2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 30 September, SPÖ general secretary and campaign manager Georg Niedermühlbichler resigned, following revelations of an internal SPÖ "dirt campaign" directed against ÖVP-leader Sebastian Kurz. The negative Facebook campaigning websites were initiated by former, controversial SPÖ adviser Tal Silberstein who got fired by the party a month before. In the days following the revelations and a blame-game about the origins and responsibility in the affair, the ÖVP decided to sue the SPÖ and vice versa.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Background
On 6 October, PR adviser and former Silberstein associate Peter Puller claimed to have been offered €100,000 by the ÖVP in exchange for internal information on the SPÖ election campaign, citing a meeting between himself and a Kurz campaign official. The ÖVP are denying that any offers were made.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Electoral system
The 183 members of the National Council are elected by open list proportional representation in nine multi-member constituencies based on the states (with varying in size from 7 to 36 seats) and 39 sub-constituencies. Seats are allocated using the Hare method at the sub-constituency level and the D'Hondt at the federal level, with an electoral threshold of 4% or one seat in one of the 39 sub-constituencies. Voters are able to cast a party vote and one preference votes on each the federal, state and electoral district level for their preferred candidates within that party.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Electoral system
The thresholds for a candidate to move up the list are 7% of the candidate's party result on the federal level, 10% on the state level and 14% on the electoral district level. Candidates for sub-constituency level are listed on the ballot while voters need to write-in their preferred candidate on state and federal level.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 25th National Council.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties
Team Stronach dissolved prior to the election and did not participate.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties, Ballot access requirements
In order to contest the election nationwide, a party (or list) must have the support of three members of parliament or collect 2,600 valid signatures from eligible voters ahead of the elections.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties, Ballot access requirements
Parties may contest the election in individual states only, if they so chose. To do so, they must submit a minimum number of voter signatures that varies by state as follows:


2017 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties, Ballot access requirements
Parties were able to collect the signatures between 25 July and 18 August. The state and federal election commissions validated the signatures and announced the qualified parties on 24 August.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Contesting parties, Parties that collected enough signatures
In addition to the parties already represented in the National Council (except Team Stronach, which dissolved in August and did not contest the election), eleven parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot. Five of these were cleared to be on the ballot in all states, six of them only in some.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Voter statistics
According to final numbers, 6,400,993 citizens older than 16 were eligible to vote in the election. A total of 3,307,645 women and 3,093,348 men were eligible to vote. The numbers also included 60,762 Austrians who had their main residence abroad, but who registered in time to vote. Despite Vienna being the most populous state, Lower Austria had the most eligible voters (1,288,802), while Burgenland had the fewest (232,740). After a period of objection, the number of eligible voters was finalized and released on 15 September by the state and federal election commissions.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Voter statistics
A total of 889,193 postal ballots had been requested ahead of the election, a new record. That number was up significantly from the election in 2013 when 668,810 ballots were requested. It was estimated that roughly 780,000 postal ballots will be cast, or about 15-16% of all ballots cast. The overwhelming majority of postal ballots was counted on Monday, 16 October and a small part on Thursday, 19 October - when the final election result was made official.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Campaign
Issues being debated included immigration, integration, crime and security, tax cuts, job creation/reducing unemployment, pensions and care for the elderly.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Results, Preference votes
Alongside votes for a party, voters were able to cast a preferential votes for a candidate on the party list. The ten candidates with the most preferential votes on a federal level were as follows:


2017 Austrian legislative election, Results, Maps
Map showing the results of the election on the state level


2017 Austrian legislative election, Results, Maps
Map showing the results of the election on the sub-constituency level. The boxes indicate seats won on that level (Grundmandate)


2017 Austrian legislative election, Results, Maps
Map showing the results of the election on the district level


2017 Austrian legislative election, Results, Maps
Map showing the results of the election on the municipal level ("Gleichstand" = tie)


2017 Austrian legislative election, Government formation
On 20 October, Sebastian Kurz was officially instructed by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen to form a new government.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Government formation
On 22 October, after Sebastian Kurz talked with all party leaders and Chancellor Kern being the last one he talked with, Kern announced that the SPÖ would prepare for opposition starting on Monday, 23 October.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Government formation
On 24 October, Sebastian Kurz officially invited the FPÖ to coalition talks. The FPÖ accepted this offer and first talks started on Wednesday, 25 October.


2017 Austrian legislative election, Government formation
On 16 December, the new ÖVP-FPÖ government was officially presented at a press conference by Sebastian Kurz and Heinz-Christian Strache. As result of the negotiations the ÖVP staffed eight cabinet posts and the FPÖ six. Each party also established an additional State Secretary. President Van der Bellen approved the new government and it was sworn in on 18 December.


2017 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2017 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on August 13, 2017.


2017 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.


2017 Auto Club 400
The 2017 Auto Club 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race  that was held on March 26, 2017, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 202 laps, extended from 200 laps due to overtime, on the two-mile (3.2 km) D-shaped oval, it is the fifth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Auto Club 400, Report, Background
Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) is a 2 miles (3.2 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. It is also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack is located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is the only track owned by ISC to have naming rights sold. The speedway is served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.


2017 Auto Club 400, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 38.081 seconds and a speed of 189.071 mph (304.280 km/h).


2017 Auto Club 400, Qualifying
Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 38.493 and a speed of 187.047 mph (301.023 km/h). “It was an interesting qualifying for us,” Larson said. “I ran the bottom in Turns 3 and 4. I knew everybody was running the top in 3 and 4 and my plan was to go up there in the second round, but thought I maybe got through 1 and 2 okay enough to run the bottom. I knew the third round I was going to have to move up. Our Target Chevy was really good, really balanced up there. I was surprised."


2017 Auto Club 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 38.451 seconds and a speed of 187.251 mph (301.351 km/h).


2017 Auto Club 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 38.404 seconds and a speed of 187.480 mph (301.720 km/h).


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, First stage
Kyle Larson led the field to the green flag at 3:50 p.m. On the initial start, Denny Hamlin spun his tires and forced Brad Keselowski to check up. He backed into Ryan Newman – and Kevin Harvick, who was lined up behind Newman – and was turned up the track, damaging the left-rear quarter panel in the process. Keselowski kept going, but got loose exiting Turn 4, with help from Jimmie Johnson, and spun through the frontstretch grass, bringing out the first caution of the race on the third lap.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, First stage
The race restarted on the eighth lap. Harvick made an unscheduled stop for damage on lap 23. A cycle of green flag stops started on lap 30 and resulted in Martin Truex Jr. cycling to the lead. Larson took it back exiting Turn 4 on lap 49, won the first stage and the second caution flew for the completion of the stage on lap 60. Truex exited pit road first. Ryan Blaney (removing equipment from the pit box) and Austin Dillon (speeding) restarted the race from the tail end of the field for pit road infractions.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 68. The second stage was only broken up by green flag stops on lap 91, which resulted in Truex retaining the lead. It ended with him winning the stage and the third caution flew on lap 120 for its completion.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 73 laps to go. Larson powered by Truex on the bottom in Turn 1 to retake the lead on the restart. For most of the stage, it was a repeat of the second stage. It was broken up with 49 to go when cars started pitting under green, Larson and Truex pitted together with 45 to go and Larson regained it with 37 to go. During the cycle, Kyle Busch led for a few laps, followed by Ty Dillon and Johnson was turned by Truex on pit road. Gray Gaulding suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 1, bringing out the fourth caution with 20 to go. Truex, who entered pit road under the caution second, left seventh after he "stopped too deep in the box."


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 16 to go. Exiting Turn 2 on the restart, Truex hooked the left-rear corner of Matt Kenseth, then sent him spinning down the track and into the inside retaining wall, bringing out the fifth caution.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 11 to go. Two laps later, Corey LaJoie spun out in Turn 2, bringing out the sixth caution. Hamlin, taking the lead as a result, Truex and Jamie McMurray elected to stay out under the caution, while everyone else hit pit road.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with five to go. Larson quickly took second from Truex on the backstretch and had a run on Hamlin, but found himself boxed in by Truex to his left and the outside wall to his right. He made the pass for the lead exiting Turn 2 with three to go seconds before the seventh caution flew for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spinning out in Turn 2.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
The race restarted in overtime with two to go and Larson drove on to score the victory.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
In victory lane, Larson said of the final two restarts that he was "staying as calm as [he] could," but he was "frustrated" as well. "It seems like every time I get to the lead at the end of one of these things, the caution comes out and I've got to fight people off on restarts," he added. "Our Target Chevy was amazing all day. We were able to lead a lot of laps today. Truex was better than us that second stage by quite a bit.


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
We were able to get the jump on him the following restart and led pretty much the rest of the distance. I had to fight them off there after the green flag stops (before the final caution), and that was a lot of fun. This is just amazing. We've been so good all year long, three seconds in a row. I've been watching all the TV like 'He doesn't know how to win,' but we knew how to win today, so that was good."


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
"Great perseverance from this team," Keselowski said on pit road after rallying from a Lap 3 spin to finish runner-up. "I got out of the car and looked at the damage. It's torn to pieces. I feel lucky to finish second and curious what we could have done if we weren't torn up. Great day for us to persevere, despite adversity. You'll have that in a 36-race season, so proud of team for that."


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Clint Bowyer, who earned his first top-five finish since the 2015 Irwin Tools Night Race with a third-place finish, said his team is "getting closer. This is a good track for me. I wanted to win that damn thing, but to come home with a wild finish and everything that it was, we’ll take it.”


2017 Auto Club 400, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Truex, who finished fourth after electing not to pit under the penultimate caution, said it was "not the situation we wanted to be in, but we thought more guys would stay out there. I think we only ran a few laps. It was definitely a disadvantage at the end and just really tight. Holding on for fourth was good for points.”


2017 Auto Club 400, Media, Television
The race was the 17th race Fox Sports covered at the Auto Club Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Auto Club winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum will handle the pit road duties for the television side.


2017 Auto Club 400, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and 2001 race winner Rusty Wallace called the race from the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Dan Hubbard called race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN.


2017 Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston by-election
A by-election was held in the Cook Islands constituency of Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston on 18 May 2017. The by-election was precipitated by the resignation of Albert Nicholas. It was won by Albert Nicholas.


2017 Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston by-election, Background
In the July 2014 general election the contest for Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston (or "RAPPA") saw sitting Cook Islands Party MP John Henry unseated by the Democratic Party challenger Albert Nicholas. Following the election, Nicholas switched his support to the government of Henry Puna in exchange for a position in cabinet. He was subsequently expelled from the Democratic Party. Continued controversy about the ethics of "vaka-jumping" saw him resign his seat in April 2017 in an effort to gain a new mandate.


2017 Avatiu–Ruatonga–Palmerston by-election, Background
Nicholas was selected as the Cook Islands Party candidate, a decision which saw former CIP candidate John Henry run as an independent. The Democrats selected Dr Teina Rongo, a former public servant.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400
The 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 11, 2017 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) triangular superspeedway, and was the 14th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Report, Background
The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races: the Axalta presents the Pocono 400 and the Pennsylvania 400, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Since 2013, the track is also host to a Verizon IndyCar Series race.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Report, Background
Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Report, Background
Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 50.758 seconds and a speed of 177.312 mph (285.356 km/h).


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 50.237 and a speed of 179.151 mph (288.316 km/h).


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 51.305 seconds and a speed of 175.421 mph (282.313 km/h).


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, First stage
Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 3:22 p.m. Aside from an unscheduled pit stop by Joey Logano for a flat left-rear tire on the sixth lap, nothing unusual happened in the early stage of the race. It proceeded in an orderly fashion, only interrupted by a cycle of green flag stops on lap 14. Busch pitted from the lead on lap 18, followed by Kyle Larson pitted the next lap, and the lead moved to Erik Jones. He pitted on lap 36 and the lead cycled back to Busch. During the pit cycle, Ryan Newman and Darrell Wallace Jr. were handed pass through penalties for speeding on pit road. Both served them, but Wallace was hit with a second penalty – a stop and go – for speeding while completing his pass through.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, First stage
Busch drove on to win the first stage and caution flew for the first time in the race on lap 50 for the culmination of the stage. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the lead under the caution by opting not to pit when the leaders did.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Second stage
When the race returned to green on lap 57, Jones – on fresher tires – took the lead from Stenhouse driving down the Long Pond Straightaway. At the start/finish line the following lap, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s engine blew up as a result of a mis-shift and transmission failure. Moments later, Clint Bowyer tagged the wall with his right-rear corner exiting Turn 1. After those two events and Busch retaking the lead on lap 62, however, the second stage continued just as the first did.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Second stage
It was only broken up by a cycle of green flag stops on lap 91 when Busch pitted from the lead. Teammate Denny Hamlin followed suite the subsequent lap, giving the lead to Larson. On the 96th lap, Jimmie Johnson – running seventh – suffered brake failure hurdling down the frontstretch. He turned his car down into the grass to bleed off speed, which then turned up the track and slammed the wall hard in Turn 1. Moments later, Jamie McMurray suffered a similar brake failure going into Turn 1 and also pounded the Turn 1 wall.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Second stage
His car continued rolling down the Long Pond Straightaway when it caught fire in the engine compartment, prompting McMurray to park it on the apron and quickly exit the burning vehicle. These two events brought out the second caution, as well as a 23-minute and 25-second red flag to facilitate cleanup.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Second stage
Rather than run out the remaining four laps of the stage under caution, NASCAR decided to run a one-lap shootout to end it. It restarted on lap 99, Larson won the second stage and caution flew for the third time for the conclusion of the stage. Busch bypassed pit road under the caution, having just pitted a few laps prior, and took back the lead.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Final stage
Back to green with 55 laps to go, the race settled into an orderly procession. As was the case in the first and second stage, the race was only broken up when race leader Busch commenced a cycle of green flag stops with 36 to go. Martin Truex Jr. did so as well four laps later, handing the lead to Brad Keselowski. He stayed out for 12 laps hoping to catch a caution, but didn't, pitted with 20 to go. Kasey Kahne suffered brake failure the following lap and belted the wall in Turn 1, bringing out the fourth caution. Busch opted not to pit and took the lead, as did Keselowski, while rest of the field pitted and Jones exited pit road first by taking two tires, followed by Ryan Blaney and everyone else taking 4 tires.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Final stage
On the ensuing restart with 13 to go, Busch bolted ahead as Keselowski faltered. Blaney quickly pounced on and took second from Keselowski. Blaney on his fresher tires closed the gap to Busch on worn tires coming to 10 to go. After crossing the start/finish line, Blaney dropped down to the bottom of the track to pass to give himself the preferred groove going into Turn 1, but Busch blocked his move on the frontstretch and the battle continued.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Race, Final stage
Blaney got to Busch's inside exiting Turn 1 and made contact going down the Long Pond Straightaway, even took the battle onto the apron. Blaney backed out going into Turn 2, but Busch left the bottom open, letting Blaney get back to his inside exiting Turn 2 and lost the lead to him on the Short Chute. Blaney spent the remaining nine laps holding off a charging Kevin Harvick to score his first ever victory and first for the Wood Brothers since Trevor Bayne winning the Daytona 500 in 2011.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Media, Television
Fox NASCAR televised the race in the United States on FS1 for the third consecutive year. Mike Joy was the lap-by-lap announcer, while six-time Pocono winner, Jeff Gordon and four-time winner Darrell Waltrip were the color commentators. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Media, Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and four-time Pocono winner Rusty Wallace announced the race in the booth while the field was racing on the front stretch.


2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Media, Radio
Dave Moody called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 1 when the field was racing through turn 1 while Mike Bagley called the race from a billboard outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turn 2. Kyle Rickey reported the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turn 3. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Ayorou attack
The 2017 Ayorou attack occurred on 21 October 2017 when armed militants attacked a Nigerien military outpost in the village of Ayorou in southwestern Niger, killing 13 gendarmes. Occurring just weeks after a similar attack in the area killed four American and four Nigerien troops, the attack was carried out by gunmen who crossed the porous border from Mali. At dawn, militants in 4-5 vehicles and motorcycles and armed with machine guns and rocket launchers attacked paramilitary policemen in Ayorou, a small town on the banks of the Niger River 200 kilometers (125 mi) northwest of Niamey. Thirteen gendarmes were killed and five others were wounded. At least one of the attackers was killed as well. The attackers fled after police reinforcements arrived and pursued them to the border. A similar raid was carried out on the same outpost the previous May.


2017 Ayorou attack
In a statement released by the U.S. embassy, the United States strongly condemned the attack and offered condolences to the families of the victims.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
The 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 25 June 2017 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The race was the eighth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and was the maiden running of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was the second time that a race was held at the circuit and the second time that a Grand Prix was held in Azerbaijan.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a twelve-point lead over Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, while Mercedes led Ferrari by eight points in the World Constructors' Championship. Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole. Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo recovered from a crash in qualifying to claim his fifth career victory ahead of the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas, while Lance Stroll became the first Canadian to stand on the podium since Jacques Villeneuve at the 2001 German Grand Prix, and the second youngest driver ever to finish on the podium. This would be the last podium for a Williams driver until the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Red Bull's Max Verstappen went fastest in first practice, setting a time of 1.44:410. He was followed by his teammate Daniel Ricciardo in second with the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel in third. In second practice the Red Bull of Max Verstappen was fastest (despite crashing heavily into the barriers at Turn 1 in the closing stages of FP2) followed by Bottas and Ricciardo. Saturday's third and final practice was topped by Bottas, with Kimi Räikkönen second and Hamilton third. Bottas set the quickest time of all three practices with a 1.42.742.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Jolyon Palmer failed to set a lap time in Q1 due to a fire during Practice 3.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
In Q3, Lewis Hamilton secured pole position with a 1:40.593, 0.434 seconds quicker than teammate Bottas in second, and 1.100 seconds quicker than Räikkönen in third. Lance Stroll out-qualified teammate Felipe Massa for the first time in the season. Daniel Ricciardo hit the wall and started in tenth.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton led from the start, followed by Bottas, Räikkönen and Vettel. Daniil Kvyat ran wide at turn 1. As he was returning to the track, his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. spun off, to avoid a collision. In corner 3 of the first lap, both Finnish drivers (Bottas and Räikkönen) collided, causing a puncture in Bottas's front right tyre. Vettel took advantage to seize second place, followed by Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen. Bottas was forced to stop in the pits, falling one lap behind the leaders.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
Ricciardo pitted on lap 6 to remove debris from his brakes. He rejoined in 17th place. His teammate Verstappen had to retire due to an issue with his engine on lap 12. Hamilton led Vettel until the first safety car was deployed on the same lap to remove the stranded Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat. This safety car period allowed Bottas to unlap himself. On lap 17, racing resumed but another safety car was deployed almost immediately to clear more debris off the track, which came from Räikkönen's Ferrari.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
During both safety car periods, Hamilton repeatedly complained that the safety car was moving too slowly. On lap 19 whilst still under safety car conditions Vettel ran into the back of Hamilton, damaging his front wing and Hamilton's rear diffuser. He then drove alongside Hamilton and swerved into his car, to protest what he believed was Hamilton brake-testing him. However, TV replays and car data showed that Hamilton had not applied his brakes at any point during the first collision. The race stewards put the incident under investigation.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
Racing resumed on lap 20 with Felipe Massa moving up to third and pressurizing Vettel, but within a few corners, the Force Indias of Esteban Ocon and Sergio Pérez collided and left debris on the track. The collision gave Ocon a puncture and dropped him to the back of the field. Pérez lost his front wing, and suffered damage to the front left wishbone which forced him to retire after making his way to the pit lane.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen, who was following the two Force Indias closely, got a puncture as a result of debris from the crash, and after the broken tire caused damage to the floor of his car as well as his rear wing, he too was pushed to his garage to retire. A third safety car was then deployed almost immediately, and after Fernando Alonso complained over the radio about the amount of debris, the race was red-flagged on lap 22 so that marshals could clear the track.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
During the red-flag period, which lasted over 20 minutes, teams worked on their cars. Force India replaced Ocon's tyres and Ferrari replaced Vettel's front wing. Mercedes worked on Hamilton's rear diffuser, which only had minor cosmetic damage. Other drivers got out of their cars and talked to their engineers and team principals. The previously retired cars of Räikkönen and Pérez were also being worked on by their teams in their garages. Works were completed in time and both drivers were allowed to rejoin the race, albeit a lap down.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
After the track was cleared of debris, the race was restarted behind the safety car. Hamilton led at the restart from Vettel, Massa, Stroll, and Ricciardo. Ricciardo passed both Williams cars at turn 1 and settled into third place. Massa however was struggling with an issue on his Williams, the front suspension shaking violently at high speed. Kevin Magnussen in the uncompetitive Haas managed to take advantage of Massa's issue and a lax Nico Hülkenberg to overtake both for 5th place whilst Massa was easily passed by the entire field. Hülkenberg then collided with the wall on lap 25 and was forced to retire from 6th place with suspension damage. On the next lap, Massa retired due to the problem with his car, which turned out to be a broken suspension damper.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 29 Hamilton, Vettel, Ricciardo and Lance Stroll had managed to pull away from the rest of the field and built a gap of more than 10 seconds back to Magnussen in 5th. But on this lap, the headrest on Hamilton's car suddenly became loose. He initially tried to fix it himself by pushing it back into its position, but on lap 31 he was forced by race control to pit for safety reasons. On the same lap, Vettel was given a 10-second stop/go penalty for dangerous driving, for his incident with Hamilton.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel served his penalty on lap 33, rejoining the track in 7th place just ahead of Hamilton, who became stuck in traffic following his unscheduled stop. This meant the lead was gifted to Ricciardo ahead of Stroll, with Kevin Magnussen third. The group of faster drivers consisting of Ocon, Bottas, Vettel and Hamilton started chasing the leaders, overtaking Alonso and Magnussen relatively comfortably. Bottas would then clear Ocon to move into third and a podium position, having come back from a lap down. Räikkönen and Pérez were both given drive-through penalties since during the red-flag period their cars were being worked on in their garages instead of the pit lane. Both drivers eventually retired from the race.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
With Ricciardo comfortably in the lead, Stroll had a 12-second advantage over Bottas, Vettel and Hamilton, but was being caught rapidly. Hamilton asked for team orders to be applied and for Bottas to help him overtake Vettel by slowing his pace, but the team refused since Bottas still had a good chance of catching Stroll in the closing laps. The Saubers of Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein collided as they were fighting for 10th place, but both drivers managed to continue without major damage.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the chequered flag, Ricciardo cruised to victory, taking Red Bull's first win in the 2017 season. Bottas then managed to pass Stroll on the start–finish straight just metres from the line, taking second place by 0.105 seconds. However, Stroll still picked up his maiden podium finish in third, becoming the second-youngest driver to finish in the top three. Vettel finished in fourth, Hamilton in fifth, Ocon in sixth, Magnussen in seventh, Sainz in eighth, Alonso in ninth (scoring McLaren's first points of the season), and Wehrlein in tenth. In all, nine different constructors scored points.


2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Report, Race
As a result of the race, Vettel increased his lead over Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship to 14 points, while Mercedes increased their lead over Ferrari in the World Constructors' Championship to 24 points.


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open
The 2017 BB&T Atlanta Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 US Open Series. It took place at Atlantic Station in Atlanta, United States between July 24 and 30, 2017. It was the first men's event of the 2017 US Open Series.


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open – Doubles
Andrés Molteni and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but Zeballos chose to compete in Hamburg instead. Molteni played alongside Adil Shamasdin, but lost in the quarterfinals to Wesley Koolhof and Artem Sitak.


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Koolhof and Sitak in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles
Nick Kyrgios was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles
John Isner won the title, defeating Ryan Harrison in the final, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(9–7).


2017 BB&T Atlanta Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
The 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award took place on 17 December 2017 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. It was the 64th presentation of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Awarded annually by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the main award honours an individual's British sporting achievement over the past year, with the winner selected by public vote from a twelve-person shortlist.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
The event, broadcast live on BBC One, was hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds opened the ceremony and later performed a cover of "All You Need Is Love" to celebrate camaraderie in sport during 2017. Rebecca Ferguson sang "Halo" in honour of Jessica Ennis-Hill and Rag'n'Bone Man performed Grace during the in memoriam.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Nominees
The nominees for the award were revealed by Gabby Logan on 27 November 2017, during BBC One's The One Show.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Controversy, Paradise Papers
In November 2017, Hamilton was named in the Paradise Papers. It was reported that Hamilton had avoided paying £3.3 million of Value Added Tax on his private jet worth £16.5 million. The leasing deal set up by advisers was said by the BBC to appear to be artificial and not to comply with an EU and UK ban on refunds for private use. Host of the BBC Sports Personality of the year Gary Lineker was also named in the Paradise Papers in November 2017.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Controversy, Asthma medication
On 13 December 2017, the UCI announced that Froome had returned an "Adverse Analytical Finding" for twice his allowed dose of Salbutamol, a medication against asthma. Both the A and B samples proved positive. The test was taken after stage 18 of the Vuelta a España. In a statement, Froome commented: "My asthma got worse at the Vuelta so I followed the team doctor’s advice to increase my Salbutamol dosage. As always, I took the greatest care to ensure that I did not use more than the permissible dose." Froome later reiterated these comments during the ceremony.


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Controversy, Asthma medication
The UCI officially closed the investigation on 2 July 2018, stating that Froome had supplied sufficient evidence to suggest that his "sample results do not constitute an AAF".


2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, Other awards
In addition to the main award as "Sports Personality of the Year", several other awards will also be presented:


2017 BBL Playoffs
The 2017 BBL Playoffs was the concluding postseason of the 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga season. The Playoffs started on 5 May and ended on 11 June 2017.


2017 BBL Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were played in a best of five format from 5 to 18 May 2017.


2017 BBL Playoffs, Semifinals
The semifinals were played in a best of five format from 20 May to 1 June 2017.


2017 BBL Playoffs, Final
The final was played in a best of five format from 4 to 11 June 2017.


2017 BBL-Pokal
The 2017 BBL-Pokal was the 50th season of the German Basketball Cup. The Final Four was held in Berlin, which gained Alba Berlin automatic qualification. The other six participating teams were selected through the standings in the 2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga.


2017 BBL-Pokal, Participants
The following six teams qualified based on their standings in the first half of the 2016–17 BBL. Alba Berlin qualified directly as host of the tournament.


2017 BBL-Pokal Final
The 2017 BBL-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2017 BBL-Pokal. The match was played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin on 19 February 2017.


2017 BBL-Pokal Final
The final featured Bayern Munich, the runners-up of the previous season, and Brose Bamberg, the defending BBL champions. Brose Bamberg won the match 71–74 to claim their fifth cup title.


2017 BBL-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2017 BC Lions season
The 2017 BC Lions season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and their 64th overall. The Lions finished the season in 5th place in the West Division with a 7–11 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996, ending their playoff streak at 20 seasons, the second longest in CFL history.


2017 BC Lions season
This was the 11th year with Wally Buono as the team's head coach and his 15th year as general manager.


2017 BC Lions season
This was the eighth consecutive season that the Lions held their training camp at Hillside Stadium in Kamloops, British Columbia.


2017 BC Lions season, Offseason, Free agents
The following is a list of players whose contracts are/were set to expire on February 14, 2017 at 9AM PDT. Players are eligible to re-sign with the Lions prior to that date and, if not signed or released before then, are eligible to sign with any team they choose.


2017 BC Lions season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017. The Lions had nine selections in the eight round draft after acquiring an additional first-round pick from the Montreal Alouettes in exchange for the negotiating rights to Vernon Adams.


2017 BC Lions season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate international players updated 2017-11-04 • 46 Active, 5 injured, 4 six-game,6 practice


2017 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2017 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 40th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 32nd staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, Format and qualifiers
The cutoff for qualification through the BDO Invitational Tables was on 30 September 2016. Additional qualifiers were determined in playoffs held on 30 November 2016.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, Draw bracket, Youth
For the third consecutive year, a youth final was played on the Lakeside stage during the Championships. In November 2016, the Youth tournament was played down to the final two. The final took place on 12 January, and was contested between 14 year old Nathan Girvan from Scotland and 16 year old Justin van Tergouw from the Netherlands. The format was first to three sets.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, Draw bracket, Youth
Justin van Tergouw was crowned champion, after only dropping one leg and recording a 3–0 victory, whilst throwing a three dart average of 88.20.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, TV coverage
Starting from this year's World Championship Channel 4 signed a 2-year deal to broadcast both the men's and women's World Championship. Channel 4 showed afternoon games and the first semi final. BT Sport showed the evening games and the second semi final. The final was shown on both channels.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, TV coverage
Outside of the United Kingdom, live coverage of all matches was provided by YouTube on the BDO's own channel.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, TV coverage, Channel 4
It was announced in December 2016 that Rob Walker would present Channel 4's World Darts coverage. He was joined in the studio by analysts Deta Hedman and Paul Nicholson. Bobby George also featured in Channel 4's coverage, however, unlike the BBC where he was their main pundit, he instead did 'special features'. Reporters for the tournament were Seema Jaswal and Danny Crates. In a similar arrangement that the BBC had with BT Sport, they shared commentary teams. This was led by John Rawling who was joined by Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot in the commentary booth.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, TV coverage, Channel 4
Channel 4 had the rights to all afternoon sessions, the first men's semi final, and shared coverage of the men's final.


2017 BDO World Darts Championship, TV coverage, BT Sport
BT Sport broadcast their 3rd BDO World Darts Championships. Ray Stubbs, who presented BT Sport's coverage of darts since its inception, moved to Talksport 2 and was replaced by Matt Smith. He was joined in the studio alongside two-time Lakeside semi finalist Chris Mason who acted as their analyst throughout the championships. They shared the same commentary team as Channel 4 which was led by John Rawling, with Vassos Alexander and Jim Proudfoot also in the commentary box, alongside Mason and Paul Nicholson. Reshmin Chowdury was BT Sport's roving reporter from the Lakeside once again. BT Sport broadcast each evening session, the 2nd men's semi final and shared coverage of the final.


2017 BDO World Trophy
The 2017 BDO World Trophy was a major darts tournament run by the British Darts Organisation. It was hosted between 26–29 May 2017 at Memo Arts Centre, Barry, Wales. The event was broadcast on FrontRunner.


2017 BDO World Trophy
Australian qualifier Peter Machin won the men's title, and Dutch player Aileen de Graaf won the women's title.


2017 BDO World Trophy, Men, Qualifiers
Regional Qualifiers Greg Moss and David Cameron, originally qualified for this event, but had to withdraw before the start of the tournament. They were replaced by the next two-highest non-qualified player in BDO Rankings; James Hurrell and Conan Whitehead.


2017 BEC Tero Sasana F.C. season
The 2017 season is BEC Tero Sasana's 21st season in the Thai League T1  since 1997.


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


2017 BET Hip Hop Awards
The 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards are a recognition ceremony held October 6 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida, and aired October 10 on the BET cable channel. The nominations were announced on September 15, 2017.


2017 BET Hip Hop Awards
Kendrick Lamar, DJ Khaled, and Cardi B led the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2017 with nine nominations apiece. Kendrick and Cardi B tied for MVP of the Year, Single of the Year, Hustler of the Year, and Best Hip-Hop Video. Meanwhile, Khaled was out for the crown in the DJ of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video, and Producer of the Year categories.


2017 BET Hip Hop Awards
JAY-Z and Chance the Rapper were tied for the second-most nominations with five nods each. Both were nominated in categories like Lyricist of the Year, MVP of the Year, and Impact Track. Elsewhere, Future and Migos received four nominations apiece.


2017 BET Hip Hop Awards
The show was notable for Eminem's slamming of Donald Trump in a freestyle rap, calling out the President for focusing on National Football League players' protests during "The Star Spangled Banner" instead of Puerto Rico's recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria, and delivering an ultimatum to Trump supporters who are also fans of the rapper to choose between the two of them.


2017 BET Hip Hop Awards, Nominations, Single of the Year
Only the producer of the track nominated in this category.


2017 BFD Energy Challenger
The 2017 BFD Energy Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rome, Italy between 25 September and 1 October 2017.


2017 BFD Energy Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:


2017 BFD Energy Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2017 BFD Energy Challenger – Doubles
Federico Gaio and Stefano Napolitano were the defending champions but only Napolitano chose to defend his title, partnering Salvatore Caruso. Napolitano withdrew in the semifinals.


2017 BFD Energy Challenger – Doubles
Martin Kližan and Jozef Kovalík won the title after defeating Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen 6–3, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2017 BFD Energy Challenger – Singles
Jan Šátral was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 BFD Energy Challenger – Singles
Filip Krajinović won the title after defeating Daniel Gimeno Traver 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


2017 BGL Luxembourg Open
The 2017 BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts sponsored by BNP Paribas. It was the 22nd edition of the Luxembourg Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It was held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, on 16–21 October 2017.


2017 BGL Luxembourg Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


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


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


2017 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles
Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson were the defending champions, but withdrew from their first round match.


2017 BGL Luxembourg Open – Doubles
Lesley Kerkhove and Lidziya Marozava won the title, defeating Eugenie Bouchard and Kirsten Flipkens in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6].


2017 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles
Monica Niculescu was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Pauline Parmentier.


2017 BGL Luxembourg Open – Singles
Carina Witthöft won her first WTA title, defeating Monica Puig in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2017 BK Häcken season
BK Häcken will be competing in the following competitions during the 2017 campaign: Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen


2017 BMC Racing Team season
The 2017 season for the BMC Racing Team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2017 BMW Open
The 2017 BMW Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 102nd edition of the event, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the MTTC Iphitos complex in Munich, Germany, from 1 May until 7 May 2017. Third-seeded Alexander Zverev won the singles title.


2017 BMW Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


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


2017 BMW Open – Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2017 BMW Open – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and  Robert Farah won the title, defeating Jérémy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2017 BMW Open – Singles
Philipp Kohlschreiber was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Horacio Zeballos.


2017 BMW Open – Singles
Alexander Zverev won the title, defeating Guido Pella in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


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


2017 BMW PGA Championship
The 2017 BMW PGA Championship was the 63rd edition of the BMW PGA Championship, an annual golf tournament on the European Tour, held 25–28 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


2017 BMW PGA Championship
Trailing the leader by seven strokes after three rounds, Alex Norén scored a final-round 62 to win by two shots from Francesco Molinari.


2017 BNP Paribas Open
The 2017 BNP Paribas Open (also known as the 2017 Indian Wells Masters) was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2017. It was the 44th edition of the men's event and 29th of the women's event, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2017 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, from March 6 through March 19, 2017, on outdoor hard courts.


2017 BNP Paribas Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Rankings and seedings are based on ATP rankings as of March 6, 2017.


2017 BNP Paribas Open, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 BNP Paribas Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 BNP Paribas Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 27, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of March 6, 2017.


2017 BNP Paribas Open, WTA singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 BNP Paribas Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles
Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram won the title, defeating Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo in the final, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–8].


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Roger Federer defeated Stan Wawrinka in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Men's Singles title at the 2017 Indian Wells Masters. It was his record-equaling fifth Indian Wells title, 25th ATP Tour Masters 1000 singles title, and 90th singles title overall.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Nick Kyrgios.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Coco Vandeweghe were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Mattek-Sands played alongside Lucie Šafářová, but lost in the semifinals to Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis. Vandeweghe teamed up with Shelby Rogers, but lost in the first round to Andreja Klepač and María José Martínez Sánchez.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles
Chan and Hingis went on to win the title, defeating Lucie Hradecká and Kateřina Siniaková in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–2.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but did not participate this year as she was on maternity leave.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–4. This was the second all-Russian women's singles final at this event (the first was in 2006).


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles
Due to the pre-tournament withdrawal of Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber regained the World No. 1 ranking at the end of the tournament.


2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
The 2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between 15 and 21 May 2017.


2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Andreas Siljeström were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Doubles
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan won the title after defeating Santiago González and Artem Sitak 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2017 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Singles
Rogério Dutra Silva was the defending champion but lost to Steve Darcis 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 5–7 in the final.


2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie
The 2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Nouméa, New Caledonia on 2–7 January 2017.


2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Doubles
Quentin Halys and Tristan Lamasine won the title after defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras and Stefano Napolitano 7–6(11–9), 6–1 in the final.


2017 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles
Adrian Mannarino was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Nikola Milojević 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


2017 BOSS GP Series
The 2017 BOSS GP season was the 23rd season of the BOSS GP series. The championship began on 21 April at Hockenheim and finished on 1 October at Imola.


2017 BOSS GP Series, Championship standings, Drivers Standings
1 Andreas Fielder lost the points earned for winning the Formula Class in the first Hockenheim race for using incorrect tires. He was however still credited with the win.


2017 BQ6
2017 BQ6 is a sub-kilometer asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 150 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 26 January 2017, by the Space Surveillance Telescope at Lincoln Laboratory's ETS (Atom Site) and passed within 6.6 lunar distances of Earth on 7 February 2017 at 6:36 UT.


2017 BQ6, Radar imaging
Its closest approach was observed by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert, determining it to have a number of angular flat surfaces similar to a polyhedral die.


2017 BQ6, Orbit
2017 BQ6 orbits the Sun with a semi-major axis of 1.95 AU at a distance of 0.9–3.0 AU once every 2 years and 9 months (992 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.53 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0132 AU (1,970,000 km), which corresponds to 5.1 lunar distances.


2017 BQ6, Physical characteristics
Based on an absolute magnitude of 21.4 and an assumed albedo for stony S-type asteroids of 0.20, 2017 BQ6 measures 156 meters in diameter. The body has a rotation period of 2.15 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.38 magnitude (U=2).


2017 BRD Bucharest Open
The 2017 BRD Bucharest Open was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania between 17 and 24 July 2017.


2017 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles
Jessica Moore and Varatchaya Wongteanchai were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Moore played alongside Prarthana Thombare, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru. Wongteanchai teamed up with Alona Fomina, but lost in the first round to Jaqueline Cristian and Cristina Dinu.


2017 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles
Begu and Olaru went on to win the title, defeating Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs in the final 6–3, 6–3.


2017 BRD Bucharest Open – Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2017 BRD Bucharest Open – Singles
Irina-Camelia Begu won the title, defeating Julia Görges in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship
The 2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and Belgium. The season began at Oulton Park on 15 April and ended on 25 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.


2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, Race calendar and results
The calendar was published on 21 September 2016. The series will support British GT at all events. It will have one oversea round at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.


2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in all races.


2017 BS5
In astronomy of the solar system, 2017 BS5 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object that belongs to the  Apollo group. It measures approximately 40–90 meters. During a close approach to Earth, it was first observed 25 January 2017, by the ATLAS survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States.


2017 BS5, Orbit
2017 BS5 has a low-eccentricity orbit with a semi-major axis only slightly larger than that of Earth. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.008–1.023 AU once every 1.02 years (374 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.01 and an inclination of 11° with respect to the ecliptic. It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.007 AU (1,050,000 km), which corresponds to 2.7 lunar distances. The body is too small to be classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid.


2017 BS5, Orbit, July 2017 flyby
On 23 July 2017, it passed by within 3.15 lunar distances. Seen from the Earth it passed straight north to south from Draco south into Scorpio. With its 1.023 year orbit it has a synodic period of 43 years with the earth, so it will flyby the Earth every 43 years or so. JPL Small-Body Database's simulator show the previous flyby in July 1973 and next one will be in July 2061.


2017 BSL Playoffs
2017 Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) Playoffs was the final phase of the 2016–17 Basketbol Süper Ligi season. The playoffs started on 23 May 2017. Fenerbahçe were the defending champions.


2017 BSL Playoffs
The eight highest placed teams of the regular season qualified for the playoffs. In the quarter-finals a best-of-three was played, in the semi-finals a best-of-five and in the finals a best-of-seven playoff format was used.


2017 BSL Playoffs
Fenerbahçe competed against Beşiktaş Sompo Japan in the finals, won the series 4-0 and got their 8th championship.


2017 BSN season
The 2017 Baloncesto Superior Nacional season was the 88th season of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN).


2017 BSN season, League news
Piratas de Quebradillas claimed its 6th BSN championship on August 9. After defeating the Capitanes de Arecibo in Game 7 of the Serie Final 98–90 to the end of the 2017 season.


2017 BSN season, League news
Leones de Ponce reported on August 24; Head coach Nelson Colón had resigned from his position as coach despite the team's absolute endorsement to continue. Throughout his 5 seasons, he led Ponce finishing among the best 4 records of the regular season in 4 of them, 3 finals, and 2 championships.


2017 BSN season, Awards, Season Awards
On July 19, Gary Browne was named the league's Most Improved Player. Two weeks later, he was awarded the Most Valuable Player.


2017 BSWW Mundialito
The 2017 BSWW Mundialito is a beach soccer tournament that takes place at Praia de Carcavelos in Cascais, Portugal, from 21 July to 23 July 2017. This competition with 4 teams was played in a round-robin format.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix
The 2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)-sanctioned sports car race held on the Long Beach Street Circuit in California, United States, on April 8, 2017 as part of the Long Beach Grand Prix event weekend. The race was the third of twelve scheduled rounds of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and was held for the Prototype, Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. The race was the shortest of the 2017 WeatherTech Championship calendar.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix
Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor won an incident packed race in their No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R to take their third win in the opening three races of the championship. The Nissan Onroak DPi of Scott Sharp and Ryan Dalziel and the Mazda RT24-P of Tristan Nunez and Jonathan Bomarito completing the podium. Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won in the GTLM class driving a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R while the Riley Motorsports – WeatherTech Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Cooper MacNeil and Gunnar Jeannette won in the GTD category.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix
Three GTD cars who crashed into the wall on the outside of the turn eleven hairpin on the last lap caused chaos for a number of vehicles as it partially blocked the track. The biggest loser was the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette of Jan Magnussen and Antonio García. They had been leading the GTLM class but their path through the hairpin was blocked and they dropped from sixth outright and first in class to tenth outright and fifth in class, handing the class win to their teammates. Although the passing had happened under yellow flag conditions, IMSA officials took the view, as they had done earlier in the race when a crash at the hairpin partially blocked the track, that the passing was done to avoid completely blocking the track and no penalties were handed out.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Entry list
Thirty-five cars were officially entered for the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, with the bulk of entries in the two Grand Touring (GT) categories: Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD). Since the majority of the remaining rounds of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship were sprint races, teams entered their regular driver pairings for the first time this season. Because of the lack of space provided by the Long Beach paddock, International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) only accepted "premium" entrants (teams participating in the whole championship) for this year's race.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Entry list
Seven Daytona Prototype International (DPi) chassis were represented in the Prototype class, including a trio of Cadillac DPi-V.R cars and a duo of Nissan Onroak DPi and Mazda RT24-P vehicles. They were joined by three global-specification Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) cars, represented by three out of the four major chassis: one Oreca 07 entered by JDC-Miller MotorSports, a Ligier JS P217 utilised by PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports and one Riley Mk. 30 operated by VisitFlorida Racing.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Entry list
With the absence of the Prototype Challenge class from the field, only three racing classes were represented in Long Beach. GTLM was represented by nine entries from manufacturers such as Corvette Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing USA, Porsche, Ferrari (Risi Competizione) and BMW with no major changes in that field. In the list of GTD entrants, sixteen GT3-specification vehicles were represented by eight different manufacturers.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Entry list
The No. 991 The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3 R was reinstated to the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship after it was withdrawn following a number of flat tires with the car at the season-opening 24 Hours of Daytona. Although it was listed as an entrant, Dream Racing's No. 27 Lamborghini Huracán did not participate despite their headquarters being within a close proximity to Long Beach. Alegra Motorsports had originally planned to focus solely on the 2017 North American Endurance Cup but the team entered its No. 28 Porsche 991 GT3 R for the Long Beach round.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
IMSA's president Scott Atherton confirmed the BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was part of the series' schedule for the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America's victory lane in August 2016. It was the fourth consecutive year the event was held as part of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the tenth annual running of the race, counting the period between 2006 and 2013 when it was a round of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series respectively.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
The 2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was the third of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2018 by IMSA, the shortest of the season in terms of distance, and it was the first round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup. The race was held at the eleven-turn 1.968 mi (3.167 km) Long Beach street circuit on April 8.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
After the 12 Hours of Sebring three weeks earlier, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led the Prototype Drivers' Championship with 70 points, ahead of Filipe Albuquerque, João Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi with 65 points, and Dane Cameron, Mike Conway, and Eric Curran in third with 56 points. With 67 points, GTLM was led by Sébastien Bourdais, Joey Hand, and Dirk Müller with a four-point advantage over Antonio García, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
In GTD, the Drivers' Championship was led by Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mario Farnbacher and Ben Keating with 66 points; the trio held a six-point gap over Jules Gounon, Christopher Mies, and Connor De Phillippi. Cadillac, Ford, and Mercedes-AMG were leading their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, and Riley Motorsports each led their own Teams' Championships.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
IMSA altered the balance of performance to try to create parity within each category for the third time in the season. All of the Cadillac DPi-V.Rs had their fuel tanks reduced by 2 l (0.44 imp gal; 0.53 US gal), and the size of their fuel hose restrictors were reduced by 0.5 mm (0.020 in) to increase the amount of its refuelling time. The Mazda RT-24Ps and the Nissan Onroak DPis had their turbocharger pressures raised for an increase in performance. The Riley/Multimatic MK30's refuelling hose restrictor was shortened by 2 mm (0.079 in).


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
The Porsche 911 RSR had its weight increased by 10 kg (22 lb), but lost performance with a 0.3 mm (0.012 in) reduction to its air restrictors, a 2 l (0.44 imp gal; 0.53 US gal) decrease of fuel capacity, and a 5 mm (0.20 in) shortening of their refuelling hose restrictor.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
Ferrari's 488 GTE received a fuel cell increase by 1 l (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal), a boost pressure raise from all revolution per minute ranges, and had 0.5 mm (0.020 in) added to its refuelling hose restrictor to shorten its refuelling time. The BMW M6 GTLM also received a boost pressure increase while it had a fuel cell raised by 1 l (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal).


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Background, Preview
The Acura NSX was given a higher top-end boost range to its twin-turbocharged engine; the two Lexus RC Fs had a horsepower reduction with the loss of 1 mm (0.039 in) to the air restrictor on the air intake of their engines. The Mercedes-AMG GT3 was given a weight increase of 10 kg (22 lb), while the Porsche 991 GT3 R had its weight lowered by 20 kg (44 lb).


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
A two-hour practice session was held on the Friday morning before the race. Jordan Taylor led overall in the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R with a lap of 1 minute and 14.982 seconds on his final attempt of the session. The No. 2 Extreme Speed Motorsports Nissan Onroak DPi of Ryan Dalziel was second-fastest. Fittipaldi was third in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing vehicle, Jonathan Bomarito's No. 55 Mazda RT-24P placed fourth, with Cameron's No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing car in the fifth position.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The GTLM class was topped by the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR of Patrick Pilet with a time of 1 minute and 16.670 seconds. His teammate Kévin Estre in the sister No. 912 car was second and Magnussen's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R placed third. Paul Miller Racing's No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán of Bryan Sellers, whose lap was 0.063 seconds faster than Bleekemolen's No. 33 Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG. Michael Christensen in the No. 28 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 991 R rounded out the category's top three.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
The session was red flagged three times for on-track accidents. 41 minutes into the session,  the brakes on the No. 90 VisitFlorida Racing Mk. 30 of Renger van der Zande failed, and he spun into the tire wall before going to hit the concrete barrier alongside the circuit at the turn one run-off area. The car sustained heavy damage to its right-front and left-hand quarter panels, but van der Zande was uninjured and exited his car without external aid.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
William Owen locked the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ligier JS P2's brakes and had a similar accident to van der Zande at the first corner 23 minutes later. Owen got the car back to the pit lane and the session was stopped for six minutes while debris was cleared from the circuit. The final stoppage came when Scott Pruett crashed the No. 14 3GT Racing Lexus RC F into the outside wall leaving the fifth corner with its left-hand quarter.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Pruett was uninjured, but the car was extricated to the pit lane by course officials for repairs, and four minutes of the practice session were left to run. After practice, Visit Florida Racing withdrew the No. 90 car because the left-front portion of its tub was damaged beyond repair, and the team did not transport a spare chassis to Long Beach.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Ricky Taylor's No. 10 car led the second 25-minute practice session, followed by Bomarito's No. 55 Mazda by six-tenths of a second. Fittipaldi placed third after spinning in the session's closing minutes. The No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R of Oliver Gavin was fastest in GTLM and GTD was topped by Sellers's No. 48 Lamborghini Huracán. Andy Lally's No. 86 Michael Shank Racing Acura NSZ was heavily damaged at its right-front after hitting the wall, and Pilet picked up right-rear suspension damage to the No. 911 Porsche when he glanced the barrier at turn nine.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Thursday afternoon's qualifying session was divided into three groups and lasted for a total of 90 minutes. GTD cars were sent onto the track first for fifteen minutes with a ten-minute interval before those grouped in GTLM and Prototype had two separate identically timed sessions. Regulations stipulate that teams are required to nominate a single driver to qualify their cars. The competitors' fastest lap times determined the starting order. IMSA then arranged the grid so that the Prototype started in front of all GTLM cars, who in turn, began ahead of the GTD field.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Ricky Taylor in the No. 10 Cadillac bettered his own lap record of the Long Beach Street Circuit from the 2014 event to clinch his first pole position of the season, his second at Long Beach, and the 14th of his career with a time of 1 minute and 13.549 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Fittipaldi whose best lap in the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Racing car was 0.204 seconds slower, and he improved his best lap during the later stages of the qualifying session.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Tristan Nunez qualified the No. 55 Mazda RT-24P in the third position. Mikhail Goikhberg's No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSports Oreca 07 was the highest-placed of all the LMP2 entrants in fourth with a lap time he set in the session's closing seconds. The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac of Curran started from fifth place. The duo of Extreme Speed Motorsports Nissan Onroak DPis were sixth and ninth: Scott Sharp in the No. 2 car was faster than the sister No. 22 entry of Ed Brown. They were separated by the seventh-placed Tom Long in the No. 70 Mazda RT-24P and Owen's No. PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Ligier JS P2 was eighth.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
In GTLM, Magnussen set a new category track record, and took his first pole position since the 2016 Oak Tree Grand Prix, and the 19th of his career with a lap of 1 minute and 16.909 seconds that he set on his tenth try. He was joined by Joey Hand's No. 66 Ford GT on the grid's front row with his best lap being 0.092 seconds slower, and Toni Vilander drove the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 to third place.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Fourth-placed Laurens Vanthoor was the only Porsche to qualify after Pilet's No. 911 car was being repaired from his earlier crash in second practice. Bill Auberlen's No. 25 BMW M6 completed the top five category qualifiers. Vilander lost control of his car's rear, and spun into the tire barrier at the end of the back straight but continued without any apparent damage. Richard Westbrook ran wide coming out of turn eight, and he made contact with the tire wall leaving the corner, removing his rear wing and left-rear quarter panel.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Practice and qualifying
Debris was littered on the track, and the session was stopped with three minutes left to allow for its removal. On his tenth lap, Sellers took his second consecutive GTD pole position on a street circuit with a time of 1 minute and 19.243 seconds. Jack Hawksworth's No. 14 3GT Lexus qualified second, and Daniel Morad's No. 28 Alegra Motorsports took third. Rounding out the top five in the class were the No. 16 Change Racing Lamborghini of Corey Lewis, and Lawson Aschenbach's No. 57 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Weather conditions at the start were dry and clear. The air temperature throughout the race was between 64.2 and 66.6 °F (17.9 and 19.2 °C) and the track temperature ranged from 65 to 68 °F (18 to 20 °C). The No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR of Pilet and Dirk Werner had many of the components attached to its sub-frame replaced overnight to allow for the car's participation in the event after the damage sustained to it in the second practice session.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
The green flag was waved by singer-songwriter and grand marshal Chester Bennington at 13:05 Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00) to signal the race's commencement. Ricky Taylor blocked Barbosa and Nunet to hold the lead on the approach to turn one. Nunez however got ahead of Fittipaldi on the inside line at the same corner for the second position. Exiting turn five, the right-rear quarter panel of Brown's No. 22 Nissan DPi was hit by Vilander's Ferrari, spinning him 180 degrees, and catching out Hand's No. 66 Ford which was close behind the pair.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Magnussen made contact with the rear of Hand's car, and fell from the lead of GTLM to sixth in class. Long overtook Goikhberg for fifth overall going into turn one. A full course caution was displayed soon after, and Vilander's Ferrari and Brown's Nissan DPi retired because of the heavy amount damage to their cars.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Racing resumed with 78 minutes and 3 seconds left with Ricky Taylor maintaining his lead over Nunez by using the higher amount of torque in his car and Vanthoor leading the eight-car GTLM field. Goikhberg had been unsettled by the bumpy track surface, and he locked his brakes on the way to running straight into the turn nine run-off area. He reversed to rejoin the track, but he dropped to 32nd overall.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
A second full course yellow was called for on the eleventh lap when carbon fibre debris from Hand's No. 66 Ford was located by series officials on the racing line on the main straight. Some cars from all three categories made pit stops for tires and fuel during the caution. Hand was relieved by Müller, the only driver change during the caution. At the restart on lap 15, Ricky Taylor held off Nunez on the outside line to hold the lead on the run to turn one.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Curran used the slower GTD traffic to narrow the distance to Long on the main straight for fourth overall. Not long after, Auberlen blocked Gavin from overtaking him through turns eight for second in GTLM. Auberlen was later delayed by the No. 57 Stevenson Audi R8 LMS at turn six, allowing Gavin to challenge him around the inside heading towards the next corner, but Gavin was unsuccessful.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Down the back stretch on the 21st lap, Gunnar Jeannette's slower No. 50 Riley Mercedes-AMG made contact with the rear of Fittipaldi's No. 5 Cadillac who had just lapped him, and Fittipaldi was sent spinning backwards and made a heavy impact with the turn nine tire barrier. Fittipaldi's Cadillac was heavily damaged at its rear, and he drove into the pit lane for a rear bodywork assembly replacement, as the third full course caution was activated to allow for on-track debris removal.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
As green flag racing resumed with just under an hour to go, some cars made their scheduled pit stops. In heavy GTD traffic, Werner's No. 911 Porsche attempted to steer left onto the inside line to pass Müller's No. 66 Ford on the main straight but Müller blocked the pass. Owen's No. 52 Ligier was under pressure from Dalziel's No. 22 Nissan DPi, and went wide into the turn one run-off area after braking later than usual for the corner.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Curran overtook Long for fourth and the latter made contact with Estre's right-rear quarter panel on his No. 912 Porsche coming off the ninth corner. Paul Miller Racing's No. 48 Lamborghini of Madison Snow served a stop-and-go penalty for entering the pit lane for a scheduled stop while it was closed to racing traffic.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Porsche's No. 911 of Werner dived down the inside lane, and he ran into Müller's right-rear quarter panel at the turn eleven hairpin, sending him into a 360 degree pirouette, and removing the No. 66 Ford's rear wing after it slid backward into the outside barrier lining the track. Müller could not get the car facing in the correct direction due to the track's narrowness, and he created a temporary multi-car traffic jam, prompting the fourth full course caution. Under caution, the majority of the Prototypes made pit stops for tires and driver changes.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Martin Tomczyk's No. 24 BMW M6 had earlier advanced to first in GTLM through an alternate strategy, and he took the overall lead on the 34th lap, which he held at the rolling restart from Antonio García's No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R and Ryan Briscoe's No. 67 Ford. At this point, Dalziel took the Prototype class lead after a short pit stop for fuel for the No. 22 Nissan DPi during the caution.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
On lap 40, Jordan Taylor's No. 10 car was overtaken by Cameron's No. 31 vehicle driving towards the entry for the first turn for second in the Prototype category and tenth overall. Cameron lost the place on the next lap when GTD traffic on the back straight impeded him and allowed Jordan Taylor to make the pass on the outside.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
On lap 42, the final caution was given. Cameron made an unforced driving error, as he carried too much speed, and made contact with the inside wall at turn eight. The impact put Cameron heavily into the outside retaining wall leaving the corner. Cameron was injured but the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Car was retired because to the heavy amount of damage it sustained. Tomczyk led at the restart on lap 48. That lap, Dalziel moved to the overall lead by passing Tomczyk on the run to turn six.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Tomczyk lost second to Jordan Taylor on the main straight at the beginning of the following lap. Taylor closed to within a second per lap of Dalziel but the latter responded by setting strong lap times to maintain the first position. Six minutes later, Tomczyk slowed with a suspected engine control unit failure exiting turn eight, handing the lead of GTLM to the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette of Garcia. His teammate Tommy Milner in the sister No. 3 car got ahead of Briscoe's No. 67 vehicle for second on the run to the ninth corner. With six minutes remaining, Dalziel was delayed by slower GTD traffic, allowing Jordan Taylor to challenge him. Taylor took advantage of Dalziel being further bulked by GTD traffic on the approach to turn one to pass him around the outside for the lead.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
An initial attack from Dalziel to retake the first position was repelled by Jordan Taylor, who kept the lead to claim his and Ricky Taylor's third win in a row, and their third overall Long Beach victory. Dalziel followed 6.349 seconds later in second to take his and Sharp's best finish of the season at the time, and the overall podium was completed by Bomarito and Nunez's No. 55 Mazda RT-24P in third.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Three GTD cars crashed into the turn eleven hairpin outside wall on the last lap and created chaos for a number of vehicles as it partially blocked the track. The biggest loser was the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette of Jan Magnussen and Antonio García whose path through the hairpin was blocked and they fell from sixth outright and first in class to tenth outright and fifth in class, handing the class win to Milner and Gavin.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race
Although the passing had happened under yellow flag conditions, IMSA officials took the view, as they had done earlier in the race when a crash at the hairpin partially blocked the track, that the passing was done to avoid completely blocking the track and no penalties were handed out. GTD was won by the No. 50 Riley Technologies Mercedes-AMG of Cooper MacNeil and Jeanette after a strategy to make an early pit stop for fuel allowed him to keep the class lead.


2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
With a total of 105 points, Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor's victory allowed him to increase their advantage over Fittipaldi and Barbosa in the Prototype Drivers' Championship to 16 points. Goikhberg and his co-driver Stephen Simpson advanced from fifth to third. In the GTLM Drivers' Championship, Müller and Hand extended their lead to four points over Garcia and Magnussen, while Westbrook and Briscoe moved from third after being fifth coming into Long Beach. The final results of GTD meant Keating and Blekeeomen further increased their gap to nineteen points as Alessandro Balzan and Christina Nielsen took over the second position. Cadillac, Ford, and Mercedes-AMG continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships, while Wayne Taylor Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, and Riley Motorsports kept their respective advantages in the trio of Teams' Championships with nine races left in the season.


2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
The 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix is the eleventh season of the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix.


2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Grand Prix performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2017 BWF International Challenge
The 2017 BWF International Series is the tenth season of the BWF International Series.


2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships
The 2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships was held from 22 to 26 December 2017 in Ulsan, South Korea.


2017 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships, Participating countries
264 athletes from 39 countries participated in this edition of Para-Badminton World Championships.


2017 BWF Super Series
The 2017 BWF Super Series, known as 2017 Metlife BWF Super Series for sponsorship reasons, was the eleventh season of the BWF Super Series of badminton. It was replaced by the BWF World Tour for the 2018 season.


2017 BWF Super Series, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2017 BWF Super Series Finals
The 2017 BWF Super Series Finals officially Dubai World Superseries Finals 2017 was the final competition of the 2017 BWF Super Series. It was held from 13 to 17 December 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


2017 BWF Super Series Finals, Representatives by Nation
§: Chen Qingchen from China was the only player who played in two categories (women's doubles and mixed doubles).


2017 BWF World Championships
The 2017 BWF World Championships of badminton were held from 21 to 27 August at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.


2017 BWF World Championships
The event was held in Glasgow's Emirates Arena, which can hold 6,000 spectators. When Glasgow hosted the event in 1997 it was held at the Scotstoun Centre.


2017 BWF World Championships, Host city selection
Glasgow originally submitted a bid for the 2017 Sudirman Cup but lost to Gold Coast. The Badminton World Federation awarded the World Championships to Glasgow after the event did not receive appropriate bids.


2017 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles
The Men's Doubles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August.


2017 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a team to go to their draw section.


2017 BWF World Championships – Men's singles
The Men's Singles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August.


2017 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Championships – Mixed doubles
The Mixed Doubles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August.


2017 BWF World Championships – Mixed doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 BWF World Championships – Women's doubles
The Women's Doubles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August.


2017 BWF World Championships – Women's doubles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles
The Women's Singles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships took place from 21 to 27 August.


2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles, Seeds
The seeding list is based on the World Rankings of Thursday 3 August 2017. The seeds are listed below:


2017 BWF World Championships – Women's singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2017 BWF World Junior Championships (officially known as the Blibli.com Yonex-Sunrise BWF World Junior Championships 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia at the Among Rogo Sports Hall between 9 and 22 October 2017.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships, Host city selection
Bilbao (Spain) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia) originally submitted bids to host the 2016 competition. Badminton World Federation later awarded the event to Bilbao while Yogyakarta was appointed as host for the next edition. According to the Indonesian delegation, the Spanish bid for the 2016 edition was approved due to fears of political instability should Bilbao awarded the 2017 edition.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' doubles
The boys' doubles event of the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 16–22 October. The defending champions were Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong from China.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' doubles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles
The boys' singles event of the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 16–22 October. The defending champion was Sun Feixiang from China.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys' singles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' doubles
The girls' doubles event of the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 16–22 October. The defending champions were Sayaka Hobara and Nami Matsuyama from Japan.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' doubles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles
The girls' singles event of the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships in badminton was held on 16–22 October. The defending champion was Chen Yufei from China.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Mixed doubles
The mixed doubles event of the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships was a badminton world junior individual championships for the Eye Level Cups, held on between 16 and 22 October 2017. The defending champions were He Jiting and Du Yue from China.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Mixed doubles, Seeds
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2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event
The teams event of the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships was held on 9–14 October. The event also known as the 2017 Suhandinata Cup. The defending champions of the last edition is China. The group draw was done at the Hotel Indonesia Kempinski, Jakarta, on 28 September. China were drawn with Chinese Taipei, Denmark, Algeria, and Hong Kong in group G. Indonesia as the host were drawn with Mongolia and Brazil in group H1.


2017 BWF World Junior Championships – Teams event
China won the cup after defeating Malaysia 3–1 in the final.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships
The 2017 BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament which was held from 11 to 17 September at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi, India.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships, Players
663 players from 39 countries participated this edition of championships.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 35+
This are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 35+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 40+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 40+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 45+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 45+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 50+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 50+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 55+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships 55+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 60+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 60+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 65+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 65+ events.


2017 BWF World Senior Championships – 70+
These are the results of 2017 BWF World Senior Championships' 70+ events.


2017 BWF season
The 2017 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2017 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. Besides the BWF World Championships, BWF promoted the sport of badminton through an extensive worldwide program of events. These events had various purposes according to their level and territory in which they were held but those events owned by BWF seek to showcase the sport via the widest possible quality television broadcast and build the fanbase of the sport throughout the world.


2017 BWF season
The world badminton tournament structure had four levels: Level 1 (BWF Major Events), Level 2 (BWF Superseries: Superseries and Superseries Premier), Level 3 (BWF Grand Prix: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold Series), and Level 4 (BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series, and BWF Future Series). The Thomas Cup & Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup and Suhandinata Cup were Teams Events. The others – Superseries, Grand Prix Events, International Challenge, International Series, and Future Series were all individual tournaments. The higher the level of tournament, the larger the prize money and the more ranking points available.


2017 BWF season
The 2017 BWF season calendar comprised these four levels of BWF tournaments.


2017 BWF season, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with the Champions and Runners-up documented.


2017 BYU Cougars baseball team
The 2017 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his fifth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season rankings. The Cougars would overcome all expectations and claim a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards the Cougars would win the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002. The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21.


2017 BYU Cougars baseball team, Rivalries
BYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley.


2017 BYU Cougars baseball team, Radio Information
Many BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 44 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 25th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 42 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 1 radio exclusive this season: the early Mar. 10 game vs. UC Santa Barbara.


2017 BYU Cougars baseball team, TV Announcers
For the first time every game was shown on television or streamed live online as BYU Baseball carried the road games that weren't going to be streamed on Facebook Live.