2017 AFL Grand Final, Entertainment
Among others, the band played signatures songs Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me and When You Were Young, as well as newer song The Man and a cover of Midnight Oil's Forgotten Years. The band also returned to the ground for a free concert following the game where Richmond's Jack Riewoldt performed with the band.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Entertainment
The respective club ambassadors who carried the premiership cup onto the field before the game were Mark Bickley for Adelaide and Matthew Richardson for Richmond. Both worked the game as media members – Bickley as a colour commentator for FiveAA and Richardson as a boundary rider for the Seven Network telecast. Richardson also presented the trophy to Trent Cotchin and Damien Hardwick during the on-field award ceremony.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Skills events
Richmond's Connor Menadue won the sprint event at half-time, with Jarrod Pickett of Carlton taking second and Josh Williams of North Melbourne taking third. Broadcast host Basil Zempilas was the sprint host, while Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury was honorary starter.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Skills events
In the longest kick event on the Yarra, sponsored by Foxtel, Melton South captain-coach and retired Carlton star Brendan Fevola won with a 66.1-metre kick, with retired Essendon champion Dustin Fletcher taking second and the Western Bulldogs' Matt Suckling taking third. Other competitors included AFLW stars Katie Brennan (Western Bulldogs) and Sarah Perkins (Adelaide) as well as wildcard entry James Pennycuick. Bounce hosts Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley and Brian Lake presented the event, broadcast on Fox Footy.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Weather conditions
The Grand Final was played in cool, mostly cloudy conditions with light winds coming in from the southwest. Rain briefly fell at points during the second quarter but not enough to seriously influence the game.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, First quarter
Adelaide started the game strongly, with Matt Crouch finding Rory Sloane who kicked the Crows' opener. Shortly afterwards, Nick Vlastuin slipped over near the Adelaide goal mouth and Eddie Betts kicked the Crows' second. Richmond full forward Jack Riewoldt missed a string of chances for goal, and it took until the 16-minute mark for the Tigers to score their first goal when Josh Caddy marked in the left forward pocket, ran round and converted. This was followed shortly after with a goal to Bachar Houli, which briefly gave Richmond the lead, before Sloane and Hugh Greenwood answered with crumbing majors for Adelaide to give the Crows a lead of 11 points at quarter-time.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
The Crows had the first two scoring shots of the second term – behinds to Betts and Tom Lynch – but Richmond dominated the rest of the quarter. Tigers' defender Alex Rance provided a pivotal moment three minutes into the term. With the Crows 13 points up and charging into attack, he effected a desperate diving spoil to deny Adelaide captain Taylor Walker on the lead at centre half-forward.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
Moments later, Riewoldt finally got on the board but he needed some sloppy defending from Adelaide, letting his kick bounce through with no one on the line and Jake Kelly's late lunge ruled ineffective by a score review. Jacob Townsend, who had not played a game in the senior team before round 22, was then awarded a free kick in a marking contest just inside the 50 metre arc, and he converted the set shot to put Richmond within two points.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Second quarter
Jack Graham, the youngest player on the field at 19 years old and a former South Australian under-18 captain playing only his 5th AFL game, kicked Richmond's fifth deep in time on to put Richmond in front, and they never trailed from there. A minute later, Martin pushed deep forward and orchestrated a mismatch against Luke Brown, marked and kicked the Tigers' fourth straight to put Richmond nine points up at half time.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
Richmond started the second half in the same manner as they left off in the second. Three minutes into the term, a free for a high tackle from Sloane saw Jack Graham kick his side's seventh. At the eight-minute mark, Shane Edwards managed to find an unguarded Shaun Grigg who converted a mark from 40 metres out. Ninety seconds later, Grigg in turn passed to an open Kane Lambert at full forward, who snapped the Tigers' ninth and the lead was out to 28 points.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Third quarter
At the 14-minute mark, Richmond's string of unbroken goals was finally halted at seven as Walker marked inside 50 and converted, the Crows' first major for a quarter and a half. But Graham soon answered with his third goal of the game and eventually finished as this Grand Final's leading goalscorer. In time on, Martin took possession 25 metres out and fed the ball out to Jason Castagna, who snapped over his shoulder to effectively put the game beyond the reach of Adelaide, who trailed by 34 points at three quarter time.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Final quarter
Adelaide needed a record-breaking comeback to win, but Richmond opened the quarter with even more pressure. Riewoldt opened the quarter with his second goal from a well-contested mark inside the forward 50 and then found Lambert in open space with a handball to make a long run and then pass to Dion Prestia to finish. The Crows tried to make a game of it, kicking two goals in 90 seconds through Walker and Brad Crouch. But any last hope for Adelaide was snuffed out as Townsend intercepted a kick-in and converted the mark for his second goal, and then Dan Butler added another for the Tigers before Martin kicked his second during time on. Charlie Cameron scored a late consolation goal for Adelaide.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Overall report
Richmond dominated the game after quarter time with a streak that included 11 of 12 goals. The Tigers dominated the Crows in contested possessions (170-140) and also won the clearances (45-39). Richmond kept Adelaide to their lowest score of the year and completely nullified a team that looked to have as potent an attack as seen in recent years, with the Crows kicking only four goals in the last three quarters and eight in the game.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal
With 13 votes out of a maximum possible 15, Dustin Martin was awarded the Norm Smith Medal, becoming the first player in VFL/AFL history to win a premiership, the Brownlow Medal and the Norm Smith Medal in the same season. Bachar Houli was the runner-up with 10 votes, while no other player earned more than two votes. Three quarters of Martin's 29 disposals were contested, and he collected 6 clearances and two goals.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Match summary, Norm Smith Medal
The 2000 winner, James Hird, was the presenter, which was notable as it was the Essendon champion's first public AFL appearance since being hospitalised after a drug overdose in January in the wake of the Bombers' performance-enhancing drug scandal during his tenure as senior coach. The voters and their choices were as follows:


2017 AFL Grand Final, Teams
The teams were announced on 28 September 2017. Both sides went into the match unchanged from their preliminary final teams. Injured Adelaide forward Mitch McGovern failed to recover in time for selection, with Crows' coach Don Pyke ruling him out of contention on the Wednesday of grand final week; and Richmond captain Trent Cotchin was scrutinised for an incident involving Greater Western Sydney midfielder Dylan Shiel in the preliminary final, but was cleared of any charge by the AFL Match Review Panel on the Monday of grand final week.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Teams
It was the first time since the inaugural grand final in 1898 that neither team fielded any players who had previously played in a grand final.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Teams
The umpiring panel, comprising three field umpires, four boundary umpires, two goal umpires and an emergency in each position is given below. All three field umpires, Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith and Shaun Ryan, had umpired in previous AFL grand finals.


2017 AFL Grand Final, Teams
Numbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals umpired, including 2017.


2017 AFL Mark of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. In 2017, this is officially known as the Woolworths AFL Mark of the Year Each round three marks are nominated and fans are able to vote online for their favourite. The winner was Essendon's Joe Daniher, which surprised many fans and media personal who expected Jeremy Howe of Collingwood to win the award for his screamer against Melbourne in round 12. Following the shock win, Collingwood's president Eddie McGuire said that the voting system for Mark of the Year needs an overhaul.


2017 AFL Rising Star
The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. An eligible player is nominated for the award each round during the AFL's regular season, and a panel of experts votes for the winner at the end of the season.


2017 AFL Rising Star
During the 2017 season, the award was sponsored by National Australia Bank, and the winner announced in a presentation held on 1 September 2017 and broadcast on subscription television by Fox Footy. The voting panel for this season consisted of eleven members, all of whom were AFL officials or former players: Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Andrew Dillon, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Gillon McLachlan, Matthew Richardson, Warren Tredrea and Kevin Sheehan. The winner was Essendon player Andrew McGrath, who polled 51 votes. McGrath became only the third number-one draft pick to win the award, and the second Essendon recipient.


2017 AFL Rising Star
The club that garnered the most individual nominations this season was Carlton with five players nominated for the award. This was a club record and the equal-second most nominations a club has garnered in an individual season, behind Greater Western Sydney's eight nominations in the 2012 season. Brisbane Lions player Alex Witherden, who received a nomination in round 17, was nominated for the award again in the 2018 season—becoming the eleventh player ever to be nominated twice for a Rising Star award.


2017 AFL Under 18 Championships
The 2017 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 22nd edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships.


2017 AFL Under 18 Championships
For the previous two decades, the Under-18 Championships had been split into two divisions – with traditional football regions Vic Metro, Vic Country, Western Australia and South Australia in the top tier division one and Queensland, NSW-ACT, Tasmania and the Northern Territory in division two. However, with the growth in the strength of the northern academies, the division two carnival was changed to a five-round competition between the four academy clubs (Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, Greater Western Sydney Giants, Sydney Swans), Tasmania and the Northern Territory.


2017 AFL Under 18 Championships
The AFL believed the developing depth in Queensland and NSW-ACT had made the division two carnival uneven in recent years, with a gap growing between those states and Tasmania and the NT. Also, the academy-based format allowed more players in the northern clubs' under-18 systems to impress at a higher level.


2017 AFL Under 18 Championships
An Australian Alliance side (made up of players from the division two competition) was introduced as a division one team. This was designed to give the best prospects from those regions the opportunity to play at a national level in the division one carnival, which took place after the academy series was finished. Thus, division one was made up of 5 teams - Australian Alliance, South Australia, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia - playing each other across 5 rounds.


2017 AFL Under 18 Championships
Vic Metro won the division one title for the second year in a row, with Western Australian, Oscar Allen winning the Larke Medal as the division one best player. Sydney Swans academy member Nick Blakey won the Hunter Harrison Medal for the best player in the Under 18 Academy Series (Formerly Division 2).


2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team
The 2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2017 AFL Women's season. It was announced on 28 March 2017 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 22 players, the first and only time that this happened before teams in the AFL Women's were reduced to 21 players in 2018. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team consisted of Simon Lethlean, Mark Evans, Josh Vanderloo, Jennie Loughnan, Kevin Sheehan, Peta Searle, Darren Flanigan, Kelli Underwood, Ros Lanigan and Shelley Ware.


2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Initial squad
The initial 40-woman All-Australian squad was announced on 23 March. Minor premiers Brisbane had the most players selected in the initial squad with nine, with players from grand finalists Adelaide and Brisbane making up more than one-third of the squad.


2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Final team
The final team was announced on 28 March. Grand finalists Adelaide and Brisbane had the most representatives with five each, and every team had at least one representative. Melbourne captain Daisy Pearce was announced as the All-Australian captain and Adelaide co-captain Erin Phillips was announced as the vice-captain.


2017 AFL Women's All-Australian team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final
The 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final was an Australian rules football match held on 25 March 2017 to determine the premiers of the 2017 AFL Women's season, the league's inaugural season. Adelaide were victorious over minor premiers Brisbane, claiming the first AFL Women's premiership by a score of 35 points to 29. Brisbane had entered the grand final as undefeated, conceding only one draw during the season, while Adelaide conceded two losses, including a three-point loss to Brisbane in the fifth round.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final
In the weeks prior to the match, concern centered around the venue of the match. While Brisbane opted to host the game at their traditional home ground, the Gabba, the issue of damage to its pitch as a result of the Adele Live 2017 concert held three weeks prior, and its management by ground curator Kevin Mitchell, became the subject of public controversy and tension between the club, the AFL and Gabba management. Due to the venue's condition, the match was moved to Metricon Stadium, to act as a curtain-raiser to the round one "QClash" of the 2017 AFL season.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background
The inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition, which featured eight teams, made use of a best-two qualification system straight through to the grand final, instead of a finals series system similar to the Australian Football League (AFL). The top two teams on the premiership ladder at the end of a seven-round home-and-away season would compete for the premiership in the grand final. The team that wins the minor premiership also wins the rights to host the match.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background
The date of the match was set for 25 March, serving as a curtain-raiser match for the first round of the 2017 AFL season. The match was scheduled for an early afternoon start at 1:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time to boost attendance and television ratings, when no AFL matches were occurring—the first match of the day, a clash between Sydney and Port Adelaide, was scheduled for a 4:35 pm start time. Three days before the match, the starting time was changed to five minutes earlier (12:55 pm) due to the application of the heat policy, with the quarter and half-time breaks extended.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Qualification
Entering as wooden spoon favourites, Brisbane remained undefeated by the end of 2017 season, conceding only a draw with Carlton out of the season's seven games. After defeating the Western Bulldogs in round six and securing their sixth straight win, Brisbane mathematically qualified for a place in the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final. After Adelaide, the second placed team, lost their sixth round match against Melbourne, Brisbane pulled away with two wins ahead of Adelaide at the beginning of the final round, securing the minor premiership and the right to host the grand final.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Qualification
For Melbourne to qualify for the grand final, they would have had to win their round seven match against Fremantle and due to Adelaide's advantage on points for/against, Adelaide would have had to lose their match against Collingwood. While Melbourne succeeded in defeating Fremantle by 54 points, the largest margin of the 2017 season, they were still behind Adelaide on point percentages. Adelaide secured their place in the grand final after a come-from-behind victory against Collingwood, noted for Sarah Perkins' four-goal performance.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Qualification
Both Adelaide and Melbourne finished the season with five wins and two losses, with Adelaide finishing with a 16.3 point percentage lead over Melbourne. The only match up between Adelaide and Brisbane before the grand final was Adelaide's 3-point loss to Brisbane in round five, which knocked Adelaide off the top of the ladder.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
After a higher-than-anticipated turnout to games in the first round of the season, capacity became an issue to AFL Women's organisers, who considered holding the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the event that a Melbourne team became minor premiers. The match would then serve as a curtain-raiser match for the AFL round one match between Essendon and Hawthorn, to be held at the ground at 7:25 pm. Docklands Stadium was ruled out due to an AFL clash between St Kilda and Melbourne at the stadium occurring at 4:35 pm—considered by organisers as not enough time between matches.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
As the season progressed, the likelihood rose of the match not being held in Melbourne, as Brisbane and Adelaide performed well in the first few rounds. Adelaide Oval was pinned by AFL general manager of football operations Simon Lethlean as a venue for the match if Adelaide hosted it, though the team's losses in rounds five and six prevented it from happening.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
With Brisbane being favourites to host, the Gold Coast Football Club lobbied to hold the grand final at Metricon Stadium to prevent splitting crowds with the "QClash" match between Gold Coast and the Brisbane Lions being held on the same day at 6:25 pm, a plan backed by Lethlean. An alternative proposal, however, suggested the match be held at the Brisbane Lions' traditional home ground, the Gabba. After Brisbane became minor premiers and earned the right to host the grand final, concern for the Gabba's capability to host the match was raised.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
Floorboards installed at the venue for the Adele Live 2017 concerts in early March were originally due to be completely removed, and the pitch restored by 1 April, a week after the match. Despite this, enthusiasm from fans to host the match at the Gabba was shared by club leadership, who publicly expressed their preference to play at the stadium, and by marquee players Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub, with Frederick-Traub stating, "it's an iconic stadium and I’d love to play there. It would be great for Queensland football." The proposal was also supported by Queensland media, with some columnists such as Andrew Hamilton of The Courier-Mail criticising AFL Women's management for their organisation of the grand final.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
On 20 March, it was confirmed via a decision by the Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing that Metricon Stadium would host the match, to be played six hours prior to the QClash which takes place later the same evening at the venue. It was found that the Adele Live 2017 concert had damaged the turf at the Gabba, and that the ground's curator, Kevin Mitchell, had made the decision to replace the turf—a process which would not be finished in time for the grand final.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
While the decision was praised by the Gold Coast, both Brisbane and AFL management publicly expressed their dissatisfaction, putting the blame on Mitchell and the Gabba's management and ground curator. The club accused Mitchell of prioritising the 2017–18 Ashes series, claiming that the cricket pitch had already been sewn in advance of the series' first test, which would occur over seven months after the grand final.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Background, Venue
Brisbane chief executive Greg Swann said the club had been "absolutely let down by the ground staff" at the Gabba and that "those responsible for managing the field of play should be held accountable for a decision that has denied our women's team the right to create history in front of our loyal supporters."


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Teams
The teams were announced on 23 March, with both teams opting to go into the match unchanged from the final round of the home and away season.


2017 AFL Women's Grand Final, Media coverage
The 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final was broadcast on the Seven Network, as part of a broadcasting rights deal that saw Seven West Media gain broadcasting rights to all matches of the 2017 AFL Women's season, airing on the Seven Network, 7mate, or the video on demand service, PLUS7. Outside of Australia, it was made available live and for replay on the Watch AFL subscription web site and app.


2017 AFL Women's Rising Star
The AFL Women's Rising Star is an Australian rules football award given annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for the year. Two eligible players are nominated each round of the home-and-away season; the players must have been under 21 at the beginning of the year and cannot have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the year cannot win. After the season's completion, an expert panel votes on the recipient.


2017 AFL Women's Rising Star
In 2016, National Australia Bank expanded its 14-year sponsorship of the Australian Football League (AFL) to the women's competition, including the naming rights to its Rising Star award, ahead of its first season in 2017. The inaugural Rising Star, who won $20,000, was announced at the AFLW's awards ceremony on 28 March, held at Peninsula, an event space in Docklands, Melbourne. The ceremony was live-streamed on the AFL's website and mobile app. The ten members of the year's voting panel were Mark Evans, Darren Flanigan, Ros Lanigan, Simon Lethlean, Jennie Loughnan, Peta Searle, Kevin Sheehan, Kelli Underwood, Josh Vanderloo and Shelley Ware.


2017 AFL Women's Rising Star
Ebony Marinoff of Adelaide was the inaugural winner, earning 47 votes. A midfielder, she led the league in tackles, laying a total of 70 for the season. She played in Adelaide's premiership side and was also named on the interchange bench in the season's AFLW All-Australian team. Melbourne amassed the most nominations during the season, with four players (Deanna Berry, Jasmine Grierson, Lily Mithen and Katherine Smith) selected.


2017 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships
The 2017 NAB AFL Women's Under 18 Championships was played between May and July 2017, with six teams competing and with a further three playing in a two-match round-robin series as a de facto Division 2.


2017 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships
An Allies side (made up of players from the division two competition) was introduced as a division one team. This was designed to give the best prospects from those regions the opportunity to play at a national level in the division one carnival. Thus, division one was made up of six teams - Allies, NWS/ACT, Queensland, Vic Country, Vic Metro and Western Australia - playing each other across five rounds.


2017 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships
Vic Country was the only division one team to play four matches that went undefeated, making them the de facto tournament winners. Vic Metro's Madison Prespakis was named the tournament's best player, while Vic Country's Eden Zanker was the competition's leading goalkicker.


2017 AFL Women's best and fairest
The 2017 AFL Women's best and fairest was the first year the award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during the AFL Women's (AFLW) home-and-away season. Erin Phillips of the Adelaide Football Club won the award with 14 votes.


2017 AFL Women's best and fairest, Voting procedure
The three field umpires (the umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award three votes, two votes and one vote to the players they regard as the best, second-best and third-best in the match, respectively. The votes are kept secret until the awards night, and are read and tallied on the evening.


2017 AFL Women's best and fairest, Voting procedure
The winner of the 2017 AFL Women's best and fairest was Erin Phillips, receiving 14 votes to win the inaugural award.


2017 AFL Women's draft
The 2017 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's competition could recruit players prior to the competition's 2018 season.


2017 AFL Women's draft
As the previous season's player contracts were all capped at one-year deals, all existing AFLW players must be re-signed prior to the 2018 season. Entering the second season of the competition, clubs will have larger list sizes, with 27 senior listed players (up from 25), and three rookie listed players (up from two).


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period
Beginning 1 May, clubs were given an 18-day window to re-sign players on their lists from the previous season, with teams being required to retain between 15 and 22 players during that period. There was also a window for teams to trade players and draft picks in a trade period that started on 15 May 2017, and continued for 12 days.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period
Players were eligible to seek a trade should they receive a contract offer from a rival club at a pay scale level above their previous years' salary. Players could also reject any offer from their existing club lower rate than in 2017, and become restricted free agents permitted to sign with another club at or above their previous salary.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period
Players who do not receive offers from their 2017 club were free to sign with any club during the four-day free agency period starting 29 May 2017 or to nominate for the 2017 draft.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Free agency
A four-day free agency period was held from 29 May for clubs to secure non-signed players from other clubs.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Free agency
A second free agency period opened at the conclusion of the draft, allowing undrafted players to be signed. This period closed on 19 October, the day after the draft.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Salary
AFLW players salaries are managed and paid in full by the AFL on behalf of the clubs. A pay deal struck between the league and the AFLPA in November 2016 set the 2018 season payment structure as follows:


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Salary
It is expected that these salaries will be renegotiated and increased, as the time commitment of players was found to be greater than expected during the 2017 season.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Signing and trading period, Salary
In addition, players are provided with playing boots and runners, an interstate travel allowance, income insurance, out-of-pocket medical expense coverage, and an allowance to pay for a carer for a child under 12 months of age when travelling interstate.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Draft
A draft was held 18 October 2017. It operated with players nominating for a single state's draft pool and players only being eligible to be drafted by clubs operating in that state. Clubs concluded the draft period with a total of 30 players, 27 of these being senior listed and three of these being rookie players.


2017 AFL Women's draft, Rookie draft
The rookie draft took place on 20 October 2017. Players qualify for the rookie draft if they are under the age of 21 or are crossing from another sport.


2017 AFL Women's season
The 2017 AFL Women's season was the first season of the elite women's Australian rules football competition. Eight teams competed in the league, all of which are associated with existing Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. The first game was played on Friday, 3 February, and the season concluded with the grand final on Saturday, 25 March.


2017 AFL Women's season, Premiership season, Home-and-away matches
The full fixture was released on Friday 9 December 2016. Notable features of the draw include:


2017 AFL Women's season, Premiership season, Win/Loss table
Bold – Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above marginThis table can be sorted by margin, winners are represented in the first half of each column, and losers are represented in the second half of each column once sorted


2017 AFL Women's season, Premiership season, Grand Final
In the absence of a finals series, the two teams who finished the highest on the ladder at the end of the home and away season played in the AFL Women's Grand Final. Brisbane finished as the minor premiers and secured a spot in the grand final at the end of round six; Adelaide's round seven win over Collingwood saw them secure the second spot in the grand final over Melbourne due to a higher percentage.


2017 AFL Women's season, Premiership season, Grand Final
It was confirmed in February by AFL Chief Executive Officer, Gillon McLachlan, that the team finishing highest on the ladder at the end of the season would earn the right to host the grand final in their home state. The match was originally planned to be held at the Gabba, however due to its ground surface being in a dangerous state, the grand final was moved to Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast as a curtain raiser to the Gold Coast versus Brisbane Lions AFL match.


2017 AFL Women's season, Honours, Awards, All-Australian team
The final All-Australian team was announced on 28 March. Grand finalists Adelaide and Brisbane had the most representatives with five each, and every team had at least one representative. Melbourne captain Daisy Pearce was announced as the All-Australian captain and Adelaide co-captain Erin Phillips was announced as the vice-captain.


2017 AFL Women's season, State of Origin
In mid-July the AFL announced a State of Origin representative match would be held for AFL Women's players during the AFL season pre-finals bye. A team of players born in Victoria would play a single exhibition match against a team of players from the rest of Australia at Etihad Stadium on the evening of Saturday 2 September. Initial squads for the match were announced on 25 July including that Melbourne AFLW football operations manager Debbie Lee would coach Victoria, while Adelaide premiership coach Bec Goddard, would coach the Allies.


2017 AFL draft
The 2017 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2017 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed at any other time during the year.


2017 AFL draft, Player movements
The 2016 AFL draft included an initiative whereby clubs could trade future picks; through this scheme, twenty picks in the 2017 draft have already been traded.


2017 AFL draft, 2017 national draft
As the Greater Western Sydney Giants were penalised 1,000 draft points by the AFL for the club's handling of Lachie Whitfield's attempt to avoid a potential drug test, their first round pick (pick 15) was moved back to pick 65.


2017 AFL draft, 2017 national draft, Rookie elevations
Clubs were able to promote any player who was listed on their rookie list in 2017 to their 2018 primary playing list prior to the draft.


2017 AFL draft, 2018 pre-season draft
The 2018 pre-season draft was the first to be held since 2014


2017 AFL draft, 2018 rookie draft, Category B rookie selections
During the trade period, clubs could nominate category B rookies to join their club.


2017 AFL finals series
The 2017 Australian Football League finals series was the 121st annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2017 AFL Premiership Season. The series ran over four weekends in September 2017, culminating with the 2017 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017.


2017 AFL finals series
The top eight teams from the season qualified for the finals series. AFL finals series have been played under the current format since 2000. The qualifying teams were Adelaide, Greater Western Sydney, Geelong, Richmond, Port Adelaide, Sydney, Essendon and West Coast.


2017 AFL finals series, Qualification
Perennial finalists Sydney qualified for their eighth straight finals appearance, thus becoming the first team to reach the finals after starting a season with six straight losses. Adelaide qualified for the third straight year; Geelong qualified for the fourteenth time in the past sixteen years, Port Adelaide and Richmond both returned to the finals for the first time since 2014 and 2015 respectively, while Greater Western Sydney contested its second finals series since entering the AFL in 2012. Essendon returned to the finals for the first time since 2014 and became the first wooden spooner to play finals the following year since West Coast in 2011.


2017 AFL finals series, Venues
The matches of the 2017 AFL finals series will be contested at four venues around the country.


2017 AFL finals series, Venues
As was the case in 2015 and 2016, Melbourne will host only four finals matches, including the Grand Final, with all four played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Adelaide Oval hosted three finals: Adelaide's first qualifying final against Greater Western Sydney, their home preliminary final against Geelong, and Port Adelaide's elimination final against West Coast, while the Sydney Cricket Ground hosted Sydney's elimination final against Essendon and Spotless Stadium hosted Greater Western Sydney's first semi-final against West Coast.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches
The system used for the 2017 AFL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First qualifying final (Adelaide vs. Greater Western Sydney)
The first qualifying final saw the minor premiership winning Adelaide hosting the fourth placing Giants at Adelaide Oval in the second-ever Thursday night final. This was the first time Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney had met in the AFL Finals. Adelaide player, Sam Jacobs' brother died a week before the game, he dedicated the game to his brother's memory and the Crows team wore black armbands in his honour.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Richmond)
The second qualifying final saw second placed Geelong host third placed Richmond at the MCG. Geelong leapfrogged Greater Western Sydney with a comprehensive 44-point win over them in Round 23 to finish in the top two for the seventh time in the last ten years and in the top eight for the ninth time in the same period.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Richmond)
By contrast, Richmond had played in the finals between 2013-2015 without success but a rejuvenated game style saw them climb back up the ladder, with a win against St Kilda in the final round seeing them climb up to third spot and earn the double chance for the first time since 2001, the last time they won a final.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Richmond)
This was the tenth final between the two sides and first in twenty-two years, having previously met in the finals in 1921, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1967, 1969, 1980, and 1995, including grand finals in 1931 and 1967. Head to head in finals it was 7-2 in Richmond's favour, despite Geelong's more recent successes.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (Sydney vs. Essendon)
The second elimination final saw sixth placed Sydney host seventh placed Essendon at the SCG. Both sides had defied the odds to qualify for the finals, with Sydney losing their first six games but recovering to become the first team to make the finals from that position, while Essendon were wooden spooners the previous year but a win against Fremantle in the final round sealed a spot in the finals.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), Second elimination final (Sydney vs. Essendon)
This marked the third final between the two sides, having previously contested a preliminary final in 1996 in which Tony Lockett famously kicked a behind after the siren to put the Swans into the 1996 AFL Grand Final and a Qualifying Final in 1999 which the Bombers won convincingly by 69 points.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Port Adelaide vs. West Coast)
The first elimination final was held between fifth placed Port Adelaide and eighth placed West Coast at the Adelaide Oval. Port Adelaide returned to the finals after a three year absence, finishing outside the top four and earning their first home final since 2014. West Coast entered the final round of the home and away season at the final AFL game at Domain Stadium needing to beat ladder leaders Adelaide by around four goals to leapfrog Melbourne into eighth spot. They achieved this, defeating the Crows by 29 points to earn their third finals appearance in as many years.


2017 AFL finals series, Matches, Week one (qualifying and elimination finals), First elimination final (Port Adelaide vs. West Coast)
The two sides met in the finals once before, ten years previously in a qualifying final which Port Adelaide won by three points.


2017 AFL season
The 2017 Australian Football League season was the 121st season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 28th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. There were 18 teams competing in the league, the same as the preceding five seasons. The first game was played on Thursday, 23 March, and the season concluded with the 2017 AFL Grand Final on Saturday, 30 September. Richmond defeated Adelaide in the grand final by 48 points, winning their first premiership since 1980.


2017 AFL season, Rule changes
The following amendments were made to the Laws of the Game for the 2017 season:


2017 AFL season, Pre-season, JLT Community Series
The pre-season series of matches returned in 2017 as the newly renamed JLT Community Series, which featured 27 practice matches played over 25 days, beginning on 16 February and ending on 12 March. The matches were stand-alone, with no overall winner of the series. Each team played three games, many at suburban or regional venues, while all games were televised on Fox Footy.


2017 AFL season, Win/loss table
Bold – Home gameX – ByeOpponent for round listed above margin


2017 AFL season, Post-season, International Rules Series
The International Rules Series returned in November 2017, with Australia hosting two test matches. The series was played on an aggregate-points basis, with the winner being the team that scores the highest amount over the two test matches. The matches were played on 12 and 18 November 2017 at Adelaide Oval and Domain Stadium. The Australian team was again composed exclusively of players who have won All-Australian honours in their careers. The times and venues for the series were announced in August.


2017 AG13
2017 AG13 is a small Aten asteroid that made a close approach of 0.54 lunar distances from Earth on January 9, 2017. It was the largest asteroid to pass less than 1 lunar distance from Earth since 2016 QA2 on August 28, 2016. The Catalina Sky Survey observed it first on January 7, 2017, only two days before its closest approach. At its brightest, 2017 AG13 reached apparent magnitude 12.2. Shortly after, it moved too close to the Sun to be seen by telescopes.


2017 AG13
The asteroid frequently makes close approaches to Earth, possibly passing as close as 127,000 kilometres (79,000 mi) to Earth on January 9, 2069, however it will most likely pass much further away.


2017 AG13
Based on an absolute magnitude of 26.1, 2017 AG13 is likely 15–36 metres (49–118 feet) across, assuming a typical asteroid albedo of between 0.05 and 0.3.


2017 AG2R La Mondiale season
The 2017 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships
The 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany from 25 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Bantamweight
The Bantamweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 25 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Flyweight
The Flyweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 26 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Heavyweight
The Heavyweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 25 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Light flyweight
The Light flyweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 25 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight
The Light heavyweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 26 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Light welterweight
The Light welterweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 25 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Lightweight
The Lightweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 26 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Middleweight
The Middleweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 25 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Super heavyweight
The Super heavyweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 26 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships – Welterweight
The Welterweight competition at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held from 26 August to 2 September 2017.


2017 AIBA Youth Women's World Boxing Championships
The 2017 AIBA Youth Women's World Boxing Championships were held in Guwahati, India, from 19 to 26 November 2017. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. Boxers aged between 17 and 18 as of 1 January 2017 were eligible to compete.


2017 AIHL season
The 2017 AIHL season was the 18th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 22 April 2017 until 27 August 2017, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 2 and 3 September. The Melbourne Ice won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the CBR Brave in the final.


2017 AIHL season, Teams
In 2017 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.


2017 AIHL season, League business
In December 2016 the Adelaide Adrenaline revealed their new logo designs. The new primary logo features two peaks in the shape of the letter "A". The club also introduced a secondary logo featuring a piping shrike. In January 2017 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that the James Hotel would be their naming rights sponsor for the 2017 season, replacing MOAT: Mental Health Services which had held it since 2014. The James Hotel will also continue as the clubs pre- and post-game and function venue. The Mustangs also added Quest Docklands as a major sponsor in May.


2017 AIHL season, League business
On 17 January 2017 the league announced that the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs would relocate to the Macquarie Ice Rink. The Bears move from the Penrith Ice Palace where they have played since 2015 and the Ice Dogs move from the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink. In March 2017 the Ice Dogs revealed their new jersey designs which saw the club remove their logo in favour of the words "ICE DOGS" written out diagonally across the front.


2017 AIHL season, League business
In addition to the changes from the Adrenaline and Ice Dogs the CBR Brave, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs, Newcastle Northstars and Sydney Bears also released new jersey designs. In March and April the Perth Thunder signed Richard's Tyrepower, MacTrack, MyLeadPod and Bendigo Bank as new sponsors for the 2017 season. The Thunder also announced that CD Dodd had increased their level of sponsorship for 2017, becoming the clubs naming rights sponsor.


2017 AIHL season, League business
In April the Brave announced that the Tuggeranong Hyperdome had signed on as a major sponsor and Anytime Fitness had increased their sponsorship to be a major sponsor of the club. The following month the Brave announced that ONTHEGO had signed on as their official apparel partner. In April 2017 Newcastle changed their name from the Newcastle North Stars to the Newcastle Northstars. The re-brand was done to align the club with the New South Wales registered club, the Newcastle Northstars Ice Hockey Club.


2017 AIHL season, League business
At the end of April the Adrenaline announced that radio station 1079 Life had signed on as their official media partner with the deal including at least one game being live broadcast and regular interviews. Also at the end of April both the Bears and Ice Dogs announced their official venue sponsors. The Bears signed The Ranch Hotel as their home venue sponsor while the Ice Dogs signed with T.G.I. Friday's Macquarie Centre restaurant. In May the Ice Dogs announced that they would be radio streaming the remainder of their home games via Mixlr.


2017 AIHL season, League business
Also in May the Ice Dogs released a new logo as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. The new logo featured a redesigned bulldog holding a broken ice hockey stick. In June the Brave signed The Woden Tradies & Quality Hotel as their official post-game venue for the remainder of the season. In June the Melbourne Ice announced that 'Life. Be in It' had signed on as their naming rights sponsor and Kidney Health Australia as their charity partner and volunteer sponsor. In August the Ice Dogs announced the signing of Crankt Protein as a new sponsor for the club.


2017 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
In February 2015 the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs announced that they would host the New Zealand men's national ice hockey team in a four-game exhibition series at the O'Brien Group Arena, competing in two games each. The series was held as part of a warm up for New Zealand ahead of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B tournament. The Mustangs won both of their games 5–4 with the first being won in a shootout. The Ice defeated New Zealand 3–1 in the first game, however lost their second 0–9.


2017 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
The 2017 edition of the Wilson Cup was not held due to a high workload in relation to the move of the Bears to the Macquarie Ice Rink. It is the first time since 2013 that the tournament has not been held. The Wilson Cup was later re-purposed to be awarded to the winner of the regular season series between the Bears and Ice Dogs. The Bears retained the Cup after the series was tied both on wins and goal difference.


2017 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
On 13 April the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an exhibition match at the O'Brien Group Arena with the Ice winning 8–1. On 15 April the Adelaide Adrenaline held an exhibition match against an Ice Hockey South Australia All Star team as part of the Hockey Day in Adelaide event at the Adelaide Ice Arena. The Adrenaline won the match 9–1. On 22 June the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs joined the Ice Hockey Classic series for an exhibition game at the O'Brien Group Arena.


2017 AIHL season, League business, Exhibition games
The Ice joined Team Canada and the Mustangs joined Team USA for the 4 on 4 match. Team USA and the Mustangs defeated Team Canada and the Ice 8–5. On 22 July the Perth Thunder played an exhibition game at Cockburn Ice Arena against a team of Western Australian All-Stars to help raise funds for junior ice hockey. The Thunder won the match 9–1. On 7 September 2017 the Mustangs held their players v sponsors match at the O'Brien Group Arena with the game finishing in an eight all draw.


2017 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In October 2016 it was announced that the Adelaide Adrenaline had signed Sami Mantere to the position of head coach, replacing interim head coach Eric Lien who had been in the role since June. The following month Perth Thunder head coach Dave Kenway stepped down from his position due to family and work commitments. Following his resignation Kenway took on the role of Director of Hockey at the club. Kenway was replaced in the position of head coach by former player Dave Ruck.


2017 AIHL season, League business, Personnel changes
In January 2017 the CBR Brave announced the signing of former Northstars' player Rob Starke as head coach. Starke comes into the position which was left empty after the departure of Josh Unice in August 2016. In March 2017 it was announced that the Ice Dogs had signed former Australian national team player Christopher Blagg to the position of head coach. The signing follows the resignation of Vladimir Rubes along with his assistant Christopher Sekura who both stepped down due to family commitments. The club also announced the signing of Christopher Foster and Andrew Waite as assistant coaches.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season
The regular season began on 22 April 2017 and will run through to 27 August 2017 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series. On 7 May the game between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears had to be cancelled after the first period due to a fire in the Macquarie Ice Rink's speaker system. It was later rescheduled to 16 July at the Macquarie Ice Rink.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season
Due to the 2017 Ice Hockey Classic which was held on 17 June in Sydney and 24 June in Melbourne the league made two changes to the June fixture. The match between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Newcastle North Stars was moved from 17 to 16 June. The other match moved was between the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs which was changed from 24 to 25 June.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season
10 June game between the CBR Brave and Adelaide Adrenaline served as the third annual beyondblue Cup, setup held to raise awareness for the charity. The Brave won the Cup for the third year in a row, defeating the Adrenaline 8–3. 1 July match between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears served as the fourth annual Canada Day Classic. The Ice won the match 6–4, claiming the title for the first time. The 2017 Matt Clark Shield match was also held on 1 July and was contested between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Perth Thunder.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season
The Ice Dogs won the match 5–3 to claim their second Matt Clark Shield having defeated the Adrenaline last year. 8 July match between the Perth Thunder and CBR Brave served the Thunder's charity match. The match, known as "Pink on the Rink", was held as a fundraiser for the McGrath Foundation and saw the Thunder wearing an all-pinked jersey. Round 13, which ran on 22 and 23 July, was the league's pride round. The round was held to raise awareness for the LGBTIQ community and saw the Mustangs wear a pride themed rainbow jersey.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season
On 30 July the Melbourne Ice held a Swedish themed day. As part of the day the club wore a blue and gold coloured variant of their jersey in the match against the Sydney Ice Dogs. During Round 15, which ran on 4 and 5 August, the Adelaide Adrenaline held a heritage round. The round saw the Adrenaline wearing an Adelaide Avalanche themed jersey in their two games against the Perth Thunder.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season
The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 71 points. The Adelaide Adrenaline's Cameron Critchlow won the Most Valuable Player and Rob Haselhurst of the Perth Thunder was named Defenceman of the Year. The CBR Brave's Bayley Kubara was named Rookie of the Year, Damien Ketlo of the Sydney Ice Dogs won the Goaltender of the Year and the Melbourne Ice's Joey Hughes was named the Skaters Network Local Player of the Year. Perth Thunder's Dave Ruck was named Coach of the Year.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Updated 27 August 2017.


2017 AIHL season, Regular season, Statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Updated 27 August 2017.


2017 AIHL season, Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2017 playoffs started on 2 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 3 September. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the O'Brien Group Arena in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were sponsored by Air Canada, the fifth year in a row. The Goodall Cup was won by the Melbourne Ice who defeated the CBR Brave 4–1. The Ice's Sebastian Ottosson was named the finals most valuable player.


2017 AIHL season, All-Star weekend
The 2017 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the O'Brien Group Arena, Melbourne on 3 and 4 June 2017. The format of the weekend remained unchanged from 2016 with a skills competition on 3 June and an all-stars game on 4 June. Melbourne Mustangs' Jamie Bourke and Lliam Webster of the Melbourne Ice were announced as the captains of the two teams replacing Michael Schlamp and Matt Armstrong from 2016. APA Group re-signed as sponsor of the weekend after sponsoring the previous two events. The weekend is also included on the Fox Sports broadcast schedule.


2017 AIHL season, All-Star weekend
The Skills competition saw Melbourne Mustangs players take out three of the seven events, the Melbourne Ice took two, and the Adelaide Adrenaline and Sydney Ice Dogs both picked up one each. On 4 June Team Webster defeated Team Bourke 14–7 at the O'Brien Group Arena to win the 2017 All-Star Game. Dominic Jalbert of the CBR Brave was named the most valuable player of the match.


2017 AIK Fotboll season
The 2017 season was AIK's 126th in existence, their 89th season in Allsvenskan and their 12th consecutive season in the league. The team competed in Allsvenskan, Svenska Cupen and UEFA Europa League.


2017 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, 2017 squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 AIK Fotboll season, Current squad, Current youth players with first-team experience
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 AMA National Motocross Championship
The 2017 AMA Motocross Championship season is the 45th AMA Motocross National Championship season, the premier motocross series in USA. Ken Roczen goes into the season as the defending champion in the 450 class after taking his second national title in 2016. In the 250 class Cooper Webb is the defending champion after taking his maiden title last season.


2017 AMA National Speedway Championship
The 2017 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Ventura (June 17), Santa Maria (July 29), Industry (August 12) and Auburn (September 16). It was won by Billy Janniro, who beat Max Ruml and Broc Nicol. It was the eighth title of Janniro's career, and his fifth in-a-row.


2017 AMA National Speedway Championship, Event format
Over the course of 20 heats, each rider races against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reach the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points are scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.


2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup
The 2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup, also known as the Mundial AMF Futsal Femenino 2017, was the third edition of the AMF Futsal Women's World Cup. The tournament was held in Balaguer, Catalonia from 19 to 25 November 2017. Twelve national teams from all confederations participated in the tournament including: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Catalonia, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, France, Italy, Paraguay, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States.


2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup, Group stage
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals. Those who finished in last place in their respective groups advanced to the 9th–12th classification stage.


2017 ANA Inspiration
The 2017 ANA Inspiration was a professional women's golf tournament played March 30 – April 2 at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was the 46th edition of the tournament, and its 35th as one of the Women's majors.


2017 ANA Inspiration
Ryu So-yeon sank a birdie putt on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win her second major title. Ryu and Lexi Thompson ended the final round tied for the lead at 274 (−14). Thompson had been assessed a controversial four-stroke penalty on her third round score due to a rules infraction first reported to the LPGA by a television viewer on Sunday. At the time of notification, Thompson was leading at 16-under with six holes remaining, and her score became 12-under, two strokes behind.


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
Players that qualified for the event are listed below. Players are listed under the first category in which they qualified; additional qualifying categories are shown in parentheses.


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
1. Active LPGA Tour Hall of Fame members (must have participated in ten official LPGA Tour tournaments within the 12 months prior to the commitment deadline)Juli Inkster (2), Karrie Webb (2,5,7,8)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
2. Winners of all previous ANA InspirationsLydia Ko (4,5,6,7,8,9), Stacy Lewis (3,5,6,7,8,9), Brittany Lincicome (5,8), Inbee Park (3,5,6,8,9), Morgan Pressel (8), Lexi Thompson (5,6,8,9), Yani Tseng, Yoo Sun-young (6)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
3. Winners of the U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, and Ricoh Women's British Open in the previous five yearsChoi Na-yeon (5,6,8), Chun In-gee (4,6,7,8,9,12), Shanshan Feng (5,7,8,9), Brooke Henderson (5,6,7,8,9), Ariya Jutanugarn (6,7,8,9), Brittany Lang (7,8,9), Mo Martin (6,7,8,9), Michelle Wie (5)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
4. Winners of The Evian Championship in the previous four yearsKim Hyo-joo (5,6,8,9), Suzann Pettersen (5,6,8,9)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
5. Winners of official LPGA Tour tournaments from the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship through the week immediately preceding the 2017 ANA InspirationBaek Kyu-jung, Chella Choi (8), Carlota Ciganda (8,9), Paula Creamer (8), Austin Ernst (8), M. J. Hur (6,8), Jang Ha-na (7,8,9), Cristie Kerr (8), Christina Kim (8), In-Kyung Kim (8,9), Kim Sei-young (7,8,9), Jessica Korda (8,9), Lee Mi-hyang (8), Minjee Lee (8,9), Mirim Lee (7,8,9), Caroline Masson (6,8), Haru Nomura (8,9), Anna Nordqvist (7,8,9), Lee-Anne Pace (6,8), Ryu So-yeon (6,7,8,9), Lizette Salas (8), Jenny Shin (8), Kris Tamulis (8), Amy Yang (6,7,8,9)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
6. All players who finished in the top-20 in the previous year's ANA InspirationJodi Ewart Shadoff (8), Charley Hull (8,9), Lee Bo-mee (9,10), Pernilla Lindberg (8), Ai Miyazato (8), Park Sung-hyun (7,9,10), Gerina Piller (8,9), Paula Reto (8)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
7. All players who finished in the top-5 of the previous year's U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, Ricoh Women's British Open and The Evian ChampionshipJi Eun-hee (8), Catriona Matthew (8), Park Hee-young (8)


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
8. Top-80 on the previous year's season-ending LPGA Tour official money listMarina Alex, Katie Burnett, Jacqui Concolino, Simin Feng, Sandra Gal, Karine Icher, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Candie Kung, Alison Lee, Lin Xiyu, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Angela Stanford, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
9. Top-30 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as of a March 7, 2017


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
10. Top-2 players from the previous year's season-ending Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, LPGA of Japan Tour money list and LPGA of Korea Tour money listBeth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Ko Jin-young


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
11. Top-20 players plus ties on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the end of the last official tournament prior to the current ANA Inspiration, not otherwise qualified above, provided such players are within the top-80 positions on the current year LPGA Tour official money list at the beginning of the tournament competitionLaetitia Beck, Pei-Yun Chien, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Caroline Hedwall, Nelly Korda, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Lee Jeong-eun, Katherine Perry, Melissa Reid, Marissa Steen, Jackie Stoelting, Angel Yin


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
12. Previous year's Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
13. Previous year's U.S. Women's Amateur champion, provided she is still an amateur at the beginning of tournament competitionSeong Eun-jeong


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
14. Any LPGA Member who did not compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration major due to injury, illness or maternity, who subsequently received a medical/maternity extension of membership from the LPGA in the previous calendar year, provided they were otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's ANA Inspiration


2017 ANA Inspiration, Field
15. Up to six sponsor invitations for top-ranked amateur playersKatelyn Dambaugh, Andrea Lee, Lucy Li, Hannah O'Sullivan, Paphangkorn Tavatanakit


2017 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, First round
Due to high winds, play was suspended at 3:16 pm PDT; it resumed on Friday at 9:11 am and the round concluded at 12:24 pm PDT.


2017 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Third round
With six holes remaining in the final round on Sunday, Thompson was notified by officials that she had been retroactively issued two penalties on her third round score. The first was a two-stroke penalty for incorrectly placing a marked ball on the 17th green, and the second for subsequently signing an incorrect scorecard, also two strokes, raising her 54-hole score from 203 (−13) to 207 (−9). The review was prompted by a report from a television viewer via the LPGA website on Sunday. The ruling was widely criticized for having allowed the outcome of the major championship to be affected by a "called-in" infraction, and the infraction itself being having moved the ball less than an inch away from the mark.


2017 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Third round
Several weeks later on April 25, the USGA and The R&A issued Decision 34-3/10, which was effective immediately. It limits the use of video evidence if the infraction "can't be seen with the naked eye", or the player had done "all that can be reasonably expected to make an accurate estimation or measurement" in order to correctly play or spot their ball, even if video evidence suggests otherwise.


2017 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Third round
Although the sanctioning bodies stated that this was part of an effort to update and modernize the Rules of Golf, media outlets considered the ruling to be a response to this incident (as well as a separate incident from the U.S. Women's Open in 2016), going as far as nicknaming it the "Lexi Thompson rule."


2017 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Final round
After a bogey at the 12th hole to fall to 16-under, Thompson was notified by officials of the four-stroke penalty as she walked to the 13th tee; this lowered her score to 12-under, two strokes behind Lee. Both Thompson and Ryu birdied the final hole to finish at the top of the leaderboard at 274 (−14).


2017 ANA Inspiration, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the par-5 18th hole; Ryu birdied to win the title.


2017 ANO 2011 leadership election
A leadership election for ANO 2011 was held on 28 February 2017. Incumbent Andrej Babiš was re-elected with 195 of the 206 votes. He was the only candidate. Babiš appreciated that he didn't receive 100% of votes.


2017 ANZ Premiership season
The 2017 ANZ Premiership season was the inaugural season of the ANZ Premiership, the premier domestic netball league in New Zealand. The new league was contested between six teams from around New Zealand, with a total of 47 matches to be played between March and June. The Southern Steel progressed through the season unbeaten, emerging as minor premiers and champions in 2017.


2017 ANZ Premiership season, Format
The ANZ Premiership operated as a 14-week tournament with 47 matches during the first half of the calendar year. In 2017, the official pre-season was held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa Campus in Otaki, with all six teams competing in the tournament between 10–12 March.


2017 ANZ Premiership season, Format
The season began with a 13-week round-robin stage, followed by a two-game finals series. During the round-robin stage, each team plays every other team three times, accumulating competition points throughout the regular season. In the finals series, the 2nd and 3rd-ranked teams on the points table play off in the elimination final. The winner of this plays against the top-ranked team in the grand final.


2017 ANZ Premiership season, Format
Games throughout the season were held on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. Three Super Sunday events were held during the 2017 season, with all 3 games being played featuring all six teams back to back at one venue.


2017 AON Open Challenger
The 2017 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 5 and 10 September 2017.


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


2017 AON Open Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2017 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 AON Open Challenger – Doubles
Tim Pütz and Jan-Lennard Struff won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi and Ariel Behar 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8) in the final.


2017 AON Open Challenger – Singles
Jerzy Janowicz was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 AON Open Challenger – Singles
Stefanos Tsitsipas won the title after defeating Guillermo García López 7–5, 7–6(7–2) in the final.


2017 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC season
The 2017 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC season is the club's second season in the National Premier Leagues (NSW) and in the top league of NPL NSW, National Premier Leagues NSW Men's 1.


2017 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Thursday 28 September 2017 at the Dunedin Town Hall in Dunedin, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. This was the first time the awards had been hosted in Dunedin.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
Dunedin-born musician and long-listed songwriter Shayne Carter was the musical director for the event. His duties included arranging the five shortlisted songs to be covered by different musicians in a new style.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award
The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 24 August.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award
The 2017 shortlist is notable for all five songs having been performed and written by female artists, though four male cowriters are among the nominees. The nominees include two previous Silver Scroll winners: Bic Runga who won in 1996 for "Drive", and Ella Yelich-O'Connor and co-writer Joel Little who won in 2013 for "Royals".


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Silver Scroll award, Long list
In July 2017 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list. Singer-songwriter Lorde has two long-listed songs.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
New Zealand indie rock band The Clean was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the Silver Scroll awards ceremony in September.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Other awards
Four other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music),  SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) and APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award.


2017 APRA Silver Scroll Awards, APRA song awards
Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented five genre awards. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards, the APRA Best Māori Songwriter was presented at the Waiata Maori Music Awards and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented on Children's Day. The award for Best Jazz Composition was presented at the Wellington Jazz Festival.


2017 ARCA Racing Series
The 2017 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 65th season of the ARCA Racing Series. The season began on February 18 with the Lucas Oil 200 Driven by General Tire and ended on October 20 with the Kansas 150. Austin Theriault, driving for the Ken Schrader Racing team, won the drivers' championship on the strength of seven wins. Dalton Sargeant, winner of three races, was runner-up to Theriault.


2017 ARCA Racing Series, Results and standings, Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.


2017 ASB Classic
The 2017 Auckland Open, also known by its sponsored name ASB Classic, was a joint 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 32nd edition of the women's event, and the 41st edition of the men's event. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 2 to 7 January 2017 for the women, and from 9 to 14 January 2017 for the men.


2017 ASB Classic, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


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


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


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


2017 ASB Classic, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 ASB Classic – Men's Doubles
Mate Pavić and Michael Venus were the defending champions, but Pavić chose to compete in Sydney instead. Venus played alongside Robert Lindstedt, but lost in the first round to Nicholas Monroe and Artem Sitak.


2017 ASB Classic – Men's Doubles
Marcin Matkowski and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won the title, defeating Jonathan Erlich and Scott Lipsky in the final, 1–6, 6–2, [10–3].


2017 ASB Classic – Men's Singles
Roberto Bautista Agut was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a stomach virus.


2017 ASB Classic – Men's Singles
Jack Sock won the title, defeating João Sousa in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3.


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


2017 ASB Classic – Women's Doubles
Elise Mertens and An-Sophie Mestach were the defending champions, but Mestach chose not to participate this year and Mertens chose to compete in Brisbane instead.


2017 ASB Classic – Women's Doubles
Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson won the title, defeating Demi Schuurs and Renata Voráčová in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2017 ASB Classic – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.


2017 ASB Classic – Women's Singles
Lauren Davis won her first WTA title, defeating Ana Konjuh in the final, 6–3, 6–1.


2017 ASEAN Para Games
The 2017 ASEAN Para Games (Malay: Sukan Para ASEAN 2017), officially known as the 9th ASEAN Para Games (Malay: Sukan Para ASEAN ke-9), was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17 days after the 2017 Southeast Asian Games from 17 to 23 September 2017. This was the third time Malaysia host the ASEAN Para Games and its first time since 2009. Previously, Malaysia also hosted the inaugural games in 2001.


2017 ASEAN Para Games
Around 1452 athletes participated at the event, which featured 369 events in 16 sports. It was opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.


2017 ASEAN Para Games
The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by host Malaysia and Thailand, while East Timor won its first ever ASEAN Para Games gold medals.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation
The Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (MASOC) is the governing body for the 2017 ASEAN Para Games. It was formed in 2015 to oversee the staging of the event.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
The 2017 ASEAN Para Games was held around the Klang Valley area, consists of Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
All the existing venues in Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex were upgraded while the velodrome, costed MYR 80 million was built in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan to host track cycling events and was completed on late March 2017 and opened on 26 May 2017. They were equipped with disabled-friendly facilities prior to the games.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
A games village was not built, and like the Southeast Asian Games, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in 6 hotels in the area.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
The 9th ASEAN Para Games had 17 venues for the games. 14 in Kuala Lumpur and 1 each in Selangor, Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan respectively.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Ticketing
On 4 July 2017, it was announced that no paid tickets are required for the ASEAN Para Games events and the entry to the games' venues is entirely free.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 17 September 2017 at 20:17 MST (UTC+8) which highlighted aspects of disabled people overcoming challenges in life. The time 20:17 was chosen to start the opening ceremony to mark the year 2017, the year which Malaysia hosted the 9th ASEAN Para Games.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
A minute of silence was held before the ceremony to mourn the passing of the 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the 28th Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim and the victims of the 2017 Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah madrasa fire in Petaling Jaya. The ceremony begins with the arrival of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor. The National Anthem of Malaysia, Negaraku was performed by Malaysian Armed Forces band as the national flag was raised.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
This was followed by the countdown projection, the video of several Malaysian children carrying the flags of the participating nations and the projection of the games logo on the stage centre. After that, the national flags of the participating nations, the ASEAN Para Sports Federation flag and the edition flag, were brought into the stadium to symbolise the welcoming of the participants by Malaysia, the games' host nation. "Rimau", the mascot of the Games then entered the stadium in a wheelchair after the Volunteers form the shape of the mascot's head as the projection of the mascot's head appears on the stage centre.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
Next, the parade of athletes from all 11 competing nations started with Brunei leading the field in alphabetical order and ended with the host nation, Malaysia entering the stadium last, led by two flagbearers who were gold medalists of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. A video featuring Malaysian notable Paralympic athletes and rapper Aman RA entitled I am Here was also shown.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The 10-minute performance of the ceremony, We Are One told the story of the disabled people desire of integration into the society. It featured violin performance by Malaysian Para Swimmer and Violinist Yeo Yi Lin, sape performance by Alena Murang and Stephen Kayang, Bamboo flute performance by Ramlan Koyok and piano performance by Clarence Kang.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
Yuna makes her appearance at the stadium, performed the song, Rescue accompanied by performers and dancers on stage, from The Beautiful Gate Foundation, Malaysian Down Syndrome Society, United Voice Self Advocacy Society of Persons with Learning Disabilities Selangor & Kuala Lumpur, Pusat Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Taman Megah and Farah Sulaiman Dancing Troupe. In keeping with tradition, welcoming speeches were given by the President of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation Osoth Bhavilai and Malaysia's Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The former and current Paralympic medalists, national sportsmen and sportswomen Mohamad Khasseri Othman, Perumal Mariappan, Nabilah Ahmad Sharif, Cheok Kon Fatt, Norhayati Sanoh, Siow Lee Chan, Felicia Mikat, Zul Amirul Sidi Abdullah, Hemala Devi Enikutty, Faridul Masri and Siti Nor Liasah Mohd Ariffin led the Royal Malaysian Navy Personnel who carried the Games Federation flag and the games edition flag into the stadium. The flags were then raised by the Navy personnel at the centre stage.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
After that, Prime Minister Najib declared the games opened. Sharifah Raudzah Syed Akil took the oath for athletes, while Teo Kian Joo took the oath for the judges. The cauldron was lit by Hasihin Sanawi, 2012 Summer Paralympics Archery bronze medalist with support from Para cycling World championship bronze medalist Muhammad Afiq Afify, 2015 ASEAN Para Games athletics silver medalist Krishna Kumar Haridas, 2016 Summer Paralympics Bronze medalist Noor Radiah Ismail and 2015 ASEAN Para Games swimming gold medalist Fraidden Dawan.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
Hasihin lit the torch flame on the cauldron's segment which is suspended by wire, while Afify, Krishna, Noor and Fraidden move the pedal to push the segment towards the cauldron along the wire. The cauldron of the Games is similar to the 2017 Southeast Asian Games' cauldron. Its design was inspired by the traditional Malaysian oil torches used to welcome guests during festivals, and was to symbolise national unity. It had five spokes inscribed with the Rukun Negara and the colour gold served to honour Malaysia's monarch, as well as a nod to the highest award at the biennial games. The ceremony concluded with a colourful fireworks display erupted over the National Stadium, signalling the official commencement of the Games.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 23 September 2017 at 20:30 MST (UTC+8). Like the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was directed by film director Saw Teong Hin alongside the Memories Entertainment creative team with co-operation from the Malaysian Armed Forces.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The ceremony begins with the arrival of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The National Anthem of Malaysia, Negaraku was performed by Malaysian Armed Forces band as the national flag was raised. Flags of the participating nations, the Federation flag and the Games edition flag were brought into the stadium. This was followed by the parade of athletes from 11 nations and Rimau entering the stage with Malaysia entering the stadium last.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The parade of volunteers started with the volunteers dancing to Faizal Tahir's hit single, "Gemuruh", followed by a video shot of several volunteers and top para athletes and Minister of Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin. A cultural performance titled "Sama-sama", a sign of gratitude for Malaysia being given the opportunity to host the games, was presented.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
Closing speeches were given by the President of the Malaysia Paralympic Council, SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin and ASEAN Para Sports Federation President, Osoth Bhavilai. Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Ahmad Zahid Hamidi then declared the 2017 ASEAN Para Games closed. A video about the participating athletes performing throughout the games, featuring some Malaysian sports medalists and their coaches with Jaclyn Victor and Vince Chong song, "Together We Rise" as background music, was played followed by the extinguishing of the cauldron and the lowering of the APSF flag by the Royal Malaysian Navy.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The ASEAN Para Sports Federation flag was handed over from the Malaysian Paralympic Council President to the Philippines Paralympic Council President, Michael I. Barredo through Minister of the Youth and Sports of Malaysia, and APSF President. The National Anthem of the Philippines, Lupang Hinirang was played and the Philippines flag was raised, symbolising the hosting responsibilities being passed to Philippines. A video of the Philippines tourism featuring Philippines Para athletes was later shown. (Philippines would not be able to host the 2020 ASEAN Para Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and hence, it was cancelled.) The ceremony concluded with a special concert by Yuna and fireworks erupted over the stadium, signalling the official conclusion of the games.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Participating nations
Some 1,452 athletes from all 11 ASEAN countries participated in the Games. East Timor returned to compete at the ASEAN Para Games after it last participated at the 2011 edition following the lifting of its suspension by the International Paralympic Committee.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Sports
16 Para Sports with 369 events have been included in the games.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Medal table
The 2017 ASEAN Para Games featured 369 events, resulting in 369 medal sets to be distributed.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Medal table
Two bronze medals were awarded in most events in racket sports: 11 in Badminton, 18 in Table tennis and 3 in Wheelchair tennis. Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in the Bowling mixed doubles TPB8+TPB8 event, giving a total of 33 additional bronze medals. On the other hand, 7 silver and 28 bronze medals were not awarded in 28 events in 6 sports competed at the games due to few number of participants. These are: Athletics (2 silver and 9 bronze), Boccia (1 bronze), Cycling (2 silver and 4 bronze), Powerlifting (1 silver and 5 bronze), Swimming (2 silver and 7 bronze) and Table tennis (2 bronze).


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Medal table
As a result, a total of 1105 medals comprising 369 gold medals, 362 silver medals and 374 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, The Games, Medal table
The Host Malaysia's performance was their third best in ASEAN Para Games History and was second behind Indonesia as overall Champion. Meanwhile, despite small contingent size, East Timor managed to win its first ever ASEAN Para Games gold medals, all 2 of them are from athletics.


2017 ASEAN Para Games, Broadcasting
The organiser hosted the live video stream at its YouTube channel for the opening and closing ceremonies and 5 sport events namely, Swimming, Cycling, Powerlifting, Athletics and Wheelchair basketball. An official mobile application for the games was also released which featured live streams of selected sports events, schedules, results and other promotional materials. Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM TV1) and People's Television Network (PTV-4) serves as the official broadcaster of the games in Malaysia and the Philippines respectively.


2017 ASEAN Summits
The 2017 ASEAN Summits or the 30th and 31st ASEAN Summits are diplomatic conferences centering on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) which were held in the Philippines from 28–29 April and 10–14 November 2017. This marks the third and fourth time the ASEAN Summit was held in the Philippines.


2017 ASEAN Summits, Preparations
The Committee for Security, Peace and Order and Emergency Preparedness and Response was organized to ensure security during the ASEAN Summit. For the 30th summit, 40,000 soldiers, 240 motorcycles, 120 patrol cars, as well as 45 air and naval assets were deployed.


2017 ASEAN Summits, 30th ASEAN Summit
ASEAN leaders released a statement on 28 April 2017 expressing "grave concern" over tensions in the Korean peninsula arising from North Korea's testing of nuclear weapons on January and September 2016 as well as ballistic missile tests conducted within the month and urged North Korea to fully comply with UN Security Council Resolutions and the international law. They also urged for self-restraint for all parties concern.


2017 ASEAN Summits, 30th ASEAN Summit
The following day the "ASEAN Declaration on the Role of the Civil Service as a Catalyst for Achieving the ASEAN Community Vision 2025" was signed by the member countries of the ASEAN. The ASEAN member states pledged to promote accountability and transparency in civil service in the region and it is agreed that relevant civil service bodies of each member state will cooperate through the ASEAN Cooperation on Civil Service Matters (ACCSM). It was expected that concrete measures to be done to implement the declaration will be discussed in the 31st ASEAN Summit which was held on November 2017.


2017 ASEAN Summits, 31st ASEAN Summit
The culminating event was held in Manila on 10–14 November (31st summit).


2017 ASEAN Summits, 31st ASEAN Summit
Despite some criticism on ASEAN's handling of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, many viewed the Philippines' performance as a success. According to political analyst Richard Javad Heydarian, "Overall, Duterte was a clear big winner at the summit, as he eagerly welcomed the courtship of all major powers, including America, China, Japan, Russia and India. The Filipino president deftly leveraged the event to effectively legitimize his leadership and present himself as a regional powerbroker...upon the summit’s conclusion, Duterte’s Philippines never looked as confident and secure. All in all, it was a crowning diplomatic event for the controversial Filipino leader."


2017 ASEAN Summits, Thwart of plot against U.S. President
The United States Secret Service successfully disrupted and thwarted an assassination attempt on U.S. President Donald Trump by an alleged member of ISIS before Trump arrived for the summit. The force tracked and located the individual who was apprehended and detained by Philippine police during Trump’s arrival at the Manila airport.


2017 ASEAN Summits, Attendees
All heads of government of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations except Myanmar attended the 30th ASEAN Summit. In the case of Myanmar, the country was represented by its State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi.


2017 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from May 24 through 27. Third seeded Florida Gulf Coast won their first championship and claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament
This was the conference's first baseball tournament held under its current "ASUN" brand name, which was adopted at the start of the 2016–17 school year.


2017 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 2017 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six conference members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.


2017 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable PLayer
Marc Coffers was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Coffers was an outfielder for Florida Gulf Coast.


2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season
The 2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season was the 40th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 25, 2017 and ended on October 28, 2017. The regular season culminated with the 2017 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, which was held from November 3–11, 2017. The tournament determined the conference's tournament champion, and automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.


2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season
Newly appointed head coach, Kyle Gookins lead the Stetson Hatters to their first Atlantic Sun regular season championship, accumulating a 4-0-2 record. The Hatters edged out traditional ASUN power Florida Gulf Coast for the title. In the tournament, Lipscomb earned their first ASUN championship, and thus, their first berth into the NCAA Tournament. There, they lost in the first round to Butler.


2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season, Background
Ahead of the 2017 season, there were two head coaching changes. Jesse Cormier, formerly Vermont's head coach, took the head coaching role at Florida Gulf Coast. This came following Bob Butehorn's departure from FGCU, to coach South Florida. Kyle Gookins, formerly an assistant coach for Charlotte, took the head coaching position at Stetson. This was following Jared Vock stepping down as the caretaker manager for Stetson.


2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason poll
The preseason poll had Florida Gulf Coast winning the regular season, just ahead of North Florida and Lipscomb.


2017 ASUN Conference men's soccer season, MLS SuperDraft, Homegrown contracts
No ASUN players signed homegrown contracts with their parent MLS club.


2017 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's  automatic trip to the NCAA Tournament.


2017 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, the 39th edition of the tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2017 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeds
The top six of seven teams qualified for the ASUN Tournament. The top two regular season finishers earned a bye to the semifinals.


2017 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament was the 31st edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place from March 3, 8 and 12, 2017 in several arenas. Florida Gulf Coast won the tournament and received an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2017 ASUN Women's Basketball Tournament, Format
The ASUN Championship is a six-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams competed in the championship, with the higher seeded team in each matchup hosting the game.


2017 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference held from October 28 through November 5, 2017. The first round of the tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The semifinals and final took place at Lipscomb Soccer Complex in Nashville, Tennessee, home of the Lipscomb Bisons, the regular season co-champions and tournament #1 seed. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.


2017 ASUN Women's Soccer Tournament
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles were the defending tournament champions and successfully defended their title, defeating the Lipscomb Bisons in double overtime in the final. The conference tournament title was the sixth for the Florida Gulf Coast women's soccer program, all of which came under the direction of head coach Jim Blankenship.


2017 ATP Challenger Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, in 2017, was the secondary men's professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2017 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 155 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $50,000 up to $150,000. It was the 40th edition of the challenger tournaments cycle, and 9th under the name of Challenger Tour.


2017 ATP Challenger Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


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


2017 ATP Challenger Tour, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2017 ATP Finals
The 2017 ATP Finals (also known as the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 12 to 19 November 2017. It was the season-ending event for the highest-ranked singles players and doubles teams on the 2017 ATP World Tour.


2017 ATP Finals, Tournament
The 2017 ATP Finals took place from 12 to 19 November at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom. It was the 48th edition of the tournament (43rd in doubles). The tournament was run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and was part of the 2017 ATP World Tour. The event took on indoor hard courts. It served as the season-ending championships for players on the ATP Tour. The eight players who qualified for the event were split into two groups of four.


2017 ATP Finals, Tournament
During this stage, players competed in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group). The two players with the best results in each group progressed to the semifinals, where the winners of a group faced the runners-up of the other group. This stage, however, was a knock-out stage. The doubles competition used the same format.


2017 ATP Finals, Tournament, Format
The ATP Finals had a round-robin format, with eight players/teams divided into two groups of four. The eight seeds were determined by the ATP Rankings and ATP Doubles Team Rankings on the Monday after the last ATP World Tour tournament of the calendar year. All singles matches were the best of three tie-break sets, including the final. All doubles matches were two sets (no ad) and a Match Tie-break.