2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe.


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Match info
The match was very varied with many moving targets, and some stages had targets placed at distances up to 50 meters. The French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter  Eric Grauffel.


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Open
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Standard
The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Production
The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Classic
The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Champions, Revolver
The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, Shoot-Off side event
On Sunday 3 September, the Shoot-Off side event was held in an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup format where the competitors shot at falling steel targets (called poppers). The top 10 finishing overall and category shooters from the Main Match were qualified for the Shoot-Off. To win a round, a competitor would have to hit all his steel targets and reach the middle middle target before the other competitor. The Shoot-Off consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals.


2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, CZ Super Six side event
Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ, where six of the best Overall and Lady shooters in the Production, Standard and Open divisions participated. Three of the Main Match stages were shot again by one competitor at a time in an elimination cup format based on their hit factor scores. Stage 16 was the first cut, afterwards stage 15 was the semifinal and lastly stage 17 was the final between the two best shooters.


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot
The 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot I held at the Patriot Park in Kubinka, Moscow, Russia was the first IPSC Rifle World Shoot. The match consisted of 30 stages over 6 days and 591 competitors from 40 nations.


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot
Originally the championship was planned to be held during 2016, but was rescheduled to 2017 in order to finish the construction of the new shooting range in Patriot Park near Moscow.


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot
The majority of targets were placed between 60 and 100 meters, but many stages also included targets between 200 and 300 meters.


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Champions, Open
The Semi Auto Open division had the largest match participation with 369 competitors (62.4%).


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Champions, Open
Lena Miculek won Open division Lady category in front of Ashley Rheuark and Maria Gushchina


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Champions, Open
Jose Vidanes won Open division Senior category in front of Armin Meesit and Jeffrey Cramblit


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Champions, Open
Jerry Miculek won Open division Super Senior category in front of Pertti Karhunen and Peter Kressibucher.


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Champions, Standard
The Semi Auto Standard division had the second largest match participation with 131 competitors (22.2%).


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Champions, Manual Open
The Manual Action Open division had the third largest match participation with 52 competitors (8.8%). The Manual Action Standard 10 division had 10 competitors (1.7%) and was moved to Manual Open. Therefore, in total 62 competitors (10.5%) were scored in Manual Open.


2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot, Shoot-Off side event
The shoot-off side event was an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup held after the main match. It consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals. The top 16 overall in each division and top 8 category shooters within in each division was qualified, and the event was broadcast live with commentary on web television.


2017 IQA European Games
The 2017 IQA European Games were the second European championship for the sport of quidditch. The tournament was held on 7–9 July 2017 in Oslo, Norway and was hosted by the Norges Rumpeldunkforbund and local club OSI Vikings. All European IQA member nations in good standing were allowed to compete. The winners of the tournament were the United Kingdom, who defeated the defending champions France 90*-70 in the final. France subsequently took the silver medal and Norway won the bronze, after defeating Belgium 140*-80. This tournament marked the United Kingdom's first international gold medal at quidditch.


2017 IQA European Games, Structure
The tournament followed the usual two stage format with a group stage on Day One and a bracket on Day Two. The 15 participating teams were divided into three five-member stacked groups according to their previous World Cup standing, with Group A comprising the five highest-ranked teams and Group C the five lowest-ranked teams. Following the group stage, all teams within each group were seeded according to their performance and moved on to the bracket.


2017 IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series
The 2017 IRFU Women's Interprovincial Series was won by Munster who clinched the title following an 11–5 win over Leinster on the final day of the competition. Munster and Leinster both finished the competition with two wins and ten points each. Munster were subsequently declared champions on points difference. Munster were coached by Laura Guest and captained by Siobhan Fleming.


2017 ISM Connect 300
The 2017 ISM Connect 300 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 24, 2017, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 300 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, second race of the Playoffs and second race of the Round of 16.


2017 ISM Connect 300
On March 8, 2017 it was announced that the fall NHMS date would move to Las Vegas Motor Speedway starting in 2018.


2017 ISM Connect 300, Report, Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.


2017 ISM Connect 300, Report, Background
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.


2017 ISM Connect 300, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.065 seconds and a speed of 135.714 mph (218.411 km/h).


2017 ISM Connect 300, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.203 and a speed of 135.049 mph (217.340 km/h).


2017 ISM Connect 300, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.727 and a speed of 132.586 mph (213.376 km/h).


2017 ISM Connect 300, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.932 and a speed of 131.647 mph (211.865 km/h).


2017 ISM Connect 300, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton – the all-time wins leader at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with four wins – and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 ISM Connect 300, Media, Radio
The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 ISSF Junior World Championships
The 2017 ISSF Junior World Championships was held in Suhl, Germany for Rifle, Pistol and Target Sprint from 22 June to 29 June 2017 and in Moscow, Russia for Shotgun from 30 August to 11 September 2017.


2017 ISSF Junior World Cup
The 2017 ISSF Junior World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF Junior World Cup, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation


2017 ISSF World Cup
The 2017 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


2017 ISTAF World Cup
The 2017 ISTAF World Cup is the second edition of the ISTAF World Cup, which was conducted by the International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF).The competition was originally scheduled to be held in 2015 in Goa, India. However, due to a possible clash of dates with the 2015 King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship and the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the tournament was later rescheduled and moved the venue to Hyderabad with the support of the India Sports Council. The event was organised at G. M. C. Balayogi Indoor Stadium of Hyderabad, during 2–5 November 2017.


2017 ISTAF World Cup
Twenty-six national teams from  17 ISTAF membership countries participated, with only three countries outside Asia, named Brazil, France, and Germany. Brunei, Belgium, United Kingdom, South Korea, and the Philippines were early expected to join the competition but unfortunately absent for undisclosed reasons, while Indonesia and Pakistan national team withdrew on the first day of the event.


2017 ISTAF World Cup
Thailand won first place in both men and women categories, Malaysia and Vietnam were ranked second in men's and women's events respectively. Meanwhile, the third-place of each category included two teams, India alongside Singapore in men's, and Iran together with Malaysia in women's.


2017 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
The 2017 ISU World Team Trophy is an international team figure skating competition that was held during the 2016–17 season. Participating countries selected two men's single skaters, two ladies' single skaters, one pair and one ice dancing entry to compete in a team format with points based on the skaters' placement.


2017 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Records
For complete list of figure skating records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.


2017 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2017 ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, Results, Ladies
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record for the short program (80.85 points), for the free skating (160.46 points), and for the combined total (241.31 points).


2017 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2017 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $25,000.


2017 ITF Men's Circuit, Statistics
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2017 ITF Men's Circuit, Statistics
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2017 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June)
The 2017 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $25,000.


2017 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March)
The 2017 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $25,000.


2017 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September)
The 2017 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $25,000.


2017 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December)
The 2017 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $25,000.


2017 ITF Women's Circuit
The 2017 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 to $100,000.


2017 ITF Women's Circuit, Statistics
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2017 ITF Women's Circuit, Statistics
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2017 ITF Women's Circuit (April–June)
The 2017 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $100,000.


2017 ITF Women's Circuit (January–March)
The 2017 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. It includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $100,000.


2017 ITF Women's Circuit (July–September)
The 2017 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $100,000.


2017 ITF Women's Circuit (October–December)
The 2017 ITF Women's Circuit is the 2017 edition of the second tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the WTA Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 up to $100,000.


2017 ITS Cup
The 2017 ITS Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, on 17–23 July 2017.


2017 ITS Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 ITS Cup – Doubles
Ema Burgić Bucko and Jasmina Tinjić were the defending champions, but Burgić Bucko had retired from professional tennis earlier in the year. Tinjić partnered Anna Morgina, but they lost in the first round to Richèl Hogenkamp and Karolína Muchová.


2017 ITS Cup – Doubles
Amandine Hesse and Victoria Rodríguez won the title, defeating Michaela Hončová and Raluca Georgiana Șerban in the final, 3–6, 6–2, [10–6].


2017 ITS Cup – Singles
Elizaveta Kulichkova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 ITS Cup – Singles
Bernarda Pera won the title, defeating Kristýna Plíšková in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3.


2017 ITTF Challenge Series
The 2017 ITTF Challenge Series was the inaugural season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup
The 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Liège, Belgium, from 20 to 22 October 2017. It was the 38th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the fourth time that it had been staged in Belgium.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup
In the final, Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov defeated fellow German Timo Boll, 4–2, to win his first World Cup title.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup, Qualification
The following list of players was confirmed on 25 September 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup, Competition format
The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. The top two players from each group then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup, Seeding
The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup, Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 20 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.


2017 ITTF Men's World Cup, Preliminary stage
Chen Chien-an withdrew from the competition on the opening day due to illness.


2017 ITTF Women's World Cup
The 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Markham, Ontario, from 27 to 29 October 2017. It was the 21st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been staged in Canada.


2017 ITTF Women's World Cup
In the final, China's Zhu Yuling defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Shiwen, 4–3, to win her first World Cup title.


2017 ITTF Women's World Cup, Qualification
The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.


2017 ITTF Women's World Cup, Competition format
The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. The top two players from each group then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.


2017 ITTF Women's World Cup, Seeding
The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.


2017 ITTF Women's World Cup, Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.


2017 ITTF World Tour
The Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour was the 22nd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.


2017 ITTF World Tour
The events for the 2017 tour were split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.


2017 ITTF World Tour
On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship deal with the ITTF World Tour.


2017 ITTF World Tour, Standings, Singles
Points were accumulated during the singles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events. The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December. Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenko was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.


2017 ITTF World Tour, Standings, Doubles
Points were accumulated during the doubles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events. The eight men's pairs and eight women's pairs who played in at least four events and accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December.


2017 ITTF World Tour, Grand Finals
The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 14–17 December 2017.


2017 ITTF World Tour, ITTF Challenge Series
In addition to the twelve ITTF World Tour events, eleven ITTF Challenge Series events also took place in 2017. These events were held in Belarus, Thailand, Chile, Slovenia, Croatia, Brazil, North Korea, Nigeria, Poland, Belgium and Spain. For the first time, the Challenge Series did not form part of the main ITTF World Tour.


2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2017 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 22nd edition of the competition, and was held from 14–17 December in Astana, Kazakhstan.


2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
The competition featured events in four categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles.


2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, Qualification
Players earned points based on their performances in the singles and doubles tournaments at the 12 events of the 2017 ITTF World Tour. The top 15 men's singles players, the top 16 women's singles players, and the top eight men's and women's doubles pairs who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenko was the 16th player added to the men's singles event to ensure that the host nation was represented.


2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, Tournament format
The singles and doubles tournaments consisted of knockout draws, with 16 players starting each of the singles events and eight pairs starting each of the doubles events. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final tour standings, not the official ITTF world ranking.


2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, ITTF Star Awards
The 2017 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Rixos President Hotel on 14 December.


2017 ITU World Triathlon Series
The 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series was a series of nine World Championship Triathlon events that lead up to a Grand Final held in Rotterdam. The Series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon, the International Triathlon Union (ITU).


2017 ITU World Triathlon Series, Overall standings
The athlete who accumulates the most points throughout the 8 race season is declared the year's world champion. The final point standings are:


2017 IUP Crimson Hawks football team
The 2017 IUP Crimson Hawks football team represented Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. It was the first season for the team with head coach Paul Tortorella.


2017 IUP Crimson Hawks football team, Background, Previous season
In 2016 the Crimson Hawks finished with a 10–2 record including a 6–1 conference record. The team made it PSAC Semi-Finals


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships
The 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships for men and women were held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing, from 23 to 28 October 2017. The men's tournament was won by the Australian Rollers. Iran came second, and Japan overcame Korea in the bronze medal game to come third. In the women's competition, China defeated the Australian Gliders in the gold medal match, while Japan defeated Iran in the bronze medal.


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Venue
The competition was held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing. This is a purpose-built centre for disability sports. Opened on 28 June 2007, it was the first facility in China entirely devoted to disability sports training, and is the largest of its kind in the world. The Chinese Paralympic team used it as its training and preparation centre for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The entire complex is wheelchair accessible, with large elevators and wide halls.


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Format
The competition was held from 23 to 28 October 2017. Fourteen teams contested the men's competition. The teams were divided into four pools:


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Format
The teams in each pool played a round robin competition. The top team in Pool A then played the second in Pool B, the top in Pool B played the second in Pool A, the top in Pool C played the second in Pool D, and the top in Pool D played the second in Pool C in the quarterfinals. The winners then played in the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinals played in the gold medal match.


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Format
The prize for the top four teams was admission to the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg, Germany.


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Format
In the women's competition, there were only four teams, so they formed just one pool, and went straight into the semifinals. Only two positions were available for women's teams from Asia-Oceania in Hamburg, where the women's competition will be held concurrently with the men's.


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Women's competition, Australia
Head coach: David Gould Assistant coaches: Stephen Charlton Physiotherapist: Anna Rich Team Manager: Cathy Lambert


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Women's competition, China
Team Manager: Chen WeidongCoach group leader: Xu YuanshengCoach: Chen QiCoach:Han Yan


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Women's competition, Japan
Head coach: Kaori TachibanaAssistant Coach: Kyoko TsukamotoTeam Staff: Natsuki IshidaInterpreter: Yurie Myamoto


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Australia
Head coach: Craig FridayAssistant coach: Brad NessAssistant/Technical coach: Shane FurnessPhysiotherapist: Jesse Adams


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Hong Kong
Head Coach: Swee Haw CheeTeam Manager: Chiu Wah WongTeam Physiotherapist: Hong Ki Maggie Ho


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, China
Team Manager: Zhao QianTeam Leader: Yang WeipingCoach: Zhai YoungjunCoach: Cul Manfeng


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Iran
Head coach: Mohammadreza DastyarCoach: Maziyar MirazimiWheelchair Technician: Feridon KheshtzarTeam Manager: Habib Khomjani


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Iraq
Head of Delegation: Khaid Al-KaabawiAdministrator: Abbas Al-KawaawiCoach: Mohanad Al-Sammaraie Coach: Qusay Al-AngurliTherapist: Hakeem Al-Ismee


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Kuwait
Head of Delegation:  Naser AlajmiTeam Manager: Mohammad AlainatiHead Coach: Hosan GalabAssistant Coach: Ahmad Alshatti


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Saudi Arabia
Team Staff: Abdulalah AlmuqrinTeam Staff: Ibrahim Younesbr Team Staff: Ibrahim BessaiTeam Staff: Kaled Alabdali


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Afghanistan
Coach: Jess MarktCoach: Qawamudim ChaforiPhysiotherapist: Mohammad Ayub RahimiPhysiotherapist: Mohammad Afzal AsiamiSenior Advisor/Manager: Alberto Cairo


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Japan
Head Coach: Shimpei Assistant Coach: Kazuyuki KyoyaPhysical Coach: Masato ArimaCoordinator: Hiromi Kosugi


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Thailand
Team Manager: Phatharabhandhu Krissana  Head Coach: Aghacoucheki AbbasAssistant Coach: Pittaya PrathinAssistant Coach: Akapol Kunpradit


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, New Zealand
Head Coach: Shane Davies Assistant Coach: Glenn McDonald Team Manager: Michelle Davies


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, South Korea
Coach: Sa Hyun Han Assistant Coach: Heejun KangTrainer: Young Jun KimTeam Manager: Seonyeon Lee


2017 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships, Squads, Men's competition, Chinese Taipei
Head Coach: Chi-Yang TsaiCoach: Hsin-Liang Lo Coach: Pei-Ni TaiTeam Leader: Fou-Hwan LaiTeam Manager: Ting-Chi PanWheelchiar Technician: Ken-Jung Chen


2017 IWBF Men's European Championship
The 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 23rd edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Tenerife, Spain  from 21 June to 30 June 2017.


2017 IWBF Men's European Championship, Squads
Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.


2017 IWBF Men's European Championship, Squads
Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability  The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.


2017 IWRF European Championship
2017 IWRF European Championship was the 11th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 27 June to 1 July. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Conlog Arena in Koblenz, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain, their sixth title.


2017 IWRF European Championship
The four top placed teams of the competition, Great Britain, Sweden, France and Denmark were awarded four European qualification slots for the 2018 IWRF World Championship wheelchair rugby tournament.


2017 IWRF European Championship, Tournament
Eight teams contested the 2017 IWRF European Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. The winner of group A then faced the second placed team from Group B and the winner of group B faced the second placed team from group A in elimination matches to determine the two finalists. The eventual winners, Great Britain, finished the competition unbeaten.


2017 Iceland Open darts
2017 Iceland Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Iceland in 2017.


2017 Icelandic Athletics Championships
The 2017 Icelandic Athletics Championships (Icelandic: Meistaramót Íslands í frjálsum íþróttum 2017) was the 91st edition of the national outdoor track and field championships for Iceland. It was held from 8–9 July at Selfossvöllur in Selfoss. It served as the selection meeting for Iceland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.


2017 Icelandic Cup
The 2017 Icelandic Cup, also known as Borgunarbikar for sponsorship reasons, was the 58th edition of the Icelandic national football cup. The winners were ÍBV after beating FH 1-0 in the final.


2017 Icelandic Cup, Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:


2017 Icelandic Cup, Round of 32
The Round of 32 will be played 16–18 May 2017.


2017 Icelandic Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 will be played 30 May - 1 June 2017.


2017 Icelandic Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-finals were played from 29 June to 3 July 2017.


2017 Icelandic Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2017 Icelandic Indoor Athletics Championships (Icelandic: Meistaramót Íslands innanhúss í frjálsum íþróttum 2017) was the year's national indoor track and field championships for Iceland. It was held from 18–19 February at Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík. A total of 26 national championship events (divided evenly between the sexes) were held. It served as the selection meeting for Iceland at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships.


2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the 22nd season of the Icelandic Men's League Cup, a pre-season professional football competition in Iceland. The tournament involves twenty-four clubs from the top two leagues in Iceland, Úrvalsdeild karla and 1. deild karla, and uses a combination of group and knockout rounds to determine which team is the winner of the tournament.


2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The tournament began on 17 February and concluded with the final on 17 April 2017. KR were champions of the tournament.


2017 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The top two teams of each group entered the quarter-finals stage. Valur, who finished 1st in Group 2, withdrew from the tournament after the group stages. Þór, who finished 3rd in Group 2, replaced Valur in the knockout stages.


2017 Icelandic Men's Football Super Cup
The 2017 Icelandic Super Cup was the 46th final in the Icelandic Super Cup, an annual game between the League champions and the Cup champions. The previous year FH were reigning League champions while Valur were Cup champions. The match was played at Hlíðarendi in Reykjavík 24 April.


2017 Icelandic Women's Football Cup
The 2017 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, also known as Borgunarbikar kvenna for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th edition of the Icelandic national football cup. ÍBV were winners after beating Stjarnan in the final.


2017 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, Calendar
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:


2017 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, First round
12 teams began the cup in the first round, with 8 teams coming from 2. deild kvenna (second division) and 4 teams from 1. deild kvenna (first division).


2017 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, Second round
The second round will be played 22–23 May 2017. 12 teams will compete, 6 winners from the first round and 6 teams from 1. deild kvenna.


2017 Icelandic Women's Football Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 will be played 2–3 June 2017.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017, the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father writing a letter recommending a convicted child sex offender have his "honour restored". Bjarni subsequently called for a snap election, which was officially scheduled for 28 October 2017 following the dissolution of the Althing.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
Though many opinion polls in the run-up to the election indicated an increase in support for the Left-Green Movement, the Independence Party retained its position as the Althing's largest party. Following the election, four-party coalition talks led by the Left-Greens ensued; however, after the Progressive Party rejected the possibility, a three-party coalition led by the Left-Greens including the Independence Party and Progressive Party was negotiated. After formally receiving the mandate to form a coalition on 28 November, Left-Green leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir was designated Prime Minister to lead the new government on 30 November.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
A three-party coalition of the Independence Party, Reform Party and Bright Future had been put together after the 2016 election; it held a narrow majority of one seat in Parliament. The cabinet formed was led by Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson, head of the Independence Party.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
The Icelandic legal system has a mechanism whereby a convicted individual can have their "honour restored", that is have certain civil rights restored, from five years after serving their sentence if three letters of recommendation from persons of good character who know the individual are provided. Hjalti Sigurjón Hauksson was convicted in 2004 for multiple rapes of his stepdaughter from age five for twelve years. He served a jail term of five and a half years. Bjarni's father, Benedikt Sveinsson, was a friend of Hjalti Sigurjón's.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
Benedikt signed a letter of recommendation, which he said Hjalti Sigurjón brought to him already drafted. Bjarni was informed of this in July 2017 by the justice minister, Sigríður Á. Andersen, also of the Independence Party, but Benedikt's support was not revealed by the government at first. At first Sigríður refused to say in public who had signed the letter, but she was ordered to do so by a Parliamentary committee. Bjarni said it would have been illegal for him to reveal the information earlier.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
Benedikt's involvement emerged in September. Bright Future left the coalition, accusing the Independence Party of a "serious breach of trust". Benedikt apologised for signing the letter. Sigríður said she was preparing a bill to reform the restored honour system.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
Bjarni acknowledged the need for new elections, although the decision is made by the President, Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson. Other parties supported new elections, although Birgitta Jónsdóttir, parliamentary chair of the Pirates, initially suggested a five-party coalition government of the Pirate Party, the Reform Party, the Left-Greens, the Social Democrats and Bright Future should be explored. There had been unsuccessful discussions about such a coalition after the previous election.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Background
According to a poll conducted by Morgunblaðið, 57% of Icelanders believed calling the snap election was right.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Candidates and campaign
The Pirate Party reject a traditional model of party leadership, but Birgitta Jónsdóttir co-founded the party and is often described as the party's informal leader. She announced that she would not be standing in the election. After Birgitta announced that she was not standing, Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson announced that he would now be running to be an MP, having earlier quit due to what he described as bullying by Birgitta.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Candidates and campaign
The centre-right Independence and Reform Parties both campaigned on a platform of continuing their governmental efforts and retaining power in the Althing, as both parties were in coalition before the collapse of the previous parliament. Meanwhile, the Left-Green Movement sought an opportunity to govern for the first time since 2009 and implement ideologically leftist policies.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Candidates and campaign
Former Progressive Party Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson announced in an open letter that he planned to create a party before the elections. This decision was triggered by a leadership dispute amongst the Progressive Party, and led to the formation of the Centre Party on 24 September. The party's platform was broadly similar to that of its predecessor, but was characterised by observers in the media as being "populist", with a particular emphasis on reform of the banking sector and firms such as Íslandsbanki.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 63 members of the Althing are elected using open list proportional representation in 6 multi-member constituencies. Of the 63 seats, 54 are elected using constituency results and determined using the d'Hondt method. The remaining nine supplementary seats are awarded to parties that crossed the 5% national electoral threshold in order to give them a total number of seats equivalent to their national share of the vote.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Participating parties, Parties with a list for only some constituencies
The Icelandic National Front (right-wing/far-right) was going to take part in the election with list letter E, but has since withdrawn all its lists.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Opinion polls
If a sample size was not provided for the poll, only the given (Gallup) or end (MMR) date was provided by the polling firm.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results
The Independence Party retained its position as the Althing's largest party. However, the Independence Party's parliamentary representation decreased by five seats to 16 and it lost its governing majority. The Left-Green Movement retained its position as the Althing's second largest party, increasing its representation by one seat to 11. The Social Democratic Alliance saw a large increase in support, doubling its vote share from 2016, and entered the new parliament with seven members. The Progressive Party held steady at eight seats while the newly formed Centre Party, founded by former Progressive Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, won seven seats.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Results
The Pirate Party, which entered the election as the Althing's third largest party, lost four seats and was reduced to six seats. Entering the Althing for the first time, the People's Party obtained four seats. The Reform Party, a member of the outgoing government, lost three seats and was left with four seats. In line with all pre-election polling, Bright Future did not meet the 5% threshold and was therefore not returned to the Althing.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Four-party coalition talks
On 30 October, President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson met with the leaders of the eight parliamentary parties. Before meeting with Guðni, Left-Green leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir stated that she wanted to become Prime Minister, and did not exclude the possibility of cooperation with any party.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Four-party coalition talks
Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir, representing the Pirates, voiced her party's support for Katrín to receive the mandate to form a government, did not rule out an alliance with the Centre or People's Party, but indicated that it was not her first choice, and did not rule out an alliance with the Independence Party but did not envisage one to be possible. Inga Sæland said that the People's Party remained unbound, but alluded to the similarities between her party and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson's Centre Party; however, though Sigmundur suggested that the two parties would ally to address shared issues, Inga stated she was not aware of any such alliance.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Four-party coalition talks
The four former opposition parties held informal talks, with their leaders meeting by chance on 30 October. Logi Már Einarsson, leader of the Social Democratic Alliance, told Guðni it was natural for Katrín to receive the mandate to form a government if she so requested. He did not rule out an alliance with the Independence Party, but said that the two parties were starkly different, adding that it was natural for the opposition to have the chance to lead given the government's losses in the election.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Four-party coalition talks
The Progressive Party was in pole position to determine whether the Independence Party or the Left-Greens would lead the next government, and after the election reiterated its opposition to a referendum on EU membership. Progressive leader Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson also expressed reluctance to governing with the Centre Party. After meeting with Guðni, Katrín declared that she wanted to form a government with the four former opposition parties, noting that though a coalition with additional parties would provide more than 32 seats, doing so would not be necessary before a four-party coalition was first attempted.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Four-party coalition talks
After holding talks with party leaders, President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson on 2 November granted Katrín Jakobsdóttir, leader of the Left-Green Movement, the mandate to form a coalition between her party, the Progressives, Social Democratic Alliance, and Pirates, the four having agreed in the morning to begin formal coalition talks, which started the following day.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Four-party coalition talks
On 6 November, the leadership of the Progressive Party determined that the four-party coalition would hold too slim a majority to form the basis for cooperation between them on major issues, and the Pirates recommended in a press release that a government with a larger majority be formed; the early failure of negotiations was also attributed to the Progressives' distrust of the Pirates in supporting a government with such a slim majority. As such, Katrín met Guðni in the afternoon, after first announcing to the press that she would return her mandate. Guðni subsequently announced that he would discuss alternative possibilities to form a government with the party leaders, with speculation about a possible rapprochement between the Progressive Party and Centre Party sparked by a call between their chairmen over the weekend.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Three-party coalition talks
In the following days, the leaders of the Left-Greens, Independence Party, and Progressive Party discussed the possibility of forming a coalition together, with the Left-Greens insistent that Katrín become prime minister in that case, an idea supported by the Progressives; in exchange, demissionary prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson would be appointed finance minister. At a meeting of Left-Green parliamentarians on 13 November, 9 voted in support and 2 against opening formal talks with the Independence Party, the two opposed being Andrés Ingi Jónsson and Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Three-party coalition talks
The youth organisation of the Left-Greens announced its vehement opposition to governing with the Independence Party, and dozens of the party's members renounced their membership in protest. The coalition is the first including the Independence Party and the farthest left party represented in the Althing since the period from 1944 to 1947, when it governed alongside the People's Unity Party – Socialist Party.


2017 Icelandic parliamentary election, Government formation, Three-party coalition talks
Talks concluded swiftly, and after meeting with Katrín on 28 November, Guðni formally granted her the mandate to lead a government with the Independence Party and Progressive Party, pending the support of each of the parties, with the new government seated on 30 November, after party committees approved the government agreement.


2017 Idaho State Bengals football team
The 2017 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by first-year head coach Rob Phenicie and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.


2017 Idaho State Bengals football team, Game summaries, at Nevada
Idaho Stare’s First win over an FBS team since 2000 against Utah State


2017 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2017 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Vandals played their home games at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Petrino. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2017 Idaho Vandals football team
The season marked the Vandals' final year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, as the team would rejoin the Big Sky Conference and FCS in 2018.


2017 Idaho Vandals football team, Previous season
The Vandals finished the 2016 season 9–4, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in tie for third place. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Colorado State.


2017 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule
Idaho announced its football schedule on March 1, 2017 and the regular season consisted of six home games and six away games, with four each in the Sun Belt Conference. The Vandals hosted Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe, and traveled to Georgia State, New Mexico State, South Alabama, and Troy


2017 Idaho Vandals football team, Schedule
The Vandals hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Sacramento State from the Big Sky Conference and UNLV from the Mountain West Conference, and traveled to  Western Michigan from the Mid-American Conference and Missouri from the Southeastern Conference.


2017 Idol Star Athletics Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics Aerobics Championships
The 2017 Idol Star Athletics Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics Aerobics Championships (Korean: 2017 아이돌스타 육상 양궁 리듬체조 에어로빅 선수권 대회) was held at Goyang Gymnasium in Goyang, South Korea on January 16, 2017 and was broadcast on MBC on January 30, 2017 at 17:15 (KST) for two episodes.


2017 Idol Star Athletics Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics Aerobics Championships, Cast, Presenters
Jun Hyun-moo, Jung Eun-ji and Lee Soo-geun hosted the show.


2017 Idol Star Athletics Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics Aerobics Championships, Synopsis
The episode features male and female K-pop entertainers, which competes in various sports competitions. At the championships, a total of eight events (four in athletics, two in archery, one in rhythmic gymnastics and one in aerobics) were contested: four by men and four by women. There were 194 K-pop idols participating, divided into 38 teams follow their music groups.


2017 Il Lombardia
The 2017 Il Lombardia was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 7 October. It was the 111th edition of the Il Lombardia and the 36th event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was won for the second time by Vincenzo Nibali. The race was marred by several severe accidents, all on the fast and technical descent  of the Sormano hill. Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors) suffered a small fracture to his right knee when he was launched over the guardrail and fell into a ravine. Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale) remained hospitalised in Como with seven broken ribs and two fractures to his spine. Simone Petilli (UAE Team Emirates) was diagnosed after his crash at the same site with two back fractures, a broken collarbone and shoulder blade.


2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Lovie Smith. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Schedule
Illinois announced its 2017 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2017 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini hosted Big Ten foes Indiana, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, Wisconsin, and traveled to Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Purdue.


2017 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Schedule
The Fighting Illini hosted two of the three non-conference opponents, Ball State from the Mid-American Conference and Western Kentucky (WKU) from Conference USA, and traveled to South Florida from the American Athletic Conference.


2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team
The 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Brock Spack and played their home games at Hancock Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2017 Ilocos United F.C. season
The 2017 season is Ilocos United's 1st season in the top flight of Philippines football. The club is managed by an Ilocos-based group, consisting of Filipino-Australian promoter Jarred Kelly and English businessman Tony Lazaro.


2017 Ilocos United F.C. season
The club only managed to secure a single league match victory and placed last in the league table. They withdrew from the league after the season.


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


2017 Ilocos United F.C. season, Squad, Foreign players
In the Philippines Football League, there can be at least four non-Filipino nationals in a team as long as they are registered. Foreign players who have acquired permanent residency can be registered as locals.


2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
The 2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team represented the University of the Incarnate Word in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cardinals were in their first full season of FCS and Southland Conference eligibility, as they had completed their four-year transition to Division I from Division II. They were led by sixth-year head coach Larry Kennan. They played their home games at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in Southland play to finish in ninth place.


2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team
On November 28, head coach Larry Kennan was fired. He finished at Incarnate Word with a six-year record of 20–46.


2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the season 3–8, 3–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Postseason honors
The following Cardinals received postseason honors for the 2017 season:


2017 Incarnate Word Cardinals football team, Postseason honors
Associated Press FCS All–America First–TeamP  Joe Zema – SeniorSTATS FCS All–America First–TeamP  Joe Zema – SeniorSTATS FCS All–America Second–TeamKR  Desmond Hite – SophomoreAFCA FCS Coaches' All–America Second–TeamP  Joe Zema – SeniorHERO Sports FCS All–America First–TeamP  Joe Zema – SeniorHERO Sports FCS All–America Second–TeamKR  Desmond Hite – SophomoreAll–Southland Conference First–TeamP  Joe Zema – SeniorKR  Desmond Hite – SophomoreAll–Southland Conference Second–TeamAP  Desmond Hite – SophomoreAll–Southland Conference Honorable MentionRB  Derrick Mitchell – SeniorOL  Terence Hickman II – SophomoreLB  Mar'Kel Cooks – SophomoreAthletic Directors Association (ADA) FCS Top Collegiate PunterP  Joe Zema – Senior


2017 Independence Bowl
The 2017 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 42nd annual Independence Bowl featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of Conference USA against the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Sponsored by Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar, the game was officially known as the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.


2017 Independence Bowl
The contest was televised on ESPN, with kickoff at 1:30 PM (EST). It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Florida State defeated Southern Miss, 42–13.


2017 Independence Bowl, Team selection
The game featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles against the Florida State Seminoles.


2017 Independence Bowl, Team selection
This was the twenty-third meeting between the schools, with Florida State holding a 13–8–1 advantage. They had most recently played in 1996, when the Seminoles defeated the Golden Eagles by a score of 54–14.


2017 Independence Bowl, Team selection, Florida State
On December 21, 2017, an unofficial report was published on Reddit claiming that the Seminoles were not bowl eligible due to an NCAA rule stating that for an FCS opponent to be countable towards bowl eligibility, the FCS program must have awarded 90% of the FCS scholarship limit. Delaware State, an FCS team that lost to FSU earlier in the season, did not meet the 90% threshold set by the NCAA. Without this win, FSU stood at 5–6 on the season.


2017 Independence Bowl, Team selection, Florida State
However, on December 22, 2017, Florida State addressed the issue and stated that Delaware State verified its scholarship situation as eclipsing the 90-percent threshold. This, FSU claims, is due to an alleged established NCAA rule interpretation, allowing academic and other non-athletic scholarships to count towards the required threshold, however they did not reference the interpreted rule. The confirmation officially gave Florida State bowl eligibility, and allowed the team to play in the Independence Bowl.


2017 Independence Cup (Albania)
2017 Independence Cup (Albanian: 2017 Kupa Pavarësia) is the 9th edition of the football tournament Independence Cup. It was held in the annual anniversary of Albanian Flag Day. The participants were Albanian team Tirana, Macedonian club Struga (replacing Shkëndija), Montenegrin club Otrant and Kosovan club Liria (replacing Besa).


2017 Independence Cup (cricket)
The 2017 Independence Cup was a cricket tournament that took place in Lahore, Pakistan. It was contested between a World XI team and Pakistan across three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Pakistan won the series 2–1.


2017 Independence Cup (cricket)
South Africa's Faf du Plessis captained the World XI team, with Sarfaraz Ahmed leading Pakistan. Ten of the players in the Pakistan squad had not previously played in an international match at home. The World XI side arrived in Lahore a day before the first fixture under high security. The cup was named in commemoration of Pakistan's 70th year of independence.


2017 Independence Cup (cricket)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed Richie Richardson as the match referee for the fixtures, the first time the ICC has sent an official to oversee cricket matches in Pakistan since 2009. Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza, Ahmed Shahab and Shozab Raza were appointed as the on-field umpires. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced the #CricketKiHalalala hashtag for the series.


2017 Independence Cup (cricket)
The PCB spent an estimated $3 million to host the three matches, with players on the World XI team being paid approximately $100,000 each. The ICC contributed more than $1 million towards security costs. While attendance for the first two matches were as high as 90%, this was down on the crowd numbers for the final of the 2017 Pakistan Super League. Higher ticket pricing was to blame for the drop in attendance, with some tickets being given to local schools as a result. The ICC and PCB looked at the possibility for further World XI tours to Pakistan in the next two years, with the priority for more Full Member sides to tour.


2017 Independence Cup (cricket)
Following the conclusion of the series, Faf du Plessis said how much it meant for the people of Pakistan and that it hopefully will bring cricket back to the country. Sarfraz Ahmed said that he was thankful to the World XI team and that "I expect these players to return back to Pakistan with full squads to play a full Test series". The ICC congratulated Pakistan for hosting the tournament, with the aim to get bilateral international cricket returning to Pakistan. The following month, the Sri Lanka cricket team played a T20I in Lahore against Pakistan.


2017 India Super Series
The 2017 India Super Series was the second super series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India from 28 March – 2 April 2017 and had a total purse of $350,000.


2017 Indian Federation Cup Final
The 2017 Indian Federation Cup Final was a football match between Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan A.C. played on 21 May 2017 at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Bengaluru FC won their second Federation Cup title after having won the first time in 2014–15.


2017 Indian Federation Cup Final, Background
Mohun Bagan played a record 20th Federation Cup final, having won 14 previously. Bengaluru FC played their second final, having won 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup.


2017 Indian Federation Cup Final, Background
After the injury of the captain Sunil Chhetri in the group stage, due to harsh weather conditions and cramped schedule, Bengaluru FC requested to postpone the match to 24 May, but the request was denied. Before the match, Roca remarked, "I would say Bagan are the favourites with some big names on their roster and the availability of all four foreigners for this fixture. We have no problem being the underdogs."


2017 Indian National Congress presidential election
The Indian National Congress presidential election, 2017 was held in December 2017 to elect the President of the Indian National Congress. Rahul Gandhi was elected unopposed President of the Congress. The last party presidential election was held in 2001, where Rahul Gandhi's mother Sonia Gandhi was elected president.


2017 Indian Open
The 2017 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 16 September 2017 in Vishakhapatnam, India. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.


2017 Indian Open
Qualifying took place between 1–2 August 2017 in Preston, England.


2017 Indian Open
Anthony McGill was the defending champion, having beaten Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the 2016 final. McGill reached the final again but was beaten by John Higgins, who won his 29th ranking event.


2017 Indian Open, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2017 Indian Open, Prize fund
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.


2017 Indian Open, Qualifying
These matches were held between 1 and 2 August 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.


2017 Indian Premier League
The 2017 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 10  and branded as Vivo IPL 2017, was the tenth edition of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the BCCI in 2007. The tournament featured the eight teams that played in the previous season. The 2017 season started on 5 April 2017 and finished on 21 May 2017, with Hyderabad hosting the opening match and the final. Mumbai Indians won by 1 run against Rising Pune Supergiant in the final, winning their third title making them the first team to achieve the milestone.


2017 Indian Premier League
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner won the Orange Cap for the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 641 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, also of Sunrisers Hyderabad, was awarded the Purple Cap for finishing as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 26 wickets. Rising Pune Supergiant's Ben Stokes was named the Most Valuable Player, while Basil Thampi of Gujarat Lions was named the Emerging Player of the Tournament.


2017 Indian Premier League, Format
Eight teams were contesting the season. The schedule for the tournament was published on 15 February 2017. The league stage, consisting of 56 matches, took place between 5 April and 14 May 2017. The top four teams qualified for the play-offs, with the final held in Hyderabad on 21 May.


2017 Indian Premier League, Venues
Ten venues were selected to host the matches. The opening match and the final were played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.


2017 Indian Premier League, Personnel changes
The retention lists for the season were announced in December 2016. On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the player auction would be held on 20 February 2017 in Bangalore with a total of 799 players registered for it. On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players. Out of the 351 players shortlisted, 66 players were sold at the 2017 IPL Auction.


2017 Indian Premier League, Opening ceremonies
Unlike the previous IPL seasons each of which had a single opening ceremony, the 2017 season featured opening ceremonies at each venue before the start of the first match at the venue. The ceremonies included performances by Amy Jackson (at Hyderabad); Shalmali Kholgade and Riteish Deshmukh (at Pune); Bhoomi Trivedi, Sachin-Jigar and Tiger Shroff (at Rajkot); Harshdeep Kaur and Disha Patani (at Indore); Benny Dayal and Kriti Sanon (at Bangalore); Sushant Singh Rajput and Malaika Arora (at Mumbai); Shillong Chamber Choir, Monali Thakur and Shraddha Kapoor (at Kolkata); Raftaar, Yami Gautam and Guru Randhawa (at Delhi).


2017 Indian Premier League, Teams and standings, Points table
("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. ' R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)


2017 Indian Premier League Final
The 2017 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match between the Mumbai Indians and the Rising Pune Supergiant, on 21 May 2017, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. It was held to determine the winner of the 2017 season of the Indian Premier League, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India.


2017 Indian Premier League Final
Mumbai, playing in their fourth IPL final, defeated Pune by 1 run to win their third title. Mumbai's Krunal Pandya was awarded man of the match award for his innings of 47. The final was sold out, with a final attendance of 59,567.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, League stage
Mumbai and Pune were ranked first and second respectively on the league table. Mumbai had a successful first half of the season, winning six out of six matches after their opening game defeat to Pune. They managed four wins in the second half of the league stage, and finished on top of the league table with 20 points. Mumbai's success in the first half of the season was built around contributions from various batsmen, Nitish Rana and Jos Buttler in particular, as well as Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah and Krunal Pandya among the bowlers.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, League stage
However, in the first week of May, Mumbai replaced Buttler, who was to leave for national duty after the league stage, with Lendl Simmons to open the innings, while Rana had a loss of form that led to him being benched, and Pandya was sidelined for over ten days with an injury.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, League stage
Pune began the season with three defeats in their first four games, with their inexperienced bowling lineup and multimillion-dollar signing Ben Stokes struggling. After this, Pune formed a settled bowling attack led by Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur, Stokes and Imran Tahir, and went on to win eight of their remaining ten matches. Stokes turned out to be a match-winner with both bat and ball, winning three man of the match awards, while Rahul Tripathi and captain Steve Smith produced consistent performances with the bat. The team was also buoyed by 17-year-old Washington Sundar's economical bowling and Manoj Tiwary's lower-order cameos, but had Stokes and Tahir departing for their respective countries on national duty at the end of the league stage.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, League stage, League stage series
Pune won both league stage meetings against Mumbai. In the first meeting at Pune, Mumbai posted 184/8 in 20 overs after being put into bat, largely thanks to Hardik Pandya's 35 not out off 15 balls coming in at number eight. Pune then chased down the total in the final over, having lost only three wickets, with captain Smith top-scoring with an unbeaten 84 and Ajinkya Rahane scoring a 34-ball 60.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, League stage, League stage series
In the second encounter between the two teams, Mumbai opted to field first, having prior to the match won all five games in the season in which they batted second. Pune put up 160/6 on the board, Tripathi top-scoring with 45. Mumbai, in reply, could manage only 157/8 in 20 overs, falling short by 3 runs despite captain Rohit Sharma's 58 off 39 balls. This ended Mumbai's six-match winning streak; Stokes won man of the match for his bowling figures of 2/21 in 4 overs.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
The playoff stage was played according to the Page playoff system and provided Mumbai and Pune, being the top- and second-ranked teams, with two ways of qualifying for the Final. They first faced each other in Qualifier 1, where the winners would qualify for the Final. The losers of Qualifier 1 would play against the winners of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2; the winners of this match would also qualify for the Final.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
The Qualifier 1 was played at the Wankhede Stadium, home ground of Mumbai, where the home team won the toss and elected to bowl first at a venue favorable to teams batting second. Pune were reduced to 9 for 2 after the first two overs, with their top two batsmen of the season Tripathi and Smith dismissed for 0 and 1 respectively. Rahane and Tiwary then put up an 80-run partnership for the third wicket, scoring at close to 8 runs per over.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
After the fall of Rahane for 56 in the 13th over, Tiwary and MS Dhoni initially struggled to score freely on the "slow" and "two-paced" pitch and the score read 121/3 after 18 overs. The last two overs, however, yielded 41 runs which included 26 runs off the penultimate over by McClenaghan. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 40 from 26 balls with five sixes, whereas Tiwary was dismissed run out off the last ball of the innings for 58. Pune's total of 162 was thought to be "below par".


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
In reply, the Mumbai runchase started on a positive note with Parthiv Patel batting aggressively in the powerplay. The run out of Simmons in the fifth over was followed by off-spinner Sundar taking three wickets (captain Sharma, Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard) in two overs. Mumbai continued losing wickets at regular intervals and could only manage to score 142/9 in their 20 overs, falling short by 20 runs. Pune thus advanced to the Final for the first time and completed a hat-trick of wins over Mumbai in the season; Sundar won man of the match for his bowling efforts (3/16 in 4 overs).


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
In Qualifier 2 at Bangalore, Mumbai took on the Kolkata Knight Riders who had knocked out defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator. Sharma won the toss again and elected to field keeping in mind the possibility of rain which had affected the Eliminator. The bowlers backed the captain's decision by taking early wickets to reduce Kolkata to 31/5 after 7 overs. Ishank Jaggi and Suryakumar Yadav offered some resistance for Kolkata who were eventually bowled out for 107 in the 19th over. For Mumbai, leg-spinner Karn Sharma took 4 for 16 while Bumrah took 3 for 7. In their runchase Mumbai were in a precarious position of 34/3, before Krunal Pandya came to the crease and guided them to victory with an unbeaten 30-ball 45. Mumbai qualified for the Final with this win, setting up the season's fourth encounter with cross-expressway rivals Pune.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Final, Background
The final was played at the neutral venue of Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad, the home of the previous season champions. This was Mumbai Indians' fourth appearance in an IPL final, having won twice and lost once in the finals before. The Rising Pune Supergiant, in their second and final year in the IPL, were playing in their first final. Pune led the overall head-to-head record 4–1, and had beaten Mumbai in all three previous meetings in the season.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Final, Background
Pune were without Ben Stokes, the leader of the Most Valuable Player of the season, and Mumbai without Jos Buttler for the final. Both players were recalled by the England and Wales Cricket Board at the conclusion of the league stage to join a training camp in Spain ahead of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. Pune also missed the services of their premier spinner Imran Tahir who had returned to South Africa for England tour and Champions Trophy preparation. Mumbai's leading wicket-taker of the season Mitchell McClenaghan, who had missed Qualifier 2 with an injury, was ruled out of the final as well.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Final, Report
Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first on what he believed to be a "good pitch" which "plays a little slower in the second innings"; Pune captain Steve Smith said he would also have batted first. Both teams were unchanged from their respective previous matches.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Final, Report
Mumbai made a poor start to their innings, losing both openers to Jaydev Unadkat in the third over of the innings. As the run rate slowed down, Sharma looked to counter-attack and struck four boundaries off Lockie Ferguson in the last over of powerplay. Ferguson came back to remove Ambati Rayudu in his next over, while Adam Zampa got the wickets of Sharma and Kieron Pollard in the 11th over. The form continued as they made it to 81 for 7 after 15 overs. The last recognised batsman Krunal Pandya then scored rapidly, making 47 runs from 38 deliveries, with tail-end support from Australian Mitchell Johnson who scored 13. Mumbai's innings concluded at 129 for 8 in 20 overs.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Final, Report
Pune started positively in their runchase, despite losing Rahul Tripathi early in the innings. After being dropped on 14, Ajinkya Rahane made 44 from 38 deliveries, putting up a 54-run partnership with Smith which ended with Rahane's dismissal in the 12th over. Economical bowling from Mumbai bowlers restricted Pune to 83 for 2 after 15 overs, leaving them 47 to get from the last 5 overs. Pune struck 14 runs in the 16th over to tilt the match in their favour, before Jasprit Bumrah dismissed MS Dhoni in the next over in which he conceded only 3 runs.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Final, Report
Pune reached 119 for 3 at the end of 19 overs with a six from Smith off the penultimate ball of the penultimate over, and the equation read 11 runs to get in the final over to be bowled by Johnson. Manoj Tiwary struck a four off the first ball, before he and Smith were dismissed caught in the deep in the next two deliveries. A drop catch off the penultimate ball allowed Pune to get two runs and come within four runs of the target with one ball to go. On the final ball of the innings, Dan Christian ran two and Washington Sundar was run out attempting a third run, resulting in a thrilling one-run victory for Mumbai Indians.


2017 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard, Summary
It was Mumbai's third IPL title, making them the first team to have won the IPL title more than twice. Mumbai's total of 129 was also the lowest winning total in the first innings of an IPL final. Krunal Pandya was awarded man of the match for his 38-ball 47. Pune all-rounder Stokes won the Most Valuable Player award for the season. Mumbai won a prize money of ₹15 crore for becoming the champions, while runners-up Pune were awarded ₹10 crore.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 as nomination contests by state legislators routinely for ten members of the Rajya Sabha across three states, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017. The State Legislatures which contribute in this six-year minor elections/nomination cycle are Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The mechanism is the single transferable vote (STV) among legislators, meaning nominations may be unopposed contests (commonly in states with an absolute majority for a particular party in its legislative, public elections). The open ballot is used rather than secret ballot, allowing public scrutiny.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
The year also saw five by-elections one of which saw a state's co-representative change, owing to a change in the make-up of the relevant legislature in the intervening three years.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
The 2017 six-yearly cycle is of great importance to Goa, where its sole Rajya Sabha member is chosen by its current legislators; 3 of 11 members for Gujarat and 6 of 16 members are also so elected (see cross-party nomination contests) in this cycle.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
The outcome in party terms, which tends to reflect the current popular political make-up of the relevant legislatures, was primarily no change (12 of the 15 seats involved in 2017). The other three seats to reflect state political changes were two intervening sufficient mathematical state gains in support for the VJP at state elections, at the expense of the INC entitling two VJP nominations rather than INC and one state gain in support (sufficient proportional representation swing) for the AITC which had cost the Communist Party of India (Marxist), specifically in West Bengal.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Members elected, Goa
Goa's main party in its legislature saw its nomination contest for Goa's sole seat on July 21, 2017.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Members elected, Gujarat
Gujarat had an election for 3 Rajya Sabha seats on August 8, 2017.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Members elected, West Bengal
West Bengal had elected the 6 Rajya Sabha seat unopposed.


2017 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, By-elections
In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' resignation or death, may also be filled via By-elections.


2017 Indian presidential election
A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. Ram Nath Kovind became 14th President of India. President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.


2017 Indian presidential election
Governor of Bihar Ram Nath Kovind of the Bharatiya Janata Party had the backing of the governing National Democratic Alliance coalition, and went up against opposition candidate Meira Kumar of the Indian National Congress in the vote. Kovind secured roughly two-thirds of the votes from the electoral college of elected members of federal, state and union territory legislatures and was elected to a five-year term as President. Kovind's term of office began on 25 July 2017.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background
There was initial speculation that the incumbent, Pranab Mukherjee, would seek re-election. However, he decided not to run again in 2017, meaning that his term in office ended on 24 July 2017.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background, Selection process
The President of India is indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament, the elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the 28 states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi,  Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. As of 2017, the electoral college comprises 776 MPs and 4,120 MLAs.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background, Selection process
The system assigns varying numbers of votes to these electoral college members, such that the total weight of MPs and those of MLAs is roughly equal and that the voting power of states and territories are proportional to their population. Overall the members of the electoral college were eligible to cast 1,098,903 votes, yielding a threshold for a majority of 549,452 votes.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background, Selection process
The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held by means of a secret ballot under the single transferable vote system. The manner of election of President is provided by Article 55 of the Constitution.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background, Selection process
The returning officer for the election was Anoop Mishra, the Secretary General of Lok Sabha.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background, Electoral college partisan composition
At the time of the election the NDA coalition itself was short of a majority by about 25,000 votes, but was expected to be able to rely on other parties to breach the small deficit without difficulty.


2017 Indian presidential election, Background, Public opinion
Although the election was not a popular vote, some general polling was performed to measure public opinion. In both Business Insider-Ipsos and NDTV polls comparing support of the two candidates, Kovind was the more popular choice with 71% and 63% support respectively.


2017 Indian presidential election, Candidates
Two candidates were nominated. Both the governing NDA coalition and the opposition UPA coalition put forward candidates from their dominant parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress respectively.


2017 Indian presidential election, Results
Ram Nath Kovind was declared as the President-elect after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017. He was administered oath by the Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, to take office as the 14th President of India on 25 July 2017 at the Central Hall located in The Parliament House, New Delhi.


2017 Indian presidential election, Results, Reactions
Immediately after the results were announced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted,


2017 Indian presidential election, Results, Reactions
"Congratulations to Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji on being elected the President of India! Best wishes for a fruitful & inspiring tenure."


2017 Indian presidential election, Results, Reactions
"Gladdened by the extensive support for Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji among MPs & across various parties. I thank the members of the electoral college."


2017 Indian vice presidential election
The elections to the next Vice-President of India,  were held on 5 August 2017. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India.


2017 Indian vice presidential election
Rajya Sabha Secretary-General Shumsher K. Sheriff served as the Returning Officer for the 15th Vice-Presidential election.


2017 Indian vice presidential election
Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, completed his second term on 10 August 2017. Venkaiah Naidu won the election and took oath as 13th Vice-President of India on 11 August 2017 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Background
The Vice President of India is the exofficio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian parliament) and functions as its speaker. He also assumes the post of the President of India in case of a vacancy and stays in the post for a maximum period of six months and performs all the functions of the President. The Vice President also has a term of five years.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Background
During the election, the outgoing vice president was Mohammad Hamid Ansari. He was elected to the post in 2007 and re-elected in 2012. His term ended on 10 August 2017. The Election Commission of India announced that the election would be held on 5 August and the result would be declared on the same day.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Election process
The Vice President is elected by an electoral college which includes members of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Indian parliament) and the members of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament). The nominated members of the mentioned houses are also eligible to vote in the election process. In the election, voting will be done by a secret ballot and the members of parliament will use a "special pen" to mark their preference.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Candidates
A candidate participating in the election needs the support of at least 20 electors who would be the proposers of the candidate and needs to get another additional support of at least 20 seconders. The candidate also has to deposit ₹15000 ($233) as a security deposit. Two candidates were nominated for the election. One candidate was nominated by the National Democratic Alliance and another by United Progressive Alliance.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Candidates, NDA Candidate
Venkaiah Naidu was nominated by National Democratic Alliance. He was the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation of India. He had also served as a party president of Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Naidu was a "fitting candidate" for the post. According to Indian Express leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party felt that if Naidu got elected then it would act as a morale booster for the party in south Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Besides the parties of the NDA, YSR Congress party, AIADMK and Telangana Rashtra Samiti parties also pledged to support Naidu. News18 wrote that Naidu was expected to get 489 votes compared to 394 votes required to win the election.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Candidates, UPA Candidate
Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the candidate nominated by the United Progressive Alliance and had the support of 18 opposition parties. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari, two prominent figures of the Indian freedom movement. A former diplomat, Gandhi is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College and has also served as India's envoy to Sri Lanka, Norway and South Africa. He has also held the post of Governor of West Bengal and presided over the state during Nandigram violence. Gandhi had the support of Indian National Congress, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Nationalist Congress Party and the Left Front.


2017 Indian vice presidential election, Results
Following the election, Venkaiah Naidu  was elected 13th Vice-President of India. He has sworn-in to the office on 11 August 2017. Of 790 seats in Parliament, 5 seats were vacant during the election.


2017 Indiana Fever season
The 2017 WNBA season is the 18th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever began play on May 14, 2017. The Fever started the season strong posting a 7–7 record in May and June. However the second half of the season was not as positive. The team finished 2–18 in the months of July August and September. This brought their final record to 9–25, which was 6th place in the Eastern Conference, and next to last in the league.


2017 Indiana Fever season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The Fever made two selections in the 2017 WNBA Entry Draft. The draft was held on April 13:


2017 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
The 2017 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team is a baseball team that represented Indiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hoosiers are members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Lemonis.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Hoosiers were selected to play in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, beginning in the Lexington Regional. The Hoosiers would eventually lose in the second round of the Lexington Regional to Kentucky by a score of 9–14. Two players from the team (Craig Dedelow and Luke Miller) were selected in the MLB Draft.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team, Previous season
The Hoosiers finished the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season 32–24 overall (15–9 conference) and fourth place in conference standings. The Hoosiers would lose in the second round of the 2016 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament to Maryland, 3–0. Indiana would not be selected to play in the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft
The following Hoosiers on the 2016 roster were selected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft:


2017 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team, Preseason
On August 22, 2016, head coach Lemonis promoted pitching coach Kyle Bunn to Associate Head Coach. On December 12, 2016, Lemonis named senior infielder Tony Butler and senior right-handed pitcher Luke Stephenson to Captain status for the 2017 year. On January 19, 2017, the Big Ten Conference announced that the 2017 Big Ten Baseball Tournament will be held at Bart Kaufman Field.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana competed as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first-year head coach Tom Allen and finished 5–7 overall, 2–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Spring Game
The 2017 Spring Game took place in Bloomington, on April 13, at 7:00 PM.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Previous season
The Hoosiers finished the 2016 season 6–6, 4–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place in the Eastern Division. The highlight of the season was beating No. 17-ranked Michigan State, as well as beating Purdue to become bowl eligible for the second year in a row; a feat last accomplished in the 1990 and 1991 seasons. Following a loss to Utah in the Foster Farms Bowl, Indiana finished their season 6–7.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Offseason
Following the season, the Hoosiers would fire sixth year Offensive Coordinator Kevin Johns on January 2, 2017 and hire Tennessee Offensive Coordinator Mike DeBord two days later. On January 4, 2017, Grant Heard joined the Hoosiers' coaching staff as the wide receivers coach. He formerly coached at Ole Miss. On March 3, 2017, Mike Hart was hired to fill the vacant role of running backs' coach. Hart was a former running backs coach at Syracuse, Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan, as well as a former running back for the Indianapolis Colts.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Preseason, Returning starters
Indiana had seven returning players on offense, nine on defense and two on special teams that started games in 2016.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Schedule
The Hoosiers' 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home games and 6 away games. The Hoosiers first non-conference game were away at Virginia of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), before hosting the remaining two non-conference games; against FIU from Conference USA (C-USA) and against Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference (Sun Belt).


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Schedule
The Hoosiers played nine conference games; they hosted Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Rutgers. They traveled to Penn State, Michigan State, Maryland, Illinois, and Purdue.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team, Radio
Radio coverage for all games will be broadcast on  All-Access and on various radio frequencies throughout the state. The primary radio announcer is long-time broadcaster Don Fischer with Play-by-Play.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team
The 2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team was the represented Indiana University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the Hoosiers' 45th season of varsity college soccer, and their 27th season in the Big Ten Conference.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team
The Hoosiers finished as runners-up for both the Big Ten regular season, the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, and the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Hoosiers only lost one match in regulation or overtime the entire season, finishing with an 18-1-6 record. It was the fewest losses the program posted in a season since 1997, when the Hoosiers finished 23-1-0, and reached the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. It was also only the fourth time in program history the Hoosiers had only one loss on the season.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Background
In the 2016 season Indiana tied for second in the regular season with Wisconsin. Indiana then lost to Wisconsin in semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament on penalties. Indiana was selected for an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament, losing in the third round to Virginia Tech.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Preseason roster changes, 2017 team recruits
Ten true freshmen joined the Hoosiers ahead of the 2017 campaign. Of the 10, three of the recruits were in-state recruits and six were from the midwest region. Indiana announced their initial recruiting class on February 1, 2017. In March, recruiting class was considered the fifth-best recruiting class by CollegeSoccerNews.com. Seattle Sounders FC Academy, and Sounders U-19 goalkeeper, Trey Muse, made a late commitment to Indiana on May 4, 2017.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Review
The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an undefeated record, being on the only program in the nation to achieve such an accomplishment. During the regular season, the Hoosiers finished 13-0-4 and 5-0-3 in conference play. They finished second in the Big Ten behind Michigan, and were seeded second in the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. There, the Hoosiers defeated Penn State and Ohio without giving up any goals. In the championship game, the Hoosiers faced Wisconsin, the same program that eliminated them from last year's Big Ten Tournament.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Review
After a scoreless draw, the Badgers got the better of the Hoosiers in a penalty shoot-out, giving the Badgers the Big Ten title. Despite failing to win the Big Ten title, Indiana earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they were given the number two-overall seed. This afforded the Hoosiers a first-round bye, where they hosted the winner of the Old Dominion (2017 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament champions) vs. NC State (ACC 9th-place finishers) match in the second round. Old Dominion won the match 2-0, meaning the Hoosiers hosted the Monarchs in Bloomington on November 19, in the second round. Goals from Lillard, Toye and Panchot were enough for Indiana, as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Old Dominion.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Review
In the third round, or "sweet sixteen" of the tournament, Indiana hosted the 20th-ranked, New Hampshire (2017 America East Men's Soccer Tournament semifinalists). Thomas opened the scoring for the Hoosiers in the 10th minute, while Moore scored the game-winning goal in the 65th minute, giving Indiana a 2-0 lead over New Hampshire. The Wildcat's Jacob Gould would notch one back in the 76th minute, creating a nervy final quarter hour for the Hoosiers.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Review
Despite this, Indiana would hold on to win the match, and advance to their 25th NCAA quarterfinal ("elite eight") and their first since their national championship run in 2012. In the quarterfinals, Indiana was pitted against their conference foes, the seventh-seed, Michigan State. The match, played at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington was sold out, with a capacity crowd of 5,450 on hand. In the match, the Spartans would score a stunning 2nd-minute goal to put the Hoosiers in an early hole.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Review
Michigan State left winger, Ken Krolicki served a cross to Ryan Sierakowski who headed it in the bottom left corner. It was Ryan Sierakowski's ninth goal of the season. The Spartans would hold on to the lead through the first half and through a third of the second half of play. In the 60th minute, Indiana's Swartz headed an inswinging corner kick to tie the match, 1-1. The score would remain gridlocked through the remainder of regulation and the two overtime periods. In penalty kicks, Indiana prevailed over Michigan State, 3-2, giving the Hoosiers their 19th College Cup appearance.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Review
In the national semifinals, Indiana took on a familiar college soccer powerhouse, North Carolina. The cagey match featured a lone goal from Gutman, who scored off a loose ball in the penalty box off a deflected corner kick. The 50th-minute goal from Gutman was the lone goal of the match and enough to send Indiana to its 15th NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game.


2017 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Roster
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2017 Indiana State Sycamores football team
The 2017 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–8 in MVFC play to finish in last place.


2017 Indiana State Sycamores football team
Prior to the season, on January 23, 2017, Curt Mallory was hired as the 21st head coach in program history. He was previously the defensive backs coach and pass defense coordinator at Wyoming.


2017 Indiana State Sycamores football team, Previous season
The Sycamores finished the 2016 season 4–7, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish tied for eighth place.


2017 Indianapolis 500
The 2017 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil for sponsorship reasons) is a Verizon IndyCar Series event that occurred on Sunday May 28, 2017, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. The race was the premier event and the sixth race of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season.


2017 Indianapolis 500
Despite a threatening weather forecast in the days leading up to the event, the race ran its scheduled distance of 200 laps (500 miles) and was won by Japanese driver Takuma Sato of Andretti Autosport. Sato, who also finished on the podium at the 2004 U.S. Grand Prix on the road course at Indianapolis, became the first Asian driver to win the Indianapolis 500. Two violent crashes occurred during the month, involving Sébastien Bourdais (time trials) and Scott Dixon (race), respectively. Bourdais suffered a broken pelvis and other injuries, forcing him to sit out the event, while Dixon suffered a minor ankle injury.