2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
Shortly before 10:00 p.m., hotel security guard Jesus Campos was sent to the 32nd floor to investigate an open-door alert. He attempted to open a door that provided immediate access to the floor, but found that it would not open. After Campos entered the floor, he discovered an L-shaped bracket screwed into the door and door frame, which was responsible for barring the door from opening. After reporting the discovery to his dispatch center, he heard what he thought was the sound of rapid drilling coming from Room 32-135 and went to investigate the matter.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
At approximately 10:05 p.m., he was hit in the right thigh by one of about 35 bullets that Paddock fired through the door of his suite. After Campos was hit, he took cover in the alcove between Rooms 32-122 and 32-124 and immediately informed the hotel by radio and cellphone that he had been shot, though he believed he had been shot with a BB or pellet gun. At the same time, maintenance worker Stephen Schuck was on the same floor to fix the door that Campos had reported as being barricaded.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
The already-wounded Campos encountered Schuck and told him to take cover. Schuck contacted hotel dispatchers over his radio, informed them of the ongoing shooting, and told them to call the police. Neither the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department nor MGM Resorts International, the Mandalay Bay's owner, have confirmed when information about the initial shooting was relayed to the police.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
After Paddock used a hammer to break two of the windows in both of his suites, he began shooting through them at 10:05 p.m. He ultimately fired over 1,000 rifle rounds approximately 490 yards (450 m) into the festival audience. He initially started out with a few single gunshots before firing in bursts that usually ranged from 80 rounds to 100 rounds. Many people in the crowd initially mistook the gunfire for fireworks. During the shooting, a security fence hindered concertgoers from fleeing the 15-acre concrete lot. The gunfire continued, with some momentary pauses, over the span of ten minutes and ended by 10:15 p.m.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
In addition to shooting at the concertgoers, Paddock fired eight bullets at a large jet fuel tank at McCarran International Airport 2,000 feet (600 m) away. Two of those bullets struck the exterior of the tank, with one bullet penetrating the tank. The fuel did not explode because jet fuel is mostly kerosene, which is unlikely to ignite when struck by a bullet.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
During the shooting, police officers were initially confused whether the shots were coming from the Mandalay Bay, the nearby Luxor hotel, or the festival grounds. There were also multiple false reports of additional shooters at other hotels on the Strip. Officers eventually spotted multiple flashes of gunfire from the middle of the northern side of Mandalay Bay and responded to the hotel. At 10:12 p.m., two officers on the 31st floor reported the sounds of gunfire on the floor above them. When officers arrived on the 32nd floor at 10:17 p.m. and encountered Campos a minute later, he directed them to Paddock's room and helped others evacuate. Campos was then directed to seek medical attention for himself.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Attack
Between 10:26 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., eight additional officers arrived at the 32nd floor; some of those officers manually breached through the door Paddock had screwed shut with the bracket. The gunfire had ceased, and the police moved systematically down the hallway, searching and clearing each room, using a master key that was provided by Campos. At 10:55 p.m., the officers finished evacuating guests. At 11:20 p.m., police breached Room 32-135 with explosives. Paddock was found dead on the floor from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police then breached Room 32-134; while entering the hotel suite, an officer accidentally fired a three-round burst from his weapon, but the bullets did not hit anyone. At 11:27 p.m., officers announced over the police radio that a suspect was down.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Immediate response
McCarran International Airport, adjacent to the shooting site, was shut down for several hours. Approximately 300 people entered the airport grounds as they fled from the shooting. This prompted officials to shut down all four runways. More than 25 flights were rerouted to ensure that no aircraft would be hit by gunfire, while other flights were canceled before airfield operations resumed at 12:40 a.m. on October 2.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Shooting, Immediate response
Much of Las Vegas Boulevard was closed while police SWAT teams combed the venue and neighboring businesses. At approximately 2:45 p.m. PDT on October 2, a state of emergency was declared in Clark County. Early on October 2, Sheriff Lombardo identified the suspect as Stephen Paddock.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Casualties, Fatalities
As of October 2020, there were 61 deaths, including that of Paddock. The immediate fatalities comprised 58 victims—36 women and 22 men—all of whom died from gunshot wounds. The oldest was 67 and the youngest was 20. Thirty-four were from California; six from Nevada; four from Canada; two from Alaska and Utah; and one each from Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington State, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Thirty-one of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while twenty-seven succumbed to their wounds at the hospital, with the last of those dying on October 3, two days later. Paddock's suicide was the only death at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Casualties, Fatalities
A 57-year-old woman from California, who had been paralyzed in the shooting, died more than two years later on November 15, 2019. On August 24, 2020, the San Bernardino County medical examiner officially attributed her death to the shooting, though the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) declined at the time to include her in the official death toll. The LVMPD also initially declined to include a 49-year-old Nevada woman who died from complications of a leg wound on May 26, 2020. The department revised its decision, however, and on October 1, 2020, included both women in the count.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Casualties, Fatalities
The incident was the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in the United States, exceeding the death toll of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, in which 49 people lost their lives.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Casualties, Injured
Approximately 867 people were injured, 411 of them with gunshot wounds or shrapnel injuries. In the aftermath, many victims were transported to area hospitals, which included University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, and at least one of the six hospitals of Valley Health System. Sunrise Hospital treated the largest portion of the wounded: 199 patients, 150 of whom arrived within a timespan of about 40 minutes. University Medical Center treated 104 patients. Additionally, six victims sought medical treatment in Southern California; UC Irvine Medical Center treated four and Loma Linda University Medical Center treated two. Victims of the shooting required blood transfusions totaling 499 components in the first 24 hours of treatment, but this blood was rapidly replaced by available blood from local and national blood banks.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Casualties, Injured
University Medical Center, the Level I trauma center in Las Vegas, was difficult to access for the more than 50 percent of patients transported by private vehicles because Interstate 15, the most direct route from the shooting location, was closed to the public. Also, an erroneous emergency services announcement made one hour after the shooting reported UMC had reached capacity and was on diversion. This confusion persisted for several hours and led to most patients being transported to Sunrise, a Level II trauma center.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
On the morning after the shooting, lines to donate blood in Las Vegas stretched for blocks. Wait times were as much as six hours or more. In Las Vegas alone, 800 units of blood were donated to the local blood bank in the days following the shooting, and the American Red Cross reported a 53% increase in blood donation in the two days following the shooting. It was later reported that over 15% of the blood donated in Las Vegas after the shooting went unused, prompting questions about the benefit of widespread calls for blood donation following mass shootings. Millions of dollars have also been raised to help victims and their families.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval called the shooting "a tragic and heinous act of violence that has shaken the Nevada family". Jason Aldean, who was singing when the shooting started, posted his condolences on Instagram and noted all of those working with him at the show had survived the attack.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
Officials from the FBI and the ATF responded to assist in the investigation.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
At a press conference, U.S. President Donald Trump described Paddock as "a very very sick individual", and "a demented man, [with] a lot of problems". He added, "the police department has done such an incredible job, and we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by". A White House official talking points memo, distributed to Trump allies, opposed tightening gun control since "new laws won't stop a mad man", but "will curtail the freedoms of law abiding citizens". On October 2, Trump issued a proclamation to honor the victims and their families. On October 4, Trump visited the shooting victims and first responders.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
A unity prayer walk and ceremony was held in Las Vegas on October 7 in honor of the dead. Speakers at the ceremony included Vice President Mike Pence and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. On the evening of October 15, thousands participated in a commemorative 3 mile walk between Circus Circus and Mandalay Bay.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
The annual Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon took place on November 12 and was the largest event to be held in the city since the shooting. The event received a massive amount of security, which included 350 officers, counter-sniper surveillance posts, and a number of barriers composed of dump trucks, buses, and other large vehicles.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
The expansion Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL held a tribute to the victims and honored response personnel before their inaugural home game on October 10. Later during the season, the number 58 became the first number in team history to be retired, chosen for the 58 deaths during the shooting.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
The future of the Las Vegas Village remained undetermined until September 2019. MGM Resorts International intends to create a community center, which will host sporting events.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath
In March 2019, Las Vegas police officer Cordell Hendrex, who did not immediately respond to the gunfire but had remained in the floor below Paddock, was fired for his inaction. He was reinstated a year later following an arbitrator's ruling.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories
Following the shooting, misinformation and fake news about the shooter's identity and motive went viral on social media:


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories
Google and Facebook were criticized for displaying such false news stories in some of their search results. The two technology companies were said to have failed in their responsibility of keeping these from reaching the public. Facebook later said its algorithms were designed to detect and remove false stories, but failed to work adequately in this instance.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories
Survivors of the shooting have been accused of being crisis actors, and some have received death threats on social media. Conspiracy theorists have claimed that there were multiple shooters and that details of the massacre are being covered up for the sake of promoting gun control laws. After some media outlets reported that YouTube search results for information about the shooting returned links to conspiracy videos, YouTube said it had tweaked its search algorithm to promote news sources which it considered more authoritative. Some experts have said the removal of this content ironically fuels conspiracy theories by making a cover-up seem evident.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Gun control discussion
The shooting prompted support in Congress for assault weapons legislation that would ban bump stocks. Many Congressional Democrats and some Republicans expressed support. House leaders said the issue of bump stock regulation should be decided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, which originally approved bump stocks. The National Rifle Association (NRA) came out in favor of administrative bump stock regulations. Firearms retailers reported increased consumer interest in bump stocks.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Gun control discussion
On November 6, 2017, Massachusetts became the first state to ban the sale, possession, or use of the devices. In December 2018, Acting United States Attorney General Matthew Whitaker signed a regulation banning bump stocks in the U.S., effective March 2019. The regulation bans new sales and requires current owners to surrender or destroy existing bump stocks.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Gun control discussion
Eighteen Democratic U.S. Senators introduced a bill, the Keep Americans Safe Act, which would ban gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. Stock prices of firearms manufacturers rose the day after the shooting, as has happened after similar incidents. Investors expected gun sales to increase over concerns that such an event could lead to more stringent gun-control legislation, and possibly due to a rush of customers wishing to defend themselves against future attacks, but firearm sales did not increase after the shooting.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Legal action
In November 2017, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of 450 of the victims of the shooting, which claimed that the Mandalay Bay Hotel had shown negligence by allowing Paddock to bring a large amount of weaponry into the building. In July 2018, MGM Resorts International countersued hundreds of victims, claiming that it had "no liability of any kind" for the attack. On October 3, 2019, MGM Resorts reached a settlement of $800 million with the victims of the shooting, which was approved by a judge on September 30, 2020.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Bravery awards
A British soldier, Trooper Ross Woodward, from the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, who was visiting a nearby hotel while off-duty when the shooting began, was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for his actions during the event. His citation stated that "he consciously, deliberately and repeatedly advanced towards danger, moving people to safety and treating casualties".


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Bravery awards
Navy Petty Officer First Class Brian Mazi, who was attending the event with his wife, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Bravery awards
A detective with the Rhode Island State Police, Conor O'Donnell, who was attending the event with his girlfriend, was awarded a service ribbon for his actions.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Bravery awards
Assistant Scoutmaster Martin Heffernan was honored by Boy Scouts of America for demonstrating unusual heroism and extraordinary skill in saving or attempting to save a life at extreme risk to self with the Honor Award with Crossed Palms.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Bravery awards
Sgt . Chasen Brown with the Utah Army National Guard was awarded the Medal of Valor for saving at least half a dozen other concert-goers. For 60–90 minutes after the shooting stopped, he continued to help render aid and assessed casualties.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Aftermath, Thousand Oaks shooting
Several people at the shooting were also present during a November 2018 mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, which left thirteen dead, including the gunman. One person said the number of Las Vegas survivors at the bar may have been as high as 60. It was confirmed that a survivor of the Las Vegas shooting had died in the Thousand Oaks shooting.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation
According to authorities with the Clark County Commission, the name "1 October" was declared the official title for investigations into the mass shooting. For further information, see possible factors in perpetrator page.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Early reports
Investigators found hidden surveillance cameras that were placed inside and outside the hotel room, presumably so Paddock could monitor the arrival of others. The cameras were not in record mode. Police said a handwritten note found in the room indicated Paddock had been calculating the distance, wind, and trajectory from his 32nd floor hotel suite to the concertgoers he was targeting on the festival lot.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Early reports
At a press conference on October 4, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo stated there was evidence—which he declined to discuss—that Paddock intended to escape the scene, and that he may have had assistance from an accomplice. Investigators searched Paddock's room and found a "bulletproof vest" and breathing apparatus, neither of which were used by Paddock.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Early reports
There have been several changes in the official account and timeline of Paddock's shooting of hotel security guard Campos. Police officials described these adjustments as "minute changes" that are common in complex investigations.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Early reports
In their first statement about the incident, police officials inaccurately reported that Campos arrived on the scene after Paddock began firing into the crowd. In a second statement, police officials reported, again inaccurately, that Campos was shot six minutes before Paddock began firing into the crowd. That report had been based on a 9:59 p.m. notation in a hotel security log, which in a third statement was determined to have been the time when Campos encountered the barricaded door.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Early reports
Sheriff Lombardo dismissed allegations that the changing timeline was the result of some kind of conspiracy between the police department, the FBI, and MGM Resorts International saying, "Nobody is attempting to hide anything in reference to this investigation. The dynamics and the size of this investigation requires us to go through voluminous amounts of information in order to draw an accurate picture."


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Preliminary investigation
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released a preliminary report on the event on January 18, 2018.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Preliminary investigation
Police speculate that Paddock acted alone and have not determined his motive. No links have been identified to any hate groups, terrorist groups or ideologies, and he did not record a reason for his actions.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Preliminary investigation
On February 2, 2018, Douglas Haig, an Arizona ammunition dealer, was charged in a Nevada federal court with "conspiracy to manufacture and sell armor-piercing ammunition without a license" after his fingerprints were discovered on unfired armor-piercing ammunition inside Paddock's suite. He was sentenced in June 2020 to 13 months in prison.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Final investigative report
On August 3, 2018, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo held a press conference on the release of the LVMPD Criminal Investigative Report of the October 1 Mass Casualty Shooting. He said the 10-month investigation had revealed no evidence of conspiracy or a second gunman, and that the gunman's motive had not been definitely determined. Lombardo said "What we have been able to answer are the questions of who, what, when, where and how... what we have not been able to definitively answer is why Stephen Paddock committed this act." A report published by the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in January 2019 said that "there was no single or clear motivating factor" for the shooting.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Weaponry
Twenty-four firearms, a large quantity of ammunition, and numerous high-capacity magazines capable of holding up to 100 rounds apiece were found in the suite. Fourteen of the firearms were .223-caliber AR-15-type semi-automatic rifles: three manufactured by Colt, two by Daniel Defense, two by FN Herstal, two by LWRC International, two by POF-USA, one with a .223 Wylde chamber by Christensen Arms, one made-to-order by LMT, and one by Noveske. The others were eight .308-caliber AR-10-type rifles, one .308-caliber Ruger American bolt-action rifle, and one .38-caliber Smith & Wesson Model 342 revolver.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Weaponry
The AR-15 rifles were fitted with vertical forward grips and bump stocks, the latter of which allowed for recoil to actuate their triggers at a rate of 90 rounds in 10 seconds. The AR-10 rifles were equipped with various telescopic sights and mounted on bipods. Paddock was found to have fired a total of 1,058 rounds from fifteen of the firearms: 1,049 from twelve AR-15-style rifles, eight from two AR-10-style rifles, and the round used to kill himself from the Smith & Wesson revolver.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Weaponry
During the subsequent investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives determined that the firearms found in his hotel room, along with more guns found in his homes, had been legally purchased in Nevada, California, Texas, and Utah. In the month preceding the shooting, he had attempted to purchase tracer ammunition, but the gun dealer he approached did not have the item in stock. He bought tracer ammunition from a private seller at a Phoenix, Arizona gun show.


2017 Las Vegas shooting, Investigation, Weaponry
In addition, ammonium nitrate (often used in improvised explosive devices) was found in the trunk of his Hyundai Tucson SUV, along with 1,600 rounds of ammunition and 50 pounds (23 kg) of Tannerite, a binary explosive used to make explosive targets for gun ranges. Undersheriff Kevin McMahill said that while Paddock had "nefarious intent" with the material, he did not appear to have assembled an explosive device.


2017 Laser Radial World Championships
The 2017 Laser Radial World Championships were held in Medemblik, the Netherlands 19–26 August 2017.


2017 Laser Radial World Championships, Results, Women's Laser Radial, Gold fleet
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;


2017 Laser Radial World Championships, Results, Women's Laser Radial, Silver fleet
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;


2017 Laser World Championship
The Laser World Championship was held in Split, Croatia between 12–19 September 2017.


2017 Laser World Championship, Results, Gold fleet
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;


2017 Laser World Championship, Results, Silver fleet
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;


2017 Laser World Championship, Results, Bronze fleet
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;


2017 Latin American Series
The 2017 Latin American Series was the fifth edition of the Latin American Series, a baseball sporting event played by the champions of the professional winter leagues that make up the Latin American Professional Baseball Association (ALBP) and the last series containing representatives exclusively from the ALBP's founding nations.


2017 Latin American Series
The competition took place at Estadio Dieciocho de Junio in Montería, Colombia from January 26 to January 29, 2017.


2017 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 24th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards which honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music took place in Miami.


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger
The 2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard court. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Traralgon, Australia between 23–29 October 2017.


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main using with a protected ranking:


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger – Doubles
Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith were the defending champions but only Reid chose to defend his title, partnering Steven de Waard. Reid lost in the first round to Andrew Harris and Christopher O'Connell.


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger – Doubles
Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley won the title after defeating Evan King and Nathan Pasha 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger – Singles
Jordan Thompson was the defending champion but retired in the second round against Maverick Banes.


2017 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger – Singles
Jason Kubler won the title after defeating Alex Bolt 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3) in the final.


2017 Latvian First League
The 2017 Latvian First League (referred to as the komanda.lv Pirmā līga for sponsorship reasons) started on 14 April 2017 and ended on 28 October 2017.


2017 Latvian Football Cup
The 2017 Latvian Football Cup was the 23rd version of the tournament. This version of the competition began on 28 May 2017 and ended on 18 October 2017. The winners of this season's cup earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 Europa League.


2017 Latvian Football Cup
In a change from recent seasons, the tournament was played in one calendar year instead of over two years. The tournament was played in its entirety in 2017


2017 Latvian Football Cup, Format
The Latvian Football Cup this season was a single elimination tournament between 52 teams. Matches which were level after regulation went to extra time and afterwards to penalties, when needed, to determine the winning club.


2017 Latvian Football Cup, First round
Twelve first round matches were played from 28 May to 11 June 2017. The draw for the first round was held 24 May 2017. SK Super Nova withdrew from the tournament.


2017 Latvian Football Cup, Second round
Sixteen second round matches were played from 10 to 26 June 2017. The draw for the second, third, and fourth rounds was held 6 June 2017. FK Auda, FK Smiltene/BJSS, JDFS Alberts, and FK Tukums 2000/TSS withdrew from the competition. SK Upesciems also withdrew.


2017 Latvian Football Cup, Third round
Eight third round matches were played on 1 and 2 July 2017. The draw for the second, third, and fourth rounds was held 6 June 2017. FK Staiceles Bebri withdrew from the tournament.


2017 Latvian Football Cup, Fourth round
Eight fourth round matches were played from 7 to 10 July 2017. The draw for the second, third, and fourth rounds was held 6 June 2017. Babīte were excluded from the tournament.


2017 Latvian Football Cup, Quarter–finals
Four quarter–final matches were played from 16 August to 13 September 2017. The draw was held 18 July 2017.


2017 Latvian Football Cup, Semi–finals
Two semi–final matches were played on 20 September 2017. The draw was held 18 July 2017.


2017 Latvian Higher League
The 2017 Latvian Higher League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.


2017 Latvian Higher League, Teams
The bottom-placed team from the 2016 season, BFC Daugavpils,  were directly relegated to the 2017 Latvian First League. They were replaced by Babīte, champions of the 2016 Latvian First League.


2017 Latvian Higher League, Teams
The seventh-placed team from the 2016 season, FS METTA/LU, retained their top-flight spot for the 2017 season by defeating 2016 First League runners-up, AFA Olaine in the play-offs.


2017 Latvian Higher League, Teams
Babīte was removed from the league on 22 June 2017 after the Latvian Football Federation received a notice from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System for 6 separate games involving Babīte. All the results for Babīte games were invalidated and do not count for the standings.


2017 Latvian Higher League, Results
Each team will play the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games each.


2017 Latvian Higher League, Relegation play-offs
The seventh-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2017 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2018 Higher League competition.


2017 Latvian municipal elections
Municipal elections were held across Latvia on 3 June 2017. All 119 municipalities and republican cities of Latvia elected their city councils. In Riga the joint list of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and Honor to serve Riga won a majority.


2017 Latvian municipal elections, Results
The following map shows the results of the local elections in different territories of Latvia. The colour, which each territory has, indicates the party, which received the majority of votes in this territory.


2017 Launceston Tennis International
The 2017 Launceston Tennis International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the third edition (for men) and sixth edition (for women) of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money for men and $60,000 for women. It will take place in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on 4-12 February 2017.


2017 Launceston Tennis International, Men's Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


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


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Men's Doubles
Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson were the defending champions but only Saville chose to defend his title, partnering Bradley Mousley. Saville successfully defended his title.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Men's Doubles
Mousley and Saville won the title after defeating Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Men's Singles
Blake Mott was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Brydan Klein.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Men's Singles
Noah Rubin won the title after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6–0, 6–1 in the final.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Women's Doubles
You Xiaodi and Zhu Lin were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Women's Doubles
Monique Adamczak and Nicole Melichar won the title, defeating Georgia Brescia and Tamara Zidanšek in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Women's Singles
Han Xinyun was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jamie Loeb.


2017 Launceston Tennis International – Women's Singles
Loeb won the title, defeating Tamara Zidanšek in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3.


2017 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2017 Laurence Olivier Awards were held on 9 April 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Jason Manford. A highlights show was shown on ITV shortly after the live event ended.


2017 Laurence Olivier Awards, Eligibility
Any new production that opened between 17 February 2016 and 21 February 2017 in a theatre represented in membership of the Society of London Theatre was eligible for consideration, provided it had performed at least 30 performances.


2017 Laurence Olivier Awards, Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 6 March 2017 in 26 categories.


2017 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple wins and nominations, Multiple wins
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child broke the record for winning the most awards by a single production, overtaking Matilda (2012) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2013) both winning seven.


2017 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple wins and nominations, Multiple nominations
The following 18 productions, including one opera and two dances, received multiple nominations:


2017 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple wins and nominations, Multiple nominations
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tied for most nominations by a single production with Hairspray at the 2008 ceremony.


2017 Laver Cup
The 2017 Laver Cup was the first edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic from 22 until 24 September.


2017 Laver Cup, Player selection
On 24 August 2016, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the first of six players to confirm their participation for Team Europe. On 15 May 2017, more than eight months later, Milos Raonic was the first of six players to confirm his participation for Team World. By 24 August 2017, all six players from each team had been chosen: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Marin Čilić, Dominic Thiem, and Tomáš Berdych for Team Europe, and Milos Raonic, John Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Juan Martín del Potro, and Denis Shapovalov for Team World. Shortly afterwards Raonic withdrew and was replaced by Nick Kyrgios. Later Frances Tiafoe took the place of del Potro who had also withdrawn.


2017 Laver Cup, Player selection
Former rivals Björn Borg of Sweden (Europe) and John McEnroe of the United States (World) were serving as captains for the 2017 edition.


2017 Laver Cup, Matches
Each match win on day 1 was worth one point, on day 2 two points, and on day 3 three points. The first team to 13 points won. Since four matches were played each day, there were a total of 24 points available. However, since 12 of the total points are earned on day 3, neither team could win prior to the final day of play.


2017 League 1
The 2017 League 1, known as the Kingstone Press League 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a professional rugby league football competition played in England, Wales and Canada, the third tier of the sport for RFL affiliated clubs.


2017 League 1
The 2017 League 1 season was expanded to 16 teams with the first professional Canadian team Toronto Wolfpack joining the British game.


2017 League 1
The fixture list was first issued in October 2016 when the inclusion of York City Knights in the league was in doubt so the Knights were omitted from the fixture list. York's inclusion in the league was confirmed at the beginning of December and the fixture list was re-issued to include the club.


2017 League 1
The format of the season was a regular season of 15 games where every team played each other once. After 15 games the top eight teams played each other once more in the League 1 Super 8s. The team finishing top of the Super 8s won automatic promotion to the 2018 Championship and named league champions for 2017. The teams finishing second to fifth met in two play-off semi-finals with the semi-final winners meeting in the promotion play-off final.


2017 League 1
The league title was won by Toronto who only dropped three points all season (a defeat to York and a draw with Keighley in the Super 8s) and had a 100% winning record at home. The other promotion place was taken by Barrow Raiders who defeated Cumbrian rivals, Whitehaven in the promotion play-off final.


2017 League 1
The clubs finishing in the lower half of the table after the regular season played in the League 1 Shield Super 8s with the top two clubs competing in the League 1 Shield  final. The shield was won by Hunslet.


2017 League 1, Teams
*capacity for rugby league games may differ from official stadium capacity.


2017 League 1, Regular season
The regular season was dominated by new club, Toronto, who won all 15 of its games, amassing over 900 points while only conceding 150. The Cumbrian clubs, Whitehaven and Barrow finished second and third respectively. Whitehaven put a run of 12 straight wins together while Barrow who had been second for a long time lost two games towards the end of the season. York whose existence was in doubt before the season started finished fourth with Doncaster and Newcastle behind them.


2017 League 1, Regular season
The last two places in the Super 8s were contested right up until the last fixture of the season with five clubs; Workington, Keighley, North Wales Crusaders, Hunslet and London Skolars all in contention. In the end the places were taken by Keighley and Workington while North Wales lost out on points difference.


2017 League 1, Super 8s
The top eight teams after the regular season went forward to the Super 8s. Points gained in the regular season were carried forward to the Super 8s during which the clubs played each other once more. The top four clubs at entry to the Super 8s played four home fixtures and three away while the bottom four clubs had three home fixtures and four away.


2017 League 1, Super 8s
After all seven rounds had been played, Toronto Wolfpack were named League Champions and were automatically promoted to the Championship for 2018. Barrow Raiders, Whitehaven, York City Knights and Newcastle Thunder made the play off semi-finals. Toronto secured the automatic promotion place after round six despite having suffered their first ever league defeat in round two at York and also dropping a point at Keighley in round three. Barrow and Whitehaven met in an all-Cumbrian play-off final with Barrow winning 10–6 to secure promotion to the Championship for 2018.


2017 League 1, League 1 Shield
The teams finishing in the bottom eight at the end of the regular season competed for the League 1 Shield. Points gained in the regular season were carried forward to the Shield competition. The teams played each other once more and after the completion of the seven rounds the top two teams played for the League 1 Shield. The final was contested by Hunslet and London Skolars after both teams won six of their seven games in the qualifying section. Hunlset won the trophy beating London 32–12 in the final.


2017 League 1, Awards
At the Kingstone Press Championship & League 1 awards, Toronto captain Craig Hall was named League 1 player of the year with the young player award going to Lewis Young of Newcastle Thunder while Carl Forster of Whitehaven was named coach of the year. Hall was also the league's top goal kicker and points scorer kicking 170 goals and scoring 24 tries for a total of 436 points. His Toronto teammate, Liam Kay was the top try scorer with 27.


2017 League 1 Cup
The 2017 League 1 Cup known as the 2017 iPro Sport cup for sponsorship reasons is the third running of the competition, first played in 2015.


2017 League 1 Cup
The 2017 competition was won by Barrow Raiders who defeated North Wales Crusaders 38–32 in the final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool on 27 May 2017.


2017 League 1 Cup
The League 1 Cup competition is for the rugby league clubs in the British League 1 - the third tier of rugby league in Britain. There are 16 teams in League 1 but Canadian club Toronto Wolfpack declined to enter the tournament. As a result, amateur team and 2016 Conference Challenge Trophy winners Rochdale Mayfield were invited into the competition to bring the numbers to 16.


2017 League 1 Cup, First round
The first round draw of the 2016 iPro Sport Cup was broadcast live on BBC Radio Leeds on 20 December 2016 from 6.45pm. For the first round the teams were split into two pools – Pool A (Northern regions) and Pool B (Midlands and Southern regions). Ties to be played over the weekend of 18–19 February 2017.


2017 League 1 Cup, First round
The draw was made by former Keighley player Paul Handforth (man of the match in 2016 final) and BBC Leeds presenter and former footballer Paul Ogden.


2017 League 1 Cup, Quarter finals
The draw was made immediately after the conclusion of the first round matches.


2017 League 1 Cup, Semi finals
The draw for the semi finals was made on 3 April 2017. Making the draw were England assistant coach Paul Anderson and BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods.


2017 League 1 Cup, Final
The final between Barrow Raiders and North Wales Crusaders was played on 27 May at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool as the curtain raiser to the 2017 Summer Bash.


2017 League 1 results
All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.


2017 League 1 results, Regular season
All times are UK local time (UTC or UTC+1) on the relevant dates.


2017 League of Ireland Cup
The 2017 League of Ireland Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 EA Sports Cup, was the 44th season of the League of Ireland's secondary knockout competition. The EA Sports Cup features teams from the SSE Airtricity League Premier and First Divisions, as well as some intermediate level teams.


2017 League of Ireland Cup, Teams
Clubs denoted with * received a bye into Second Round


2017 League of Ireland Cup, First round
The draw for the First Round took place on 17 February 2017. Ties were scheduled to take place on 21 March 2017 but were postponed due to the sudden death of Derry City captain Ryan McBride. All ties were re-arranged to take place in the first week of April 2017, with the exception of Galway United vs Mayo League (played on 27 March 2017).


2017 League of Ireland Cup, Second round
The draw for the Second Round took place on 5 April 2017. The games were scheduled for Easter Monday 17 April 2017.


2017 League of Ireland Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter finals took place on 19 April 2017 with the ties due to be played on 1 May 2017 and 2 May 2017.


2017 League of Ireland Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals were made on 17 May 2017 with the fixtures due to take place on 7 August 2017.


2017 League of Ireland Cup Final
The 2017 League of Ireland Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 League of Ireland Cup (called the EA Sports Cup for sponsorship purposes), a knock-out association football competition contested annually by clubs affiliated with the League of Ireland. It took place on 17 September 2017 at the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, and was contested by Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers. Dundalk won 3–0 to win the competition for the sixth time.


2017 League of Ireland Cup Final, Background
The League Cup was the first trophy of the 2017 League of Ireland season. The two sides had met three times in the League already that season, with Dundalk winning the first match and Rovers the next two. Dundalk had last won the cup in 2014 (defeating Rovers in the final), and reached the final by defeating UCD in a penalty shoot-out (after a 1–1 draw), Waterford (3–0), and Galway United (3–0).


2017 League of Ireland Cup Final, Background
Shamrock Rovers had last won the League Cup in 2013. To get to the final they overcame Bohemians (3–1), Longford Town (1–0) and Cork City (1–0 after extra-time).


2017 League of Ireland Cup Final, Match, Summary
David McMillan put Dundalk ahead with a header from a corner after five minutes, and there were chances for both sides in the rest of the first half, with Rovers hitting the post on one occasion. The second half saw Dundalk dominate, particularly after Aaron Bolger was sent off for a reckless challenge on Dundalk defender Niclas Vemmelund. Patrick McEleney got their second with a strike from the edge of the penalty area in the 81st minute, and deep into injury time substitute Thomas Stewart scored a third to seal the club's sixth League Cup.


2017 League of Ireland First Division
The 2017 League of Ireland First Division season is the 33rd season of the League of Ireland First Division. The league began on 24 February 2017 and concludes on 7 October 2017. The 2017 season had no promotion/relegation play-off system like the previous years, only one team would be eligible for promotion whilst three teams would be relegated from the League of Ireland Premier Division in a revamp of the leagues by the FAI.


2017 League of Ireland First Division
And returning to the League of Ireland Premier Division for the first time in 10 years was Waterford who won promotion with two games to spare as their 3-0 win over south east rivals Wexford coupled with nearest rivals Cobh Ramblers 3-0 defeat to Cabinteely secured the league title.


2017 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
The First Division has 8 teams. Each team played each other four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches in the season.


2017 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
On 22 December 2016, the FAI announced that the league would be restructured into two 10-team divisions from the 2018 season onwards, one of the recommendations made in the 2015 Conroy Report. This meant the cancellation of the promotion/relegation playoff and relegation at the end of the 2017 season of 3 teams from the Premier Division, with only the champions of the First Division promoted in return.


2017 League of Ireland First Division, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 League of Ireland First Division, Results, Matches 1–14
Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away).


2017 League of Ireland First Division, Results, Matches 15–28
Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away).


2017 League of Ireland First Division, Awards
The PFAI First Division player of the year nominees were Waterford striker David McDaid, Cabinteely midfielder Kieran Marty Waters and UCD striker George Kelly.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 33rd season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The league began on Friday 24 February 2017 and concluded on 27 October 2017. Fixtures were announced on 9 December 2016.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division
On 17 October, Cork City won the title after a 0-0 draw at home to Derry City.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The Premier Division consists of 12 teams. Each team plays each other three times for a total of 33 matches in the season.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
Limerick, the 2016 First Division champion and Drogheda United, winners of the promotion/relegation playoffs, were promoted to the league, both bouncing straight back after having been relegated the previous season.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
On 22 December 2016, the Football Association of Ireland announced that the league would be restructured into two 10-team divisions from the 2018 season onwards, one of the recommendations made in the 2015 Conroy Report. This meant the cancellation of the promotion/relegation playoff and relegation at the end of the 2017 season of 3 teams, with only the champions of the First Division promoted in return.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 League of Ireland Premier Division, Results, Matches 1–22
Teams played each other twice (once at home, once away).


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals
The 2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals was the first Rift Rivals - a series of cross-regional League of Legends tournaments organised by Riot Games, held on 3–9 July 2017 in Berlin, Kaohsiung, Santiago, Moscow and Ho Chi Minh City.


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals
Thirteen regions participated in five concurrent tournaments, with each tournament pitting teams from either two or three rival regions against each other.


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals, Blue Rift (EU vs NA)
The 2017 Rift Rival between North America (NA) - Europe (EU) featured the top three teams from each region's Spring Split. This event took place in Berlin.


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals, Red Rift (CN - KR - LMS)
The 2017 Rift Rival between China (CN) - South Korea (KR) - Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) featured the top four Spring Split teams from each region. This event took place in Kaohsiung.


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals, Yellow Rift (BR - LAN - LAS)
The 2017 Rift Rival between Brazil (BR) - Latin America North (LAN) - Latin America South (LAS) featured the top two Spring Split teams from each region. This event took place in Santiago.


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals, Purple Rift (JP - OCE - SEA)
The 2017 Rift Rival between Southeast Asia (SEA) - Oceania (OCE) - Japan (JP) featured the top three Spring Split teams from each region. This event took place in Ho Chi Minh City.


2017 League of Legends Rift Rivals, Green Rift (CIS - TR)
The 2017 Rift Rival between Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Turkey (TR) featured the top four Spring/Winter Split teams from each region. This event took place in Moscow.


2017 League of Legends World Championship
The 2017 League of Legends World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends. It was the seventh iteration of the League of Legends World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. It was held from September 23 – November 4, 2017, in cities across China. Twenty four teams qualified for the tournament based on their placement in regional circuits such as those in North America, Europe, South Korea, and China, with twelve of those teams having to reach the group stage via a play-in round.


2017 League of Legends World Championship
Samsung Galaxy secured their second championship win after defeating the three-time world champion SK Telecom T1, 3–0 in a best of five final series. They previously won the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk, the AD carry of Samsung, was named the MVP of the tournament for his outstanding performances.


2017 League of Legends World Championship
Against the Current and Jay Chou collaborated with Riot Games to produce two exclusive songs titled "Legends Never Die" and "Heroes" respectively for the tournament, while Alan Walker also produced his own remix of "Legends Never Die".


2017 League of Legends World Championship
The 2017 Worlds has been widely praised for its ceremonial performances, while receiving attention worldwide due to the high quality of the tournament, its multiple dramatic and emotional series, and SK Telecom T1's tributary moments. The finals gained a solid following of 60 million unique viewers, breaking 2016's viewer record. A donation of US$2 million was also raised through the sales of Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe skin, reaching out to different charities and receiving commendations.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Teams and qualifications
Based on the results of MSI and the World Championship in the previous two years, all teams from South Korea (LCK) were seeded directly into the group stage and Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau (LMS) received an extra seed. With the ranking of the 2017 Mid Season Invitational, Southeast Asia (GPL) received a group stage seed for the summer champion team and one more slot in the play-in stage for the summer runner-up team, and the North American (NA LCS) summer split champion team was seeded to Pool 2 due to not qualifying for the top 4 at the MSI.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Venues
Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing were the four cities chosen to host the competition.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Group stage, Group B
Due to the same record (2W-4L) and same head-to-head record each other's (1–1), FNC, GAM and IMT had to play in 2 matches of tie-breakers. GAM was received a bye to TB2 because of the shortest winning time. FNC and IMT will play in TB1 match. The winner of TB1 will play against GAM in TB2 to decide the 2nd-place team.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, League of Legends Live
League of Legends Live was held on the eve of the finals, November 3, in Beijing National Aquatics Center (or known as the Water Cube) to commemorate the tournament, featuring international artists and League of Legends community musicians. It featured performances of a wide variety of music from League of Legends, including Get Jinxed, hits from Pentakill, DJ Sona, Warsongs, Star Guardian, The Curse Of The Sad Mummy, medleys of a wide variety of Worlds and Champion themes, DJ and music producer Alan Walker, and many other tracks over the course of the 90-minute show.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Reception of performances
During the opening ceremony of the finals, dancers were decked out in different masks, unified as the ground around them exploded with visual effects and colors. It was followed by Jay Chou's Worlds 2017 remix Hero performance, and a live version of Legends Never Die by Against the Current, with Chou playing the piano behind.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Reception of performances
An augmented reality dragon (modeled after the in-game Elder Drake) also flew and soared around the arena halfway through the performance, with a giant Summoner's Cup rising from the grounds of the stadium at the same time, catching the stadium's audience and global fans by surprise. The closing ceremony featured Alan Walker performing his own remix of Legends Never Die, with Chrissy Costanza on the vocals. The overall performances of the ceremony received widespread praises.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Legacy
The finals had 60 million unique viewers worldwide, breaking 2016's viewer record.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Legacy
League of Legends fans raised over US$2 million for three different charities (BasicNeeds, Learning Equality and the Raspberry Pi Foundation) with the sales of the "Worlds 2017 Championship Ashe" skin.


2017 League of Legends World Championship, Legacy
The loss of SK Telecom T1 in a 0–3 defeat, as well as Faker's emotional moment is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in League of Legends' history, and noticeably caught the attention of League of Legends' fans throughout the world, with many tributes given to the team and Faker for their success.


2017 League1 Ontario season
The 2017 Men's League1 Ontario season is the fourth season of play for League1 Ontario, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.


2017 League1 Ontario season
For the first time, the league expanded to include teams in the nation's capital, Ottawa, allowing it to span from the western to eastern borders of southern Ontario.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Changes from 2016
The men's division remained at 16 teams for this season, with the addition of Ottawa South United and the departure of the Kingston Clippers.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Changes from 2016
Toronto FC Academy renamed itself to Toronto FC III, as its parent club (Toronto FC) withdrew their squad from the Premier Development League. Aurora United FC was also renamed to Aurora FC.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Changes from 2016
Starting this year, the league champion was granted a place in the next year's Canadian Championship. As a result, the Inter-Provincial Cup was discontinued.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Standings
Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; two against every team in their own conference, and one against every team in the opposing conference. The top team from each conference will meet at the end of the season to determine the league champion. The champion will enter the 2018 Canadian Championship.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Standings, League Championship
The league champion is determined by a single-match series between the top-ranked teams from the western and eastern conferences. The winner qualifies for the 2018 Canadian Championship.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Cup
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all sixteen teams from the men's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Cup
The cup tournament for the men's division is a single-match knockout tournament with four total rounds culminating in a final match in the start of August, with initial matchups determined by random draw. Each match in the tournament must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark instead of extra time.


2017 League1 Ontario season, Statistics, Top goalkeepers
Updated to matches played on October 8, 2017. Minimum 540 minutes played. Source:


2017 League1 Ontario season, All-Star Game
On June 28, the league announced that this year's all-star game would take place against an all-star team from the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. The roster for this game was selected by team & league officials, and was announced on July 18.


2017 Lebanese Elite Cup
The 2017 Lebanese Elite Cup is the 20th edition of this football tournament in Lebanon. The competition started on 4 August through to the final on 20 August. This tournament included the six best teams from the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League season.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute
The 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute began when Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri abruptly announced his resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. Shortly thereafter, the foreign relations between both countries and allied regional neighbors became increasingly strained. On 6 November, Saudi Arabia claimed Lebanon declared war between the two states, despite leaders of Lebanon stating otherwise. On 9 November, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates asked their citizens to leave Lebanon. The conflict is thought to be part of the larger Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute
Lebanon's president and some Lebanese officials believe that Hariri's abrupt resignation was made under coercion by Saudis and have claimed that the Saudis have kept him hostage. Iran, Hezbollah and some analysts also believe that this was to create a pretext for war against Hezbollah. On 21 November, Hariri resigned in Beirut but he immediately suspended it, then he rescinded the resignation completely on 5 December.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Background
In 1989, Saudi Arabia along with the United States helped to mediate the end of the fifteen-year Lebanese Civil War through the Taif Agreement. The agreement left Hezbollah as Lebanon's only armed sectarian militia, due to its struggle against Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon. Following Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, calls grew for the disarmament of Hezbollah; however, the party resisted any such move. Following the assassination of Rafik Hariri—believed to have involved Hezbollah, after Hariri's call for Hezbollah's disarmament—Saudi Arabia called for the immediate withdrawal of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Saudi Arabia has opposed Hezbollah's influence in Lebanon and its involvement in the Syrian Civil War, as the group is seen to be strongly aligned with Iran.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri
On 4 November 2017, in a televised statement from Saudi Arabia, Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri tendered his resignation from office, citing Iran's and Hezbollah's political over-extension in the Middle East region and fears of assassination. Hariri's resignation led to a drop in Lebanese bonds and warnings of a cut to its credit rating.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri
Iran vehemently rejected Saad Hariri's remarks and called his resignation part of a plot by the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to heighten Middle Eastern tensions.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri
On 21 November, Hariri declared in Beirut that he had suspended his resignation. He stated that President Aoun had asked him to "put it on hold ahead of further consultations." He refused to talk about what happened in Saudi Arabia and claimed that events will remain undisclosed. On 5 December he withdrew his resignation in a speech in which he emphasized Lebanon's neutrality in all regional conflicts.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri, Kidnapping and hostage accusations
Upon Hariri's abrupt resignation from  Saudi Arabia, Lebanese President Michel Aoun is reported as having told foreign ambassadors that Hariri has been kidnapped by Saudi Arabia. Pointing to his twelve-day stay in Saudi Arabia after his resignation, Aoun said that he considers Hariri to be detained by Saudi Arabia.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri, Kidnapping and hostage accusations
According to journalist Robert Fisk, Hariri could not have resigned on his own, as he had already scheduled visits with International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for the following Monday. Moreover, Hariri had also arrived in Saudi Arabia on 4 November wearing casual dress, because he expected to go camping in the desert with Mohammad bin Salman.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri, Kidnapping and hostage accusations
Robert Fisk adds that when Hariri's airplane landed in Riyadh's airport, he saw himself surrounded by police forces, who confiscated his cellphone and those of his bodyguards. According to an American official cited by the New Yorker, Hariri was then kept in Saudi custody for eleven hours, put in a chair with Saudi officials repeatedly slapping him. According to The New Yorker, a former American official stated that Hariri said that "Iran intended to continue asserting itself in the region", after meeting with Ali Akbar Velayati, a high-ranking advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader. Hariri also posed smiling for a photo with Velayati. According to The New Yorker report, when Bin Salman heard about the events, "he was enraged", and "[h]e felt like he had to do something".


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri, Kidnapping and hostage accusations
A senior American official in the Middle-East is quoted as saying that the plot was "the dumbest thing I've ever seen." The entire fiasco was believed to be part of Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman's extreme measures to curb Iran's influence in the region.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri, Kidnapping and hostage accusations
Several Iran-leaning and Shia-aligned Lebanese groups, including Hezbollah, accused Saudi Arabia of holding Hariri hostage; Hariri's associates and Saudi officials have denied this. Several Lebanese commentators poked fun at the released pictures of Hariri in Saudi Arabia for their apparent similarity to those taken of hostages. The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, declared "the resignation of Hariri illegal and invalid." In November, it was announced that Hariri was on his way from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Resignation of Hariri, Kidnapping and hostage accusations
Hariri's own party's media outlet reported that he would then move on to Bahrain and later back to Beirut, but both of these trips were subsequently cancelled and he was sent back to Riyadh. Hariri apparently was forced to stay in the guest house of his family's mansion in Riyadh, from where he gave a media interview, and apparently did not have access to his clothes, as he was photographed leaving in overly large shoes.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, War declaration accusations
Parties on both sides of the conflict have asserted that the other side has effectively declared war. On 4 November 2017, Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, possibly targeting the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir claimed that the missile was smuggled to Yemen's Houthis through Hezbollah operatives. "We will treat the government of Lebanon as a government declaring a war because of Hezbollah militias," Thamer al-Sabhan, minister of state for Persian Gulf affairs told the Saudi-controlled Al Arabiya network. "Lebanon is kidnapped by the militias of Hezbollah and behind it is Iran."


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, War declaration accusations
On 9 November 2017, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in turn said that Saudi Arabia had "declared war on Lebanon and Hezbollah."


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Analysis
Some analysts have speculated that Hariri's resignation could end Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system under the Taif Agreement. The timing of Hariri's resignation aligned with the 2017 Saudi Arabian purge, leading some to speculate that it is part of Mohammad bin Salman's plan to consolidate power. It was also seen as a power play by Saudi Arabia to increase its influence in Lebanon and counterbalance Iranian gains in Iraq and Syria. Robert Fisk argued that Hariri's resignation was made under Saudi coercion with the aim of forcing Hezbollah out of the Lebanese parliament and instigating civil war in the country.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, Analysis
A US history professor claims that President Aoun feared a loss of power in May 2018 parliamentary elections to a possible Sunni-Christian coalition that could sideline Hezbollah and its allies.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, International reactions
On 9 November 2017, Saudi Arabia and subsequently the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait urged their citizens currently in Lebanon to leave the country immediately. Recently, Saudi Arabia declared that it considers "acts of aggression" committed by Hezbollah as Lebanon 'declaring war on it'.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, International reactions
On 10 November 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron made an unscheduled visit to Saudi Arabia amidst the escalating crisis. France is a close partner of Lebanon. United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cautioned against "any party, within or outside Lebanon, using Lebanon as a venue for proxy conflicts or in any manner contributing to instability in that country." American and European officials privately pressed Saudi Arabia to back down from its confrontational stance, which, according to The Economist, was heeded. Spokespeople for the French and German foreign ministries, however, said they did not have reason to believe that Hariri was being kept against his will.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, International reactions
Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz called the resignation a "turning point" for the Middle East, saying that "Now is the time to press and isolate Hezbollah, until it will be weakened and eventually disarmed."


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, International reactions
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi told the Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh that he supports the reasons for Hariri's resignation.


2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute, International reactions
On 16 November 2017, French President Macron invited Saad Hariri and his family to France. Hariri left Saudi Arabia for France, before returning to Beirut to officially submit his resignation. The French insist that the offer was not one of exile.


2017 Lega Nord leadership election
The 2017 Lega Nord leadership election took place on 14 May 2017.


2017 Lega Nord leadership election, Background and race
Under the leadership of Matteo Salvini, who was elected in the 2013 leadership election, the party embraced a very critical view of the European Union, especially of the Euro, which he described a "crime against mankind". Ahead of 2014 European Parliament election, Salvini started to cooperate with Marine Le Pen, leader of the French National Front, and Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom. All this was criticised by LN founder Umberto Bossi, who re-called his left-wing roots, and Mayor of Verona Flavio Tosi, who represented the party's centrist wing and defended the Euro. In March 2015, after a long struggle with Luca Zaia and Salvini, Tosi was ejected from the party. In May 2015 Zaia was re-elected President of Veneto for a second term in the regional election with a landslide.


2017 Lega Nord leadership election, Background and race
In the run-up of the 2017 leadership election Salvini was focused on becoming the leader of the centre-right and, possibly, changing the LN's name by ditching "North". Paolo Grimoldi, the regional secretary of Lega Nord for Lombardy, chose not to run (and Roberto Maroni, the President of Lombardy Region, maintained his neutrality), but Giovanni Fava, Lombard minister of Agriculture in the old social-democratic tradition, announced his bid aiming at representing the federalist/autonomist/separatist wings of the party. Gianluca Pini, President of Lega Nord Romagna, supported Fava: note that Fava's best results in this LN primary (over 40% but under 45%) are only in Romagna.


2017 Lega Nord leadership election, Background and race
Giovanni Fava, who is anti-prohibition of drugs, pro-civil unions for same-sex couples, pro-United States, pro-NATO, and anti-National Front ("[it] is one of the most centralist and conservative blocs in Europe, what has it to do with us? "), recalled an old LN activist saying "let's hurry up in making Padania, that I want to return voting the left" and added "this was the League and it has to be like this anew". Salvini accused Fava to be "too friend of Berlusconi" and specially of "wanting to submit the LN to Forza Italia".


2017 Lega Nord leadership election, Background and race
This is a closed primary where all ordinary and militant members with at least 12 months of membership are reserved for 31 December 2016 and they also have the right to sign in support of secretarial nominations, which they need a minimum of 1000 signatures to be able to apply.


2017 Lega Nord leadership election, Background and race
Each candidate must be registered for at least 10 years as ordinary and militant members of LN: the only candidates for the post of Federal Secretary are those of Matteo Salvini and Giovanni Fava, both of which exceed the minimum of 1000 signatures (precisely 6925 for Salvini and 1025 for Fava). Umberto Bossi, the founder of LN, support Giovanni Fava and his plan of approach to Forza Italia and Silvio Berlusconi from which the LN has gradually gone away (in favor of Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy) during Salvini's leadership since the previous primary election of December 2013. On 14 May Salvini was re-elected secretary by a landslide. His re-election was ratified by the party's federal congress on 21 May in Parma.


2017 Legends Tour
The 2017 Legends Tour is a series of professional golf tour events for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S.-based women's tour, the LPGA Tour. The tour was founded in 2001, and is intended to allow women to prolong their competitive golf careers on the model of the successful Champions Tour for men.


2017 Legends Tour, Schedule and results
The table below shows the schedule of events for the 2017 Legends Tour season. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Legends Tour events she had won up to and including that tournament.


2017 Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai election
Parliamentary elections were held in Krasnodar Krai on 10 September 2017. After the previous elections in 2012, United Russia was the largest party in the Legislative Assembly with 95 seats.


2017 Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai election
The number of seats in the sixth convocation of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Krai was lowered from 100 to 70.


2017 Legislative Assembly of Krasnodar Krai election, Electoral system
Under current election laws, the Legislative Assembly is elected on a single day for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 35 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 35 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.


2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team represented Lehigh University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mountain Hawks were led by 12th-year head coach Andy Coen and played their home games at Goodman Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 5–7, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Colgate. Due to their head-to-head win over Colgate, Lehigh received the Patriot League's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Stony Brook in the first round.


2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team, Schedule
The 2017 schedule consists of six home and five away games. The Mountain Hawks will host Patriot League foes Georgetown, Holy Cross, and Lafayette for the 153rd meeting of The Rivalry, and will travel to Colgate, Fordham, and Bucknell.


2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team, Schedule
In 2017, Lehigh's non-conference opponents will be Villanova of the Colonial Athletic Association, Monmouth of the Big South Conference, Yale and Penn of the Ivy League, and Wagner of the Northeast Conference.


2017 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
The 2017 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season was the seventh season for the professional indoor football franchise and first in the National Arena League (NAL). The Steelhawks were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season


2017 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season
Led by head coach Chris Thompson, the Steelhawks played their home games at the PPL Center.


2017 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season, Schedule, Regular season
The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016


2017 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated March 13, 201724 Active, 9 Inactive


2017 Leicestershire County Council election
The 2017 Leicestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All councillors were elected from electoral divisions by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.


2017 Leicestershire County Council election
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has undertaken a review of the county and has recommended a change to the boundaries of the electoral divisions. These changes took effect at this election. Leicestershire's 55 county councillors will represent 51 single-member electoral divisions and two two-member electoral divisions: Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests, and Oadby.


2017 Leicestershire County Council election, Results
There are 55 seats on the county council. The Conservatives and Labour fielded 55 candidates with the Liberal Democrats fielding 53, the UK Independence Party fielding 43 and the Green Party fielding 18.


2017 Leicestershire County Council election, Results by electoral division
Results for individual divisions are shown below. They have been divided into their respective districts or boroughs and listed alphabetically.


2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2017 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.


2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship
Dublin are the defending champions, having won their 55th title and completed a 6-in-a-row in 2016. The draw for the championship was made on 13 October 2016.


2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Leinster championship is contested by 11 of the 12 counties in the Irish province of Leinster. Kilkenny is the only county to not compete.


2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship, Championship Draw
The four teams who won the quarter-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's quarter-finals.


2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, was a hurling match which was played on 2 July 2017 at Croke Park, Dublin. It was contested by Wexford and Galway, the first ever Leinster final between the two counties.


2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Galway captained by David Burke won the game on a 0–29 to 1–17 scoreline to secure their second Leinster title, they had a 0–14 to 0–11 lead at half-time. Due to a clash of colours, Galway wore an all white kit with Wexford wearing yellow jerseys and purple shorts.


2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build-Up
Wexford were playing in their first Leinster final since 2008 and were looking for their first win since 2004. Galway were playing in their sixth final with one win in 2012.


2017 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final, Build-Up
The match was shown live on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game Live with commentary from Marty Morrissey and Michael Duignan. The attendance of 60,032 was a record attendance for a Leinster hurling final.


2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship was the 111th edition of Leitrim GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Leitrim, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Leitrim in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship
Aughawillan were the defending champions after they defeated Glencar–Manorhamilton in the previous years final.


2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship
Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's made a return to the senior grade after 4 seasons in the Intermediate grade by winning the 2016 Leitrim Intermediate Football Championship.


2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship
Annaduff were relegated to the 2018 I.F.C. after losing the relegation final. They spent 16 years in the top-flight.


2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.


2017 Leitrim Senior Football Championship, Group Stage
All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 4 teams in both groups proceed to the Quarter-Finals. The 5th and 6th placed teams in each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.


2017 Lesbos earthquake
The 2017 Lesbos earthquake occurred at 12:28:39 UTC on 12 June. The earthquake's epicentre was 5 km south of Plomari on the Greek island of Lesbos off the Aegean coast of Turkey. It had a magnitude of 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Extensive damage was caused on parts of southern Lesbos, where there was one fatality and 10 people were injured. The earthquake was also felt in Turkey but no significant damage or injuries were reported.


2017 Lesbos earthquake
Scientific Data on the 2017 Lesbos earthquake, collected by the Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment of  National and Kapodistrian University of Athens are published on-line in an integrated Story Map


2017 Lesotho Independence Cup
2017 Lesotho Independence Cup is a football tournament of Lesotho. It had 4 participants, the top 4 of 2016–17 Lesotho Premier League: Bantu, Lioli, LCS and Kick 4 Life. Part of the prize money would also donate to school or orphanage that were chosen by the participants.


2017 Lesotho general election
Early general elections were held in Lesotho on 3 June 2017 to elect all 120 seats of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament. The elections were called more than three years ahead of schedule due to a successful vote of no confidence against the incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.


2017 Lesotho general election, Background
After three years out of power, Pakalitha Mosisili returned to office as Prime Minister in the February 2015 general election as leader of the Democratic Congress, defeating Prime Minister Tom Thabane of the All Basotho Convention. However, in November 2016 an agreement was announced between the deputy leader of the Democratic Congress, Monyane Moleleki, and Tom Thabane to remove Mosisili and install Moleleki as Prime Minister. Moleleki was suspended from the Democratic Congress in December 2016 and launched a new party, the Alliance of Democrats, in January 2017.


2017 Lesotho general election, Background
On 12 February 2017 Thabane returned to Lesotho from self-imposed exile, declaring that Prime Minister Mosisili no longer commanded a parliamentary majority and vowing to oust him in a vote of no confidence. He claimed that he was risking his life by returning.


2017 Lesotho general election, Background
The new opposition alliance defeated Mosisili in a vote of no confidence on 1 March 2017 and proposed Moleleki as the new Prime Minister; Mosisili, faced with the choice of stepping aside in favor of Moleleki or calling an early election, chose the latter. He advised King Letsie III to dissolve Parliament, and the King did so on 7 March, despite an opposition effort to obstruct the move. It was announced on 13 March that an early election would be held on 3 June 2017.


2017 Lesotho general election, Electoral system
The 120 members of the National Assembly are elected using the mixed-member proportional representation system, with voters casting a single vote. Eighty members are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency in a closed list as leveling seats. The votes from every constituency are totalled (with votes cast for independent candidates ignored) to give a nationwide total for each party.


2017 Lesotho general election, Electoral system
A quota of the 120 total seats in the National Assembly is then calculated using each party's vote share and the number of seats won in constituencies is deducted in order to give the number of the 40 leveling -seats that a party is due. If the total number of seats due to be awarded is less than 120, the highest remainder method is used to distribute the remaining leveling seats.


2017 Lesotho general election, Results
Partial results available by 5 June, with counting for 57 constituencies completed, showed Thabane's opposition party, the ABC, winning 45 constituencies against only eight for Mosisili's party, the Democratic Congress.


2017 Lesotho general election, Results
Full results were released on 6 June, confirming a victory for Thabane and the ABC, which won 48 seats against 30 for Mosisili's Democratic Congress.


2017 Lesotho general election, Government formation
The ABC said on 6 June that it planned to form a government in coalition with the Alliance of Democrats, the Basotho National Party, and the Reformed Congress of Lesotho. A government statement on 8 June said that Mosisili had submitted his resignation to King Letsie but would continue in a caretaker capacity. However, on 9 June, Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing, leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, said that "there is no need for the removal of the existing government in office" and argued for the formation of "a government of national unity" for the sake of national stability.


2017 Lesotho general election, Government formation
Thabane's estranged wife Dipolelo was shot and killed on 14 June. Thabane was sworn in as Prime Minister on 16 June, and his cabinet was sworn in on 23 June, including Monyane Moleleki as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs.


2017 Lethbridge municipal election
The 2017 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 17, 2017 to elect a mayor and eight councillors (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees, and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4’s nine trustees (as Ward 2).


2017 Lethbridge municipal election
From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle. Of the 78,772 eligible voters, only 21,338 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27%.


2017 Lethbridge municipal election, Results, Councillors
The use of Block Voting meant that each voter could cast up to 8 votes. Thus there was a far greater number of votes than voters. 21,000 voters cast 128,000 votes.


2017 Lethbridge municipal election, Results, Councillors
(Percentage means candidate received a vote from that portion of voters.)


2017 Leuven derailment
A derailment of a passenger train occurred on 18 February 2017 at Leuven, Belgium. One person was killed and 27 were injured. The cause of the derailment was excessive speed through a set of points.


2017 Leuven derailment, Accident
At 13:13 CET (12:13 UTC), a 3-car passenger train operated by a single Class 80 electric multiple unit No.326 was derailed shortly after leaving Leuven. The front carriage fell on its side, the centre carriage was derailed and the rear carriage remained on the tracks. The train had just left Leuven for Brussels, and De Panne. It had travelled 500 metres (550 yd) when the accident happened. One person was killed and 27 were injured, three seriously. Fourteen of the victims were taken to hospital. A further 57 passengers were uninjured. It was initially thought that the victim was not on board the train, but this theory was later discounted and it was confirmed that he was a passenger.


2017 Leuven derailment, Accident
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel visited the site. He tweeted his thanks to the emergency services for their rapid intervention following the accident.


2017 Leuven derailment, Accident
Following the accident, trains between Brussels and Luik were cancelled, although they were able to run between Leuven and Ottignies. One track was reopened to traffic by 18:00. The three carriages of the train were removed from the site during the night of 19–20 February.


2017 Leuven derailment, Investigations
The Railway Accident and Incident Investigation Unit, Belgian police, and SNCB have opened investigations into the accident. The police investigation revealed excessive speed through a set of points to be the cause of the derailment. The train was travelling at 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) where the speed limit was 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph).


2017 Leuven derailment, Investigations
According to the Railway Accident and Incident Investigation Unit final report, the driver was distracted and accelerated too soon and the train protection system (TBL1++) was not designed to monitor the speed and apply emergency braking in this particular sequence of events (Green Yellow Horizontal signal). Also may have been confused by the complex track and signal layout and by a misleading speed sign meant for another track, which was promptly removed.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack
On the morning of 9 August 2017, a car rammed into a group of soldiers in the Levallois-Perret commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. Six soldiers patrolling the area as part of Opération Sentinelle were injured in the attack, three of them seriously. The driver fled the scene and, several hours later, was shot and arrested by an elite police unit on a highway near the town of Marquise, Pas-de-Calais after attempting to ram a roadblock. According to the French police the incident was terrorist-related.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack
On 23 August 2017 French prosecutors pressed terrorism charges against the suspect, 36-year-old Algerian Hamou Benlatrèche, who was said to have "radical beliefs and showed interest in the Islamic State group."


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Context
The attack is part of a series of terrorist attacks in France since November 2015, about half of which have targeted police of the military patrols that appeared in the streets of France with the imposition of the state of emergency that has been in continuous effect since the November 2015 Paris attacks. The site of the attack, Levallois-Perret is home to the headquarters of France's main intelligence agency, the General Directorate for Internal Security (DCRI), and also the staging point for soldiers assigned to protect sensitive sites in the French capital.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack
On the morning of 9 August 2017 at around 07:45, a car that had been "visibly pre-positioned" rammed into a group of a dozen soldiers as they left their barracks in Place de Verdun in the morning. The driver behind the wheel of a dark-colored BMW, was waiting in "ambush" in an alley from which he could see the soldiers emerge and begin to walk towards their patrol vehicles to start their morning's work. The group, members of the 35th Infantry Regiment stationed in Belfort who were taking part in Opération Sentinelle.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack
According to Interior Minister Gérard Collomb, the car approached slowly, then sped up to deliberately target the soldiers. At least six were injured, three of them seriously, of which one was unconscious. The car then fled the scene while the remaining soldiers tried to give chase. The attack was described as 'deliberate' by French police as the car was waiting for the soldiers to arrive at the spot the driver intended to attack.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack
The U.S. Embassy in Paris warned Americans to avoid the Levallois-Perret area following the attack.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack
Four of the victims were transported to the Bégin Military Teaching Hospital in Saint-Mandé and the two more severely wounded soldiers were transported to the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in Clamart. French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb and Defense Minister Florence Parly both visited injured soldiers at the Bégin Military Teaching Hospital later the same day.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Capture and arrests
A large police operation of several hundred agents was deployed to capture the suspect. Government spokesman Christophe Castaner said that "all means are mobilized to neutralize the person or persons who are responsible," and that President Emmanuel Macron had discussed the attack at a security meeting and at a cabinet meeting.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Capture and arrests
Several hours after the attack, at around 13:30, the Rouen and Lille elite police unit Research and Intervention Brigade cornered and stopped the vehicle, a BMW 2 Series Active Tourer branded rental car, near a petrol station on a motorway in Marquise, Pas-de-Calais after being spotted in Leulinghen-Bernes some 260 kilometers (162 miles) north of the capital on the A16 autoroute.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Capture and arrests
The driver who attempted to force the roadblock received five gunshot wounds and was sent to a hospital in serious condition, as was a policeman who was also injured by a stray bullet fired by one of his colleagues. After being stopped in his car and ignoring several calls by police, he reached his hand as if attempting to grab a weapon, causing police to fire at the suspect.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Capture and arrests
A testimonial, a report from a police officer, as well as a tracker that had been installed by the company to the person who rented the vehicle, for which the suspect worked as a driver, made it possible to locate the vehicle. The police officer reporting the vehicle had recorded its license number after driving on the highway north of Paris and noticing "a car passing at full speed with its windshield, hood and front bumper damaged."


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Capture and arrests
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe confirmed that the man arrested was the same who committed the attack.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Capture and arrests
Later the same day, investigators raided several addresses in Île-de-France associated with the suspect. A second man, a relative of the first, was arrested and held for questioning in Marseilles.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Suspect and investigation
The suspect is a 36-year-old Algerian national Hamou Benlatrèche living in the Paris suburb of Bezons. He had no previous convictions by a French court, but was known to police since 2013 for committing an offense of assisting illegal immigrants. A member of the Tablighi Jamaat movement, he was described by his uncle as "a faithful Muslim who prayed regularly" and frequented a mosque near his home in Val-d'Oise, but was not known to have been radicalised. He was not registered among the several thousand Islamic extremists and potential threats to national security monitored by French intelligence.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Suspect and investigation
Benlatrèche was held in a hospital in Lille and was not expected to recover sufficiently to be questioned for several weeks.


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Suspect and investigation
Interior Minister Gérard Collomb visited the scene of the attack late in the afternoon, and confirmed that a terrorist investigation has been launched. He said the attack after how it happened was "clearly a deliberate act." Patrick Balkany, mayor of Levallois-Perret described the attack as "without doubt a deliberate act" and "an odious aggression against our military."


2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Attack, Suspect and investigation
On 23 August 2017, the French anti-terrorism prosecutor Francois Molins pressed charges of "attempted murder of security forces in connection with a terrorist enterprise" against Benlatrèche, saying that he "had radical beliefs and showed interest in the Islamic State group." He had also reportedly shown interest in traveling to Syria.


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger
The 2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard court. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Binghamton, United States between 24 and 30 July 2017.


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Doubles
Denis Kudla and Daniel Nguyen won the title after defeating Jarryd Chaplin and Luke Saville 6–3, 7–6(7–5) in the final.


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles
Darian King was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger – Singles
Cameron Norrie won the title after defeating Jordan Thompson 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 in the final.


2017 Leyte earthquake
On July 6, 2017, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Leyte, causing at least 4 deaths and 100 injuries. The quake also caused power interruptions in the whole of Eastern Visayas and nearby Bohol.


2017 Leyte earthquake
The Philippine archipelago is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Earthquake
The 6.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to have occurred at 4:03:53 p.m. (16:03:53 UTC+8) and determined it to be of tectonic origin. PHIVOLCS recorded the depth of focus at 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) and its epicenter 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) south of Jaro.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Earthquake
The United States Geological Survey (USGC) recorded the depth of focus for the earthquake at 6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi), deeper than what is recorded by PHIVOLCS.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Earthquake
The tremor was caused by the movement of the Leyte Segment of the Philippine Fault. A ground rupture was recorded in Barangay Tongonan in Ormoc which was described by the Department of Science and Technology as the epicenter area of the quake. As of July 9, PHIVOLCS was still assessing the extent of the rupture which could span 20 kilometers (12 mi) across the area.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Earthquake
No tsunami warning was raised by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Damage
The Department of Public Works and Highways Leyte Fourth Engineering District announced on July 10, 2017 that they estimate that at least ₱271 million of damage was caused by the earthquake. The local agency said that the city of Ormoc, and nearby town Kananga sustained the heaviest damage.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Damage
The earthquake caused a building in Kananga to collapse, causing the deaths of two people. Two more deaths were reported later.


2017 Leyte earthquake, Damage
Authorities temporarily closed Ormoc Airport after its runway was damaged.