2017 Arab Club Championship, Group stage
If two or more teams were to be equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings would have been determined as follows:


2017 Arab Club Championship, Group stage, Ranking of second-placed teams
The highest ranked second-placed team from the groups advanced to the knockout stage; the rest were eliminated.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Prize money
UAFA announced that the winner will receive $2.5 million, while $600,000 will go to the runner-up and the losing semi-finalists will each get $200,000.


2017 Arab Club Championship, Media
The tournament gained international coverage for being the first football tournament to be broadcast live on Twitter, with all 21 matches from the group stage and knockout stage being shown for free on the competition's official Twitter account.


2017 Arab Club Championship Final
The 2017 Arab Club Championship Final was the final match of the 2017 Arab Club Championship, the 27th season of the Arab League's main club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the 1st season since it was renamed from the UAFA Club Cup to the Arab Club Championship.


2017 Arab Club Championship Final
The match was played by Espérance Sportive de Tunis of Tunisia and Al-Faisaly SC of Jordan, and held at the Alexandria Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt. Espérance Sportive de Tunis defeated Al-Faisaly SC 3–2 in the final and won the title for the third time in their history, becoming the Most successful club in the compitition.


2017 Arab Club Championship Final, Venue
Alexandria Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Moharram Bey district of Alexandria, Egypt. Built in 1929 by King Fouad I, it is considered the oldest stadium in Egypt and all of Africa. Alexandria stadium now holds over 20,000 people after the remodeling and renovations in 2016–2017.


2017 Arab Club Championship Final, Venue
The stadium hosts the Al-Ittihad football team and has been the scene of many international tournaments, including the inaugural of the 1951 Mediterranean Games. It was a venue for the 1986 African Cup of Nations and the 2006 African Cup of Nations editions, and hosted the Group B matches during the 2019 African Cup of Nations.


2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off
The 2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying rounds were played from 14 September 2016 to 4 March 2017. A total of 11 teams from 11 associations from Africa and Asia competed in the qualifying rounds to decide which 3 teams would qualify for the group stage of the 2017 Arab Club Championship held in Egypt, alongside 9 automatically qualified teams.


2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off, Teams
The following 11 teams (6 from Asia and 5 from Africa) were entered into the qualifying rounds:


2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off, Qualified teams
3 teams qualified to the 2017 Arab Club Championship final tournament held in Egypt, joining 9 other teams that qualified automatically.


2017 Arab League summit
The 2017 Arab League Summit was held in Jordan between 23 and 29 March 2017.


2017 Arab League summit, Amman Summit
The 2017 Amman Summit (also known as the 2017 Arab League Summit and the 28th Ordinary Session of the Arab League Council) and its preparatory meetings will take place between 23 and 29 March 2017, in the Dead Sea area of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.


2017 Arab League summit, History of Arab League Summit
In 1946, at the invitation of King Farouk of Egypt, leaders of the League of Arab States held their first summit at Inshas Palace in Egypt. The League's seven founding members participated: Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.


2017 Arab League summit, History of Arab League Summit
During the summit, which focused on the Palestinian cause, participating countries declared their intention to ‘consult, cooperate and work together in unity’ for the good of the Arab World. They also stressed the


2017 Arab League summit, History of Arab League Summit
importance of utilising all means possible to assist Arab peoples who were still under foreign rule to gain their independence and attain their nationalist aspirations to become active members of the League and United Nations.


2017 Arab League summit, History of Arab League Summit
Since the League's establishment in 1945 and up until 2016, Arab leaders have held a total of 39 summits, of which 27 were ordinary, nine were emergency (or extraordinary) and three were economic. Three of these summits were held in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: The 11th Ordinary Summit in 1980, the 4th Extraordinary Summit in 1987 and the 13th Ordinary Summit in 2001.


2017 Arab League summit, History of Arab League Summit
In 2000, participants at the Extraordinary Arab Summit, which was hosted by Egypt, agreed to hold the Arab League Council at the Summit Level in an ordinary session in March of every year. This decision was first implemented at the Amman Summit in 2001, which took place on the 26th anniversary of the League's establishment.


2017 Arab League summit, History of Arab League Summit
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is, once again, hosting Arab leaders at the 28th Ordinary Session and its preparatory meetings, embodying the Kingdom's constructive role in promoting joint Arab action.


2017 Arab League summit, The Summit Venue, The Dead Sea Area
To the west of the Jordanian capital of Amman lies the Dead Sea: A rare, natural phenomenon famed for its high salinity and known as the lowest point on earth.


2017 Arab League summit, The Summit Venue, The Dead Sea Area
A few minutes’ drive from the Dead Sea to the east of the Jordan River lies the baptism site of Jesus Christ, which the Vatican has named an international destination for Christian pilgrimage. Moreover, to the east of the Dead Sea stands Mount Nebo, overlooking Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories, Southern Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt's Sinai.


2017 Arab League summit, The Summit Venue, King Hussein bin Talal Convention Centre at the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea area is home to a number of international hotels, resorts, tourist stops, therapeutic facilities, and conferences. At the heart of the area, among numerous five-star hotels, lies the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, which has become a destination for conference tourism and has been selected to host the Arab League Council at the Summit Level (the 28th Ordinary Session).


2017 Arab League summit, The Summit Venue, King Hussein bin Talal Convention Centre at the Dead Sea
Established in 2004, the Centre's architectural style combines Islamic and modern architecture, with its stones and walls reflecting Jordan's environment in colour and design. The three-storey centre includes 27 halls of varying designs and sizes, equipped with the facilities and utilities required to hold conferences, making it an ideal location to host major events and conferences for the World Economic Forum, International Monetary Fund, United Nations and Arab League Summit.


2017 Arab League summit, Amman Summit Social Media Platforms
The Media Committee of the Arab Summit 2017 launched its  on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube under the handle @ArabSummit2017. Launched for the first time as an interactive tool for Arab summits, these platforms aim to expand outreach to journalists and followers of the news and preparatory meetings of the Amman Summit, scheduled to take place between 23 and 29 March 2017.


2017 Arab League summit, Amman Summit Social Media Platforms
These platforms seek to engage Arab youth – who comprise the largest segment in Arab societies – and allow them to weigh in on current Arab issues.


2017 Arab Youth Athletics Championships
The 2017 Arab Youth Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition for under-18 athletes from Arab countries. Organised by the Arab Athletic Federation, it took place in Radès, Tunisia from 2–4 November. A total of forty events were contested, of which 20 by male and 20 by female athletes.


2017 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2017 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz on September 24, 2017. This was the 900th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.


2017 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, Moto3
The race was shortened from 20 to 13 laps due to the Sunday warm-up sessions being delayed because of fog covering the track.


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


2017 Archery European Indoor Championships
The 2017 Archery European Indoor Championships was the 16th edition of the European Indoor Archery Championships which was held in Vittel, France between 7–12 March 2017.


2017 Archery World Cup
The 2017 Archery World Cup is the 12th edition of the Archery World Cup organised annually by the World Archery Federation. The World Cup finals will be held in Odense, Denmark on 24–25 September. The locations for the 4 preliminary stages were: The first leg in Shanghai, China from 16–21 May, the second leg on 6–11 June in Antalya, Turkey, the third leg on 20–25 June in Salt Lake City, U.S. and the final leg on 8–13 August in Berlin, Germany. The finals were held in Rome, Italy on 2–3 September.


2017 Arctic Race of Norway
The 2017 Arctic Race of Norway is a four-stage cycling stage race taking place in Norway between 10 and 13 August. It is the fifth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.


2017 Arctic Race of Norway, Teams
21 teams were invited to take part in the race. Five of these were UCI WorldTeams; 12 were UCI Professional Continental teams; four were UCI Continental teams. Each team was allowed to enter six riders, three teams only entered five, therefore the peloton at the start of the race was made up of 123 riders.


2017 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 1
10 August 2017 – Engenes to Narvik, 156.5 km (97.2 mi)


2017 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 2
11 August 2017 – Sjøvegan to Bardufoss Airport, 184.5 km (114.6 mi)


2017 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 3
12 August 2017 – Lyngseidet to Finnvikdalen, 185.5 km (115.3 mi)


2017 Arctic Race of Norway, Stages, Stage 4
13 August 2017 – Tromsø to Tromsø, 160.5 km (99.7 mi)


2017 Arctic Race of Norway, Classifications
The race included four main classifications: the general classification, the points classification, the mountains classification and the youth classification. There was also an award for the most aggressive rider on each stage and a team classification.


2017 Arena Football League season
The 2017 Arena Football League season was the 30th season in the history of the Arena Football League (AFL). Prior to the start of the season, the league contracted to five teams. Due to this, for the first time since 1991, the league was not divided into conferences or divisions. The 14-game regular season began on April 7, 2017, when the two new teams, the Baltimore Brigade and the Washington Valor, faced off in the Verizon Center, and ended on August 5, 2017, when the Tampa Bay Storm lost against the Philadelphia Soul.


2017 Arena Football League season
ArenaBowl XXX was held on August 26, 2017, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, as the Soul repeated as champs by beating the Storm by a score of 44–40.


2017 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
On February 10, 2016, The Washington Post and radio station WTOP-FM first broke the story that Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) were "close to a deal" to bring a new expansion franchise to the Verizon Center. On March 10, 2016, AFL commissioner Scott Butera announced that the deal was finalized and that the new Washington, D.C., team would begin play in 2017. On July 14, 2016, the team name was revealed as the Washington Valor. There was also talk for franchises to return to San Antonio and St. Louis as well as a potential new team for  Sacramento. However, when the 2017 schedule was announced, there was no mention of any San Antonio, St. Louis, or Sacramento teams.


2017 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
On October 12, 2016, the Orlando Predators announced they had left the league due to the reduced number of teams and other pending disagreements with the league. Hours later, the Jacksonville Sharks also announced they would be leaving the AFL and later joined the National Arena League. The next day, it was reported that the Arizona Rattlers were in the planning stages to also leave the AFL for the Indoor Football League for 2017.


2017 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
In the same report, it was stated the Los Angeles Kiss and Portland Steel had apparently folded after both teams failed to return calls or respond to inquiries into 2017 season ticket purchases. Later on October 13, the league held a teleconference with the remaining team owners and issued a statement the next morning declaring that the league would continue in the long-term, although the league did not expressly commit to playing in 2017 at that time.


2017 Arena Football League season, League business, Teams
On October 14, the AFL held a dispersal draft with the five remaining teams selecting players from the Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Orlando, and Portland rosters. The Rattlers then officially left the AFL for the IFL on October 17, leaving the AFL with four teams. They were the sixth AFL team to leave for the IFL since the 2010 relaunch. On November 14, the AFL announced that it had granted a second franchise to Washington Valor owner Ted Leonsis to be based out of Baltimore for the 2017 season bringing the league up to five teams. On January 25, after the announcement of the schedule, MSE announced that the team would be called the Baltimore Brigade.


2017 Arena Football League season, League business, Schedule and playoff changes
On January 5, 2017, the schedule was announced. The five teams played 14 games through 18 weeks, with four bye weeks for each team and no divisions. Each team played each other three or four times throughout the season. The postseason saw a structure change, with four teams advancing. The top seed hosted the fourth seed and the second seed hosted the third seed in a semifinal round, each match for a spot in ArenaBowl XXX on August 26.


2017 Arena Football League season, Awards, Players of the week
The following were named the top performers during the 2017 season:


2017 Argentina Open
The 2017 Argentina Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the ATP Buenos Aires event, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 13 through 19, 2017.


2017 Argentina Open – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Santiago González and David Marrero in the final, 6–1, 6–4.


2017 Argentina Open – Singles
Dominic Thiem was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Rotterdam instead.


2017 Argentina Open – Singles
Alexandr Dolgopolov won the title, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.


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


2017 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament
The 2017 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament was the 9th edition of the women's national tournament. It was held from 24 to 27 August 2017 in Salta, Argentina.


2017 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament
Buenos Aires won the tournament for the fourth time after defeating Mendoza 3–1 in the final.


2017 Argentina Women's Hockey National Tournament, Squads
Players followed with a country flag are those involved in its senior national team.


2017 Argentine legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 22 October 2017 to elect half of the Chamber of Deputies and one third of the Senate. The result was a victory for the ruling Cambiemos alliance, being the most voted force in 13 of the 24 districts.


2017 Argentine legislative election, Background
The elections took place during the presidency of Mauricio Macri whose Cambiemos coalition also governed the City of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires Province. As Cambiemos was a new coalition with few noteworthy political figures, several members of the cabinet were asked to resign from their positions and run for Congress in their respective districts instead.


2017 Argentine legislative election, Background
Peronist factions were divided in two main groups; the Citizen's Unity, led by the former president Cristina Kirchner, led the parliamentary opposition to Macri's administration. Another group was comrpised of politicians from the Justicialist Party and the Renewal Front.


2017 Argentine legislative election, Electoral system, Chamber of Deputies
The 257 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by proportional representation in 24 multi-member constituencies based on the provinces (plus the City of Buenos Aires). Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with a 3% electoral threshold. In this election, 127 of the 257 seats are up for renewal for a four-year term.


2017 Argentine legislative election, Electoral system, Senate
The 72 members of the Senate are elected in the same 24 constituencies, with three seats in each. The party receiving the most votes in each constituency wins two seats, with the third seat awarded to the second-placed party. The 2017 elections will see one-third of Senators renewed, with eight provinces electing three Senators; Buenos Aires, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, San Juan, San Luis and Santa Cruz.


2017 Argentine legislative election, Schedule
The timetable for the different national electoral acts was established on the following dates:


2017 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2017 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 9 April 2017. Both Repsol Honda riders crashed out of the race, thus marking their first double retirement since the 2015 Argentine Grand Prix.


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


2017 Argentine provincial elections
Elections took place in a number of Provinces in Argentina in 2017.


2017 Argentine provincial elections
Most of them took place in October, but a few took place earlier in the year.


2017 Argentine provincial elections
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2017 Argyll and Bute Council election
The 2017 Argyll and Bute Council elections took place on 4 May 2017 alongside local elections across Scotland. This was the third local election to take place using the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.


2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, Background
At the previous election in 2012, Independent councillors were the largest grouping on the council, with a total of 15 councillors, while the Scottish National Party (SNP) had 13 councillors. Following that election, an administration was formed between the SNP and the Argyll First group of independent councillors. However, this coalition broke down in 2013, after the SNP National Executive prevented the SNP group forming a coalition with the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats.


2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, Background
Four members of the SNP group (former SNP group leader Roddy McCuish, Mary Jean Devon, Michael Breslin and Robert MacIntyre) left the SNP in 2013, following the collapse of the SNP-independent administration, and sat as independents for the remainder of their terms as councillors. A coalition of Independents, Scottish Conservatives, and Liberal Democrats was formed in October 2013, led by an independent councillor, Dick Walsh. The collapse of the SNP-independent administration led to an investigation by Audit Scotland.


2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, Background
A number of councillors who had been elected in 2012 did not serve a full term and resigned prior to the 2017 elections:


2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, Background
Eight of the sitting councillors did not seek re-election, including the outgoing council leader Dick Walsh (Independent), Michael Breslin (Independent, originally SNP), Iain MacLean (Independent, originally SNP)), Vivien Dance (Independent), Bruce Marshall (Independent), Isobel Strong (SNP), Neil MacIntyre (Scottish Labour), and Maurice Corry (Scottish Conservative).


2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, Results
The SNP became the largest party on the council for the first time, as the Independent group lost a third of its seats compared to the previous election. The Conservatives gained five seats and the Liberal Democrats gained two, but both remained in their respective places as the two smaller parties.


2017 Argyll and Bute Council election, Results
Despite the SNP's position, a coalition was formed of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Independents, referred to as The Argyll Lomond and the Isles Group (TALIG). Aileen Morton, leader of the group, was elected as council leader.


2017 Arizona Bowl
The 2017 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2017, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The third edition of the Arizona Bowl featured the New Mexico State Aggies of the Sun Belt Conference against the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 3:30 PM MST and the game aired on CBS Sports Network. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Nova Home Loans mortgage broker company, the game was officially known as the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl.


2017 Arizona Bowl, Teams
The game featured the New Mexico State Aggies against the Utah State Aggies. It was the 38th all-time meeting between the schools, with Utah State leading the series 30–7. From 1984 until 2000, and again from 2003 until 2012, New Mexico State and Utah State were members of the same conference, spanning the Big West, Sun Belt and WAC until Utah State joined Mountain West in 2013.


2017 Arizona Bowl, Teams, New Mexico State Aggies
This was New Mexico State's fourth bowl game in school history and their first since the 1960 Sun Bowl, which coincidentally saw them play against Utah State; New Mexico State won that game by a score of 20–13. New Mexico State's appearance in this Arizona Bowl snapped their 56-year bowlless streak, which was the longest in all of FBS.


2017 Arizona Bowl, Teams, New Mexico State Aggies
This bowl was also New Mexico State's final game as a member of the Sun Belt before going independent for 2018.


2017 Arizona Cardinals season
The 2017 season was the Arizona Cardinals' 98th in the National Football League, their 30th in Arizona and their 12th at University of Phoenix Stadium. It was also the fifth and final season under head coach Bruce Arians. The Cardinals played one road game in London at Twickenham Stadium against the Los Angeles Rams as one of the NFL London Games. They improved on a 7–8–1 season they had in 2016, finishing 8–8 as they spent most of the season alternating between wins and losses. However, they missed the playoffs for the second straight season.


2017 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Detroit Lions
The Cardinals would lose star running back David Johnson to a wrist injury during the game. Afterwards, it was revealed that his dislocated his wrist, an injury that sent him to injured reserve on September 12 and would eventually keep him out for the rest of the season.


2017 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: at Indianapolis Colts
For the first time in 5 years, head coach Bruce Arians made a return to Indianapolis, where he served as quarterback's coach from 1998-2000, as offensive coordinator in 2012, and that same year, served as interim head coach of the Colts, where he led them to a 9-3 record, the best record held by an interim head coach in NFL history.


2017 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
This was the debut of recently acquired veteran running back Adrian Peterson. He'd have a hot day that contributed to a Cardinal victory, rushing 26 times for 134 yards and 2 touchdowns. The performance would earn him NFC Offensive Player of the Week.


2017 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Los Angeles Rams
The Cardinals lost Carson Palmer to an arm injury during the game. Shortly after, it was revealed that he broke his arm and would be out for the remainder of the season. It was also his last game he'd ever play in the NFL.


2017 Arizona Cardinals season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks lost four out of five home games versus the Bruce Arians-led Cardinals; this one, combined with the Atlanta Falcons winning, eliminated Seattle for the first time since 2011. This was the last game for head coach Bruce Arians for the Cardinals as he would retire the day after this game.


2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The 2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 20th season in Major League Baseball and their 20th season at Chase Field and in Phoenix, Arizona. They began the season on April 2 at home against the San Francisco Giants. The Diamondbacks finished the season 93–69 to finish in second place in the National League West Division, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. They also flipped their record from the previous year, in which they went 69-93.


2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season
On September 24, the Diamondbacks clinched a Wild Card berth with losses by the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals. They also clinched home field for the Wild Card game after a 3–2 walk-off victory over the Miami Marlins. This marked the first trip to the playoffs for the Diamondbacks since 2011. In the Wild Card Game, they defeated the Colorado Rockies to advance the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Diamondbacks were then swept by the Dodgers in three games, ending their postseason run.


2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Offseason and spring training
During their pre-season spring training, the Diamondbacks participated in the Cactus League, finishing with a 15–15 win–loss record. They also played two tied games that were not included in the standings.


2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Regular season
Facing the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 4, Diamondbacks outfielder J. D. Martinez became the 18th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game. This performance meant that the Diamondbacks became the first team ever to have had a 20-strikeout game in nine innings (Randy Johnson, 2001), a perfect game (Johnson again, 2004) and a four-homer game (Martinez).


2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Playoffs
Making it to the playoffs for the first time since 2011, the Diamondbacks played their first series as a Wild Card team by playing against the Colorado Rockies on October 4, 2017. That night, Archie Bradley became the first relief pitcher and sixth pitcher in MLB history to record a triple in a postseason game. The play was considered a major highlight in their first Wild Card game in franchise history, winning 11–8 that night at home. The Diamondbacks also became the first team to record 4 triples in a single playoff game since the Boston Americans in the 1903 World Series. They subsequently lost to the Dodgers in the NLDS.


2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Awards
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt won his third Silver Slugger Award as the best offensive player at his position in the National League.


2017 Arizona Rattlers season
The 2017 Arizona Rattlers season was the twenty-fifth season for the professional indoor football franchise and first in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were one of ten teams that competed in the IFL for the 2017 season, the Rattlers were members of the Intense Conference.


2017 Arizona Rattlers season
Led by head coach Kevin Guy, the Rattlers played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.


2017 Arizona Rattlers season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 20, 201725 Active, 14 Inactive


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Sun Devils were led by sixth-year head coach Todd Graham and played their home games at Sun Devil Stadium. They competed as a member of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Sun Bowl where they lost to NC State.


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
On November 26, one day after the conclusion of the regular season, Graham and Arizona State agreed to part ways. He continued to coach the team through their bowl game.


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason, Coaching changes
Arizona State hired Phil Bennett as defensive coordinator on January 11, 2017. Bennett was previously the defensive coordinator at Baylor University. He replaced Keith Patterson, who remained on the staff as linebackers coach.


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason, Coaching changes
Arizona State hired Billy Napier as offensive coordinator on January 28, 2017. Napier was previously the receivers coach at the University of Alabama. He replaced Chip Lindsey, who left to become the offensive coordinator at Auburn University.


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason, Incoming transfers
Arizona State had one incoming transfer. Quarterback Blake Barnett transferred from Alabama. Barnett was eligible to play the entire 2017 season at Arizona State following an appeal to the NCAA.


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Preseason, Offseason departures
Arizona State lost 18 players in the 2016 offseason, 13 due to graduation and 5 due to transferring or injuries.


2017 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Schedule
Arizona State announced their 2017 football schedule on January 18, 2017. In non-conference play, the Sun Devils played former Border Conference rivals New Mexico State and Texas Tech, as well as San Diego State. In Pac-12 conference play, they played all conference members except cross-divisional foes California and Washington State.


2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball team
The 2017 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games for the 6th season at Hi Corbett Field. The team was coached by Jay Johnson in his 2nd season at Arizona.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2017 season. The season was the Wildcats's 118th overall, 40th as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, seventh within the Pac-12 South Division, and the sixth and final year under head coach Rich Rodriguez. The team played their home games at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona for the 89th straight year.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team
They finished the regular season with a 7–5, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in third  place in the South Division, making it into a bowl game. They were invited to the Foster Farms Bowl where they faced Purdue, losing 35–38. Rich Rodriguez was fired after 6 seasons with Arizona. After Rich Rodriguez was fired, Kevin Sumlin was named the Wildcats' new full-time head coach on  January 14, 2018.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season
After starting the season 2–1 (the sole victory coming against FCS Grambling State and Hawaii, then lose to BYU). Under Rodriguez, extending back to the 2012 season, the Wildcats had lost 8 consecutive games to FBS opponents, their last victory coming nearly a year earlier on September 17, 2016, against Hawaii, leading the team to a record of 3–9 (1–8 Pac-12) on the season.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Previous season, Offseason departures
The Wildcats would lose twenty-nine (twenty seniors due graduation) football players. The Wildcats would lose nine more players from the 2016 team due to various reasons (transfers and withdrawals will be filled out once spring practice occurs). Notable departures from the 2016 squad included.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Recruiting Class of 2017
The Wildcats signed 39 players including 10 HS walk-on players, 24 high school recruits, 3 JC transfers from junior colleges and 1 transfers were from NCAA Division I (FBS) programs. Five of the recruits were already enrolled for the spring, 2017 semester while 24 signed letters of intent on National Signing Day is February 3, 2017. Arizona is  combined to be a unanimous top-25 class, ranked as high as (#21 by Scout, #15 by Rivals, #26 by ESPN, and #23 by 247) and finish top-5 in the Pac-12 recruitment class (#4 by 247, #4 by Scout, #4 by ESPN, and #4 by Rivals).


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Recruiting Class of 2017, Incoming transfers
In addition to the 2017 recruiting class, Arizona did add four transfers, which includes eligible for the current season, to the 2017 roster:


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Spring practice, Spring game
The 2017 Wildcats had spring practice from February 2017 to March 2, 2017. The 2017 Arizona football spring game will take place in Tucson, AZ at a date and time to be determined.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Pac-12 Media Days
Pac-12 media days are set for July 2017 in Hollywood, California.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Returning starters
Arizona returns 30 starters in 2017, including 14 on offense, 9 on defense, and 7 on special teams.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Preseason, Returning starters, Special teams (7)
† Indicates player was a starter in 2016 but missed all of 2017 due to injury.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Personnel, Roster
Classes Key:Fr – Freshman; first year player. So – Sophomore; second year player. Jr – Junior; third year player. Sr – Senior; fourth year player. Bold – Team captain. Italics – Left team during the season. RS – Previously used a redshirt. – Redshirt during 2017 season. – Injured for entire or majority of season and is eligible for a medical redshirt.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Schedule
Arizona announced its 2017 football schedule on November 29, 2016. The 2017 Wildcats' schedule consisted of 7 home and 4 away games for the regular season. Arizona hosted nine Pac-12 conference opponents UCLA, Utah, Oregon State and Washington State and traveled to California, Colorado, Oregon, USC and traveled to arch rival  Arizona State for the 91st annual Territorial Cup to close out the regular season. Arizona was not scheduled to play Pac-12 North opponents Stanford and Washington in the 2017 regular season.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Schedule
Arizona's out of conference opponents represented the American, Big Sky, and C-USA. The Wildcats hosted three non–conference games which were against Northern Arizona from the Big Sky and Houston from the American and traveled to El Paso, TX against Texas–El Paso from the C-USA.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Northern Arizona
To open up the 2017 season, Arizona  will host its in-state rival, the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for the non conference home opener in Tucson since 2015. Arizona lead the all-time series with 13–1.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Houston
After playing Northern Arizona, Arizona will host the Houston Cougars for the second non conference game in Tucson. This will be the first meeting between the schools since 1986. Arizona tied the all-time series with 1–1 apiece.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at UTEP
After playing Houston, Arizona will travel to El Paso, TX hosts the UTEP Miners for third and final non conference game of the season. This will be the first meeting between the schools since 2003. Arizona lead the all-time series with 38–11–2.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Utah
Following its game against UTEP on the road, Arizona will begin its 2017 Pac-12 conference schedule in Tucson, AZ, Arizona to face the Utah Utes for the first Pac-12 south division game of the season. Arizona lose in the previous meeting to Utah 36–23 in Salt Lake City, UT. Arizona trailed the all-time series by Utah, 19–21–2.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at Colorado
After facing Utah and having a bye week, Arizona visited Colorado. The Wildcats lost their previous meeting to the Buffaloes at home 49–24. Arizona entered the game trailing 14–4 in their all-time series.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at Colorado
The biggest headline from this game was the performance of Khalil Tate, who came off the bench after starting quarterback Brandon Dawkins took a late hit out of bounds on the Wildcats' opening possession. Tate proceeded to run for 327 yards, a single-game FBS record for quarterbacks, breaking the previous record of Northern Illinois' Jordan Lynch set in 2013.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, UCLA
After its game against Colorado on the road, Arizona will face UCLA in Arizona's family weekend game in Tucson, AZ. UCLA defeated Arizona in the previous meeting 24–45 in Pasadena, CA. Arizona trailed the all-time series by UCLA 24–15–2.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at California
After its game against UCLA, Arizona will face California in Berkeley, CA for the first non Pac-12 division game of the season. Arizona won the previous meeting at home 49–45 over California in 2014. Arizona has the lead all-time series 16–14–2.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, Washington State
After its game against California on the road, Arizona will face Washington State in Arizona's homecoming game at home. Washington State defeated Arizona in the previous meeting 7–69 in Pullman, WA. Arizona has the lead all-time series 26–16.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at USC
After hosting Washington State, Arizona will travel to Los Angeles, CA to face the USC Trojans. Arizona lose in the previous meeting at home to USC 48–14. Arizona trailed the all-time series by USC 32–8.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at Oregon
Following its home game finale against Oregon State, Arizona will play its road game against Oregon. Oregon defeated the Wildcats in a top 10 showdown during the prior meeting at 2014 Pac-12 Championship (rematch from 31–24 at Eugene, OR on October 2, 2014), losing 14–51. Arizona trailed the all-time series by Oregon, 25–16.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Regular season, Game summaries, at Arizona State (Territorial Cup)
Following its road finale against Oregon, Arizona will close out the 2017 season facing its arch-rivals, the Arizona State Sun Devils, in the 91st meeting of "Territorial Cup" in Tempe, AZ . Arizona won the previous meeting at home over Arizona State 56–35 in last season. Arizona leads the all-time series 49–40–1.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Awards and honors, All-Americans
Each year several publications release lists of their ideal "team". The athletes on these lists are referred to as All-Americans. The NCAA recognizes five All-American lists. They are the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF). If a player is selected to the first team of three publications he is considered a consensus All-American, if a player is selected to the first team of all five publications he is considered a unanimous All-American.


2017 Arizona Wildcats football team, Awards and honors, Record broken
Honors and Awards Source: 2017 Arizona Media Notes (unless otherwise noted)


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team
The 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represents the University of Arkansas in baseball at the Division I level in the NCAA for the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. They play their home games at Baum Stadium and are coached by Dave van Horn.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Razorbacks played their home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with one home game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Arkansas played as a member of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was captained by quarterback Austin Allen, defensive backs Santos Ramirez and Kevin Richardson II, and offensive lineman Frank Ragnow. The Razorbacks were led by fifth-year head coach Bret Bielema. Bielema was fired after the final game of the season.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Previous season
The 2016 Arkansas football team kicked off its season against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, and after a slow start and trailing after the third quarter, the Hogs scored with 6:37 to go in the game and opened their season with a victory, 21–20. The Razorbacks then traveled to Fort Worth to take on the #15 TCU Horned Frogs. Arkansas led 13–0 at halftime, and 20–7 after three quarters, but allowed three touchdowns in the fourth quarter and the game went to overtime. Arkansas & TCU exchanged touchdowns in overtime and Arkansas won in double overtime, 41–38, improving to 2–0.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Previous season
Arkansas went back home to play Texas State, and even with a shortened fourth quarter, they won 42–3 and remained unbeaten. The winning streak ended, however, when the Razorbacks traveled to Arlington to take on the #10 Texas A&M Aggies. Yet again, the Hogs came up short against A&M, and lost 24–45. The Hogs then defeated the Alcorn State Braves, 52–10. The second week in October saw Arkansas fall short yet again against Alabama. The next week, a late Jared Cornelius touchdown rush put Arkansas in the lead for good against Ole Miss, 34–30.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Previous season
On October 22, Arkansas failed in its attempt to defend its 4 overtime victory against Auburn, losing 3–56. November's first Razorback game saw the Hogs win their second ever game against Florida; Santos Ramirez opened the scoring with a 24-yard pick six and the Hogs didn't trail the entire game. After beating Florida 31–10, Arkansas lost the Golden Boot to LSU after two straight victories. A high scoring game at Mississippi State ended with a 58–42 Hogs victory, with both quarterbacks throwing for 2 touchdowns and both running backs scoring four. Arkansas closed its 2016 season with two losses; the first was a shock loss to rivals Missouri, 24–28. The second came in the Belk Bowl against Virginia Tech; Arkansas led 24–0 at halftime but gave up five touchdowns in the second half and lost 24–35, finishing the season 7–6 (3–5).


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule
The Razorbacks' 2017 schedule consists of 7 home games, 4 away games, and 1 neutral game in the regular season. The Razorbacks hosted SEC foes Auburn, Mississippi State, and Missouri, and traveled to South Carolina, Alabama,  Ole Miss, and LSU. Arkansas played against Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas for the fourth year in a row.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule
Arkansas hosted all four of its non–conference games; against Florida A&M from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (in Little Rock), TCU from the Big 12 Conference, New Mexico State from the Sun Belt Conference, and Coastal Carolina (for homecoming), also from the Sun Belt.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Schedule
The Razorbacks opened their season on a Thursday night for the first time since 2001.


2017 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team
The 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 32nd season of the university fielding a program. The Razorbacks played their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville.


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball team
The 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball team represented the Arkansas State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Wolves played their home games at Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field.


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball team, Schedule and results
Arkansas State announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 8, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 32 home and 24 away games in the regular season. The Red Wolves will host Sun Belts foes Georgia State, Little Rock, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, and Texas–Arlington and will travel to Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Texas State.


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball team, Schedule and results
The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship will be contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and will be hosted by Georgia Southern.


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
The 2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team represented Arkansas State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Red Wolves played their home games at Centennial Bank Stadium in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Blake Anderson. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They received a bid to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Middle Tennessee.


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Previous season
The Red Wolves finished the 2016 season 8–5, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to earn a share of the Sun Belt championship. They received a bid to the Cure Bowl where they defeated UCF.


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Schedule
Arkansas State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Red Wolves hosted Sun Belt foes Coastal Carolina, Louisiana–Lafayette, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, and South Alabama


2017 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team, Schedule
The Red Wolves hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Arkansas–Pine Bluff from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Miami (FL) from the Atlantic Coast Conference, and traveled to Nebraska from the Big Ten Conference and SMU from the American Athletic Conference.


2017 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team
The 2017 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team represented the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Golden Lions were led by 10th-year head coach Monte Coleman and played their home games at Golden Lion Stadium in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Golden Lions finished the season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2017 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team
On November 20, head coach Monte Coleman was fired. He finished at APBU with a ten-year record of 40–71.


2017 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions football team, Preseason
The Golden Lions were picked to finish in last place in the West Division.


2017 Arkema plant explosion
The 2017 Arkema plant explosion was an industrial disaster that took place  during Hurricane Harvey in Crosby, Texas. Flooding from the hurricane disabled the refrigeration system at the plant which manufactured organic peroxides. The unrefrigerated organic peroxides decomposed and self-ignited.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
The Arkema plant is located in Crosby, Texas with a staff of approximately 50 workers, and produces 30 types of organic peroxide products. The plant was constructed in 1960, by Wallace & Tiernan. A 1969 merger with Pennsalt created Pennwalt, who owned the plant until it was acquired by Elf Aquitaine in 1990. In 2004, Arkema Inc was formed, and took possession of the facility.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
The earliest floodplain map located in the Chemical Safety Board investigation, was from September 1985, and indicated the plant was in "Zone C - Area of Minimal Flooding". A November 1996 update to the floodplain map, placed most of the facility into "Other Areas - Zone X - Areas determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain". However, a June 2007 update floodplain map now indicated most of the facility was inside of 100-year floodplain, including the storage warehouses, backup generators and electrical transformers for commercial power. A smaller area of the facility was within the 500-year floodplain.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
The organic peroxides are stored in nine storage buildings. Seven of these buildings are Low Temperature Warehouses, kept at −20 to 0 °F (−29 to −18 °C). One building is kept at  ambient temperature and the largest storage building contained multiple compartments kept at various temperatures ranging from 40 °F (4 °C) to ambient temperature. The Low Temperature Warehouses contain two refrigeration systems: mechanical refrigeration units, powered by electricity and a liquid nitrogen system not reliant on electricity.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
Additionally, refrigerated trailers were used by Arkema as a final emergency backup and when warehouse refrigeration systems need to be shut down for maintenance work. When filled with a full tank of fuel, the trailers could keep the organic peroxides at a safe temperature for more than one week.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
Arkema stored and transported the organic peroxides in plastic 1 US gallon (3.8 l) or 5 US gallons (19 l) containers. These were typically stacked on pallets and shrink-wrapped together.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
A 2016 analysis done by the Houston Chronicle and Texas A&M identified the Arkema facility as a facility posing a high potential for harm to the public. The analysis and subsequent series by the newspaper revealed major flaws in the regulation of chemical facilities in the U.S.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Arkema Crosby Plant
In February 2017, OSHA issued safety fines regarding general safety and maintenance in the sum of $91,724.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Thursday, 24 August
10:00am, Central Daylight Time (CDT), following warnings from the National Hurricane Center that predicted widespread flooding with rainfall of 15–25 inches (380–640 mm). In the town of Crosby, where the plant was based, forecasts expected 15–18 inches (380–460 mm) in the town of Crosby. Using experiences from past storms, staff at the facility determined a 'ride-out crew' would likely be needed at the plant, as the flooding predicted 1 to 2 feet (0.30 to 0.61 m) of floodwaters would render local roads impassible. However, it was believed that while the facility would suffer some flooding that would make travel between buildings difficult, the safety, refrigeration and standby electrical systems would unaffected by the flooding.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Friday, 25 August
Revisions to weather forecasts raised the expected rainfall to 15–25 inches (380–640 mm) with some areas seeing rainfall amounts of 35 inches (890 mm). With flooding of local roads now certain, the ride-out crew was activated. Staff were still confident the facility would have no issues with maintaining refrigeration of organic peroxides on site. During the day, production was discontinued, and staff prepared the facility for Harvey's arrival, securing loose materials, moving portable equipment that could be damaged by flooding, preparing storm equipment, such as an off-road forklift, ensuring fuel tanks were filled and reducing waste water levels in expectation of the significant rain.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Friday, 25 August
At 10:00pm CDT, Harvey made landfall 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, Texas. At this time, the National Hurricane Center released another forecast, which now called for rainfall of 15–30 inches (380–760 mm) with isolated amounts up to 40 inches (1,000 mm).


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Saturday, 26 August
Gauge station 1740 recorded a 13 feet (4.0 m) increase in the Cedar Bayou Stream's water level, during the day. Meanwhile, the ride-out crew monitored the facility. Towards the end of the day, they determined preempted electrical shutdowns would be needed to reduce danger of equipment damage and electrocution. During the evening, landline phones failed and water continued to rise, surrounding the Low Temperature Warehouses, where the organic peroxides were stored.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Sunday, 27 August
At 10:00am CDT, the National Hurricane Center updated its forecast, calling for an additional rainfall 15–25 inches (380–640 mm) and up to 50 inches (1,300 mm) over the next several days.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Sunday, 27 August
Early in the day, the ride-out crew shut down electricity to several Low Temperature Warehouses. Organic peroxides in these warehouses were transferred into refrigerated trailers. The ride-out crew was optimistic that flooding would crest. In addition to the Low Temperature Warehouses, power was also cut off to other structures, the water supply and fire suppression pumps. Additionally some of the backup electrical generators were also compromised by floodwaters, along with the piping for emergency liquid nitrogen tank that was on hand should the mechanical (electrically powered) refrigeration fail. Workers were able to restore this temporarily, however the piping was later submerged again by floodwaters.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Sunday, 27 August
By the end of the night, only one Low Temperature Warehouse was still operational, with the organic peroxides from the other six warehouses now stored in six refrigerated trailers, now being stored in the 'laydown area' one of the highest points in the facility.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Monday, 28 August
At 2:00am CDT, commercial power was lost, when transformers were flooded. The two remaining standby generators were activated to continue providing electricity to the last Low Temperature Warehouse. However, one of these generators was quickly flooded. At 3:00am CDT, the ride-out crew began transferring the organic peroxides in the last warehouse into two refrigerated trailers, fearing loss of the last remaining generator. Two hours later, at 5:00am CDT, the last generator was turned off by the ride-out crew. Later that morning, they also discovered that the nitrogen tank was also now inoperable after the piping had become submerged again.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Monday, 28 August
Throughout the morning, the forklift and two trucks were lost to rising floodwaters, stranding three trailers by the Low Temperature Warehouses. Water in this area had reached chest height on the ride-out crew. This left around 50 pallets of organic peroxide in the last warehouse. The ride-out crew hand carried the small containers to refrigerated trailers at an adjacent building to keep them cool, finishing this task around midnight.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Monday, 28 August
At this point, three trailers, containing 4,000 containers were still sitting in the floodwaters. The ride-out crew was concerned that these trailers would fail and the organic peroxide would began to warm.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Tuesday, 29 August
The ride-out crew discovered one of the refrigerated trailers that could not be moved from the warehouses had started to lean, and likely going to fail. Additionally, the Arkema corporate crisis team suspected there would be at least one fire caused by decomposition of the organic peroxides, and decided to have the ride-out crew evacuate the facility. After a final inspection by boat, the ride-out crew was evacuated by Harris County emergency responders by boat around 12:00pm CDT.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Tuesday, 29 August
At some point during the day, the secondary containment dikes around the wastewater tanks were overcome by floodwaters, and two tanks released approximately 23,000 pounds (10,000 kg) of organic materials mixed with floodwaters and escaped the facility.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Tuesday, 29 August
Due to the likelihood of a fire from the decomposing organic peroxides, emergency personnel established a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) evacuation zone around the plant, and evacuated approximately 205 residents from this area. Notably, this evacuation area included U.S. Highway 90, one of the few major roads that remained not impacted by flooding.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Wednesday, August 30
A Unified Command was set up at the Crosby fire station, to coordinate the response to the eventual fire at the facility, consisting of Arkema personnel, various environmental agencies, and fire departments. Roadblocks and air monitoring stations were put into place at the edges of the evacuation zone.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Wednesday, August 30
Due to the flooding of Interstate 10, emergency personnel continued to use U.S. Highway 90, as closing the U.S. 90 would have resulted in a multi-hour detour, effectively cutting off Houston from Beaumont.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Wednesday, August 30
Near midnight, two police officers traveling along U.S. 90 entered the evacuation area at the northern end, and eventually entered a "large cloud of gas" near the Arkema plant. The officers turned around, and retreated back to the northern edge of the evacuation zone, having irritation to their eyes, skin and respiratory systems. The officers closed the highway, and reported the cloud to the Unified Command.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Thursday, August 31
Just after midnight, Arkema personnel reviewed data from sensors from six of the nine trailers. The data showed no indications of a temperature increase within these six trailers. Firefighters were sent out to the facility, but failed to observe any signs of organic peroxide decomposition. At 12:30am CDT, U.S. Highway 90 was reopened by Unified Command. CSB investigators suspect that the chemical cloud may have originated in one of the three trailers not fitted with equipment to remotely report temperature data.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Thursday, August 31
Several police officers drove U.S. 90 from the northern edge of the evacuation zone, and entered a cloud of gas. Upon reaching the southern end of the evacuation zone, multiple officers reported nausea and headaches. Additionally, emergency medical technicians called to assist the police officers, drove through the cloud. Twenty-one first responders were taken to a local hospital for examination due to exposure to smoke. Unified Command closed U.S. 90 until 4 September.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Thursday, August 31
At 2:00am CDT, the contents of the refrigerated trailer that had tipped, decomposed and ignited the trailer.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Friday, 1 September
At 10:00am CDT, Harris County helicopters surveyed the facility and noticed the eight remaining trailers were stable and showing no signs of decomposition. However, around 5:00pm CDT two more trailers caught on fire, both of which were located in floodwaters near the Low Temperature Warehouses. The six remaining trailers, all located in the higher 'laydown area' showed no signs of decomposition.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Saturday, 2 September
The six trailers in the 'laydown area' were still intact. A survey flight conducted around 1:20pm CDT determined a trailer had lost its cooling capacity. Infrared images determined one of the trailers was leaking a substance that was at an elevated temperature, that was suspected to be a byproduct of decomposition of the organic peroxides.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Saturday, 2 September
At 7:00pm CDT Unified Command and Arkema decided to carry out a controlled burn of the remaining trailers. However, a storage tank filled with isobutylene was located about 40 yards (37 m). It was decided that the burn would be conducted with the trailer closest to the tank being left until last, to use it as a heat shield while burning the other trailers.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Sunday, 3 September
A survey flight in the morning revealed more materials leaking from the trailers. Responders met at 10:00am CDT to reevaluate the plan, and ultimately decided to move forward with it. At 12:45 the plan was started, with an entry team confirming no leaking decomposed organic peroxides were near the isobutylene tank. It was confirmed the leaking material was not near the tank, and at 3:40pm CDT, the controlled burn was started.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Sunday, 3 September
At 9:00pm CDT air monitoring was conducted in the evacuation zone, which showed no elevated readings of hazardous gases.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Timeline, Monday, September 4
At 1:00am CDT, Unified Command ended the evacuation order, allowing residents back into their homes and reopened U.S. Highway 90.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Floodwater contamination
In addition to the explosions, two wastewater tanks overflowed during the storm, releasing more than 23,000 pounds of contaminants that were carried by floodwaters into nearby homes. Noxious toxins including heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins and semi-volatile organic compounds have been identified in homes and soil in neighborhoods near the plant. It is uncertain what proportion of the chemical residues originated in gases released by the plant, and what proportion flowed out of the flooded wastewater tanks.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Investigations, Chemical Safety Board
On Thursday, August 31, 2017, the same day as the first fire, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced an investigation. This report concluded on 24 May 2018.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Investigations, Chemical Safety Board
* Reduce flood risk to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP). Ensure that any safeguards for flooding meet independent layer of protection requirements. (Arkema Crosby Facility)


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Investigations, Chemical Safety Board
As of January 2020, the Chemical Safety Board classifies the three recommendations made to Arkema Inc/Arkema Crosby Facility as 'Open - Awaiting Response or Evaluation/Approval of Response (O - ARE/AR)'. The recommendations sent to Harris County and CCPS are marked as 'Open - Acceptable Response or Alternate Response (O - ARAR)'


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Investigations, Other investigations
The Environmental Protection Agency began formally asking questions of Arkema on September 7, 2017.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Fight over public records
When Arkema North American CEO Richard Rowe announced at a press conference that nothing could prevent an explosion at the Crosby facility, reporters requested documents about the plant. The company repeatedly refused to disclose detailed chemical inventories, facility maps and other documents about the Crosby site to the public, citing concerns about terrorism.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Fight over public records
Many of the documents were later released to reporters after Freedom of Information requests. Arkema's 2016 and 2017 detailed chemical inventories, also known as Tier IIs, remain secret.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Legal proceedings
In September 2017, emergency workers who responded to the explosion filed a lawsuit against the plant for damage to their health caused by the negligence of plant management.


2017 Arkema plant explosion, Legal proceedings
A civil attorney for Harris County (Houston area) later announced an investigation into the incident at Arkema, followed by a criminal indictment of CEO Richard Rowe and former plant manager Leslie Comardelle for the reckless release of toxic chemicals. In October 2020, however, these charges were dismissed by a Harris County judge.


2017 Arlington mayoral election
The 2017 Arlington mayoral election was held on May 6, 2017 to elect the mayor of Arlington, Texas. The election was officially nonpartisan. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Jeff Williams.


2017 Arlington mayoral election
If no candidate had obtained a majority of the vote, a runoff would have been held.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 117th official edition of Armagh GAA's premier gaelic football competition for senior clubs and was won by Armagh Harps. The tournament consisted of 16 teams with the winner, Armagh Harps receiving the Gerry Fegan Cup and representing Armagh in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship
The championship has a backdoor format for the first two rounds where any team to lose two matches will be eliminated before proceeding to a knock-out format.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship
Maghery Seán McDermott's were the defending champions after they defeated St. Patrick's Cullyhanna in the 2016 final.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship
This was Cullaville Blues and Whitecross' return to the senior grade after they claimed the 2016 I.A.F.L. and I.F.C. titles respectively.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship
Wolfe Tones and Cullaville Blues are relegated to the I.F.C. and I.A.F.L. for 2018 after they finished 7th and 8th in the S.B.F.L. respectively. They will be replaced by the I.F.C. champions Killeavy St Moninna's as well as the I.A.F.L. champions Silverbridge Harps.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 1
All 16 teams play in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners enter the draw for the Quarter Finals while the 4 losers play in Round 3.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 2, Round 2B
The 8 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners advance to Round 3 while the 4 losers exit the Championship.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Rounds 1 to 3, Round 3
The 4 losers from Round 2A (who won a match and lost a match) play the 4 winners from Round 2B (who lost a match and won a match). The 4 winners qualify for the quarter-finals.


2017 Armagh Senior Football Championship, Knock-Out Stage, Quarter-Finals
The four winners from Round 2A play the four winners from Round 3. The 4 winners advance to the semi-finals.


2017 Armed Forces Bowl
The 2017 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fifteenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 2:30 PM CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.


2017 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams
The game featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs.


2017 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams
This was the third time that Army and San Diego State played each other; the Aztecs won both previous meetings, defeating the Black Knights by a score of 23–20 in West Point on September 10, 2011, and then again on September 8, 2012, this time by a score of 42–7 in San Diego.


2017 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams, Army Black Knights
For 2017, Army had reached a contractual agreement to play in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl should they be bowl-eligible that season and not selected for a New Year's Six bowl game. Immediately following their 31–28 overtime win over Temple to become bowl-eligible, the Black Knights officially accepted their invitation.


2017 Armed Forces Bowl, Teams, Army Black Knights
This was the Black Knights' second Armed Forces Bowl, following their victory over the SMU Mustangs in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl by a score of 16–14.


2017 Armenian Cup Final
The 2017 Armenian Cup Final was the 26th Armenian Cup Final, and the final match of the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. It was played at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, on 24 May 2017, and was contested by Shirak and Pyunik.


2017 Armenian Cup Final
It was Pyunik's twelfth Cup final appearance, first since defeating Mika in 2015, and Shirak's seventh and first since losing to Pyunik in 2013. Shirak ran out 3-0 winners over Pyunik, thanks to two goals from Kyrian Nwabueze and one from Vahan Bichakhchyan.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 2 April 2017. They were the first elections after a constitutional referendum in 2015 that approved reforms for the country to become a parliamentary republic. The result was a victory for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which won 58 of the 105 seats in the National Assembly.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system
At the time of the previous elections in 2012, the National Assembly had 131 seats, of which 41 were elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 90 by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 5%.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system
However, a referendum in December 2015 approved constitutional amendments reducing the minimum number of seats in the National Assembly to 101, all of which will be elected by party-list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method and an election threshold of 5% for parties and 7% for multi-party alliances.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The ballot paper has two sections; one of which is a closed list of candidates for the party at the national level and the other an open list of candidates for the constituency (of which there are 13) that the voter is voting in. Voters vote for a party at the national level and can also give a preference vote to any of candidates of the same party in a district list.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Seats are allocated to parties using the share of the vote at the national level, with half awarded to those in the national list and half to those who receive the most preference votes in the district lists. Four seats are reserved for national minorities (Assyrians, Kurds, Russians and Yazidis), with parties having separate lists for the four groups. A party list can not include over 70% of representatives of the same sex, and any there cannot be four consecutive members of one sex on a nationwide party list.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Electoral system
If a party receives a majority of the vote but gets less than 54% of the seats, they will be awarded additional seats to give them 54% of the total. If a party wins over two-thirds of seats, the losing parties will be given extra seats reducing the share of seats of winning party to two-thirds. If a government is not formed within six days of the preliminary results being released, a run-off round of voting between the top two parties must be held within 28 days. A party winning the run-off will be given the seats required for a 54% majority, with all seats allocated in the first round are preserved.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, List of participating parties and alliances
The following parties and electoral alliances participated in the election:


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Conduct
The OSCE criticised the election by saying it had been tainted by vote-buying, and pressure on civil servants and employees of private companies. Transparency International, along with various other organizations, confirmed cases of bribe distribution.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Conduct
For the first time in Armenian elections, a voter authentication system was used. On election day, all voters were identified through the use of Voter Authentication Devices (VADs), which contained an electronic copy of the voter lists. Voters' fingerprints were also scanned and the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) stated that it would conduct cross-checks to identify potential cases of multiple voting if any complaints were raised. The introduction of the technology was supported by the opposition and civil society groups.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Conduct
In February 2017 the CEC tested the new devices, which were provided by the UNDP electoral assistance project, funded by the European Union, United States, Germany, United Kingdom and the Armenian government.


2017 Armenian parliamentary election, Conduct
According to final reports from the International Elections Observation Missions (IEOM), "the VADs functioned effectively and without significant issues." Observers reported the introduction of the VADs was welcomed by most IEOM interlocutors as a useful tool for building confidence in the integrity of election day proceedings. However, they mentioned in the final report that the late introduction of the VADs could have led to a limited time for testing of equipment and training of operators, stating "Observers noted some problems with scanning of ID documents and fingerprints; however, this did not lead to significant disruptions of voting. IEOM observers noted 9 cases of voters attempting multiple voting that were captured by the VADs. The VADs provided the possibility for voters to be redirected, in case they were registered in another polling station in the same TEC, and this was observed in 55 polling stations."


2017 Army Black Knights football team
The 2017 Army Black Knights football team represented the United States Military Academy  as an independent in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Black Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Michie Stadium finished the season 10–3, winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the first time since 1996 after sweeping service academy rivals Air Force and Navy. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they defeated San Diego State. Following the season, they were chosen as the 2017 ECAC Division I Football Subdivision Team of the Year.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup
The 2017 Arnold Palmer Cup was a team golf competition held from June 9–11, 2017 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States. The 21st playing of the event, it was the first since the death of namesake Arnold Palmer.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup
The score was level at 5 points each after the first day but the United States team won 9 of the 10 singles matches on the second day and halved the other. This gave them an overwhelming lead, needing just 1 point from 10 singles matches on the final day to win the match. The second set of singles was split 5–5, to give the United States a comfortable 19½–10½ victory in the match.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup, Format
On Friday, there were five matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by five four-ball matches in the afternoon. Ten singles matches were played on Saturday, and ten more on Sunday. In all, 30 matches were played.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup, Format
Each of the 30 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole, each side earned half a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 15½ points won the competition.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup, Teams
Ten college golfers from the United States and Europe participated in the event plus a non-playing head coach and assistant coach for each team.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup, Teams
The final place was allocated to the winner of the R&A Foundation Scholars Tournament. This was won by Stuart Grehan, who had already been selected for the team. Harry Hall was later selected as the final member of the team.


2017 Arnold Palmer Cup, Michael Carter award
The Michael Carter Award winners were David Wicks and Maverick McNealy.


2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – Women's qualification
This page lists the women's qualification results of the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.


2017 Artsakhian presidential election
Indirect presidential elections were held in the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh on 19 July 2017. The incumbent, Bako Sahakyan, was elected to a third term.


2017 Artsakhian presidential election, Background
After a constitutional referendum in 2017, the country is transitioning from a semi-presidential system to a presidential system. As a result, presidential elections were delayed until 2020 in order to be held alongside legislative elections. In July 2017, the National Assembly elected the President for the next three years until the general election.


2017 Artsakhian presidential election, Candidates
The Democratic Party of Artsakh nominated the incumbent president Bako Sahakyan. Free Motherland and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation also supported the incumbent.


2017 Artsakhian presidential election, Results
28 members of National Assembly voted for Bako Sahakyan, 4 of them voted for Eduard Aghabekyan, while one of the MPs abstained.


2017 Aruban general election
General elections were held in Aruba on 22 September 2017.


2017 Aruban general election, Electoral system
The 21 members of the Estates are elected by proportional representation.


2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship
The Asia Professional Baseball Championship 2017 (APBC 2017), sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), was the first edition of APBC, and was held in Japan from November 16 to 19.


2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, Participating teams, Rosters
Only players born in 1993 or later, or that have less than three years of professional experience are eligible for the competition. However, teams are also allowed up to three wild cards which do not meet either of these criteria. Korea is the only team to have elected not to use its wild cards.


2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, Format
Each of the three teams participated in a round-robin series, playing each other team once. The two teams with the best win-loss percentage faced each other in the final, with the team finishing higher considered the "home team", meaning that they had the advantage of batting last.


2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, Awards
The APBC 2017 organization announced MVP and All APBC 2017 team of Asia Professional Baseball Championship 2017 as follows.


2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship rosters
The following contains the team rosters for the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship in Tokyo, Japan.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship
The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the third annual tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the thirtieth continental championship for the Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship replaced the former Asian Five Nations in 2015, with only three nations competing in the top division instead of the previous five. The 2016 series included Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Other Asian nations competed in the lower division tournaments.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship
The format of the competition is a double round-robin where the three nations play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings is declared the winner.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship, Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2017 tournament in brackets:


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments
The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top three teams in Asia. The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Teams
The teams involved in the division tournaments, with their world rankings prior to the competition in brackets:


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 1
The Division 1 tournament will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia. All times are Malaysia Time (UTC+8)


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 1
For the 2017 edition of the tournament, Division 1 doubles as part of qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. All teams that do not win Division 1 will be eliminated from World Cup qualification.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 2
The Division 2 tournament were held at Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. As the champion, Singapore were promoted to 2018 Asia Rugby Championship Division 1.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 West
The Division 3 West tournament will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 East
The Division 3CE tournament was scheduled to be held on 1–4 November 2017 at Chao Anouvong Stadium in Vientiane, Laos, with four teams competing:


2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments, Division 3 East
The tournament was cancelled due to the unavailability of both Guam and Indonesia.


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
The 2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series is the ninth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament. The lower-tier Trophy tournament hosted in Qatar served as a qualifier, with the top team qualifying for the main series hosted in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Sri Lanka.


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
The top two teams that are not already core teams on the Sevens World Series will earn qualification to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the following World Series.


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series
In addition, the 2017 edition of the Asian series serves as qualification to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the top two teams qualifying.


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Trophy
The men's Trophy was held 3–4 March at Aspire Rugby Football Centre, Doha, Qatar.


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Main Series, Hong Kong
Was held 1–2 September. All matches were held at King's Park Sports Ground. All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8).


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Main Series, South Korea
Was held 23–24 September. All matches were held at Namdong Asiad Stadium in Incheon. All times are Korea Standard Time(UTC+9).


2017 Asia Rugby Sevens Series, Main Series, Sri Lanka
Will be held 14–15 October. All matches will be held at Racecourse International Rugby Stadium in Colombo. All times are Sri Lanka Standard Time(UTC+5:30).


2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
The 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is the eighteenth edition of Asia's continental sevens tournament for women. The lower tier Trophy, which serves as a qualifier for the series, was held in Laos. The Series will be played over two legs hosted in South Korea and Sri Lanka. The 2017 edition of the series serves as qualification to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the top two qualifying.


2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Trophy
The women's Trophy was a single round robin held over 17–18 February at Laos National Stadium in Vientiane, Laos.


2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Series, South Korea
Will be held 23–24 SeptemberAll matches will be held at Namdong Asiad Stadium in Incheon. All times are Korea Standard Time(UTC+9).


2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series, Series, Sri Lanka
Will be held 14–15 October. All matches will be held at Racecourse International Rugby Stadium in Colombo. All times are Sri Lanka Standard Time(UTC+5:30).


2017 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The 2017 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.


2017 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The championship began in New Zealand on 28 April and concluded in India on 26 November. It was held over five rallies. A sixth rally, the third round, Zhangye Rally scheduled to be held in China was cancelled.


2017 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The championship was won for the third time by the reigning champion, Indian driver Gaurav Gill driving a Škoda Fabia R5. Gill had previously won the championship in 2013 and 2016. Gill was first or second in each of the five rallies, winning his home rally the Coffee Day Rally as well as rallies in New Zealand and Japan. His Team MRF team mate, Norwegian rallyist Ole Christian Veiby was runner up in the championship, taking the remain two victories in Australia and Malaysia. Swedish driver Robert Blomberg was third in the title driving a Mitsubishi Mirage R5.


2017 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
Blomberg finished ahead of Veiby in Japan, the only APRC driver to beat either Team MRF Škoda driver. Veiby won the Pacific Cup held over just the two Pacific division rallies  after New Caledonia was dropped from the schedule two years ago. Gill won the Asian cup held over the three events held in the Asian division.


2017 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, Championship standings
Note: 1 – 14 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.


2017 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships
The 2017 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were the 10th edition of the Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from September 17 to 19, 2017.


2017 Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships
The 2017 Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were the sixth edition of the Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from September 13 to 18, 2017.


2017 Asian Airgun Championships
The 2017 Asian Airgun Championships were held at Wako City Gymnasium, Wako, Japan between 6 and 12 December 2017.


2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships
The 29th edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships was held from April 30 to May 7, 2017 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.


2017 Asian Archery Championships
The 2017 Asian Archery Championships were the 20th edition of the Asian Archery Championships, and were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from November 25, 2017 to November 30, 2017.


2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the 7th edition of the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 May to 21 May, 2017.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships
The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host Asian Championships. Around 560 athletes from 41 countries attended the event.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships
The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. After Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event. On 30 March 2017 post a detailed presentation by Adille Sumariwalla, President AFI, Bhubaneswar was selected for hosting the Asian Athletics Championship by the . The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships
The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by  every two years. Bhubaneswar is the third Indian-city to host the Asian Athletics Championship with Delhi in 1989 being the first and Pune in the year 2013 to be the second Indian cities.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships
The winners of the Championships got a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August. As host, India was eligible to field three athletes in each discipline, instead of the usual two.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Venues and infrastructure
The event took place at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Kalinga Stadium has the sitting capacity of 50,000 spectators. The stadium was renovated with a new synthetic track, with floodlights and a warm-up facility has been set up to host the event. After Ranchi pull-out from hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the 86th Asian Athletics Association Council meeting confirmed Bhubaneswar as the host of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. The Government of Odisha decided to renovate the Kalinga Stadium within 90 days of time to host the event.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Logo and Mascot
On 8 May 2017, the logo and mascot of Championship were released. Olly, the olive ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was chosen as the mascot. It was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Championships' mascot rally covering 30 districts of the state of Odisha.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Culture
Over 500 artists performed during the opening ceremony of the championships on 5 July 2017. Around 400 Odissi dancers performed in an act depicting the Kalinga War and Emperor Kharavela. Shankar Mahadevan with his troupe performed the Rangabati song during the event, with the Sambalpuri dance group.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Media Coverage
Prasar Bharati, through the Doordarshan (DD), is the exclusive Host Broadcaster for the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships. Doordarshan will undertake all the obligations of the Host Broadcaster for the Championships and will provide the basic feed of the event.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Doping
The National Anti- Doping Agency (NADA) found that the athlete Manpreet Kaur, Asian champion woman shot putter tested positive for a banned substance.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Participating Nations
A total 560 athletes from 41 nations attended the event.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from Afghanistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from China bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from Japan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from Kazakhstan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from Pakistan bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from Malaysia bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from Sri Lanka bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Athletes from India bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Gallery
Hiba Omar from Syria bearing the national flag during the opening ceremony.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 9 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: -0.2 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.5 m/s


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -0.3 m/s


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 7 and 8 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 9 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 7 and 8 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 and 9 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 8 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 9 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 and 9 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 9 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification rule: The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 July.