2017 Quaker State 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Quaker State 400, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks
On 6–7 April 2017, two teenage boys aged 15 and 16  went on a rampage in Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia, first stabbing a service station attendant to death, then violently attacking four people in a spree that continued for several hours. The attacks were  investigated by Australia's Joint Counter Terrorism Task Force as a possible terrorism-related crime. On 1 May 2020 both males were sentenced. The older received a jail term of 35 years and 6 months, while the younger received 18 years and 4 months.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Attack
Shortly before midnight on 6 April 2017, two boys attacked a service station attendant at Queanbeyan with a steak knife. The victim died at the scene. His death was the start of a violent crime spree that continued for 14 hours.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Attack
The letters "I S" were written in blood on the wall of the service station. Based on DNA evidence, police confirmed that the letters were written in the victim's blood.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Attack
The two also assaulted a man in a park, and broke into the home of a man they knew, bashing him with a tyre iron, and planning to steal money. Then, in the early hours of 7 April 2017, the two flagged down a driver, who took them for youths in need of assistance. One teen held a steak knife with blood on it, and bragged about having used the blood of his earlier victim to scrawl on a wall before stabbing the driver in the stomach as his companion bashed him with a hammer.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Attack
After a car chase on 7 April 2017, the two were arrested near Gilmore A.C.T. on the Monaro Highway. On 8 April they appeared at the ACT Children's Court. They were ordered to be extradited to appear at the Children's Court of New South Wales.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Suspects and legal proceedings
The two suspects refused to appear at the Children's Court hearing on 28 June 2017 where they were charged with murder, robbery, wounding with intent to cause bodily harm, aggravated break and enter and aggravated car theft. All possible motives were investigated, including mental illness, substance abuse and terrorism. The 16-year-old was believed to have a history of mental illness and to have been a user of crystal methamphetamine. One of the suspects continued to shout Allahu Akbar after he was arrested. According to authorities, the 16-year-old posted radical material online in the weeks leading to the attack.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Suspects and legal proceedings
One local police officer told the press that "we’re told the 16-year-old has been influenced by ISIS and has been on Facebook with ISIS propaganda." NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said: "We have two teenagers in custody and sufficient information to believe the actions of one of those teenagers may be related to terrorism." Friends and family of a victim of the attack cast doubts on an Islamist motivation behind the attack as the victim was a Muslim.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Suspects and legal proceedings
The 16-year-old suspect was held in a juvenile justice centre. He repeatedly threatened to rape and stab prison officers "in the name of Allah." The 15-year-old, held at a different juvenile justice centre, was said to be behaving.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Suspects and legal proceedings
The two were charged with the stabbing murder of the service station employee, carjacking, and a malicious assault during the spree that lasted several hours. On 28 June 2019 a magistrate lifted a "a non-publication and suppression order" that had prevented media coverage of court proceedings. In lifting the order, the magistrate questioned the justification for imposing it in the first place, asserting that open courts are a foundation of justice. The magistrate allowed police additional time to investigate. Forensic investigations proceeded over objections from the suspects' attorney. Briefs were due to be served in the cases against both suspects by 18 September 2019. Both cases were scheduled to return to court on 25 October 2019. ·


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Suspects and legal proceedings
By 23 September 2019, after initially refusing to, both suspects had pleaded guilty, and the trial was aborted. The younger admitted guilt the prior week, and the older, now 19 years old, admitted to murder, robbery, another stabbing and car theft.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Suspects and legal proceedings, Sentences
On 1 May 2020 at the NSW Supreme Court both males were sentenced. The older received a jail term of 35 years and 6 months. The younger received 18 years and 4 months.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Victims
A 29-year-old Pakistani national living in Australia was stabbed to death in the petrol station where he worked. Arrangements were made to send his body home to Pakistan for burial.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Victims
Another victim was stabbed in the chest in Karabar after he pulled his car over to the side of the road to see if someone needed help when the two boys flagged him down. He survived critical injuries.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Victims
The suspects struck a third victim in the head with a beer bottle and a fourth victim with a tyre iron, all the same night as the killing of the petrol station attendant.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Impact
This attack is one of a series of recent Islamist-inspired attacks in Australia that have led to dramatic increases in security precautions, including the installation of hundreds of security bollards.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Impact
The violent behaviour of the 16-year-old suspect in prison has led to a public conversation about the need to create a maximum security prison for violent teens.


2017 Queanbeyan stabbing attacks, Response
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the attack as shocking and a matter which underlines many of the concerns raised in this field, further stating that police had uncovered evidence of "sufficient concern" to require the involvement of the joint counter-terrorism police team.


2017 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2017 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 9 to 15 at the Aréna de Lévis in Lévis, Quebec. The winning Ève Bélisle team will represent Quebec at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship.


2017 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The defending champion Marie-France Larouche rink were playing on home-ice in Lévis, but would lose in the final to Montreal's Ève Bélisle. It was Bélisle's first trip to the provincial championships since 2010. Bélisle would defeat Larouche 7-4 in the final, having scored three in the second end and two in the fifth along the way.


2017 Quebec floods
Spring snowfall and heavy rain caused floods in southern Quebec on 3 May 2017. In total, 5,371 residences were flooded, 4,066 people were forced from their homes, and 261 municipalities were affected, largely in the Outaouais Region, the Greater Montreal Area, the Montérégie, the Mauricie, the Gaspésie and the Côte-Nord regions. The floods were listed as the third most significant weather event of 2017 by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.


2017 Quebec floods
Montreal and Laval then declared a state of emergency over the flooding.


2017 Quebec floods, Background
While rising water levels due to melting snow and ice is common in the spring, cool weather and large spring snowstorms added to the issue. The March 2017 North American blizzard added another 70 centimeters of snow along the Saint Lawrence River Valley.


2017 Quebec floods, Background
This issue was exacerbated by heavy rain in April and early May 2017. Montreal alone received 156 millimeters of rain in April, twice the monthly average and nearly beating the record of 159 mm from 2005.


2017 Quebec floods, First floods
In the beginning of April, rising temperatures led to melting snow, which increased water levels in the Chaudière River. On 10 April, Quebec Route 276 was briefly closed between Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce and Saint-Joseph-des-Érables due to flooding, and minor flooding was reported in communities in the watershed.


2017 Quebec floods, First floods
In the Eastern Townships, several communities were affected by the floodwaters, closing roads in ten municipalities, including Danville, Lingwick, Saint-Ludger and Ayer's Cliff, with the communities of Asbestos and Weedon being the worst hit.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Mauricie
On 30 April, the level of the Saint-Maurice River began to rise, causing concern among the public. The rising floodwaters washed out portions of Quebec Route 155 (one of the only links between the towns of La Tuque and Trois-Rivières) and the road between La Tuque and the Atikamekw community of Wemotaci. Route 155 remained closed to traffic until 8 May, when it was reopened to all but heavy vehicles. Until this point, people traveling between La Tuque and Trois-Rivieres needed to drive through the Saugenay Region, then down to Quebec City and Autoroute 40, which tripled the amount of travel time.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Outaouais
Flooding began in the Outaouais region on 20 April, when the Ottawa River flooded areas of Pontiac, while the Petite-Nation River flooded roads in the town of Saint-André-Avellin. Surrounding towns of Ripon, Cayamant, Duhamel, Gracefield, Montpellier and Waltham also experienced flooding, isolating some residents.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Outaouais
Portions of Quebec Autoroute 50 were flooded on 7 May after nearly two feet of rain over the proceeding two days. Emergency work by Transports Quebec reopened two lanes of the three-lane highway by 9 May. The closure of Autoroute 50 and surrounding flooding caused both the federal government and provincial government to close their offices in Gatineau, rather than have employees risk coming in.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Outaouais
Transport Quebec closed several roads on 7 May, including the Galipeault Bridge, due to rising water levels.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Outaouais
The Ottawa River crested on 8 May for most citizens in the Ottawa River Valley, specifically between Mattawa and Hawkesbury, Ontario. In Gatineau, the river reached a level of 45.08 meters, down 10 centimeters from previous reports. The local fire department in Gatineau rescued and evacuated approximately 533 people, with the Red Cross providing shelter for close to 1000.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Outaouais
In Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson said that 346 residences had been flooded in the city, with 90% of them found in West Carleton-March Ward.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Outaouais
As of 10 May, the Canadian military had stationed 2,200 troops in Quebec, as well as dozens of military boats, helicopters, armoured vehicles and engineering equipment, and a naval frigate, HMCS Montréal.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Montérégie
Towns between Montreal and Ottawa, faced flooding near the end of April. This area is where the Ottawa River and the St. Lawrence River meet, and includes Lac Saint-Louis, Lac Saint-François and Lac des Deux-Montagnes. The town of Rigaud declared a state of emergency on 20 April to deal with rising floodwaters, calling for the evacuation of 470 households.


2017 Quebec floods, Major flooding, Montreal
The hardest hit areas on the Island of Montreal were communities close to the Rivière des Prairies, including Pierrefonds-Roxboro and L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève


2017 Quebec municipal elections
The Canadian province of Quebec held municipal elections in its municipalities on November 5, 2017.


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Saguenay, By-election
A by-election was held in District #1 on December 15, 2019. The results were as follows:


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Capitale-Nationale, L'Ancienne-Lorette, By-election
A mayoral by-election was held December 13, 2020 to replace Loranger.


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Capitale-Nationale, Les Éboulements
The mayoral campaign in Les Éboulements was noted for the unusual fact that both candidates had the same name, Pierre Tremblay. One was the incumbent mayor of the town, and the other was an incumbent town councillor. The two Pierre Tremblays, who are not related, agreed to include their home addresses in their campaign materials and on the ballot so that voters could distinguish them. The incumbent mayor won re-election.


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec City, By-election
A by-election was held in the Neufchâtel-Lebourgneuf District on December 9, 2018. The results were as follows:


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Mauricie, Trois-Rivières, Mayor
A mayoral by-election was held May 5, 2019 to replace Lévesque.


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Laval, Mayor, By-election
A by-election was held in the Marc-Aurèle-Fortin District District on November 24, 2019. The results were as follows:


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Lanaudière, Terrebonne, Terrebonne City Council
* The initial count was tied; after a re-count, Lepage was declared the winner by one vote.


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Centre-du-Québec, Drummondville, Mayor
A mayoral by-election was intended to be held October 4, 2020 to replace Cusson. However, only one candidate, Alain Carrier entered the race, and was therefore acclaimed.


2017 Quebec municipal elections, Centre-du-Québec, Drummondville, Drummondville City Council
A by-election was held on June 16, 2019 in District 4:


2017 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on 12 June 2017 by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove.


2017 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


2017 Queensland Basketball League season
The 2017 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 32nd running of the competition.


2017 Queensland Basketball League season
The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Brisbane Spartans, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Sunshine Coast Phoenix, Toowoomba Mountaineers, Townsville Heat and USC Rip City.


2017 Queensland Cup
The 2017 Queensland Cup season was the 22nd season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 29-week long season (including finals) from March to September.


2017 Queensland Cup
The Papua New Guinea Hunters won their first premiership after defeating the Sunshine Coast Falcons 12–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium, becoming the first team from outside of Australia to win the Queensland Cup. Hunters' halfback Ase Boas was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.


2017 Queensland Cup, Teams
In 2017, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the third consecutive year.


2017 Queensland Cup, Grand Final
The PNG Hunters won their first minor premiership after finishing ahead of Redcliffe by a single point. After earning a bye in the first week of the finals, they defeated Redcliffe in the major semi final to qualify for their first Grand Final. Sunshine Coast had to earn their Grand Final spot the hard way, winning four straight games on route to the decider. In the first week, they eliminated Souths Logan and then upset the third-placed Easts Tigers in the semi finals and the second-placed Dolphins in the preliminary final to qualify for their second Grand Final.


2017 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, First half
The Sunshine Coast stunned the Hunters early in the first half, with winger Matt Soper-Lawler scoring in just the 2nd minute as the Falcons hunted another finals upset. Five minutes later they scored their second try when second rower Joe Stimson crossed in the 7th minute. That would be the end of the first half scoring, with the Hunters getting close to getting their first try in the 15th minute but were ruled back for a forward pass.


2017 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, Second half
It took the Hunters just two minutes to record their first points of the game when halfback Watson Boas scored after a deflected kick and an error from the Falcons. The scoreline remained unchanged for the next 36 minutes as neither side could crack the others defence. Finally, in the 79th minute, Hunters' forward Willie Minoga became his side's hero, as he dived onto an Ase Boas' grubber to score the try that levelled the scores. After consulting with the video referee, the try was awarded and Ase Boas kicked the game-winning conversion from right in front to give the Hunters their first ever Queensland Cup premiership. Hunters' captain Ase Boas was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match.


2017 Queensland Cup, Grand Final, NRL State Championship
After winning the Grand Final, the PNG Hunters qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Penrith Panthers, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 18–42.


2017 Queensland Cup, Player statistics
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).


2017 Queensland state election
The 2017 Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017 to elect all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the unicameral Parliament of Queensland.


2017 Queensland state election
The first-term incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, won a second term in government. They were challenged by the Liberal National opposition, led by Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls and minor partiesOne Nation, Katter's Australian Party and the Greens. The 2015 election outcome had delivered a hung parliament with 44 seats to the Labor opposition, 42 seats to the one-term Liberal National government, and three to the crossbench including two to Katter's Australian Party.


2017 Queensland state election
Just one seat short of majority government, Labor was able to form minority government with confidence and supply support from sole independent MP Peter Wellington, while retaining the right to otherwise vote on conscience. During the parliamentary term, Labor MPs Billy Gordon and Rob Pyne became independent MPs, however they both indicated they would provide confidence and supply support for the government.


2017 Queensland state election
Amendments to electoral laws increased the number of seats by four from 89 to 93 and changed the optional preferential voting system to compulsory full-preferential voting. A 2016 referendum also replaced the state's unfixed maximum three-year terms with fixed four-year terms, but these will not apply until the 2020 election. The day after the election, ABC election analyst Antony Green predicted that Labor would win up to 48 seats and was likely to form government in its own right. By 6 December, several news agencies reported that Labor had won a majority of seats in the Parliament.


2017 Queensland state election
With the redistribution increasing the size of parliament from 89 seats to 93 seats, Labor increased its representation by a net seven seats to a total of 48 seats, an increase of four since the last election and a notional increase of one since the redistribution, allowing it to form government in its own right by two seats. The Liberal National opposition decreased their representation by a net three seats to a total of 39 seats, a decrease of two seats since the last election and a notional decrease of five since the redistribution.


2017 Queensland state election
On the crossbench, Katter's Australian Party won three seats, an increase of one since the last election and a notional increase of two since the redistribution, one new independent candidate won a seat while all the incumbent independents lost their seats. One Nation won its first seat since 2009 and the Greens won a seat at a state election for the first time.


2017 Queensland state election
On 8 December 2017, Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls conceded defeat and announced he would step down as leader of the party. Later that day, Palaszczuk visited Government House and was invited to form a majority government by the Governor. The Second Palaszczuk Ministry was subsequently sworn in by the Governor on 12 December 2017.


2017 Queensland state election
This marked the tenth time in the last eleven elections that Queensland Labor has won government; it won eight consecutive election victories from 1989 to 2009, and was only out of government from 1996 to 1998 when Labor lost its parliamentary majority as well as from 2012 to 2015 following the Liberal National Party's 2012 landslide win.


2017 Queensland state election, Results, Seats changing hands
The seats of Burdekin, Mansfield, and Mount Ommaney were won by the LNP at the 2015 election, but redistributions in 2016 made them notionally Labor seats.


2017 Queensland state election, Milestones
This election resulted in a number of historical milestones being achieved for the representation in the Queensland Parliament. These include:


2017 Queensland state election, Political donations
Prior to the election, the Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia used $550,000 to launch an advertising campaign, named Flick'em, in an effort to urge voters to put both major parties last in ballot paper preferences. This campaign boosted votes for Pauline Hanson's One Nation and the Katter's Australian Party and achieved lowest major party votes in QLD history.


2017 Queensland state election, Political donations
The Firearm Owners United which is a new gun rights group which also in 2017 made its first financial contribution to a campaign during the Queensland state election, donating $1,000 to Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and Katter's Australian Party.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Previous election
At the 2015 election, Labor won 44 seats, the most of all parties, but short by one of commanding a majority in the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal National Party, despite winning a record majority of 78 at the previous election, won 42 seats. Katter's Australian Party won two seats, and the independent member for Nicklin, Wellington, retained his seat.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Previous election
Wellington gave confidence and supply support to Labor to form government, giving it the majority of 45 out of 89 seats in parliament, and consequently the previous Liberal National government under the leadership of Campbell Newman, who lost his seat of Ashgrove, lost office after one term.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Calling of election
After Labor's retraction of endorsement for MP Rick Williams on 27 October 2017, the party's seat count dropped to 41, equalling that of the LNP. Several media sources reported that Premier Palaszczuk would call a snap election. On 29 October Palaszczuk asked the Acting Governor Catherine Holmes to dissolve parliament and a writ was issued for a 25 November state election.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Pre-election pendulum
Following the 2015 election, Cook MP Billy Gordon was expelled from the Labor Party. He was later joined on the crossbench by two other Labor MPs, Rob Pyne (Cairns) and Rick Williams (Pumicestone). LNP MP Steve Dickson also joined the crossbench following his defection to One Nation. The final seat tally at dissolution was 41 Labor, 41 LNP, 2 KAP, 1 PHON and 4 IND.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Redistribution
With the expansion of the Assembly from 89 to 93 seats, a redistribution of district boundaries was finalised on 26 May 2017.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Redistribution
A number of seats were renamed, either to reflect boundary changes or to honour distinguished Queenslanders: Ashgrove became Cooper, Beaudesert became Scenic Rim, Brisbane Central became McConnel, Cleveland became Oodgeroo, Indooroopilly became Maiwar, Kallangur became Kurwongbah, Mount Isa became Traeger, Sunnybank became Toohey, and Yeerongpilly became Miller.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Redistribution
The LNP-held seat of Albert, the KAP-held seat of Dalrymple and the Labor-held seat of Mount Coot-tha were abolished, while a number of new seats were created: Bancroft (notionally Labor); Bonney (notionally LNP); Hill (notionally KAP); Jordan (notionally Labor); Macalister (notionally Labor); Ninderry (notionally LNP); and Theodore (notionally LNP). Additionally, the LNP-held seats of Mansfield and Mount Ommaney became notionally Labor, while the Labor-held seat of Pumicestone became notionally LNP.


2017 Queensland state election, Background, Redistribution
Antony Green calculated a notional seat tally of 47 Labor, 44 LNP, 1 KAP and 1 independent under the new boundaries.


2017 Queensland state election, Voting method
Having used optional preferential voting since 1992, in 2016 the Queensland Parliament reintroduced compulsory preferential voting, which requires voters to allocate preferences to all candidates running in their single-member electorate. The election was conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, an independent body answerable to Parliament.


2017 Queensland state election, Voting method
Queensland had a maximum parliamentary term of three years, measured from the deadline set for the return of the electoral writs, but as a result of the 2016 term length referendum Queensland has fixed four-year terms from 2020 onwards. The previous state election was held on 31 January 2015.


2017 Queensland state election, Date
Following the successful 2016 referendum to introduce four-year fixed-term elections, this was the last Queensland election where the date of the election could be chosen at the serving Premier's discretion.


2017 Queensland state election, Date
Section 84 of the Electoral Act 1992 stated that an election must be held on a Saturday, and that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 26 or a maximum of 56 days following the issue of the writs including the day the writ drops and polling day. Five to seven days following the issue of the writs, the electoral roll is to be closed, which gives voters a final opportunity to enrol or to notify the Electoral Commission of Queensland of any changes in their place of residence.


2017 Queensland state election, Date
The Constitution (Fixed Term  Parliament) Amendment Act 2015, which amended the Constitution of Queensland to provide for state elections on the fourth Saturday in October every four years, did not come into effect until the 2020 election. Therefore, this was the last election to which section 2 of the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1890 applied before its repeal. It provided that the Legislative Assembly continues for no more than three years from the day set for the return of writs for the previous election, after which time the Legislative Assembly expires.


2017 Queensland state election, Date
The day set for the return of writs for the 2015 election was 16 February 2015, but the deadline appointed in the writ for its return was Wednesday 11 March 2015. The Electoral Act requires the Governor to issue writs for a general election no more than four days after the Legislative Assembly is dissolved or expires. The last possible day for the next election was therefore a Saturday not more than 56 days beyond four days after the expiry of the Legislative Assembly on 11 March 2018, namely 5 May 2018.


2017 Queensland state election, Date
Palaszczuk faced constant media questions during 2017 about whether she would call an early election. She stated that it was her intention to hold it in 2018, and that it would take something "extraordinary" for it to be held in 2017. Following Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne's resignation on health grounds and the disendorsement of Pumicestone MP Rick Williams, on Sunday 29 October 2017, she announced the election would be held on 25 November 2017. Pauline Hanson described this as a "cowardly" move, given that she was overseas on a federal parliamentary trip and would be delayed in starting her One Nation party's campaign.


2017 Queensland state election, Date
As the election was held in 2017, this meant that the fixed date for the next state election was on 31 October 2020. Had the election instead been held in 2018, the next fixed election date would have been 30 October 2021.


2017 Queensland state election, Contesting parties
The ALP's Queensland branch and the LNP are two of six parties registered with the Electoral Commission of Queensland by October 2017, alongside the Queensland Greens, the Queensland division of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Katter's Australian Party, and Civil Liberties, Consumer Rights, No-Tolls. Queensland's two-party dominance was threatened by the resurgence of One Nation, given former LNP MP Steve Dickson's defection to become One Nation's state leader in January 2017 and the high-profile candidacy of recently-disqualified Senator Malcolm Roberts, and the record strength of the Greens in several urban seats bolstered by Brisbane's first Green councillor Jonathan Sri being elected in 2016.


2017 Queensland state election, Contesting parties, Preferences
The ALP and The Greens pledged to place One Nation candidates last on their respective party How-To-Vote cards. Both parties also placed each other ahead of the LNP on their cards. Katter's Australia Party exchanged preferences with One Nation in the seats they both contested. The LNP placed Greens candidates below ALP candidates, and placed One Nation candidates ahead of the ALP in 52 of the 61 seats One Nation was contesting, the exceptions being in Buderim, Logan, Mudgeeraba, Nicklin, Coomera, Scenic Rim, Stretton, Toohey and Thuringowa. One Nation, with a few notable exceptions, placed all ALP and LNP sitting MPs last. One Nation also made an agreement with Katter's Australia Party, not to challenge the two sitting KAP MPs in their respective seats.


2017 Queensland state election, Retiring MPs
The following Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly have announced their intention to not contest the 2017 state election:


2017 Queensland state election, Opinion polling
Several research, media and polling firms conduct opinion polls during the parliamentary term and prior to the state election in relation to voting. Most firms use the flow of preferences at the previous election to determine the two-party-preferred vote; others ask respondents to nominate preferences.


2017 Quetta church attack
The 2017 Quetta church attack took place on 17 December 2017 when armed militants and suicide bombers stormed the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in the western Pakistani city of Quetta, killing nine people and injuring dozens more. The attack was perpetrated by the Islamic State, who claimed responsibility through its Amaq media outlet.


2017 Quetta church attack, Background
Christians make up less than two percent of Pakistan's population and are among the poorest and least influential group of Pakistani society. The community is regularly targeted by violence from religious extremists, notably the Peshawar church bombing in 2013 which saw more than 100 people killed, or the Lahore church bombings in 2015 which killed nineteen. Quetta, located in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan is a majority Sunni region that has been a hotbed for much violence in the country. In November 2017, a Pakistani paramilitary convoy in Quetta was attacked by a suicide bomber, killing four.


2017 Quetta church attack, Attack
On 17 December 2017 several hundred worshipers had gathered at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church for Sunday service when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at the entrance of the church hall. A second suicide bomber attempted to detonate his explosive vest however he was unable to and a gunfire broke out between him and security forces. The attacker was eventually killed, ending the assault which left nine people dead and scores more injured. Shortly after the attack, Amaq News Agency, the media arm of the Islamic State posted a statement on online claiming the attack had been carried out by the group.


2017 Quiapo bombings
The 2017 Quiapo bombings were a series of blasts which took place in late April and early May 2017 in the Manila district of Quiapo in the Philippines. The first bombing occurred along Quezon Boulevard at around 10:58 pm PST on April 28, 2017. At least 14 people were injured in the explosion which occurred amid the ongoing gathering of Southeast Asian leaders in the 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila.


2017 Quiapo bombings
On May 6, 2017, just one week since the first blast, twin bombings took place about two and a half hours apart in the same district. The first explosion occurred at around 5:40 pm PST on Gunao Street near the office of Imamate Islamic Center which instantly killed two people and injured at least four others. The second blast happened around 8:30 pm PST on Norzagaray and Elizondo Streets which injured two police officers.


2017 Quiapo bombings, April 28 bombing
Philippine National Police (PNP) National Capital Region Director Oscar Albayalde confirmed the explosion which was caused by a pipe bomb made with powder used in pyrotechnics, but ruled out terror as a motive behind the incident. Albayalde said it had nothing to do with any terror groups or the ASEAN Summit and that an initial and ongoing investigation by the Manila Police District suggests a connection to a local gang war.


2017 Quiapo bombings, April 28 bombing
On April 29, 2017, the PNP said that revenge was the motive of the attack. The police said that the suspect was a father exacting revenge on three individuals who mauled his child, a minor, on April 26, 2017. The minor was blamed for theft, after a thief was caught in the area on that day.


2017 Quiapo bombings, April 28 bombing, Alleged ISIS involvement
The militant group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) reportedly claimed responsibility to the bombing through its Amaq News Agency. The local police has denied ISIS' links to the attacks saying there are no sufficient evidence to their involvement and is using the incident  to advance its own causes. The police says their findings from witness testimonies and physical evidences they have gathered in the scene of the crime suggests that the bombing had no involvement of any "terrorist or threat" groups. The Armed Forces of the Philippines, echoed the police's stance and dismissed ISIS' claims as "pure propaganda" describing the incident as an isolated case and had nothing to do with the then ongoing ASEAN summit.


2017 Quiapo bombings, May 6 twin bombings
PNP NCR Director Oscar Albayalde said the first explosion originated from a package delivered to the office of Atty. Nasser Abinal, president of the Imamate Islamic Center in Quiapo. Before that, at 17:53:05, a motorcycle driver arrives at the scene carrying the bomb disguised as the package. That package was for Abinal. The bomb goes off as Abinal's aide, Muhammad Baniga, receives the package. Two people killed in resulting explosion, including the motorcycle driver and Muhammad Baniga.


2017 Quiapo bombings, May 6 twin bombings
The second explosion, almost the same spot of the first explosion, he said, took place while they were wrapping up a media briefing on the earlier explosion. Two police officers were injured in the explosion. The regional police ordered a lockdown on the area while a bomb-inspecting robot was deployed to ensure that a third blast would not occur.


2017 Quick Lane Bowl
The 2017 Quick Lane Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on December 26, 2017. The game featured the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Northern Illinois Huskies of the Mid-American Conference. The fourth annual Quick Lane Bowl, it was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Quick Lane tire and auto centers.


2017 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Duke Blue Devils against the Northern Illinois Huskies.


2017 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams, Duke
This was the thirteenth bowl game in school history for Duke and the Blue Devils' first to be played in Michigan.


2017 Quick Lane Bowl, Teams, Northern Illinois
This was the twelfth bowl game in school history for Northern Illinois and the Huskies' first to be played in Michigan.


2017 Quick-Step Floors season
The 2017 season for Quick-Step Floors began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2017 Quidditch Premier League season
The 2017 Quidditch Premier League season was the league's first, and was contested by eight teams over the course of the 2017 summer. The eight teams were split into two divisions, with the North Division composed of the Northern Watch, Yorkshire Roses, East Midlands Archers, and West Midlands Revolution, and the South Division composed of the London Monarchs, Southeast Knights, Southwest Broadside, and Eastern Mermaids.


2017 Quidditch Premier League season
During the regular season, each division held three 'fixtures', which saw each team in that division attend and participate in round robin games. In total, teams played 12 games each during the regular season, with a total of 36 games played in total. Based on the results of those fixtures, the teams were seeded for the QPL Championship, which all eight qualified for. The championship was decided with a series of double-elimination matches, with eliminated teams going on to contest the lower places of the standings.


2017 Quidditch Premier League season, Regular season, Divisional fixtures
A total of six fixtures were held across the UK, split between the North and South Divisions.


2017 Quidditch Premier League season, Championship
The West Midlands Revolution won the 2017 QPL Championship, played at the KCOM Craven Park Stadium in Hull, ending the season with a perfect 16–0 record. They defeated the Southeast Knights 140*-70 in the final match. By winning the title, the West Midlands Revolution became the inaugural winners of the Quidditch Premier League.


2017 Quidditch Premier League season, Championship
The Championship format consisted of a double elimination bracket which was then split into upper and lower brackets, giving full placings from 1st to 8th. The latter stages of the upper bracket and lower bracket can be seen below.


2017 Quito Challenger
The 2017 Quito Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Quito, Ecuador between 28 August and 3 September 2017.


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


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


2017 Quito Challenger – Doubles
Marcelo Demoliner and João Souza were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Quito Challenger – Doubles
Marcelo Arévalo and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela won the title after defeating Nicolás Jarry and Roberto Quiroz 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] in the final.


2017 Quito Challenger – Singles
Horacio Zeballos was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Quito Challenger – Singles
Nicolás Jarry won the title after defeating Gerald Melzer 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2017 RAN Sevens
The 2017 RAN Sevens was the 18th edition of the annual rugby sevens tournament organized by Rugby Americas North. It will be played at Campo Marte in Mexico City.


2017 RAN Women's Sevens
The 2017 RAN Women's Sevens will be the thirteenth tournament of the RAN Women's Sevens, the official rugby sevens continental championships organized by RAN. Both the women's and men's competitions were held at Campo Marte in Mexico City on 25–26 November 2017.


2017 RAN Women's Sevens
Seven national teams will take part in a two-day round robin tournament. The winner will be eligible to participate in the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.


2017 RBC Pro Challenge
The 2017 RBC Pro Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tyler, United States, on 30 October–5 November 2017.


2017 RBC Pro Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 RBC Pro Challenge – Doubles
Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend won the title, defeating Jamie Loeb and Rebecca Peterson in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2017 RBC Pro Challenge – Singles
Kristie Ahn won the title, defeating Danielle Collins in the final, 6–4, 6–4.


2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
The 2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Dallas, United States between 30 January and 4 February 2017.


2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
Nicolas Meister and Eric Quigley were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Doubles
David O'Hare and Joe Salisbury won the title after defeating Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Christopher Rungkat 6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9] in the final.


2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Kyle Edmund was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas – Singles
Ryan Harrison won the title after defeating Taylor Fritz 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2017 RFL Championship
The 2017 Rugby Football League Championship, known as Kingstone Press Championship due to sponsorship by Kingstone Press Cider, is a rugby league football competition predominately played in the UK, one tier below the first tier Super League. The 2017 season was the third to consist of a new structure combining the championship and super league divisions three quarters of the way through the season.


2017 RFL Championship
The 2017 Championship featured 12 teams, which all played one another twice in the regular season, once at home, and once away, totalling 22 games. The 2017 season also featured the "Summer Bash Weekend" for a third time. This is a 23rd round of fixtures which replicates Super League's Magic Weekend concept for the Championship sides. After these 23 rounds in both the Championship and the Super League, the two divisions of twelve were split into three divisions of eight, the "Super 8's".


2017 RFL Championship
Following the split into the Super 8's, the top four teams in the Championship 2017 joined the bottom four teams of the Super League 2017 in the qualifiers. This group saw each team play each other once each, totalling seven extra games, with points reset to zero for the qualifiers. After seven extra rounds, the top three teams earned a place in the Super League competition for 2018, thus either retaining or earning a place in the top competition.


2017 RFL Championship
The teams finishing 4th and 5th in the qualifiers played off in an extra fixture, hosted by the fourth-place side, for the final place in the 2018 Super League competition. The loser of this fixture, along with teams finishing 6th, 7th, and 8th in the qualifiers, were either relegated to or remained in the Championship for the 2018 season.


2017 RFL Championship
Teams finishing after 23 rounds between 5th and 12th in the Championship played in the third of the three "Super 8" groups, "The Championship Shield". This saw each team playing each other once more, but with points from the original season retained. Following the additional seven rounds a four-team play-off took place pitting 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, with the winners playing each other in the final to win the "Championship Shield". The two teams finishing at the bottom of this group of eight were relegated to the 2018 Kingstone Press League One, being replaced by two promoted teams from the 2017 League 1 competition.


2017 RFL Championship
Relegation to League 1 was in place for the 2017 season, with the two bottom teams from "The Championship Shield" group after the split suffering the drop, with promotion to the Super League being available to teams finishing in the top four after 23 rounds. All of the teams in the 2017 Championship also competed in the 2017 Challenge Cup, where they entered in the third round.


2017 RFL Championship, Teams
This year's competition featured 12 teams. The teams consisted of nine of the 12 teams from 2016, the champions of the 2016 League 1 season, Rochdale Hornets, and the champion of the Championship 1 playoffs, Toulouse Olympique. Whitehaven and Workington Town, who finished in the bottom two in 2016, were relegated to League One for 2017. In addition to this Hull Kingston Rovers were relegated to the Championship following their loss in the 2017 £1 million match, whilst 2016 Championship winners Leigh Centurions were promoted into Super League for 2017.


2017 RFL Championship, Teams
The Bradford Bulls went into liquidation in January 2017 but a reformed team were allowed to continue in the Championship with a 12-point penalty.


2017 RFL Women's Super League
The 2017 Women's Super League was the inaugural season of the top level rugby league competition for women in England. Run by the Rugby Football League there were four teams in the league; three (Bradford, Castleford and Featherstone) associated with professional clubs in West Yorkshire and one (Thatto Heath) associated with a leading amateur club in Lancashire.


2017 RFL Women's Super League
The league was won by Bradford Bulls who went undefeated in the six round regular season before defeating Featherstone Rovers 36–6 in the Grand Final.


2017 RFL Women's Super League, Results
The season comprised six rounds during which each team played the others home and away. The team finishing top of the league automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The teams finishing second and third playing a preliminary final to determine who the other grand finalists were.


2017 RS:X World Championships
The 2017 RS:X World Championships was held in Enoshima, Japan between September 16 and September 23.


2017 Race of Champions
The 2017 Race of Champions was the 28th running of the event, and took place over 21–22 January 2017 at Marlins Park baseball stadium in Miami. Juan Pablo Montoya became the Champion of Champions for the first time. Sebastian Vettel, after teammate Pascal Wehrlein was sidelined after a crash, single-handedly won the Nations' Cup for Germany.


2017 Race of Champions, Nations' Cup
There were three groups of uneven size, with a format which ensured North American participation in the final.


2017 Race of Champions, Nations' Cup
The top two teams from Group A (USA/Canada) would progress to Semi-Final A, with the winners of Groups B (Europe) and C (South America) progressing to Semi-Final B; the winners of the two Semi-Finals would face off in the final.


2017 Radio Disney Music Awards
The 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards was held on April 29, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was shown on Radio Disney and Disney Channel the following night on April 30, 2017 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (EDT).


2017 Radio Disney Music Awards, Production
On January 25, 2017, Radio Disney announced the five hosts of the 2017 edition: the singers Jordan Fisher, Kelsea Ballerini and Sofia Carson, the actress Jenna Ortega and Radio Disney's host Alex Aiono were chosen. The artists were chosen through a Twitter poll, where the audience indicated the names that should be invited. Tickets to attend the award show were available on March 3, 2017.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 3 January 2017, with the start of the Brisbane International, and ended on 13 November 2017, with a loss in the round robin of the ATP Finals and subsequent withdrawal from the tournament.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The season marked a resurgence for Nadal after an injury shortened 2016 season. Nadal won two grand slams, six titles and ended the year as world number one, the first time since 2013.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Brisbane International
Having started the 2017 season defending his title in the World Tennis Championship, Nadal played his first competitive tournament of the season in Australia by taking part in the Brisbane International. His first match and win was against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov. He beat Mischa Zverev in the next round, before losing to top-seed Milos Raonic in the quarter finals. He next played a FAST4 exhibition tournament in Sydney, which was run concurrently with the Apia International Sydney. He lost to Nick Kyrgios in his only match.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
Nadal was seeded ninth in the first major of the year, the Australian Open. After two relatively easy rounds against Florian Mayer, and former finalist Marcos Baghdatis, he faced 19-year-old Alexander Zverev in the third round. He prevailed in a five-set match, twice coming back from one set down, after the youngster began suffering cramps in the final set. He defeated the French number one, and world number nine Gaël Monfils in four sets in the fourth round to reach his first quarterfinal since the 2015 French Open. In a rematch against Raonic, he won in straight sets.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
In the semifinal, he defeated rising Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov in a five-set match that lasted just under five hours to reach his first major final since the 2014 French Open. The Australian Open final was the 35th meeting between him and former world number one and long-time rival Roger Federer.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Australian Open
Due to their storied rivalry, the advancing age of both players in their respective careers, critical speculation of this being their last Grand Slam finals contest against one another, and the potential tennis history made from either victory and subsequent implications on their respective legacies, the match, referred by the moniker 'Fedal XXXV', was one of the most highly anticipated finals in not only the tournament's history but also all tennis history. The match went to five sets, but despite leading by a break in the final set, Nadal lost the match to Federer (who won his record-extending 18th major title) losing 5 games in a row.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Mexican Open
Nadal's first scheduled tournament after the Australian Open was to be the Rotterdam Open in Rotterdam. However, he pulled out of this tournament citing fatigue. He decided to play the Mexican Open in Acapulco, and continued his impressive form by reaching the final without the loss of a set. In the first round, he defeated Mischa Zverev for the second time, before winning his second round match against Italian Paolo Lorenzi for the loss of just two games. In the quarterfinal, he eventually closed out Japanese upstart Yoshihito Nishioka despite struggling in the first set. He played eighth-ranked Croatian, Marin Čilić, in the semifinal, winning with the loss of only three games. However, he lost his second consecutive final of the season in two sets to American Sam Querrey.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Indian Wells Masters
In the first Masters 1000 of the season, the Indian Wells Masters, he was handed a difficult draw due to his low ranking, being placed in the same quarter as his closest rivals, Federer, and Novak Djokovic. He followed his opening round bye with relatively easy straight set victories over Guido Pella, and countryman Fernando Verdasco, before playing Federer once again; the Swiss winning in straight sets this time. He played his first competitive doubles matches of the year, partnering Bernard Tomic. They lost in the second round to the South African-American pairing of Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Miami Open
Nadal then stayed in the United States to compete in the Miami Open. He won in straight sets against Israeli Dudi Sela, and then beat Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets, despite winning no games in the first set. Two straight set victories over French doubles-specialist Nicolas Mahut, and Jack Sock took him to his first Masters 1000 semifinal since the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters last year. In the semifinal, he played world number 40, Fabio Fognini; the Italian famous for his comeback victory against Nadal at the 2015 US Open.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Early hard court season, Miami Open
The two had split their last six matches, but Nadal outclassed him in the first set, before winning a close second set, thereby reaching his fifth Miami Open final and setting up a third meeting between himself and Federer this season. In the final, Nadal lost to Roger Federer, marking his fourth consecutive loss to the Swiss and his fifth final loss in the Miami Open.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Monte-Carlo Masters
With the absence of Federer, the 5th-ranked Nadal, a nine-time former champion at the tournament, was seeded 4th. After an opening round bye, he played British rising star, Kyle Edmund, in his first competitive match on clay this season. Despite winning the first set comprehensively, Nadal had to overcome a shaky second set to win the match in three sets. Nadal fared better in his next match with Alexander Zverev, winning for the loss of just two games. Nadal took on Diego Schwartzman in the quarterfinal and despite a less-dominant display, rallied to win the match in straight sets.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Monte-Carlo Masters
In the semifinal, Nadal made light work of David Goffin to reach his 11th Monte-Carlo final, with Goffin visibly affected by an incorrect line call. He won his first title of the year, and a record 10th Monte-Carlo Masters title by beating compatriot Albert Ramos Viñolas in the final in straight sets, and thus, became the first man in the Open Era to win a single tournament 10 times. The title was also his 50th on clay courts, surpassing the Open Era record for most clay titles previously held by Guillermo Vilas (49 titles). It was also his 29th ATP Masters 1000 title, one short of Novak Djokovic's all-time record of 30 ATP Masters 1000 titles.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Barcelona Open
Fresh from a landmark victory in Monte Carlo, Nadal proceeded to the Barcelona Open where he was seeded 3rd, and received a bye into the second round. He defeated Brazilian journeyman, Rogério Dutra Silva, for the loss of just three games, before beating Kevin Anderson. In his quarterfinal match, Nadal initially struggled against the upstart Korean, Chung Hyeon, before pulling through. Rafa managed to reach the finals with a straight set victory over Horacio Zeballos in the semifinals.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Barcelona Open
A week after clinching his tenth title at Monte Carlo, he replicated that achievement at Barcelona, dominating Dominic Thiem in the final, winning in straight sets to grab his 10th title in Barcelona. The title was Nadal's record 18th ATP World Tour 500 title, his 71st tour-level crown and 51st on clay.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Madrid Open
Unbeaten on clay so far, Nadal proceeded to participate in the Madrid Open where he was seeded 4th. After an opening round bye, his second round match against Italian Fabio Fognini lasted three hours, with Nadal winning in three tight sets. He won his third round match versus the big-serving Australian, Nick Kyrgios, fairly easily; the Australian playing his first competitive tournament on clay this year. In a rematch of their Monte-Carlo semifinal, Nadal played David Goffin in the quarterfinal.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Madrid Open
Nadal won in straight sets yet again, and booked a semifinal clash with longtime nemesis and rival, World No. 2 Novak Djokovic for the 50th time in their careers. Nadal was riding a seven-match losing streak (15 consecutive sets) to the struggling Serb coming into the match. Their contrasting form continued as Nadal won in straight sets, losing just six games, for a spot in the final. The win improved Nadal's head-to-head record with Djokovic to 24-26. In the final, Nadal played Dominic Thiem for the second straight final. After saving two set points in the opening set tiebreak, Nadal recovered to win his third straight title of the season, and his fifth Madrid Open title by winning the final in straight sets. With the win, Nadal tied Djokovic's record of 30 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 singles titles.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, Italian Open
Bidding for a 4th consecutive title of the season and riding a 15-match winning streak, Nadal was seeded 4th and received a bye into the second round in the Italian International. He reached the third round after compatriot Nicolas Almagro retired after three games with an apparent knee injury. A straight sets victory over American 13th seed, Jack Sock pushed him to his ninth consecutive quarterfinal in Rome. For the third tournament in a row, Nadal faced Dominic Thiem, this time in the quarterfinal, but his 17–match winning streak was put to an end with a straight sets loss to the young Austrian.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
Despite being seeded 4th, Nadal came to the second Grand Slam of the year possessing a 17–1 win-loss record on clay for the season, and as a heavy favourite to win his 10th Roland-Garros title. His strong form continued, as he easily defeated home favourite Benoît Paire, and Dutchman Robin Haase, in the first two rounds. In the third round against top-ranked Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, Nadal produced an absolute masterclass, winning the match for the loss of a sole game in the second set.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
In an all-Spanish affair in the fourth round, Nadal made light work of 17th-seed Roberto Bautista Agut, who managed to take just five games off the former champion. In the quarterfinal, another all-Spanish clash beckoned, Nadal facing Pablo Carreño Busta this time. After a dominant display in the first set, Nadal moved into the semifinals as his compatriot withdrew with an abdominal problem early in the second set. Bidding to reach his tenth final in Paris, and seventh final of the season, Nadal met Dominic Thiem in the semifinal.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
In the latest chapter to their budding rivalry, Nadal avenged his sole loss of the clay court season, as he beat the Austrian to reach the final. Having lost just 29 games on his road to the final, Nadal faced a Swiss for the second consecutive Slam final, this time World No. 3, Stan Wawrinka.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
In the final, Nadal continued his outstanding form, defeating Wawrinka to win La Décima (Spanish: the tenth; first used during Real Madrid's 2014 UEFA Champions League victory, and subsequently in the buildup to Nadal's 10th titles at Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, and Paris) at the French Open and consigning the Swiss to his first loss in a Slam final. With this landmark victory, Nadal became the first person in the Open Era to win 10 titles in single Grand Slam event.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Spring clay court season, French Open
Nadal won the tournament for the loss of 35 games, thereby marking it as the second best performance, in terms of games lost, by a male tennis player in winning a Grand Slam singles title right after Björn Borg, who lost 32 games at the 1978 Roland-Garros. Nadal also passed Pete Sampras for sole second on the men's Grand Slam singles title list with the victory, his 15 titles only second to Roger Federer's 18 (since 20). It was also Nadal's 73rd Tour title, which ranks him 6th highest in the Open Era, one behind Rod Laver.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season
Nadal entered the grass court season not having played a match on grass since his loss to Dustin Brown in the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. He was scheduled to play the Aegon Championships, however withdrew citing a need for rest. Instead of an official tournament, Nadal played two matches in an exhibition tournament at The Hurlingham Club in London before his Wimbledon campaign, losing to Tomáš Berdych, but later defeating Tommy Haas.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Grass court season, Wimbledon
Nadal was seeded 4th behind Federer, Djokovic and Murray for Wimbledon despite being ranked No. 2 and was in contention for the world No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. He began his campaign to win a 3rd Wimbledon title by defeating Australia's John Millman in straight sets. In the round of 32, Nadal dominated the No. 30-seed, Karen Khachanov, defeating him in straight sets and bringing his streak to 28 consecutive grand slam sets won, which equaled his previous best and is the 3rd longest in the Open Era. On 10 July 2017,  Nadal faced Gilles Muller in the round of 16 and after coming back from being down 0-2 sets, Nadal then saved 4 match points in the deciding set, but came up short on the fifth match point.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Canadian Open
Nadal opened his campaign by beating Borna Coric in 2R but went on to lose his 3R encounter against 18 year old Canadian Denis Shapovalov. With this early exit, his chance to get back to top spot halted. Had he reached semifinals, he would have become the world No. 1.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Cincinnati Masters
Due to the last minute withdrawal of Roger Federer, Rafa ascended to the world No. 1-ranking for the 4th time in his career on 21 August 2017, his 142nd week at the pinnacle of men's tennis. With only 370 points to defend for the rest of 2017, there is a strong possibility that he can finish year-end No. 1 for a 4th separate stint (only two other players have ever finished year-end No. 1 in separate stints, but Federer and Ivan Lendl have only done it in 2 separate stints).


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, Cincinnati Masters
Nadal was the No. 1 seed and began his campaign against Frenchman Richard Gasquet. Rafa defeated Gasquet in straight sets, improved his head-to-head record to 15-0 and has now won their last 25 consecutive sets. Due to heavy rain, Nadal was required to play 2 matches in a day, dispatching Albert Ramos in straight sets only to be sent packing by Nick Kyrgios in straight sets later on. Despite this loss, Nadal still was ranked No.1 in the following week.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
Nadal was seeded No.1 in a grand slam for the first time since the 2014 French Open. Rafa opened the last major of the year against 85th-ranked Serbian Dušan Lajović whom he dismissed in straight sets. In the round of 64, Nadal faced Taro Daniel of Japan and despite trailing by a set and a break, he dispatched Daniel with the loss of just 7 games in the last three sets combined.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
Lucky loser Leonardo Mayer was up next for Nadal and for the second consecutive match, Rafa started slow and lost the first set in a tie break only to secure the next three sets to move into a round of 16 showdown with Alexandr Dolgopolov. Nadal advanced to his first US Open quarterfinal since he won his second US Open crown in 2013 with a dominant straight sets win in just over an hour and a half. His quarterfinal opponent would be NextGen 19-year old Andrey Rublev of Russia who grew up idolizing Nadal.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, North American hard court season, US Open
Nadal successfully defeated the rising star in a one-sided match lasting only 96 minutes with the loss of just 5 games. He next faces Juan Martin del Potro who defeated Federer in 4 sets in the QF, preventing another Federer–Nadal meeting in the US Open and thus allowing Nadal to retain his No.1 ranking. He defeated del Potro in four sets to reach his 23rd major final where he faced Kevin Anderson. Nadal clinches his 16th Grand Slam title and 3rd USO title beating Anderson in straight sets, and also his first hardcourt singles title since Doha 2014. This victory brought him closer to 3 short of Federer's 19 major titles. This win also secured a fourth season where Federer and Nadal won all the Grand Slams (2006, 2007, 2010, 2017).


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Asian swing, China Open
Nadal opened his Asian swing with a tough draw at the Beijing Open, saving two match points in the 2nd set tiebreak to beat Lucas Pouille in his opening round match. He breezed through his next 2 matches against Karen Khachanov and big-serving John Isner in straight sets to set a blockbuster semifinal with Grigor Dimitrov. Nadal won the semifinal in three sets before defeating Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to win his 75th career title and 2nd title at Beijing following his 2005 crown. It was also Nadal's Tour-leading 6th title of the season and separated him from Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev who each have 5 titles this season. This was Rafa's 2nd consecutive hard court title after losing his last 8 consecutive hard court finals.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, Asian swing, Shanghai Masters
Nadal continued his run of form in the Shanghai Masters, reaching the quarterfinals with the loss of only 7 games against Jared Donaldson and Fabio Fognini. In the quarterfinals, he defeated Grigor Dimitrov for the 2nd time in 2 weeks in three tight sets to reach the semifinals where he faced Marin Cilic, winning the encounter in two grueling sets after saving two set points in the first set, reaching his 10th final of the year and 3rd consecutive tournament final. Nadal was beaten in straight sets by nemesis Roger Federer in the final, ending his winning streak of 16 matches and also marking his 5th consecutive loss to Federer for the first time in their 38 rivalry meetings.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
Following Federer's withdrawal from the final Masters 1000 tournament, Nadal clinched the year-end No.1 ranking for the 4th time in his career, also becoming the oldest man to finish the year on top of the rankings since its formation in 1973 at the age of 31, after beating Hyeon Chung in his first match in straight sets. Having previously finished at the top in 2008, 2010 and 2013, Nadal becomes the first player to hold, lose and regain the year-end No. 1 on three occasions.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, Paris Masters
He also became the first player to finish No. 1 four times in non-consecutive years, the first aged over-30 and the first to finish in the top spot four years since he last achieved the feat (2013). The nine-year gap between his first year-end No. 1 season (2008) and his last (2017) is also a record. Nadal managed to reach quarterfinals by beating Pablo Cuevas in the next round, but withdrew from the tournament due to an injured right knee.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Year summary, European indoor hard court season, ATP World Tour Finals
Nadal' s final event of the year was at the ATP World Tour Finals. His first round robin match was against David Goffin. Nadal struggled with his knee injury, and ended up losing the match in three tight sets. Following the loss, he withdrew from the tournament, ending his 2017 season.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Rafael Nadal in 2017, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins or losses.


2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-head matchups
Rafael Nadal has a 68–12 (85.0%) match win-loss record in the 2017 season. His 2017 record against top-10 players is 12–6 (66.7%). The following list is ordered by number of wins:(Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 20)


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600
The 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 was the ninth round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season, contested over 248 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Charlie Kimball started from the pole position, the first of his career. Will Power of Team Penske won the race, leading 180 of the 248 laps. The race was marred by numerous crashes that left only six undamaged cars and by issues with blistering tires that forced the series to call for competition cautions and mandatory tire stops every 30 laps in the latter stages of the race.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oval located in Fort Worth, Texas. The track has been hosting IndyCar Series races since 1997.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Background
Following a series of incidents in 2016 with weepers (water penetrating on the pavement after rain) that caused the 2016 INDYCAR race to have been postponed initially one day, and then to late August, ten weeks and the November 2016 NASCAR race with a long delay caused by weepers while attempting to dry the track, in January 2017 during the NASCAR media tour, Texas Motor Speedway announced it would alter = the circuit while installing a new French drain system to send rain water down pipes to fix the problem.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Background
Turns 1 and 2 were widened by 20 feet (6.1 m), while the banking was also lowered from 24 to 20 degrees. Driver Ed Carpenter noted, "The track is absolutely different. The reshaping of Turns 1 and 2, with the width and the change in banking, definitely make the track more challenging to get the balance the same from Turns 1 and 2 to 3 and 4."


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Background
Entering the race, Dale Coyne Racing rookie Esteban Gutiérrez was forced to sit out the race due to INDYCAR's regulations on driver experience in regards to high-speed ovals, with Tristan Vautier replacing him for the round. Gutiérrez's advisor, former driver Adrián Fernández, agreed, "Texas is one of the most difficult ovals to just come and race, so I would say he should step away from it until he has proper time testing on ovals." Harding Racing also returned to the series for the first time since the Indianapolis 500 with driver Gabby Chaves.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Background
Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing entered the race leading the Drivers' Championship point standings with 303, while Hélio Castroneves and Takuma Sato followed in second and third with 295 and 292 respectively.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions and qualifying were held on Friday, June 9. The first practice session took place in the afternoon and was delayed by rain. Dixon set the fastest lap time with his teammate Charlie Kimball and Alexander Rossi following in second and third. In qualifying, Kimball secured his first career pole position with a two-lap time of 46.5861 seconds (222.556 mph), in the process setting a new track record. His teammate Dixon qualified alongside him on the front row. Rossi, Tony Kanaan, and Vautier rounded out the top five.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Practice and qualifying
Carlos Muñoz, for the second race in a row, set no time, this time due to failing to reach tech inspection in time to be eligible to make a run, forcing him to start last again. In the post-qualifying practice session, Carpenter clocked the fastest single lap time (224.682mph), ahead of Dixon and Rossi.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
The race was held on Saturday, June 10. At the start, Kimball jumped into the lead of the race, with the top five positions staying the same. The top five remained the same drivers until around lap 20, when Team Penske drivers began working their way to the front of the field, including Josef Newgarden and Power. Up front, though, the battle for the lead was between Kimball and  Vautier, with Vautier finally getting clear of Kimball on lap 29, as Newgarden, Power, and Ed Carpenter followed suit.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
Racing was interrupted by caution for the first time on lap 37, when Rossi lost control of his car and crashed in turn 3 after making contact with the Ganassi teammates Dixon and Kanaan. It was the first of many crashes during the night. During the caution, the field took the opportunity to make pit stops, with Newgarden winning the race of pit road ahead of Power and Vautier.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
As cars left the pit lane, James Hinchcliffe lost control of his car, causing him to spin and collect the cars of Castroneves and Sato, though all three were able to continue on after repairs. Kimball, after his strong start to the race, encountered mechanical issues during his pit stop and was forced to retire, leaving him with a 21st-place finish. The pit stops also saw a rash of penalties, as race leader Newgarden and J. R. Hildebrand were hit with pit-lane speeding penalties and Hinchcliffe was penalized for the incident he had caused. Once the chaos of the pit stops had finished, Power held the lead over Vautier, Dixon, Carpenter, and Simon Pagenaud.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
Racing resumed on lap 48, with Power maintaining his lead despite attempts by both Vautier and Dixon to get around him. However, by lap 66, attacks on Power's lead began to dissipate as his teammate Pagenaud moved into second place. Behind them, Castroneves began to make a move toward the top of the field, moving into the top five only 10 laps later. During this stint, some drivers, most notably Newgarden, began suffering from tire blistering, causing concerns about tire durability.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
These concerns seemed to come to light on lap 91, when the right-front tire on Castroneves's car failed, causing him to crash heavily in Turn 2. Pit stops once again occurred, with Power maintaining his lead over Pagenaud, Dixon, Kanaan, and Mikhail Aleshin. During the caution, Hinchcliffe, Newgarden, and Sato were all able to get back onto the lead lap after losing it in the chaos of the first caution. Racing resumed on lap 103, but almost immediately the race went back under caution as Carpenter and Vautier touched, sending Carpenter into a spin in turn 1. This caution was very brief, and racing resumed on lap 108.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
A lengthy green flag period followed the restart, with Power leading the way. Behind him, positions in the top five changed often, as Pagenaud, Dixon, Kanaan, Vautier, and Hildebrand battled for positions. On lap 139, caution flew again, this time for debris. The leaders once again took advantage of the caution to make pit stops, but Max Chilton elected to stay out, placing him in the lead of the race. On lap 149, racing resumed, with Chilton able to briefly hold his lead before Power once again moved past him to resume command of the race.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
On lap 152, Kanaan moved wide coming towards turn 3, making contact with Hinchcliffe, who had Aleshin outside of him. Hinchcliffe then spun, causing a large crash that took out himself, Aleshin, Carpenter, Hildebrand, Vautier, Ed Jones, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Muñoz in an incident compared to The Big One at similar pack-racing NASCAR races. Carpenter and Hildebrand would eventually return to the race course, but several laps down. The incident forced the race to be red flagged to allow for clean-up.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
During the red flag, INDYCAR and Firestone officials, in response to continuing issues with blistering tires, elected to have competition caution periods and mandatory tire stops after 30 green flag laps for the remainder of the race. Also during the red flag period, officials assessed a stop and 20-second hold penalty to Kanaan for his role in the eight-car pileup, which, once the race restarted, put him two laps down.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
After 30 minutes of clean-up, racing finally resumed on lap 159. The top four was a battle between Power, Pagenaud, Dixon, and Newgarden. However, Newgarden, who had been suffering the worst issues with blistering, pit two laps before the mandatory stops, placing him at the tail end of the field and, despite just changing tires, was still forced to change tires at the competition caution. During the mandatory stops, Dixon managed to get past Power, placing him in the lead, while Pagenaud, Sato, and Graham Rahal emerged behind them. During the caution, Kanaan managed to regain one of his laps, putting him only one lap behind the leaders.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
Racing resumed once again on lap 198, where Power almost immediately moved back around Dixon to once again take the lead of the race. Caution came out again only three laps later, as Newgarden attempted to complete a three-wide pass in turn 3, which resulted in him hitting the wall in turn 4. Racing resumed on lap 210, with Power maintaining his lead, while second place became a battle between Pagenaud, Dixon, and Sato, with Dixon emerging ahead. This caution also put Kanaan back onto the lead lap.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
On lap 225, the final competition caution of the race came out, with the top five staying the same after the mandatory pit stops. The final restart of the race came at lap 229, with Dixon quickly moving to the outside of Power to challenge for the lead. The two switched the lead several times, while behind them, Pagenaud, Sato, Rahal, and Kanaan pulled up behind the duo and also began challenging for first.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Race
With five laps to go, Sato attempted to pass Dixon in the dogleg on the front-stretch, but clipped the grass, sending him into a spin and collecting Dixon and Chilton. Conor Daly also spun in the incident, but did not hit anything. With so few laps left, the race ended under caution, with Power taking his second victory of the year and his second win at Texas Motor Speedway. Kanaan, despite his role in two incidents, came across the line in second, while Pagenaud took the final step of the podium. Only three other drivers finished on the lead lap; Rahal in fourth, Chaves in fifth, and Marco Andretti in sixth.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Post-race comments
Power was overjoyed to have earned the victory, saying, "Over the moon to win here. My second home and my wife [are] from here, so we spend a lot of time down here, so [it's] just an amazing feeling." Kanaan apologized for his role in causing the largest accident of the night: "I'm going to apologize to [Hinchcliffe] for what happened - I just got up a little too high. We paid the price for my mistake. We got a penalty, paid the penalty, and we were able to finish second. ...


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Post-race comments
I'm not going to lie, I'm glad it's over." Pagenaud called the race, "a lot of fun. It got a little crazy at the end. I tell you, it is just incredible how close we can race against each other. Good fun, good night, awesome working with Will. That is Team Penske, we all work together, you guys don't believe us, but we do and we showed it tonight."


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Post-race comments
The race became controversial for being a pack race, which contributed to the size of the accidents that occurred. Power was unsurprised by the nature of the race, "I told the series...'This will be an absolute pack race.' I didn't say whether that was good or bad, but I absolutely knew it would be a pack race." Kanaan called on the series to change the style of racing to avoid pack races in the future: "I don't think we should be doing this the way it is. We should be coming to Texas. The fans are great. This track is awesome. But I think we should change the format a little bit. How? I don't know; we've got to figure it out." Dixon argued that additional testing could have prevented the pack racing from occurring.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Post-race comments
Sébastien Bourdais, who was still recovering from injuries sustained in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, described it as a "bullshit" race, explaining, "Back in the days, particularly when Dan Wheldon died, we told ourselves that we would never do that style of racing again. And actually, as far as I'm concerned, Texas last weekend is not even the first time we've done it since then. We’ve done it at Fontana in 2015 and in a couple of other places." However, he also maintained that he held no ill will against the speedway, saying, "It's got nothing to do with that track, and it's not any track owners' responsibility to define our racing for us. It’s down to us to bring the right package."


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Report, Post-race comments
In the points standings, Dixon maintained the points lead, while Pagenaud moved back up to second place. Power, with his win, moved back into the top five after dropping out in the Detroit races.


2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600, Results, Race
Points include one point for leading at least one lap during a race, an additional two points for leading the most race laps, and one point for Pole Position.


2017 Rakhine United F.C. season
Rakhine United FC (Burmese: ရခိုင်ယူနိုက်တက် ဘောလုံးအသင်း) Is a professional football club based in Rakhine State. It plays in the Myanmar National League.


2017 Rakhine United F.C. season, History
Previously known as the Rakhine United Football Club, the club changed its name to Rakhapura United F.C." in December 2010. The team's home stadium is Waytharli Yinpyin, located in Sittwe Township (Rakhine State).


2017 Rakhine United F.C. season, History
Last season, Rakhapura United F.C. stood in the 10th position and had its biggest win (7-2) in the General Aung San Cup against Manaw Myay.


2017 Rakhine United F.C. season, 2017 players squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the Japan Open, and part of the 500 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 2–8, 2017.


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Marcel Granollers and Marcin Matkowski were the defending champions, but Granollers chose to compete in Beijing instead. Matkowski played alongside Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, but lost in the first round to Santiago González and Julio Peralta.


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
Ben McLachlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama won the title, defeating Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–1).


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
Nick Kyrgios was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Beijing instead.


2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles
David Goffin won the title, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2017 Raleigh mayoral election
The biennial nonpartisan election for the Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, was held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. As no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held on November 7, 2017, as requested by the second-place finisher, Charles Francis. Incumbent Mayor Nancy McFarlane defeated Francis in the runoff, winning a fourth term in office.


2017 Raleigh mayoral election
This was the first Raleigh mayoral election to advance to a second round since 2001.


2017 Rally Argentina
The 2017 Rally Argentina was the fifth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 37th running of the Rally Argentina. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt had led the rally for most of its stages, but after clipping a bridge on the final stage, the victory was Neuville's by just 7 tenths of a second.


2017 Rally Argentina
WRC-2 championship leaders Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson won the WRC-2 class, their third of the year.


2017 Rally Argentina, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 16.32 km (10.1 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Australia
The 2017 Rally Australia (formally the 26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017) was the 13th and final round of the 2017 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 17 November and 19 November 2017, and was based in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners.


2017 Rally Australia, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 10.12 km (6.3 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Catalunya
The 2017 Rally Catalunya was the eleventh round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 53rd running of the Rally de España. The rally was won by Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle, their fifth win in the World Rally Championship and first win on tarmac.


2017 Rally Catalunya
Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the WRC-2 category, their first win of the season.


2017 Rally Catalunya, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 14.50 km (9.0 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Finland
The 2017 Rally Finland was the ninth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 67th running of the Rally Finland. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm won the rally, their first win in the WRC.


2017 Rally Finland
Jari Huttunen won the WRC-2 category, his first in the series.


2017 Rally Finland, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 10.12 km (6.3 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
The 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna was the seventh round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 14th running of the Rally d'Italia Sardegna. It was won by Ott Tänak and co-driver Martin Järveoja which was their first win in the WRC. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished second, with Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished in third position.


2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
Championship leaders Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, Tänak and Järveoja's teammates at  M-Sport, finished fifth, helping the team extend their lead in the championship for manufacturers.


2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
Jan Kopecký and his co-driver Pavel Dresler won the WRC-2 category.


2017 Rally Italia Sardegna, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 6.96 km (4.3 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Mexico
The 2017 Rally Mexico (formally known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2017) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 9 and 12 March 2017. Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle from Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT won the rally.


2017 Rally Mexico, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 21.94 km (13.6 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Poland
The 2017 Rally Poland was the eighth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 74th running of the Rally Poland. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally.


2017 Rally Poland
Ole Christian Veiby won the WRC-2 category for the first time, with WRC-2 championship leader Pontus Tidemand finishing second.


2017 Rally Poland, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 18.68 km (11.6 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally Sweden
The 2017 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2017) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 10 and 12 February 2017. It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.


2017 Rally Sweden
Toyota's driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally ahead of M-Sport drivers Ott Tänak and Sébastien Ogier who finished second and third, respectively. The win for Toyota was their first after their return to the WRC after a 17 year absence.


2017 Rally Sweden
Latvala had inherited the lead after rally leader Thierry Neuville had crashed out on the final stage of leg 2. The Belgian had a lead of 43.3 seconds before ripping a wheel off in the second run of the Karlstad stage, promoting Latvala to first place.


2017 Rally Sweden
Local driver Pontus Tidemand won the WRC-2 category, finishing ahead of Teemu Suninen.


2017 Rally Sweden, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 16.43 km (10.2 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rally de Portugal
The 2017 Rally de Portugal was the sixth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and the 51st running of the Rally de Portugal.


2017 Rally de Portugal
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the rally winners. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.


2017 Rally de Portugal, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 11.18 km (6.9 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rallye Açores
The 2017 Rallye Açores was 1st round of 2017 European Rally Championship, it was won by local driver Bruno Magalhaes with Škoda Fabia R5.


2017 Rallye Deutschland
The 2017 Rallye Deutschland was the tenth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 35th running of the Rallye Deutschland. The rally was won by Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja, their second win in the World Rally Championship.


2017 Rallye Deutschland
Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas won the WRC-2 category, their first success in the series. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson finished third which was enough to secure the title, as well as the constructors' title for Škoda Motorsport, in WRC-2.


2017 Rallye Deutschland, Classification, Power Stage
The Power Stage was a 12.95 km (8.0 mi) stage at the end of the rally.


2017 Rallye OiLibya du Maroc
The 2017 Rallye OiLibya du Maroc was the 18th edition of the Rallye OiLibya du Maroc and was run in Morocco from 4 to 10 October 2017.


2017 Ranchi Rays season
The 2017 season is Ranchi Rays' third season in the Hockey India League. The season covers the period from 21 January to 26 February 2017.


2017 Ranchi Rays season, League
The fixtures for 2017 season were drawn on 22 November 2016. Playing their first game of the season against Dabang Mumbai, Rays secured a 3–3 in the away game. Christopher Rühr played roles in both goals for Rays, in the form of an assist to Simranjeet Singh in the first and a penalty shoot conversion in the second, thereby taking the team to a 3–1 lead before Mumbai equalised in the final minute with a field goal.


2017 Ranchi Rays season, League
Rays lost their second game to Kalinga Lancers away with a 2–4 margin, with Sarvanjit Singh scoring the lone goal, a field goal, in the 53rd minute after Lancers scored two field goals. Hosting Lancers at home, Rays earned a revenge win in the form of a 7–2 victory. Jackson converted Rays' second penalty into a goal from Manpreet Singh's injection, following Trent Mitton's miss in the 17th minute.


2017 Ranchi Rays season, League
Mohammad Amir Khan successfully deflected Sumit's pass into the post in the 30th minute giving his team a 3–0 lead, before Rühr converted Jackson's pass into a goal in the 31st minute. Rays' final goal came in the 44th minute after Manpreet Singh scored through a gap following an assist from Gurbaj Singh. Rays played their next game against Delhi Waveriders at home to a goalless draw. They failed to convert a penalty corner into a goal and were also successful in fending off two of Waveriders' attempts.


2017 Ranchi Rays season, League
Playing at home, Rays lost to Punjab Warriors by a 0–7 margin in their next game on 1 February. Despite having created many chances at goal including nine penalty corners, they failed to convert any. They played their next game against Dabang Mumbai the next day at home. Jackson deflected a Manpreet Singh-pass in the fifth minute into the goal to equal Mumbai's second minute field goal to 2–2. Mohammad Amir Khan then tapped a rebound from a shot from Flynn Ogilvie in the 16th minute to go 4–2.


2017 Ranchi Rays season, League
A 49th-minute penalty stroke conversion by Jackson took Rays' lead to 5–3, before Imran Khan scored in the 57th minute assisted by Simranjeet Singh, taking the lead to 7–3. Captain Jackson was handed a yellow card after his team was found playing 12 members in the field. In their final away game of the season, Rays played Uttar Pradesh Wizards to a goalless draw.


2017 Ranchi Rays season, Team
Prior to the players' auction held in November 2016, the franchise of Rays retained a majority of their players from the previous season and made only two new signings. Gurbaj Singh was bought for US$99,000, the highest in the league, and Christopher Rühr for US$75,000, another expensive signing, the highest for a foreign player.


2017 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C. season
The 2017 season is Ratchaburi Mitr Phol's 5th season in the Thai League T1  since 2013.


2017 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C. season, Reserve team in Thai League 4
Ratchaburi Mitr Phol send the reserve team to compete in T4 Western Region as Ratchaburi Mitr Phol B.


2017 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C. season, Transfers
First Thai footballer's market is opening on December 14, 2016 to January 28, 2017Second Thai footballer's market is opening on June 3, 2017 to June 30, 2017


2017 Reading F.C. Women season
The 2017 season was Reading FC Women's second season in the FA WSL 1, after winning promotion from the FA WSL 2 in 2015.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season
Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
At the end of the 2016 season, Shelly Cox, Amber Stobbs, Lois Roche, Jade Boho, Laura May Walkley. Helen Ward and Nia Jones were all released by the club.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 14 November 2016, Reading signed Mandy van den Berg from Liverpool.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 9 January, Mary Earps signed an 18-month contract extension with Reading, keeping her at the club until June 2018.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 12 January 2017, Reading signed Rachel Furness from Sunderland, with Brooke Chaplen making the same move at the end of January.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading on 19 January, until the summer of 2018.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 23 January, Melissa Fletcher signed her first professional contract with the club, until June 2018, with Charlie Estcourt signing a similar deal on 25 January, and Becky Jane signed a new contract with Reading until June 2019 on 26 January.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 24 January, New Zealand international defender Anna Green from Swedish club Mallbackens IF.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 6 February, Reading signed a new contract with Kirsty McGee, until June 2018, with Harriet Scott also signing a new 18-month contract with Reading on 9 February.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 8 February, Emma Follis was sold to Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 8 April, Anissa Lahmari joined Reading on a two-month loan deal from Paris Saint-Germain.


2017 Reading F.C. Women season, Season events
On 1 May, Reading signed Jo Potter, Jade Moore and Kirsty Linnett from recently folded Notts County.


2017 Real Monarchs season
The 2017 Real Monarchs season is the club's third season of existence, and their third season in the United Soccer League.


2017 Real Monarchs season, Background
Real Monarchs finished the 2016 season with 10 wins, six draws and 14 losses. They finished 11th in the Western Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs. Ricardo Velazco lead the Monarchs will six goals during the season. Velazco signed an MLS contract with their parent club, Real Salt Lake ahead of the 2017 season.


2017 Real Salt Lake season
The 2017 Real Salt Lake season was the team's 13th year of existence, and their 13th consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top division of the American soccer pyramid.