2017 Orly Airport attack, Timeline of attacks, Airport attack
I am here to die for Allah. Whatever happens, there will be deaths." As he struggled with the soldier, he knocked her to the ground and seized her FAMAS assault rifle. He was killed by the other two soldiers when the first soldier dropped to her knees and they opened fire. The attacker was found to have been carrying a gasoline can, a lighter, a Koran, a pack of cigarettes, and €750. The seizure of the assault rifle was filmed by an eyewitness.


2017 Orly Airport attack, Suspect and aftermath
Belgacem is said to have been a radicalised French-born Muslim of North African origin who was a resident of Garges-lès-Gonesse. He was known to the authorities and on a police watchlist, though not on the Fiche "S" list of national security threats. Some reports say that he was born on 14 February 1978 in Paris. He had a lengthy criminal record that included convictions for armed robbery and had been in prison between March and November 2016. Due to his connection with radicalised Islamists, his home was searched in November 2015 following the Paris attacks a few years earlier.


2017 Orly Airport attack, Suspect and aftermath
The attack at the airport led to its temporary closure and the evacuation of about 3,000 people. All flights to and from Orly were suspended and some were diverted to the larger Charles de Gaulle Airport east of Paris. The airport's west terminal was fully reopened by early afternoon, but air movements at the south terminal remained partly suspended with only incoming flights being permitted.


2017 Orly Airport attack, Impact and context
This was the sixth attack on police and military personnel guarding French cities during the state of emergency. Several terrorist attacks on police and soldiers had occurred in the Paris region by August 2017. In the February Louvre machete attack , a man attacked soldiers patrolling the entrance to the Louvre museum. In the 2017 Notre Dame attack, on 6 June, a man assaulted a police officer with a hammer at the cathedral of Notre Dame. In the 6 June 2017 Champs-Élysées car ramming attack an extremist attempted to ram a car filled with explosives into a police patrol on the Champs-Élysées.


2017 Ottawa Fury FC season
The 2017 Ottawa Fury FC season is the club's 4th season at the professional level and its first in the United Soccer League.


2017 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team
The 2017 Ottawa Gee-Gees football team represented the University of Ottawa in the 2017 U Sports football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jamie Barresi and played their home games at Gee-Gees Field. They are a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference. They began their season on August 27, where they defeated the Guelph Gryphons in overtime on the road. Their season ended in the OUA Quarter-Final playoff game against the same Gryphons by a score of 30–8.


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season
The 2017 Ottawa Redblacks season was the fourth season for the team in the Canadian Football League. The Redblacks finished in second place in the East Division with an 8–9–1 record and hosted a playoff game for the third consecutive year. The team lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the East Semi-Final in a season where Ottawa hosted the 105th Grey Cup championship at TD Place Stadium. This was the fourth season with Marcel Desjardins as general manager and Rick Campbell as head coach.


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Off-season, Open Tryout Sessions
On January 15, 2017, the Redblacks announced they would be holding open tryouts across North America during the spring. The dates and locations are listed in the table below:


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Off-season, Coaching Staff
On December 23, 2016 the Redblacks announced they would be bringing back their entire coaching staff from the previous season.


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Off-season, Retirements
On January 24, 2017 starting quarterback Henry Burris officially announced his retirement. Burris joined the Redblacks prior to their inaugural season, and was the team's starting quarterback for the franchise's first two seasons, and then again for portions of the 2016 season, eventually leading the team to victory in the 104th Grey Cup game. The retirement pushes Trevor Harris into the starting quarterback role, having acquired him prior to the 2016 season for the purpose of being Burris' successor.


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Off-season, Free-Agency
The 2017 CFL free agency period officially opened at 12:00pm EST on February 14, 2017. Key transactions are listed below:


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Off-season, CFL Draft
The 2017 CFL Draft took place on May 7, 2017. The Redblacks made no trades in the draft and selected last in each of the eight rounds by virtue of winning the Grey Cup.


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Off-season, Training camp
Non -mandatory spring mini-camp was held on April 27–29 at TD Place stadium. Mini-camp focused on quarterbacks, rookies and new signings. Mandatory training camp began on May 28 and will continue through June 14. Training camp consists of 12 practices, 2 walkthroughs and 1 mock game on June 3. Like in previous seasons the sessions of both the mini-camp and training camp were open for the public to view.


2017 Ottawa Redblacks season, Team, Roster
Italics indicate International player updated 2017-11-12 • 46 Active, 6 Injured, 7 Six-Game Injured,10 Practice


2017 Ouagadougou attack
Nineteen people were killed and 25 others were injured when suspected jihadists opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 13 August 2017. The attackers took hostages after being cornered by police and were killed in an ensuing shootout.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Background
Since the 2011 Libyan civil war, instability had spread into central Africa, in particular northern Mali/Azawad where French forces intervened to oust the rebels from Ansar Dine and MOJWA. Meanwhile, the secular MNLA were also in the conflict, though largely separate from both the parties following the Azawadi declaration of independence.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Background
Ouagadougou was also the site of a similar attack in 2016, which took place in the same district as the 2017 attack. Later that year, the region was struck again with the 2016 Grand-Bassam shootings.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Attack
The attack started at about 21:00 GMT (the same as local time) on 13 August. Witnesses reported that four gunmen arrived to the scene in a pickup truck and opened fire on patrons seated outside the Hotel Bravia and the Aziz Istanbul Restaurant. The attack lasted into the early morning hours of 14 August as the attackers exchanged fire with security forces after barricading themselves in the restaurant. Three attackers were killed by security forces after they were cornered in an upper floor of the restaurant and took around 40 hostages.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Attack
Burkinabe Security Minister Remis Dandjinou said that eventually the hostages had been freed by security forces. He stated that the assailants were reported to be young men, who arrived at the restaurant with AK-47s, riding on motorcycles. Locals say that the restaurant, popular for its European-style bakery, was host to a birthday party the evening of the attack.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Attack, Victims
18 civilians and a gendarme were killed and they were from eight different nationalities.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Perpetrators
It is suspected by the government that al-Qaeda's Maghreb affiliate was behind the attack.


2017 Ouagadougou attack, Reactions
Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré condemned the attack, offered condolences to the families of the victims and praised the actions of security forces. French president Emmanuel Macron also condemned the attack and described it as a "terrorist attack". Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the attack and wished for a speedy recovery for the injured. Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Subah al-Ahmad al-Subah sent a cable of condolences to the Burkinabe president expressing his sadness and praying for the victims and wishing the injured a speedy recovery. He instructed a special plane be sent to retrieve the bodies of the Kuwaiti victims to their home country. Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres condemned the attack, and offered his condolences to the victims.


2017 Outback Bowl
The 2017 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on Monday, January 2, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 31st annual Outback Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference, and was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised by ABC, and its title sponsor was the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.


2017 Outback Bowl, Teams
On December 4, 2016, Florida and Iowa were selected to play one another. This was the fourth overall meeting between the teams, and was the third time the Gators and Hawkeyes played each other in the Outback Bowl, with each team having won one of the previous meetings. This was also the fifth time each school played in the Outback Bowl.


2017 Overton's 301
The 2017 Overton's 301 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 16, 2017 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Overton's 301, Report, Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.


2017 Overton's 301, Report, Background
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.


2017 Overton's 301, First practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.430 seconds and a speed of 133.971 mph (215.605 km/h).


2017 Overton's 301, Qualifying
Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.621 and a speed of 133.077 mph (214.167 km/h) after Kyle Larson was disqualified after failing post-qualifying inspection.


2017 Overton's 301, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.000 seconds and a speed of 131.338 mph (211.368 km/h).


2017 Overton's 301, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.086 seconds and a speed of 131.338 mph (211.368 km/h).


2017 Overton's 301, Race, First stage
Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 3:17 p.m. Jimmie Johnson, who started second, beat him to the line on the initial start, earning him a pass-through penalty. Kyle Larson, who started last after failing post-qualifying inspection, broke into the top-10 on Lap 30. Truex had a lead of six seconds when caution flew for the first time on Lap 36, a scheduled competition caution. He and most of the cars near the front opted to stay out, while a few cars pitted. Erik Jones made contact with Kasey Kahne exiting pit road, cutting down his left-front tire that went undetected.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, First stage
When the race restarted on Lap 41, the left-front tire on Jones' car failed entering Turn 3 and with no inner-liner in the left-front, which NASCAR doesn't run at tracks the size of and/or smaller than Loudon, rather than the tire simply un-chord, it sent his car into the outside wall, bringing out the second caution.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, First stage
Back to green on Lap 47, this green run went 21 laps before caution flew for the third time when Cole Whitt blew an engine in Turn 1. A few of the lead cars, such as Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick, short-pitted the end of the first stage.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, First stage
The first stage ended on a two-lap dash to the finish that was won by Truex, with caution #4 flying moments later on Lap 76 for the end of the stage. Busch, who pitted under the previous caution, took the lead when Truex hit pit road. The race was red-flagged for five minutes and 29 seconds under this caution for a hole in Turn 3.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, Second stage
The race went back green on Lap 84, only for caution #5 to fly four laps later when Austin Dillon made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and spun out in Turn 4. Returning to green on Lap 93, it went green the remainder of the second stage that concluded on Lap 151, won by Busch. That brought out the sixth caution, though. Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, Final stage
Restarting on Lap 158, Truex reeled in and passed Hamlin to retake the lead on Lap 175. The race was totally in his control, until a flat right-front tire forced him to hit pit road earlier than planned, handing the lead to Busch with 83 laps to go. Running on much fresher tires, he quickly un-lapped himself with 71 to go just as the leaders started hitting pit road. Busch pitted from the lead with 63 to go, handing the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr., who pitted with 55 to go, cycling the lead back to Truex. During the pit cycle, Busch was handed a pass-through penalty for speeding on pit road.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, Final stage
But while the tire advantage played in his favor in the 28 laps he worked to get back to the lead, it turned against him after the pit cycle. Matt Kenseth cut the gap and edged out Truex at the line to take the lead with 41 to go. Caution flew for the seventh time a lap later when Ryan Newman spun out in Turn 2. Kenseth exited pit road first, but did so taking only right-side tires, which proved costly. Hamlin and Truex, who both took four, followed Kenseth out in second and third. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stayed out to assume the lead.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, Final stage
Restarting with 35 to go, Hamlin took the lead from Kenseth exiting Turn 4 with 33 to go. Larson took over second with 23 to go, closed the gap to less than two seconds with 16 to go and less than a second with nine to go. He ran into lapped traffic with seven to go and the gap didn't change for a lap. This proved key to Hamlin pulling away, even when Larson closed the gap to three car-lengths with three to go, and driving on to victory.


2017 Overton's 301, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Hamlin said after the race that he was doing all he "could to pace (Larson). I knew he had a very fast car. It just seemed like we were able to get off the corner pretty good and I just ran kind of a pace there which I felt comfortable with. And just in case we had a restart, they wanted to burn the tires up."


2017 Overton's 301, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Larson said of "another hard-fought race" it was "the third time" his team started from the rear and "drove up to second. I wish we could have been a spot better again, but really proud of my team and proud of the cars that they’re bringing for me to drive each and every week. It’s been a tough couple weeks through the tech line, so if we make it through here and then have a good Tuesday at NASCAR, but we’ll see.”


2017 Overton's 301, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Overton's 301, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 Overton's 400
The 2017 Overton's 400, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 30, 2017 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway, it was the 21st race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Overton's 400, Report, Background
Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as the Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. It is the site of two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races held just weeks apart in early June and late July/early August, one NASCAR Xfinity Series event in early June, one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event in late July/early August, and two ARCA Racing Series races in early June and late July/early August. From 1971 to 1989, and again since 2013, the track has also hosted an Indy Car race, currently sanctioned by the IndyCar Series and run in August.


2017 Overton's 400, Report, Background
Pocono is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation, the dominant track owners in NASCAR. It is run by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon and Nicholas, both of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli. Mattco also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia.


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


2017 Overton's 400, Practice, First practice
Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 51.114 seconds and a speed of 176.077 mph (283.368 km/h).


2017 Overton's 400, Practice, Final practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 50.898 seconds and a speed of 176.824 mph (284.571 km/h).


2017 Overton's 400, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 50.175 and a speed of 179.372 mph (288.671 km/h).


2017 Overton's 400, Race, First stage
Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 3:20 p.m. The field didn't complete a full lap when rounding the third turn, Matt Kenseth got loose and spun, triggering an eight-car wreck that brought out the first caution. Aric Almirola took the worst damage on his way to a last-place finish.


2017 Overton's 400, Race, First stage
Back to green on the eighth lap, cars started hitting pit road to short-pit the first stage on Lap 15. Busch pitted from the lead on Lap 22, as did Erik Jones after a four-lap stint in front. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the next 11 circuits, before diving onto pit road on Lap 37, cycling the lead to Kenseth. He didn't hold the lead for long, however, as Busch passed him going into Turn 1 to take the lead on Lap 42 and drove on to win the first stage that concluded on Lap 51. He opted to pit under the stage break, while Kenseth stayed out to retake the lead. Teammate Denny Hamlin restarted from the tail-end of the field for speeding.


2017 Overton's 400, Race, Second stage
On fresher tires, Busch powered by the outside of Kenseth in Turn 3 to return to the lead on the Lap 56 restart. When the field came back through Turn 3 a lap later, Jimmie Johnson spun, after contact with teammate Kasey Kahne, and hit the wall, bringing out the third caution.


2017 Overton's 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on Lap 62. A drive-shaft piece that came from Kyle Larson's car brought out the fourth caution on Lap 70. Hamlin stayed out to get the race lead, but was relegated to second on the restart, bumping up Austin Dillon, for not maintaining pace car speed.


2017 Overton's 400, Race, Second stage
It made no difference, however, as Hamlin regained the lead going into Turn 1 on the Lap 75 restart. He led the next 15 laps, before Martin Truex Jr. got to his inside exiting Turn 1 and took the lead heading down the Long Pond Straightaway. Truex was among a slew of cars that opted to short-pit for the position to win towards the end of the second stage on Lap 98, handing the lead to Clint Bowyer, who won the stage on Lap 101. Truex resumed his place up front when Bowyer pitted.


2017 Overton's 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted on Lap 106. Cars started hitting pit road for their final pit stop with 37 laps to go. Race leader Truex pitted with 34 to go, handing the lead to Busch, who had yet to pit. He did so with 25 to go, handing the lead to Brad Keselowski. When he stopped five laps later, the lead cycled to Hamlin. During the cycle, Joey Logano was hit with a pass through penalty for speeding, and a stop and go penalty for pitting to service his car during his pass through.


2017 Overton's 400, Race, Final stage
With 17 to go, Kevin Harvick took the lead from Hamlin going into Turn 1. But Busch caught Harvick going into Turn 3, bumped him out of the racing groove and drove on to victory.


2017 Overton's 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen and Dale Jarrett had the call from the regular booth for the race. Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the new NBC's stock car smarts booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Overton's 400, Media, Radio
Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was  simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 Overwatch World Cup
The 2017 Overwatch World Cup was an Overwatch esports tournament, organized by Blizzard Entertainment, the game's developer. It was the second Overwatch World Cup and featured 32 represented nations from around the world, with the final tournament taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center from November 3–4, 2017.


2017 Overwatch World Cup
The event had notably been controversial and criticized due to several issues, including China's visa denial, Twitch MVP voting, and redrawing of playoff matches. Twitch streams of the event accumulated over 5.4 million views.


2017 Overwatch World Cup
The final took place on November 4 between South Korea and Canada. South Korea won 4–1, winning their second straight World Cup title.


2017 Overwatch World Cup, Teams, Players and committees
Each qualified region had three representatives form that region's Competition Committee. Blizzard chose a shortlist of candidates for each nation, in which the players and viewers of their respective nations voted from April 30 to May 5 on to become their nations committee. The committee members of each nation were announced on May 8. They players representing each country were selected by their National Competition Committee.


2017 Overwatch World Cup, Teams, Qualification
The top 32 countries/regions based on the average skill rating of the top 100 players from that particular country/region qualified for the tournament. Qualification began on March 29, and the qualified countries were announced on April 25. The top 32 national teams were seeded into eight groups spread across four different regions: Shanghai, China, Sydney, Australia, Katowice, Poland, and Santa Monica, California. Each group played a round-robin schedule of matches. The top two teams in each group advanced to a single-elimination, one-game playoff bracket to qualify for the final tournament at BlizzCon.


2017 Overwatch World Cup, Knockout stage
On August 28, brackets were drawn to determine the match-ups for the quarterfinals. The bracket draw was only announced after the final group stage, which is one of the reasons why many people believe that Blizzard added in a bracket draw to prevent team USA from playing South Korea in the quarterfinals as that was the match-up by default after the group stage. A week before the actual playoff stage, 4 out of 6 players in China's Overwatch World Cup team were denied from the tournament due to visa issues, receiving widespread criticism.


2017 Overwatch World Cup, Knockout stage
Quarterfinals and semifinals were both supposed to be played on Nov 3, but due to the quarterfinals games running later than expected, the semifinals games were moved to Nov 4, right before the final match.


2017 Oxfordshire County Council election
The 2017 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 63 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 Oxfordshire County Council election, Aftermath
The Conservatives won the same number of seats as they did in 2013, one seat short of a majority.


2017 Oxfordshire County Council election, Aftermath
For the past four years, the Conservatives had been able to govern in a minority administration with the support of three of the four independent councillors - Lynda Atkins, Mark Gray and Les Sibley. In 2016, one of these independents, Cllr. Atkins, left the alliance.


2017 Oxfordshire County Council election, Aftermath
All three of these independent councillors were re-elected in these elections, alongside Cllr Neville Harris, who was elected for the first time in 2013 but had previously declined to support the Conservatives.


2017 Oxfordshire County Council election, Aftermath
After talks with the independent councillors, two - Mark Gray and Les Sibley - agreed to continue to support the Conservatives with Cllr. Gray given the cabinet role as member for local communities. This gave the Conservative/Independent coalition a majority of 33 out of the 63 seats.


2017 Ozamiz police raid
At dawn of Sunday, July 30, 2017, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Ozamiz City police conducted a simultaneous raid in the house of the Parojinogs in Ozamiz and other associated properties, leaving 15 persons killed, including incumbent Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and his wife. Another member of the Parojinog family died in the hospital three days after the raid. Parojinog is the third mayor to be killed during the course of country's war on drugs after Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte eight months prior and Samsudin Dimaukom of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao nine months prior.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Background
Reynaldo Parojinog was among the persons named by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 7, 2016, for alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade. However, Parojinog has denied any links to illegal drugs.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Incident
On July 30, 2017, 2:30am (PST), the encounter took place at several Parojinog's properties in Barangays Baybay San Roque and Baybay Santa Cruz. The Ozamiz City police and the Criminal Investigation Group (CIDG)-Region 10 issued six search warrants against city mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and two others - for reportedly storing guns in his house, as well as Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez, and City Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog, the farm houses of Mayor Parojinog, Board Member Parojinog, and one other.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Incident
Senior Supt. Jaysen de Guzman, head of the Misamis Occidental provincial police office, said that before the CIDG was about to serve a warrant, the Parojinogs' security fired at them, prompting police to retaliate. Parojinogs' aide Jeffrey Ocang, however, denied that there had been an exchange of gunfire and said "the mayor's camp did not fire a shot." De Guzman said that the clash between the Parojinogs' men lasted two hours, and they managed to breach the mayor's house but were still met by the mayor's resistance.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Incident
The authorities recovered an M79 rifle, grenades, .45 pistols, about P1.4 million in cash, 500 grams of suspected illegal drugs, two cellphones, and an M16 rifle in the Mayor's house. One shotgun, three rocket propelled grenade launchers, two hand grenades, eight M79 ammunition, and an M79 rifle were recovered from councilor Parojinog. A cellphone video, obtained by GMA News, was recorded during the raid showing Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez, Reynaldo's daughter, suddenly getting something from her bag while the police were conducting an inspection in her room inside her house.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Incident
But the female police caught her doing something and they had to pry open her hands to get the item, which is packet with something white inside recovered from her hand. They immediately put the handcuff on her. The police found in the Parojinog-Echavez's home: 10 plastic sachets of crystal meth (“shabu”), 50 pieces of rolled aluminum foil, 500 pieces of P1,000 bills, 1,800 pieces of P500 bills, one M16 Blackwater rifle, one M16 magazine and 13 live ammunition for M16.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Incident
The resulting incident killed all 15 people including Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. Parojinog-Echavez and her brother Reynaldo Jr. were arrested and transferred to the national police headquarters at Camp Crame in Manila.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath
Ozamiz City police chief Jovie Espenido admitted in the media that they had destroyed the CCTV cameras installed in the house in order to protect the identities of the informants who helped them in the operation. However, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa states that the way of destroying the CCTV cameras are "wrong". Espenido recounted that the Philippine National Police conducted before dawn to avoid more casualties. Vice Mayor Parojinog-Echavez appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte and the Senate to investigate the deaths of 15 including four of her family members.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), on July 31, launched its investigation for the deaths of the Parojinog. Dela Rosa said that the death of the Parojinogs "serve as a warning to mayors with links to drugs" and the Mayors are warned not to fight back to the police when they knocked at their door. The Parojinog camp will file a case against the CIDG for lapsing the 36-hour validity of Nova Princess and Reynaldo Parojinog Jr., who should have been released from detention. The CIDG admitted they had encountered a problem in transporting the Parajinog siblings, thus causing the delay.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath
In an interview on ABS-CBN News, according to former hitman and drug courier known only as alias "Noel", many of his colleagues working for Parojinog gone missing and unable to get home. Noel was sent to Bilibid to get a kilogram of shabu to be delivered to Ozamiz and it was distributed to Reynaldo Parojinog, Sr. and her daughter Nova Princess.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath
On August 2, Senator Leila de Lima filed a resolution calling for a Senate investigation on the "suspicious" circumstances surrounding the Ozamiz raid. But, Senator Panfilo Lacson said that the Senate investigation will start only if the witnesses are available. Vice President Leni Robredo supported of the call for the investigation. Due to an ultimatum given by Espenido to barangay officials whom allegedly were given illegal firearms from the Parojinogs, left more than 300 firearms surrendered to the Police. A paraffin tests conducted by the Philippine National Police showed that eight (including Mayor Parojinog Sr. and his brother Octavio) of the 15 slain individuals were tested positive for gunpowder burns, indicating they engaged the police.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath
On August 4, the Department of Justice filed criminal cases against Parojinog siblings. Reynaldo Jr, faced cases of possession of dangerous drugs, illegal possession of firearms, ammunition, and explosives.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath
The motion filed by the Parojinog siblings to attend the wake of their parents and other family members on August 13 has been denied by Ozamiz Regional Trial Court. A drug test conducted on August 15 showed that the Parojinog siblings were tested negative in drug use.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath, Disputed statements
The police statement of the raid incident have been disputed by the Parojinog family and its eyewitness:


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath, Disputed statements
Parojinog-Echavez said that the police "planted" the evidence of contraband that they seized, but the allegation was denied by de Guzman.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath, Disputed statements
An unnamed survivor and a relative of the Parojinogs said in TV interviews that there was no exchange of gunfire as the police invades and started shooting everyone inside the mayor's house. Despite the insistence of the authorities that it is a legitimate operation, a mayor's neighbor said that it was a "massacre". One unidentified eyewitness appeared, said that the police thrown a grenade to the Parojinogs' men, but according to Espenido, a grenade exploded as a Parojinog bodyguard tried to toss it at the approaching police officers.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Aftermath, Disputed statements
Another eyewitness named 'Joe', via the phone interview on ABS-CBN News, this time at the house of Councilor Ricardo 'Ardot' Parojinog, said that the police planted the explosives at the house while drug paraphernalia planted at his room.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Reactions
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed concern over the death of Mayor Parojinog. He stressed that the circumstances of the incident are similar to the fate of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr., who was killed in November 2016. Drilon states that:


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Reactions
"Why are search warrants, served before dawn as in the cases of Mayor Espinosa and now, Mayor Parojinog, result in the deaths of the persons being searched? Both are tagged as drug lords. Too much of a coincidence?"


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Reactions
However, it clearly states that the search warrant could serve anytime.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Reactions
Senator Panfilo Lacson said that "at least" the Parojinogs were not killed while inside a detention facility. Lacson also said that Octavio Parojinog Sr., the father of Mayor Parojinog and board member Octavio Jr., was the founder of Kuratong Baleleng, an organized crime syndicate based in Mindanao. On August 1, de Lima, through the handwritten statement, said that the raid were “massacre” and a “plain and simple extermination” of Duterte's former comrades in vigilantism.


2017 Ozamiz police raid, Reactions
Senator Antonio Trillanes, a Duterte critic, described the killings as a “rub-out”, stating it is another proof of how Duterte's policy flouts human rights, due process and the rule of law and further reinforces the crime cases filed against him. Magdalo Party-list Rep. and another Duterte critic, Gary Alejano called the raid "highly suspicious".


2017 PBA All-Star Week
The 2017 PBA All-Star Week was the annual all-star week of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)'s 2016–17 season which was on April 26 to 30, 2017 on three different venues covering Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The all-star week kicked off in Cagayan de Oro (Mindanao) on April 26, then was held in Lucena (Luzon) together with the skills challenge on April 28, then capped off on April 30 in Cebu City.


2017 PBA All-Star Week
Three PBA All-Star teams, one each with players representing Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao pitted against Gilas Pilipinas, the men's national basketball team. Gilas Pilipinas players played for the PBA All-Star team if they hail to the game's host region.


2017 PBA All-Star Week, Luzon leg, Obstacle Challenge, First round
The winners of each pairing in the first round advanced to the final round.


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'10".


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup
The tournament had two breaks with no games scheduled for more than seven days: first during the All-Star Week (April 26 to 30) and second during the SEABA Championship (May 12 to 18).


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup, Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals
The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's  Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and the TNT KaTropa competed for the 17th Commissioner's Cup championship and the 120th overall championship contested by the league.


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Broadcast notes
The Philippine Cup Finals was aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Broadcast notes
Sports5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.


2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals, Broadcast notes
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.


2017 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup
The 2017 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup is the first conference of the 2017 PBA Developmental League season. The tournament opened on January 19, 2017 at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.


2017 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup
There are 10 teams in this season's Aspirant's Cup, 4 are holdovers from last year's Foundation Cup, 2 returnees after a short hiatus, and 3 new squads. 5 of the teams were represented by players from various colleges and universities.


2017 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup, Draft
The annual draft of the PBA D-League will be conducted on December 20, 2016. 128 aspirants—113 local players and 15 Filipino-foreigners—had already submitted their intention to participate in the draft. AMA, Tanduay, Racal, Caféfrance and Wang's will picked the first five draft picks, while a lottery will decide the draft orders of 4 new teams, San Beda-Cignal, JRU, MLQU and Batangas. As a guest team, Blustar Malaysia will be ineligible to join the drafting proceedings. Jeron Teng of the De La Salle Green Archers was picked as the #1 draft pick by AMA Online Education.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament started on July 19 and ended on October 27, 2017. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m).


2017 PBA Governors' Cup
Due to the FIBA Asia Cup, the league decided to temporarily shelve signing up Asian imports.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup, Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2017 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the Meralco Bolts competed for the 17th Governors' Cup championship and the 121st overall championship contested by the league. It was the rematch of the previous year's Governors' Cup finals.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup Finals
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel won the series, four games to three, successfully defending the Governors' Cup championship. This is the second Governors' Cup and 10th overall championship of the Ginebra franchise.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Broadcast notes
The Governors' Cup Finals aired on TV5 with simulcasts on PBA Rush (both in standard and high definition). TV5's radio arm, Radyo5 provided the radio play-by-play coverage.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Broadcast notes
ESPN5 also provided online livestreaming via their official YouTube account using the TV5 feed.


2017 PBA Governors' Cup Finals, Broadcast notes
The PBA Rush broadcast provided English-language coverage of the Finals.


2017 PBA draft
The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event that allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. It was held at the Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on October 29, 2017. The league determined the drafting order based on the performance of the member teams from the 2016–17 season, with the worst team picking first. The San Miguel Beermen selected first overall after a trade with the Kia Picanto.


2017 PBA draft, Draft order
The draft order is determined based from the overall performance of the teams from the previous season. The Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 40% of the points, while the rankings of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are 30% each.


2017 PBA draft, Controversy involving Kia's first round pick
On October 27, 2017, PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa approved the trade that sent Kia Picanto's first round pick (first overall), which is used to draft Christian Standhardinger, in exchange of Ronald Tubid, Jay-R Reyes, Rashawn McCarthy and San Miguel's 2019 first round draft, with minimal revisions from the original trade proposal that originally involving Keith Agovida, Reyes, McCarthy and a San Miguel draft pick. The trade proposal already earned the ire of the fans as well as Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, team owner of the Alaska Aces, and Dioceldo Sy, team owner of the Blackwater Elite, since Kia is trading their opportunity to pick a potential starter in exchange of role players.


2017 PBA draft, Controversy involving Kia's first round pick
In defense of approving the controversial Kia-San Miguel trade, Narvasa cited that TNT KaTropa also tried to make a deal with Kia's first round pick. Narvasa also stated that TNT's manager Magnum Membrere submitted draft application papers on behalf of Standhardinger, even if Standhardinger already submitted his own papers three weeks before the September 4 draft application deadline for Fil-foreign applicants.


2017 PBA draft, Controversy involving Kia's first round pick
TNT management then released a statement hours after the 2017 draft concluded, blasting Narvasa for being biased and questioned his credibility as the league's commissioner. TNT also clarified that the actions done by Magnum Membrere when submitting Standhardinger's draft application papers were done as the representative of Gilas Pilipinas.


2017 PBA draft, Trades involving draft picks, Pre-draft trades
Note: The rights to Barako Bull's draft picks were retained by Phoenix.


2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship
The 2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship is the ninth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in its current incarnation, the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball. The tournament will be the ninth edition in its current incarnation, and the 14th edition overall.


2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship, Format
Eight teams will compete in the national championship to be held in Metro Manila in February 2018. The finalists of the recently concluded NCAA and UAAP basketball championships, as well as the champion of the CESAFI basketball championship will automatically qualify in the tournament. Qualifying tournaments for the three remaining slots were held for Mindanao, Luzon and Metro Manila.


2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship, Regional qualifiers results, NCR
The NCR Regional Qualifiers were held at the Jose Rizal University (JRU) gymnasium from January 15 to 18.


2017 PDC Calendar
This is the schedule of Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events on the 2017 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage where applicable. This list includes European tour events, Players Championships events, World Series of Darts events and PDC majors. This list does not include regional tours or British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.


2017 PDC Calendar, February
Steve Beaton  Kyle Anderson  Benito van de Pas  William O'Connor


2017 PDC Calendar, February
Dimitri Van den Bergh  Charlie Beaumont  Rowby-John Rodriguez  Martin Schindler


2017 PDC Calendar, March
Gary Anderson  Benito van de Pas  Dirk van Duijvenbode  Ian White


2017 PDC Calendar, March
Kim Huybrechts  Ian White  Mensur Suljović  Benito van de Pas


2017 PDC Calendar, March
Boris Koltsov  Igor Dzasokhov  Maxim Aldoshin  Dmitry Zhavoronkov  Aleksandr Oreshkin


2017 PDC Calendar, April
Peter Wright  Benito van de Pas  Mensur Suljović  Steve Lennon


2017 PDC Calendar, May
Benito van de Pas  Rob Cross  Jan Dekker  Joe Cullen


2017 PDC Calendar, May
Mike Zuydwijk  Callum Loose  Berry van Peer  Justin van Tergouw


2017 PDC Calendar, June
Vincent van der Voort  Jeffrey de Zwaan  Daryl Gurney  Richard North


2017 PDC Calendar, July
Alan Norris  Jonny Clayton  John Henderson  Dimitri Van den Bergh


2017 PDC Calendar, September
Ian White  Vincent van der Voort  Michael Smith  Jelle Klaasen


2017 PDC Calendar, September
Adam Hunt  Berry van Peer  Sven Groen  Justin van Tergouw


2017 PDC Calendar, September
Andrew Gilding  Steve Lennon  Vincent van der Voort  Jimmy Hendriks


2017 PDC Calendar, September
Gerwyn Price  Vincent van der Voort  Michael van Gerwen  John Henderson


2017 PDC Calendar, October
Raymond van Barneveld  Robert Thornton  Benito van de Pas  Peter Wright


2017 PDC Calendar, November
Gerwyn Price  Dimitri Van den Bergh  Rob Cross  Peter Wright


2017 PDC Calendar, November
Kevin de Vries  Mike van Duivenbode  Adam Hunt  Wessel Nijman


2017 PDC Calendar, December
Raymond van Barneveld  Dimitri Van den Bergh  Darren Webster  Gary Anderson


2017 PDC Players Championship 1
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 1 was the first of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 25 February. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 10
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 10 was the tenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 30 April. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 11
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 11 was the eleventh of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Milton Keynes, England on 20 May. It featured a field of 126 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 12
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 12 was the twelfth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Milton Keynes, England on 21 May. It featured a field of 124 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 13
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 13 was the thirteenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Wigan, England on 17 June. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 14
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 14 was the fourteenth of twenty-two darts Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 18 June. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 15
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2017 PDC Players Championship 15
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 15 was the fifteenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 8 July. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 16
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 16 was the sixteenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 9 July. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 17
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2017 PDC Players Championship 17
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 17 was the seventeenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 5 August. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 18
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2017 PDC Players Championship 18
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 18 was the eighteenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 6 August. It featured a field of 127 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 19
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2017 PDC Players Championship 19
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 19 was the nineteenth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Dublin, Ireland on 29 September. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 2
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 2 was the second of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 26 February. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 20
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2017 PDC Players Championship 20
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 20 was the twentieth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Dublin, Ireland on 30 September. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 21
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 21 was the twenty-first of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 10 October. It featured a field of 127 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 22
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 22 was the twenty-second of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The darts tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 11 October. It featured a field of 127 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 3
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 3 was the third of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 11 March. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 4
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 4 was the fourth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 12 March. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 5
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 5 was the fifth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Milton Keynes, England on 1 April. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 6
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 6 was the sixth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Milton Keynes, England on 2 April. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 7
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 7 was the seventh of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 8 April. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 8
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2017 PDC Players Championship 8
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 8 was the eighth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Barnsley, England on 9 April. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Players Championship 9
The 2017 PDC Players Championship 9 was the ninth of twenty-two Players Championship events on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Wigan, England on 29 April. It featured a field of 128 players and £75,000 in prize money, with £10,000 going to the winner.


2017 PDC Pro Tour
The 2017 PDC Pro Tour is a current series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events are the events that make up the Pro Tour. This year there are 40 PDC Pro Tour events being held – 22 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers and 12 European Tour events.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, Prize Money
Prize money for each European Tour event has increased from £115,000 to £135,000. The UK Open Qualifiers and Players Championship events stays the same as 2016.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Tour Card
128 players are granted Tour Cards, which enables them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Tour Card, Tour Cards
Afterwards, the playing field was complemented by the highest qualified players from the Q School Order of Merit until the maximum number of 128 Pro Tour Card players had been reached. In 2017, that means that a total of 12 players qualified this way.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Tour Card, Q-School
The PDC Pro Tour Qualifying School takes place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 19–22. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:


2017 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Tour Card, Q-School
A Q School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:


2017 PDC Pro Tour, PDC Tour Card, Q-School
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Qualifying School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result:


2017 PDC Pro Tour, Players Championships
Compared to last year, there are two Players Championship events added on the calendar. In addition, the top 64 of the Players Championship will qualify for the Players Championship Finals.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, European Tour
Compared to last year, there are two European Tour events added on the calendar. In addition, the top 32 of the European Tour will qualify for the European Championship.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic
The Scandinavian Darts Corporation was renamed Professional Darts Corporation Nordic & Baltic. There were 10 events held over 5 weekends.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, Australian Grand Prix Pro Tour
The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from events across Australia. Gordon Mathers was the top player in the rankings, and therefore has automatically qualified for the 2018 World Championship.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, Eurasian Darts Corporation (EADC) Pro Tour
The 6 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2018 World Championship Qualifier will be played at Omega Plaza Business Center, Moscow. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are eligible to play.


2017 PDC Pro Tour, World Championship PDPA Qualifier
The winner qualified directly for the first round of the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. The runner-up qualified for the preliminary round, as did the winner of the third-place playoff.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts
The 2017 Betway World Cup of Darts was the seventh edition of the PDC World Cup of Darts. It took place between 1–4 June 2017 at the Eissporthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts
The England pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis were the reigning champions, after beating the Netherlands' Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld 3–2 in the 2016 final. England were represented by Lewis and Dave Chisnall. However, they lost 2–0 to the Netherlands in the semi-finals.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts
The Netherlands went on to win their third title after beating Wales, represented by Gerwyn Price and Mark Webster, in the final 3–1.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Format
The tournament remained at 32 teams this year, with the top 8 teams are seeded and the remaining 24 teams being unseeded in the first round. Like last year, there are no groups in 2017 with the tournament being a straight knockout.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Format
First round: Best of nine legs doubles. Second round, quarter and semi-finals: Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores are tied a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match. Final: Three points needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches are played followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs singles matches in reverse order are played to determine the champion.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Prize money
Total prize money was increased by £50,000 from last year's tournament, to a total of £300,000.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Teams and seeding
The list of teams was announced on 19 April 2017, with the seeds announced on 22 May. Brazil and Latvia were due to make their debuts, with Norway and the Philippines missing from last year's tournament, but on the day of the announcement of all the teams, Latvia withdrew and were replaced with another debutant in Switzerland. Final confirmation of all teams came on 22 May 2017.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Second round
Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Quarter-finals
Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Semi-finals
Two best of seven legs singles matches. If the scores were tied, a best of seven legs doubles match will settle the match.


2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, Results, Final
Three match wins were needed to win the title. Two best of seven legs singles matches followed by a best of seven doubles match. If necessary, one or two best of seven legs reverse singles matches are played to determine the champion.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2017 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 24th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2016 to 2 January 2017.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship
Phil Taylor made a 28th successive appearance at a World Championship (including the BDO version), equalling the record of John Lowe.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship
For the first time in the history of the World Darts Championship (PDC and BDO), no Englishman progressed to the semi-finals. It was also the first time since 2009 that the final was contested by the top 2 seeds.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship
Michael van Gerwen set a new record for the highest World Darts Championship 3-dart average (114.05) in his semi-final victory over Raymond van Barneveld, breaking a 15-year record that had been held by Phil Taylor since 2002 (111.21); Van Barneveld himself set a new record for the highest losing 3-dart average (109.34) in the same tie, just 5 days after Cristo Reyes had broken the record in his second round match (106.07), also against Van Gerwen.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship
Van Gerwen won his second World Championship title by defeating two-times defending champion Gary Anderson 7–3 in the final.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Format
The field consisted of 72 players, including 16 in a Preliminary Round. Therefore, 64 players were entered into Round 1. The schedule was announced on 15 July 2016.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Qualifiers
The draw was made on 28 November live on Sky Sports News. The preliminary round draw was made the previous night.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Prize money
The prize money was £1,650,000 in total. The winner's prize money was increased from £300,000 to £350,000. Prize money for a nine-dart finish was originally set at £5,000, but the PDC increased it to £25,000 due to 'the stature of the tournament', though none were thrown.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Top averages
This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Top averages
* The highest average in the history of the PDC World Championship.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Top averages
* * The highest losing average in the history of the PDC World Championship.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Top averages
* ** The highest losing average in the final of a PDC World Championship.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Representation from different countries
This table shows the number of players by country in the World Championship, the total number including the preliminary round. Twenty-two countries were represented in the World Championship, one less than in the previous championship.


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Media coverage
The tournament was available in the following countries on these channels:


2017 PDC World Darts Championship, Media coverage
† Sky Sports F1 was renamed as Sky Sports Darts for the duration of the tournament.


2017 PDC World Youth Championship
The 2017 PDC Unicorn World Youth Championship was the seventh edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 16 and 23.


2017 PDC World Youth Championship
The knock-out stages from the last 64 to the semi-finals were played in Wigan on 6 November 2017. The final took place on 26 November 2017, before the final of the 2017 Players Championship Finals, which was shown live on ITV4.


2017 PDC World Youth Championship
Australia's Corey Cadby was the defending champion after defeating Dutch player Berry van Peer 6–2 in the 2016 final, but he lost 6–3 to English player Josh Payne in the semi-finals.


2017 PDC World Youth Championship
Belgium's Dimitri Van den Bergh became the new World Youth champion, by defeating Josh Payne 6–3 in the final.


2017 PDC World Youth Championship, Qualification
The tournament will feature 64 players. The top 46 players in the PDC Development Tour Order of Merit automatically qualify for the tournament. They will be joined by 15 international qualifiers. Participation will also be possible for any age-qualified players from the top 32 of the main PDC Order of Merit. The remaining two qualifying places are offered to Junior Darts Corporation representatives.


2017 PDC World Youth Championship, Qualification
Should an international qualifier also be ranked high enough in the Development Tour Order of Merit to qualify, further places would be allocated from the Development Tour Order of Merit.


2017 PDL season
The 2017 USL Premier Development League season is the 23rd season of the PDL. The Michigan Bucks entered the season as the defending champions, but their title defense campaign ended with a loss in the Central Conference semi-finals. On August 5, 2017, the Charlotte Eagles won their first PDL championship by defeating the Thunder Bay Chill 2-1.


2017 PDL season, Playoffs, Divisional Qualification
Matches in the Divisional Qualification round were held on July 18. Two Eastern Conference play-in matches were played at Amesbury, MA (Seacoast United Phantoms) and Whippany, NJ (New York Red Bulls U-23). One Western Conference play-in match was played at Salem, OR (Portland Timbers U23s).


2017 PDL season, Playoffs, Conference Championships
The PDL Conference Championships were held over the weekend of July 21–23. Matches were played at: Tucson, AZ (Western Conference, host FC Tucson); Statesboro, GA (Eastern Conference, host South Georgia Tormenta FC); Pontiac, MI (Central Conference, host Michigan Bucks); and Clinton, MS (Southern Conference, host Mississippi Brilla FC). The four conference champions advanced to the PDL semifinals.


2017 PDL season, Playoffs, PDL Championship
The PDL semifinals were held on July 29, with matches played at Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Eagles) and Thunder Bay, ON (Thunder Bay Chill). The PDL Championship Game was held on August 5 in Matthews, NC (Charlotte Eagles).


2017 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Eastern Conference
F: Tobenna Uzo (MYB) *, Brian White (NYR) *, Joao Costa (CHE)M: Ricardo Gomez (MYB) *, Aaron Molloy (REA) *, Martim Galvão (NAS)D: Douglas Oliveira (CHE), Alex Nelson (MYB), Kevin Politz (NYR), Daniel Kozma (OCN)G: Ben Lundgaard (NYR) *


2017 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Central Conference
F: Ryan Sierakowski (CHI),  Samuel Gainford (STL), Francis Atuahene (MIB)M: Abraham Villon (TBC), Amass Amankona (DDL), Chris Mueller (CHI)D: Mitchell Osmond (TBC) *, Nick Walker (MIB) *, Lucas Stauffer (DMM), Brandon Fricke (DMM)G: Michael Yantz (DDL)


2017 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Western Conference
F: Mark Verso (GSF) *, Ryosuke Kinoshita (FCB), Jose Cuevas (FRE)M: Moshe Perez (TUC) *, Christo Michaelson (POR), Jose Carrera-Garcia (GSF)D: Sergi Nus (FRE) *, Scott DeVoss (COL) *, Sho Goto (VIC), Wouter Verstraaten (POR)G: Jordan Farr (POR)


2017 PDL season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Southern Conference
F: Mohamed Kourouma (MIA), Ricardo Diegues (LAK), Julio Moncada (OKC)M: Kevin Varela (TBR), Willian Hopfner (VIL), Angelo Kelly-Rosales (MIS)D: Kevin Coiffic (MIA), Jonathan Parpeix (MIA), Gabriel Torres (VIL), Thomas Vancaeyezeele (MIS)G: Eric Dick (OKC)


2017 PEI Tankard
The 2017 PEI Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Prince Edward Island, was held from January 18 to 22 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The winning Eddie MacKenzie team will represent Prince Edward Island at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.


2017 PGA Championship
The  2017 PGA Championship was the 99th PGA Championship, held August 10–13 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was the first major at Quail Hollow, which is a regular stop on the PGA Tour.


2017 PGA Championship
Early in the week of the tournament, it was announced that the championship will be held in May beginning in 2019.


2017 PGA Championship
Justin Thomas, the son of a PGA professional, won his first career major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, and Patrick Reed.


2017 PGA Championship, Media
In the United States, the Championship was televised by CBS, with weekday and early weekend coverage on TNT. It was televised live in the United Kingdom by the BBC who secured the rights over Sky Sports who had previously screened the event since 1992.


2017 PGA Championship, Course layout
The course hosts the Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour (2003–present), though not in 2017; in 2016, it played as a par-72 at 7,575 yards (6,927 m). It was also the home of the tour's Kemper Open (1969–1979) and the senior tour's PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational in the 1980s.


2017 PGA Championship, Course layout
Under the direction of Tom Fazio, Quail Hollow underwent an aggressive 90-day renovation in 2016 that modified four holes and added  Bermuda grass. It commenced during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday, May 8. Thousands of trees were removed, as the former first two holes were combined into a new first hole, and the old fifth hole was divided between the new fourth and fifth holes.


2017 PGA Championship, Field
The following qualification criteria were used to select the field. Each player is listed according to the first category by which he qualified with additional categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.


2017 PGA Championship, Field
Rich Beem, Keegan Bradley (8), John Daly, Jason Day (6,8), Jason Dufner (8,10), Pádraig Harrington (6), Davis Love III, Rory McIlroy (4,8,9,10), Shaun Micheel, Phil Mickelson (4,8,9), Vijay Singh, Jimmy Walker (6,8,9), Yang Yong-eun


2017 PGA Championship, Field
Sergio García (8,9), Adam Scott (8), Jordan Spieth (3,4,6,8,9,10), Bubba Watson, Danny Willett (9)


2017 PGA Championship, Field
Paul Casey (8), Branden Grace (8), Emiliano Grillo (8), Tyrrell Hatton, Hideki Matsuyama (8,10), William McGirt (8), Patrick Reed (8,9,10), Webb Simpson (8), Robert Streb, Daniel Summerhays


2017 PGA Championship, Field
Alex Beach, Rich Berberian, Jr., Jamie Broce, Paul Claxton, Stuart Deane, Matt Dobyns, Greg Gregory, Jaysen Hansen, Scott Hebert, Dave McNabb, Chris Moody, David Muttitt, Rod Perry, Kenny Pigman, Adam Rainaud, Mike Small, Brian Smock, Omar Uresti, Ryan Vermeer, J. J. Wood


2017 PGA Championship, Field
Daniel Berger (10), Wesley Bryan (10), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (9), Bud Cauley, Kevin Chappell (10), Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler (9,10), Lucas Glover, Bill Haas, Adam Hadwin (10), James Hahn, Brian Harman (10), Russell Henley (10), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (9), Billy Horschel (10), Charles Howell III, Mackenzie Hughes (10), Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Si-woo (10), Kevin Kisner (10), Russell Knox (10), Kelly Kraft, Matt Kuchar (9), Martin Laird, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman (10), Luke List, Jamie Lovemark, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore (9,10), Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Louis Oosthuizen, Pat Perez (10), Thomas Pieters (9), Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm (10), Patrick Rodgers, Xander Schauffele (10), Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith (10), Kyle Stanley (10), Brendan Steele (10), Hudson Swafford (10), Justin Thomas (10), Jhonattan Vegas (10), Gary Woodland


2017 PGA Championship, Field
Jonas Blixt, Bryson DeChambeau, Cody Gribble, Grayson Murray, Rod Pampling, D. A. Points, Chris Stroud


2017 PGA Championship, Field
An Byeong-hun, Thomas Bjørn, Patrick Cantlay, Nicolas Colsaerts, Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Ernie Els, Ross Fisher, Ryan Fox, Dylan Frittelli, Jim Furyk, Scott Hend, Jim Herman, Yuta Ikeda, Thongchai Jaidee, Andrew Johnston, Kim Kyung-tae, Søren Kjeldsen, Satoshi Kodaira, Anirban Lahiri, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Li Haotong, David Lingmerth, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Graeme McDowell, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Jordan Smith, Song Young-han, Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone, Steve Stricker, Hideto Tanihara, Peter Uihlein, Wang Jeung-hun, Bernd Wiesberger, Fabrizio Zanotti


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, First round
Kevin Kisner and Thorbjørn Olesen were the co-leaders at 67 (−4), with five players one shot behind.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Following a weather delay of nearly two hours in the late afternoon, play was suspended at 8:11 pm EDT due to darkness, with 25 players remaining on the course. On the leaderboard, only Chris Stroud was affected, two-under for his round with five holes remaining. Play resumed at 7:30 am on Saturday.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Third round
With the second round completed on Saturday morning, the third round began at 9:50 am EDT in groups of three at ten-minute intervals, with the final group at 2:00 pm.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Entering the final round with a one-stroke lead, Kevin Kisner failed to record a birdie on the front-nine and bogeyed the par-5 7th after hitting his approach into the water. Hideki Matsuyama birdied both 6 and 7 to tie Kisner. Justin Thomas began the round two back and tied for the lead with a 36-foot (11 m) birdie putt at the 9th. Chris Stroud also birdied the ninth to tie, while Francesco Molinari's run of four birdies in five holes on his back-nine meant that five players were atop the leaderboard at seven-under.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
At the par-5 tenth, Thomas' putt for birdie paused on the lip of the cup for several seconds before falling in. He then chipped in at 13 for another birdie. At the par-3 17th, he hit his approach to 14 feet (4.3 m) and converted the birdie opportunity to get to nine-under. Matsuyama birdied the tenth to take solo possession of the lead, but made five bogeys to finish and fell to five-under. Kisner made his first birdie of the day at 10, but followed with two more bogeys. He managed to birdie both 14 and 15 before three-putting for bogey at the 16th. After a par at 17, Kisner needed to hole his approach from the fairway on the last to force a playoff, but found the water and made double bogey.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
In the penultimate pairing and leading by three on the final tee, Thomas drove into a fairway bunker and then played conservatively. His third shot from the rough was to the right side of the green; he sank his short putt for bogey for 68 (−3) and 276 (−8). Patrick Reed had three birdies on the back to get to within a shot of the lead, but bogeyed the 18th after finding a fairway bunker off the tee and tied for second, two strokes behind Thomas.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Summary
Molinari's chances were diminished when he also drove into a bunker at 16 and failed to get up-and-down. Louis Oosthuizen holed out from 34 yards on the par-5 15th for an eagle and birdied 18 to tie Reed and Molinari for second. With the finish Oosthuizen became the seventh golfer to finish runner-up in all four major championships. Stroud played the back-nine in six-over to fall to a tie for ninth.


2017 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Final leaderboard
Note: Top 15 and ties qualify for the 2018 PGA Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2018 Masters Tournament


2017 PGA EuroPro Tour
The 2017 PGA EuroPro Tour was the 16th season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour.


2017 PGA EuroPro Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 15 events and the end-of-season Tour Championship.


2017 PGA EuroPro Tour, Schedule
Standard events had a minimum prize fund of £46,735, which increased depending on how many players made the cut; any unused prize money from the £50,000 maximum was added to the prize fund for the Tour Championship.


2017 PGA EuroPro Tour, Graduates
The money list was known as the Race to Amendoeira; the top five players (not otherwise exempt) earned Challenge Tour cards for 2018. Since the first-place finisher earned Challenge Tour status in a higher category by making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth-place finisher received the fifth card.


2017 PGA Tour Canada
The 2017 PGA Tour Canada season ran from June 1 to September 17 and consisted of 12 official golf tournaments. This was the 48th season of PGA Tour Canada (previously known as the Canadian Professional Golf Tour), and the fifth under the "PGA Tour Canada" name. It was also the third under the Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada name after Mackenzie Investments signed a six-year sponsorship deal.


2017 PGA Tour Canada
The purse for most events was $175,000 with first place earning $31,500. The final event of the season, the Freedom 55 Financial Championship, had a purse of $200,000, with $36,000 going to the winner.


2017 PGA Tour Canada, Order of Merit leaders
The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Web.com Tour cards for 2018.


2017 PGA Tour Champions season
The 2017 PGA Tour Champions season is the 38th in which PGA Tour Champions, a golf tour for men age 50 and over, has operated. The tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour.


2017 PGA Tour Champions season, Tournament results
The following table shows the official money events for the 2017 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they will have on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.


2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica
The 2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica was the sixth season of PGA Tour Latinoamérica, having converted from the Tour de las Américas which ceased to operate in 2012. PGA Tour Latinoamérica is operated and run by the PGA Tour.


2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Schedule
The table below shows the 2017 schedule. "Date" is the ending date of each event. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on tour up to and including that event. OWGR is the number of Official World Golf Ranking points awarded for that tournament. All tournaments had a purse of US$175,000.


2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Schedule
† Weather-shortened to 18 holes, unofficial win. * Event shortened to 54 holes due to the national census on Sunday.


2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica, Order of Merit
As in previous seasons, the top five players on the tour, known as 'Los Cinco', earned status to play on the 2018 Web.com Tour. This was based on the leaders on the Order of Merit after the conclusion of the season.


2017 PGA Tour of Australasia
The 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer, so they are split between the first and last months of the year.


2017 PGA Tour of Australasia, Tournament results
The table below shows the 2017 schedule. It only lists official money events on the tour. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.


2017 PKNS F.C. season
The 2017 season was PKNS's 4th season in the top flight of Malaysian football, the Liga Super after being promoted from 2016 Liga Premier.


2017 PKNS F.C. season, Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 PKNS F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2017 PKNS F.C. season, Statistics, Top scorers
* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season


2017 PKNS F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2017 PKNS F.C. 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 PLA Day Parade
The 2017 PLA Day parade was a military parade at Zhurihe Training Base in Inner Mongolia, on 1 August 2017 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of founding of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Nanchang uprising that caused its founding. The parade was the first one to be held outside of Beijing since 1981 and the only one to date to only include military equipment and no marchpast. It also was the first organized event to be held on 1 August, which is PLA Day in China.


2017 PLA Day Parade
Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman and Party General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the troops while CMC vice chairman Fan Changlong was the parade's master of ceremonies and General Han Weiguo of the Central Theater Command was parade commander. 12,000 troops participated in the parade dressed up in combat garb instead of the usual Type 07 full dress uniform. According to the Minister of National Defense, this was done to replicate troops in a "dust-covered battlefield atmosphere".


2017 PLA Day Parade
A key cause for controversy was the fact that during the parade when the CPC Flag was paraded ahead of the Flag of China. Voice of America pointed out that this violated Article 15 of the Law of the Flag of China. Network commentators in China saw this an inappropriate move.


2017 PNG Hunters season
The 2017 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters fourth season in the Queensland Cup and they also won their first premiership title that year.


2017 PNG Hunters season, Season Summary
The PNG Hunters won their first ever minor premiership and went on to claim their maiden premiership edging out the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the grand final 12-10. They then advanced to the NRL State Championship final against the NSW Cup champions Penrith Panthers where they were beaten 42-18 in Sydney on NRL Grand final day. Ten of their players were selected in the 23-man PNG Kumuls squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.


2017 PS Kemi Kings season
The 2017 season was Palloseura Kemi Kings's second Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2015.


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


2017 PS Kemi Kings 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 PS Kemi Kings 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 PS Kemi Kings 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 PS Kemi Kings 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 PS Kemi Kings season, Competitions, Veikkausliiga
The 2017 Veikkausliiga season began on 5 April 2017 and ended on 28 October 2017.


2017 PSA Annual Awards
The 2017 PSA Annual Awards was an awarding ceremony, recognizing the sports athletes, personalities, organizations and NSAs for the year 2016. It is organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association, the Philippines' oldest media organization founded in 1949, with members composed by sports section editors, sportswriters and sports columnists from major national broadsheets, tabloids and online sports news portals. PSA is currently headed by Riera Mallari, sports editor of the Manila Standard.


2017 PSA Annual Awards
The awards night took place at the Le Pavillon, Pasay on February 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. (UTC +08). The awards night was hosted by veteran sports broadcaster Quinito Henson and Sports5 head Patricia Bermudez-Hizon with Carla Lizardo and Steph Ongkiko as the co-hosts. Philippine Sports Commission Chairman William "Butch" Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr. and other top sports officials were invited to the event.


2017 PSA Annual Awards
2016 Summer Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz of Weightlifting has named as the PSA Athlete of the Year. She was unanimously chosen by the members of the PSA and beat two other names in the organization's shortlist for the coveted award, Janelle Mae Frayna of Chess and Sen. Manny Pacquiao of boxing. Diaz, who is first Female athlete to win the Athlete of the Year award since 2012 will lead the 91 awardees of the event.


2017 PSA Annual Awards, Honor roll, Main awards
The following are the list of main awards of the event.


2017 PSA Annual Awards, Honor roll, Major awardees
These are the major awardees of the event. Sorted in alphabetical order.


2017 PSA Annual Awards, Honor roll, Tony Siddayao Awards for Under-17 athletes
The awards was given to young and exceptional athletes aged 17 and below, and was named after Siddayao, the former sports section editor of Manila Standard in the 1980s.


2017 PSA Annual Awards, Honor roll, Posthumous awards
The award were given to Philippine sports personalities who passed away in 2016. They will give a trophy and a one-minute of silence for all honorees.


2017 PSAC Football Championship Game
The 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on December 2, 2017 at a John A. Farrell Stadium on the campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The Indiana Crimson Hawks repressed the West Division and West Chester Golden Rams the East Division. Play for the PSAC Championship offered an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Football Championship.


2017 PSAC Football Championship Game, Teams, #4 Indiana (PA)
The Crimson Hawks entered the Championship with a 10–0 record and a 7–0 in conference. Entering the game IUP outscored opponent by an average of 27 points per game.


2017 PSAC Football Championship Game, Media
It was announced on March 17, 2017 that ESPN networks would be covering the game. Not until August 2017 was the specific channel announced, ESPN2 was announced as airing the game on August 11, 2017 but a time slot on ESPN3 was also held and announced. As of September 2017 no clarification on which channel will be airing the game. However ESPN will air it on either one of its sister channels.


2017 PSIS Semarang season, Preparation
To face the 2017 season, the club prepared the team from November 2016 onwards. The management wanted to hire a head coach with a good record and good experience. Subangkit was the answer, and he signed a contract with PSIS Semarang on 30 November 2016. Subangkit said "I love a challenge and target, PSIS have the both of that, It's an attractive challenge furthermore PSIS Semarang have mission to promote to Liga1".


2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference
The 2017 Rebisco PSL All-Filipino Conference was the third conference and second indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's fifth season. The games began on June 6, 2017 with the formal opening ceremonies taking place on June 10, 2017 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan.


2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference
The tournament adopted a new format. Those on the same group will figure in a single round robin. The top two teams in Pool A and Pool B shall comprise Pool C while the bottom two teams in Pools A and B comprising Pool D. There would be a crossover quarterfinal battle between members of Pools C and D with the surviving teams figuring in the semi-finals to determine the finalists.


2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference
PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico announced that half of the ticket sales for the June 6 and 8 games will be donated to Ian Lariba, the 2016 Summer Olympics competitor who has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.


2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference
On July 14, 2017, a day after the Petron Blaze Spikers won the tournament, PSL president Tats Suzara announced that Petron will play in the 2017 Macau Invitational Women’s Volleyball Tournament to be held on September 23 to 25, 2017 in Macau.


2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference, Final standing
Bernadeth Pons, April Ross Hingpit, Mika Reyes, Carmina Aganon, Ria Beatriz Janelle Duremdes, Shiela Marie Pineda, Frances Xinia Molina (c), Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Mary Remy Joy Palma, Toni Rose Basas, Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan, Cherry Rondina, Carmela Tunay, Marivic Meneses Head CoachCesael delos Santos


2017 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup
The 2017 Belo PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup was the second tournament of the Philippine Superliga for its fifth season. The conference ran from May 4 to 7, 2017 at The Sands, SM By The Bay (SM Mall of Asia).


2017 PSL Grand Prix Conference
The 2017 Chooks-To-Go PSL Grand Prix Conference was the fourth conference and third indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's fifth season. The games began on October 21, 2017 with the formal opening ceremony on October 28, 2017 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan.


2017 PSL Invitational Cup
The 2017 Belo PSL Invitational Cup was the first indoor volleyball tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's fifth season. It began on March 4, 2017 and ended April 1, 2017. The tournament adopted the all-to-play format to give playing time to every player in each team. The guest team, Kobe Shinwa Women's University, were the tournament champions; and the Cignal HD Spikers were the co-champions.


2017 PSL Invitational Cup, Final standing
Chihiro Fujiwara (c), Yoshimi Okada, Yuna Kato, Hana Kawabata, Wakana Harima, Yu Moriwaki, Kana Edamatsu, Hinano Michishita, Mariko Fujiwara, Yumeho Murakami, Nao Miyatake, Haruka Takabatake, Ruka Matsushima, Manaka Fukui Head CoachKiyokazu Yamamoto


2017 PSL Invitational Cup, Final standing
Maica Morada, Angelique Dionela, Stephanie Mercado (c), Mylene Paat, Jovelyn Gonzaga, Janine Marciano, Sandra delos Santos, Cherry Vivas, Lourdes Patilano, Rachel Anne Daquis, May Jennifer Macatuno, Honey Royse Tubino, Marleen Cortel, Relea Ferina Saet Head CoachGeorge Pascua


2017 PSOE leadership election
The  2017 PSOE leadership election—officially the 39th PSOE Federal Congress—was held between 16 and 18 June 2017 to elect a new party leadership in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and set out the party's main lines of action and strategy, after the sacking of Pedro Sánchez as party leader in October 2016 had resulted in a caretaker leadership being appointed. The primary election was held on 21 May 2017, after being confirmed in a federal committee on 1 April.


2017 PSOE leadership election
The leadership race was the first to be held after the party's electoral setbacks in both the 2015 and 2016 general elections in which the party scored its two worst electoral records since the Spanish transition to democracy. An extraordinary party congress had been held in July 2014 after Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba's resignation, in which Pedro Sánchez had been elected as new party leader. However, no ordinary congress had been held since 2012. Former President of the Congress of Deputies and former Lehendakari Patxi López publicly announced his bid as candidate on 15 January, with President of the Regional Government of Andalusia Susana Díaz and Sánchez himself following suit.


2017 PSOE leadership election
The election resulted in Pedro Sánchez being re-elected as Secretary General in a landslide. Sánchez would ultimately lead the PSOE into government after a successful vote of no confidence which would see Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his People's Party ousted from power.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, Susana Díaz's rise
Susana Díaz became President of the Regional Government of Andalusia and Secretary General of the PSOE–A succeeding José Antonio Griñán—who had resigned as a result of political fallout derived from the ERE scandal—after a rapid ascent among party ranks throughout the previous years. Known for her political ambition, her power and influence grew as she became the leader of the most powerful Spanish Socialist Workers' Party regional federation, as well as premier of the largest and most populous region in Spain.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, Susana Díaz's rise
Soon, she was publicly acclaimed by party colleagues who considered she had the skills, charisma and political appeal needed for leading the PSOE, and they quickly rallied behind her as a potential contender for the role of Secretary General after Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba's announced resignation—as a consequence of the PSOE electoral setback in the 2014 European Parliament election—ushered in a rushed leadership race.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, Susana Díaz's rise
However, the challenge posed by Eduardo Madina—whose pressure forced a primary election to be held on 13 July—, Díaz's own desire to become party leader by acclamation and not through a bitter leadership contest which could see her popularity eroded, as well as opposition from within the PSOE–A—members of which asked her to remain in Andalusia—motivated Diaz's decision not to run. Nonetheless, Díaz's opposition to Madina for his maneuvers to trigger a party primary and, consequently, thwarting her planned rise, resulted in the PSOE–A backing a dark horse candidate, then-relatively unknown deputy Pedro Sánchez, ahead of the previous federal congress. Thanks to Díaz's support, Sánchez was able to win the primary election by a wide margin and become the new PSOE Secretary General.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, Susana Díaz's rise
However, the alliance between Sánchez and Díaz was short-lived. Díaz's initial plans to become the PSOE candidate at the next general election were impeded by Sánchez's own growing political aspirations. This, coupled with personal differences derived from Sánchez's management over the party, seen as alienating the different party families, caused both leaders to grow increasingly distrustful of each other and to develop a personal rivalry.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, Susana Díaz's rise
Susana Díaz took advantage of growing criticism to Sánchez's leadership, succeeding in causing many long-standing rivals within the party—such as Rubalcaba and Carme Chacón, Felipe González and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, or even Eduardo Madina and Díaz herself; as well as six out of the seven PSOE regional presidents—to abandon their feuds, attracting them to her sphere and uniting them against her former protégé.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, 2016 PSOE crisis
The 2015 general election had seen the PSOE obtaining its worst results in a general election since the Spanish transition to democracy, with the party reduced to just 90 seats and 5.5 million votes. Left-wing newcomer Podemos had finished within striking distance, winning 69 seats and 5.2 million votes, boosted by massive support from young voters, raising fears among some PSOE leaders that Podemos could eventually replace their party as the dominant Spanish party to the left-of-centre.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, 2016 PSOE crisis
Secretary General Pedro Sánchez, who had led the party into the general election and whose leadership had been widely questioned for some time by the critical faction led by Susana Díaz, announced he would run for re-election as party leader in the party federal congress initially scheduled for early 2016. Díaz, unlike 2014, was now allegedly determined to become new party leader herself by battling Sánchez in the incoming contest, intending for the congress to be held as early as March or April 2016, whereas Sánchez sought to have it held in June. A compromise solution was reached in order to avoid a major clash between both sides, with the congress being scheduled for 21 and 22 May and a primary election to be held on 8 May.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, 2016 PSOE crisis
Government formation talks nationwide broke down after Sánchez's failed investiture attempt in early March 2016. On 28 March, the PSOE leadership race was postponed indefinitely until a new government was appointed, due to increasing odds of a fresh election being called for 26 June. The party's performance in the eventual 2016 general election, where it narrowly avoided being decisively overcome by the Unidos Podemos coalition, only temporarily halted criticism from party critics.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, 2016 PSOE crisis
Serious setbacks in the Basque and Galician elections held on 25 September, which had been turned by dissenters into an electoral test of Sánchez, prompted immediate calls for resignation among his opponents, unleashing a party crisis which weakened Sánchez's standing and indicated a loss of support for him within the party. Sánchez refused to step down and instead proposed to have the congress held immediately, scheduling it for 12 and 13 November and the primary election for 23 October, while daring his critics to challenge him in a back-me-or-sack-me vote.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, 2016 PSOE crisis
This move enraged his opponents, who subsequently forced the resignation of half of the party's executive committee on 28 September in order to trigger Sánchez's downfall. Sánchez did not acknowledge his ouster and sought to keep his promise of an autumn congress, resulting in the party being openly split into two opposing factions, as critics no longer recognized Sánchez's legitimacy to act as Secretary General. In a troubled federal committee held on 1 October, Sánchez finally resigned as party leader after losing a key ballot on his congress' proposal by 132 votes to 107. A caretaker managing committee headed by Asturias President Javier Fernández was appointed to lead the party until the party congress to elect a new leadership could be organized.


2017 PSOE leadership election, Background, 2016 PSOE crisis
Concurrently with the ongoing PSOE crisis, the government formation process continued as the People's Party of Mariano Rajoy had secured the support of both Citizens and Canarian Coalition for Rajoy's investiture. The PSOE caretaker leadership appointed after Sánchez's sacking approved the party's abstention in such a vote, thus ensuring Rajoy's re-election as Prime Minister of Spain despite the party's previous stance not to allow a new PP government.