2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, January 2017
The administrators announced that two last minute bids were unsuccessful and therefore the club was liquidated. Following this news, winger James Clare signed for Leigh Centurions on a two-year deal. This sparked an exodus at Odsal as players became free agents. Academy products Tom Olbison, Alex Mellor and Adam O'Brien all signed with Super League clubs as Olbison joined Widnes Vikings with Mellor and O'Brien joining the Huddersfield Giants on long term deals. Top try scorer Kris Welham attracted numerous offers before settling on Salford Red Devils and second rower Jason Walton signed with RFL Championship side Featherstone Rovers.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, January 2017
Superstar fullback Kieren Moss and prop Ben Kavanagh also signed for Hull Kingston Rovers. The Rugby Football League (RFL) accepted a bid to found a new club in Bradford. It was announced that Andrew Chalmers and a former Wigan Warriors coach, Graham Lowe, were the successful new owners. They immediately signed veteran halfback Leon Pryce and released coach Rohan Smith. In addition to this they declined to offer Aussie halfback Dane Chisholm a contract with the new club.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, January 2017
During the owners press conference they revealed that Manly Sea Eagles legend Geoff Toovey would become the Bulls new coach for the 2017 season, in addition to this Leon Pryce was revealed as the captain. Australian second rower Lachlan Burr signed for Leigh Centurions. The Bulls re-signed the rest of the off contract players. With a makeshift side the Bulls lost 10-28 to a strong Huddersfield Giants side with Joe Keyes and Ross Oakes scoring for Bradford, Keyes kicked a conversion.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, January 2017
Second-row forward Colton Roche put pen to paper on a deal to join the Bulls for the 2017 season from York City Knights. In the final pre-season match, Bradford narrowly lost 24-25 to League 1 side Keighley Cougars. New signing Roche scored the opening try before young hooker Joe Lumb scored. Oakes carried on from the previous week and scored whilst Iliess Macani also went over for a try, Keyes kicked three goals and Oscar Thomas kicked a conversion. Squad numbers were released at the end of the month, with Pryce receiving the number 6 shirt.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, February 2017
Reinforces were made to the squad as Leeds Rhinos loaned out halfback Jordan Lilley, second row Josh Jordan-Roberts, hooker Sam Hallas and prop Mikolaj Oledzki on a 1-month loans to the Bulls ahead of the opening game. The opening game of the season saw the Bulls lose 24-54 to RFL Championship favourites Hull Kingston Rovers. The Bulls took an early lead through young prop Liam Kirk before Hull KR scored a few tries to take the lead. Academy graduate Ross Oakes also scored before fan favourite Ethan Ryan raced 80m to score an interception try ten minutes from full-time.


2017 Bradford Bulls season, Season review, February 2017
Iliess Macani scored a consolation try after a Jordan Lilley intercept whilst fullback Oscar Thomas kicked four conversions. Following the defeat the Bulls announced the capture of young Samoan rugby sevens star Phoenix Hunapo-Nofoa on a 1-year deal. The first home game of the season saw 4,051 people watch the Bulls narrowly lose 14-22 to  the Rochdale Hornets. Youngster James Bentley and Thomas both scored tries whilst Thomas kicked 3 goals in the defeat. After being out powered in the pack the Bulls announced the signing of French international, second row forward Kevin Larroyer on a 1-month loan deal from Castleford Tigers. Bradford added more experience signing ex-international Scott Moore on a 4-game trial and also utility back Lee Smith on a 2-year deal.


2017 Brantford Galaxy season
The 2017 Brantford Galaxy season was the sixth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. They began the season on May 29, 2017 away against Royal Toronto FC. The season concluded with Brantford securing a postseason berth by finishing fifth in the standings. In the preliminary round of the playoffs they were defeated by Scarborough SC.


2017 Brantford Galaxy season, Summary
Before the commencement of the 2017 season a change in the managerial structure occurred with Saša Vuković being named the head coach. Throughout the regular season Brantford struggled to achieve significant results, but still was awarded a playoff berth after finishing fifth in the standings. Their reserve team fared slightly better results as they finished fourth in the standings. In the opening round of the postseason the senior squad was eliminated by Scarborough SC, while their reserve team advanced to the next round after defeating the Serbian White Eagles B. The following round they were eliminated from the playoff competition after a 7-0 defeat to FC Ukraine United.


2017 Brasil Open
The 2017 Brasil Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 17th edition of the Brasil Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place from February 27 through March 6, 2017, in São Paulo, Brazil, with the final completed on a Monday due to rain.


2017 Brasil Open – Doubles
Julio Peralta and Horacio Zeballos were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Facundo Bagnis and Guillermo Durán.


2017 Brasil Open – Doubles
Rogério Dutra Silva and André Sá won the title, defeating Marcus Daniell and Marcelo Demoliner in the final, 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–7].


2017 Brasil Open – Singles
Pablo Cuevas was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Albert Ramos Viñolas in the final, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4.


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


2017 Brasileiro de Marcas
The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas season will be the seventh season of the Brasileiro de Marcas.


2017 Brasileiro de Marcas, Championship standings
Points are awarded for each race at an event to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race.


2017 Brasileiro de Marcas, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap† – Retired, but classified


2017 Brazil prison riots
The 2017 Brazil prison riots were a confrontation between two criminal organizations, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), and their allies within prisons and peripheries of Brazilian cities. Its emergence is linked to the methods of the PCC to conquer new territories for drug trafficking, which involve the collection of insurance and economic centralization and whose rigid pseudo-state organization finds strong resistance from regional criminal organizations, with predominantly decentralized organization.


2017 Brazil prison riots, Riots
The confrontation has taken the form of prison rebellions culminating in massacres. At the end of 2016, the first rebellion took place in Roraima with dead detainees. On January 1, 2017, 56 prisoners were killed after a riot at the Anísio Jobim (Compaj) Penitentiary Complex in Manaus, Amazonas, in the northern region of the country. Members of two rival gangs of drug trafficking, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and the Família do Norte (NDF) (allied to the Comando Vermelho (CV)) clashed in what was considered the most violent massacre in the history of the Brazilian prison system since the slaughter of Carandiru (1992).


2017 Brazil prison riots, Riots
The next day, four more inmates were killed at another prison in Manaus. Five days later, 33 prisoners were killed in the Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot, located in the rural area of Boa Vista, Roraima, also in the North. According to Folha de S.Paulo, the massacre in Roraima was a response of the PCC to the rebellion commanded by the FDN in the Amazon. Even more people were killed later on in the month.


2017 Brazil prison riots, Riots
Some of the most recent riots within Brazilian prisons happened in January 2018 in the state of Ceara. These fights broke out because of rivaling gang members, The Guardians of the State and First Capital Command of São Paulo, being in such close quarters in the facility. This riot was just one in a series that has been occurring for a year and a half. At least 10 inmates were killed and eight were injured. The state of Ceara holds the highest number of inmates without conviction or sentencing throughout all of Brazil: two of every three inmates await trial.


2017 Brazil prison riots, Riots
Inmates are notoriously more agitated throughout the process of awaiting trial, which may explain the high prevalence of fights at the Ceara facility. Yet another riot that took place in January 2018 was in the state of Goias. Authorities claim nine prisoners were killed and 14 injured; one victim being decapitated. 106 prisoners escaped with authorities only recapturing 29 of them after regaining control of the facility. This riot was yet another cause of rivaling gang members being in too close of quarters. In this case, a gang entered the housing unit of a rivaling gang, setting their mattresses on fire and firing off weapons. The staff claims to have moved in quickly to get things under control, but not before 106 of the facilities’ inmates escaped.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2017) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 November 2017 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in the Interlagos neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil. The race was the nineteenth and penultimate round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the forty-sixth running of the Brazilian Grand Prix, the forty-fifth time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the thirty-fourth World Championship event to be held at Interlagos.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas started from pole position with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen behind, after World Champion Lewis Hamilton crashed out of qualifying early and started from the pit lane. Vettel overtook Bottas on the first corner, after which he set the pace through most of the race. Vettel won the Grand Prix, followed by Bottas and Räikkönen. Hamilton eventually climbed to fourth, closing to less than one second of a podium finish.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The three free practice session demonstrated very tight competition between Ferrari and Mercedes. In first and second free practice, Lewis Hamilton was quickest, with both Ferraris and both Red Bulls within one second. Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were notably strong in these sessions. In the third session, the order was similar. However, Valtteri Bottas pipped Hamilton's best time by three thousands of a second; and neither Max Verstappen nor Massa put in a strong lap. In the final practice round, less than a tenth of a second separated the two Mercedes and two Ferraris.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The first practice session saw George Russell's Formula One debut appearance. There was also an unusual appearance of a test driver (Antonio Giovinazzi) in the second practice session (usually, any test drivers that participate in a racing weekend, do so in the first practice session).


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying began in a dramatic fashion as World Champion Hamilton lost the back end of the car with over-steer, seemingly due to a driver error, crashing to retire from Q1 without setting a lap time. Räikkönen was fastest in Q1 and Vettel in Q2. In the final qualifying session, however, Bottas took pole position. Vettel qualified a close second, followed by Räikkönen, Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo took a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components and started 14th on the grid. Hamilton elected to change his gearbox and power unit, so started the race from the pit lane.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Vettel achieved a good start during the second phase of clutch control to overtake Bottas on the first corner. There were numerous retirements due to collisions on the first lap. Romain Grosjean lost the back end, clipping Esteban Ocon off the track. Ocon's resultant retirement ended his record streak of 27 races finished from his Formula One debut. Stoffel Vandoorne and Kevin Magnussen also retired due to a collision on the first lap.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hamilton, starting from the pit lane, implemented an inverted tyre strategy running to lap 44 on one set of soft tyres. After overtaking the back-markers and mid-field, he fell into first place as the leading cars – predominantly on one-stop strategies – pitted. Hamilton's only pit-stop positioned him fifth, after which he overtook Verstappen and was briefly able to challenge Räikkönen for the podium, but unable to overtake Raikkonen in third. Ricciardo also battled up to sixth after starting fifteenth on the grid and dropping to seventeenth as collateral of the Vandoorne-Magnussen collision.


2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Setting the pace through most of the race, Vettel won the Grand Prix, followed by Bottas and Räikkönen. Including Hamilton, the top four finished within the space of 5.5 seconds, with the two Red Bulls more than 30 seconds behind. The following three positions also carried a race-long battle to the finish line, finishing within 1 second of each other. Initially overtaking on lap 5 (as the safety car was pulling into pitlane), Massa held off Alonso who remained close throughout the race. Sergio Pérez also caught up to these two racers to cross the finish line barely behind Alonso.


2017 Brazilian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2017 Brazilian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (in Portuguese: 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Curling de Duplas Mistas) were held from November 15 to 19, 2017 at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Ontario. Tournament were held in 3rd time.


2017 Brazilian general strike
The 2017 Brazilian general strike took place on April 28, 100 years after Brazil's first general strike in June 1917. The movement was a protest against reforms of labor laws, which were later adopted and social security proposed by Michel Temer government and pending in National Congress of Brazil.


2017 Brazilian general strike
More than 150 cities recorded stoppages, and according to the organizers, there were 40 million people, with no official admission balance or the number of protesters on the streets. With wide coverage in international media, the strike was minimized by the Brazilian press according to the journalist Paula Cesarino Costa, with emphasis given to conflicts between police and strikers. With diverse reactions, politicians who support the government reduced the impact of the strike while oppositionists defended it as popular expression. Political scientist Marco Antonio Teixeira, in an interview for the BBC, said that the strike was "smaller than organizers expected, but larger than the government would like".


2017 Brazilian general strike, History
Several trade union centrals called for protests against new labor and social security laws proposals to the National Congress of Brazil by Michel Temer government. Supported by local unions, the strike was called by several trade unions. Other movements were also at the forefront of demonstrations, such as Landless Workers' Movement, Homeless Workers' Movement and National Union of Students.


2017 Brazilian general strike, History
The political parties that declared support or encouraged their militancy to appear on the streets were Worker's Party, Brazilian Socialist Party, Communist Party of Brazil, Socialism and Liberty Party, United Socialist Workers' Party, Brazilian Communist Party, Democratic Labor Party Solidarity and Sustainability Network. The strike was also supported by the Catholic Church in Brazil. Several bishops and priests summoned the faithful to protest against reforms. National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) issued a note calling on Christians to fight "in order to seek the best for our people, especially the most fragile".


2017 Brazilian general strike, History
A military police officer from Goiás caused serious injuries to the university student Mateus Ferreira da Silva during a protest in the city of Goiania. The aggression was photographed and filmed, with photos in sequence capturing the moment when the captain's baton Augusto Sampaio breaks when reaching the student's head. The student spent 11 days in the intensive care unit and suffered several fractures in the face, in addition to traumatic brain injury. The police officer was removed from external actions and awaits in administrative activities the conclusion of an investigation into the incident.


2017 Brazilian general strike, Reactions
The strike had international repercussions and generated diverse reactions among journalists, government officials and political scientists, whereas, according to the Folha de S.Paulo ombudsman, national coverage was minimized and exacerbated conflicts between demonstrators and police forces.


2017 Brazilian general strike, Reactions
The president Michel Temer criticized acts of violence. The former Minister of Justice, Osmar Serraglio, said that the strike would have failed. Politicians who supported the government criticized the strike and its motives, while opposition politicians supported it as a backing of the popular will. João Doria Junior, mayor of São Paulo, fought the strike stating in a social network that "Friday is a day of work". Free Brazil Movement also strongly campaigned against it, saying that demonstrators depend on the union tax. The union centrals have classified the strike as the biggest of the last decades, counting on the adhesion of 40 million people.


2017 Brazilian general strike, Reactions
The political scientist Milton Lahuerta said that the strike represented "an expression of indignation". Already for the journalist Merval Pereira, the strike would not be a popular uprising, but of unions that would be "losing perks". The Rádio Jovem Pan declared that "there was no general strike" and that "in fact, the strike failed": "There were only small pickets of people who tried to stop Brazil".


2017 Breeders' Cup
The 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships was the 34th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year. The 13 races, all of which were Grade I, took place on November 3 and 4 at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California and were telecast by NBC and NBC Sports. The Breeders' Cup is generally regarded as the end of the North America racing season, although a few Grade I events take place in later November and December.


2017 Breeders' Cup
The highlight of the event was Gun Runner's victory in the Classic, likely wrapping up Horse of the Year honors. Forever Unbridled, Roy H and World Approval likely wrapped up divisional Eclipse Awards with victories in the Distaff, Sprint and Mile respectively. The event featured many longshot winners, including Bar of Gold at 66–1, the second largest payout in the event's history.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Challenge series
The Breeders' Cup Challenge is a series of races that provide the winners of designated races with automatic "Win and You're In" berths in a specified division of the Breeders' Cup. Fifty pre-entrants in the 2017 Breeders' Cup qualified via the Challenge series, which was particularly important as seven of the Breeders' Cup races were oversubscribed. A maximum of 14 horses (12 in the Turf Sprint) are allowed to start in each race. Winners of the Challenge races are given automatic entries, while other pre-entries are ranked by a points system and the judgement of a panel of experts.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Challenge series
Five winners of Challenge series races went on to win their respective division at the Breeders' Cup:


2017 Breeders' Cup, Event preparation
The Breeders' Cup organization announced in 2014 that Del Mar would host the event for the first time in 2017. Del Mar is best known for its prestigious summer meet, highlighted by the Pacific Classic. However, its seating capacity is notably lower than most other tracks at which the Breeders' Cup is run such as Santa Anita and Churchill Downs. As a result, Del Mar limited the attendance to 37,500 for both Friday and Saturday (compared to the 2016 figures of 45,000 on Friday and over 70,000 on Saturday at Santa Anita). Despite this, ticket revenues were higher than in 2016 because Del Mar designed many premium seating options.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Event preparation
To accommodate the event, Del Mar widened its turf course to be able to handle 14 horses. Because of the dimensions of track, the distances for two races were altered: the Turf Sprint was shortened to 5 furlongs (normally 6+1⁄2) and the Filly & Mare Turf was shortened to 1+1⁄8 miles (normally 1+1⁄4). Del Mar built temporary seating areas and upgraded the television monitors and video board. In response to unusually heavy fatalities during its 2016 summer meet, Del Mar revamped the main track to increase the banking on the turns and even out the surface. There were no life-threatening injuries during the 13 Breeders' Cup races.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Event preparation
For 2017, the Breeders' Cup announced that they would be performing out-of-competition testing on roughly 90% of horses (up from 40%-60%), including all North American Breeders' Cup Challenge race winners and at least one horse from each trainer. They also made a rule change that required horses who have been administered anabolic steroids for therapeutic purposes to miss six months of racing. The previous rule required a 60-day delay, with some state-to-state variation in how the rule was administered. This inconsistency had resulted in the disqualification of Masochistic from a second-place finish in the 2016 Sprint.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Event preparation
On October 25, the Breeders' Cup announced that 187 horses had been pre-entered for the event, including nine returning or former champions: Arrogate, Highland Reel, Drefong, Oscar Performance, Lady Eli, Champagne Room, Queen's Trust, Finest City, and Mongolian Saturday. The early entries included a record 46 horses from Europe, 14 of which were trained by Aidan O'Brien.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results
The configuration of the Del Mar racetrack influenced many races and perhaps contributed to a rash of upsets – just one favorite won on each of Friday and Saturday. In particular, Del Mar has a relatively short homestretch compared to most other major racetracks, which made it difficult for horses to close from far back. According to handicapper Mike Watchmaker, the track had a strong bias towards horses racing on the outside. Only one horse won in front-running fashion: Gun Runner in the Classic.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results
Javier Castellano earned the Shoemaker Award for outstanding jockey at the Breeders' Cup with one win aboard Rushing Fall, a second and a third. John Velazquez was the only jockey with multiple wins, taking the Distaff with Forever Unbridled and the Mile on World Approval. William Buick and Mickael Barzalona earned their first Breeders' Cup wins, both riding for Godolphin.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results
Local trainer Peter Miller earned his first Breeders' Cup victory with Stormy Liberal in the Turf Sprint, then earned his second just hours later with Roy H in the Sprint. Chad Brown also trained two Breeders' Cup winners, including Good Magic in the Juvenile.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results
The total betting handle over two days was $166.1 million, up 5.5% over 2016 at Santa Anita and up 6.8% compared to 2015 at Keeneland. Of this, $25,181,317 was bet at Del Mar itself, up sharply from $20,742,847 in 2016 despite the much lower attendance


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results, Friday, November 3
On Friday, November 3, the first four Breeders' Cup races were run before a crowd of 32,278. The highlight of the day was Forever Unbridled's win in the Distaff, in which she defeated a strong contingent of three-year-old fillies led by Abel Tasman. The Juvenile Turf was won by Mendelssohn, a half-brother to champion Beholder who sold at auction for $3 million. Mendelssohn gave trainer Aidan O'Brien his 27th Grade I/Group One victory in 2017, adding to his world record. O'Brien advised that Mendelssohn would be considered for the 2018 Kentucky Derby.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 4
The highlight of the day was Gun Runner's commanding victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic, which likely wrapped up Horse of the Year honors. Gun Runner was the only horse to overcome an apparent track bias that favored horses racing from off the pace and on the outside. West Coast's third-place finish was likely good enough to earn him champion three-year-old honors combined with earlier wins in the Travers Stakes and Pennsylvania Derby.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 4
The only favorite to win on Saturday was World Approval in the Mile, solidifying his bid for champion turf horse honors. In the Sprint, Roy H scored a mild upset and moved to the top of his division.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 4
In the Juvenile, Good Magic became the first maiden to ever win a Breeders' Cup race. His clear victory, combined with a strong second-place performance in the Champagne Stakes, moved him to the top of the two-year-old colt division and made him the likely winter book favorite for the 2018 Kentucky Derby.


2017 Breeders' Cup, Results, Saturday, November 4
The day featured several wins by longshots, including Bar of Gold who won the Filly & Mare Sprint by a nose at 66–1, the second largest payout in Breeders' Cup history. Stormy Liberal won by a head at odds of 30–1 in the Turf Sprint.


2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series
The 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series provided winners of the designated races an automatic "Win and You're In" Berth in the 2017 Breeders' Cup. Races were chosen by the Breeders' Cup organization and included key prep races in the various Breeders' Cup divisions from around the world.


2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
On April 12, 2017, the Breeders Cup organization announced that the 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge would consist of 81 races from 13 countries. Compared to the 2016 Challenge Series, three races were added: the Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes, the Highlander Stakes and the First Lady Stakes. The Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Belmont Oaks and Canadian Stakes were discontinued from the series.


2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
Fifty pre-entrants in the 2017 Breeders' Cup qualified via the Challenge series, which was particularly important as seven of the Breeders' Cup races were oversubscribed. A maximum of 14 horses (12 in the Turf Sprint) are allowed to start in each race. Winners of the Challenge races are given automatic entries, while other pre-entries are ranked by a points system and the judgement of a panel of experts.


2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
A few challenge series winners could not compete at the 2017 Breeders' Cup due to injury or retirement. Two-time Eclipse Award winner Songbird qualified for the Distaff by winning the Ogden Phipps Stakes but was retired in August due to injury. Bal a Bali, winner of the Shoemaker Mile Stakes, was retired in October because he was not training at a high enough level. Ulysses was a late scratch due to an ankle injury.


2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Summary
Five winners of Challenge series races went on to win their respective division at the Breeders' Cup:


2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Winners
The winners of the 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge series races are shown below. The last column shows if the winner was subsequently pre-entered in the corresponding Breeders' Cup race and if so, whether they finished in the top three positions.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
The 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic was the 34th running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, part of the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships program. It was run on November 4, 2017 at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California with a purse of $6,000,000. It was expected to be a showdown between the top two horses in North America, Gun Runner and Arrogate, with several other Grade/Group 1 winners providing additional depth in an 11 horse field. However, Arrogate broke poorly and was never a factor in the race. Gun Runner led for most of the race and scored a comfortable victory, likely wrapping up Horse of the Year honors.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic
The Classic is run on dirt at one mile and one-quarter (approximately 2000 m). It is run under weight-for-age conditions, with entrants carrying the following weights:


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
The 2017 Classic was the final encounter between Arrogate, who won the 2016 Classic, and Gun Runner. Arrogate beat Gun Runner in the 2017 Dubai World Cup in an outstanding performance that made him the world's top ranked racehorse. After returning to North America, Arrogate finished a distant fourth in the San Diego Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack, leaving questions about whether he liked the surface or if he was no longer at peak ability. He then finished second in the Pacific Classic and trainer Bob Baffert decided to train the colt up to the Classic – a layoff of over two months.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
By contrast, Gun Runner had steadily improved in the summer of 2017, easily winning both the Stephen Foster Handicap and Whitney Stakes. In his final prep for the Classic, he won the Woodward Stakes by 10+1⁄4 lengths. Based on these strong performances, Gun Runner was made the slight morning-line favorite for the Classic at 9–5, with Arrogate at 2–1. One question mark was that Gun Runner had never won at the distance of 10 furlongs.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
In the post position draw held on October 30, Arrogate drew post 1 on the rail. To avoid getting trapped in traffic, jockey Mike Smith announced that he would ride the colt aggressively from the starting gate. Gun Runner drew the more favorable post position 5.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
Trainer Bob Baffert had a record four horses in the field – Arrogate, Collected, West Coast and Mubtaahij – all of whom were given strong chances to win. Baffert said of Gun Runner, "He's the only thing between me and a big, fat check." Baffert had won the Classic three years in a row with Bayern, American Pharoah and Arrogate.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Contenders
Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien had two entries, Churchill and War Decree, neither of which has previously raced on the dirt. Churchill, a dual classic winner at a mile, was given the best chance of the two. "He is very like Giant's Causeway", said O'Brien. "He is miler that you would like to think will get a mile and a quarter."


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
Gun Runner broke well and quickly moved up to the lead with Collected pressing him on the outside. Gun Runner ran a fast opening quarter, then moved easily around the first turn and down the backstretch as jockey Florent Geroux kept him on a loose rein. Rounding the final turn, Collected closed ground and the two were head-and-head with a quarter of a mile remaining. Entering the stretch, Gun Runner responded to the challenge and pulled away, winning by 2+1⁄4 lengths. Collected held on for second while West Coast was third.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
Gun Runner's win came against an apparent track bias: in most other races that week at Del Mar, races had been won by horses that raced off the rail and came from behind. "My horse was very comfortable right there, and flopping his ear back and forth", said Geroux. "I just tried to keep him as happy as I could."


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
By contrast, Arrogate ducked in at the start and lost over 11 lengths to Gun Runner during the first quarter mile. Never a factor in the race, he made a mild rally in the stretch to finish in a dead heat for fifth place with Gunnevera. "He just can't find the plate", said Baffert. "I hate to make excuses for the big horse, but he's just not the horse he was."


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Race Description
The performance solidified Gun Runner's bid for American Horse of the Year honors, based on his record of five wins and a second from six starts during 2017.


2017 Breeders' Cup Classic, Results
Times: 1⁄4 – 0:22.50;  1⁄2 – 0:46.31; 3⁄4 – 1:10.50; mile – 1:35.03;  final – 2:01.29. Fractional Splits: (:22.50) (:23.81) (:24.19) (:24.53) (:26.26)


2017 Brest Challenger
The 2017 Brest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Brest, France between 23 and 29 October 2017.


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


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


2017 Brest Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2017 Brest Challenger – Doubles
Sander Arends and Mateusz Kowalczyk were the defending champions but only Arends chose to defend his title, partnering Antonio Šančić.


2017 Brest Challenger – Doubles
Arends successfully defended his title after defeating Scott Clayton and Divij Sharan 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2017 Brest Challenger – Singles
Norbert Gombos was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Corentin Moutet.


2017 Brest Challenger – Singles
Moutet won the title after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–2, 7–6(10–8) in the final.


2017 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France
The 2017 Bretagne Classic Ouest–France was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 27 August. It was the 81st edition of the former GP Ouest–France race now known as the Bretagne Classic; it was also the 32nd event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was won by Elia Viviani in the sprint.


2017 Brickyard 400
The 2017 Brickyard 400 (branded as the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 for sponsorship reasons) is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 23, 2017 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It the 24th running of the Brickyard 400, Contested over 167 laps extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. This was Kasey Kahne's final win in NASCAR.


2017 Brickyard 400
This marked the first Brickyard 400 without five-time winner Jeff Gordon on the starting grid, and also the first not to feature two-time winner Tony Stewart since the 1998 edition.


2017 Brickyard 400, Report, Background
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.


2017 Brickyard 400, Report, Background
Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.


2017 Brickyard 400, Report, Background
Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km), nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25-mile (0.40 km) turns, two 0.625-mile long (1.006 km) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125-mile (0.201 km) short straightaways – termed "short chutes" – between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.


2017 Brickyard 400, Practice, First practice
Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 48.022 seconds and a speed of 187.414 mph (301.614 km/h).


2017 Brickyard 400, Practice, Final practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.425 seconds and a speed of 185.854 mph (299.103 km/h).


2017 Brickyard 400, Qualifying
Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 48.051 and a speed of 187.301 mph (301.432 km/h).


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, First stage
Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 2:46 p.m. The first caution of the race flew when Corey LaJoie spun out and hit the wall in Turn 3. Minutes later, the race was red-flagged due to lightning in the area, as well as a downpour, that lasted 1 hour, 47 minutes and three seconds.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 18, The second caution flew on lap 31 for a scheduled competition caution. During that 13-lap run, Chase Elliott retired from the race with a failed engine.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, First stage
The race restarted on lap 35, it went green the remainder of the first stage, ending on lap 51, which was won by Busch. The third caution of the race flew to conclude stage one.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 56, Caution flew two laps later for a three-car wreck in Turn 1. It started when J. J. Yeley spun exiting Turn 1. David Ragan spun exiting Turn 1, veered down the track and slammed the inside wall. Jeffrey Earnhardt was also collected.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 64, only for debris from Yeley's car to bring out the fifth caution of the race, on lap 72. Erik Jones took the lead when Busch committed to pit road.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 76, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Trevor Bayne made contact, and Earnhardt's car suffered radiator damage that resulted in the sixth caution of the race one lap later.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Second stage
The race restarted on lap 80, Ryan Blaney took the lead from Jones going into Turn 1. Busch retook the lead on Lap 87 and won the second stage. That would bring out the seventh caution to conclude the stage. Martin Truex Jr. exited pit road with the race lead.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
The final stage began under green on lap 106. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jimmie Johnson made contact exiting Turn 2 two laps later, sending Stenhouse down the track and into the inside wall, therefore bringing out an eighth caution.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted under green on lap 111, Truex got loose going into Turn 1, got into the left-rear corner of Busch, sending him spinning into the wall, therefore bringing out the ninth caution of the race. Truex got swept around by side force and slammed the wall, and his car caught fire. Both cars were out of the race, denying Kyle Busch's shot at a third consecutive victory at the Brickyard 400. This incident handed the race lead to Matt Kenseth.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted under green with 40 laps to go. Drivers started hitting pit road to make their final stop of the race with 31 to go. Kenseth pitted from the lead with 28 to go and Jones pitted the next lap, handing the lead to Brad Keselowski.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
In the closing laps, the first three cars, Keselowski, Johnson and Kasey Kahne, chose to gamble on fuel, but probably couldn't make it to the finish on fuel if there were no more cautions. Fourth place Trevor Bayne was the highest placed car with enough fuel to make it to the end.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
This all went out the window with 11 to go when Clint Bowyer got loose and spun down the track, with help from Jones, slammed the inside wall and ricocheted back onto the racing surface into the path of Kurt Busch, who t-boned him, slammed the wall and came to a halt down the track, the tenth caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck, Kahne pitted from third just as the wreck happened, which proved crucial for him as he inherited the lead. The race was red-flagged for the second time to ensue cleanup on the track, It was lifted after 20 minutes and 20 seconds.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
Kahne held off Keselowski's charge into Turn 1 on the restart when the race went back to green with seven laps to go. When the field came back down the front stretch, Kyle Larson slammed the outside wall, bringing out the 11th caution.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage
The race restarted with two laps to go, Kahne and Keselowski raced side-by-side from the start/finish line through Turn 3. Heading down the backstretch, Johnson, with smoke billowing from his left-rear tire, got to the inside of the two to battle for the lead going into Turn 3, setting up the 12th caution of the race; rounding the turn, Johnson spun out and hit the outside wall, sending the race into overtime.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
On the first attempt, the field didn't make it to the start/finish line before all the pushing and shoving caused a multi-car wreck, bringing out the 13th caution. Keselowski was ahead of Kahne when the caution flew and assumed the lead, The red flag was displayed for the third time to again ensue cleanup of the track, The red flag was lifted after 24 minutes and 16 seconds.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
At 8:53 PM, the second attempt at finishing the race began. Kahne got the advantage, jumped past Keselowski going into Turn 1 and set sail. Exiting Turn 2, Denny Hamlin suffered a left-rear tire failure and spun towards the outside wall, getting clipped by Paul Menard in the process. The caution was not called at the time.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
Despite this wreck happening well before Kahne, the race leader, reached the pre-determined mark on the backstretch that designated an official restart under NASCAR's green-white-checker finish rule that allowed NASCAR to end the race under caution, officials waited until he passed the line, then threw the caution to end the race. This ended the race and secured victory for Kahne.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
Controversy came as a result of this finish, primarily over darkness issues. Because of the rain delay early in the race, and numerous cautions in the final stage, including two red flags, it was 8:54 PM, with official sunset at 9:05 PM. The track does not have lights. Some drivers asked if safety vehicles could turn on their headlights before the final restart (which was denied).


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
Furthermore, after the incident, NASCAR found oil as a result of the incident, and questions arose if the track could have been cleaned up in time or the race would have been stopped for darkness with less than ten minutes of daylight available;  at the November 2015 Martinsville race, the checkered flag waved at 5:23 PM, less than a minute before sunset.


2017 Brickyard 400, Race, Final stage, Overtime
NASCAR subsequently made a rule change eliminating the overtime line, and reverting to the 2010-15 green-white-checker rule with one change, eliminating the maximum number of attempts.


2017 Brickyard 400, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2017 Brickyard 400, Media, Radio
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produced the radio broadcast for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters were PRN staff, while the turns and two pit reporters were from IMS.


2017 Brighton siege
On 5 June 2017, Yacqub Khayre, a 29-year-old Somali-born Australian, murdered a receptionist and held a sex worker hostage at the Buckingham International Serviced Apartments, located in Brighton a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. In a subsequent shoot-out with a police tactical unit, Khayre was killed and three police officers were wounded. Police consider the siege an act of terrorism.


2017 Brighton siege, Siege
On 5 June 2017, Yacqub Khayre made a telephone booking for a female escort through an escort agency to meet in an apartment at the Buckingham International Serviced Apartments. At 4:00 pm, the 36-year-old escort arrived by taxi and attended at apartment 11 as arranged and was taken hostage by Khayre and held captive in the bathroom. Khayre was armed with two shotguns. At approx. 4:10 pm, the escort managed to free herself and made a phone call to Victoria Police via 000.


2017 Brighton siege, Siege
Shortly after, Khayre phoned police stating it was a hostage situation, no one was to attend apartment 11 otherwise the hostage would die, the receptionist was dead and that there was a bomb on the premises. In the foyer of the complex, Khayre fatally shot the receptionist, 36-year-old Kai Hao. Khayre around this time tampered with the GPS ankle monitor, which he was wearing as a condition of his parole.


2017 Brighton siege, Siege
At approx. 4:44 pm, Khayre called police again making similar statements as the previous call. Specialist police were called in: the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) arrived first, followed by the Special Operations Group (SOG) who took over tactical command. At 5:04 pm, police located the receptionist dead in the foyer. At 5:41 pm, Khayre made a phone call to Seven News stating "This is for IS, this is for al-Qaeda".


2017 Brighton siege, Siege
At approx. 6:02 pm, Khayre emerged from apartment 11 exiting the front of the complex. Yelling and running, he fired a Nikko sawed-off over-under shotgun twice at SOG officers, who exchanged fire and killed him. Three SOG officers were shot including one suffering a hand injury and another facial injuries. The hostage was freed in the apartment by police and had not been physically harmed during the ordeal.


2017 Brighton siege, Perpetrator
Born in Somalia, Khayre arrived in Australia at age 3 in 1991 as a refugee via a Kenyan refugee camp and grew up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Whilst at secondary school in Year 12 his grandfather died. He subsequently dropped out of school and began using drugs and alcohol, including ice to which he became addicted, and started committing criminal offences. The crimes including burglaries and thefts, assaults and an armed robbery with a knife.


2017 Brighton siege, Perpetrator
In April 2009, he travelled back to Somalia, where he is alleged to have undertaken military training with the militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab, with a view to participating in Somali insurgency against that country's government. Whilst in Somalia, he successfully sought from a sheikh a fatwa, a religious order, that police alleged was to authorise a terrorist attack in Australia. After he returned to Australia in July 2009, he was charged, along with others, with conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack on the Holsworthy Army Barracks. At his trial, his lawyer argued that the fatwa was to do with fraud and obtaining money to support Al-Shabaab in Somalia. He was acquitted in December 2010 having spent 16 months in prison on remand.


2017 Brighton siege, Perpetrator
He committed further criminal offences and in 2011 returned to prison including for possession of a firearm. In 2012, he committed a home invasion for which he was sentenced to five years imprisonment and was released on parole in December 2016 (he set two fires whilst in prison).


2017 Brighton siege, Investigation
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police Graham Ashton stated that police were treating the siege as a terrorist incident given the comments made by Khayre referring to ISIS and al-Qaeda and also given his past involvement with the Holsworthy Barracks terrorist plot. Ashton stated that police did not know if the crime was spontaneous or was planned, and if so, whether it was a deliberate attempt to lure police to the scene to ambush them. Detectives established that the unregistered shotgun used in the siege was illegally trafficked on 19 May 2017 for $2,000 to a middle man for Khayre.


2017 Brighton siege, Reactions
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stated Australia faced "a growing threat from Islamist terrorism" and that he would push states to reform parole laws, questioning how a person with a history of violence was allowed on parole.


2017 Brighton siege, Reactions
The ISIL propaganda outlet Amaq declared the gunman was a soldier of Islamic State and that the attack was to target citizens.


2017 Brighton siege, Reactions
The Islamic Council of Victoria described it as a "horrendous crime" and stated they understand "that the police are investigating this as a potential terrorist attack but note that the perpetrator himself appeared to be confused as to who he was acting on behalf, claiming allegiance to both ISIS andal-Qaeda, known enemies."


2017 Brighton siege, Reactions
On 16 June 2017, the Minister for Justice Michael Keenan announced that following recent events that a national firearms amnesty would commence on 1 July 2017 to hand in unregistered or unwanted firearms stating the national security environment had deteriorated with terror attacks using illegal guns including the shooting of Curtis Cheng in 2015 and the Lindt Cafe siege in 2014. The firearms amnesty is Australia's first national amnesty since 1996 following the Port Arthur massacre.


2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election
The Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika election, 2017 (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, 2017) is an election of members to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation which governs Greater Mumbai, the largest city in India. It took place on 21 February 2017. Total Voters was 91,80,654.


2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, Result
The ruling Shiv Sena was voted as the largest party in elections. BJP did immensely well by jumping from 31 to 82 seats. No Party could get a clear majority, however, later BJP supported Shiv Sena for the Mayor post. Indian National Congress had fallen to 31 seats, while Maharashtra Navnirman Sena dropped to 7 seat.


2017 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, Schedule
Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika election was held on 21 February 2017 in single phase. Results Date 23 February 2017.


2017 Brisbane Broncos season
The 2017 Brisbane Broncos season is the 30th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they compete in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership. Prior to the start of the Premiership season, the Broncos competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines, finishing first in their pool, but lost the Quarter-Final.


2017 Brisbane Broncos season, Fixtures, Pre-season, NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2017 competition was played over two days on 4 and 5 February at Eden Park. The Broncos featured in the Rangitoto pool and played the Knights, Tigers and Storm.


2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens
The 2017 Brisbane Global Tens was the inaugural Brisbane Global Tens rugby union tournament, with all five of New Zealand's Super Rugby teams, all four of Australia's Super Rugby teams contesting for the title as the core sides, while the Blue Bulls of South Africa, the Panasonic Wild Knights of Japan, Toulon of France, and Manu Samoa competed as invitational sides. It was held at Suncorp Stadium. The draw was released on 16 November 2016. The prize money was AU$1.6 million.


2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens
The tournament was won by the Chiefs who defeated the Crusaders in the final 12-7.


2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens, Squads
There were expected to be up to 500 players named across the 14 squads of the teams competing in the 2017 Brisbane Global Tens. Each team was also allocated a "Legend Wildcard", allowing each team to select a former player of high stature, significance and/or legacy to their former club to join the additional match day squad.


2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens, Squads
Note that players in bold indicates they are internationally capped at test level, while players in italics were an allocated "Legend Wildcard" for their side.


2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens, Tournament matches, Pool C/D cross-over matches
In order to complete the same number of pool matches as the teams in Pools A and B, teams in Pool C and D faced one team from the other pool in a cross-over match as their third pool match of the tournament. In these cross-over matches, the Blue Bulls faced the Western Force, the Brumbies played Toulon, and the Highlanders competed against the Hurricanes.


2017 Brisbane Global Rugby Tens, Finals
The top eight teams from day 1 progressed to the quarter finals on day 2.


2017 Brisbane International
The 2017 Brisbane International was a tournament of the 2017 ATP World Tour and 2017 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 1 to 8 January 2017 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.


2017 Brisbane International
It was announced on 24 August 2016 that 14-times Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal would play at the event for the first time.


2017 Brisbane International, Points and prize money, Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team


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


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


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


2017 Brisbane International, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Brisbane International, Broadcast
Selected matches were aired in Australia on 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions.


2017 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles
Henri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Kei Nishikori and Dominic Thiem. Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson won the title, defeating Gilles Müller and Sam Querrey, 7–6(9–7), 6–4.


2017 Brisbane International – Men's Singles
Milos Raonic was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Grigor Dimitrov.


2017 Brisbane International – Men's Singles
Dimitrov went on to win the title, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3.


2017 Brisbane International – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2017 Brisbane International – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Hingis chose not to participate this year. Mirza played alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands and successfully defended her title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2017 Brisbane International – Women's Singles
Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but could not compete after announcing her pregnancy in July 2016.


2017 Brisbane International – Women's Singles
Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Alizé Cornet in the final, 6–0, 6–3.


2017 Brisbane International – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2017 Brisbane Lions season
The Brisbane Lions' 2017 season was the club's 21st season in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 1st in AFL Women's (AFLW).


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, List changes
After suffering a heavy knock to the head at training on January 18, 2016, defender Justin Clarke was ruled out of football indefinitely, eventually retiring due to long-term health concerns. At the end of the 2016 season Trent West and Daniel Merrett both retired as well, Trent due to injury frustrations and Merrett due to wanting to spend more time with his family. The Lions also delisted five players: Hugh Beasley, Billy Evans, Josh McGuinness, Jackson Paine and Josh Watts.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, List changes
During the trade period, Brisbane traded Irishman Pearce Hanley to rival club Gold Coast in a complicated three-way trade also involving Port Adelaide. Out of contract Collingwood player Jack Frost requested a trade to Brisbane after not managing to play an AFL match in 2016. He was traded to Brisbane along with Pick 76 in the 2016 national draft and Collilngwood's third round pick in the 2017 national draft in exchange for Brisbane's third and fourth round picks in the 2017 national draft. After the trade period Brisbane delisted forward Josh Green.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, Results, Premiership season
Brisbane started the season with a two-point win over Gold Coast in the first QClash of the season despite Gold Coast fighting back from a 47-point deficit, but they went on to lose their next nine matches, going into their bye round with a 1-9 record and on the bottom of the ladder. After the week off they played against top eight side Fremantle and won by 57 points to end their losing streak and take the Dockers out of the top eight.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL, Results, Premiership season
Their form improved somewhat for the rest of the season, winning a total of five games before the final round. Their final match was against North Melbourne with the loser to finish on the bottom of the ladder. When North Melbourne won the match by 51 points, Brisbane secured their first wooden spoon since 1998.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL Women's
In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural AFL Women's season in 2017. The Brisbane Lions were granted a license on 15 June 2016, becoming one of eight teams to compete in the league's first season. Former AFL Queensland employee Breeanna Brock was appointed to the position of Women’s CEO the following day.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL Women's
Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub were the club's first signings, unveiled along with the league's other 14 marquee players on 27 July 2016. A further 23 senior players and two rookie players were added to the club's inaugural list in the league's drafting and signing period. Emma Zielke will captain the team for their inaugural season.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL Women's
Former Collingwood and Brisbane Bears player and AFL Queensland coach Craig Starcevich was appointed the team's inaugural head coach in June 2016. The rest of the coaching team was announced on 8 November 2016 as David Lake as the midfield coach, Daniel Merrett as the backline coach and Brent Staker as the forward coach.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL Women's
Existing club sponsor Hyundai, along with Epic Pharmacy, will sponsor the team in 2017.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, AFL Women's
The team plays its home games at the South Pine Sports Complex in Brendale.


2017 Brisbane Lions season, NEAFL
Brisbane also fielded their reserves team in the North East Australian Football League for the 7th season. They won 15 of their 18 regular season games to finish 2nd on the ladder, then won finals against Sydney University and Sydney's reserves team to claim their 3rd premiership in the league.


2017 Brit Awards
The 2017 Brit Awards were held on 22 February 2017 and was the 37th edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The awards ceremony were held at The O2 Arena in London. Emma Willis hosted The Brits Are Coming, the launch show to reveal this year's nominees which was broadcast live for the first time, on 14 January 2017. Robbie Williams was given the Brits Icon Award the previous November during a special concert held in his honour at Troxy in London. Architect Dame Zaha Hadid designed the Brit Award statuette that was to be given to the winners.


2017 Brit Awards
On 13 January 2017, it was confirmed that YouTube star Caspar Lee would be the BRITs Digital Presenter. Singer Michael Bublé was set to host but later pulled out on 18 January 2017 due to his son battling liver cancer and is "determined to focus on his son's recovery". On 31 January 2017, it was confirmed that Dermot O'Leary and Emma Willis would present the ceremony, replacing Bublé. Alice Levine, Clara Amfo and Laura Jackson covered the goss from Red Carpet and Backstage on ITV2.


2017 Brit Awards
The ceremony included a tribute to the late George Michael, which was presented by former Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley alongside associated duo members Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque and Shirlie Holliman. The lead vocalist of Coldplay, Chris Martin, sang "A Different Corner" in the tribute.


2017 Brit Awards, Winners and nominees
1 Liam Payne accept this award for British Video of the Year.


2017 Brit Awards, Brit Awards 2017 album
The Brit Awards 2017 is a compilation and box set which includes the "63 biggest tracks from the past year". The box set has three discs with a total of sixty-three songs by various artists.


2017 Britcar Endurance Championship
The 2017 Dunlop Endurance Championship is a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars and sportscars held across England. The championship's field consists of varying types of cars from production cars to sportscars & GTs that compete in five classes, in two categories, depending on horsepower, momentum, etc. This is the 15th season of a Britcar championship. For 2018, race one includes all cars of every class, while there are two separate race lengths and finishes, although the E class and S class cars compete in the same race, Sprint cars run for 50 minutes, Endurance for 120. one for the Sprint class and one for the Endurance. The season began on the 14th of April at Rockingham and ended on the 18th of November at Brands Hatch.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand
The British & Irish Lions toured New Zealand during June and July 2017. The Lions, a rugby union team selected from players eligible to represent England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, played ten matches: against all five New Zealand Super Rugby franchises, the NZ Provincial Barbarians, the Māori All Blacks and three test matches against New Zealand.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand
The test series was drawn 1–1 – one victory each and a draw in the third match. Of the other tour matches, the Lions won four, lost two and drew one.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand
Wales coach Warren Gatland was head coach of the Lions, having also led the Lions to victory in the 2013 series against Australia. Former Wales captain Sam Warburton was appointed as tour captain, a role he also held on the 2013 tour. The Lions squad voted Jonathan Davies their player of the series.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Schedule
The ten-match schedule was announced on 9 July 2015, and included matches against New Zealand Super Rugby teams for the first time. Previously in New Zealand, the Lions had played provincial sides or combined provincial selections. However, this was the first tour to New Zealand, where the visit fell in the middle of the Super Rugby season.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Schedule
Initially, the Lions proposed a match in the United States against the U.S. national team to open the tour, much like the Barbarians match in Hong Kong in 2013. However, on 6 July 2015, the idea was dropped because of the unavailability of key American players due to club commitments. The opening match of the tour was originally planned to be against a Provincial Union XV, but this was changed to the New Zealand Barbarians  in March 2016, following their win over the Māori All Blacks.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Schedule
Christchurch was initially planned to host a test match but, due to the 2011 Christchurch earthquake which damaged Lancaster Park beyond repair, it was deemed that the remaining stadiums in the South Island were too small to host a test match.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
Tour manager John Spencer announced an initial squad of 41 on 19 April 2017, made up of 16 players from England, 12 from Wales, 11 from Ireland and 2 from Scotland.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
Ben Youngs was initially selected in the squad but withdrew on 6 May for personal reasons.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
Billy Vunipola withdrew from the squad on 21 May after suffering a shoulder injury while playing for his club Saracens.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
On 17 June, six players – Kristian Dacey, Gareth Davies, Allan Dell, Tomas Francis, Cory Hill and Finn Russell – were called up to the squad to provide cover during mid-week games in their respective positions ahead of the test series.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
On 17 June, Ross Moriarty was ruled out of the remaining games on tour after failing to recover from an injury sustained against the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
On 29 June, Robbie Henshaw and George North were ruled out of the remaining games on tour after sustaining injuries against the Hurricanes.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
Jared Payne, initially still in contention for test match selection, was ruled out of the final game on tour after he failed to recover from concussion.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions
Notes: Ages listed are as of the first tour match on 3 June. Player positions are per the Lions' website. Bold denotes that the player was selected for a previous Lions squad. Italic denotes a player that withdrew from the squad following selection.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions, Management and staff
On 30 July 2014, former English international player John Spencer was named the Lions' tour manager.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, Lions, Management and staff
On 7 September 2016, Warren Gatland was confirmed as the Lions' head coach and named his assistants on 7 December 2016 – Steve Borthwick, Andy Farrell and Rob Howley. Howley was on his fifth tour, having previously toured as a player (1997 and 2001) and coach (2009 and 2013). Borthwick was making his first tour as a Lions coach and Farrell was on his second, after being part of the coaching staff in 2013.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, New Zealand
New Zealand's 33-man squad for their Pasifika Challenge match against Samoa and their three-test series against the British & Irish Lions.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, New Zealand
Liam Coltman, Vaea Fifita, Jack Goodhue, Akira Ioane and Matt Todd were also named in the squad as injury cover.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, New Zealand
Following concussion to Ben Smith in the first test, Damian McKenzie was added to the squad as cover for Ben Smith.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, New Zealand
On 3 July, Malakai Fekitoa was called up as a replacement for Sonny Bill Williams who was suspended after a red card in the second test.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Squads, New Zealand
Note: Ages, caps and clubs as per first test match, 24 June 2017.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Alongside the test series, the Lions played a series of tour matches against New Zealand provincial teams. For the first time since the establishment of Super Rugby, this included playing all five of New Zealand's Super Rugby teams. The current form of the Super Rugby teams made this tour arguably one of the toughest undertaken by a British & Irish Lions team.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
The Lions arrived in New Zealand just two days before their first match against a Provincial Barbarians team. The Barbarian team was made up of players on the fringe of New Zealand Super Rugby teams, and included Bryn Gatland, son of Lions coach Warren Gatland. The Barbarians led 7–3 at half time, before Anthony Watson scored for the visitors to give them the lead with 30 minutes to go. They held on to open the tour with an unconvincing 13–7 victory.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
The next match was four days later against the Blues, an Auckland-based Super Rugby franchise. The Lions led 16–15 with 10 minutes remaining before a Sonny Bill Williams break and offload to Ihaia West led to the match-winning try. A try-less 12–3 victory over the Crusaders in Christchurch followed, this was the first time the Crusaders had lost in 2017. It was another close game against the Highlanders as Marty Banks from the Otago-based side kicked the winning penalty with six minutes remaining.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
The next match was against the Māori All Blacks, a team made up of players with Maori ancestry. A strong squad was named, with nine players with All Black caps selected. The Lions beat the Maori team with ease in what was predicted to be the toughest match before meeting the All Blacks. The convincing 32–10 victory was followed up three days later as they put another dominant display against the Chiefs in Hamilton, winning 34–6. The final mid-week game against the Hurricanes was played after the first All Black test match. The Hurricanes came from behind to secure a 31–31 draw in Wellington.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Mike Fraser (New Zealand)Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)Television match official:Aaron Paterson (New Zealand)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Mathieu Raynal (France)Angus Gardner (Australia)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Angus Gardner (Australia)Pascal Gaüzère (France)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Pascal Gaüzère (France)Mathieu Raynal (France)Television match official:Marius Jonker (South Africa)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Romain Poite (France)Television match official:Ian Smith (Australia)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Romain Poite (FranceTelevision match official:Ian Smith (Australia)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Provincial games
Touch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Jérôme Garcès (France)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches
New Zealand were favourites, coming into the first test match having won 46 tests in a row at home and undefeated at Eden Park in 23 years. Peter O'Mahony was named Lions captain by Warren Gatland for the first test. Sam Warburton lost his position to Seán O'Brien, making him the first tour captain not to play in the first test in 87 years. Apart from a new-look back three of Anthony Watson, Liam Williams and Elliot Daly, Gatland picked a predictable squad. So too did All Blacks coach Steve Hansen, his only surprise being the elevation of 20-year-old Rieko Ioane for his first start over the veteran winger Julian Savea.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, First test
The first test was a close match during the first half, Codie Taylor's try for the All Blacks being matched by one from the Lions' Seán O'Brien, and the home side led 13–8 at the break; however in the second half Rieko Ioane's two tries took the game away from the Lions, with Rhys Webb's try bringing the score back to 30–15.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, First test
Touch judges:Romain Poite (France)Jérôme Garcès (France)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, Second test
The second test was notable for the sending off of Sonny Bill Williams, leaving the All Blacks 55 minutes to play with 14 men. At half time, the score remained 9–9, but Beauden Barrett kicked New Zealand into an 18–9 lead before Taulupe Faletau and Conor Murray tries levelled the game at 21–21. On 76 minutes, Charlie Faumuina was penalised for tackling Kyle Sinckler in the air, and Owen Farrell kicked the winning penalty.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, Second test
Touch judges:Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Romain Poite (France)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, Third test
New Zealand led 12–6 at the break, with tries from Laumape and Jordie Barrett, but the Lions fought their way back into the game, and eventually five penalties (four from Owen Farrell and one from Elliot Daly) were enough to draw the game.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, Third test
There was controversy with two minutes left when Ken Owens was initially adjudged to have handled the ball in an offside position after Liam Williams tried to claim a high kick under pressure from Kieran Read; with the scores level, referee Poite initially awarded a penalty in kicking range before overturning it to a scrum after discussion with the video officials.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Matches, Test matches, Third test
Touch judges:Jérôme Garcès (France)Jaco Peyper (South Africa)Television match official:George Ayoub (Australia)


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Broadcasting
Sky Sport was the host broadcaster. Sky Sports televised the tour in the UK and Ireland and S4C showed highlights throughout the UK in the Welsh language. In addition to Sky Sports, Talksport provided exclusive live UK radio commentary.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Broadcasting
Other broadcasters included Fox Sports in Australia, SuperSport in South Africa, Sky Sport in Italy, Eir Sport in Asia and ESPN in the USA.


2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, Sponsors
Land Rover and Ernst & Young (EY) were principal partners of the Lions while Standard Life was the main sponsor for the Lions, sponsoring their shirts on tour.


2017 British Academy Scotland Awards
The 27th British Academy Scotland Awards were held on 5 November 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, honouring the best Scottish film and television productions of 2017. The nominees were announced on 4 October 2017. The ceremony was be hosted by Edith Bowman.


2017 British Academy Television Awards
The 2017 British Academy Television Awards were held on 14 May 2017 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. They were hosted by Sue Perkins.


2017 British Academy Television Awards
The nominations were announced on 11 April, with The Crown nominated for five awards. The BAFTA Fellowship was awarded to Joanna Lumley.


2017 British Academy Television Awards
The 2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards were held on 23 April 2017.


2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards
The 18th Annual British Academy Television Craft Awards were presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) on 23 April 2017. For the fifth consecutive year, Stephen Mangan was the ceremony's host. The awards were held at The Brewery, City of London, and given in recognition of technical achievements in British television of 2016. Planet Earth II led the nominations with nine. The Crown, Planet Earth II, National Treasure and The Night Manager won two awards each.


2017 British Athletics Championships
The 2017 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 1–2 July 2017 at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. It was organised by UK Athletics. A full range of outdoor events were held up to 5000 metres. The competition served as the main selection event for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.


2017 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2017 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of British Columbia, was held from January 17 to 22 at Duncan Curling Club in Duncan, British Columbia. The winning Marla Mallett team will represent British Columbia at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario.


2017 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Walnut Grove's Marla Mallett defeated her former teammate in Diane Gushulak in the final. Gushulak was a member of the Mallett link the last time Mallett won the provincial championship, in 2009. The Mallett team included Shannon Aleksic from Abbotsford and sisters Brette Richards and Blaine de Jager who are originally from Prince George.


2017 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The event was considered a "huge success" by the organizing committee, and was the most important event ever to be held at the Duncan Curling Club.


2017 British Columbia general election
The 2017 British Columbia general election was held on May 9, 2017, to elect 87 members (MLAs) to the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 41st Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. In the 40th Parliament prior to this general election, the British Columbia Liberal Party (BC Liberals) formed the government under the leadership of Christy Clark, while the BC New Democratic Party (BC NDP), under the leadership of Adrian Dix and then John Horgan, formed the Official Opposition; the BC Green Party were also represented in the legislature with sole MLA and later leader Andrew Weaver.


2017 British Columbia general election
It was the first election contested on a new electoral map completed in 2015, and the total number of constituencies had increased from 85 to 87. New districts were added in Richmond and Surrey, while the boundaries of 48 existing electoral districts were adjusted.


2017 British Columbia general election
The election saw no party win a majority of seats for the first time since the 1952 election: the Liberals won 43 seats, the NDP won 41 seats and the Greens won three seats. After a period of negotiations, the Green Party agreed to provide confidence and supply to an NDP government on May 29. In response, Clark indicated she would remain in office and seek the confidence of the legislature. On June 29, Clark's speech from the throne was voted down, and Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon invited Horgan to form a government. On July 18, Horgan became the new premier, while Weaver and the other Green MLAs did not join the Cabinet or take any official roles in the new government.


2017 British Columbia general election
The election was notable in that it marked the end of the Liberal majority government that had led the province since the 2001 election, and the first election in Canada at the federal or provincial level that saw more than one member of a Green party elected.


2017 British Columbia general election, Timing
Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the second Tuesday in May of the fourth calendar year after the last election. As an election was held on May 14, 2013, the subsequent election was conducted on May 9, 2017. The same section, though, makes the fixed election date subject to the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as he or she sees fit (in practice, on the advice of the Premier).


2017 British Columbia general election, Timing
The writ was dropped on April 11, 2017. Advance voter registration ended April 11. Advance voting was from April 29 to 30, then began again May 3 and lasted until May 6 before the general election on May 9.


2017 British Columbia general election, Background
In the 2013 general election, the BC Liberal Party under the leadership of Premier Christy Clark were re-elected with a majority government. The British Columbia New Democratic Party, under the leadership of Adrian Dix, again formed the Official Opposition with a slightly reduced total of 34 seats. Despite the victory, Clark was defeated by NDP candidate David Eby in her riding of Vancouver-Point Grey but was later elected in the Westside-Kelowna riding by-election in July 2013 following Ben Stewart's resignation of his seat the previous month so that she could return to the Legislature.


2017 British Columbia general election, Background
The BC Green Party, under leader Jane Sterk, won its first seat in the legislature, though Sterk herself was not elected. Dix resigned as NDP leader following the election and was succeeded by Horgan in the NDP 2014 leadership election. On August 13, 2013, Sterk announced she would resign as Green Party leader; Adam Olsen was appointed interim leader on August 25, 2013. The BC Conservative Party, under the leadership of John Cummins, failed to win a seat and Cummins resigned after the Westside-Kelowna by-election. On February 2, 2016, two by-elections occurred in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam-Burke Mountain to replace Jenny Kwan and Douglas Horne, who had both resigned to seek election in the 2015 Canadian federal election.


2017 British Columbia general election, Background
In preparation for the 2017 provincial election, the Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2014 increased the number of electoral districts from 85 to 87 and required that the number of electoral districts in the North, Cariboo-Thompson, and the Columbia-Kootenay regions not be decreased despite their lower populations since the last adjustment of electoral boundaries. The Electoral Districts Act was updated in November 2015 to establish the new electoral districts, adding one new electoral district in Surrey and one in Richmond. Additionally, the boundaries of 48 existing electoral districts were adjusted.


2017 British Columbia general election, Background
The Election Amendment Act, 2015 required the chief electoral officer to provide each party with a copy of the voters list, allowed constituency associations to incur election expenses, limited vouching to amend voter information to only family members of the voter, and eliminated the 60-day pre-campaign period, including its expense limits.


2017 British Columbia general election, Election spending and fundraising
According to Elections BC, each candidate's campaign may spend a maximum of $77,674 over the 28 day election period and each political party, in addition, may spend $4,882,405. Also, each third party advertiser may spend up to $3,329 in a single electoral district and up to $166,445 overall.


2017 British Columbia general election, Election spending and fundraising
Unlike the Federal government or most provinces, British Columbia has no limits on political donations. Wealthy individuals, corporations, unions and even foreigners are allowed to donate large amounts to political parties there. On January 13, 2017, the New York Times published a story calling British Columbia the "Wild West" of Canadian political cash. According to the New York Times, "critics of [Premier Clark] and her party, the conservative British Columbia Liberal Party, say the provincial government has been transformed into a lucrative business, dominated by special interests that trade donations for political favors, undermining Canada's reputation for functional, consensus-driven democracy."


2017 British Columbia general election, Election spending and fundraising
The article also explored Premier Clark's practice of taking an additional salary from the BC Liberals, beyond her Premier salary, financed by political contributions. The Globe and Mail also followed up with a special investigation of "British Columbia: The 'wild west' of fundraising". The investigation found that lobbyists are giving tens of thousands of dollars in their own name – and some power brokers are breaking one of the few rules the province has in place. With no limits on political donations in B.C., the provincial Liberals raised $12.4 million last year – $4.5-million from individuals and $7.9-million from corporations.


2017 British Columbia general election, Election spending and fundraising
On March 5, 2017, Elections BC announced it was launching a probe into Liberal Party fundraising. The Official Opposition, the BC NDP, has promised to ban corporate and union donation if elected, as well as limits on individual donations, but continues to accept corporate and union donations at the present time. The BC Green Party announced in September 2016 that it would no longer accept donations from corporations or unions.


2017 British Columbia general election, Election spending and fundraising
In terms of election spending, British Columbia currently has no spending limits ahead of the election period. During the 2009 election period, there was a spending limit of $4.4 million. Spending limits for the 2017 election period were adjusted for changes to the consumer price index before being confirmed during the second week in April 2017.


2017 British Columbia general election, Aftermath
After May 9, it was not immediately clear what form the government would take, as Elections BC does not count absentee ballots until two weeks after election day. This final count would determine the makeup of the legislature, since several seats were won with margins of a few hundred votes or less, and both the Liberals and NDP hoped to acquire enough seats to secure a majority. No seats changed hands, however, after the counting of absentee ballots concluded on May 24, and the initial count of 43–41–3 was confirmed.


2017 British Columbia general election, Aftermath
As no single party won a majority of seats, the Green Party was approached by both the BC Liberals and BC NDP to determine whether they would support a minority government or a coalition government headed by either party. No grand coalition or agreement between the two large parties, excluding the Greens, was seriously considered. On May 29, Horgan and Weaver announced that the Greens would provide confidence and supply to an NDP minority government, a position which was endorsed the following day by the members of both caucuses.


2017 British Columbia general election, Aftermath
In response, Clark indicated that she would have the legislature sit in the coming weeks and seek its confidence in a Liberal minority government, while acknowledging that she would likely be unsuccessful. On June 12, Clark appointed a new cabinet that saw new MLAs join cabinet and existing ones take on different portfolios; Clark described the cabinet as being in "caretaker mode" and that it wouldn't pursue any new policies, but added "the team reflects the results of listening to what voters told us in the last election."


2017 British Columbia general election, Aftermath
On June 22, the legislature convened with a throne speech that Clark said contained "the best ideas from all parties"; of the 48 pledges within, 30 were absent from the Liberal Party's election platform. On June 29, the Liberals were defeated in a confidence vote; Clark then asked Guichon to dissolve the legislature and call a new election. Guichon refused, Clark resigned, and Guichon invited Horgan to form an NDP minority government. Horgan was sworn into office on July 18.


2017 British Columbia general election, Student vote results
Student votes are mock elections that run parallel to actual elections, in which students not of voting age participate. They are administered by Student Vote Canada. Student vote elections are for educational purposes and do not count towards the results.


2017 British Columbia wildfires
On July 6, 2017, a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada marking the beginning of the record-breaking 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia. On July 7, 56 new fires started throughout British Columbia (BC) leading to several evacuation alerts, orders and the declaration of a provincial state of emergency by the Government of British Columbia. By September 12, 158 fires were burning throughout the province.


2017 British Columbia wildfires
A total of 12,161 square kilometres (1.2 million hectares) had burned by the end of the 2017 fire season, the largest total area burned in a fire season in recorded history (1.3% of BC total area). This record was broken the following year, with five of BC's worst 10 fire seasons occurring since 2010. However, the 2017 fire season was also notable for the largest number of total evacuees in a fire season (65,000 people), as well as for the largest single fire ever in British Columbia. Research indicates that human-caused climate change played a significant role in the fires.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Fire progression
On July 7, the first of many major fires began, starting at two hectares and quickly progressing to be eight times larger by that evening, requiring an evacuation alert that same day. By July 7, 140 fires had started throughout BC, most of them in the central interior. The fires were aggressive and grew quickly, prompting a state of emergency as well as several evacuation alerts and orders. The next day, 182 total fires were active throughout the province prompted the issuing of up to 20 evacuation alerts and orders. The Emergency Operating Centre in Prince George was activated, and Emergency Social Services opened a reception centre and shelter at the College of New Caledonia.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Fire progression
Within three days, the first major fire, that started at two hectares, had grown to 4,000 hectares resulting in a mandatory evacuation order with up to 2,000 residents evacuated. By the following day over 10,000 Williams Lake residents were on an evacuation alert. On July 11, a total of 200 active fires and 4,000 evacuees registered in Prince George, led to addition lodging at the University of Northern British Columbia


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Fire progression
2017's fire season caused the closure of Highway 97 from Kersley, south of Quesnel, all the way south to Pavilion (along Highway 99), and south of Ashcroft. It also closed Bella Coola Highway to westbound traffic and created evacuation alerts the entire length of the Bella Coola Highway from Precipice to the junction with Williams Lake. No other fire season had had this breadth of large fires across the province.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Fire progression
Three fires have achieved particularly notable sizes of over 100,000 hectares. First, the Hanceville Fire resulted from the merger of the Hanceville, Riske Creek and Raven Lake fires along Highway 20. As of August 20, the fire reached its largest size of 227,000 hectares, spreading as far south as Gang Ranch west of 100 Mile House. The Ashcroft Fire (also known as the Elephant Hill Fire) started on the Ashcroft Reserve, and spread north of Highway 99 to Green Lake, east of 100 Mile House.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Fire progression
Finally the Nazko Complex started as a series of smaller fires west of Quesnel, two of which were notable in their own right, the Baezaeko River Fire, and the Tautri Lake Complex. These fires merged August 18, 2017, along with the Chezacut Fire and the Arc Mountain Fire, to form the Nazko Complex at over 432,000 hectares. This single fire was later renamed the Plateau Complex, centred on the Chilcotin Plateau. Overall this behemoth fire covered a combined area of 545,151 hectares, making it the largest fire in B.C. 's recorded history (roughly the same size as Prince Edward Island). This fire was the result of nearly 20 separate fires merging.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, State of emergency
On July 7, a provincial state of emergency was declared by Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, on behalf of the Government of British Columbia. The state of emergency was extended on July 19 and again on August 4, and again on August 18, and again on September 1. This was the first state of emergency for British Columbia in 14 years, and the longest state of emergency in the province's history. On September 15, the state of emergency finally ended at midnight.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Cause and contributing factors
A combination of dry lightning and human-caused fires started the 2017 BC wildfires. Human-caused climate change also played a significant role. Human-caused fires were both accidental and intentional; all wildfires in BC are investigated to determine the fire origin and cause. Fire bans and restrictions were put in place to limit further human-caused fires.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Cause and contributing factors
A study by researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada found that climate change played a major role in the fires. They concluded that “the risk factors affecting the event, and the area burned itself, were made substantially greater by anthropogenic climate change... and that anthropogenic climate change increased the area burned by a factor of 7–11.”


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Cause and contributing factors
Heat waves and a lack of rainfall throughout the province leading up to the wildfires had dried out vegetation and soil. Also, pine forests with many pine trees killed by mountain pine beetle provided optimal fuel for fires. Considering these contributing factors, most areas of BC were rated as at extreme or high risk of fire. The wildfires grew in size so quickly because of strong winds, in some regions up to 70 km/h.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Cause and contributing factors
On July 4, a car crash on Highway 1 near Cherry Creek caused a 15-hectare fire that was later contained by a crew of 47 fire fighters, 11 planes and a helicopter.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Incidents
More than 39,000 people were evacuated from their homes and 30,000 cattle were threatened. The wildfires reportedly destroyed over 300 buildings ranging from homes and barns to commercial structures.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Incidents
On July 15, a fire helicopter under contract to the BC Wildfire Service crashed in the Chilcotin. The only crew on board was a pilot who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Resources
As of August 13, 3,906 firefighters were deployed to fight the fires, including 647 out-of-province personnel and 1,606 contractors. Crews fought the fires with the assistance of 233 helicopters and airplanes. In addition, 50 Australian firefighters, 80 Fire and Emergency New Zealand firefighters and 108 fire personnel from Mexico came to BC's aid.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Resources
Over 15 reception centres opened province-wide. In addition, five cities, from Surrey to Williams Lake opened group lodging centres for evacuees. The Red Cross opened support centres in Kamloops and Williams Lake and provided assistance to those affected by the fires with funds from donors, the federal government and the province of BC, as promised by Premier Christy Clark.


2017 British Columbia wildfires, Resources
On September 5, 2017, Canadian Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay announced that farmers and ranchers impacted by the wildfires would be provided $20 million in aid by various levels of government.


2017 British Figure Skating Championships
The 2017 British Figure Skating Championships were held from 29 November–4 December, 2016 in Sheffield. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were among the criteria used to determine international assignments.


2017 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Championships
The 2017 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from 27 March–2 April 2017.


2017 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, European Championships
The 2017 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Ostrava, Czech Republic from 25 to 29 January 2017.


2017 British Figure Skating Championships, International team selections, World Junior Championships
The 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Taipei City, Taiwan from 15 to 19 March 2017.


2017 British GT Championship
The 2017 British GT Championship was the 25th British GT Championship, a sports car championship promoted by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 15 April at Oulton Park and finished on 24 September at Donington Park, after ten rounds held over seven meetings.


2017 British GT Championship, Calendar
The calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 7 September 2016. The Spa round, originally planned as a 120-minute race, was modified to feature a pair of 60-minute races. All races except Belgian round at Spa, were held in the United Kingdom.


2017 British GT Championship, Race results
Bold indicates overall winner for each car class (GT3 and GT4).


2017 British Grand Prix
The 2017 British Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 16 July 2017 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. This race was the seventy-second running of the British Grand Prix, the sixty-eighth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event, and the fifty-first time that the World Championship event has been held at the Silverstone Circuit.


2017 British Grand Prix
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a twenty-point lead over Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship. Mercedes led Ferrari by thirty-three points in the Constructors' Championship.


2017 British Grand Prix
The race was dominated and won by Lewis Hamilton, who achieved a grand slam: starting from pole position, leading every lap of the race, setting fastest lap, and winning with a 14-second lead over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.