muhammad, a frequenter at the facility, as "kind and curious" to the staff. However, a former friend who met Muhammad at the facility, but later removed him from his friended list on Facebook, described him as "intense and unnerving"


2017 Fresno shootings, Perpetrator, Views and statements
An imam at a local mosque said that Muhammad was not a member of his congregation. Following his arrest, Muhammad affirmed to officers that he is Muslim, but that he had not been to a mosque in 25 years and that he prays to a total of seven different deities. He also told officers that he was not officially affiliated with any terrorist groups.


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
Following his arrest, Muhammad was charged with four counts of murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. On April 21, 2017, he made his first court appearance for the  murder of Carl Williams and the attempted murder of the second security guard at the Motel 6. During the hearing, he shouted on two different occasions, saying "Let black people go" and a phrase similar to "in reparations" that was not clearly enunciated. He also warned that natural disasters striking the U.S. will increase. As a result, criminal proceedings were suspended and the judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation for Muhammad, setting bail at $2.6 million. His next court appearance was scheduled on May 12, but was postponed to June 1 to give psychologists more time to prepare Muhammad's mental health report.


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
On October 13, 2017, the judge set a trial date for January 8, 2018. The initial hearings focused on Muhammad's mental competency. During the hearings Muhammad shouted demands for slavery reparations and also yelled "Allahu akbar." Muhammad's lawyer said he continued to gathered evidence that Muhammad was incompetent to be held criminally responsible. Two psychiatrists had determined that he was incompetent but another said that he was not. Dr. Meloy declared Muhammad competent and stated that "He knows the "shrink talk".


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
He knows how to communicate to a psychologist or psychiatrist when he's being interviewed because he knows what the psychiatrist or psychologist is looking for." Dr Meloy believed that Muhammad's schizophrenia was managed effectively and that it was a non factor in Muhammad's thinking to deduce right from wrong in the killings. On January 22, 2018, Judge Jonathan Conklin ruled that Muhammad was competent to stand trial.


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
Jury selection for Muhammad's trial began on February 4, 2020 and the trial began on March 2. Muhammad faced four murder charges and four attempted murder charges. Muhammad's trial was a death penalty case.


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
Muhammad testified in court that he shot and killed Carl Williams. He testified that he later went on a shooting spree and shot and killed Zachary Randalls, Mark Gassett, and David Jackson, and shot at three other white men. Muhammad confessed to trying to kill as many white men as he could. When asked why he shot Mark Gassett while he lay on the ground wounded from the previous shots, Muhammad admitted that his intention was "to kill him, just like the coronavirus is killing white men." He made several more references to the coronavirus when confessing to shooting people at the bus stop.


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
Kori Muhammad was convicted of second-degree murder of Carl Williams, Mark Gassett, and Zachary Randalls, and was convicted of first-degree murder of David Jackson with special circumstances pertaining to hate crime on race, and four attempted second-degree murders on April 22, 2020. The second phase of Muhammad's murder trial was to involve a sanity phase in which it was to determine if he was sane at the time of his murders.


2017 Fresno shootings, Legal proceedings
Muhammad's defense team made a deal with the prosecution to remove Muhammad's possible death penalty for the murders, and for Muhammad to receive a life sentence in prison in exchange for the sanity phase of the trial to be withdrawn. Muhammad was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Muhammad was incarcerated in the Wasco State Prison but has since been transferred to the Kern Valley State Prison.


2017 Frisco Bowl
The 2017 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2017, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, United States. The first annual Frisco Bowl, it featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA and the SMU Mustangs of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 7:00 PM CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by DXL, a retailer of men's big and tall apparel, the game was officially known as the DXL Frisco Bowl. The Bulldogs decisively beat the Mustangs by a score of 51–10.


2017 Frisco Bowl, Teams
The game featured the SMU Mustangs against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. It was the fifth all-time meeting between the schools, with Louisiana Tech having led the series 3–1. The Mustangs and Bulldogs played together in the Western Athletic Conference from 2001 until 2004, when SMU joined Conference USA. Coincidentally, Conference USA is the conference that Louisiana Tech would join in the same season that SMU joined The American.


2017 Frisco Bowl, Teams, SMU Mustangs
This was the sixteenth bowl game in school history for SMU, and the Mustangs' seventh to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.


2017 Frisco Bowl, Teams, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
This was the tenth bowl game in school history for Louisiana Tech, and their fourth consecutive (all wins). It was the Bulldogs' third bowl game to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.


2017 Fujieda MYFC season, Squad
As of 15 February 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup
The 2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Fukuoka, Japan, from 8–14 May 2017.


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by a protected ranking:


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Indy de Vroome and Aleksandrina Naydenova were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Junri Namigata and Kotomi Takahata won the title, defeating Erina Hayashi and Robu Kajitani in an all-Japanese final, 6–0, 6–7(3–7), [10–7].


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Ksenia Lykina was the defending champion, but lost to Zarina Diyas in the quarterfinals.


2017 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Magdaléna Rybáriková won the title, defeating Jang Su-jeong in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2017 Fukushima United FC season
This article gives a summary of teams, attendance numbers and final game scores from the Fukushima United FC 2017 football season.


2017 Fukushima United FC season, Squad
As of 15 February 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Furman Paladins football team
The 2017 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Wofford in the second round.


2017 Futsal Thai League
2017 Futsal Thai League (also known as AIS Futsal Thai League for sponsorship reasons) is top-tier professional futsal league under the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and Advanced Info Service (AIS)'s control. This is the ninth edition of the league. A total of 14 teams join the league. The league is going to begin in March, 2017.


2017 Futsal Thai League, Teams
Sisaket and Thakham Cold Storage were promote from 2016 Thai Division 1 Futsal League


2017 Futsal Thai League, Teams
Northeastern University - Khonkaen and CAT Telecom were relegated from 2016 Futsal Thailand League


2017 Fórmula Truck season
The 2017 Fórmula Truck season was the 22nd Fórmula Truck season. In 2017, several teams left the organization to create a new championship called Copa Truck. After 2 rounds of the 2017 season, the lack of audience, partners and drives forced the postponement of the 3rd race twice. After that, the organization website announced that the 2017 season was cancelled and that they would try to return in 2018.


2017 Fórmula Truck season, Teams and drivers
All drivers were Brazilian-registered, excepting Carolina Cánepa, Fabricio Larratea and Gabriel Cato, who raced under Uruguayan racing license, and Alan Chanoski, who raced under Paraguayan racing license.


2017 Fótbolti.net Tournament
The 2017 Fótbolti.net Cup is the 7th season of Iceland's annual pre-season tournament. The tournament involves eight clubs from the top two leagues in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild and 1. deild, and uses a combination of group and knockout rounds to determine each team's final position in the competition. The tournament began on 10 January 2017 and concluded on 5 February 2017.


2017 Fótbolti.net Tournament
ÍBV are the defending champions, having defeated KR 2–1 in the previous year's final on 1 February 2016.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit
The 2017 G20 Hamburg summit was the twelfth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), which was held on 7–8 July 2017, at Hamburg Messe, in the city of Hamburg, Germany.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Agenda
Apart from the recurring themes relating to global economic growth, international trade and financial market regulation, the G20 Hamburg summit was expected to focus on the following "issues of global significance": Migration, digitisation, occupation, health, Women's Economic Empowerment and development aid.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Agenda
On 7 July terrorism, free trade and the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement were on the agenda, on 8 July Africa was supposed to be a topic.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results
The 30-page summary paper stayed vague in many sections. The communique of the 20 participants itself was seen as a success. The resolutions are not legally binding. Many additional documents were agreed upon, barely noticed by the public. (Annex in Weblink-PDF)


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results
Wolfgang Schäuble, German Federal Minister of Finance, insisted on the interconnected nature of many issues facing G20 nations and the need to reach effective, cross-cutting policy measures: "Globalization has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, but there is also a growing rise in frustration in some quarters […] development, [national] security and migration are all interlinked"


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Trade
The disagreement in steel production and trade remained. The 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump has accused steel producers in China and Europe of dumping and have been threatening with antidumping duty. The G20 demanded a report of overcapacities by November 2017.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Sustainable development
There was no consensus with the USA regarding climate protection: a dissent with communalities in the deployment of renewable energy was formulated. The other 19 participants agreed to stick with the Paris agreement, to view it as irreversible and to swiftly put it into practice. After the summit finished, the Turkish president, Erdoğan said his country would not ratify the Paris agreement; Turkey was no industrialized nation but a developing country like other neighboring countries of the region and that François Hollande as then President had assured international assistance funds.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Sustainable development
President Macron has now invited members for further negotiations at another climate summit in Paris on 12 December. In spite of the United States' dissent, the German presidency wanted to make the most of the "renewed public policy interest for environmental sustainability, gender equity and social inclusiveness, in the spirit of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" – notably by promoting renewable energy and further fossil fuel divestment in all nations.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, More inclusive growth
The G20 final communique placed a new emphasis on the need for trade deals to be reciprocal and non-discriminatory towards developing countries, reducing the previous emphasis on the primacy of liberalization and the promotion of free market economics across the board.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, More inclusive growth, Indian-Norwegian cooperation
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Norwegian pension funds to invest in his country's National Infrastructure Investment platform as he met Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who, in a gesture symbolising renewed cooperation towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, offered him a round leather football embroidered with the initials 'SDGs'


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, More inclusive growth, Women's Economic Empowerment
The World Bank Group and the White House, represented by First Daughter Ivanka Trump, confirmed they would soon roll out a new fund that aims to help female entrepreneurs access capital, financing and managerial support in the developing world. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative fund had so far raised $325 million from various governments, and that he hoped to leverage that into a multibillion-dollar investment framework. President Trump lent his personal support by pledging $50 million from the United States to jump-start the fund: "by investing in women around the world, we're investing in families, we're investing in prosperity and we're investing in peace".


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, More inclusive growth, Women's Economic Empowerment
Moroccan businesswoman Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun was invited by Jim Yong Kim to help launch the Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Refugee crisis and migration
International migration effectively entered the G20 agenda only in 2015 when the final leader's declaration of the Antalya Summit described the "ongoing refugee crisis" as a global concern. Nearly one year later at the Hangzhou Summit in September 2016, G20 leaders reiterated their call for more burden sharing, humanitarian assistance and development funding. They also agreed to "address forced displacement in 2017 with a view to developing concrete actions" and to examine migration issues. However, although the Hamburg Declaration in July 2017 mentions both migration and forced displacement in general terms, it does not propose any "concrete actions" in either area.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Counter-terrorism and national security
All agreed to continue regulating financial markets and to combat financing terrorism and tax evasion. Trade was intensely discussed and participants agreed to keep markets open and combat protectionism and unfair trade practises. The USA took a special stand as Trump supports protectionism. Participants agreed to a G20-Africa-Partnership and passed a special paper about the relationships to the African nations. In a joint statement, G20 leaders vowed to take steps to prevent the internet from being used to spread propaganda.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Counter-terrorism and national security
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi indirectly targeted Pakistan (which is not a member of G20) by naming terrorist organisations that operate from its soil and saying that the groups all share the same ideology and purpose – of spreading hate and killing people. Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged member states to unite to fight against terrorism and emphasized on preventive as well as de-radicalization programs.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Counter-terrorism and national security
Trump and Putin "discussed forming an impenetrable cybersecurity unit so that election hacking, and many other negative things, will be guarded and safe." Trump later said he does not think this will happen.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Results, Counter-terrorism and national security
Trump and Putin reached a partial ceasefire agreement in Southwest Syria, starting Sunday, 10 July 12 o'clock local time the representatives of the two nuclear powers talked with each other. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters at her closing press conference of the G20 summit: "I was delighted that it was on the margins of G20 that the first meeting between Trump and Putin took place. It's always better to talk one to the other, not one about the other. I was gratified to hear that they talked at a great length." The two had met in person there for the first time.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Participating leaders
List of leaders who took part in the 2017 G20 Hamburg summit:


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Participating leaders, Guest invitees
SenegalMacky Sall, President, president of New Partnership for Africa's Development


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Participating leaders, Guest invitees
SwitzerlandUeli Maurer, Member of the Swiss Federal Council (Finance Minister)


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Participating leaders, Brazil incertitude
Brazilian President Michel Temer initially cancelled his trip to Hamburg without giving any reasons, facing corruption charges by General Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot, who had accused him of accepting bribes from meat company JBS S.A. On 4 July Temer reversed his decision.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Participating leaders, Saudi Arabian delegation
King Salman cancelled his plan to participate at the summit and sent State Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf on his behalf to lead the Kingdom's delegation to the summit. No official reason was provided.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Participating leaders, International organizations
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)José Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Security
Security zones with limited access, and a significantly larger presence of Hamburg police assisted by police from other forces, were in place from 5 to 8 July; further reinforcements from across the country were deployed as protests developed. Forty-five water cannons were available, and a no-fly zone was in place over portions of the city.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
The G20 summit was the main focus of German far left propaganda in 2017. More than 320 police officers were injured in the riots. Interior minister Horst Seehofer especially criticized that photos of police on duty during the summit were spread in the far left networks. Of the 1135 far-left violent incidents in that year in Germany, 832 occurred during the summit.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
In the weeks prior to the summit, sporadic car fires in remote places, such as the neighborhood of Blankenese, occurred regularly in the city. On the night of 18 June 2017, unidentified individuals in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Dortmund, Leipzig, and Bad Bevensen caused a total of 13 arson attacks on tracks of the German railways. A security expert was quoted by the German press agency DPA as saying that a connection to left-wing extremism related to the upcoming G20 Summit was "conceivable". According to a German interior ministry spokesman, cable fires had been caused by "unconventional explosive and incendiary devices". In spite of high temperatures (30C, 86F) on 18 June, police discounted the possibility that the fires had been caused by hot weather.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
On 19 June, a group called "Shutdown G20 – Hamburg vom Netz nehmen!" claimed responsibility for the attacks in an internet post.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
On 2 July, Greenpeace activists forced a bulk freighter loaded with charcoal from Murmansk arriving in the city to stop. The police intervened and the vessel was allowed to pass through.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
During the G20 week a large variety of over 25 registered protest actions and marches were planned to take place in the city of Hamburg. They included an alternative Global Solidarity Summit from 5 to 6 July and a peaceful dance-protest-march Lieber tanz ich als g20 with between 11,000 and 20,000 people attending on 5 July.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
Around one thousand performance artists called 1000 Gestalten covered themselves in grey pigment and slowly walked through the streets like zombies. This performance was done to draw awareness of political apathy. After walking, they all removed their grey clothes. Underneath were colourful clothes that symbolized becoming engaged and awake.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
On 6 July, protests turned violent when over 160 police were injured in clashes with protestors and more than 75 people were arrested. As protestors attempted to storm into the "red zone" where the summit took place they were dispersed with water cannon. Some protestors stated their goal was to block the attendees route to the summit venue; US First Lady Melania Trump was unable to attend a harbor cruise on account of the protests.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
On 7 July rioters set dozens of parked cars on fire. Several shops were destroyed and looted during 7 July night-time riots in the Schanzenviertel area. Masked rioters and militants from the "black bloc" went uncontrolled for a period of three hours, prompting the deployment of special armed police forces to end the violence.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
On 8 July, 76,000 people attended the largest peaceful protest march "Solidarity without Borders", organized by an alliance of 174 groups and organizations.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
On early Sunday morning, 9 July, riots continued in the Schanzenviertel though the G20 leaders had already departed; 144 rioters were arrested.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
In total, more than 15,000 police were deployed from across the country, while 100,000 protesters attended.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
Local residents believed that authorities made a mistake by having the summit in a densely populated area. Police arrested 186 people overall: 132 Germans, 8 French, 7 Italians, 5 Swiss and citizens of Russia and Spain. An additional 225 people were taken into temporary custody.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
In the analysis by German police, it was estimated that the far-left protesters had committed more than 2000 crimes, among them vandalism (575), bodily harm (330), disturbing the peace (303), arson (123) and resisting arrest (45).


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
Activists and media criticised police reactions to the protests, accusing them of violence and intentional conflict escalation.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots
The riots prompted debates in the Hamburg Senate on violence from leftist militants and how to mitigate further violence in the future. Researchers concluded that methods that had been successful in reducing violence from right-wing and Islamist militants could not be re-used against left-wing militants.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots, Investigations and trials
In January 2020 there were thousands of court proceedings underway, where police was processing 3580 cases. Police had identified 135 suspects which were sought with photographs. Also there were 156 complaints against police, 109 of which had been dismissed. Left politicians in the Hamburg council complained that no proceeding against police had started.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots, Investigations and trials
In July 2020, five men, four from Hesse in Germany and one from France were found guilty on riot charges after a trial which lasted 18 months. The French citizen was found guilty of inciting arson, causing bodily harm and assaulting police and was sentenced to three years in prison. The four German defendants received probationary sentences or community service. The prosecutor had called for prison sentences for all five for committing arson.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots, Incidents
On the eve of the G20 summit in Hamburg, China's most famous political prisoner, democracy activist and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, had been given medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.


2017 G20 Hamburg summit, Protests and riots, Incidents
Turkey arrested 12 people in Istanbul on the eve of the G20 summit in Hamburg in July 2017 during the "digital security and information management workshop". They included İdil Eser, the head of Amnesty International Turkey. Activists detained included İlknur Üstün of the Women's Coalition, lawyer Günal Kurşun and Veli Acu of the Human Rights Agenda Association.


2017 GAA Interprovincial Championships
The 2017 GAA Interprovincial Championships (formerly known as the Railway Cups) are senior GAA competitions in which the four provinces of Ireland were initially scheduled  in gaelic football and hurling. The provincial squads are made up of players from the county panels in each province.


2017 GAA Interprovincial Championships
Ulster are the reigning football champions and Munster are the reigning hurling champions from 2016.


2017 GAA Interprovincial Championships
The matches were due to be played on the weekend of 9 and 10 December 2017, but following Connacht's decision to withdraw from the competition, the ties were postponed. With no date set for the competition within the GAA's 2018 Master Fixtures plan, it is unlikely that the competition will return in the near future.


2017 GCC Champions League
The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.


2017 GCC Champions League
The 2017 will be after 2016 edition was postponed, therefore this will be the 31st edition to be played. the tournament was never played due to continuation of Kuwait Football Association ban by FIFA.


2017 GEICO 500
The 2017 GEICO 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 7, 2017, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 191 laps, extended from 188 laps due to overtime, on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. won the race, his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win, while Jamie McMurray finished second and Kyle Busch finished third.


2017 GEICO 500, Report, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).


2017 GEICO 500, Practice, First practice
Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 48.653 seconds and a speed of 196.822 mph (316.754 km/h).


2017 GEICO 500, Practice, Final practice
Final practice session for Friday was cancelled due to rain.


2017 GEICO 500, Qualifying
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.993 and a speed of 191.547 mph (308.265 km/h). Describing the thought of leading the field to green "nice," Stenhouse said his crew "worked really, really hard on these cars. Like I said earlier, Jimmy Fennig has done a great job on these speedway cars. This is cool. Doug Yates builds awesome horsepower. With his dad, Robert, not doing as well as we would like, it would be cool to dedicate this one to him and all the hard work that the engine shop does. Man, it’s a cool way to start the weekend. I’m ready to get to Sunday.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, First stage
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the field to the green flag at 2:20 p.m. He led the first 14 laps before trash on his grille forced him to give up the lead to remove said trash, handing the lead to Brad Keselowski on lap 15. The first caution of the race flew on lap 17 when Kyle Larson, two laps after he made contact with the wall exiting Turn 2, thanks to an awkward push from teammate Jamie McMurray, suffered a right-front tire cut and slammed the wall in Turn 1. Ryan Newman opted not to pit and assumed the race lead, but pitted the following lap and handed the lead to Clint Bowyer.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 21. By lap 25, there were three lines battling for the lead. Kyle Busch rode a push from the top line to take the lead exiting Turn 2 on lap 28. Keselowski edged out Busch at the line to retake the lead on lap 34. Denny Hamlin made an unscheduled stop on lap 48 for a vibration. Teammates Daniel Suárez and Matt Kenseth attempted to pit with 3 to go, but did not make it onto pit road before the leader crossed the start/finish line for 2-to-go, at which point pit road is closed.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, First stage
As a result, they were issued pass-through penalties for "pitting too soon" (pitting when pit road is closed). Keselowski won the first stage as the second caution flew for the end of the stage on lap 55. Ty Dillon opted not to pit and assumed the lead, but pitted the following lap and the lead cycled to Hamlin.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 62. Hamlin received a real challenge for the lead on lap 79 from teammate Busch and lost it to him on lap 81. The third caution flew the following lap when Reed Sorenson suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in the tri-oval. He could not continue and went on to finish 40th.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 87. Bowyer edged out Newman at the line to retake the lead on lap 90. Hamlin edged out Bowyer at the line to retake the lead two laps later and drove on to win the second stage as the fourth caution flew for the end of the stage at lap 110. Kenseth opted not to pit and assumed the lead.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 72 laps to go. From 70 to go to 65 to go, the lead changed five times: Hamlin (70), Keselowski (69), Hamlin (68), Keselowski (67) and Kevin Harvick (65). Jimmie Johnson took the lead with 59 to go. Harvick edged out Johnson at the line to retake the lead with 55 to go. Joey Logano took the lead exiting Turn 2 with 49 to go. A number of cars hit pit road under green with 45 to go. Logano pitted with 40 to go, handing the lead to Elliott Sadler. Sadler pitted the following lap and the lead cycled to Kyle Busch.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
The fifth caution flew with 28 to go when Ryan Blaney was turned on the backstretch, by contact from Stenhouse, and collected the outside wall. Blaney made it back to the pits, but had heavy damage that could not be fixed within the 5-minute "crash clock", relegating him to a 39th-place finish.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 23 to go. With 20 to go, A. J. Allmendinger was giving Chase Elliott a push exiting Turn 2 when he turned Elliott's car up the track, triggering a multi-car wreck (known as "The Big One") and bringing out the sixth caution (which also brought out a 26-minute and 51-second red flag for cleanup). Contact from Logano's car lifted Elliott's car into the air, which then rode the steel barrier of the outside retaining wall before coming back down to the ground.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
Allmendinger's car was also turned upside down as a result of the 16-car wreck on the backstretch. Elliott said afterwards that Allmendinger apologized. "I don't know that it was really his fault, per se. He had a big run and he kind of got to my bumper and just happened to be in a bad spot coming up off the corner, skewed a little bit to my left rear. And when that happens, it just unloads these cars too much." Allmendinger said afterwards that he "barely tapped (Elliott).


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
And then I tried to get off him but at that point it was too late. It was just one of those things battling for the lead. The plan kind of went. We waited at the back and started moving forward. I hated that happened, but it’s Talladega. I’m not a big fan of it, but if you’re up front and you’ve got a chance to go for it, racing happens I guess, here.”


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 15 to go. Busch took back the lead on the restart and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was running third, dropped off the pace due to a loose tire. Earnhardt said that the loose wheel "was pretty bad. We were about to wreck. And we were lucky to get to pit road and get it changed. The left rear tire come loose. We didn’t change it on the last stop but the glue build-up on the stud didn’t allow them to get the tire tight and it just kind of worked its way loose. We only had one nut tight when we come down pit road. It was real close to coming off." The seventh caution flew with 10 to go for Landon Cassill, who had broken a drive shaft and was unable to coast off the track.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with seven to go. The eighth caution flew with three to go after Bowyer, on the inside of a three-wide battle, made contact with Chris Buescher, who then made contact with Newman. Newman spun toward the inside wall, and though he corrected the spin, he made heavy contact with the inside wall and was unable to continue.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Final stage, Overtime
The race restarted in overtime with two to go. Busch and Stenhouse were side by side coming to the white flag, with Busch edging out Stenhouse, but Stenhouse took the lead exiting Turn 2 and held off McMurray and Busch to drive on to score the victory and his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win ever.


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Stenhouse said in victory lane that the win was "a long time coming. We’ve run really well here at Talladega. This is the closest race track to home. I got a lot of cheers riding around here today and the fans were awesome. We had a lot packed in here at Talladega and it felt old-school. Man, to finally get that win for Jack (Roush) and everyone on our team is really special.”


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Jamie McMurray, who threaded the needle between Busch and Johnson exiting Turn 2 on the final lap and edged Busch at the line to claim a runner-up finish, said "it’s really circumstantial as to what the guys do in front of you and what is happening behind you. I just got a run at the right time. I thought the No. 17 (Stenhouse) was going to get a little bit further out, but when we were coming to the line it just seemed like his car wasn’t going at that point, so it was a good finish. It was a great race. I’m glad everybody is okay, that was a really scary wreck on the backstretch, but really good day for our McDonald’s Chevrolet. We had good pit stops and the guys did a great job.”


2017 GEICO 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Busch, who led a race high of 48 laps on his way to a third-place finish, said Stenhouse "got a run from behind off Turn 2, and I don't know what his help was or anything like that but he actually ran into the back of me, and then you'd think that that momentum would propel me forward some, and he just turned left and went right by. That was pretty impressive, I guess -- or I was just that slow and in his way. We did all we could here today and it's all circumstantial on how you win these things. Unfortunately our circumstances didn't quite go our way, but we go to a real race track (Kansas) next week and we'll try to win there."


2017 GEICO 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 17th race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, six-time Talladega winner – and all-time restrictor plate race wins record holder – Jeff Gordon and four-time Talladega winner Darrell Waltrip called the race in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2017 GEICO 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Kyle Rickey called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.


2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament
The 2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination X Cup Tournament produced by the Global Force Wrestling promotion. It is the first Super X Cup to be held since 2005, however in 2006 and 2008 TNA held team based World X Cup Tournaments. The tournament features eight wrestlers: Dezmond Xavier, Davey Richards and Andrew Everett representing Global Force Wrestling; with Idris Abraham representing GFW and the Can-Am Wrestling School, ACH representing AAW, Drago representing Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Sammy Guevara representing Wrestle Circus and Taiji Ishimori representing Pro Wrestling Noah.


2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament
The tournament final took place at Destination X special episode of Impact! on August 17, 2017, in which Dezmond Xavier defeated Taiji Ishimori to win the tournament. The winner would receive an X Division Championship title shot.


2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament, Background
The 2017 Impact Wrestling Super X Cup Tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination X Cup Tournament produced by the Impact Wrestling promotion. It is the first Super X Cup to be held since 2005, however in 2006 and 2008 TNA held team based World X Cup Tournaments. The tournament features eight wrestlers: Dezmond Xavier, Davey Richards and Andrew Everett representing Global Force Wrestling; with Idris Abraham representing GFW and the Can-Am Wrestling School, ACH representing All American Wrestling, Drago representing Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Sammy Guevara representing Wrestle Circus and Taiji Ishimori representing Pro Wrestling Noah.


2017 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
The 2017 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano was the 49th edition of the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano road cycling one day race. It was held on 5 March 2017 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2017 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Teams
Nineteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2017 GP Miguel Induráin
The 2017 Grand Prix Miguel Indurain was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 1 April 2017. It was the 68th edition of the GP Miguel Indurain and was rated as a 1.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.


2017 GP Miguel Induráin, Teams
Seventeen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included five UCI WorldTeams, two UCI Professional Continental teams, nine UCI Continental teams and a Spanish national team.


2017 GP3 Series
The 2017 GP3 Series was the eighth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series Formula 2.


2017 GP3 Series
George Russell won the drivers' championship. In the teams' championship, defending champions ART Grand Prix secured their seventh GP3 Series title. Trident Racing were second ahead of Jenzer Motorsport.


2017 GP3 Series
Champion George Russell took 4 wins, Giuliano Alesi got 3 sprint race wins., Nirei Fukuzumi won 2 races during the season, and Dorian Boccolacci, Arjun Maini, Raoul Hyman, Jack Aitken, Alessio Lorandi, and Niko Kari all took 1 win each. ART Grand Prix won all feature races, except the last race, which was won by Arden International.


2017 GP3 Series, Teams and drivers
All GP3 drivers competed in a Dallara GP3/16 chassis, using a Mecachrome GP3 V6 engine and Pirelli P Zero and Cinturato tyres.


2017 GP3 Series, Calendar
On 27 January 2017, the full calendar was revealed with eight rounds taking place.


2017 GP3 Series, Calendar, Race by Race
Jack Aitken became the first polesitter of the 2017 season and Dorian Boccolacci qualified third on his first GP3 race.


2017 GP3 Series, Championship standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.


2017 GP3 Series, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.


2017 GSOC Tour Challenge
The 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge was held from September 5 to 10 at the Co-operators Centre at Evraz Place in Regina, Saskatchewan. This was the first Grand Slam of the 2017–18 curling season.


2017 GSOC Tour Challenge
There were two tiers in each of the men's and women's events.


2017 GSOC Tour Challenge
The winning tier 1 teams get a direct bye into the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup, the last grand slam event of the season. The winning tier 2 teams get a bye into the 2017 Masters, the next grand slam event of the season.


2017 GSOC Tour Challenge
On the men's side, the defending World Champion Brad Gushue rink from St. John's, Newfoundland defeated the defending Norwegian champion Steffen Walstad rink in the final. It would be Gushue's 8th career grand slam win. Team Gushue went undefeated in the tournament and took home $20,000 for the win.


2017 GSOC Tour Challenge
On the women's side, the defending Tour Challenge champion Val Sweeting from Edmonton, Alberta rink made it two in a row when they defeated the Swedish Anna Hasselborg rink in the final, also taking home $20,000. It was Sweeting's third career Slam title.


2017 GT & Prototype Challenge
The 2017 GT & Prototype Challenge was the 1st season of the GT & Prototype Challenge. The GT and Superlights classes of the Supercar Challenge were split from the original series to form the new championship.


2017 GT & Prototype Challenge, Regulations
The series entrants are divided over four classes. The GT class, from the Supercar Challenge Super GT class, forms the highest and fastest division. Cars with a 2,8kg per HP or more ratio are allowed to compete. This includes all Group GT3 class cars and specially built GT's such as the Solution F built Volvo S60 and Renault Sport R.S. 01. LMP3 spec cars first raced in the Supercar Challenge Super GT class in 2016. The class forms a separate class within the series open to all 2016 specification LMP3 machinery.


2017 GT & Prototype Challenge, Regulations
Two classes from the Supercar Challenge Superlights class are included in the new series. The fastest of the two is the Group CN class. Group CN specification cars built after 2014 are allowed to compete. The fourth, and slowest, class is the Radical SR3 class. Mainly a Radical SR3 spec class, the class is open to cars with comparable lap times. Also allowed are the Praga R1 and pre-2014 Group CN class cars.


2017 GT & Prototype Challenge, Race results
Rounds 1, 3 and 6 are co-headlined by the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship.


2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup
The 2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup was the tenth season of the GT4 European Series Northern Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). It was the first season after it was renamed from GT4 European Series to GT4 European Series Northern Cup.


2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The final calendar was announced on 23 December. The series started at Misano on 1 April and ended at the Nürburgring on 17 September. Misano and the Nürburgring made their return on the schedule after a one-year absence, while Brands Hatch was on the schedule for the first time in the series' history. The rounds at Monza and Silverstone were discontinued and the round in Pau would be part of the Southern Cup.


2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup, Entry list
Starting from the third round at the Red Bull Ring, the series decided to introduce a Silver Cup category, splitting Silver-Silver pairings from the Pro (now Pro- Am) category. This was done with retroactive character to apply for the already held rounds in Misano and Brands Hatch, with fully revised results and standings released.


2017 GT4 European Series Northern Cup, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup
The 2017 Championnat de France FFSA GT - GT4 European Series Southern Cup was the first season of the GT4 European Series Southern Cup and the 20th season of the French FFSA GT Championship, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO).


2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup, Calendar
At the annual press conference during the 2016 24 Hours of Spa on 29 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2017 calendar. The final calendar was announced on 23 December. The series started at Nogaro on 16 April and ended at Paul Ricard on 15 October.


2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs
The 2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) began on February 22, 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences, following the conclusion of the 2016–17 KHL regular season.


2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the regular season, the standard 16 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Western Conference regular season winners and Continental Cup winners are CSKA Moscow with 137 points. Metallurg Magnitogorsk are the Eastern Conference regular season winners with 124 points.


2017 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Draw
The playoffs started on February 22, 2017, with the top eight teams from each of the conferences and ended with the last game of the Gagarin Cup final on April 16, 2017.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 122nd edition of Galway GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Galway, Ireland. The winners receive the Frank Fox Cup and represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship
Twenty teams compete. 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 Galway Senior Football Championship
Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated Salthill/Knocknacarra in the previous years final.


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


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 1
All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2A
The 10 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will enter the draw for the Preliminary Quarter Finals while the 5 losers will play in Round 3.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2B
The 10 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 3
The 5 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 5 winners from Round 2B. The 5 winners will go into the draw for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Knockout Stage, Preliminary Quarter-Finals
The 5 Round 2A winners and the 5 Round 3 winners are entered into a draw to choose 4 teams to play in this round. The 2 winners (along with the 6 teams who receive byes) will proceed to the Quarter-Finals.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Knockout Stage, Quarter-Finals
The 2 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 6 teams who received byes) enter the Quarter-Finals.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs
The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, Relegation Preliminary Round
A draw was conducted and 4 teams were chosen to play in the Relegation Preliminary Round. The 2 winners earn their place in the S.F.C. for 2017 while the losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, Relegation Quarter-Finals
The 2 Relegation Preliminary Round losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes. The 4 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 4 losers will enter the Relegation Semi-Finals.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, Relegation Semi-Finals
The 4 Relegation Quarter-Final losers play against each other in this round. The 2 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Final.


2017 Galway Senior Football Championship, Relegation Playoffs, Relegation Final
The winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the  loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
The 2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
St. Thomas' were the reigning champions. Ahascragh-Fohenagh participated in the senior championship having been promoted from the intermediate competition in 2016.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
The title was won by the Galway city based Liam Mellows who defeated Gort in the final. It was their first title in 47 years.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Controversy
Turloughmore's group stage win over Portumna on 3 June 2017 was overturned by the GAA's Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA). Jamie Holland played for Turloughmore having been transferred to Cú Chulainns, Chicago two days earlier.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior A
Senior A consists of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The top two teams from each group automatically qualify for the quarter finals. The third and fourth teams from each group play in the 2017 preliminary quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group play-off with the losing team relegated to playing in the 2018 Senior B Section.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior B
Senior B consists of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The winners of each group qualify for the 2017 preliminary quarter finals and compete in the 2018 Senior A competition. The four second and third placed teams play-off with the two winners also qualifying for the 2017 preliminary quarter finals.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior B, Senior B - Playoffs
The second team in Senior B Group 1 plays the third team in Senior B Group 2 and the third team in Senior B Group 1 plays the second team in Senior B Group 2. The two winning teams qualify for the 2017 preliminary quarter finals.


2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship, Group Stage, Senior B, Senior B - Relegation
The relegated team will play in the Intermediate Championship in 2018.


2017 Gamba Osaka season
The 2017 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 24th season in the J1 League and 30th overall in the Japanese top flight. It saw them compete in the 18 team J1 League which had reverted to a single stage format of 34 games where each team played the other 17 participants home and away after an unsuccessful trial of a first stage and second stage being followed by a championship playoff series. City rivals, Cerezo Osaka were promoted from J2 at the end of 2016 meaning that the two sides played derby matches for the first time since 2014 and with neighbouring Vissel Kobe also participating in J1, Gamba had 4 league derbies to look forward to throughout the season.


2017 Gamba Osaka season
Gamba also competed in the 2017 J.League Cup and Emperors Cup with the timing of their entry into both competitions being determined by their progress in the Champions League. As the 4th placed side in the 2016 J1 League, Gamba entered at the play off round where they faced Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim in a one-off match at Suita City Football Stadium on 7 February.


2017 Gamba Osaka season
Goals from Ademilson, Shun Nagasawa and Genta Miura secured a comfortable 3-0 victory and saw Gamba progress to the group stages where they were drawn in Group H along with Australian's Adelaide United, Korean side Jeju United and Chinese outfit Jiangsu Suning. Unfortunately for the second season running they were eliminated at the group stage after taking a mere 4 points from their 6-round robin games.


2017 Gamba Osaka season
Gamba's results in other competitions were equally disappointing. A bright start in J1 saw them top the standing after round 12, however just 4 wins in their remaining matches led them to a 10th-place finish which saw long serving manager Kenta Hasegawa removed from his position at the end of the season.


2017 Gamba Osaka season
Gamba ended the season trophy-less following a defeat to city rivals Cerezo in the semi-finals of the J.League Cup and a 3-2 home loss against Kashiwa Reysol in the 4th round of the Emperor's Cup.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Prior to the commencement on the 2017 season, Gamba announced a raft of transfer dealings. Headlining the arrivals were, attacking midfielder, Jin Izumisawa, who had played a key role in Omiya Ardija's 5th-place finish in J1 the previous year where he linked well with ex-Gamba favourite Akihiro Ienaga as well as Brazilian centre-back Fabio who took the well trodden path to Osaka from Yokohama F. Marinos to provide competition for the established centre-half pairing of Daiki Niwa and Kim Jung-ya.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
In addition Ryota Suzuki, who had been on loan at J2 League side, Tokyo Verdy, from his parent club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2016 came in to compete with Yosuke Fujigawa and Ken Tajiri to be backup to first choice goalkeeper, Masaaki Higashiguchi. Young defender Genta Miura from newly promoted J1 side Shimizu S-Pulse and midfielder Haruya Ide from JEF United Chiba rounded off the signings who would immediately join up with the first team squad.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Young talent in the form of midfielders; Shogo Nakahara from Consadole Sapporo and Yuto Mori from Nagoya Grampus as well as striker Hiromu Kori from J3 outfit Grulla Morioka all arrived but would initially link up with Gamba Osaka U-23 ahead of their second season of J3 football while midfielders Reo Takae, Takahiro Koh and South Korean defender Bae Soo-yong all joined the club straight from high school and would join Nakahara, Mori and Kori in the under-23 side. Ryotaro Meshino, who played 13 times for Gamba Under-23 in 2016 was officially promoted to the senior squad for 2017 although he would begin the year once more with the under-23s.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
There were several big name departures as Gamba head-coach Kenta Hasegawa went about reducing the average age of the squad ahead of the 2017 season. Probably the biggest surprise was right-sided midfielder Hiroyuki Abe's move to J1 rivals Kawasaki Frontale, having been a key member of the side since his arrival in 2012, scoring 7 times in 30 games during Gamba's J1 title winning season of 2014.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Fellow attacking midfielder and Gamba youth product, Kotaro Omori, made the short trip west to join Vissel Kobe while experienced centre-half Keisuke Iwashita, who had been plagued with injuries and subsequently lost his place to Kim Jung-ya during the previous campaign joined Avispa Fukuoka who had been relegated from J1 at the end of 2016.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Striker Shingo Akamine who had spent the 2016 season on loan to J2 side Fagiano Okayama made his move there permanent while veteran midfielder Takahiro Futagawa who had been on loan at Tokyo Verdy for the second half of 2016 extended his loan for another 12 months. Joining him in Tokyo would be Tatsuya Uchida who also joined Verdy on a year's loan while another Gamba youth product, Takaharu Nishino joined JEF United on loan for the season in the hope of rebuilding a once promising career which had been hampered by injuries.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Rounding off the pre-season departures, it was no surprise to see midfielders Kenya Okazaki and Shohei Ogura head through the exit door, both were experienced pros who'd spent the bulk of the previous year playing J3 football with Gamba's Under-23 side and were moved on to make way for younger talent. Okazaki made the move to J2 outfit Tochigi SC while Ogura signed for J1's Ventforet Kofu. Finally, young attacking midfielder, Naoki Ogawa, a squad member since 2014 without managing a single league appearance wasn't named in the 2017 squad and his future in the game is still to be announced.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
Kashima Antlers forward Shuhei Akasaki joined the squad on a season-long loan 3 weeks into the new campaign and was assigned the number 53 shirt. He debuted as a second-half substitute in the match against the Urawa Red Diamonds on March 19.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Transfers
On the final day of the winter transfer window, Brazilian striker Patric who had been undergoing rehabilitation on his injured knee in his homeland was re-registered ahead of an anticipated return to fitness in June, however, after an appearance for Gamba U-23 in late May, the club announced that his contracted would not be renewed when it expired on June 30.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, First team squad
Appearances and goals as of the beginning of the 2017 season.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, J1 League
The league returned to a single stage format for 2017 with 34 rounds played between March and November 2017. On 12 January, Gamba's first 2 fixtures for the season were announced, at home to Ventforet Kofu and away to Kashiwa Reysol. The dates for the remaining games were made public on January 25.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, J1 League, Match Day Line-Ups
The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2017 J1 League:


2017 Gamba Osaka season, AFC Champions League
As the 4th placed side in the 2016 J1 League, Gamba entered the Champions League at the play off round where they faced Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim in a one-off match at Suita City Football Stadium on 7 February. Goals from Ademilson, Shun Nagasawa and Genta Miura secured a comfortable 3-0 victory and saw Gamba progress to the group stages where they were drawn in Group H along with Australian's Adelaide United, Korean side Jeju United and Chinese outfit Jiangsu Suning.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, AFC Champions League
For the second season running, Gamba found themselves eliminated at the group stage. After starting their campaign strongly with an impressive 3-0 victory away to Adelaide, they were brought back to earth with a thump in round 2, being humbled 4-1 at home by Jeju United. Back to back defeats to Jiangsu Suning followed and left their hopes of progression hanging by a thread. The round 5 home clash with Adelaide offered them a lifeline and things seemed to be going smoothly when Nagasawa and Doan put them 2-0 ahead after only 12 minutes.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, AFC Champions League
However an error by Kim Jung-ya allowed the Australian side to grab a goal before half time, while the second half saw Yasuhito Endō miss a penalty and Adelaide grab an injury time equaliser to all but eliminate the 2008 Champions league winners. A meek 2-0 defeat to Jeju in Korea where only a large victory would have seen them qualify for the knock out stages sounded the death knell of Gamba's campaign which had started so brightly but ultimately died a slow and painful death.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, AFC Champions League, Match Day Line-Ups
The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2017 AFC Champions League:


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Emperor's Cup
Following their group stage exit from the AFC Champions League, Gamba entered the 2017 Emperor's Cup at the second round stage where they were handed a home tie against Kyushu-based side Verspah Oita. A comfortable 3-0 win secured a place in the third round and match up against J2 League's JEF United Chiba. Goals from Fabio and Izumisawa saw Gamba ease past JEF United and set up a clash against another Chiba-based side, Kashiwa Reysol in round 4. After following 3-0 behind early in the second half, Gamba rallied valiantly, however goals from Nagasawa and Ideguchi were unable to prevent them from exiting the competition before the quarter-finals for the first time since 2013.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Emperor's Cup, Match Day Line-Ups
The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2017 Emperor's Cup:


2017 Gamba Osaka season, J.League Cup
As a result of their qualification for the AFC Champions League, Gamba were given a bye to the quarter finals of the 2017 J.League Cup where they were paired with Kansai rivals, Vissel Kobe. Despite being without international players; Higashiguchi, Miura and Ideguchi, Gamba were able to prevail 2-0 on aggregate over their neighbours. A goalless first-leg in Kobe was followed by a 2-0 home win with the decisive goals coming from Nagasawa and Izumisawa. This set up another derby match in the semi-finals, this time against city rivals, Cerezo. Following a 2-2 draw away in the first leg, Gamba appeared to be heading towards the final with the scores tied at one apiece going into extra time in the return leg, however Yasuki Kimoto's 95th-minute winner ended Gamba's hopes of silverware in 2017.


2017 Gamba Osaka season, J.League Cup, Match Day Line-Ups
The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during the 2017 J.League Cup:


2017 Gamba Osaka season, Squad statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played on 2 December 2017.


2017 Gambian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in The Gambia on 6 April 2017. They were first parliamentary elections since the inauguration of Adama Barrow as President and resulted in a landslide victory for the United Democratic Party, which won 31 of the 53 seats.


2017 Gambian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 53 members of the National Assembly were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.


2017 Gambian parliamentary election, Conduct
The European Union (EU) sent a European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to The Gambia in preparation for the parliamentary election on 13 March, at the invitation of the Independent Electoral Commission. The mission was formally launched on 22 March 2017 and it is led by the Chief Observer, Miroslav Poche, who is a Czech Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Initially, the mission consisted of six international election experts based in Banjul, and 14 long-term observers (LTOs) deployed across The Gambia. Closer to election day, the mission will deploy short-term observers and also a delegation of seven MEPs. In total, the EU EOM will comprise some 50 observers from the EU member states, as well as from Canada, Norway and Switzerland. On 3 April, the EU EOM deployed 14 short-term observers across The Gambia.


2017 Gambian parliamentary election, Conduct
The African Union (AU) commended the smooth conduct of the election, especially considering the instability suffered by the country in the months before the election, with the difficult transfer of power from Yaya Jameh to Adama Barrow, and various time constraints.


2017 Gambian parliamentary election, Conduct
The EU in their report noted the calm and peaceful manner that the elections were conducted, and noted their optimism for the future, where there was hope for further improvement. Jean Lambert, the head of the European Parliament delegation said "The Gambia has been through a historical moment with many things changing almost overnight. A few shortcomings have been identified in the election conduct. However, given the circumstances, I would like to express my great respect to the IEC as well as to the Gambian citizens for the peaceful atmosphere of the election day."


2017 Games of the Small States of Europe
The 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe, also known as the XVII Games of the Small States of Europe, took place in San Marino from 29 May to 3 June 2017.


2017 Gao bombing
On 18 January 2017, a suicide bomber drove a vehicle filled with explosives into a military camp near Gao, Mali, killing 77 people and injuring at least 115. The incident is the deadliest terrorist attack in Malian history.


2017 Gao bombing, Incident
At around 09:00 local time, a vehicle filled with explosives entered the Joint Operational Mechanism base that housed members of the Malian Army and former militants who had signed a peace agreement with the government. According to an army spokesman, the vehicle was marked with insignia of the active military unit in the area. Dozens of people were killed, though the exact number was initially unclear—Malian state broadcaster ORTM said that 47 were dead, while the President's office estimated there to be 60 fatalities and 115 injured. On 19 January, a French Army spokesman said that the death toll had risen to 77.


2017 Gao bombing, Incident
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the attack through its Al-Mourabitoun affiliate, saying that the bombing had been "punishment for Mali's cooperation with France." The statement attributed the attack to the Mourabitoun battalion and identified the bomber as Abdul Hadi al-Fulani.


2017 Gao bombing, Response
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita declared a three-day period of national mourning, while Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said that while the attack was "criminal, cowardly, [and] barbaric," it would not end the government's efforts to reach peace with the country's militant fighters. Defence Minister Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga was scheduled to travel to Gao in response to the bombing.


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open
The 2017 Sofia Open (also known as 2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Sofia Open as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, from February 5–12.


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


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions, but they lost in first round to Ken and Neal Skupski.


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open – Doubles
Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjić won the title, defeating Mikhail Elgin and Andrey Kuznetsov in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open – Singles
Roberto Bautista Agut was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to David Goffin.


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open – Singles
Grigor Dimitrov won the title, defeating Goffin in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2017 Garanti Koza Sofia Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season
The 2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season officially began on 2 January with the start of the 2017 Brisbane International, and ended on 26 October in Singapore. Muguruza entered the season as the number 7 ranked player and as the French Open defending champion.


2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season, Year in detail, Grass Court Series, Birmingham Classic
Despite falling out of top 10 following French Open, Muguruza started strong grass court campaign with semifinal showing at Birmingham Classic. She beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Alison Riske before winning against Coco Vandeweghe, the same player she lost convincingly at Australian Open, with Vandeweghe retiring after losing second set. In the semifinal she lost to Ashleigh Barty in three sets.


2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season, Year in detail, Grass Court Series, Aegon International
In Eastbourne Muguruza lost in shocking way to Barbora Strýcová with winning only one game and being broken six times. Match lasted only one hour.


2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season, Year in detail, Grass Court Series, Wimbledon Championships
At Wimbledon Muguruza was non-top 10 seed for the first time at Major since 2015 Wimbledon, at fourteen. But being now underdog again, Muguruza showed once again quality tennis worth of a Grand Slam title, and she captured her first Wimbledon title beating Ekaterina Alexandrova, Yanina Wickmayer, Sorana Cirstea, world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Magdaléna Rybáriková and five time champion Venus Williams, respectively. The only set she dropped was first set in match against Kerber. Muguruza's second Grand Slam titled propelled her again into top 10 at No. 7.


2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)


2017 Garden Open
The 2017 Garden Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rome, Italy between 8 and 13 May 2017.


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


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


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


2017 Garden Open – Doubles
Bai Yan and Li Zhe were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Garden Open – Doubles
Andreas Mies and Oscar Otte won the title after defeating Kimmer Coppejans and Márton Fucsovics 4–6, 7–6(14–12), [10–8] in the final.


2017 Garden Open – Singles
Kyle Edmund was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Garden Open – Singles
Marco Cecchinato won the title after defeating Jozef Kovalík 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Carroll McCray and played their home games at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium. They played as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.


2017 Garena Young Lions FC season
The 2017 season is Young Lion's 15th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League.


2017 Gasparilla Bowl
The 2017 Gasparilla Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2017, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The tenth edition of the game previously known as the St. Petersburg Bowl, it featured the Temple Owls of the American Athletic Conference against the FIU Panthers of Conference USA. It began at 8:00 PM EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. The Owls defeated the Panthers by a score of 28–3.


2017 Gasparilla Bowl
This was the first edition of the bowl to use the Gasparilla naming, a nod to the legend of José Gaspar, a mythical pirate who is the inspiration for Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival. Sponsored by lawnmower manufacturing company Bad Boy Mowers, the game was officially known as the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl. This was the last edition of the bowl played at Tropicana Field.


2017 Gasparilla Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Temple Owls against the FIU Panthers and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.


2017 Gasparilla Bowl, Teams, Temple Owls
This was Temple's first Gasparilla Bowl and the third consecutive (and seventh overall) bowl game for the Owls, extending the longest bowl streak in school history.


2017 Gasparilla Bowl, Teams, FIU Panthers
This was FIU's third bowl game in school history and second Gasparilla Bowl; the Panthers had previously played in the 2011 game (when it was known as the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl), losing to Marshall by a score of 20–10. That game was the most recent bowl that the Panthers had appeared in prior to this Gasparilla Bowl, which snapped their five-year streak of not appearing in a bowl.


2017 Gatineau municipal election
A municipal election was held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on November 5, 2017 in conjunction with 2017 Quebec municipal elections across the province on that date. Elections were held for Mayor of Gatineau as well as for each of the 18 districts on Gatineau City Council.


2017 Gazprom Hungarian Open
The 2017 Gazprom Hungarian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the Hungarian Open as part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at Nemzeti Edzés Központ in Budapest, Hungary, from April 24–30. The tournament replaced the Romanian Open on the ATP World Tour calendar.


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


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


2017 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Doubles
Brian Baker and Nikola Mektić won the title, defeating Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4.


2017 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Singles
Lucas Pouille won the title, defeating Aljaž Bedene in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


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


2017 Geelong Football Club season
The 2017 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 118th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 18th season. It was also the first time the club fielded a women's team, with the club joining the VFL Women's competition.


2017 Geelong Football Club season, Overview
After retiring as a player at the end of the 2016 season, Corey Enright joined the coaching panel as an assistant coach, replacing Blake Caracella who moved to a senior assistant coaching role with Richmond. Former Western Bulldogs player Brad Johnson also had a short-term specialist coaching role working with the club's forwards during the preseason.


2017 Geelong Football Club season, VFL Women's season
Rebecca Goring was appointed captain of the club's inaugural VFL Women's team, with Madeleine Boyd and Lily Mithen named as co-vice captains. Mithen won the club's VFLW best and fairest award for the season.


2017 Geelong Football Club women's season
The 2017 Geelong Football Club women's season was the club's first season of women's Australian rules football contested by the Geelong Football Club, competing in the second season of the VFL Women's competition, after failing to secure a licence to compete in the inaugural AFL Women's competition that began in 2017.


2017 Geelong Football Club women's season, Background
The first season of the VFL Women's (VFLW) league was held in 2016, and consisted of ten teams from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League.


2017 Geelong Football Club women's season, Background
In October 2016, Geelong announced that they would be taking over the licence to operate a VFL Women's team, replacing the Geelong Magpies who had competed in the 2016 season.


2017 Geelong Football Club women's season, Background
Paul Hood was appointed the club's inaugural VFLW coach, having previously coached Geelong's VFL team in 2015.


2017 General Aung San Shield
The 2017 General Aung San Shield (Burmese: Bogyoke Aung San Shield) is the third season of Myanmar knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Myanmar Football Federation. It is the league cup competition started in 2017 Myanmar football season. This cup succeeded the Myanmar Football Federation Cup. MFF has changed the cup competition style as follows.


2017 General Aung San Shield
In the first round, ten clubs competing in 2017 MNL-2 and two clubs which were promoted to 2017 MNL, twelve teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with six teams emerged as winners. In the second round, ten clubs competing in 2016 MNL and the six winners from the first round, sixteen teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with eight teams emerged as winners. The Quarter-finals will still be played as one-legged matches but the Semi-final will be competed as two-legged (Home and Away) matches.


2017 General Aung San Shield
The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2018 AFC Cup.


2017 General Aung San Shield, Results, Preliminary Round
Preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 1 level. The First round was held 24 April 2017.


2017 General Aung San Shield Final
The 2017 General Aung San Shield Final is the 7th final of the MFF Cup. The General Aung San Shield winner will qualify to AFC Cup competition. The match was contested by Shan United and Yangon United  at Bogyoke Aung San Stadium in Yangon. The match will play  on 25 October 2017 and was the final match of the Bogyoke Aung San Cup.


2017 General Aung San Shield Final, Background
It is Shan United's first time ever General Aung San Shield final.


2017 General Aung San Shield Final, Background
Yangon United were playing a record 3rd MFF Cup final. They had previously lose against Magwe in 2017 General Aung San Shield final.


2017 General Aung San Shield Final, Ticket allocation
Both Shan United and Yangon United received a ticket allocation of 10,000 for the game. Ticket price are 1,000 MMK(Normal Ticket) and 2,000MMK(Special Ticket).


2017 General Aung San Shield Final, Route to the Final, Shan United
Shan United, as a National League team, started their campaign in the second round. In it, they won at MNL-2 City Stars. At Thuwunna, Shan United won 6-0 with goals from Han Kyung-In's Hat-rick, two goal from Christopher Chizoba and Dway Ko Ko Chit. In the Quarter-final, Shan United drew Myanmar National League Magwe. At Thuwunna Stadium, Shan United won 3-2 with Christopher Chizoba, Maximum and Dway Ko Ko Chit. In the Semi-final, Shan United were drawn against Ayeyawady United. At Taunggyi Stadium, Shan United draw 1–1 with goals from Dway Ko Ko Chit. And Semi-final Second leg at Ayar Stadium, They drew 2-2 and go to final with Away Goal. Shan United reached for the first time to 2017 General Aung San Shield Final.


2017 General Aung San Shield Final, Route to the Final, Yangon United
Yangon United also started in the second round where they were drawn against MNL-2 side Myawady FC. At Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon United won 3-0 with two goals from Kyaw Ko Ko and another goal form Pyae Phyo Zaw . In the Quarter-final, they were drawn with MNL team Hantharwady United at Aung San Stadium. Yangon United won 4–0 with Hat-trick goals from Kyaw Ko Ko and one goal from Cezar. In the Semi-final First Leg, Yangon United were drawn against MNL big team Yadanarbon. At home, Yangon United won 1–0 with goals from Cezar. In the Semi-finals Second Leg, they drew 1-1. And passed to go to 3rd Final.


2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel
The 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 73rd edition of the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, and part of the World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Tennis stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel, Austria, from 31 July until 6 August 2017. Unseeded Philipp Kohlschreiber won the singles title.


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


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


2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions, but Koolhof chose to compete in Los Cabos instead. Middelkoop played alongside Julian Knowle, but lost in the semifinals to Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski.


2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Doubles
Pablo Cuevas and Guillermo Durán won the title, defeating Podlipnik-Castillo and Vasilevski in the final, 6–4, 4–6, [12–10].


2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Singles
Paolo Lorenzi was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to João Sousa.


2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Singles
Philipp Kohlschreiber won the title, defeating Sousa in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel – Singles
This tournament was the last for the former world No.2 Tommy Haas who lost in the first round to Jan-Lennard Struff.


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


2017 Geneva Open
The 2017 Geneva Open (also as known as the 2017 Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the Geneva Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Tennis Club de Genève in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 21 through May 27, 2017.


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


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


2017 Geneva Open – Doubles
Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah.


2017 Geneva Open – Doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău won the title, defeating Cabal and Farah in the final, 2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–6].


2017 Geneva Open – Singles
Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Mischa Zverev in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3.


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


2017 Gent–Wevelgem
The 2017 Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 26 March. It was the 79th edition of Gent–Wevelgem and the twelfth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem
After winning E3 Harelbeke two days prior to Gent–Wevelgem, Greg Van Avermaet continued his run of good form with victory for the BMC Racing Team in a two-up sprint finish against his fellow Belgian Jens Keukeleire, riding for the Orica–Scott team. The pairing had broken away from a select group of riders in the run-in towards Wevelgem. The podium was completed by world champion Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe), as the peloton caught the select group in the closing metres.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem, Route
The race started in Deinze in East Flanders, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Ghent. The route took the riders immediately into West Flanders, and after around 90 kilometres (56 mi) of flat roads, they came near the coast at Veurne. After turning inland again, the race continued south towards the French border, and just after halfway, crossed onto French soil at the commune of Boeschepe, with the first of the race's ten climbs coming at the Mont des Cats. This was followed by the Kokereelberg, the Vert Mont, and the two Mont Noir ascents, via the Côte du Ravel Put and the Côte de la Blanchisserie. The riders then returned to Belgium and climbed the Baneberg, the Kemmelberg and the Monteberg.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem, Route
There was then a flatter section, looping through Mesen, Ploegsteert and Nieuwkerke. Within this loop was an addition for the 2017 race. On 24 November 2016, it was announced that the 2017 Gent–Wevelgem would honour the victims of World War I in the Flanders region and to commemorate the Christmas truce, by incorporating three semi-paved roads at the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, in Ploegsteert Wood. The final two climbs were a repeat of the Baneberg–Kemmelberg combination; at the top of the final climb, 34 kilometres (21 mi) of fairly flat roads remained to the finish in Wevelgem.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem, Teams
As Gent–Wevelgem was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team in the race. Seven UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton. Race number 192 was unused as a mark of respect to Antoine Demoitié, who wore the number for Wanty–Groupe Gobert before his death at the 2016 edition of the race.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)
The sixth edition of Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields was held on Sunday 26 March 2016. It was the  women's event of Gent–Wevelgem cycling race, held in Belgium. It was the fourth race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour season.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)
Finland's Lotta Lepistö (Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling) won the race in a bunch sprint finish ahead of home rider Jolien D'Hoore (Wiggle High5) American Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) completed the podium.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race), Route, Kemmelberg
The Kemmelberg is the centerpiece of the race. This edition, the second ascent of the Kemmelberg was addressed via its steepest road. The first ascent was via the traditional route with a maximum gradient of 17% but, the second was addressed via this steeper road, which has a maximum gradient of 23% near the top. Race director Hans De Clercq stated that it is a tribute to the historical significance of the Kemmelberg, as it is that road being used the first time the Kemmelberg was included in the men's race, in 1955.


2017 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race), Route, Kemmelberg
According to COTACOL, a Belgian standard work that has examined and graded every climb in the country, the "new" Kemmelberg ascent is the toughest climb in all Flemish races. They have given it an overall score of 183 points, which is more than the Koppenberg, the Muur van Geraardsbergen or the traditional Kemmelberg road.


2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University as a member of the Patriot League during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rob Sgarlata and played their home games at Cooper Field. Georgetown finished the season 1–10 overall and 0–6 in Patriot League play to place last out of seven teams.


2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team, Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Hoyas will host Patriot League foes Fordham, Lafayette, and Colgate, and will travel to Lehigh, Holy Cross, and Bucknell.


2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team, Schedule
In 2017, Georgetown's non-conference opponents will be Campbell and Marist of the Pioneer Football League, and Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton of the Ivy League.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Kirby Smart.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The Bulldogs notched their 800th win in program history with a 41–0 victory over Tennessee on September 30, 2017.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Georgia Bulldogs were crowned Southeastern Conference Champions on December 2, 2017, with a postseason win over the Auburn Tigers, against whom they had suffered their only defeat in the regular season. This was their first conference title since 2005. After the win against Auburn, 2017 became only the fifth season in which Georgia beat all of its traditional rivals (Auburn, Florida, Georgia Tech, Tennessee) in the same season (previously 1980, 1982, 2011, 2012).


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team
Georgia received its first ever College Football Playoff appearance against Oklahoma in the school's first Rose Bowl Game since the 1942 season. Georgia won by a score of 54–48 in double overtime. The Bulldogs reached the National Championship game for the first time since 1982, but lost to Alabama in overtime.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team finished the regular season 8–5, with losses to Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, and Georgia Tech. Key wins included defeating North Carolina 33–24 to start the season in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome, #8 Auburn 13–7, and TCU 31–23 in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Georgia did not receive a bid to the SEC Championship due to the four SEC losses (Ole Miss, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Florida). Instead, two loss Florida went to the SEC championship game. The 2016 SEC Championship Game saw Alabama beat Florida 54–16.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Previous season
However, the Bulldogs became bowl eligible after their win against Auburn on November 12 and were invited to play in the Liberty Bowl against the TCU of the Big 12 Conference. Georgia rallied from a 16–7 first half deficit to win the game 31–23 behind Nick Chubb running for 142 yards and 1 TD as well as Sony Michel having 126 total yards of offense (87 rushing, 39 receiving) and 2 TD's.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Coaching changes
Following the 2016 football season, defensive Line Coach Tracy Rocker was replaced by Tray Scott, who had coached at North Carolina from 2015 to 2016. Rocker was the defensive line Coach at Georgia from 2014 to 2016. He previously coached the Defensive line for the Tennessee Titans (2011–2013), Auburn (2009–2010), Ole Miss 2008, Arkansas (2003–2007), Cincinnati 2002, Troy State (1997–2001) & West Alabama (1994–1996). Scott was hired by Hugh Freeze at Ole Miss but stayed there less than 2 weeks before accepting the position from Kirby Smart at Georgia and leaving. Before his time with the North Carolina where they won the 2015 Coastal Division Championship and an 11–3 record, Scott was the Defensive Line Coach at UT Martin from 2013 to 2014. Scott is from Crossett, Arkansas where he played for Arkansas Tech from 2003 to 2007.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Schedule
Georgia announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home games, 5 away, and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Bulldogs hosted SEC foes Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, and South Carolina, and traveled to Auburn, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Georgia faced Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Schedule
The Bulldogs played four non–conference games, hosting Appalachian State from the Sun Belt Conference in the first meeting since 2013 and Samford from the Southern Conference. Georgia traveled to Georgia Tech from the Atlantic Coast Conference and independent Notre Dame in the first meeting since the 1981 Sugar Bowl. In their most recent matches, Georgia defeated Appalachian State 45–6 in 2013, Notre Dame 17–10 for the 1980 National Championship, and lost to Georgia Tech 28–27 at Sanford Stadium in 2016.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Schedule
From the SEC West, Georgia played Mississippi State for the first time since 2011 when they beat Mississippi State 24–10 as well as Auburn in their annual Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, leading the series 57–55–8 after winning 3 straight times against Auburn including last year's win against #8 Auburn 13–7 in Sanford Stadium.


2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
On September 2, 2017, Georgia faced Appalachian State University. Returning starting QB Jacob Eason suffered a knee injury early into the game, prompting true freshman QB Jake Fromm to enter. The freshman went 10 of 15 for 143 yards and a touchdown, and the defense kept the Mountaineers off the scoreboard for most of the game as the Bulldogs took care of business in Athens.