2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
11/25/2017 - The Cougars returned to the playing field in a quarterfinal match vs. the 10th-ranked Red Raiders from Northwestern College (IA). The visitors came in with only 1 loss, at the hands of perennial playoff power Morningside College. Both teams sported highly ranked defenses and offenses that were capable of scoring plenty of points. In the end, the Cougars rose to the occasion. The Cougars won the coin toss and elected to receive. The opening kickoff sailed through the end zone for a touchback.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
The USF offense then patiently and methodically possessed the ball as they drove the ball 75 yards for a score that would prove to be all the points they would need. The defense had three pass interceptions and 1 fumble recovery. The final score was 30-3. Justin Green scored twice, one by pass and one by run. Dan Ricksy caught 2 touchdown passes. For his effort, Ricksy was named the Offensive Player of the Game. The defensive honor went to Eric Dunten. The game marked another milestone victory for Cougars and their head coach Kevin Donley. The win was the 200th victory in the 20th season of the program, all under the leadership of Donley as head coach.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
12/02/2017 - The Cougars were home to host the #3-ranked Morningside Mustangs for the right to travel to Daytona Beach and the NAIA Football National Championship. The two undefeateds were similar in makeup, with each sporting a passing quarterback, a leading rusher, and a stingy defense. The contest was hard-fought, and the Cougars emerged with a 43-36 win. The two teams traded punts before Saint Francis marched the field for the first of three consecutive TD drives that gave them a 19-3 advantage at the end of the 1st quarter. The extra-point kick was good, and the Cougars led 7-0.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Ironically, that was the only PAT the Cougars were to score on the day. Throughout the afternoon, USF would score 6 additional TDs. But injured kicker Gavin Gardner was unable to return to the game, and Saint Francis missed 5 straight 2-point conversions before trying a failed kick attempt after their final score. On the other hand, Morningside converted 2 field goal attempts and 2 2-point conversions to give them a decided advantage in the kicking output. Saint Francis led the entire game except for a brief point in the 4th quarter when the Mustangs took a 28-25 lead.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
The lead reverted to USF when Justin Green broke through the line for a 61-yard TD run just 3 plays and 1:08 later. For the second straight game, USF QB Nick Ferrer was outgained in passing yardage. Morningside QB Trent Solsma was 28 for 53, for a total of 406 yards. He had 1 interception that was returned for a TD. Ferrer threw less frequently, going 19 for 31 for 267 yards. Cougar rusher Justin Green was the game's leading rusher, netting 234 yards on 244 yards of gains offset by 10 yards of losses.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
This effort outperformed the NAIA's leading rusher, the Mustangs' RB Bubba Jenkins, who gained a net of 73 yards on 24 rushing attempts, or just over 3.0 yards/attempt. Both QBs threw for 3 TDs, and Green added 3 rushing TDs. For this contribution, Green was once again named the Offensive Player of the Game. The Defensive award had two recipients, Wilmer Cole and Eric Hemmelgarn. On an unrelated note, it was Hemmelgarn who took over the kickoff duties after Gardner was unable to perform.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
12/16/2017 - The Cougars returned to the national championship title game with an undefeated record of 13-0. Their opponent was Reinhardt (GA), a team they had faced and defeated in each of the previous two postseasons. Led by the NAIA Player of the Year, quarterback Nick Ferrer, the Cougars completed the undefeated season by defeating the Eagles 24-13. The completion of back-to-back national championships was only the 5th time that feat had been performed in NAIA football history. The Cougars broke out early, leading 17-0 after the 1st quarter.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
They extended the lead to 24-0 in the 2nd quarter before Rhinehardt scored to set the halftime score at 24-7. The second half was a defensive battle, with Rhinehardt tallying the only points on a TD and blocked extra point attempt.


2017 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Highlights of the game were Justin Green rushed for 144 yards on 24 carries, with 2 TDs scored including one on an 80-yard dash in the first quarter; Nick Ferrer passed for 270 yards and 1 TD on 19 of 30 passes without an interception; Duke Blackwell received 5 passes for 96 yards and a TD before leaving the game with an injury; Eric Dunten with 17 tackles, 10 of them unassisted; and Piercen Harnish with 16 tackles, 6 of them unassisted. From these performers, Justin Green was named Offensive Player of the Game, and Eric Dunten was named the Defensive Player of the Game.


2017 Saint Francis Red Flash football team
The 2017 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Chris Villarrial and played their home games at DeGol Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–3 in NEC play to finish in fourth place.


2017 Saint Helena general election
General elections were held in Saint Helena on 26 July 2017. A total of 17 candidates contested the elections.


2017 Saint Helena general election, Electoral system
The 12 seats in the Legislative Council were elected by plurality-at-large voting, with voters allowed to cast up to 12 votes. Eight polling stations were opened for voting.


2017 Saint Louis FC season
The 2017 Saint Louis FC season is the franchise's third season in the United Soccer League, one of two leagues in the second division of soccer in the United States.


2017 Saint Louis FC season
Due to the addition of new teams to the league, the club returns to the USL's Eastern Conference, where they played during their inaugural 2015 season.


2017 Saint Louis FC season
Additionally, the club announced the end of their affiliation with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer, which had been in place for their first two seasons.


2017 Saint Louis FC season, Current roster
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.


2017 Saint Paul mayoral election
The city of St. Paul, Minnesota held an election on November 7, 2017, to elect its next mayor, which was won by city councilman Melvin Carter III. Chris Coleman, who served as mayor from 2006, did not run for a fourth term and instead planning to run for Governor of Minnesota in 2018. This was the second mayoral election in St. Paul to use ranked-choice voting. Municipal elections in Minnesota are non-partisan, although candidates can identify with a political party.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
On 3 April 2017, a terrorist attack using an explosive device took place on the Saint Petersburg Metro between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations. Seven people (including the perpetrator) were initially reported to have died, and eight more died later from their injuries, bringing the total to 15.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
At least 45 others were injured in the incident. The explosive device was contained in a briefcase. A second explosive device was found and defused at Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station. The suspected perpetrator was named as Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian citizen who was an ethnic Uzbek born in Kyrgyzstan.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Background
In 2016, ISIL had plotted to target St. Petersburg due to Russia's military involvement in Syria, resulting in arrests. No public transport system in Russia had been bombed since the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Background
ISIL propaganda was being circulated prior to this incident. It encouraged supporters to launch strikes on Moscow. ISIL propaganda showed bullet holes through Putin's head and a poster circulated before the attack of a falling Kremlin and included the message "We Will Burn Russia." However, as some researchers have said, Russia faces a "sophisticated and complex"  threat from domestic terrorism, linked to many different groups.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Background
Vladimir Putin was visiting Saint Petersburg, where he was born, on the day of the attack.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Attack
On 3 April 2017, a device containing 200–300 grams (0.44–0.66 lb) of explosives detonated on a train travelling through a tunnel between the Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations of the Saint Petersburg Metro. According to a statement from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the bomb was detonated on the third carriage of the train. Eyewitnesses said the blast occurred near the door. Immediately after the explosion, smoke filled the platform. Video from social media showed multiple victims on the platform and a metal door twisted by the force of the blast. Following reports of the explosion, all metro stations in Saint Petersburg were quickly closed. In the late evening, metro services were resumed on Lines 3, 4, and 5.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Attack
A second bomb was discovered and disarmed at Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. The device had ball bearings, screws, and shrapnel and was hidden within a fire extinguisher containing an equivalent of about 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of TNT. Jalilov's DNA was found on a bag which contained the extinguisher, suggesting that he intentionally left this bag inside a carriage as witnessed by some passengers.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Aftermath
Security was heightened after the attack. Metal detectors, installed countrywide following another metro attack seven years before, were all implemented after not having been in use for several years. The Moscow Metro security department said they were ready to assist the Saint Petersburg Metro in case of any help being needed. Local media reported that authorities had found suspicious packages in three Moscow metro stations, Nagatinskaja, Savelovskaya and Ugrezhskaya (CIP). Authorities later cordoned off the area. The security of Pulkovo International Airport was also heightened in response to the blast. A possible suspect was sighted on Metro surveillance cameras, according to unconfirmed reports. The Investigative Committee of Russia said the train operator's decision to drive it to the next station helped to avoid an even higher number of casualties.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Aftermath
Because of the terrorist attack, security measures were also strengthened in the Nizhny Novgorod metro.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Aftermath
Two weeks later, FSB released a statement says that Russian security operatives have detained Abror Azimov (born 1990), the alleged mastermind of the bombing, in Moscow in which he trained the suicide attacker.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Casualties
Fifteen people died during the attack, of whom seven during the attack and eight later from their injuries. As reported by the Russian Ministry of Health, 64 people were injured Thirty-nine people were hospitalised, of whom six had critical injuries. Children were among those injured.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Casualties
The fifteen people killed were identified as thirteen Russian citizens, a Kazakh man and an Azerbaijani woman.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Perpetrator
The suspected perpetrator behind the attacks was identified by Kyrgyzstan and Russian intelligence services as Akbarzhon Jalilov (sometimes spelled Akbarjon Djalilov), an ethnic Uzbek 22-year-old Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Perpetrator
Jalilov was born in 1995 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, and arrived in Moscow around 2011. According to Russian newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets, Gazeta.ru reported he had worked as a cook at a sushi bar in 2015, while other sources claimed Jalilov had worked in a garage before disappearing weeks prior to the attack. Interfax said authorities believe he had ties to radical Islamic groups. Russian media has reported that he traveled to Syria in 2014 and trained with Islamic State militants.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Perpetrator
On 26 April, a group called the Imam Shamil Battalion has claimed responsibility the attack, and said that the bomber was acting on orders from al-Qaeda. The statement, posted by SITE Intelligence Group, said the bomber, Akbarzhon Jalilov, had acted on instructions from al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. In considering the incident, researchers had already illustrated that ‘analysis should not focus exclusively on recent developments and Daesh’, but rather look at the ‘broader context’ including the ‘range of groups with which Central Asian radicals are involved.’


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Perpetrator, Initial reports
On 3 April 2017, investigators said they believed the attack was a suicide bombing and identified a Central Asian as the suspected perpetrator. Some reports initially misidentified the suspect as a 22-year-old from Kazakhstan who was an IT student at St. Petersburg State University of Economics. He had been reported missing. This individual was later correctly identified as a victim of the attack. The suspect was later identified as a 23-year-old native of Kyrgyzstan with Russian citizenship and with links to international militant groups. The man with a beard wearing a skullcap contacted police to clear his name. Interfax later said only one person was involved. The man with the beard turned out to be a former paratrooper from Bashkortostan.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Domestic
President Vladimir Putin was in the city when the attack happened and pledged a thorough investigation. During an unrelated meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Putin said they are "considering all possible causes, including terrorism." He later visited the area of the attack, which was prohibited by the Federal Protective Service due to security concerns. This information was later denied by RIA Novosti. His statement was followed by Lukashenko expressing his sadness over the bombing.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin expressed his condolences to the victims of the attack and ordered the strengthening of security measures around the capital's transport infrastructure, according to the Mayor's and city government's Press Secretary Gulnara Penkova. Head of the Ministry of Health Veronika Skvortsova instructed federal doctors to help doctors in St. Petersburg to assist the victims.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Domestic
The Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov called for the identification and punishment of the perpetrators.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Domestic
The All-Russian Union of Insurers said relatives of the victims will be able to receive 2.025 million rubles.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Domestic
A makeshift memorial was made to honour the victims of the bombing. Saint Petersburg declared three days of mourning in response to the attack. Mayor Georgi Poltavchenko, Governor of Leningrad Alexander Drozdenko, and President Vladimir Putin visited the site and laid flowers to pay respect.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, International
Condolences and sympathies for those affected were offered by several international figures, including representatives of Algeria, China, the Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vietnam,NATO, and the European Union.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, International
Ukraine tightened security around its metro stations in fear of an attack.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Other reactions
Tel Aviv city hall building was lit with the colours of the Russian flag. In Brussels, where a similar attack took place a year earlier, the ING Marnix building near the Throne metro station was also decorated with a moving Russian flag animation. At midnight (01:00 of April 5 in Moscow time), the lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off to honor the victims.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Other reactions
The Independent reported that some supporters of ISIL on unnamed internet forums linked the attack to Russia's support of Bashar al-Assad, and shared photos and video of people injured and killed by the blast.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Other reactions
Saint Petersburg Metro station Tekhnologichesky Institut - the explosion occurred in the tunnel between it and Sennaya Ploshchad station.


2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing, Reactions, Other reactions
Kursants marching down the streets of Saint Petersburg after the metro bombing.


2017 Saint-Martin Senior League
The 2017 Saint-Martin Senior League is the 46th season of the Saint-Martin Senior League. The season began on 20 January 2017. The competition is contested by seven teams and consists of a double round robin season followed by a 4 team play-off.


2017 Saint-Martin Senior League, Play-off
The semi-final first legs will be played 9 and 11 June 2017 at Stade Alberic Richards, and the second legs will be played 16 and 18 June 2017 at Stade Thelbert Carti. The final and third place match will be played 25 June 2017 at Stade Alberic Richards. The pairings for the play-off were #1 vs. #3 and #2 vs. #4, instead of the pairings used in previous seasons, #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round
The 2017 Bahrain FIA Formula 2 round was a pair of motor races held on 15 and 16 April 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was the first round of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and was run in support of the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round
Following the 2016 GP2 Series, the championship was renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The feature race was won by Artem Markelov whilst the sprint race was won by rookie Charles Leclerc.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Background
Other than the name change for the championship, there were some other changes in the off-season which were bound to create an interesting championship for 2017. Both drivers from last year's Prema Racing, Pierre Gasly and Antonio Giovinazzi, left the championship for different championships. Gasly left the championship as the defending champion and subsequently went to race in the Super Formula Championship, having missed out on a drive in Formula One with Scuderia Toro Rosso. Although, he would remain as a reserve driver for the team as well as a test driver for the Red Bull outfit.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Background
He later made his Formula One début at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, replacing Daniil Kvyat, then returning for the Mexican Grand Prix to partner New Zealander Brendon Hartley. Meanwhile, Giovinazzi would realize his Formula One dream, driving for Sauber, covering for the injured Pascal Wehrlein in the Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese Grand Prix as well as acting as a reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari and Sauber F1 Team. In their place would be Ferrari junior drivers Charles Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco. With Leclerc being the reigning GP3 champion and Prema Racing being the champion team from 2016, this was already a hotly-favored combination for the 2017 championship.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Background
Debutants this year also included Alexander Albon, Ralph Boschung, Sérgio Sette Câmara and Nyck de Vries. Albon finished second in the previous years GP3 Series and was a constant front-runner. He would join the ART Grand Prix-outfit, joining McLaren driver, Nobuharu Matsushita. Boschung joins the championship off the back of a moderately-successful GP3 campaign, where he won the sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, driving for Koiranen GP. Joining the Campos Racing-outfit, he would partner a driver with experience in the championship - Stefano Coletti.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Background
After spending a couple years away from the championship, Coletti would return for his fifth attempt at the GP2/Formula Two title. Câmara would join MP Motorsport, filling the void left by the departing Oliver Rowland. Câmara had a relatively-successful year in Formula Three achieving third at the Masters of Formula 3 and again at the Macau Grand Prix, as well as a achieving modest results in the European Formula 3 Championship. He would partner Jordan King, who would attempt his third season in the championship.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Background
De Vries joined the Rapax team, joining experienced driver, Johnny Cecotto Jr. De Vries is a McLaren junior driver who has had success in the lower formula. Driving for ART Grand Prix in the 2016 GP3 Series season, De Vries became faster as the season progressed and was a regular front-runner throughout the season.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Practice and qualifying
Oliver Rowland drew first blood in the sole practice session of the weekend, with Artem Markelov in second and rookie-Charles Leclerc in third. Conditions were clear, with the track temperature rising up to 45˚C. The practice session saw the teams mainly focus on race pace and so little movement occurred on the leaderboard.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Practice and qualifying
For qualifying, Charles Leclerc adopted a bold, yet successful strategy to take his first FIA Formula 2 Championship pole position on his debut. Antonio Fuoco was second fastest in the session, however would later be penalised three grid spots after being deemed to have impeded Artem Markelov. This elevated another rookie, Nyck de Vries up into the front row for the first race. During the dying moments of qualifying, drivers were beginning to set some fast times.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Practice and qualifying
However, all these efforts would be in vain after contact between Nabil Jeffri and Gustav Malja left both cars stricken on the side of the circuit, bringing out the VSC (Virtual Safety Car) and effectively and end to all qualifying efforts for the evening. As Jeffri approached turn nine, Malja (who was not on a flying lap) went from the outside the inside line, into the path of Jeffri, causing a collision. The stewards deemed Malja to be at fault and subsequently was handed a five-place grid penalty for driving in a potentially dangerous manner and causing a collision.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Practice and qualifying
Other penalties from the qualifying session included Sean Gelael, Sergio Canamasas and Stefano Coletti, all of whom failed to slow sufficiently for the VSC.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Feature Race
Leclerc leaped off the line, into an early lead with Norman Nato in hot pursuit. De Vries wasted his front row start and dropped down to fourth, while Markelov moved into the top three. After a few laps, Nato's persistence led to a pass into turn one, giving Nato the lead. A couple laps later, Nato's pace started to decline and Leclerc would retake the lead; all the while, Markelov being the watching brief.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Feature Race
Markelov's tyre management paid dividends, passing Nato and closing rapidly on Leclerc as the pitstops started to come into effect. On lap 14, Nato pitted for soft tyres and used the fresh rubber to close the gap to Leclerc, who pitted one lap later. Almost immediately after exiting the pits, Leclerc came under attack from Nato, with the latter taking the lead around the outside of turn four. Markelov then pitted for new tyres, but by now, the gap was extensive and victory seemed unlikely. However, when the race went into the final stages, Leclerc and Nato's pace fell by the wayside, whilst Markelov maintained a strong pace. Markelov passed Leclerc coming out of the final corner on lap 29 and closed on Nato to overtake him as well.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Feature Race
Meanwhile, further down the field, Jordan King passed Oliver Rowland to take fourth place, whilst the battle for sixth saw Alexander Albon pass Nyck de Vries, who by this stage was falling down the order rapidly due to seriously-degraded tyres. Luca Ghiotto and Nobuharu Matsushita finished in seventh and eight respectively, giving both a front row start for the sprint race.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Feature Race
With the tremendous pace and fantastic tyre management, Markelov took the first win of the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship and cemented his campaign for the championship.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Sprint Race
Charles Leclerc won a thrilling sprint race, despite pitting for fresh tyres earlier in the race. The Monegasque driver started from sixth on the grid and promptly drove to the front to grab an early lead. Despite the early lead, Prema decided to adopt a one-stop strategy seeing as how tyre management was an issue for both Prema drivers.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Sprint Race
Even before the race started, there was already drama unfolding. Nobuharu Matsushita had to start the race from the pitlane after having failed to leave for the grid in time; leaving the number-one grid slot vacant and giving his teammate, Alexander Albon a clear view into turn one. Albon used this to launch an attack on Luca Ghiotto into turn one, however Ghiotto emerged as the leader. For the second race in succession, there was no accident at the first corner, with all drivers maintaining composure throughout. That was, until after turn four, where contact between Rowland and Nato saw the Frenchman spin off the circuit with a flat right-rear tyre and significant damage to his car. From this point, the race was relatively clean, although intriguing battles initiated throughout the field.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Sprint Race
On lap 14, Markelov pitted for fresh rubber, adopting a strategy which was seemingly unnecessary given the exceptional tyre management achieved in the feature race. A lap later, Leclerc pitted as well. This was unexpected as Leclerc was in the lead and was driving away from the second-placed driver, Ghiotto. Leclerc exited the pits ahead of Markelov, but a long way behind the leaders and with a gap that seemed impossible to close. However, as the laps counted down, Leclerc's seemingly impossible attempt at victory became more and more possible.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Sprint Race
Deducting three seconds out of the gap to the leader per lap, on average, he all of a sudden found himself being behind Rowland and Ghiotto heading into the final lap. Using DRS, Leclerc passed Rowland into turn one and set his sights on Ghiotto for the lead. Ghiotto defended well into turn three, but locked up, handing the lead and eventually, the win to Leclerc. From there, it was a formality with Leclerc taking the win, Ghiotto second and Rowland third.


2017 Sakhir Formula 2 round, Report, Races, Sprint Race
With this victory, Leclerc left the round in the lead of the championship and whilst Prema didn't leave with the lead of the team's championship, they had clearly demonstrated that they were, once again, the team to beat.


2017 Salisbury City Council election
The third set of elections to the Salisbury City Council were held on 4 May 2017. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party won a landslide majority.


2017 Salisbury City Council election
All eight city council wards share the boundaries of the eight Wiltshire Council electoral divisions within Salisbury.


2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
The 2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bearkats were led by fourth-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 8–1 in Southland play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated South Dakota in the first round and Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.


2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team, Previous season
The Bearkats finished the season 12–1 overall and 9–0 in Southland play to win the Southland Conference title. They went undefeated (11–0) during the regular season. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Chattanooga the second round, only to lose in the quarterfinals to FCS national champion James Madison.


2017 Samarkand Challenger
The 2017 Samarkand Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan between 15 and 20 May 2017.


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


2017 Samarkand Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles
Denis Matsukevich and Andrei Vasilevski were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Matsukevich partnered Riccardo Ghedin but lost in the quarterfinals to Laurynas Grigelis and Zdeněk Kolář. Vasilevski partnered Hans Podlipnik-Castillo but lost in the semifinals to Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Vishnu Vardhan.


2017 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles
Grigelis and Kolář won the title after defeating Gunneswaran and Vardhan 7–6(7–2), 6–3 in the final.


2017 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
Karen Khachanov was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Samford Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference (Socon). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost to Kennesaw State in the first round.


2017 Samoa Honours and Awards
The 2017 Samoa Honours and Awards were appointments made by the O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa, Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi,  to various Orders, decorations, and medals of Samoa under the Honours and Awards Act 1999. The investiture ceremony was held on 3 February 2017.


2017 Samoa Honours and Awards
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2017 Samoa National League
The 2017 Samoa National League is the 27th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. This season was competed by 12 teams from the island of Upolu and started on 16 September 2017.


2017 Samoa National League
The league was won by Lupe ole Soaga and they qualified for the 2018 OFC Champions League.


2017 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election
Indirect elections for the o le Ao o le Malo (head of state) were held in Samoa on 5 July 2017. Va'aletoa Sualauvi II was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed. He had been nominated by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi and seconded by Palusalue Fa’apo II, the leader of the opposition.


2017 San Antonio FC season
The 2017 San Antonio FC season was the club's second season of existence. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, this was the 8th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the United Soccer League, a provisionally sanctioned second tier league of the United States soccer league system, and also participated in the U.S. Open Cup. San Antonio was designated as the USL affiliate of New York City FC for the 2017 season.


2017 San Antonio FC season, Pre-season
The pre-season match against Minnesota United FC was announced by MNUFC on January 20, 2017. Remaining pre-season matches were announced on January 24, 2017, by SAFC.


2017 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, United Soccer League, Matches
The first match of 2017 and the home opener were announced on January 27, 2017. The remaining schedule was released on January 31, 2017. Home team is listed first, left to right.


2017 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, USL Playoffs
On September 13, 2017, San Antonio clinched a spot in the 2017 USL Playoffs.


2017 San Antonio FC season, Competitions, Exhibition
On May 16, 2017, it was announced that San Antonio would play an exhibition match against Santos Laguna.


2017 San Antonio FC season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2017 San Antonio FC season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2017 San Antonio Stars season
The 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season for the San Antonio Stars franchise of the WNBA. It was also their 15th and last in San Antonio, as they would move to Las Vegas and become the Aces the following season.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election
On May 6, 2017, the city of San Antonio, Texas held an election to choose the next mayor of San Antonio. As no candidate secured a majority of the vote (50% of all votes cast +1), a runoff was held on June 10, 2017 with Councilman Ron Nirenberg defeating incumbent mayor Ivy Taylor.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election
Simultaneous elections to the city council as well as various area bond programs were held on the same date.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election, Background
Julian Castro, who was elected mayor in the 2009 San Antonio mayoral election, resigned in 2014 to become the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Ivy Taylor was selected by the San Antonio City Council as Castro's successor. Taylor successfully ran for re-election as mayor in the 2015 San Antonio mayoral election.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election, Background
On November 13, 2016, Taylor officially announced her candidacy for a second full term as mayor. City Councilman Ron Nirenberg became the first challenger to Taylor, announcing his candidacy on December 10, 2016. The chairman of the Bexar County Democratic Party, Manuel Medina, announced his candidacy on January 7, 2017. District 4 City Councilman Rey Saldaña, a potential candidate, opted to run for a fourth term to the city council rather than mayor.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election, Candidates
A total of 14 citizens submitted applications to be on the ballot for mayor. Taylor, Medina, and Nirenberg were identified as the primary three candidates in the election.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election, Results, First round
On May 6, 2017, the election for Mayor was held. None of the leading candidates received more than 50% of the vote and as a result, a runoff election was scheduled for Saturday, June 10, 2017 between the top two vote-getters.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election, Results, First round
* Vote percentage includes all of Bexar County with a total of 16,745 either voting in another municipal election or casting no ballot for San Antonio mayor.


2017 San Antonio mayoral election, Results, Runoff
The runoff election between the top two candidates was held on Saturday, June 10, 2017. 230 fewer people voted in the runoff than in the first round. This was the third consecutive runoff election in which the runner-up in the first round went on to win in the runoff. This was also the first election in twenty years that the incumbent mayor of San Antonio sought re-election and lost, when Bill Thornton sought re-election in 1997 but failed to qualify for the runoff (Thornton was ultimately succeeded by Howard Peak).


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup
The 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournaments played on clay courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. The event takes place in San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, from 17 to 23 July 2017.


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup – Doubles
Federico Gaio and Stefano Napolitano were the defending champions but only Gaio chose to defend his title, partnering Salvatore Caruso. Gaio withdrew in the first round due to a Caruso injury.


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup – Doubles
Carlos Taberner and Pol Toledo Bagué won the title after defeating Adrian Ungur and Flavio Cipolla 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup – Singles
Federico Gaio was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Federico Coria.


2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup – Singles
Matteo Berrettini won the title after defeating Laslo Đere 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2017 San Diego Aviators season
The 2017 San Diego Aviators season is the 23rd season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its fourth playing in San Diego County, California.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Outreach to Chargers fans
After the San Diego Chargers announced that the team would move to Los Angeles for the 2017 NFL season, the Aviators offered a 30% discount on season ticket packages for a limited time in the hopes of attracting disaffected Chargers fans. "We are San Diego sports fans and are so disappointed with the Chargers leaving we decided we had todo something," said Aviators general manager Jim Ault. "The Aviators are the only professional sports team to win a championship for San Diego, and we would never leave America’s Finest City!"


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Drafts
Because the 2016 WTT season schedule conflicted with the 2016 Olympics, teams were permitted to protect players who were eligible for protection in the 2016 draft based on playing for the team in 2015 (or 2014 and missing the 2015 season due to injury), went undrafted in the 2016 draft and did not participate in the league in 2016.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Drafts
The Aviators did not make any selections and left James Blake and Madison Keys unprotected at the 2017 WTT Marquee Draft.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Drafts
At the 2017 WTT Roster Draft, the Aviators protected Shelby Rogers, 2016 WTT Finals Most Valuable Player Raven Klaasen and Darija Jurak. In the third round of the draft, the Aviators left 2016 WTT Male Most Valuable Player Ryan Harrison unprotected and instead protected Klaasen's established doubles partner, Rajeev Ram. Taylor Fritz, Chanelle Scheepers and Květa Peschke, the final remaining player who played for the franchise when it was known as the New York Sportimes, were all left unprotected.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Harrison returns, and Aviators sign Broady
On May 27, 2017, the Aviators announced that they had re-signed 2016 WTT Male Most Valuable Player Ryan Harrison as a wildcard player.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Harrison returns, and Aviators sign Broady
On July 9, 2017, the Aviators announced that they had signed Naomi Broady as a substitute player. In 2016, Broady was tied with her Philadelphia Freedoms teammate Fabrice Martin for the best winning percentage in the league in mixed doubles.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Aviators sign Vandeweghe and Philippoussis
On July 20, 2017, the Aviators announced that they had signed San Diego County resident Coco Vandeweghe as a wildcard player.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Season recap, Aviators sign Vandeweghe and Philippoussis
On July 22, 2017, the Aviators announced that they had signed Mark Philippoussis as a substitute player.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Draft picks
As 2016 WTT champions, the Aviators had the last selection in each of the league's drafts.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Draft picks, Marquee Draft
The Aviators did not select any players at the WTT Marquee Draft.


2017 San Diego Aviators season, Draft picks, Roster Draft
The table below summarizes the selection made by the Aviators at the 2017 WTT Roster Draft.


2017 San Diego Padres season
The 2017 San Diego Padres season was the 49th season of the San Diego Padres franchise in Major League Baseball and the Padres' 14th season at Petco Park. The Padres began the season on April 3 at the Los Angeles Dodgers. They ended the season on October 1 at the San Francisco Giants. They finished the season 71–91 to finish in fourth place in the National League West Division, 33 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. They missed the playoffs for the 11th straight year.


2017 San Diego Padres season, Player statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;


2017 San Diego Padres season, Player statistics, Pitching
(Through July 13, 2017)Players in bold are on the active roster.


2017 San Diego Padres season, Player statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by seventh-year head coach Rocky Long and played their home games at SDCCU Stadium. SDSU is a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl where they lost to Army.


2017 San Diego Toreros football team
The 2017 San Diego Toreros football team represented the University of San Diego during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dale Lindsey and played their home games at Torero Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 10–3, 8–0 in PFL play to be crowned Pioneer Football League champions. They received the PFL's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Northern Arizona in the first round before losing the North Dakota State in the second round for the second consecutive year.


2017 San Diego Toreros football team, Previous season
The Toreros finished the 2016 season 10–2, 8–0 in PFL play to win the PFL championship. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated Cal Poly in the first round to mark the school's and the PFL's first-ever playoff victory. In the second round, they lost to defending national champion North Dakota State.


2017 San Diego Toreros football team, Preseason
In a poll of league coaches, San Diego was picked to win the Pioneer League for the seventh consecutive year.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season
The 2017 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 68th season in the National Football League and their 72nd overall. It was also the first season under the head coach/general manager tandem of Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch. After a 0–9 start, they won 6 of their last 7 games and finished the season 6–10, improving from their last two season records. Despite this, the 49ers were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 12.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season
The 49ers season largely turned around after they acquired quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo from the New England Patriots on October 30, 2017. At this point, the 49ers had a record of 0–8, dead last in the NFC. Garoppolo made his first start during week 13 against the Chicago Bears and would lead them to a 15–14 win. Garoppolo would win the final five games of the season for the 49ers, bringing the regular-season record to 6–10, the most wins by the team since the 2014 season.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season
During the 5-game win streak, the 49ers would win 3 straight games over teams that eventually made the playoffs (Weeks 15–17 against the Titans, Jaguars, and Rams). From weeks 1–12, the 49ers scored just 187 points (17 points per game), which was in the bottom half of the league. During the 5-game win streak, the 49ers offense scored 144 points (28.8 points per game). The highlight of the year was during week 16, the 49ers scored 44 points against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who had the NFL's top scoring defense at the time,  allowing just 14.9 points per game. The 49ers finished the season by being the only team in the NFL to go undefeated in the month of December. The 49ers also became the first team in NFL history to start a season 0–9 and finish with more than three wins.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Offseason, Coaching changes
Owner Jed York announced that he would hire a new general manager and the new head coach due to a bad season. On January 29, 2017, the 49ers hired John Lynch as their general manager. On February 6, 2017, the 49ers hired Atlanta Falcons' offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as the new coach of the San Francisco 49ers.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams
After losing to the Seahawks on the road, the 49ers went home to take on the Rams on Thursday Night Football. In the first quarter, the Rams scored first when Todd Gurley ran for a 3-yard touchdown to make it 7–0. The Niners managed to tie it up when Brian Hoyer ran for a 9-yard touchdown to make it 7-7. The Rams moved back into the lead when Jared Goff found Gurley on a 7-yard pass to make it 14–7.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams
In the second quarter, the Rams increased their lead when Greg Zuerlein kicked a 48-yard field goal to make it 17–7. Though the Niners would come within 4 with two field goals of their own kicked by Robbie Gould from 36 and 48 yards out to make the score 17-10 and then 17–13. Gurley then put the Rams up by double digits at halftime when he ran for a 2-yard touchdown to make it 24–13. In the third quarter Zuerlein kicked a 19-yard field goal to make it 27-13 Rams.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Los Angeles Rams
The Niners then came within a touchdown when Carlos Hyde ran for one from a yard out. Though the Rams would move up by 2 touchdowns again when Goff found Sammy Watkins on a 1-yard pass to make it 34–20. In the fourth quarter, the Niners came within 8 when Garrett Celek caught a 1-yard pass from Hoyer (with a failed PAT) to make it 34–26. The Rams again moved up by double digits when Goff and Watkins connected again on a 13-yard pass to make it 41–26. Finally, the Niners were able to come within two points with two more touchdowns:  Trent Taylor caught a pass from Hoyer 3 yards out to make it 41-33 and Hyde ran for another 1-yard touchdown (with a failed 2-point conversion) to make the final score 41–39.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: at Washington Redskins
With the loss, the 49ers fell to 0–6. With the Giants defeating the Broncos on Sunday Night Football, they became the last winless team in the NFC.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at Philadelphia Eagles
With this loss, the 49ers secured their fourth consecutive non-winning season.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. New York Giants
After starting the season 0–9, which was never recorded in team history, the Niners left the Cleveland Browns the only winless team in the NFL for 2017. This game also ended the possibility of the Niners becoming the second NFL team to go 0–16.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Chicago Bears
This was Jimmy Garoppolo's first start as a 49ers quarterback.


2017 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at Los Angeles Rams
With the win, the Niners finished their season 6–10. Jimmy Garoppolo became the first NFL quarterback to go 7–0 in his first seven starts since Ben Roethlisberger in 2004.


2017 San Francisco Deltas season
The 2017 San Francisco Deltas season is the club's only season of existence. The club plays in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2017 San Francisco Deltas season, Transfers, Winter
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 San Francisco Deltas season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 San Francisco Deltas season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 San Francisco Deltas season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 San Francisco Deltas season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 San Francisco Giants season
The 2017 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 135th  season in Major League Baseball, their 60th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 18th at AT&T Park. They finished in last place in the National League West with a record of 64–98, the worst record in the National League, as well as their worst record as a team since 1985. The Giants tied with the Detroit Tigers for the worst record in MLB. Incidentally, both teams had competed in the 2012 World Series five years earlier, which the Giants won.


2017 San Francisco Giants season, Offseason, Preseason predictions
Preseason predictions for the Giants were generally positive. Ahead of spring training, Sports Illustrated ranked the Giants 10th out of 30 teams in their preseason power rankings, saying that if the bullpen improves as expected, "there's enough talent here for the Giants to crash the playoffs yet again, despite a very quiet off-season outside of the Melancon deal". Before the first regular-season game of the year, FanGraphs projected that the Giants would win 88 games, giving the team an 18% chance of winning the division and a 66% chance of making the playoffs.


2017 San Francisco Giants season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OPS = On base plus slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases


2017 San Francisco Giants season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2017 San Francisco Giants season, Awards
Buster Posey won his fourth Silver Slugger Award as the best hitting catcher in the National League.


2017 San Jose Earthquakes season
The 2017 San Jose Earthquakes season is the club's 35th year of existence, their 20th season in Major League Soccer and their 10th consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.


2017 San Jose Earthquakes season, Player movement, In
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2017 San Jose Earthquakes season, Player movement, Loans
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.


2017 San Jose Earthquakes season, Player movement, Loans, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.


2017 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 2017 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans were led by first-year head coach Brent Brennan and played their home games at CEFCU Stadium. SJSU was a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.


2017 San Jose State Spartans football team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2016 season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the West Division.


2017 San Jose State Spartans football team, Previous season
On November 27, 2016, head coach Ron Caragher was fired. Caragher finished at San Jose State with a four-year record of 19–30. Shortly thereafter, the school named Brent Brennan head coach.


2017 San Luis Open Challenger Tour
The 2017 San Luis Open Challenger Tour will be a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It will be the 24th edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in San Luis Potosí, Mexico between 10 and 16 March 2017.


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


2017 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Doubles
Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Doubles
Roberto Quiroz and Caio Zampieri won the title after defeating Hans Hach Verdugo and Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2017 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Singles
Peđa Krstin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Caio Zampieri.


2017 San Luis Open Challenger Tour – Singles
Andrej Martin won the title after defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 7–5, 6–4 in the final.


2017 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2017 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico on September 10, 2017.


2017 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
This race also set a new crash record, with 140 crashes across all three classes throughout the weekend, beating the number of crashes in the Estoril 2010 race, which had 130.


2017 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto2 race report
In the Moto2 class, Dominique Aegerter clinched his second win of his career and become the first Suter rider to win a race since Thomas Lüthi in the 2014 Valencia Grand Prix. However Aegerter was later disqualified due to oil infringement giving Thomas Lüthi his 2nd win of the season and closing the gap to Franco Morbidelli with five points.


2017 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.


2017 Sandefjord Fotball season
The 2017 season is Sandefjord's first season back in the Tippeligaen following their relegation in 2015.


2017 Sandefjord Fotball season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sandefjord Fotball season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sangin airstrike
The 2017 Sangin airstrike was an American bombing of the Sangin District in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan stated that "initial inquiries suggest that the airstrikes killed at least 18 civilians, nearly all women and children." A spokesman for the Afghan defense ministry, Dawlat Waziri, denied the reports of civilian casualties but witnesses in the area corroborated the UN report that there were no Taliban members in the area and that U.S. troops had visited the neighborhood days before the incident.


2017 Sangin airstrike
The governor of the Helmand Province also corroborated that civilians were killed following the province's own independent analysis of the incident. Elders from Sangin put the number of civilian fatalities higher at 22 killed. Brigadier General Charles H. Cleveland, a spokesman for the international coalition, confirmed that the U.S. had conducted approximately 30 airstrikes in Sangin the week prior. The airstrike was also referred to as the Second Sangin airstrike, seeing as the U.S. had previously conducted an airstrike in Sangin in July 2010 that killed numerous civilians.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre
The Pau D'Arco Massacre was the police killing of 10 landless activists associated with the Brazilian Landless Worker's Movement, on the Santa Lúcia farm in Pau d'Arco, Pará. The massacre occurred on May 24, 2017, and was ostensibly carried out as the enforcement of an eviction order.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Confrontation
State officials initially reported the killings as having been performed in self-defense, while eyewitnesses and survivors claimed that the victims of the massacre had neither attacked nor received warning from the police.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Confrontation
In an independent investigation, the magazine piauí found that the injuries inflicted on the victims were more consistent with what would be expected from one-sided executions, than what would be expected from a firefight. Specifically, more than half of the victims had been shot multiple times, shot in the back, or shot with precision at close range. Additionally, there were no traces of gunpowder found on any of the victims' hands, prompting the local prosecutor to conclude that none of them had fired a gun over the course of the confrontation.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Confrontation
Under questioning, two of the policemen present for the massacre confirmed that they had effectively performed it as an extrajudicial mass execution. At a press conference, the highest ranking law-enforcement official in the region stated, "There are strong indications this was an execution".


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Legality of the eviction order
At the time of the killing, the activists alleged that the ownership deeds of the land they occupied had been forged, which would have meant that it was public land. If this was true, the Brazilian constitution would have required for ownership of the land to be transferred to workers without land.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Aftermath
Two years after the killings, the area of the massacre was still occupied and worked by 200 rural families. Of the 17 civilians and military policemen responsible for carrying out the massacre, 13 had been charged and arrested within the first two months, 15 had been charged within the first two years, and one was later cleared of charges. Most of them were allowed to remain on the police force.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Aftermath
A lawyer who had advised the activists before the killings has consistently been the target of threats since the massacre. These have included persistent visits by vehicles of unknown ownership and the delivery of unsolicited packages outside his places of work and residence, including a device that appeared to be a bomb.


2017 Santa Lúcia massacre, Aftermath
The officials who ordered the massacre have not yet been publicly identified.


2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger
The 2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger will be a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It will be the fourth edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Taipei, Taiwan between 17 and 23 April.


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


2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana.


2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Doubles
Marco Chiudinelli and Franko Škugor won the title after defeating Ratiwatana and Ratiwatana 4–6, 6–2, [10–5] in the final.


2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Singles
Dan Evans was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Santaizi ATP Challenger – Singles
Lu Yen-hsun won the title after defeating Tatsuma Ito 6–1, 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2017 Santiago Challenger
The 2017 Santiago Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Santiago, Chile between 13 and 18 November 2017.


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


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


2017 Santiago Challenger – Doubles
Franco Agamenone and Facundo Argüello won the title after defeating Máximo González and Nicolás Jarry 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] in the final.


2017 Santiago Challenger – Singles
Máximo González was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Facundo Bagnis.


2017 Santiago Challenger – Singles
Nicolás Jarry won the title after defeating Marcelo Arévalo 6–1, 7–5 in the final.


2017 Santos FC season
The 2017 season is Santos Futebol Clube's one hundred and fifth season in existence and the club's fifty-eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Brazilian football. As well as the Campeonato Brasileiro, the club competes in the Copa do Brasil, the Campeonato Paulista and also in Copa Libertadores.


2017 Santos FC season, Players, Squad information
Source:  (for appearances and goals), Wikipedia players' articles (for international appearances and goals),  (for contracts)


2017 Santos FC season, Players, Copa Libertadores squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Santos FC season, Players, Appearances and goals
Last updated: 4 December 2017Source: Match reports in Competitive matches,


2017 Santos FC season, Players, Goalscorers
Last updated: 4 December 2017Source: Match reports in Competitive matches


2017 Santos FC season, Players, Disciplinary record
As of 4 December 2017Source:   = Number of bookings;   = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2017 Santosh Trophy Final
The 2017 Santosh Trophy Final was the 71st final of Santosh Trophy, the football competition contested by regional State associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation. It was contested between Goa and West Bengal on 26 March 2017 at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim. Bengal beat Goa 1–0 in extra time, with the only goal being scored by Manvir Singh.


2017 Santosh Trophy Final, Background
West Bengal went into the final with a record of 31 wins from 41 Santosh Trophy finals and Goa with five out of eleven, with the two teams sharing the trophy in 1982–83. They met six time previously in the final, and Bengal had won five. Goa, however, won their last meeting, in 2008–09. Bengal had defeated Goa the last time the latter hosted the competition, in 1995–96.


2017 Sarasota Open
The 2017 Sarasota Open will be a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It will be the 9th edition of the tournament which will be part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Sarasota, United States between 17 and 23 April.


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


2017 Sarasota Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2017 Sarasota Open – Doubles
Facundo Argüello and Nicolás Kicker were the defending champions but only Argüello chose to defend his title, partnering Gonzalo Escobar. Argüello withdrew in the qualifying competition.


2017 Sarasota Open – Doubles
Scott Lipsky and Jürgen Melzer won the title after defeating Stefan Kozlov and Peter Polansky 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Sarasota Open – Singles
Mischa Zverev was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Sarasota Open – Singles
Frances Tiafoe won the title after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Sarawak FA season
The 2017 season was Sarawak's 13th season in club history and 5th season in the Liga Super since being promoted in 2014.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Season Summary
After few seasons battle with bottom half finished, Bujang Senang finally bid farewell to the top flight after relegated. Bottom teams fate need to be decided until final day of the season. Kelantan did the great escape by winning 3–1 in Melaka thus secured 3 points to avoid relegation, meanwhilst Sarawak goalless draw with T Team saw the team down to Liga Perdana next term. Due to new rules and regulation regarding the FAM & AFC license requirement, Sarawak and Penang alongside Felda United and T-Team altogether 4 teams relegated to premier league for 2018.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Season Summary
Which saw Negeri Sembilan and PKNP promoted to 2018 super league replacing demoted T-team and Felda united. After Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu advanced as 2017 premier league winners and runners up. By following the AFC, FAM rules and condition Terengganu and T Team later rebrand as Terengganu FC II are disallowed to compete in same league/division since they acted as reserve team/feeder team to Terengganu FC I. The same law applied to JDT I and JDT II where they need to plays in different division to avoid matchfixing or conflict of interest.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Season Summary
Sarawak had bright campaign in FA Cup by trashing Misc Mifa 6–3 in second round, beating Perlis 2–1 in away fixture before drawn with Terengganu in quarterfinal, which saw them tied 2–2 on aggregate, only to be separated by penalty shoot out 4–1 win to the east coast team which saw Terengganu advanced to semi final against Kedah, eventual winner.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Season Summary
Dismal draw in Malaysia cup when Sarawak had to face 2 giants, JDT and Selangor, against with Terengganu in a group stage. Ngap sayot finished the group as expected in 3rd position with later winner, JDT and Selangor advanced to the next round.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Highlight of the season
Sarawak welcoming the arrival of Demerson Bruno, the survival of Chapecoense team that scheduled to play in Copa Sudamericana final unfortunately involved in air disaster. Mark Hartmann also scored a wonderful goal against Misc Mifa during FA cup match that resemble to Papiss Cisse wonder goal against Chelsea in 2012, local crowd nominated that goal for Puskas Award but nothing further action were taken. Thus denying second consecutive time for Malaysia to win the award after Faiz Subri achievement.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Highlight of the season, Background information
Sarawak had their eyes on a promising season with transfers such as Mateo Roskam and Demerson coming to help aid them in reaching the top half of the table after the previous season's unimpressive 8th-place ranking.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Statistics, Top scorers
* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season


2017 Sarawak FA season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2017 Sarawak FA season, Transfers
First transfer window started in December 2017  to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.


2017 Sargodha shrine massacre
On 1 April 2017, Abdul Waheed, the custodian of Pir Mohammad Ali Gujjar shrine, along with his associates tortured 20 people to death inside the shrine in Sargodha, Pakistan. Waheed was arrested by police and later admitted to committing the crime. The Chief Minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif announced ₨5 lakh (US$3,000) for families of deceased victims and ₨2 lakh (US$1,200) for each of the injured.


2017 Sargodha shrine massacre, Attack
The caretaker of the shrine, Abdul Waheed invited people to visit the shrine and sedated them through food on late Saturday night. Some sources also claimed that the food was poisoned. After sedation, Waheed started beating people along with his associates and tortured people with a club, a knife and other weapons. The assault was carried out in the courtyard of the shrine. Some bodies of victims were nude. During the assault, 20 people were killed, among whom were six belonging to a single family, while three were injured. Out of the three injured, one informed police.


2017 Sargodha shrine massacre, Investigation
After being informed, the local police arrived and arrested Waheed and four of his accomplices. During investigation, Waheed admitted to had have committed the crime. Local rescue official Mazhar Shah said that Waheed used to meet his devotees twice a month and used to torture them.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season
The 2017 season is Sarpsborg 08's 6th season in Tippeligaen, following their return to the top level in 2012. It is also their third season with Geir Bakke as the club's manager.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Sarpsborg 08 FF season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 SaskTel Tankard
The 2017 SaskTel Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Saskatchewan, was held from February 1 to 5 at the Tisdale RecPlex in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. The winning Adam Casey team represented Saskatchewan at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
The 2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was the 60th season for the team in the Canadian Football League. It was the club's 108th year overall, and its 102nd season of play. The Roughriders improved upon their 5–13 record from 2016 and clinched a playoff spot with a win over the Calgary Stampeders on October 20, 2017. They finished in fourth place in the West Division and crossed over to the East Division playoffs for the third time in franchise history. They won their first ever East Semi-Final game by defeating the Ottawa Redblacks, but lost the following week to the Toronto Argonauts 25–21 in the last minute of the game.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
This was the first season that the Roughriders were playing at their brand new stadium, Mosaic Stadium, following the previous 95 years at the site of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field. This was the second season under head coach and general manager Chris Jones. For the fifth consecutive season, the club held their training camp at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon with the main camp beginning on May 28.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On November 15, 2016, Regina was announced as the host city for the inaugural CFL Week, which took place in March 2017. Regina was the only place besides Toronto to host the CFL's National Combine. On November 28, 2016, the Roughriders announced the signings of Bryan Bennett, Terrance Campbell, Kenny Horsley, and Thomas Mayo.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On December 1, 2016, Roughriders running back Joe McKnight was fatally shot in Terrytown, Louisiana in a road rage incident.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On December 6, 2016, Roughriders defensive end Eric Norwood announced his retirement. On December 7, 2016, defensive back Justin Cox signed an extension with the Roughriders. On December 19, 2016, Roughriders linebacker Marvin Golding was suspended two games for violating the CFL's drug policy. On January 3, 2017, the Roughriders announced the signings of Daniel Thomas, Jordan Reaves and Kelvin Muamba. On January 6, 2017, the Roughriders announced the extensions of kicker Tyler Crapigna and defensive back Ed Gainey through the 2019 season. On January 11, 2017, the Roughriders announced the extension of defensive lineman Jonathan Newsome through the 2018 season.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On January 13, 2017, the Roughriders traded the rights of quarterback Darian Durant to the Montreal Alouettes in exchange for a fourth round selection in the 2017 CFL Draft and a conditional second round selection in the 2018 CFL Draft. The Alouettes would then re-sign Durant to a three-year contract on January 19.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On January 14, 2017, the Roughriders released linebacker Jeff Knox, Jr. so he could sign a deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. On January 20, 2017, the Roughriders announced the extension of defensive lineman Willie Jefferson. On January 23, 2017, the Roughriders announced the signing of quarterback Kevin Glenn, who was released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on January 6. This will be Glenn's third stint with the Roughriders.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On January 26, 2017, the Roughriders announced the signing of wide receiver Duron Carter. The following day, the Roughriders released Dylan Ainsworth, Shamawd Chambers, Mitchell Gale and Curtis Steele. Later in the day, the Roughriders signed defensive back Erick Dargan, and released defensive back Otha Foster so he could sign an NFL contract with the Baltimore Ravens.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On February 14, 2017, the Roughriders signed offensive lineman Derek Dennis. That same day, they signed Canadian running back Kienan LaFrance.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On February 15, 2017, the Roughriders signed Canadian safety Marc-Olivier Brouillette, running back Aaron Milton, offensive lineman Ryan White and 2012 CFL Most Outstanding player, international wide receiver Chad Owens. The next day, the Roughriders signed running back Cameron Marshall and released offensive lineman Andrew Jones.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, Player transactions
On February 17, 2017, the Roughriders re-signed offensive lineman Thaddeus Coleman. On February 20, 2017, the Roughriders released linebacker Korey Jones.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017. The Roughriders had the 2nd overall selection after a 5-13 season in 2016. The Roughriders had nine selections, as they gained three picks and lost one pick in trades. The team also forfeited their 3rd round selection when taking safety Kevin Francis in the 2016 Supplemental Draft.


2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate International player updated 2017-11-13 • 46 Active, 13 injured, 13 six-game,10 Practice


2017 Saskatchewan Rush season
The Saskatchewan Rush are a lacrosse team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2017 season is the 12th in franchise history, 2nd in Saskatchewan. they originally played in Edmonton.


2017 Saskatchewan Rush season, Current standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2017 Saskatchewan Rush season, Player stats, Runners (Top 10)
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; LB = Loose Balls; PIM = Penalty Minutes


2017 Saskatchewan Rush season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average


2017 Saskatchewan Rush season, Player stats, Entry Draft
The 2016 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 26, 2016. The Rush made the following selections:


2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2017 Viterra Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Saskatchewan was held from January 24–29 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in Melvile. The winning Penny Barker team represented Saskatchewan at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario.


2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Moose Jaw's Penny Barker won her first provincial women's title, sealing the victory after a hit for four points in the final, defeating North Battleford's Robyn Silvernagle. The Barker rink was ranked 7th going into the tournament, and only made the playoffs after winning a tiebreaker match. She then won three straight playoff games to claim the title. The 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts will be the first national championship for all four members of the Barker rink. The team is the first Moose Jaw-based team to win the provincial title since 1999.


2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Dayna Demers, third for the Silvernagle rink won the Marj Mitchell Award for sportsmanship and competitiveness.


2017 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Notably absent from the 2017 Saskatchewan Scotties is the defending champion Jolene Campbell rink. She failed to qualify for provincials after a 1-3 record at the "last chance" event. The top seed in the event was the Chantelle Eberle rink, who was ranked 38th on the World Curling Tour money list. The top Saskatchewan team on the WCT money list was 4-time provincial champion Sherry Anderson who got the second seed. The event also included 4-time provincial champion Stefanie Lawton.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election
The 2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election was a held on March 2, 2017. The vote was called after the death of incumbent MLA Roger Parent of the Saskatchewan Party, who died of cancer on November 29, 2016.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election
Candidate Ryan Meili won the election, gaining the seat for the New Democratic Party.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election, Background
On February 3, Chief Electoral Officer of Saskatchewan Dr. Michael Boda issued the writ for a March 2 by-election to Saskatoon Meewasin's returning officer Lloyd Howey. Candidate nominations would be accepted until February 14, with advance voting days set from February 24 to February 28. Premier Wall chose to hold the election before the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan returned for the spring period.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election, Candidates
The New Democratic Party nominated Ryan Meili, who had previously run for the party's leadership in 2009 and 2013.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election, Candidates
The Saskatchewan Party nominated Brent Penner, the executive director of Downtown Saskatoon. Penner defeated hopefuls Marv Friesen and Roxanne Kaminski at a party nomination meeting on January 30.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election, Candidates
Liberal Party leader Darrin Lamoureux announced his candidacy for the by-election on January 18.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election, Candidates
The Progressive Conservative Party nominated David Prokopchuk, the chairman of Saskatoon's Ukrainian Day in the Park.


2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election, Candidates
The Green Party nominated their leader Shawn Setyo, who ran in the riding of Saskatoon Eastview in the previous provincial election.