2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 62. Harvick spun his tires on the restart, Kyle Busch took over the race lead and drove on to win the first stage. The fourth caution flew on lap 80 for the conclusion of the stage. Truex exited pit road with the race lead. Jimmie Johnson restarted from the tail-end of the field for driving through too many pit boxes.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 88. Erik Jones brought out the fifth caution on lap 97 when he spun out in Turn 2.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 100 and Busch took back the lead exiting Turn 2. Debris in Turn 2, from Johnson's car, brought out the sixth caution on lap 102.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 105. Brad Keselowski, who was running fifth, made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel on lap 120. He was then hit with a pass through penalty for driving through too many pit boxes. He rejoined the race 35th two laps down. The seventh caution flew on lap 136 when Corey LaJoie suffered cuts on both right-side tires and slammed the wall in Turn 3.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 142. The eighth caution flew on lap 146 when Gray Gaulding slammed the wall in Turn 4, and his right-rear tire shredded in Turn 2.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 152. Blaney won the second stage and the ninth caution flew for the conclusion of the stage.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on lap 167. Truex took the lead going into Turn 3 with 87 laps to go. The 10th caution flew with 74 to go for a two-car wreck in Turn 1 involving A. J. Allmendinger and Paul Menard.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 69 to go. The following lap, Joey Logano went to the outside of Danica Patrick for position going into Turn 1 when he suffered a right-front brake failure, veered down and hooked Patrick, sending her head-on into the outside wall. Logano's car got loose and slid backwards into the wall not far ahead of her.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
Aric Almirola, who was seven car length's back of the wreck when it started, got loose in the top lane, couldn't slow it down in time, clipped the left-rear corner of Patrick's car and slammed into the drivers-side of Logano's car, lifting his car in the air for a few seconds. Logano and Patrick exited their wrecked cars under their own power, but Almirola, who put his window net down (to signal the safety crews that he was "alert"), required the safety team to extract him, and air lift to a local hospital, due to an injury that he sustained. This violent three-car wreck brought out the 11th caution with 68 to go, and cleanup necessitated a red flag for roughly 30 minutes.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
Logano said after he was released from the infield care center that all three drivers involved "took a hard hit. Something broke on (my) car - I don't know what it was. I noticed it going in (to the turn) and tried to back off but you're going 215 (mph). I took a hard left. I just hope everyone is OK. I hooked Danica. I haven't seen the replay (until now). don't know what happened. The right-front popped and I took a hard left. I hope Aric is alright.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
That's the last thing you want to see is a big hit like that for anyone. It came out of nowhere. Everything was fine and I just took a hard one. I'm praying for Aric right now. I hate to be the part that started it but there was nothing I could have done. Something broke and we tore up a lot of cars."


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 63 to go. The 12th caution flew with 52 to go when Jones got loose in the speedy dry in the top lane of Turns 1 and 2, laid down for the previous three-car wreck with 68 to go, and spun out in Turn 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. opted not to pit and assumed the lead.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 47 to go and Blaney edged out Busch at the line to retake the lead. Truex passed him exiting Turn 2 with 24 to go to retake the lead. The 13th caution flew with 22 to go when LaJoie slammed the wall in Turn 1. Jones opted not to pit and assumed the lead.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with 19 to go. Truex went to Blaney's outside and powered around him and teammate Jones in Turn 1 to take the lead with 18 to go. The 14th caution flew with nine to go when Jones got turned by Dillon exiting Turn 4 and spun through the infield grass.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with five to go and Johnson and Kurt Busch made contact, sending Johnson spinning through Turn 1 and put the race under caution for the 15th time.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with two laps to go. Truex drove on to score the victory.


2017 Go Bowling 400, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their seventh race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2017 Go Bowling 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 Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.


2017 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
The 2017 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma was the 17th and final round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. The race was contested on September 17, 2017, on the IndyCar layout of Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, and served as the season finale for the series. Josef Newgarden of Team Penske won the pole for the race; he would finish second, which allowed him to win the championship. Newgarden's teammate, Simon Pagenaud, won the race for his second consecutive Sonoma victory.


2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.


2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election, Background
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar was elected Chief Minister. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as Minister of Defence. Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.


2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election, Results by Constituency
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.


2017 Gold Coast Suns season
The 2017 Gold Coast Football Club season was the Gold Coast Suns' seventh season in the Australian Football League. They also fielded a reserves team in the NEAFL.


2017 Gold Coast Titans season
The 2017 Gold Coast Titans season was the 11th in the club's history. The Titans competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership. They also competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines pre-season tournament.


2017 Gold Cup (rugby union)
The 2017 Gold Cup was the second season of the Gold Cup competition since its name change, having previously been known as the Community Cup. The competition was the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.


2017 Gold Cup (rugby union)
The 2017 competition retained the same timeslot as the 2016 edition, taking place between 9 September and 29 October 2017.


2017 Gold Cup (rugby union), Competition rules and information
The format of the Gold Cup was the same as the Rugby World Cup. The teams were divided into four pools, each containing five teams. Each team played four pool games, facing all the other teams in their pools once, with two of those matches being home games and two being away games.


2017 Gold Cup (rugby union), Competition rules and information
The winner and runner-up of each pool entered the play-off stage, which consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals and the final. The winner of each pool met the runner-up of a different pool in a quarter final, at the home venue of the pool winner. The winner of each quarter-final progressed to the semi-finals and the semi-final winners to the final, which was held at the home venue of the finalist with the best record in the pool stages.


2017 Gold Cup (rugby union), Qualification
Defending champions Rustenburg Impala qualified for the 2017 Gold Cup competition. They will be joined by the highest-placed non-university clubs from the club leagues of South Africa's fourteen provincial unions, Limpopo, Namibia and Zimbabwe, plus two wildcard spots.


2017 Golden Globes (Portugal)
The 2017 Golden Globes (Portugal) was held on 21 May 2017 and broadcast by SIC and presented by João Manzarra.


2017 Golden Movie Awards
The 2017 Golden Movie Awards  is an annual African award ceremony that seeks to honor individuals for their outstanding performance in movies they featured as characters in the year under review. The ceremony was held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.


2017 Golden Movie Awards
The third annual edition was hosted by Nigerian comedian AY and actress host Osas Ajibade, the red carpet was hosted by Vica Michaels and Uti who were all from Nigeria.


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Honorary Award – Madam Grace Omaboe (Maame Dokono)


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Supporting Actor (Comedy) – Dan Davies (A Trip To Jamaica)


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Supporting Actress (Comedy) – Roselyn Ngissah (Amakye & Dede)


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Most Promising Actor/Actress – Hauwa Alhahbura (3 Is A Crowd)


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Writer (Comedy) – Ayo Makun (A Trip To Jamaica)


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Editor – Laurenne Abdullah & Peter Sedufia (Keteke)


2017 Golden Movie Awards, List of Winners
- Golden Make-up Artist – Sandra & Hakim (Slow Country)


2017 Golweyn ambush
The Golweyn ambush by al-Shabaab militants against an AMISOM convoy took place on 30 July 2017. Resulting in the death of several Ugandan soldiers, the attack seriously disrupted the control of pro-government forces over the Lower Shebelle region in Somalia, eventually leading to the fall of the strategically significant town of Leego to al-Shabaab.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Background
Much of Lower Shebelle, including Golweyn, was conquered from al-Shabaab by AMISOM and the Somali Armed Forces (SNAF) during Operation Indian Ocean in 2014, and had been secured by the Ugandan military since the deadly insurgent attack on the Burundian garrison of Leego in 2015. In 2016, however, offensive operations against al-Shabaab were reduced, allowing the militant group to rebuild its strength.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Background
Despite al-Shabaab's growing power, mounting casualties among AMISOM peacekeepers and their already long presence in the war-torn country has led to plans to reduce ANISOM's presence in Somalia. Security responsibilities are supposed to be transferred to the Somali government's military. According to Lower Shebelle's deputy governor Ali Nur Mohamed, however, the SNAF units in his region have been weakened by factionalization, infighting and desertation. Because of that, they are not able to independently hold territory against insurgents, meaning that the presence of ANISOM troops in government-controlled areas of Lower Shebelle is crucial.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Ambush
On early 30 July 2017, a military convoy consisting of parts of the UPDF's 7th Battalion of the 22nd battlegroup as well as some SNAF soldiers, left Shalanbod. The convoy, which was of company-strength, was either supposed to conduct a regular patrol on the Mogadishu-Barawa Main Supply Route, or transport supplies to the AMISOM/SNAF bases in Lower Shebelle. As the UPDF/SNAF forces entered the village of Golweyn, near Bulo Marer, an improvised explosive device on the road hit the convoy, whereupon heavily armed al-Shabaab fighters launched their assault. A fierce firefight ensued that lasted for about one hour, after which the militants retreated, reportedly taking the bodies of some dead Ugandan soldiers with them.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Ambush
Although the exact Ugandan casualties are disputed, with the Ugandan military downplaying and al-Shabaab exaggerating them, they were heavier than those of the attackers. According to the Somali government, around 23 Ugandans were killed and numerous wounded, while al-Shabaab managed to take supplies and weaponry from the convoy.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Aftermath: The fall of Leego
The most important effect of the ambush was to show that the important supply route between Mogadishu and Barawa was insecure and threatened by al-Shabaab. As result, AMISOM felt it had to deploy additional troops along the route in order to resecure it. The force chosen for this purpose was the Ugandan garrison of Leego, a strategically important town and major ANISOM military base. As the international peacekeeping forces were already suffering from manpower shortages, however, the Ugandans could not be replaced by other forces in time.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Aftermath: The fall of Leego
When the UPDF soldiers consequently moved from Leego to Golweyn on 4 July, the former was left completely defenseless. Somali government officials protested this, saying that they had not been consulted and that without the ANISOM garrison Leego would soon fall to the insurgents; this promptly happened, as al-Shabaab immediately occupied Leego unopposed after the Ugandans had retreated.


2017 Golweyn ambush, Aftermath: The fall of Leego
This was a heavy blow to ANISOM and the Somali government, as Leego had controlled another important supply route from Mogadishu to the regions of Bay and Bakool; thousands of pro-government soldiers in these areas were thus effectively cut off and could only be supplied or reinforced by air. On 6 July, the ANISOM high command reportedly assured Lower Shebelle's government that the Ethiopian military would soon send new troops in order to reconquer Leego.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths
Many child deaths occurred at the state-run BRD Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh, India in 2017. As of 2 September 2017, 1,317 children had died at the hospital in 2017. The 2017 deaths attracted national attention in August, when 63 children died at the hospital after the hospital's piped oxygen supply ran out. The number of child deaths in previous years were 5,850 in 2014; 6,917 in 2015; and 6,121 in 2016.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths
Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) was a major cause of the deaths: As of 29 August 2017, 175 children had died because of encephalitis (including 77 in August alone).


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths
Government negligence arising from the shortage of oxygen supply was discovered to have been a major cause for avoidable deaths. The oxygen supply was cut by the supplier due to long non-payment of dues. The Yogi Adityanath led government had ignored repeated requests for clearing the dues despite warning about supply being cut, and faced heavy criticism. One year after the incident, the families of the victims had not been compensated or visited by state government officials.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths
The BRD Medical College hospital is one of the biggest government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh to have specialized facility to treat neo-natal and pediatric encephalitis. It has seen a number of child deaths since 1978, when the first encephalitis outbreak in the Gorakhpur region. During 1978–2017, around 25,000 children have died of encephalitis.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths
As of 3 September 2017, 1,317 children had died in the hospital during 2017. The number of deaths has sharply declined compared to the previous years.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths
As of 2 September 2017, the month of August saw the highest number of deaths (325):


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
On 6 April, the hospital's oxygen supplier, Puspha Sales wrote a letter to the Chief Minister, Adityanath, and Health Minister reminding them that the hospital's dues were unpaid and that the supply would be discontinued unless they were paid.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
On 3 June 2017, Pushpa Sales wrote to the Principal of the Medical College, Rajiv Mishra, Principal Secretary in the UP government, Anita Bhatnagar Jain, the Director General of Medical Education (DGME) in the UP government, K. K. Gupta, the superintendent in charge at BRD Medical College, the head of the pediatrics department, Dr Mahima Mittal, and the district magistrate, Rajeev Rautela reminding them of the unpaid dues and the fact that Encephalitis patients, who would increase with the rainy season, require 24 hours supply of oxygen. Pushpa Sales wrote 20 letters to Rajiv Mishra about the unpaid dues.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
Mishra in turn, wrote ten letters to the UP government about the same, and even raised the issue in a video conference with the DGME, principal secretary and district magistrate. On 30 July, Pushpa Sales sent a legal notice to the Principal, giving them until 14 August to clear dues. Oxygen ran out in the plant in the early hours of 11 August.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
Starting on 10 August 2017, 30 children died within 48 hours: 17 children in the neo-natal ward, five in the AES (acute encephalitis syndrome) ward and eight in the general ward.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
According to a 10-page letter written by Dr. Kafeel Khan in prison he received a Whatsapp message on the night of 10 August informing him of the oxygen supply cut. He said that he called the head of department, the principal and acting principal of B.R.D., the district magistrate of Gorakhpur, the chief medical superintendent of Gorakhpur and B.R.D. Medical College, and his other colleagues to inform them of the situation. He said that he also called local oxygen supplier agencies and begged them to immediately arrange for oxygen cylinders at BRD, and called nearby hospitals.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
He narrated that he went out to buy oxygen cylinders himself. He was able to scrape 250 cylinders together, paying for them himself and promising the suppliers that he would arrange for the rest of the payment soon. He carried some in his car and arranged with the DIG of Police for a truck and manpower from the Armed Border Force to deliver the others.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Child deaths, August deaths
Oxygen supply was restored by 2:15 AM on 13 August.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Investigation
The hospital's principal RK Mishra was suspended on 12 August by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for "negligent behaviour" after which he resigned. On 13 August, the head of encephalitis ward at the hospital, Kafeel Khan, was removed as the nodal officer. The state government claimed that no deaths had occurred due to oxygen shortage.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Investigation
A probe report by the Gorakhpur district administration identified oxygen deprivation as the reason for the death of the children admitted to the encephalitis and neonatal wards between 10 and 11 August, but refrained from blaming the Uttar Pradesh government for the tragedy. It charged the doctors, paramedical staff and clerks of the medical institution with criminal negligence, while maintaining that the state government was unaware of the situation. It accused institute principal Rajiv Mishra of failing to alert the medical education and health departments to the impending oxygen crisis despite being aware of it.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Investigation
It demanded strict action against Pushpa Sales for stopping oxygen supply and accused Dr Satish Kumar, a member of the BRD Medical College Hospital's purchase committee, of going on leave from 11 August without taking Mishra's permission. Kumar was additionally charged with failing to get a faulty air-conditioner installed at the encephalitis ward repaired on time. It also found overwriting in the log book related to purchase and re-filling of oxygen cylinders.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Investigation
A three-member technical team appointed by the central government found that 8 of 12 senior resident posts lie vacant, that only three of 31 nurses are trained to handle newborns, that poor parents are forced to buy disposables and consumables, and that the most basic infection control norms like washing hands and use of disinfectants were not being followed.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Investigation
Nine people were arrested in the case until August 2018. They were:


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Investigation
Of these, Manish Bhandari, Dr Kafeel Khan, Dr Satish, Dr Rajiv Misra and Dr Purnima Shukla had been given bail, while the others remained in jail. None of the top government officials who also had responsibility came under investigation.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Reactions
On 12 August, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office said he is "constantly monitoring" the situation with Minister of State Health Anupriya Patel and the Union Health Secretary. In his Independence Day speech on 15 August, Modi expressed sympathy for the affected families, while calling the episode a 'natural calamity'. Siddharth Nath Singh, the Health Minister of Uttar Pradesh, denied a lack of oxygen was the cause of the deaths He said that such deaths are common in August. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered a probe into the incident. He visited the hospital on 13 August 2017.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Reactions
The Indian National Congress (INC) demanded a separate probe monitored by the Supreme Court of India. It also demanded Chief Minister, Adityanath's resignation. However, BJP President, Amit Shah dismissed this demand, saying, that such deaths were common during Congress rule too, and that action would be taken on the basis of investigation, the results of which would be made public.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Reactions
On 14 August, Pushpa Sales, the oxygen supplier to the hospital, released a statement that it never stopped the supply of oxygen cylinders despite the outstanding dues. Manish Bhandari, managing director of the company, stated, "The government must find why there were just around 50 cylinders instead of 400 on that particular day when deaths took place. I suspect a big oxygen cylinder theft or racket, which they must find it out."


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Reactions
The National Human Rights Council (NHRC) issued a notice to the state government, taking suo moto cognisance and seeking a report from the state government. It said that the incident indicates "gross callousness" on the part of the hospital and the state administration, and asked the government what steps were been taken to compensate the families.


2017 Gorakhpur hospital deaths, Reactions
The Samajwadi Party accused the state government of encouraging corrupt practices at the hospital.


2017 Gosford state by-election
A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Gosford on 8 April 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Kathy Smith (Labor) due to ill health. It was held on the same day as the North Shore and Manly state by-elections.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack
The 2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack took place on 9 December 2017 when individuals in a large gang threw firebombs at the synagogue in Gothenburg, which hosted an event with about 40 youth inside. The people inside fled to the basement but nobody was hurt. The incendiaries started a fire among the parked vehicles in the yard but the building did not catch fire. Of the about ten masked individuals at the scene, two stateless Palestinians and one Syrian could later be identified and they were sentenced to jail for having committed a hate crime.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Background
The attack was done the day after activists in Malmö had shouted slogans about killing or shooting Jews at a demonstration.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Political impact
The attack was condemned by National Police Commissioner Dan Eliasson. Prime minister Stefan Löfven condemned the attack as well as the antisemitic propaganda in Malmö.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Investigation and trial
The suspects could be identified using recordings by security cameras.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Investigation and trial
The trial began on 12 June 2018 and prosecutor Stina Lundqvist charged the defendants with aggravated arson and a hate crime and demanded an eight year prison sentence for each and deportation for all.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Investigation and trial
All three suspects, who were aged 19 to 24, were sentenced by the District Court of Gothenburg 25 June 2018 for having committed a hate crime, gross unlawful threat (Swedish: grovt olaga hot) and attempting to commit gross damage to property (Swedish: försök till grov skadegörelse) against the Jewish congregation and Jews in general, but did not uphold the charge of aggravated arson as the firebombs were not considered powerful enough. The main suspect was a 22-year-old asylum seeker from Gaza, but his asylum application to Sweden rejected.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Investigation and trial
He received a sentence of two years in prison and deportation with an attendant ban on returning until 2028. According to the District Court of Gothenburg, the crime was serious enough to motivate deportation of all three, but the Swedish Migration Agency had given the other two perpetrators permanent residence permits. The elder of the other two accused received prison sentences of two years and the younger one year and three months. The three were born 1994, 1996 and 1999.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Investigation and trial
The prosecutor pointed out that anyone watching the security camera recordings would be in no doubt the intent was to burn down the synagogue and that the court decision had happened due to technicalities, but also expressed satisfaction that the hate crime charge had been upheld.


2017 Gothenburg Synagogue attack, Aftermath, Investigation and trial
In July 2018, the verdict from the district court was appealed by the three suspects, who are migrants. The prosecutor also announced her intention to appeal the verdict to pursue a conviction for aggravated arson. (Swedish: grov mordbrand).


2017 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2017 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 4, 2017, and the winners were announced on November 1.


2017 Grambling State Tigers football team
The 2017 Grambling State Tigers football team represented Grambling State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Broderick Fobbs and played their home games at Eddie Robinson Stadium in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Tigers finished the season 11–2, 7–0 in SWAC play to win the West Division. They defeated Alcorn State in the SWAC Championship Game, receiving the conference's bid to the Celebration Bowl where they lost to North Carolina A&T.


2017 Grambling State Tigers football team, Preseason
The Tigers were picked to finish first in the West Division.


2017 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
The 2017 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli was the 22nd edition of the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli road cycling one day race. It was held on 1 October 2017 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2017 Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Teams
Twenty-four teams of up to eight riders started the race:


2017 Granatkin Memorial
The 2017 Valentin Granatkin Memorial Cup is its 17th edition after dissolution of the USSR. Slovenia under-18 is its defending champion.


2017 Grand Est Open 88
The 2017 Grand Est Open 88 was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Contrexéville, France, on 10–16 July 2017.


2017 Grand Est Open 88, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 Grand Est Open 88 – Doubles
Cindy Burger and Laura Pous Tió were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2017 Grand Est Open 88 – Doubles
Anastasiya Komardina and Elitsa Kostova won the title, defeating Manon Arcangioli and Sara Cakarevic in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Grand Est Open 88 – Singles
Pauline Parmentier was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Tatjana Maria.


2017 Grand Est Open 88 – Singles
Johanna Larsson won the title, defeating Maria in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2017 Grand National
The 2017 Grand National (officially known as the 2017 Randox Health Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 170th official running of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece steeplechase over a distance of 4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km) took place on 8 April 2017, the final day of a three-day meeting. A maximum field of 40 runners competed for a share of a prize fund of £1 million.


2017 Grand National
Randox Health is the new sponsor of the main race and the festival itself for the next five years. It was broadcast live on television by ITV for the first time. There was live radio coverage by BBC Radio, which has held the radio rights since 1927, and by Talksport, which covered the main race live for the fourth time.


2017 Grand National
The race was won by One For Arthur, only the second horse trained in Scotland to win the Grand National (the other being Rubstic in 1979). One For Arthur was ridden by Derek Fox and trained by Lucinda Russell, and was sent off at odds of 1014 14/1.


2017 Grand National, Race card
A total of 110 entries were received for consideration in the 2017 Grand National and were announced on 1 February 2017. Among the early favourites were Don Poli, who won three Grade 1 races in the 2015–16 season, and 2016 National runner-up The Last Samuri. The 2015 winner, Many Clouds, who was also among the ante-post favourites, died of a pulmonary haemorrhage shortly before the entries were announced.


2017 Grand National, Race card
The weights were announced on 14 February and headed by Lexus Chase winner Outlander, however, trainer Gordon Elliott indicated that he would not run. The top five weighted horses were all Irish-trained, including three by Elliott. One runner (Otago Trail) was scratched before the weights were assigned. Ninety-five entries remained after the first scratching deadline on 28 February. Elliott, who had earlier expressed his dissatisfaction with the weights assigned to his horses, withdrew several of his entries, including Outlander, Empire of Dirt and Don Poli, leaving Carlingford Lough as the new top weight.


2017 Grand National, Race card
Vieux Lion Rouge, who won the Grand National Trial at Haydock, was now the favourite with the bookmakers, at 12/1. The field was reduced to 79 following the second scratching deadline on 21 March. The five-day confirmation process began on 3 April with 70 horses advancing, following the withdrawal of top-weight Carlingford Lough. The final field was announced on 6 April, including four reserves in case of any withdrawals before 1 pm on 7 April. One of the top 40 horses going into the confirmation stage (Pendra) withdrew. There were no further withdrawals before the deadline, leaving the following 40 starters:


2017 Grand National, Race overview
Two false starts occurred before the race could get underway, the first caused by several horses running off too keenly and the second by The Young Master and Raz de Maree jumping the gun from a standing start. When the race eventually began properly, the 50/1 outsider Roi Des Francs led the field on the first circuit with Rogue Angel and Highland Lodge also prominent. The 10/1 second-favourite Definitly Red was pulled up at Valentine's, whilst Saphir Du Rheu fell at the 11th.


2017 Grand National, Race overview
As the horses rounded the turn to begin the second circuit, Roi Des Francs was carried out by a loose horse and rejoined the field in mid-division, leaving Rogue Angel as the new leader. Saint Are, Blaklion and Vieux Lion Rouge remained close behind the leaders. With five fences remaining, the 8/1 favourite Blaklion moved up to challenge Rogue Angel for the lead, with Saint Are going third and Cause of Causes coming into contention. With two fences left to jump, Blaklion raced into a three-length lead over Rogue Angel, as Vieux Lion Rouge advanced into third and One For Arthur made significant progress through the field.


2017 Grand National, Race overview
At the second-last, One For Arthur jumped into the back of the leader Blaklion, with Cause of Causes and Gas Line Boy moving up to contest first place.


2017 Grand National, Race overview
The four were all stride for stride as they took the last fence, but One For Arthur jumped into the lead and accelerated to go three lengths clear at the elbow, increasing that advantage in the final furlong as he crossed the finish line 4+1⁄2 lengths ahead of Cause of Causes in second, with 3+1⁄2 lengths back to Saint Are, who ran on well to clinch third by half a length from Blaklion.


2017 Grand National, Race overview
There were no fatalities and all 40 runners returned safely to the stables.


2017 Grand National, Finishing order
The 19 horses to complete the course finished as follows:


2017 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
ITV lead commentator Richard Hoiles describes the climax of the race.


2017 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
As the Grand National is accorded the status of an event of national interest in the United Kingdom and is listed on the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, it must be shown on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK. The race was broadcast live on TV by ITV. This was the first year that ITV broadcast the race live, following the decision by Channel 4 to drop the event and horse racing in general in 2016.


2017 Grand National, Broadcasting and media
The coverage was led by Ed Chamberlin. Retired champion jockey Sir Anthony McCoy and Mick Fitzgerald provided expert opinions throughout the coverage, with reports from Brough Scott, Luke Harvey, Oli Bell and Alice Plunkett and betting updates by Matt Chapman. The commentary team was Mark Johnson, Ian Bartlett and Richard Hoiles, who called the winner home for the first time in his terrestrial television commentary career.


2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
The 2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 10 September. It was the 8th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal and the 34th event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was won by Diego Ulissi.


2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
The 2017 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a road cycling one-day race that took place on 8 September. It was the 8th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and the 33rd event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was won by Peter Sagan in the sprint.


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2017 Grand Prix Hassan II was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place in Marrakesh, Morocco between 10 and 16 April 2017.


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Guillermo Durán and Máximo González were the defending champions, but González chose to compete in Houston instead. Durán played alongside Andrés Molteni, but lost in the quarterfinals to Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram.


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles
Dominic Inglot and Mate Pavić won the title, defeating Marcel Granollers and Marc López in the final, 6–4, 2–6, [11–9].


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Federico Delbonis was the defending champion but retired in the first round against Reda El Amrani.


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles
Borna Ćorić won his first ATP title, defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final, 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 7–5.


2017 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2017  Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 1 and 6 May 2017.


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Xenia Knoll and Aleksandra Krunić were the defending champions, but Knoll chose to compete in Prague instead. Krunić played alongside Daria Gavrilova, but lost in the semifinals to Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková.


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles
Babos and Hlaváčková went on to win the title, defeating Nina Stojanović and Maryna Zanevska in the final, 2–6, 6–3, [10–5].


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Timea Bacsinszky was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Catherine Bellis.


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the title, defeating Francesca Schiavone in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2017 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles
This tournament marked the last professional tournament for former top 5 player Daniela Hantuchova.


2017 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2017 Grand Prix de Denain was the 59th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain road cycling one day race. It was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, held on 13 April 2017, as a 1.HC categorised race.


2017 Grand Prix de Denain
In a bunch sprint finish, FDJ rider Arnaud Démare won the race ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), while the podium was completed by Juan Sebastián Molano from Team Manzana Postobón.


2017 Grand Prix de Denain, Teams
Eighteen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included two UCI WorldTeams, thirteen UCI Professional Continental teams and three UCI Continental teams.


2017 Grand Prix de Fourmies
The 2017 Grand Prix de Fourmies was the 85th edition of the Grand Prix de Fourmies road cycling one day race. It was held on 3 September 2017 as part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.HC.


2017 Grand Prix de Fourmies, Teams
Twenty-two teams entered the race. Each team had a maximum of eight riders:


2017 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, was the eleventh staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 11–19 November 2017 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts
The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2016 by defeating James Wade 16–8 in the final. He retained his title for a 3rd consecutive year by beating Peter Wright 16–12 in this year's final.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Prize Money
The prize fund for the Grand Slam was increased from £400,000 in 2016 to £450,000 in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000, as opposed to £100,000.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Tournaments
At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Tournaments
In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2017 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Tournaments
Had there still been less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events were added, the winners of 2017 Players Championships events would have been added, followed by the winners of qualifying tournaments for the 2017 UK Open. As there are already 16 qualified players after the first two qualification methods, no player will qualify via Players Championships and UK Open qualifying events. This resulted in Adrian Lewis missing the tournament for the first time.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, PDC Qualifying Event
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts will be filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier that took place in Wigan on 6 November. These are the qualifiers:


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, BDO Ranking Qualifiers
The remaining five BDO representatives were the top five non-qualified players from the BDO Invitational Rankings at 30 September 2017.


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Qualifying, BDO Ranking Qualifiers
The five qualifiers were confirmed on 10 October 2017, and were:


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Michael van Gerwen (1) Peter Wright (2) Gary Anderson (3) Daryl Gurney (4) Phil Taylor (5) Mensur Suljović (6) Dave Chisnall (7) Raymond van Barneveld (8)


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Michael Smith Simon Whitlock James Wade Alan Norris Gerwyn Price Stephen Bunting Rob Cross Darren Webster


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Mark Webster James Wilson Robbie Green Joe Murnan Jeffrey de Zwaan Berry van Peer Steve Lennon Corey Cadby


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Pools
Mark McGeeney Glen Durrant Jamie Hughes Scott Mitchell Ross Montgomery Cameron Menzies Danny Noppert Peter Machin


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stage
All group matches are best of nine legs  After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stageNB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = QualifierNB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to Knockout Stage


2017 Grand Slam of Darts, Draw, Group stage, Group D
With Mark Webster and Darren Webster finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place to see who would play the Group C winner Phil Taylor in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of Tuesday's group matches, and was the second year in succession that a nine-dart shootout was required. Mark Webster threw first.


2017 Graz local election
The 2017 Graz local election was held on 5 February 2017 to elect the members of the Gemeindesrat of Graz.


2017 Graz local election
The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) were the clear winners of the election, remaining the largest party with 38% of the vote. The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) remained the second largest party with 20%, while the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) rose to third place. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and The Greens both suffered losses. NEOS – The New Austria contested their first election in Graz, winning 4% and won one seat.


2017 Graz local election
Incumbent Mayor Siegfried Nagl of the ÖVP was re-elected, while Elke Kahr of the KPÖ remained deputy mayor.


2017 Graz local election, Background
The Styrian constitution mandates that positions in municipal government (city councillors, German: Stadträten) be allocated between parties proportionally in accordance with the share of votes won by each; this is known as Proporz. As such, the government of Graz is a perpetual coalition of all parties that qualify for at least one city councillor.


2017 Graz local election, Background
In the 2012 election, the KPÖ became the second largest party in Graz with 20%. The ÖVP, SPÖ, and Greens all suffered losses, while the FPÖ and Pirate Party made gains. The city government was dominated by the ÖVP with three councillors, while the KPÖ, SPÖ, FPÖ, and Greens won one councillor each.


2017 Graz local election, Electoral system
The 48 seats of the Gemeindesrat of Graz are elected via open list proportional representation with no electoral threshold.


2017 Graz local election, Contesting parties
In addition to the parties already represented in the Gemeindesrat, four parties collected enough signatures to be placed on the ballot:


2017 Great Alaska Shootout
The 2017 GCI Great Alaska Shootout was the 39th and last Great Alaska Shootout, an annual college basketball tournament that featured colleges from all over the United States. All games were played at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The event took place November 21 through November 25, 2017, with eight schools participating in the men's tournament and four in the women's tournament. The men's first round, semifinals, and championship game were televised on CBS Sports Network. Central Michigan won the men's tournament, defeating Cal State Bakersfield. In the women's tournament, Alaska Anchorage defeated Tulsa.


2017 Great North Run
The 37th Great North Run took place on 10 September 2017 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom with the men's and women's elite races and wheelchair races. Olympic and World champion Mo Farah, in his first race since ending his career on the track, won the Great North Run for the fourth year in a row. He became the first man to win the run four years in a row. Mary Keitany won the women's race for the third time in four years.


2017 Great North Run
Briton Simon Lawson won the men's wheelchair race for the first time. Swiss Manuela Schär also won the women's wheelchair race for the first time. Schär also broke the course record held by Amanda McGrory, by finishing in a time of 48 minutes, 44 seconds.


2017 Great North Run
After Jake Robertson finished 2nd in the men's elite race, he proposed to his girlfriend, fellow runner Magdalyne Masai.


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election
Elections for the Greater Geelong City Council are scheduled to take place on 27 October 2017.


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election
Conducted by post, they are occurring separately to other local government elections in the state due to the 2016 sacking of the Council.


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election, Background
The previous City of Greater Geelong Council, which was elected in 2012, and Mayor Darryn Lyons, elected in a Mayoral by-election in 2013, were sacked by the Daniel Andrews Government in May 2016 after allegations of bullying, and Administrators installed to manage city and council affairs in place of elected Councillors as well as to weed out cultural problems that led to the Council's sacking in the first place.


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election, Background
As such, Geelong missed out on electing a new Council in November 2016, when other local government areas in Victoria elected their Councils. Instead, a Citizen's Jury was established to help determine a way forward, including deciding on the structure a future Council should take.


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election, Background
Eventually, legislation was introduced and passed the Victorian Parliament to bring forward elections to October 2017 (instead of 2020, as originally planned).


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election, Wards
Councillors will be elected to four multi-member wards. The wards and currently declared candidates are as follows:


2017 Greater Geelong City Council election, Election timeline
10–12 October: Ballot packs are mailed out in the days around 10–12 October 2017.


2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election
The inaugural Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Greater Manchester. The next successive election was due to be held on 7 May 2020, but due to that year's outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, the election was postponed until May 2021. Subsequent elections are legislatively required to be held every four years thereafter. The electoral system used for the election is the supplementary vote (SV).


2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election
The mayor leads the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, sitting alongside the leaders of the ten metropolitan borough councils who form the mayor's cabinet. The creation of the position was part of a devolution deal giving local government additional powers and funding, enacted via the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The interim mayor was Tony Lloyd, the Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner. The office of police and crime commissioner was subsumed into the mayor's role.


2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election
Nominations for candidates wishing to stand in the election closed on 4 April 2017, after which the final list of candidates was published.


2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, Electoral system
The election used the supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and a second preference of candidates.


2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, Electoral system
All registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Greater Manchester aged 18 or over on 4 May 2017 were entitled to vote in the mayoral election. The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on 13 April 2017.


2017 Greater Western Sydney Giants season
The 2017 Greater Western Sydney Giants season is the 6th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Greater Western Sydney Giants.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs
The 2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs included the top eight place finishing teams of the 2016–17 Greek Basket League regular season.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs, First round
In the first round, the teams that finished in places 5 to 8 of the regular season standings, playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, plays the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Quarterfinals
In the quarterfinals, teams playing against each other have to win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the remaining game is omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first and the third (if necessary) game of the series at home.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Semifinals
In the semifinals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Third place
In the series for the third place, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.


2017 Greek Basket League Playoffs, Finals
In the finals, teams playing against each other have to win three games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins three games before all five games have been played, the remaining games are omitted. The team that finished in the higher regular season place, is going to play the first, the third and the fifth (if necessary) game of the series at home.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election
A leadership election was held on 12 November and 19 November 2017 by the centre-left political parties of Greece, with the participation of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Greece's main centre-left party and The River (Potami), another parliamentary party. The Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO) and the Union of Democratic National Reform movement (EDEM) also supported the elections. The first round of election was held on 12 November. No candidate gained 50% of the votes, so a runoff vote was held on 19 November. The elections were regulated by an election committee under the presidency of Nikos Alivizatos.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election
More than 210,000 Greek citizens voted in the first round of elections. Mass media describes the elections as important in the current political situation, and as step for the formation of a new unified party of the centre-left.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Candidates
Nine candidates took part in the elections. In addition to Fofi Gennimata, incumbent leader of PASOK and Potami founder Stavros Theodorakis, the candidates were PASOK MEP Nikos Androulakis, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis, former PASOK ministers Yiannis Maniatis and Yiannis Ragousis, the leader of the EDEM, Apostolos Pontas, the former dean of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Constantinos Gatsios, and Dimitris Tziotis.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Candidates
Each candidate submitted the 1,000 signatures required for their candidacy to be confirmed.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Candidates
Odysseas Konstantinopoulos was self-nominated but later retired due to health issues.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Debates
Two televised debates were held for the leadership candidates: The first on 30 October 2017, and the second on 6 November. Both were broadcast live by the national network of the public ERT2.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Results, First round
Temportary results showed Fofi Gennimata, leader of PASOK to be ahead with 45% of the votes while Androulakis received 24%. On 175,565 votes out of 210,264 total, F. Gennimata received 42.5% while N. Androulakis 25.14%, G. Kaminis 13.52%, S. Theorodakis 9.81%, G. Maniatis 4.26%, G. Ragkousis 2.29%, C. Gatsios 1.65%, A. Pontas 0.53%, D. Tsiotis 0.20%.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Results, First round
The candidates reaching the second-round election were Gennimata, with 44.5% of the vote, and Androulakis, with 25.4%.


2017 Greek centre-left leadership election, Results, Run-off
The run-off on 19 November was won by Gennimata, who garnered 56% of the vote.


2017 Green Bay Blizzard season
The 2017 Green Bay Blizzard season was the team's fifteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and eighth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Blizzard were members of the United Conference.


2017 Green Bay Blizzard season
Led by head coach Corey Roberson, the Blizzard played their home games at the Resch Center in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin.


2017 Green Bay Blizzard season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 7, 201724 Active, 13 Inactive


2017 Green Bay Packers season
The 2017 Green Bay Packers season was the franchise 's 99th season overall, 97th season in the National Football League, and the 12th under head coach Mike McCarthy. After reaching the NFC Championship Game in the previous season, the team attempted to improve on their 10–6 record from 2016. However, the team was eliminated from postseason contention after Week 15, marking the first time since 2008 that they failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2017 Green Bay Packers season
The Packers started out strong, compiling a 4–1 record, but during a week 6 game against their division rival Minnesota Vikings, the Packers lost starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers to a collarbone injury and completely collapsed, going on to lose 8 of the 11 remaining games. A blowout 35–11 loss to the Lions in week 17 secured the Packers’ first losing season since 2008.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Player movements, Free agents
Re -signed         Signed Away         Suspended, ReleasedRFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, FT: Franchise Tag


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Preseason
The Packers' preliminary preseason schedule was announced on April 10.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Schedule
The Packers' preliminary regular season schedule was announced on April 20.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Packers' offense struggled for the first half against the Seahawks. On the Packers' first drive, Aaron Rodgers threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, but an illegal block in the back penalty negated the score. Before that play Rodgers had gone his previous 251 regular season pass attempts without an interception, a career high. The Packers' defense held Seattle in check but trailed 3–0 at halftime.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: vs. Seattle Seahawks
In the third quarter, Mike Daniels forced a fumble that Green Bay recovered at the Seattle 6-yard line, and Ty Montgomery ran in for a touchdown on the following play, giving the Packers a lead they wouldn't relinquish after that. Later Rodgers caught the Seahawks with 12 men on the field and capitalized on the free play by throwing a 32-yard touchdown to Jordy Nelson. The Packers only surrendered two field goals to Seattle for the rest of the game, giving a strong defensive showing in the season opener.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons
In a rematch of the 2017 NFC Championship game earlier that year, the Falcons defeated the Packers to open up their new stadium. The teams exchanged opening drive touchdowns, but with both starting tackles out of the game due to injury, the Packers' offense failed to keep pace. At the end of the first half, with the score 17–7, a 36-yard pass to Randall Cobb was called back due to a controversial Offensive Pass Interference call on tight end Martellus Bennet.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Atlanta Falcons
On the ensuing play Aaron Rodgers threw an interception to Desmond Trufant that lead to a Falcons touchdown, making the score 24–7 at halftime. Aaron Rodgers fumbled on the Packers' first drive of the second half, leading to another Falcons' touchdown. Though the Packers would score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the Falcons still prevailed, 34–23. On a one-yard pass to Ty Montgomery late in the fourth quarter, Aaron Rodgers recorded his 300th career touchdown. He is the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach the milestone, needing only 4,742 attempts.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Although the Bengals entered the game 0–2 without scoring an offensive touchdown, the Packers fell behind early once again, 21–7, with one of the Bengal scores being an interception of Aaron Rodgers returned for the touchdown, which was only the second time in Rodgers career that he'd given up an interception for a touchdown. The Packers were able to rally back, tying the game with 21 seconds left in the game on a pinpoint 3-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Jordy Nelson.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
After forcing Cincinnati to punt on the opening drive in overtime, the Packers found themselves in a 3rd and 10 situation but Aaron Rodgers managed to draw the Bengals offsides, allowing for a free play that resulted in a Geronimo Allison 72-yard catch to the Cincinnati 8-yard line. Mason Crosby then kicked the winning field goal, giving Aaron Rodgers his first ever overtime win, after having gone 0–7 for his career in overtime games, which included the playoffs. This also gave Rodgers his first win over the Bengals, giving him a win over every NFL team but the Packers (including the playoffs).


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears
In the 195th meeting between the Packers and Bears, the Packers took advantage early, scoring first on their opening drive, then scoring less than a minute later after recovering a Bear fumble. Taking advantage of several Chicago miscues, including three turnovers and a missed field goal, the Packers rolled to a convincing win over their rivals, with Aaron Rodgers throwing four touchdown passes. The victory also gave the Packers a 95–94–6 edge in the rivalry with the Bears, the first time the Packers had the lead in the rivalry since 1933.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears
In the third quarter wide receiver Davante Adams took a vicious and illegal hit from Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan that required a stretcher to take Adams off the field. Adams was diagnosed with a concussion and immediately taken to the hospital, where he spent the night. He did not have any significant nerve damage and would return for next Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Dallas Cowboys
In a rematch of the Divisional playoff game from the previous season, the Cowboys took an early 21–6 lead over the Packers, before the Packers rallied to pull themselves within six points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the lead changed hands four times, with the Packers getting the last push. With just over a minute left, Aaron Rodgers led a drive that was capped off by a 12-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams with eleven seconds left in the game, giving the Packers their third win in a row. Rookie running back Aaron Jones also had his first 100-yard game of his NFL game, as well as the first for any running back on the Packers for the season.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Minnesota Vikings
The Packers lost Aaron Rodgers to a shoulder injury early in the game after he took a big hit from Minnesota linebacker Anthony Barr. It was later revealed that he suffered a broken right collarbone and the injury could end his 2017 season. Brett Hundley threw one touchdown, but also threw three costly interceptions, in relief of Rodgers as the Packers took a 23–10 loss. After the game, Mike McCarthy announced that due to Rodgers' injury, Hundley will be given the starting quarterback position "indefinitely."


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints
In his first career start, Brett Hundley took a conservative approach and completed 12 of 25 passes for only 87 yards, adding an interception without any passing touchdowns. Rookie Aaron Jones rushed for 131 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown, his second 100-yard game in three career starts. Two first half interceptions from Drew Brees helped the Packers maintain a 14–7 lead at halftime, but the Saints came out of the half scoring 9 points on their first two drives to take a 16–14 lead.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints
After the two teams exchanged field goals, the Saints took the lead for good on an 8-play, 55 yard drive that ended with a 1-yard touchdown rush from Drew Brees. Green Bay's comeback effort was thwarted when Brett Hundley threw an interception to safety Kenny Vaccaro on the ensuing drive. The win marked the Saints' fourth consecutive victory after starting the season 0–2.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: vs. Detroit Lions
Although the Packers came into the game off of a 15-day break, they played sloppily and lost to the Lions for only the second time at home since 1991. The Packers' solid opening drive was spoiled when kicker Mason Crosby's 38-yard attempt was blocked. The Lions scored touchdowns on two of their next three possessions as the Packers' Offense stalled with consecutive three and outs. Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford played an efficient game, registering two touchdowns with no interceptions, resulting in a 132.4 passer rating. In his second career start, Brett Hundley once again failed to attack the defense downfield or establish a comfortable pocket presence. He was sacked three times and failed to throw a passing touchdown for the second consecutive game.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Chicago Bears
Brett Hundley earned his first career win against rival Chicago Bears, finishing with one touchdown, no interceptions and a career high 110.8 passer rating. After failing to apply a solid pass rush in the previous two games, the Packers' Defense sacked Bears rookie Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky five times, with linebacker Nick Perry accounting for three. The Packers held Chicago's strong rushing attack to a mere 3.2 yards per carry. Packers' running backs Aaron Jones and Ty Montgomery left with knee and rib injuries, respectively, allowing rookie Jamaal Williams to see his first action in the NFL.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: at Chicago Bears
Although only averaging 3.3 yards per rush, Williams ran well against a stout Chicago defensive front. In the second quarter, with Green Bay holding a 10–3 advantage, the Bears drove to Green Bay's 25-yard line and on third down and 13 Trubisky completed a short pass to running back Benny Cunningham that was first ruled down at the two yard line. Bears coach Jon Fox challenged the play, believing Cunningham reached the endzone, but upon review the officials determined that Cunningham lost the ball before stepping out of bounds, and in reaching for the pylon actually fumbled into the endzone. The resulting call was a touchback and Packers' ball at the 20-yard line. Although the Packers punted on the resulting possession, the reversal proved costly in a one score game.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Baltimore Ravens
The Packers wore their alternative throwback uniforms for this game.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Baltimore Ravens
For the first time in franchise history, the Packers lost to the Ravens at home. It was the second time in 11 years that the team was shut-out at home. After going the previous two games without a turnover, the Packers committed five: two fumbles and three interceptions. Brett Hundley threw three interceptions, including one in the end-zone on the team's opening drive, bringing his season interception total to seven, matching Rodgers' total from the entire 2016 regular season. Packers' rookie running back DeVante Mays fumbled on the first two carries of his career, losing one. Field position was key as the Ravens' special teams often kept the Packers starting drives deep in their own territory.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: at Pittsburgh Steelers
In one of the NFL's best games of 2017, Brett Hundley played his best game as a Packer. He threw two dimes to Cobb and Jamaal Williams for touchdowns. He would throw a third to Davante Adams on the opening drive of the second half. The Steelers and the Packers traded blows all game. Field position, which is something the Packers have struggled with in 2017, cost them the game. After a one-minute drive led to a punt, the Steelers drove 35 yards down the field in 17 seconds in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. Chris Boswell hit a career long 53-yard field goal as time expired. It was also his second consecutive game hitting a game winning field goal; he would do it again the next two weeks. The Steelers won the game 31–28.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Packers had a 17–10 halftime lead, in large part to Lowry's defensive touchdown. Jameis Winston caught fire in the second half and gave the Buccaneers a 20–17 lead. Despite Brett Hundley only having 54 passing yards up to this point (37 on the Packers opening drive), he led the Packers down the field to tie the game at 20–20 with two minutes to play. The Packers started overtime with the ball, and Aaron Jones capped off the comeback win with a 20-yard touchdown run. Hundley would finish the game with 84 passing yards, and the Packers improved to 6–6.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Cleveland Browns
The Packers were trailing the winless Cleveland Browns 14–7 in the third quarter. The Browns scored a touchdown to make it 21–7, but Hundley and the Packers responded with a touchdown drive of their own, making it 21–14. The Packers tied the game with 17 seconds left on a touchdown pass to Davante Adams. In overtime, Browns quarterback DeShone Kizer threw a costly interception to Josh Jones, and Adams took a screen pass to the end zone, improving the Packers record to 7–6 and setting the stage for Aaron Rodgers' comeback.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Carolina Panthers
Aaron Rodgers returned to the field for the first time since being injured in Week 6. His three touchdowns, however, were negated by his three interceptions as the Panthers won 31–24 by a forced fumble in the game's final minute. With Atlanta beating Tampa Bay the next day, the Green Bay Packers were eliminated from the playoffs for the first time since 2008.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Carolina Panthers
Despite the return of Rodgers, he had little on-field impact. He threw 3 touchdown passes, but he was also picked off 3 times and got sacked 3 times in the loss.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings
This Christmas edition of Sunday Night Football was anticipated to be a critical NFC North game before the season, however, with Aaron Rodgers back on IR and the Packers eliminated, the game did not live up to such standards.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings played conservatively all night, and like the Ravens, won the game with expert field position and forced Brett Hundley to make mistakes. He threw two interceptions to Harrison Smith. The Packers were shut out twice at home in the same season for the first time since 2006, and their record dropped to 7–8.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Detroit Lions
With a final score of 11–35 in a blowout loss, the Packers were swept by the Lions for the first time since 1991. Green Bay lost 3 straight games to close out a miserable season. The loss all but sealed the team's first losing season since 2008, with a disappointing 7–9 record.


2017 Green Bay Packers season, Statistics, League rankings
Statistical values are correct at the end of the season


2017 Green League leadership election
The Finnish Green League leadership election, 2017 was held on in 2017 to elect the new chair of the Green League. All members of the party who have paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election via mail, and although the voting process was not legally binding, the party had agreed to respect its results in the official selection process in party conference on 17 June 2017. Record number of 5,778 votes, 5,769 of them valid, were given by the members. Instant run-off voting was used in the advisory election.


2017 Green League leadership election
There were six candidates running for party chair; Touko Aalto, Mika Flöjt, Emma Kari, Krista Mikkonen, Maria Ohisalo and Olli-Poika Parviainen. The incumbent party chair Ville Niinistö, who had led the party since 2011, was not running for party leadership anymore, after having served the maximum number of years permitted by the rules of the party.


2017 Green League leadership election
The election was won by Touko Aalto. He received 2,046 first-preference votes, 35.5% of all first-preferences. In the decisive fifth round, he received 3,489 votes (62.3% of all votes) against Emma Kari's 2,111 votes.


2017 Greenlandic Football Championship
The 2017 Coca-Cola GM was the 47th edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Qeqertarsuaq from August 5 to 12. It was won by Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-79 for the first time.


2017 Greenlandic Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, Disko Bay
NB G-44 Qeqertarsuaq qualified for the Final Round as hosts.


2017 Greenlandic Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, East Greenland
NB East Greenland's winner withdrew and were replaced by Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq (Central Greenland third place).


2017 Greenlandic Football Championship, Qualifying Stage, South Greenland
Kissaviarsuk-33 qualified for the Final Round, but were banned and replaced by runners-up Siuteroq Nanortalik-43.


2017 Greenlandic local elections
The Greenlandic local elections of 2017 were held on 4 April 2017 for Greenland's 3 regional municipality councils, 2 transition committees, several settlement councils and parochial church councils. All seats will be contested for the 2018–21 term of office. In the previous election there were 70 seats.


2017 Greenlandic local elections, Results, Results of municipal elections, Mayors in the regional municipalities
The mayors (Greenlandic: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortaa; plural: Kommuneqarfiup Siulersortai, Danish: Borgmester; plural: Borgmestre) of the 5 municipalities heads the council meetings and is the chairman of the finance committee in each of their respective municipalities.


2017 Greenlandic local elections, Results, Old and new mayors in the regional municipalities
The term of office for the mayors elected by the majority of councillors among its members in each municipal council is the same as for the councils elected, namely 2 April 2013 until 31 April 2017.


2017 Greensboro mayoral election
The 2017 Greensboro mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017 to elect the mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina. It saw the reelection of Nancy Vaughan.


2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
The 2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 51st edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens road cycling one day race in and around Leuven It was held on 20 August 2017 as a 1.1 categorised race and was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour and the 2017 Belgian Road Cycling Cup.


2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Timothy Dupont won the race in a bunch sprint. Defending champion Dimitri Claeys was not present as his team Cofidis did not take part.


2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, Teams
Twenty teams were invited to take part in the race. These included three UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams and twelve UCI Continental teams.


2017 Group 10 Rugby League season
The 2017 Group 10 Rugby League season was the 71st season of the premier competition of rugby league in the Central West area of New South Wales in 2017. It was run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. It was the fifth consecutive season to feature nine teams, after the re-admittance of the Blayney Bears in 2013.


2017 Group 10 Rugby League season
Mudgee Dragons entered the season as defending champions, after defeating Orange CYMS 14-10 in the 2016 premier league decider. Dragons made the final from fifth position, their win over minor premiers CYMS causing a massive upset.


2017 Group 10 Rugby League season, Premier League season summary
Eighteen rounds were contested from April until August, resulting in the top of Orange CYMS, Bathurst Panthers, Oberon Tigers, Mudgee Dragons and Lithgow Workmen's Club.


2017 Group 10 Rugby League season, Finals
The Group 10 Rugby League finals use the top five McIntyre System:


2017 Group 10 Rugby League season, Grand Final
Orange CYMS 23 (Tom Satterthwaite 3, Robert Mortimer, Sam Hill tries; Benjamin McAlphine conversion, Michael Sullivan field goal)


2017 Group 10 Rugby League season, Grand Final
Oberon Tigers 22 (Tui Oloapu, Tyler Hughes, Luke Branighan, Luke Carpenter, Jackson Brien tries; Branighan conversion)


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season
The 2017 season is Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense's 114th season in existence and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top division of Brazilian football. At this season, Grêmio will again participate in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the Copa Libertadores, the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Gaúcho and the Primeira Liga.


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Squad information, First team squad
Players and informations last updated on 21 May 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Squad information, Starting XI
According to the most recent line-ups, not most used players (in Notes).


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Squad information, Starting XI
Last updated: 30 October 2017.Source: Squad statistics and Start formations Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Statistics, Goalscorers
As of 25 May 2017. Source: Match reports in Competitions.


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Statistics, Assists
As of 25 May 2017. Source: Match reports in Competitions.


2017 Grêmio F.B.P.A. season, Statistics, Clean sheets
As of 25 May 2017. Source: Match reports in Competitions.


2017 Guam FA Cup
The 2017 Guam FA Cup is the 10th season of the Guam FA Cup knockout tournament.


2017 Guam FA Cup
The draw of the tournament was held on 1 April 2017.


2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup
The 39th Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup was held on 1 January and 4 January 2017. Guangdong won their 24th title after winning 4–3 on aggregate.


2017 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, Squads, Hong Kong
The final 20-man squad of Hong Kong was announced on 28 December 2015.


2017 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. season
The 2017 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season was the 64th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 50th season in the Chinese football league, also its 28th season in the top flight. Guangzhou Evergrande won their seventh consecutive title of the league.


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open
The 2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 18 through September 23, 2017.


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Monique Adamczak and Storm Sanders in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Lesia Tsurenko was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Aleksandra Krunić.


2017 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles
Zhang Shuai won the title for a second time, defeating Krunić in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2.


2017 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season
The 2017 Guangzhou R&F season is the 7th year in Guangzhou R&F's existence and its 7th season in the Chinese football league, also its 6th season in the top flight.


2017 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Squad, Winter, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2017 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Squad, Winter, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2017 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Squad, Summer, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2017 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season, Squad, Summer, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2017 Guatemala earthquake
The 2017 Guatemala earthquake struck near the city of Malacatán in the San Marcos Department, near the Guatemala–Mexico border at 1:29 am local time (UTC−06:00) on June 14. The earthquake killed five people, and caused 30 injuries, 11 of which were from Chiapas, Mexico across the border. No tsunami warning was issued.


2017 Guatemala earthquake
The earthquake was followed up by a large Mw 6.8 earthquake on June 22 off the coast of the Escuintla Department although both events are not directly related. It did not kill anyone but four people were injured and damages reported.


2017 Guatemala earthquake, Tectonic setting
The Middle America Trench is a destructive plate boundary where the oceanic Cocos Plate subducts beneath the Caribbean Plate off the Guatemalan coast. This subduction zone runs from Mexico to Costa Rica where large earthquakes have been sourced from. At the same time, the Cocos Plate bends and flexes before descending beneath the Caribbean Plate thus faults break out within the downgoing slab, producing intraslab earthquakes.


2017 Guatemala earthquake, Earthquake
The magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck at an intermediate depth of 93 km under the Sierra Madre de Chiapas range, at the front of Volcán Tajumulco. It did not occur on the interface of the megathrust fault. Rather, it was a normal fault earthquake within the Cocos Slab.


2017 Guatemala earthquake, Earthquake
As for the 6.8 earthquake on June 22, it originated on the megathrust boundary at a much shallow depth, but because the earthquake was offshore, shaking was less intense.


2017 Guatemala earthquake, Damage
A woman in San Marcos was killed by a collapsing wall while a homeless man in San Sebastian Retalhuleu died after being crushed during the collapse of a church. Heart attacks attributed to the earthquake claimed the lives of three women that morning. The earthquake collapsed some homes and triggered landslides that blocked roads and caused some injuries. It was strongly felt in Chiapas, Mexico where the quake further injured 11 people. Several homes collapsed and at least 20 had sustained damages. Six schools and two government buildings were damaged.


2017 Guatemala earthquake, Damage
The earthquake of 22 June caused some damage to Antigua Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was the former capital before that status was moved to Guatemala City. The earthquake caused panic in El Salvador, where people fled to the streets. It triggered minor landslides and cracked adobe buildings.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire
The 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire occurred on 8 March 2017, at the Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home in San José Pinula, Guatemala. Forty-one girls, aged between 14 and 17 years old, were killed when a fire broke out at the orphanage. The girls had been locked in a schoolroom following protests, riots and an escape attempt which occurred the day before. In the aftermath of the fire, three government officials—including the country's Secretary of Social Welfare—were arrested and charged with crimes such as wrongful death and negligence.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Background
Virgen de la Asunción Safe Home is a state-run children's home located in San Jose Pinula, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from the capital Guatemala City. The institution was built in 2010 and accommodates abandoned or orphaned children, as well as children with disabilities, drug addictions, or who are pregnant. Some have been institutionalized by the state after being abused by family members, forced into prostitution, or being homeless. Although the home does not house criminals, it does take in minors with legal histories who have completed their sentences, but have no relatives to take care of them.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Background
The home has a capacity of around 350 to 500 youths, but was housing 700 to 800 at the time of the fire. Children were separated into different areas of the building based on age and gender.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Background, Reports of abuse
Virgen de la Asunción has a long history of abuse allegations. In 2014, a contractor hired by the home was convicted of raping a mentally disabled 17-year-old girl. Two teachers have been arrested on charges of sexual assault.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Background, Reports of abuse
Guatemala's Human Rights Ombudsman's Office (PDH for its initials in Spanish) received 45 reports of abuse between 2012 and 2016. On 2 November 2016, the PDH requested the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to issue precautionary measures, citing evidence of mistreatment by staff and of a human trafficking network which recruited children from the home.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Incident, 7 March
On 7 March, rioting broke out at the safe home, followed by a mass escape. The day began with protests against abuse, rape, and overcrowding. According to the Social Welfare Secretariat, the riot started at 2:00 pm when a group of adolescents climbed on to the roof and threatened guards and staff with metal objects. During the confusion, about 85 residents escaped and fled into the surrounding woods. Most were captured by police and returned to the home.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Incident, 7 March
At around 10:00 pm, an officer of Guatemala's National Civil Police called president Jimmy Morales to inform him of the situation.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Incident, 7 March
Upon returning to the home, the adolescents were not immediately allowed to enter the building. President Morales had directed the staff to keep the escapees separate because they had broken the law and represented a risk to the other residents. At 1:00 am, the escapees were let back into the building. The boys were returned to their dormitories, while the girls were sent to a schoolroom.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Incident, 8 March
Fifty-one girls were confined to a schoolroom of 4 by 4 metres (13 ft × 13 ft). They were provided with mattresses, but not blankets. The National Police guarded the room over the night.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Incident, 8 March
In the morning, the girls were not allowed to leave to use the bathroom. At around 9:00 am, a fire broke out in the schoolroom. The cause of the fire is undetermined, but witnesses claim the fire was set by adolescents in an act of protest. Two survivors recounted hearing girls shouting that they were going to "sacrifice so that everyone would know what they were living in there." (quote translated from Spanish)  Police who were guarding the room did not allow the girls to escape.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Incident, 8 March
Nineteen girls died on the scene. Victims were transferred to hospitals in Guatemala City and the Shriners Hospital for Children in Texas. In total, 41 girls were killed by the fire. All were between the ages of 14 and 17.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Aftermath
Human rights advocates condemned various officials—including president Morales, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Social Welfare—for failing to address the complaints about abuse of all kinds at the orphanage. A spokesman for the president instead placed blame on the court system.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Aftermath
Several members of the Congress of Guatemala called for the dismissal of Carlos Rodas, the Secretary of Social Welfare. Meanwhile, the Public Prosecutor began a criminal investigation of the events, collecting evidence including video from surveillance cameras at the home.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Aftermath
On 11 March, hundreds of people protested in Guatemala City against the perceived negligence, corruption and ineptitude of the Guatemalan government. Protestors walked through the streets of the city reading the names and ages of the girls who died. Chants included "it was the state," and "it wasn't an accident, it was an execution."


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Aftermath
On the same day as the protests, Rodas resigned as Secretary of Social Welfare. President Morales announced he would "remove the line of command" at the safe home, and the Deputy Secretary of Social Welfare and the director of the home were both dismissed shortly after the fire.


2017 Guatemala orphanage fire, Aftermath, Arrests
On 13 March, Guatemalan authorities announced the arrests of former secretary Carlos Rodas, former deputy secretary Anahí Keller, and former director of the safe home Santos Torres. Criminal charges against them included wrongful death, mistreatment of minors, and negligence. In June, two police officers, were also charged for crimes related to the fire.


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
The 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 December 2017 and 14 December 2017. The counting of votes took place on 18 December. All 182 members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly were elected with the leader of the largest party or coalition expected to become the next Chief Minister. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party obtained a simple majority with an increase in the vote share. Despite suffering a decrease in the number of seats, the incumbent government retained its simple majority in the house. The vote share and number of seats for Congress increased compared to the previous election in 2012. This was the highest number of seats won by Congress in the last 32 years (after the 1985 election, in which Congress won 149 seats). The next election will be in December 2022.


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Background
Gujarat, as a state of India, follows Parliamentary system of government similar to other states. The Government is responsible for the Legislative Assembly and stays in power only if it has the support of majority members. Elections take place on a first past the post basis, the candidate with the most votes wins the seat regardless of an absolute majority. Every citizen of the state, who is 18 and above is eligible to vote. The Governors of States of India then invites the leader of the largest party or coalition to form the government. The Constitution of India states that the term of Legislative Assemblies is five years. As is common in most other first past the post electoral systems, the state's politics are dominated by two parties – the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Background
The term of the current Gujarat Legislative Assembly ends on 22 January 2018. The previous assembly election, held in 2012 resulted in BJP gaining a majority of seats and Narendra Modi becoming the Chief Minister. After the 2014 General Elections, Modi became the Prime Minister of the country and Anandiben Patel was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat. After the agitations of Patidars, Dalit protests and claims of poor governance, she was replaced by Vijay Rupani as the Chief Minister by the party.


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Background, Electoral process changes
VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used in the entire Gujarat state at  50,128 polling stations in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that the entire state saw the implementation of VVPAT. VVPAT slips were counted in a polling station each of Gujarat's 182 constituencies. There were 43.3 million registered voters in Gujarat as on September 25, 2017.


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Background, Demographics
Other Backward Castes, excluding Muslim OBCs, comprised 40% of the total population of Gujarat. 147 communities were considered to be OBCs at the time of the election. Scheduled tribes (primarily Adivasis) comprised 15.5% of the population, while scheduled castes (Dalits) totalled 7%. Muslims of various castes constituted 9.7% of the population. Forward castes and others made up the remainder.


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Results
The votes were counted on 18 December, 2017. Over 1.9% of all voters in the election specified the None of the Above (NOTA) option, which amounted to more than 500,000 votes.


2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2020 By-Elections
Congress suffered a jolt in March 2020 when five of its MLAs from Gujarat resigned, bringing down its tally to 68. Three more resigned in June 2020 making it 65. BJP wins all eight seats with absolute majority.


2017 Gujarat flood
Following heavy rain in July 2017, the Indian state of Gujarat was affected by severe flooding. The floods were reported to have caused total 224 deaths between 1 June and 31 July 2017. 16 people had died in neighbouring Rajasthan state by 31 July.


2017 Gujarat flood, Background
The monsoon season in Gujarat typically starts in mid-June. In the 2017 season low pressure systems developed over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal simultaneously, resulting in heavy rainfall. Moderate rain began across the state on 14 July, and heavy rains fell from 21 to 25 July.


2017 Gujarat flood, Flooding of Gujarat
According to the Indian Meteorological Department data, between 1 and 28 July, Gujarat received 559.4 mm of rainfall, as against the average of 339.6 mm for the said period, representing an excess of 65%. The districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Gandhinagar, Morbi, Surendranagar, Mehsana and Sabarkantha received 267%, 208%, 189%, 174%, 172%, 130% and 115% respectively of their average rainfall for the same period. The districts in north Gujarat received more than 200 mm of rainfall in 24 hours on 24 July. Dhanera recorded 235 mm rainfall in six hours on 24 July resulting in severe flooding. Deesa recorded 269 mm rain while Idar recorded 151 mm on 25 July. Sabarkantha received highest rains in Gujarat at 219 mm, followed by Banaskantha with 150 mm. It was close to the heaviest rainfall in 112 years in the affected region.


2017 Gujarat flood, Flooding of Gujarat
As of 1 August, at least 224 people had died in floods in Gujarat since 1 June due to rain-related causes. Among them, 61 deaths were recorded in Banaskantha, 18 in Ahmedabad, 14 in Surendranagar, 11 in Chhota Udaipur, 10 in Surat district. As of 31 July, 16 people had died in neighbouring Rajasthan state. More than 4,000 cattle died in Banaskantha district. The electricity supply to 753 villages were cut off. The road and rail transport were also affected.


2017 Gujarat flood, Flooding of Gujarat
Over 370 roads, including six National Highways, and 153 State Highways and 674 Panchayat roads were flooded and closed for vehicular traffic. The damage is assessed at ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million) for National Highways and ₹26 crore (US$3.6 million) for State Highways. 11 out of 20 trains operating between Mumbai-Delhi were cancelled due to damage to tracks near Palanpur. 915 GSRTC bus trips were cancelled in northern districts. There was breach in Narmada Canal near Thara, Gujarat in Banaskantha. The runway of Ahmedabad airport was damaged and two Air India flights were diverted.


2017 Gujarat flood, Flooding of Gujarat
As of 26 July, of the 203 dams and reservoirs in state, 38 were full, 19 were filled to between 80–90% of their capacity, 15 to between 70%–80% and 130 were filled to less than 70% capacity. 25% of Kharif crop sowing in Gujarat, especially and Saurashtra and north Gujarat was lost.


2017 Gujarat flood, Relief and rescue
More than 113,000 people were evacuated to safety and more than 17,000 of them were rescued with the help of the Indian Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), the Border Security Force (BSF), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). Ten IAF helicopters, five Army columns, 18 BSF teams and 32 teams from the NDRF, 11 teams from the SDRF and the local teams were deployed for rescue and relief operations. Over 2,000,000 food packets were distributed in affected districts in north Gujarat.


2017 Gujarat flood, Relief and rescue
12,000 people were moved to safety and at least 100 people were rescued in Rajasthan. 90 relief camps were set up for affected people. The electricity supply was restored in 700 villages. More than 1,500 sanitation workers were deployed in Banaskantha and Patan districts to prevent outbreaks. And more than 10,400 carcasses were disposed.


2017 Gujarat flood, Relief and rescue
Around 2 lakh cusecs (5,700 m3/s) of water was released from Dantiwada Dam on the West Banas River due to heavy inflow from Rajasthan. Dharoi Dam also released water 1.3 lakh cusec (3,700 m3/s) of water in Sabarmati River, thus submerging the lower promenade of Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. Vasna Barrage was open to release water from the river.


2017 Gujarat flood, Relief and rescue
The Government of India announced an interim relief package of ₹500 crore (US$70 million). It is also announced that ex gratia of ₹2 lakh (US$2,800) be given to the next of kin of the deceased and ₹50,000 (US$700) to people seriously injured in the floods.