2017 Kosovan local elections, Electoral system
The Mayor and the  members of the Assembly will be elected by open list proportional representation, with seats reserved for national minorities, in each Kosovo municipalities


2017 Kosovan local elections, Parties and coalitions
The Central Election Commission has certified for municipal elections on October 22, 91 political subjects, of which 35 political parties, one coalition, 30 civic initiatives and 25 independent candidates.


2017 Kosovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 11 June 2017.


2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, Background
The elections were triggered by a motion of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa on 10 May 2017 by a vote of 78–34. The motion had been proposed by the Social Democratic Initiative over government failures to meet their campaign promises. The constitution requires fresh elections to be held by 18 June 2017.


2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation, with 20 seats reserved for national minorities.


2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
No party obtained enough seats to form government alone. However, PDK coalition leader Ramush Haradinaj stated that he has the necessary votes to form a government, counting on the 39 seats of his coalition, the 20 seats of the ethnic minorities and some members of the LDK coalition.


2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
After several unsuccessful attempts to elect a new Chairman of the Assembly and a new Prime Minister, on 4 August Behgjet Pacolli announced the AKR's withdrawal from the coalition with the LDK and the formation of a government pact with the PAN Coalition. As a result, the AKR was promised several ministries in the new government, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Land Management, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Economic Development. The PAN Coalition announced that two LDK deputies, Ukë Rugova and Dardan Gashi, would also join the government.


2017 Kosovan parliamentary election, Aftermath
Finally on September 9 the new government was voted, and Ramush Haradinaj was elected new prime minister with 61 votes in favor. This votes include Ramush Haradinaj  pre-election coalition PANA Coalition, AKR, the national minorities and the Serbian list. The new government include 21 ministers includes ethnic Albanians, Bosniaks, Turks and Serbs.


2017 Kremlin Cup
The 2017 Kremlin  Cup (also known as the 2017 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 22nd edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 16 October through 22 October 2017.


2017 Kremlin Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kremlin Cup, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:


2017 Kremlin Cup, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Kremlin Cup, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kremlin Cup, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah were the defending champions but Farah chose not to participate this year. Cabal played alongside Denys Molchanov, but lost in the semifinals to Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Mirnyi and Oswald went on to win the title, defeating Damir Džumhur and Antonio Šančić in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Pablo Carreño Busta was the defending champion, but lost to Daniil Medvedev in the second round.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Damir Džumhur won the title, defeating Ričardas Berankis in the final, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but Hradecká could not participate this year due to injury. Hlaváčková played alongside Tímea Babos and successfully defended the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and Anna Smith in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [10–3].


2017 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Julia Görges won her first title since 2011, defeating Daria Kasatkina in the final 6–1, 6–2.


2017 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Kremlin World Cup
The 2017 Kremlin World Cup was a professional pool tournament in the discipline Ten-ball, held from 18–23 September 2017 in Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.


2017 Kremlin World Cup
The winner was David Alcaide, who defeated the defending champion in the final Alexander Kazakis 9–6. Nick van den Berg and Eklent Kaçi were defeated semi-finalists.


2017 Kremlin World Cup, Tournament format
The event featured 101 participants competing first in a Double-elimination tournament. When there are 32 players remaining, the tournament progressed to a single-elimination tournament. The event was contested as race to eight racks, with the final as a race to 9 racks. The event was played as winner breaks.


2017 Kremlin World Cup, Results
Below is the single elimination round from the last 32 stage onwards.


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


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


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


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


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


2017 Kuala Lumpur FA season
The 2017 season was Kuala Lumpur's 39th in competitive season.


2017 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Squad information, First team squad
* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season* U21=Under-21 player* Appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only


2017 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Transfers
First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.


2017 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2017 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Statistics, Top scorers
* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season


2017 Kuala Lumpur FA season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open
The 2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was a part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in San Francisco, United States from February 6–12, 2017.


2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Doubles
Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith won the title after defeating Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze 6–7(4–7), 7–5, [10–7] in the final.


2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Singles
Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Vasek Pospisil 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.


2017 Kunming Open
The 2017 Kunming Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the sixth (ATP) and fourth (ITF) editions of the tournament and part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering $150,000+H (ATP) and $100,000+H (ITF) in prize money. It took place in Anning, China, from 24–30 April 2017.


2017 Kunming Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kunming Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 Kunming Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 Kunming Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kunming Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw by a lucky loser:


2017 Kunming Open – Men's Doubles
Bai Yan and Riccardo Ghedin were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Bai partnered Wu Di but lost in the quarterfinals to Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Andrei Vasilevski. Ghedin partnered Quentin Halys but lost in the first round to Bai and Wu.


2017 Kunming Open – Men's Doubles
Dino Marcan and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn won the title after defeating Steven de Waard and Blaž Kavčič 5–7, 6–3, [10–7] in the final.


2017 Kunming Open – Men's Singles
Jordan Thompson was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Quentin Halys.


2017 Kunming Open – Men's Singles
Janko Tipsarević won the title after defeating Quentin Halys 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Kunming Open – Women's Doubles
Wang Yafan and Zhang Kailin were the defending champions, but Wang chose not to participate. Zhang partnered Yang Zhaoxuan, but lost to Han Xinyun and Ye Qiuyu in the quarterfinals.


2017 Kunming Open – Women's Doubles
Han and Ye won the title, defeating Prarthana Thombare and Xun Fangying in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2017 Kunming Open – Women's Singles
Zhang Kailin was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Xun Fangying.


2017 Kunming Open – Women's Singles
Zheng Saisai won the title, defeating Zarina Diyas in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election
The 2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election (Chinese: 2017年中國國民黨主席選舉) was held on 20 May 2017. This was the eighth direct election of the party leader in Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, History
The 2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election was originally scheduled for 20 July. Alex Tsai cited the KMT party charter while announcing the party's decision to move the election date to 20 May. According to Tsai, the charter states that new party leaders should be elected three months before the last national party congress convened by the incumbent leader. In 2005, Lien Chan left office on 19 August, and, said Tsai, a full-term inauguration should therefore occur on 20 August. For that to happen in accordance with Article 17 of the charter, the 2017 election date was rescheduled to 20 May.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, History
The proposal was voted on in a Central Standing Committee meeting held 21 December 2016. Though early reports claimed a lower attendance, fourteen committee members attended the meeting, and 26 people boycotted the vote. Party headquarters stated that the election date change vote was held with a quorum as defined by central governmental standards, and passed; party regulations define a quorum as half the eligible participants, and in the case of the forty-member Central Standing Committee, twenty people must have voted.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, History
Liao Kuo-tung took a strong position against the change in election date, calling for Hung Hsiu-chu's resignation as party leader. Central Standing Committee member Yao Chiang-lin filed a civil lawsuit against Hung. In the next Central Standing Committee meeting, the original attempt to reschedule the chairmanship election was placed under reconsideration, and passed, confirming the election date as 20 May 2017. After the meeting, Liao continued claiming that disagreement over the election date was only "partially resolved". He also stated that "only five committee members attended the meeting" called to deliberate the first date change.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Candidates
Incumbent chairperson Hung Hsiu-chu was the first to declare her candidacy for the position. On 7 January 2017, Hau Lung-pin entered the race. Two days later, Wu Den-yih announced his bid for the chairmanship. On 12 January, Han Kuo-yu resigned his executive positions at Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation and entered the leadership election. Steve Chan launched his chairmanship campaign on 23 January. Tina Pan became the sixth candidate to enter the election on 23 February.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Candidates
Figures released by the Kuomintang in January showed that, for the election, the eligible electorate included 226,783 party members, while total party membership numbered 887,861 people. By April, the electorate had risen to 451,510 people. Candidates must have collected the signatures of three percent of the Kuomintang membership by 15 April, an approximate minimum of 13,000 in 2017, to qualify for the election. On 21 April, all candidates were officially confirmed.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Results
Shortly after polls closed on 20 May, Wu Den-yih was declared the winner of the election, having won approximately 52 percent of the vote. Wu earned 144,408 votes. Incumbent Hung Hsiu-chu received 53,063 votes, while Hau Lung-pin finished third with 44,301 votes. Han Kuo-yu and Steve Chan finished with the closest margin between candidates at 16,141 and 12,332 votes respectively. Tina Pan placed sixth with 2,437 votes. Turnout was 58.05 percent of 476,147 eligible voters.


2017 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Results
Hung Hsiu-chu announced on 14 June that she planned to resign her position by 30 June, and had named Lin Junq-tzer acting chairman of the Kuomintang.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum
An independence referendum for Kurdistan Region of Iraq was held on 25 September 2017, with preliminary results showing approximately 92.73 percent of votes cast in favour of independence. Despite reporting that the independence referendum would be non-binding, the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) characterised it as binding, although they claimed that an affirmative result would trigger the start of state building and negotiations with Iraq rather than an immediate declaration of independence of Kurdistan. The referendum's legality was rejected by the federal government of Iraq.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum
It was originally planned to be held in 2014 amidst controversy and dispute between the regional and federal governments. Calls for Kurdish independence had been going on for years, with an unofficial 2005 referendum resulting in 98.98% voting in favor of independence. These longstanding calls gained impetus following the Northern Iraq offensive by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant during the Iraqi Civil War in which Baghdad-controlled forces abandoned some areas, which were then taken by the Peshmerga and controlled de facto by the Kurds.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum
The referendum was announced and delayed on several occasions as Kurdish forces co-operated with the Iraqi central government for the liberation of Mosul, but by April 2017, it was being seen as happening some time in 2017. On 7 June 2017, Kurdish President Masoud Barzani held a meeting with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and other ruling parties, where the independence referendum was confirmed to be held on 25 September 2017.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum
The referendum led to a military conflict with the Iraqi central government, in which the KRG lost 40 percent of its territory and its main source of revenue, the Kirkuk oil fields. Following the referendum, Masoud Barzani resigned as president.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
The Kurdistan Regional Government had criticised Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, claiming that his rule was divisive. After the central government began withholding funding to the Kurdistan Regional Government in January 2014, the KRG attempted to export oil via the northern pipeline into Turkey in May, but the Iraqi government lobbied international governments to block the export and sale of this oil.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
As jihadis affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) took control of much of western and northern Iraq in June 2014, the Iraqi military in those areas largely disintegrated and abandoned their positions. The Peshmerga stepped into this vacuum, taking control of the city of Kirkuk and other northern areas long claimed by the Kurdistan Regional Government but until then outside its formal control. In these disputed areas, Kurdish forces under the regional government spearheaded a "concerted campaign" to displace Arab communities in northern Iraq, actions that could amount to war crimes, according to a .


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
Al-Maliki's government was widely blamed for the failure of the security forces and for Sunni Arab dissatisfaction with the central government, and international and domestic calls for a new prime minister became widespread. On 1 July, Kurdish president Masoud Barzani announced his intention to call a referendum on independence sometime in 2014 on the grounds that the country had been "effectively partitioned" already.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
In September 2014, after Maliki was replaced as prime minister by Haider al-Abadi, Kurdish leaders agreed to postpone the referendum while they focused on the fight against ISIL.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
On 3 February 2016, Rudaw.net reported that Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani told KRG legislators that the referendum would be held sometime before the 2016 American presidential election in early November. On 23 March, Barzani said, in an interview with Al-Monitor media website, that the referendum would take place before October 2016. However, in late October, Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani confirmed that the referendum would not be held until after Mosul had been liberated.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
In August 2016, Haider Al-Abadi said that he saw self-determination as an "undisputed right".


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
News reports from December 2016 said Kurdistan's Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani had suggested the region could push for independence from Baghdad once the ongoing battle to liberate Mosul from ISIL was complete.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
In early April 2017, as the liberation of Mosul was progressing, the ruling political parties of Kurdistan Region, the KDP and PUK, announced their goal of holding an independence referendum in 2017.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
On 7 June 2017, Kurdish President Masoud Barzani announced that the referendum would take place on 25 September 2017. Barzani's assistant Hemin Hawrami said the referendum will also take place in Kirkuk, Makhmour, Sinjar and Khanaqin regions. All of these areas are disputed and are claimed by the central government. Senior Kurdish official Hoshyar Zebari said a "Yes" vote in the referendum wouldn't mean an automatic declaration of independence of Kurdistan, but will "strengthen the Kurds' hand" in talks on self-determination with the central government.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
On three separate occasions, Assyrians from Alqosh protested against the removal of their mayor by the KDP-dominated Nineveh Provincial Council. The residents of Alqosh rejected the idea of their town being a "disputed area" and demanded the immediate reinstatement of their former mayor. The removal, which occurred two months before the referendum, caused protests because the mayor was replaced by a KDP member from Alqosh.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
On 14 August, a delegation from the KRG met with Prime Minister Abadi and Vice-President Maliki in Baghdad to discuss the upcoming referendum and affairs between the KRG and Iraq. Romeo Hakkari, the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac representative of the delegation and head of the Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party said that in addition to the meeting with Iraqi officials, they would meet with foreign missions in Baghdad.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
The KRG said referendum planning and implementation of the vote was up to the local councils of the disputed regions. The Shingal District Council expressed its support on 30 July for the KRG's efforts to include the Shingal area in the referendum. The Mayoral Council of Khanaqin on 16 August discussed the issue and decided to hold the referendum in their region. The Bashiqa Town Council voted the next day and decided to take part in the referendum.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
After a rare high-level meeting between the Iranian military chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on 16 August, a joint statement "voiced strong opposition" to the referendum.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
The local council of Mandali, whose population includes both Arabs and Kurds, had voted in favour of including the town in the referendum on 17 August. Arab residents however protested against the decision on 10 September. A day later, the city council withdrew the decision of participation in the referendum while Mandali's mayor, Hoshiya Ismail, was dismissed from his position.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
On 29 August, the Kirkuk Provincial Council voted on the issue of holding the referendum in Kirkuk. Of the 41 council members, 24 attended with 23 voting in favor of holding the referendum while one abstained. The remaining 17 members, all of whom were Turkmen and Arabs, boycotted the vote. On 14 September, the Iraqi parliament voted to dismiss Najmiddin Karim as the Governor of Kirkuk, a decision requested by al-Abadi after Kirkuk's provincial assembly voted to take part in the referendum. Karim said he will not follow the dismissal order and will stay in office. The provincial council meanwhile condemned the decision of the parliament with council head Ribwar al-Talabani claiming only the council had the power to remove him.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
Campaigning for the referendum officially began on 5 September. The region's electoral commission said campaigning would last for 18 days with the Iraqi Kurdish diaspora being able to vote on 23 September, two days ahead of the main poll.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background
The Iraqi parliament rejected the referendum on 12 September. The Kurdistan Region Parliament approved a plan to hold the referendum on 15 September. 68 out of 111 lawmakers attended the session with Gorran boycotting it. Iraq's Supreme Court on 18 September ordered the suspension of the referendum to examine its constitutionality. Barzani however vowed to go ahead with the referendum.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background, Media coverage
It has been reported that pro-AKP news outlets in Turkey including Yeni Akit, Akşam, Internet Haber and Yeni Safak have been circulating a fake news story about "Zionist support" for an "insidious Kurdish plan" by Barzani and Kurdish Jews to settle 200,000 Jews in the region should Kurdistan become independent.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background, Media coverage
The report has been disputed, including by Kurdish analysts, as baseless and fake news, and has been described as part of a media offensive by Turkey against Israel, while Kurdish analyst Diliman Abdulkader considers the reports an attempt to "destroy Kurdish credibility in the region by associating them with Israel and playing on local prejudices against people of Jewish faith".


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background, Media coverage
Turkey decided to remove broadcaster Rudaw Media Network (Rudaw), which is affiliated to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq, from its satellite broadcasting on the same day voting took place on the independence referendum in the KRG.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Background, Polling
One poll, held between 25 and 27 August, which covered the provinces of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, Halabja and Kirkuk, as well as the cities of Khanagin, Jalawla and Mandali within Diyala, showed intention to vote yes at 52.9%, intention to vote no at 25.6%, 3.6% not voting and the remainder of 17.9% being undecided with most of these indicating that they intended to vote yes but were also carefully watching the situation in case it deteriorated.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Ballot
The ballot was available in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and Assyrian. The Rudaw Media Network translated the ballot question to English as "Do you want the Kurdistan Region and the Kurdistani areas outside the Region to become an independent state?"


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Immediate reaction from Kurdistan and Iraq
Following the referendum, wild celebrations erupted in Iranian Kurdistan and two days of pro-independence demonstrations, which included the singing of the anthem of the Republic of Mahabad, occurred in the Kurdish cities of Baneh, Sanandaj and Mahabad, leading to mass arrests.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Immediate reaction from Kurdistan and Iraq
The Kurdistan Regional Government started making plans for state building and future negotiations with Iraq before a declaration of independence for the Republic of Kurdistan would be issued. Barzani created a new "political leadership" body to prepare for independence; however, three Kurdish parties, including the PUK, have refused to join it.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Immediate reaction from Kurdistan and Iraq
The Iraqi government threatened to send troops to Kirkuk, a city with rich oil deposits. Troops also blocked routes between Mosul and Dahuk on the day prior to the referendum.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Immediate reaction from Kurdistan and Iraq
Four days after the referendum, the Iraqi government stopped most international flights into the two international airports of Irbil and Sulaimaniya. Humanitarian, military and diplomatic flights were not included in the ban. This action followed Iraq's demand that the Kurdistan Regional Government hand over control of the airports.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Immediate reaction from Kurdistan and Iraq
Five days after the referendum, the Iraqi and Iranian governments announced that the Iraqi and Iranian armies would hold joint border drills at crossings on Iran's border with the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region. Iranian tanks were deployed near the border with Kurdistan Region, but the move has been seen as mere posturing. Iran also closed its common border with the Kurdistan Region.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Iraqi–Kurdish conflict and Barzani steps down
On 15 October 2017, Iraqi forces launched an operation to take Kirkuk. While Iraqi state media reported that Iraqi units had initially encountered no opposition in taking areas near Kirkuk, the fall of Kirkuk gave impetus to capitulation across northern Iraq, with Baghdad-backed forces facing no resistance.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Iraqi–Kurdish conflict and Barzani steps down
On 25 October 2017, in the light of avoiding the escalation of conflict with the Iraqi central government, Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region offered to "freeze" the result of September's referendum on independence and begin dialogue with Baghdad. A statement also proposed a ceasefire "in order to prevent further violence and clashes" triggered by the launch of an Iraqi military operation.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Iraqi–Kurdish conflict and Barzani steps down
On 29 October 2017, Masoud Barzani announced his intentions to step down as President of Kurdistan Region, effective 1 November, after being in power for 12 years. His gamble of pushing through with the unofficial referendum ended with the disputed territories being recaptured by Iraq and with the Kurdish statebuilding project being left abandoned. Pro -Barzani protesters broke into the building across Iraqi Kurdistan and attacked lawmakers and journalists.


2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum, Aftermath, Iraqi–Kurdish conflict and Barzani steps down
On 6 November, Iraq's Supreme Federal Court ruled that no Iraqi province was allowed to secede in order to preserve the unity of Iraq. The KRG announced it would respect the Supreme Federal Court's ruling, stating that "this decision must become a basis for starting an inclusive national dialogue between (Kurdish authorities in) Erbil and Baghdad to resolve all disputes".


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup
The 2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the thirteenth 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 Kurume, Japan, from 15–21 May 2017.


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by a protected ranking:


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Doubles
Hsu Ching-wen and Ksenia Lykina were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Doubles
Katy Dunne and Tammi Patterson won the title after defeating Erina Hayashi and Robu Kajitani 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–4] in the final.


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Singles
Kyōka Okamura was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Miharu Imanishi.


2017 Kurume U.S.E Cup – Singles
Laura Robson won the title, defeating Katie Boulter in an all-British final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Kutztown Golden Bears football team
The 2017 Kutztown Golden Bears football team represents Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in Division II football as a member of the PSAC East Division.


2017 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
The 69th edition of the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne cycling classic was held on 26 February 2017. It was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour and ranked as a 1.HC event. The route was 200.7 km (125 mi), starting and finishing in Kuurne. It was the second and concluding race of the Belgian opening weekend, the year's first road races in Northwestern Europe, one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.


2017 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
After finishing second to Greg Van Avermaet in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, world champion Peter Sagan, from Slovakia, won the race for Bora–Hansgrohe. Sagan and four other riders – Belgians Jasper Stuyven (Trek–Segafredo) and Tiesj Benoot (Lotto–Soudal), Italy's Matteo Trentin, riding for the Belgian Quick-Step Floors team, and Team Sky's Luke Rowe from Great Britain – contested a sprint finish, being the survivors of a larger group that broke away from the peloton around the halfway mark of the race, after the Oude Kwaremont.


2017 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Teams
Twenty-five teams were invited to start the race. These included fourteen UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental teams and two UCI Continental teams.


2017 Kuwait Super Cup
The 2017 Kuwait Super Cup was between league, Crown Cup and Emir Cup champions Kuwait SC and League Runners-up Qadsia SC. where Kuwait SC won 5-4 on penalties after 0-0 draw at full time.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kyrgyzstan on 15 October 2017. Incumbent President Almazbek Atambayev was not allowed to run again because the constitution sets a single six-year term for the head of state. Eleven candidates registered for the race, and from this field Sooronbay Jeenbekov of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan won more than 50% of the vote, avoiding a runoff. Following certification of the results on 30 October, Jeenbekov was inaugurated as President of Kyrgyzstan on 24 November.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election
The elections  marked the first change of president that was not the result of the death of the incumbent or a revolution, and also the first in which the results were not known beforehand. Some described the vote as Central Asia's first genuinely competitive presidential election.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Background
The elections were originally scheduled for the third Sunday in November (19 November 2017), but since Atambayev's term was set to expire on 1 December, opposition lawmakers in the Supreme Council demanded that the date be brought forward, so that there would be room for a second round of voting and the inauguration ceremony before 1 December, as to prevent a conflict of law. Atambayev announced on 29 May 2017 that the elections would be held on 15 October.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Background
In December 2016, a referendum was held on strengthening the power of the Prime Minister and was approved by 80% of voters.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Background
In early August 2017, the leaders of three opposition parties – Onuguu–Progress, Butun Kyrgyzstan, and Respublika–Ata Zhurt – announced the creation of a coalition called Kaira Zharaluu (Revival), which was to field a single candidate – Bakyt Torobayev. This agreement fell through, with each leader registering separately to participate in the election. Going into the election, Temir Sariyev, Ömürbek Babanov, and Sooronbay Jeenbekov, all former prime ministers, were considered to be the leading candidates.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Background
In September 2017, after Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev met Kyrgyz opposition leader Ömürbek Babanov, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Kazakhstan of interfering in the Kyrgyz election.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Electoral system
The elections were held using the two-round system, although none of the presidential elections held since independence from the Soviet Union had gone to a second round. Under the 2010 constitution, the presidential term is six years. Re -election is not permitted.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Electoral system
In order to register, candidates had to be nominated by a political party or complete the relevant documentation for running as an independent, pay a deposit of 1 million soms, collect signatures from 30,000 registered voters and pass an exam certifying above-average proficiency in the Kyrgyz language. The CEC accepted signatures until the end of 25 August 2017, and registered candidates until 10 September.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
A total of 59 people initially declared their intention to run for the presidency; 48 self-nominees and 11 nominated by political parties. The Central Election Commission announced on 16 August 2017 that the number of applicants had dropped to 50. One high-profile potential candidate, opposition leader Omurbek Tekebaev, was convicted on corruption and fraud charges on 16 August 2017, and as such could not run for president. On the next day the Central Election Commission invalidated the list of signatures presented by Tekebaev because he violated financing rules.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
Jeenbekov resigned as Prime Minister on 21 August 2017, after being named as an official candidate. He stated that he "[wanted] to be in an equal position with other presidential candidates". The incumbent, Atambayev, has been criticised by opponents for using his position to promote the candidacy of Jeenbekov, a longtime ally.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
On 26 August, the CEC reported that 24 people had submitted the required number of signatures. Meanwhile, 15 people had failed to provide any signatures and five people had failed the required Kyrgyz language test in addition to not providing signatures. Of the eleven candidates nominated by political parties, six of them—Turat Akimov (Chon Kazat), Kanatbek Isaev (Kyrgyzstan Party), Akhmatbek Keldibekov (Respublika–Ata Zhurt), Iskhak Masaliev (Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstam), and Tursunbek Akun (Human Rights Party)—were all rejected by the CEC for not collecting enough valid signatures from voters.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
By 10 September – the end of the registration period – the CEC had rejected a total of 37 people and nine had withdrawn. The remaining 13 were officially registered as participants in the election. Finally, 13 people were registered to participate in the elections and listed on the ballot papers. However, a number of candidates subsequently withdrew; Kamchybek Tashiev decided to withdraw in favour of Sooronbay Jeenbekov on 25 September. On 17 September, Bakyt Torobayev formed an alliance with Ömürbek Babanov and agreed that should Babanov win, he would become prime minister. Yet on 6 October, Torobayev announced his withdrawal from the race. On 13 October, Azimbek Beknazarov bowed out of the race. All three of the above remained on the ballot because they withdrew after the ballot papers had been finalised and printed.


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Candidates
The remaining ten candidates, most of which were independents, were officially registered and participated in the elections:


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Opinion polls
Which politicians or public figures do you trust the most? (Three spontaneous answers)


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Conduct
A total of 773 international monitors from 59 countries and 44 international organisations were registered to observe the elections,


2017 Kyrgyz presidential election, Results
Establishment candidate Sooronbay Jeenbekov won the elections with more than 50% of the vote. Final results were released within three days of the election. As the results were not disputed, Jeenbekov was inaugurated on 24 November. Election monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe gave a "generally positive" report of the election's fairness, but made note of concerns over "misuse of public resources, pressure on voters and vote buying", as well as media bias and the arrest of opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev and some of Babanov's supporters before the vote.


2017 Kyrgyzstan Cup
The 2017 Kyrgyzstan Cup is the 26th season of the Kyrgyzstan Cup knockout tournament. The cup winner qualifies for the 2018 AFC Cup.


2017 Kyrgyzstan Cup
The draw of the tournament was held on 4 May 2017.


2017 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Round 1
"Birimdik" (Sokuluk) - "Kara-Balta-2" (Kara-Balta) 1: 1 Penalty 2: 4


2017 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Round 1
"Kok-Zhangak" (Kok-Zhangak) - "Mailuu-Suu" (Mailuu-Suu) 0: 0 Penalty 2: 4


2017 Kyrgyzstan Cup, Semifinals
The four winners from the Quarterfinals were drawn into two two-legged ties.


2017 Kyrgyzstan League
The 2017 Kyrgyzstan League was the 26th season of Kyrgyzstan League, the Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic's top division of association football. Alay Osh are the defending champions, having won the previous season.


2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo
The 2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the twenty-second edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Saint-Malo, France, on 18–24 September 2017.


2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Lina Gjorcheska and Diāna Marcinkēviča were the defending champions, but Gjorcheska chose not to participate.


2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Doubles
Marcinkēviča chose to partner Daniela Seguel and successfully defended the title, defeating Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Singles
Maryna Zanevska was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo – Singles
Polona Hercog won the title, defeating Diāna Marcinkēviča in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2017 LA Galaxy II season
The 2017 LA Galaxy II season was the club's fourth season of existence. The 2017 marks the first in LA Galaxy II club history that the team did not qualify for the USL Cup playoffs.


2017 LA Galaxy II season, Players
The squad of LA Galaxy II is composed of an unrestricted number of first-team players on loan to the reserve team, players signed by Galaxy II, and LA Galaxy Academy players. Academy players who appear in matches with LA Galaxy II will retain their college eligibility.


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


2017 LA Galaxy II season, Competitions, USL, Regular season
The first three LA Galaxy II matches was announced on January 27, 2017. The full schedule was released on January 31, 2017.


2017 LA Galaxy season
The 2017 LA Galaxy season was the club's twenty-second season of existence, and their twenty-second season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer.


2017 LA Galaxy season
2017 marked a downturn for the club signalling the end of a dynasty for the Galaxy. It was the first season since 2008 that the Galaxy failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs.


2017 LA Galaxy season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of September 2, 2017.


2017 LA Galaxy season, Players, Transfers, Draft picks
The LA Galaxy passed on making a selection with the 81st overall pick.


2017 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, Preseason
The first preseason match was announced on December 9, 2016. The full preseason schedule was released on January 20, 2017.


2017 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup, Fourth round
The pairing for the fourth round was announced on May 18, 2017.


2017 LA Galaxy season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup, Round of 16
The draw for this round was held on June 15, 2017.


2017 LAF season
2017 LAF season is the second season of the LAF, the main competition of american football clubs in Eastern Europe. Organised by the Federation of American Football of Russia (FAFR).


2017 LAF season
Minsk Litwins and Ekaterinburg Piranhas, initially registered, did not take part in the league. The season began in May 2017 and concluded in September 2017, when Moscow Patriots won their 14th title.


2017 LAF season, Format
24 clubs from 18 cities competed in 5 divisions. The best club reaching the playoffs.


2017 LBA Finals
The 2017 LBA Finals was the championship series of the 2016–17 regular season, of the Lega Basket Serie A, known for sponsorship reasons as the Serie A PosteMobile, the highest professional basketball league in Italy, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The second placed Umana Reyer Venezia possessing home advantage (with the first two, the fifth and the seventh games at the Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio) and the 4th placed Dolomiti Energia Trento contested for the title in a best-of-7 showdown, from June 10 to 20, 2017. These were the first Finals for Trento and the 3rd for Venezia.


2017 LBA Finals
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 3rd title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.


2017 LBA Finals
Melvin Ejim of the Umana Reyer Venezia was named MVP in the league's Finals series of the playoffs.


2017 LBA Playoffs
The 2017 Serie A Playoffs are the final phase of the 2016–17 Serie A season. They started on 12 May and ended in June 2017 with the Finals. Playoffs' Quarter-finals will begin on May 12, the Semi-finals on May 25 and the Finals on June 10, 2017.


2017 LBA Playoffs
Umana Reyer Venezia won their 3rd title by beating Dolomiti Energia Trento in game 6 of the finals.


2017 LBA Playoffs, Qualified teams
The eight first qualified teams after the end of the regular season qualified to the playoffs.


2017 LBA Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals will be played in a best of five format.


2017 LBA Playoffs, Semifinals
The semifinals are played in a best of seven format.


2017 LBA Playoffs, Finals
The finals will be played in a best of seven format.


2017 LEB Oro playoffs
The 2017 LEB Oro playoffs is the final stage of the 2016–17 LEB Oro season. They will start on 5 May 2017 and will finish on 13 June if necessary.


2017 LEB Oro playoffs
All series will be played in a best-of-5 games format. The best seeded team plays at home the games 1, 2 and 5 if necessary. The winner of the finals will promote to the 2017–18 ACB season with RETAbet.es GBC, the champion of the regular season.


2017 LEN Super Cup
The 2017 LEN Super Cup was the 36th edition of the LEN Super Cup, an annual water polo match organised by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. The match was played Szolnok, the winners of the 2016–17 LEN Champions League, and Ferencváros, the winners of the 2016–17 LEN Euro Cup.


2017 LEN Super Cup
It was played at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, on 4 November 2017.


2017 LET Access Series
The 2017 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2017 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.


2017 LET Access Series, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2017 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.


2017 LET Access Series, Order of Merit rankings
The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.


2017 LFA Primeira
The 2017 LFA Primeira is the second season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão. The season began on February 18 and finished on September 16.


2017 LFA Primeira
All Primeira Divisão games are played at the Baucau Municipal Stadium and Malibaca Yamato Stadium. Primeira Divisão games used Dili Municipal Stadium for matchday 12 on 10-13 August 2017, matchday 13 on 1-4 September 2017 and three matches in matchday 14 on 7-9 September 2017.


2017 LFA Primeira, Teams, from Primeira
Aitana and DIT F.C. were relegated to 2017 Segunda Divisao after finished 7th and bottom place of 2016 Primeira Divisao.


2017 LFA Primeira, Teams, to Primeira
Cacusan and FC Zebra promoted to 2017 Primeira Divisao after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Segunda Divisao.


2017 LFA Primeira, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.


2017 LFA Segunda
The 2017 LFA Segunda is the second season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisão. The season began on March 7 and was finished in the Final match on September 22.


2017 LFA Segunda
All Segunda Divisão games are played at the Dili Municipal Stadium and Kampo Demokrasia only used for Final match on September 22.


2017 LFA Segunda
Cacusan CF is the last season champions and got promoted to 2017 LFA Primeira.


2017 LFA Segunda, Teams, from Segunda
Cacusan and FC Zebra promoted to 2017 Primeira Divisao after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Segunda Divisao.


2017 LFA Segunda, Teams, to Segunda
Aitana and DIT F.C. were relegated to 2017 Segunda Divisao after finished 7th and bottom place of 2016 Primeira Divisao.


2017 LFA Segunda, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game.


2017 LFA Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff
The 2017 LFA Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff is the first season of the Liga Futebol Amadora Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff. The tournament began on May 16 and finished on May 31.


2017 LFA Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff, Teams
12 clubs entered a knock-out tournament to determine 3 clubs to be promoted to 2018 Segunda Divisao.


2017 LFA Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff, First Round
This round match held between 16 and 22 May 2017.


2017 LFA Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff, Second Round
This round match held between 23 and 24 May 2017. União Tokodede and Lalenok United received a bye.


2017 LFA Segunda Divisao Promotion Playoff, Play-off
The final held on 31 May 2017 in Municipal Stadium.


2017 LFA Super Taça
The 2017 LFA Super Taça is the 2th staging of the LFA Super Taça. A cup played in a single game between the two best teams in the country.


2017 LFA Super Taça
Participants are classified through two main competitions: Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and Taça 12 de Novembro.


2017 LFA Super Taça
The match of this edition of ST was played on November 18, 2017 at the Estádio Municipal Baucau in the city of Baucau, in East Timor.


2017 LFA Super Taça, Teams
The cup was disputed by two teams: one classified through the 2018 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and the other through the 2017 Taça 12 de Novembro.


2017 LFA Super Taça, Teams
The Karketu Dili team was champion of the 2017 Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão and Atlético Ultramar team was champion of the 2017 Taça 12 de Novembro. Thus, the two teams won the right to compete in the SuperTaça.


2017 LFA season
The 2017 LFA season was the second season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional. This season saw two new franchises join the league: Dinos(short for "dinosaurios", the Spanish word for dinosaurs) and Fundidores(Spanish for smelters or founders) to bring the league to a total of 6 teams. The regular season began on February 18 and concluded on April 9. The Tazón México II was played on April 30 with the Mayas defeating the Raptors to win their second LFA championship.


2017 LFA season, News
On September 28, 2016, the LFA announced its expansion for the 2017 season: the Monterrey Founders and the Saltillo Dinos.


2017 LFA season, News
Prior to the Mexico II Bowl, the visiting team, Dinos, was about to cancel the match since they had to travel by bus 10 hours from Saltillo to Mexico City, get to play and return immediately, with no opportunity to train or rest before the game, which put them at a notable disadvantage. The LFA had no budget to pay for airplanes and hotels for players and staff members.


2017 LFA season, News
Due to the increase in teams for the 2017 season, the LFA made some changes in the competition format, creating two divisions, the North and the Center, although for sponsorship reasons these divisions were named after commercial products. The new format included divisional championships to be played in the postseason, the winners of which would go to the Tazón México.


2017 LFA season, News
The salary cap per franchise was 650,000 MXN (US$30,000 ).


2017 LFA season, News, Coaching changes
Eagles: José Campuzano replaced Antonio Sandoval as head coach for the Eagles after a 3-3 season


2017 LFA season, News, Standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Diff=Difference Between Pts. for and against


2017 LFA season, Playoffs, Tazón México II
The Tazón México II (called Indian Motorcycle Tazón México II for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the LFA championship game. The Mayas obtained repeat championships by winning against Dinos at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" in Mexico City, by a score of 24–18. The MVP of the game was QB Marco Garcia.


2017 LFA season, Awards
Following the season, awards are shown the best of the 2017 season.


2017 LFF I Lyga
The 2017 LFF I Lyga is the 28th season of the I Lyga, the second tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 24 March 2017 and is scheduled to end on 5 November 2017.


2017 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Changes from last season
A total of fifteen clubs were confirmed for the season, a decrease of one spot compared to the last year sixteen. Four of them are reserve teams of the A Lyga sides - one more than last season and absolute maximum allowed for the competitions.


2017 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Changes from last season
No teams were relegated from the top tier, due to last year I Lyga winners Šilas owner decision to relegate his club into the II Lyga after an investigation of match-fixing  during a pre-season tournament was started (and later completed).


2017 LFF I Lyga, Teams, Changes from last season
Three teams were automatically promoted from the II Lyga – West zone winners Pakruojis, South zone winners Stumbras B and East zone winners Utenis B, while II Lyga West zone silver medalists Koralas have received a special permission to compete in the league, after meeting all licensing criterios. Such permission was also given for Tauras, who were recreated after one season of complete inactivity in any football related activity.


2017 LFL US season
The 2017 LFL US season is the eighth season of the Legends Football League (LFL) in the United States. It began 14 April 2017, and concluded 5 August 2017.


2017 LFL US season, Developments
In January 2017 the LFL announced that it had signed a multi-year contract with Candle and Caleb to provide new uniforms for the league, including alternative uniforms with pants.


2017 LFL US season, Developments
In February Super Channel announced that it had signed a three-year deal to broadcast the LFL in Canada.


2017 LFL US season, Playoffs
Conference Championships were played on 20 August 2017 at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The Seattle Mist defeated the Los Angeles Temptation 28-13 to win the Western Conference title and advance to their third straight Legends Cup appearance. In the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Steam got their first victory over the defending champion Chicago Bliss in a 14-6 upset to win the title and make their second appearance in the championship game.


2017 LFL US season, Playoffs
The 2017 Legends Cup was held on 3 September 2017 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. The lead swung back and forth throughout the game with Seattle scoring early, Atlanta taking the lead, and Seattle retaking it 18-14 again before the half. The score see-sawed in the second half as well before Seattle pulled away in the fourth quarter to win their second Legends Cup title in three years with a 38-28 victory. Seattle running back Stevi Schnoor was named MVP of the game.


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad)
The 2017 LINAFOOT was supposed to be the 2nd season of the LINAFOOT, the top Chadian league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2015. Gazelle as 2015 season winners, were the defending champions, since 2016 season was interrupted due financial difficulties. The season started on 7 May 2017.


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
Following financial difficulties and the lack of sponsors, FTFA decided to implement the new format of the national championship, which would lower the costs. In 2017 FIFA proposed to FTFA a new championship format, which FTFA accepted. The new formula of the national football championship takes place in two phases. The first phase is called a zonal phase, and consists of three zones.


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), Events
Zone 1 consists of six clubs from N'Djamena (RFC, Gazelle, Tourbillon, Elect-Sport, Foullah Ediffice and Ascot), Zone 2 consists of the clubs from Sarh, Koumra, Doba, Moundou, Pala and Bongor, Zone 3 includes the clubs of Moussoro, Ati, Biltine, Mongo, Salamat and Abéché. At the end of the zonal confrontations, three clubs in Zone 2 and Zone 3 will join the 4 qualifiers in Zone 1 to start the second phase of the championship. The 5th and 6th of the final ranking will be officially relegated to lower division. Matches were usually being played at 4 p.m. local time. Zone 1 playoff matches were being played on 3 stadiums: Stade d'Académie de Farcha, Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya and Stade de Paris-Congo.


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), League playoff, Zone 2 playoff
The following 6 teams compete in Zone 2 playoff for the national championship:


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), League playoff, Zone 3 playoff
The following 6 teams compete in Zone 3 playoff for the national championship:


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), Second Phase
The teams that qualified for the Second Phase of championship are:


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), Second Phase
Note: Gazelle FC excluded; Elect-Sport FC and Tourbillon FC admitted


2017 LINAFOOT (Chad), Second Phase
The second phase began in October 2017, but was suspended in November 2017.


2017 LNBP Playoffs
The 2017 LNBP Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional's 2016–17 season.


2017 LPGA Tour
The 2017 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began in the Bahamas on January 26 and ended on November 19 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).


2017 LPGA Tour, Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.


2017 LPGA of Japan Tour
The 2017 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 50th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. The 2017 schedule included 38 official events worth ¥3.710 billion.


2017 LPGA of Japan Tour
The leading money winner was Ai Suzuki, followed by Lee Min-young and Teresa Lu. Suzuki finished also on top of the LPGA Mercedes-Benz Player of the Year Rankings, here followed by Kim Ha-neul and Lee Min-young.


2017 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event. All tournaments were played in Japan.


2017 LPGA of Japan Tour, Schedule
Events in bold are majors. The Toto Japan Classic is co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.


2017 LPGA of Korea Tour
The 2017 LPGA of Korea Tour is the 40th season of the LPGA of Korea Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Korea Ladies Professional Golf' Association. It consists of 33 golf tournaments, 29 played in South Korea, three in China, and one in Japan. Hanwha Finance Classic became one of the tour's major tournaments starting from this season, which makes the tour have 5 major tournaments.


2017 LPGA of Korea Tour, Schedule
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Korea Tour, including that event.


2017 LSU Tigers baseball team
The 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 11th season at LSU. The Tigers would host both the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional, before advancing to the 2017 College World Series. The Tigers would eventually lose to Florida in the series.


2017 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous Season
In 2016, the Tigers finished the season 3rd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 45–21–0, 19–11–0 in conference play. They qualified for the 2016 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament and fell to Florida in the semifinal, 1–0. They qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as an At–large bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Rice, Southeastern Louisiana, and Utah Valley. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Utah Valley, 7–1, and Rice, 4–2.


2017 LSU Tigers baseball team, Previous Season
In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Rice. In the first game of the regional final, the Owls defeated the Tigers, 10–6. The Tigers went on to win game two, 5–2, eliminating Rice and advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they faced the Coastal Carolina. In game one of the Super Regionals, the Tigers fell 11–8. In Game 2, Coastal Carolina hit a walk-off hit to upset the Fighting Tigers 4–3, moving onto the 2016 College World Series, where the Chanticleers would go on to win the National Championship.


2017 LSU Tigers baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2017 LSU Tigers football team
The 2017 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by first-year head coach Ed Orgeron after he led the Tigers as interim head coach for the final eight games of 2016. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in SEC play to finish in third place in the Western Division. They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they lost to Notre Dame.


2017 LSU Tigers football team
The Tigers equaled an FBS record by committing only eight turnovers during the season, becoming the sixth FBS team to do so. The record would fall the next season to Georgia Southern, which had only five turnovers.


2017 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
LSU announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home, 5 away and 1 neutral site game in the regular season. The Tigers hosted SEC foes Arkansas, Auburn, and Texas A&M, and traveled to Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Tennessee.


2017 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
The Tigers hosted three of the four non-conference opponents, Chattanooga from the FCS Southern Conference, Syracuse from the Atlantic Coast Conference and Troy from the Sun Belt Conference and traveled to New Orleans to for a neutral site matchup against independent BYU.


2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis
The 2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Charleston, United States, from 1–7 May 2017.


2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Doubles
This was a new event in the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit.


2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Doubles
Emina Bektas and Alexa Guarachi won the title, defeating Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria in the final, 5–7, 6–3, [10–5].


2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Singles
This was a new event in the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit.


2017 LTP Charleston Pro Tennis – Singles
Madison Brengle won the title, defeating Danielle Collins in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.


2017 La Course by Le Tour de France
The 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France with FDJ was the fourth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycle race held in France. The race was held before stage 18 of the 2017 Tour de France, between Briançon and the Col d'Izoard, on 20 July, and was followed by a pursuit race before stage 20 of the Tour de France. It was organised by the ASO. The first day counted also as the thirteenth race of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour.


2017 La Course by Le Tour de France
The 2017 race was the first edition in which the event was stretched into a 2-day format. The top twenty finishers on the first day, or those within five minutes of the stage winner on the Col d'Izoard, were eligible to contest the second 22.5-kilometre (14.0 mi) stage, over the same course as the men's time trial in Marseille on 22 July. However, for the purposes of the UCI world tour, only the results from the first day counted. The pursuit race was held as a 1.15 categorised event, on the French Cycling Federation (FFC) calendar – and therefore did not count towards the UCI Women's World Tour – with riders starting at their respective time gaps from the Col d'Izoard.


2017 La Course by Le Tour de France
Both races had the same podium; Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica–Scott) won both races ahead of Boels–Dolmans rider Lizzie Deignan, with the podium being completed each time by Wiggle High5's Elisa Longo Borghini.


2017 La Course by Le Tour de France, Teams
21 teams participated in the 2017 La Course by Le Tour de France. The top 15 UCI Women's World Tour teams were automatically invited, and obliged to attend the race.


2017 La Course by Le Tour de France, Results, La Course by Le Tour de France - stage 1
Of the 119 riders to start the race, 47 completed the race within the time limit. 19 riders qualified for La Course Poursuite, as they finished within five minutes of race winner Annemiek van Vleuten.


2017 La Drôme Classic
The 2017 Royal Bernard Drome Classic was the 4th edition of the La Drôme Classic road cycling one day race. It was held on 26 February 2017 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.1.


2017 La Drôme Classic, Teams
Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2017 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2017 La Flèche Wallonne was a road cycling one-day race that took place between Binche and Huy in Belgium, on 19 April 2017. It was the 81st edition of the La Flèche Wallonne and the seventeenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.


2017 La Flèche Wallonne
Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) won the race atop the Mur de Huy for the fourth successive year, and a record-extending fifth victory overall. Ireland's Dan Martin finished second for Quick-Step Floors, while the podium was completed by the Belgian rider, Dylan Teuns for the BMC Racing Team. Of the race's 200 starters, 166 riders finished the race.


2017 La Flèche Wallonne, Teams
As La Flèche Wallonne 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.


2017 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The 2017 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine was the 20th edition of the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine one-day women's road bicycle race held in Belgium, starting and ending in the town of Huy. The race included two climbs of the Mur de Huy; the finish line was at the top of the second of these ascents.


2017 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The race was won by Anna van der Breggen (Boels–Dolmans).


2017 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, Teams
Twenty-four teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Lac-Saint-Jean in the Quebec, Canada on 23 October 2017 following the resignation of Conservative MP Denis Lebel. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition announced in June 2017 that he would be stepping down from Parliament. The seat was gained by the Liberals by Richard Hébert on a huge swing, and a surprising gain from a governing party; similar to the one seen two months later in the South Surrey—White Rock federal by-election.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Background, Constituency
Lac-Saint-Jean is a Francophone riding in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of northeast Quebec, and takes its name from the lake of the same name. The largest town in the riding is Alma.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Background, Representation
The area was represented by Denis Lebel since 2007, who served as a minister in the Harper Cabinet. The seat was recreated for the 2015 general election, with Lebel being re-elected in a tight four-way marginal race.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Background, Representation
What is now Lac-Saint-Jean was previously represented by the Bloc Québécois from 1993 to 2007 and, provincially, three of the area's five seats are held by the Parti Québécois, while the New Democratic Party was the runner-up in the riding in the past two elections.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
The seat was vacated on August 9, 2017 due to the resignation of former Conservative cabinet minister and deputy leader of the Conservative Party, Denis Lebel. Lebel announced his decision to resign on June 19, 2017, saying that his resignation would take effect prior to the beginning of the fall session of parliament. He had been an MP for 10 years, representing Lac-Saint-Jean since its creation in 2015 and the former riding of Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean from 2007 until 2015.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
The warrant issued by the Speaker regarding the vacancy was received by the Chief Electoral Officer on August 9, 2017; under the Parliament of Canada Act the writ for a by-election had to be dropped no sooner than August 20, 2017, and no later than February 5, 2018 (11 and 180 days, respectively, from the warrant receipt date). On September 17, 2017, the writ was dropped for a by-election held on October 23, 2017.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
Former Roberval city councillor Rémy Leclerc was acclaimed as the Conservative candidate on September 5. Saguenay Mayor Jean Tremblay was speculated to be a candidate for the Conservative nomination, but did not run as the nomination took place before his term as mayor was completed in November 2017.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
Psychologist Gisèle Dallaire, the NDP's candidate in this riding in the 2015 election, was acclaimed as her party's candidate on September 25.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
Dolbeau-Mistassini Mayor Richard Hébert defeated former Mashteuiatsh vice-chief Marjolaine Étienne for the Liberal nomination on September 7. Desbiens Mayor Nicolas Martel toyed with seeking the Liberal nomination, but ended up declining.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
Union official Marc Maltais was named the Bloc Québécois candidate on September 26. Bloc leader Martine Ouellet, who does not have a seat in the House of Commons, ruled out standing as a candidate in the by-election as she is not from the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.


2017 Lac-Saint-Jean federal by-election, Campaign
Pianist Yves Laporte was named the Green Party candidate on September 28.


2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad
The 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad was a women's tennis tournament, part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. The 25th edition of the tournament took place on the outdoor clay courts at Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 17-23 July 2017.


2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Doubles
Lara Arruabarrena and Xenia Knoll were the defending champions, but Arruabarrena chose not to participate this year. Knoll played alongside Anastasiya Komardina, but lost in the quarterfinals to Anna Kalinskaya and Evgeniya Rodina.


2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Doubles
Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson won the title, defeating Viktorija Golubic and Nina Stojanović in the final, 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–7].


2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Singles
Viktorija Golubic was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Antonia Lottner.


2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Singles
Kiki Bertens won the title, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1.


2017 Ladies European Tour
The 2017 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which takes place from February through December 2017. The tournaments are sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2017 Ladies European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2017 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.


2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
The 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Ladies Open Biel Bienne and part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Swiss Tennis Center in Roger Federer Allee, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, from 10 April through 16 April 2017.


2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Monica Niculescu won the title, defeating Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 5–7, 6–3, [10–7].


2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Singles
Qualifier Markéta Vondroušová won her first WTA title at the age of 17 in only her second appearance in a WTA main draw, defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final, 6–4, 7–6(8–6). Ranked no. 233, Vondroušová became the second-lowest ranked player (at the time) ever to win a WTA singles title.


2017 Ladies Open Dunakeszi
The 2017 Ladies Open Dunakeszi was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Dunakeszi, Hungary, on 28 August–3 September 2017.


2017 Ladies Open Dunakeszi, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Ladies Open Dunakeszi – Doubles
Irina Bara and Chantal Škamlová won the title after defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and Tereza Smitková 7–6(9–7), 6–4 in the final.


2017 Ladies Open Dunakeszi – Singles
Dayana Yastremska won the title after defeating Katarina Zavatska 6–0, 6–1 in the final.


2017 Ladies Open Hechingen
The 2017 Ladies Open Hechingen was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Hechingen, Germany, on 7–13 August 2017.


2017 Ladies Open Hechingen, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Ladies Open Hechingen – Doubles
Nicola Geuer and Anna Zaja were the defending champions, but Zaja chose not to participate. Geuer partnered Eva Wacanno, but they lost in the first round to Amina Anshba and Alina Silich.


2017 Ladies Open Hechingen – Doubles
Camilla Rosatello and Sofia Shapatava won the title, defeating Romy Kölzer and Lena Rüffer in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2017 Ladies Open Hechingen – Singles
Dalila Jakupović was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Deborah Chiesa.


2017 Ladies Open Hechingen – Singles
Tamara Korpatsch won the title, defeating Chiesa in the final 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2.


2017 Ladies Tour of Norway
The 2017 Ladies Tour of Norway is the fifth edition of the Ladies Tour of Norway, a women's cycling stage race in Norway and part of the 2017 UCI Women's World Tour.


2017 Ladies' National Football League
The 2017 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, was a ladies' Gaelic football competition that took place from January to May 2017. Cork were the Division 1 champions for the fifth year in a row.


2017 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
The 2017 Ladies' National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once. Three league points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.


2017 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
If two teams are level on league points, the tie-break is -


2017 Ladies' National Football League, Format, League structure
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by score difference.


2017 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The top four teams in Division 1 contest the Ladies' National Football League semi-finals (first plays fourth and second plays third).


2017 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The top four teams in divisions 2, 3 and 4 contest the semi-finals of their respective divisions. The division champions are promoted.


2017 Ladies' National Football League, Format, Finals, promotions and relegations
The last-placed teams in divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy
The 2017 Lady Wigram Trophy was the 56th running of the Lady Wigram Trophy and served as the first round of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. The event was held at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, in Christchurch, New Zealand from 13 to 15 January 2017.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy
The defending Lady Wigram Trophy winner was Force India protégé, Jehan Daruvala. He would repeat his feat by winning the Lady Wigram Trophy for the second year in a row.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Background
The 2017 Toyota Racing Series sees the highest number of returning drivers (Brendon Leitch, Thomas Randle, Pedro Piquet, Jehan Daruvala, Ferdinand Habsburg, Kami Laliberté and Taylor Cockerton) since 2013 with seven.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Background
Defending champion, Lando Norris initially announced intentions to return to the series for 2017 to defend his title. However, he later announced his withdrawal. The vacant seat would be taken by Frenchman, Jean Baptiste Simmenauer.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report, Practice
For the first practice session of the weekend, Enaam Ahmed achieved the fastest lap time with a 1:18.200, followed closely by Thomas Randle and Richard Verschoor. The session was relatively clean, with only two spins in the session (Andres and Laliberté). The second practice session was equally as uneventful with Thomas Randle lowering the best time down to a 1:18.147, with the closest two rivals being Shelby Blackstock and Jehan Daruvala. For the third and final practice session, several drivers broke into the 17's, with Taylor Cockerton being the fastest of all with a 1:17.383. He was followed by Thomas Randle and Enaam Ahmed.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report, Race 1, Qualifying
Jehan Daruvala continued his fine form at the Mike Pero Motorsport Park by grabbing the first pole position of the year with a 1:17.424.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report, Race 1, Race
After a great start from Daruvala, a safety car caused by Enders stranded car closed the field up once again. On the restart, Armstrong got onto the gearbox of Daruvala, and committed to a brave move around the outside to take the lead and ultimately the win.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report, Race 2
In the reverse grid race, Thomas Randle took his first Toyota Racing Series win, followed by Verschoor and Armstrong. When crossing the line Taylor Cockerton was first, followed by Piquet and Randle. Cockerton and Piquet got a time penalty and therefore dropped in the race result.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report, Race 3, Qualifying
Daruvala once again took the pole with a tight margin over Armstrong and Ahmed.


2017 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report, Race 3, Race
In what was an incident-marred race, Daruvala took his second consecutive Lady Wigram Trophy with Ahmed and Piquet rounding out the podium.


2017 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Leopards were led by first-year head coach John Garrett and played their home games at Fisher Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 3–8, 3–3 in Patriot League play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.


2017 Lafayette Leopards football team, Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of five home and six away games. The Leopards will host Patriot League foes Sacred Heart, Fordham, Bucknell, and Colgate, and will travel to Holy Cross, Georgetown, and Lehigh for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry.


2017 Lafayette Leopards football team, Schedule
In 2017, Lafayette's non-conference opponents will be Monmouth of the Big South Conference, Villanova of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Princeton and Harvard of the Ivy League.


2017 Lale Cup
The 2017 Lale Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $60,000 in prize money. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 10–16 April 2017.


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


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


2017 Lale Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw by a lucky loser:


2017 Lale Cup – Doubles
Nigina Abduraimova and Barbora Štefková were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Lale Cup – Doubles
Veronika Kudermetova and İpek Soylu won the title, defeating Ksenia Lykina and Polina Monova in the final, 4–6, 7–5, [11–9].


2017 Lale Cup – Singles
Barbora Štefková was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 Lale Cup – Singles
Başak Eraydın won the title, defeating Petra Krejsová in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2017 Lalitpur municipal election
Municipal election for Lalitpur, the third largest city in Nepal, was held on May 14, 2017 for the post of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ward Chairmen and Ward Members. All posts were elected by First past the post method; with all having a tenure of 5 years.


2017 Lalitpur municipal election, Background
Elections were last held in 2006 and since then the city has been without an elected executive. With the passing of a new constitution, a commission was formed to restructure the existing local levels into more powerful and autonomous local bodies. With the addition of Wards 1 to 13 of Karyabinayak municipality, the city was upgraded from sub-metropolitan to metropolitan city with 29 wards. Electors in each ward will elect a ward chairman and 4 ward members. Out of 4 ward members, 2 must be female and one of the 2 females must belong to the Dalit community.


2017 Lalitpur municipal election, Ward Results
4 candidates (3 from CPN-UML and 1 from Naya Shakti) for Ward Members were elected unopposed under Dalit woman reserved seats. 11 ward member seats reserved for Dalit women were left unfilled due to lack of candidates.


2017 Lamar Cardinals football team
The 2017 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Mike Schultz and play their home games at Provost Umphrey Stadium. They played as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 1–8 in Southland play to finish in tenth place.


2017 Lancashire County Council election
An election to Lancashire County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections across the UK. All 84 councillors were elected for single-member and dual-member divisions for a four-year term of office. The system of voting used is first-past-the-post. Elections are held in all electoral divisions across the present ceremonial county, excepting Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen which are unitary authorities.


2017 Lancashire County Council election
Conservative councillors won an overall majority in the council and formed a majority administration, Labour councillors form the second-largest grouping and UKIP's win of a seat was its single gain nationally in the 2017 local election cycle which saw all 145 of its other candidates standing in the election lose their seats.


2017 Lancashire County Council election, Electoral divisions
Boundary revisions by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England meant these elections were fought on new divisions.


2017 Lancashire Thunder season
The 2017 season was Lancashire Thunder's second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished bottom of the group stage, losing all five of their matches.


2017 Lancashire Thunder season
The side was captained by Danielle Hazell and coached by Stephen Titchard. They played one home match apiece at Old Trafford, Stanley Park and Aigburth Cricket Ground.


2017 Lancashire Thunder season, Squad
Lancashire Thunder announced their 15-player squad in May 2017. Age given is at the start of Lancashire Thunder's first match of the season (11 August 2017).


2017 Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayoral election
The 2017 mayoral election in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was held on November 7, 2017, and resulted in the election of Democratic Party nominee Danene Sorace to her first term as mayor.


2017 Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayoral election, Background
Three-term incumbent mayor Rick Gray, a Democrat, did not seek re-election.


2017 Lancaster, Pennsylvania mayoral election, Campaign
The general election was contested by five candidates: Democratic nominee Danene Sorace, a member of the Lancaster City Council; Republican Party nominee Cindy Stewart, a retired nonprofit executive; and independent candidates John "Woody" Chandler, a former U.S. Navy sailor and teacher; Tony Dastra, a coffee shop shift manager and open government activist; and Zac Nesbitt, a restaurant server and co-chair of Lancaster Pride Fest. Norman Bristol Colon, a political consultant and activist; and Kevin Ressler, a community organizer and advocate, also sought the Democratic nomination. Stewart was unopposed for the Republican nomination.


2017 Lansing mayoral election
The 2017 mayoral election in Lansing, Michigan, was held on November 7, 2017 to elect the Mayor of Lansing, Michigan. Andy Schor, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected to his first term as mayor.


2017 Lansing mayoral election, Background
Twelve-year incumbent Virg Bernero, a Democrat, declined to seek re-election in 2017.


2017 Lansing mayoral election, Campaign
Five candidates ran in the primary election: Andy Schor, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives; city council member and former athlete Judi Brown Clarke; former city council member Harold Leeman Jr.; Daniel Trevino, the son of a medical marijuana shop owner; and retiree Michael Joseph Gillenkirk, who previously worked for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Michigan Republican Party. Schor and Clarke placed first and second in the primary and so advanced to the general election.


2017 Lao Premier League
The 2017 Lao League was the 28th season of the Lao Premier League. The league was composed of  clubs starts on 1 April 2017. Lanexang United were the defending champions, having won their first league title in 2016.


2017 Lao Premier League, Teams
A total of 8 teams participated in the 2017 Lao League season, 1 promoted from the previous season of Lao Division 1 League. 6 teams withdrew from the league, including defending champions, Lanexang United after winning the 2016 season due to Laos match fixing  scandal.


2017 Laois Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Laois Senior Football Championship was the 127th edition of the Laois GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Laois, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Laois in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship had 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 Laois Senior Football Championship
Stradbally were the defending champions after they defeated Portlaoise in the previous years final.


2017 Laois Senior Football Championship
O'Dempseys made a straight return to the senior grade after just one year outside the top flight. For this season Clonaslee St. Manman's amalgamated with Annanough for their championship matches as Clonaslee Gaels. Annanough continue to play in the IFC also.


2017 Laois Senior Football Championship
Mountmellick were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after 11 years in the top-flight.


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


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


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


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


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


2017 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2017 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2017, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The twenty-sixth annual Las Vegas Bowl was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concludes the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game aired on ABC.


2017 Las Vegas Bowl, Team selection
The game featured teams from the Mountain West Conference and Pac-12 Conference. The representative from Mountain West was Boise State, who qualified for the bowl by winning the 2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. The Pac-12 representative was Oregon. This was Boise State's fourth trip to the Las Vegas Bowl, while it was Oregon's third.


2017 Las Vegas Bowl, Team selection
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Boise State having won both previous meeting. The most recent prior meeting was on September 3, 2009, when the Broncos defeated the Ducks by a score of 19–8.


2017 Las Vegas Bowl, Team selection, Oregon
Oregon finished the regular season with a record of 7–5 overall and 4–5 in Pac-12 play, to finish in fourth place in the North Division. The Ducks were led by head coach Mario Cristobal after it was announced on December 5th that head coach Willie Taggart had accepted the head coaching position at Florida State.


2017 Las Vegas Bowl, Team selection, Boise State
Boise State finished the regular season 10–3 overall and 7–1 in Mountain West play, to finish in first place in the Mountain Division. They defeated Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions.


2017 Las Vegas Challenger
The 2017 Las Vegas Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the revamped tournament which was the part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Las Vegas, United States between 16 and 22 October 2017.


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


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


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


2017 Las Vegas Challenger – Doubles
Brian Baker and Matt Reid were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Las Vegas Challenger – Doubles
Brydan Klein and Joe Salisbury won the title after defeating Hans Hach Verdugo and Dennis Novikov 6–3, 4–6, [10–3] in the final.


2017 Las Vegas Challenger – Singles
Sam Groth was the defending champion but retired in the second round against Jan Choinski.


2017 Las Vegas Challenger – Singles
Stefan Kozlov won the title after defeating Liam Broady 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Las Vegas shooting
On the evening of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire upon the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. From his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay Hotel  he fired more than 1,000 bullets, killing 60 people and wounding 411, with the ensuing panic bringing the number of injured to 867. About an hour later, Paddock was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His motive is officially undetermined.


2017 Las Vegas shooting
The incident is the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in United States history. It focused attention on firearms laws in the U.S., particularly with regard to bump stocks, which Paddock used to fire shots in rapid succession, at a rate similar to that of automatic firearms. Bump stocks were banned by the U.S. Justice Department in December 2018, but the ban was reversed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on March 25, 2021.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Background, Location
The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard immediately south of the city of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. The Strip is known for its concentration of casinos and resort hotels, including the 43-story Mandalay Bay southwest of its intersection with Mandalay Bay Road, in the unincorporated town of Paradise.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Background, Location
Las Vegas Village, a 15-acre (6.1-hectare) lot used for outdoor performances, was located diagonally across the intersection to the northeast. From 2014 onward, the venue hosted the annual Route 91 Harvest country music festival. The 2017 festival ran from September 29 to October 1, with over 22,000 attendees on the final day.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Background, Perpetrator
Stephen Paddock was a 64-year-old former auditor and real estate businessman who had been living 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Las Vegas in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada. He was twice divorced, had a long-term girlfriend, and had no known children. He was a son of Benjamin Paddock, a bank robber who was on the FBI's most-wanted list between 1969 and 1977. Paddock's only recorded interactions with law enforcement were traffic citations.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Background, Perpetrator
Paddock was a high-stakes gambler who placed bets at a high enough level to earn valuable comps—free benefits such as rooms and meals. He was a familiar figure to casino hosts in Las Vegas, but was not well known among other high-stakes gamblers because he mostly played single-player video poker. He reportedly kept to himself and was a heavy drinker. Paddock had lost a significant amount of his wealth over the previous two years, but had paid off all gambling debts before the shooting.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Preparation
According to his girlfriend, Paddock repeatedly cased out Las Vegas Village from different windows in their room when they stayed at the Mandalay Bay a month before the shooting. Paddock also may have considered attacking previous events. He had researched large-scale venues in cities such as Boston since at least May 2017, and had reserved a room overlooking the August 2017 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago, but did not use it. From September 17, Paddock stayed at The Ogden in Downtown Las Vegas, which overlooked the open-air Life Is Beautiful festival that ran from September 22 to 24. Paddock's Internet search terms from mid-September included "swat weapons", "ballistics chart 308", "SWAT Las Vegas", and "do police use explosives".


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Preparation
Paddock arrived at Mandalay Bay on September 25, 2017, and booked into Room 32-135, a complimentary room on the 32nd floor. Four days later, he also checked into the directly connected Room 32-134. Both suites overlook the site of the concert at Las Vegas Village. During his stay at Mandalay Bay, Paddock spent much of his time gambling, usually at night. He interacted with employees more than ten times, including twice on the day of the shooting; an MGM Resorts International spokesperson said they were all "normal in nature". Cell phone records show that he also made multiple visits to his home in Mesquite.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Preparation
With frequent help from hotel bellmen, he brought five suitcases to his room on September 25, seven on the 26th, two on the 28th, six on the 30th, and two on October 1. His arsenal of weapons, associated equipment and ammunition included fourteen AR-15 rifles (some of which were equipped with bump stocks and twelve of which had 100-round magazines), eight AR-10-type rifles, a bolt-action rifle, and a revolver. On September 30, he placed "Do not disturb" signs on the doors of both rooms.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
The mass shooting occurred between 10:05 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. on October 1, 2017, which was the third and final night of the festival. When the shooting began, country music singer Jason Aldean was giving the closing performance.