2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On November 17, 2016, the Portland Timbers announced former player Jack Jewsbury as Director of Business Development.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On December 1, 2016, the Portland Timbers announced their schedule for the Desert Friendlies and Home Preseason Tournament.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On December 12, 2016, the Portland Timbers announced their first roster moves for the off season by exercising options on Zarek Valentin and Ben Zemanski and declining options on Nick Besler, Neco Brett, Wade Hamilton, Chris Klute, Chris Konopka, Ben Polk, Jermaine Taylor and Andy Thoma.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On December 15, 2016, the Portland Timbers and Steven Taylor mutually agreed to part ways.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On December 20, 2016, the Portland Timbers signed goalkeeper Jeff Attinella from Minnesota United FC.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On December 21, 2016, MLS announced the home opener for each team, having the Portland Timbers host Minnesota United FC as the first match of the league for the 2017 season.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On December 22, 2016, the Portland Timbers signed Costa Rican defensive midfielder David Guzmán from Deportivo Saprissa.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On January 4, 2017, the Portland Timbers signed Costa Rican defender Roy Miller from Deportivo Saprissa.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On January 9, 2017, the Portland Timbers loaned out Lucas Melano to Argentinian side, Club Atlético Belgrano.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On January 12, 2017, the Portland Timbers signed Portland Timbers 2 players Victor Arboleda, Rennico Clarke, and Kendall McIntosh. The Timbers also re-signed Jack Barmby. Hours later, the full 2017 schedule was released.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On January 13, 2017, the Portland Timbers selected Jeremy Ebobisse in the first round as the 4th pick overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. Portland later selected Michael Amick in the second round.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Off season
On January 17, 2017, the Portland Timbers selected Russell Cicerone and Romilio Hernandez in the fourth and final round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On January 23, 2017, the Portland Timbers signed free-agent defender Chance Myers. Dairon Asprilla returned to the club from his loan with Millonarios F.C. The Timbers also announced that they had re-signed defender/midfielder Amobi Okugo.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
The Timbers began their first match of the preseason on January 27, 2017, taking on New York Red Bull in Tucson, Arizona. Caleb Porter announced that he would be playing 3 groups, each changing at 30 minutes to give all the players time on the pitch. In the 4th minute, Rennico Clarke would unfortunately send the ball into the Timber's own neat putting New York up 1–0. In the 60th minute, Vincent Bezecourt would be awarded a penalty and would successfully convert it. New York would end up winning with a final score of 0–2.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On January 31, 2017, the Portland Timbers took on Croatian First Division side NK Istra 1961. The Timbers gave up another early goal, this time by Mitrevski in the 5th minute. Portland would soon answer back from a successfully converted penalty from Fanendo Adi in the 16th minute. In the second half, NK Istra would take the lead once again with a goal from Burić in the 75th minute. The Timbers would shortly answer back with a goal from trialist Ordain in the 80th minute with an assist from Ben Zemanski. NK Istra would finally take the lead and win it with penalty taken by Prelčec with a final score of 3–2.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 2, 2017, the Portland Timbers signed winger Sebastián Blanco from San Lorenzo as a Designated Player. The Timbers also paid $75,000 to Seattle Sounders FC in General Allocation Money for his rights.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 3, 2017, the Portland Timbers signed Lawrence Olum from Sporting Kansas City and Nat Borchers announced his retirement from soccer.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 4, 2017, the Portland Timbers played their final match for the Desert Friendlies, taking on their main rivals, the Seattle Sounders. The Timbers would strike first with a goal from Fanendo Adi, assisted by Diego Valeri in the 16th minute. During the second half, Seattle would answer back with a successful converted penalty by Harry Shipp in the 71st minute. Both teams would settle for a draw with a final score of 1–1.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 9, 2017, the Portland Timbers opened their home preseason tournament against Real Salt Lake. Diego Valeri would score first in the 35th minute. Diego Chará would be sent off in the 42nd minute from an elbow to the face foul after the referee used the new experimental replay system that is being used in MLS preseason. Shortly after in the 43rd minute, Joao Plata would score a goal from a free kick due to Chará's foul. In the 45th minute Valeri was awarded a penalty and successfully converted it. Darren Mattocks would put the Timbers ahead with a goal, assisted by Jack Barmby, in the 51st minute. Omar Holness would equalize Real Salt Lake with a goal in the 66th minute. The final score would be a draw at 3–3.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 12, 2017, the Portland Timbers continued their preseason tournament by taking on one of the newest MLS expansion clubs, Minnesota United FC. In the first half, Minnesota would prove to break through first with two goals from Johan Venegas in the 25th and 32nd minutes. During the 2nd half, Jack McInerney would send the ball in the back of the net in the 51st to cut the lead in half. Finally in the 84th minute Fanendo Adi would score a cheeky back heel goal, assisted by Alvas Powell and Sebastián Blanco to equalize the Timbers. The final would be 2–2.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 15, 2017, Portland finished off their preseason tournament against their northern rival, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Diego Valeri would score first in the 26th minute with an assist from Darlington Nagbe and Vytas. Shortly after in the 28th minute, Fanendo Adi would give Portland another goal, also with the assist from Nagbe and Vytas. Cristian Techera would be the loan scorer for Vancouver in the 79th minute, giving Portland their first preseason victory of the 2017 season. The Timbers also sold the rights of Rodney Wallace to New York City FC for $50,000 in General Allocation Money and $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On February 25, 2017, the Portland Timbers traveled to Carson, California to play their final preseason match for 2017 against LA Galaxy. Fanendo Adi would receive a brace with the first goal in the 29th minute, assisted by Diego Valeri and David Guzmán. The second in the 56th minute, assisted by Valeri. Daniel Steres would be the loan goal scorer for LA, giving Portland their first preseason road victory with a final score of 2–1.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, Preseason
On March 1, 2017, the Portland Timbers waived forward Jack McInerney.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
On March 3, the Timbers opened the 2017 MLS Season at home against new expansion side, Minnesota United FC. The Timbers Army sung the national anthem as tradition since the first MLS match, then raised a Bob Ross "Happy Little Trees" themed tifo. Timber's new center back Lawrence Olum would score the first goal of the season, assisted by Vytas and Diego Valeri in the 14th minute. Shortly after the start of the 2nd half, Valeri would score in the 47th minute, assisted by their newly acquired Designated Player, Sebastián Blanco.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
Christian Ramirez, assisted by Johan Venegas, gave Minnesota United FC their first goal in Major League Soccer history. In the 82nd minute, the Timbers were awarded a penalty and it was successfully converted by Valeri in the 82nd minute. Fanendo Adi would finish it up with goals in extra time. The first in the 90+1 minute with an assist from Darlington Nagbe. The final goal would come in the 90+3 minute. The Timbers would start the season off strong with 3 points and a +4 goal differential, currently putting them first on the overall table after winning 5–1. It would stand as their strongest home opening win since starting MLS.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
On March 12, Portland traveled to Carson, California for their first road match of the season to take on LA Galaxy. The Timbers would start off strong with a counterattack goal from Diego Chará, with an assist from Diego Valeri in the 8th minute. LA's Jelle Van Damme would receive two yellows, one in the 31st minute and another in the 35th, sending him off and putting LA at 10 men. The Timbers would hold strong until the end and secure 3 points and their first league road win in over a year.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
On March 18, Portland hosted the undefeated Houston Dynamo. Before the match the Timbers paid tribute to Nat Borchers where he said his goodbye speech. Shortly after, the Timbers Army raised their "Show racism the red card tifo" with the Portlandia statue with the Statue of Liberty crown. The Timbers would be awarded an early penalty kick from a DaMarcus Beasley handball. Diego Valeri would take and successfully convert it in the 11th minute, putting Portland up 1–0. In the 37th minute, Houston would be awarded a penalty from a Diego Chara handball.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
The shot was taken and successfully converted by Erick Torres in the 38th minute. Just before the end of the 1st half, Houston would get another goal, from Romell Quioto, assisted by Alberth Elis in the 45+2 minute of stoppage time. In the 58th minute, the Timbers would bounce back to equalize the match with a header from Valeri, assisted by Zarek Valentin and Fanendo Adi. In the 66th minute, the Timbers would take control of the match with a goal from David Guzmán from an fantastic pass from Darlington Nagbe who would later be credited for an assist. Finally in the 88th minute, the Timbers would secure the win with a goal from Adi, assisted by Guzmán. The Timbers would continue their win streak with a 4–2 victory making a total 9 points (+7 goal differential) and currently hold first place overall for the 3rd consecutive week.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
On March 25, Portland traveled to Columbus to take on Columbus Crew SC. They would be without Darlinton Nagbe and David Guzmán, both of which are currently on international duty. The Timbers would score early in the 4th minute from a goal from Dairon Asprilla, assisted by winger, Sebastián Blanco. Columbus would shortly take control of the match with a goal from Justin Meram in the 11th minute and a goal from Ola Kamara, assisted by Federico Higuaín in the 19th minute.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, March
3 Minutes into first half stoppage time, Fanendo Adi, assisted by Alvas Powell, would find the back of the net, leveling the match 2–2 at the half. The Crew delivered the final blow with a goal from Niko Hansen in the 84th minute, ending the Timber's perfect win streak with a final score of 2–3.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, April
Portland began the month of April by hosting the New England Revolution. In the 12th minute, Diego Valeri would put the Timbers up my sending a misguided header from Chris Tierney and sending it to the top left corner of the net. New England would be able to steal away Portland's victory with rebounded shot from Lee Nguyen in the 84th minute. The Timbers would finish the match 1–1 and still in control of 1st place overall.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, May
The Timbers traveled to San Jose to take on the Earthquakes for the start of May. Still without Diego Valeri and now Darlington Nagbe announced out due to injury. The Timbers would fall 0–3 for their current worst loss of the season with Chris Wondolowski clutching a brace.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, May
On May 14, the Timbers hosted the Eastern Conference expansion side, Atlanta United FC. Atlanta would score first shortly into the 2nd half. In the 46th minute, Julian Gressel, assisted by Jeff Larentowicz, would send the ball past Jake Gleeson a few yards into the box. Portland would respond in the 50th minute with a header goal from Liam Ridgewell taken from a long free kick by David Guzmán. Both teams would end settle for a point with a final score of 1–1.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, May
On May 20, Portland traveled to Montreal to take on the Impact. Darlington Nagbe would make his return from injury and be in the starting lineup, making all of Portland's starters healthy once again. In the 13th minute, Montreal would be awarded a penalty from an arguable grab from Sebastián Blanco. Ignacio Piatti would take and convert the penalty. In the 18th minute, Diego Chará would receive a straight red from an elbow to the face of Miguel Almirón. This would be Portland's first red card of the season.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Season review, May
In the 33rd minute, Blerim Dzemaili would send a howler from distance to be punched away by Jake Gleeson. In the 43rd minute, Kyle Fisher would send high header past Gleeson from a corner kick taken by Dzemaili. In the 45th+1 minute, Diego Valeri would head the ball to the back of the net with an assist from Alvas Powell. In the 50th minute, Piatti received the ball from Anthony Jackson-Hamel and charged through the Portland defense to score from just outside the box. In the 77th minute, Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla would pass the ball to the other side of the box to Ambroise Oyongo who would finish off the match with the final goal. The Timbers would fall 4–1 and have Chará suspended for their Cascadia rivalry match against Seattle Sounders FC.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Competitions overview
Updated to match played October 22, 2017Source: Competitions* Major League Soccer and Cascadia Cup are all part of MLS regular season league play. As a result, only Major League Soccer portion is included in the total.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, MLS regular season
The 2017 MLS regular-season schedule was released on January 12, 2017.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Competitions, Cascadia Cup
The Cascadia Cup is a trophy that was created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is awarded to the club with the best record in MLS regular-season games versus the other participants.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Kits
Kits are used for a period of two years. Afterwards, a new kit is released. The year for each kit is offset so that one of the two changes each year. The secondary kit is due to change at the end of this year.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Kits, Primary kit
The 2017 primary kit was unveiled on January 11, 2017. It features similar color styles as the 2014–2015 third kit, featuring a darker green and darker yellow colors.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Kits, Secondary kit
The secondary kit will be used from 2016 until the end of the 2017 season. It features a red fading to black hoop style with each fade's border being the shape of thorns which represents Portland's nickname, the Rose City. The kit however is not full hoops, the back is a solid red where the player's  name and number are featured. The kit also has an alternative Alaska Airlines logo, however, with "Airlines" in small font below the logo.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Squad information, First-team squad
All players contracted to the club during the season included. Last updated: September 13, 2017


2017 Portland Timbers season, Player/Staff Transactions, 2017 MLS SuperDraft Picks
Any player marked with a * is part of the Generation Adidas program.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Player/Staff Transactions, National Team participation
Four Timbers player have been called up to play for their national teams during this season.


2017 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Goalkeeper stats
The list is sorted by total minutes played then by jersey number.


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


2017 Portland Timbers season, Statistics, Top assists
The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


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


2017 Portland train attack
On May 26, 2017, Jeremy Joseph Christian fatally stabbed two men and injured a third after he was confronted for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at two teenage black girls, Destinee Mangum and Walia Mohamed, on a MAX Light Rail train in Portland, Oregon. Two of the victims, Ricky John Best of Happy Valley and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche of Portland, were killed; the third victim, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, survived serious wounds.


2017 Portland train attack
Christian, a white supremacist and self-described white nationalist, was arrested and indicted soon after the attack on charges of murder, attempted murder, and other crimes, including a separate hate-crime assault the day before the fatal attack. In February 2020, following a jury trial, Christian was found guilty on all counts. Christian was sentenced on June 24, 2020, to two life terms.


2017 Portland train attack
The attack was widely condemned by the Portland community, politicians, and civil rights groups, some of which said it represented a rise in hate speech, racism, and Islamophobic incidents in the United States.


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
At about 4:30 p.m. PDT on May 26, 2017, Jeremy Joseph Christian fatally stabbed two people and injured a third on a MAX Light Rail train after he was confronted for directing what the Portland Police Bureau's report later said "would best be characterized as hate speech toward a variety of ethnicities and religions" at two girls on a Metropolitan Area Express (MAX) light-rail train. A witness reported that Christian used anti-Muslim slurs and "was screaming that he was a taxpayer, that colored people were ruining the city, and he had First Amendment rights". Portland police described Christian "as yelling and ranting and raving a lot of different things, including what we characterized as hate speech or biased language".


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
At the time, although not at its rush-hour peak, the train car was crowded, with all the seats filled and some passengers standing. As the man continued ranting, the train operator was heard on the loudspeaker, saying "Whoever is creating the disturbance needs to exit the train immediately." The man continued, however, directing his tirade at a 17-year-old  Muslim Somali girl, who was wearing a hijab, and her non-Muslim friend, a black girl, age 16.


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
The man told the girls to "go back to Saudi Arabia", to get out of "his country", and "said they were nothing and they should kill themselves". He also reportedly said that "Muslims should die." Fearful, the pair moved to the back of the train as three men—Ricky John Best, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher—stepped in to intervene in an attempt to de-escalate the situation. According to a witness, Namkai-Meche told Christian in a loud voice: "You need to get off this train. Please, get off this train."


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
The witness said that the men attempted to form a barrier between Christian and the girls. Then Micah David-Cole Fletcher gave him "a slight push or shove" in an attempt to move him away. The man responded: "Touch me again, and I'm going to kill you." According to police, Christian then fatally stabbed Best and Namkai-Meche and injured Fletcher by slashing them in the neck with a knife. At the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center, passengers fled the car, as did Christian. He ran into the Hollywood neighborhood, chased by other passengers who had called 9-1-1.


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
After Fletcher was stabbed, a man rushed to him and rendered first aid. Three other men gave first aid to Best until EMS personnel arrived. Medics were unable to revive Best and he was declared dead at the scene; Namkai-Meche died later at a local hospital. The two girls also fled the train following the incident, leaving their belongings behind. After the attack, the station and MAX Light Rail trains were shut down in both directions for several hours.


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
Following their arrival at the station, police were able to locate Christian. A group of at least eight officers arrested him "on the north side of Providence Portland Medical Center on an access road running along Interstate 84, just east of 47th Avenue, at 4:48 p.m.". According to a police affidavit filed subsequently in court, during the arrest Christian threw a folding knife with a 3.75-inch (95 mm) blade that hit a police car and bounced off of it.


2017 Portland train attack, Attack
The police affidavit also states that patrol car video footage shows Christian saying after his arrest, "I just stabbed a bunch of motherfuckers in the neck ... I can die in prison a happy man", and about one of the men on the train who had confronted him, he said, "That's what liberalism gets you."


2017 Portland train attack, Investigation
Christian was booked into the Multnomah County jail. The FBI assisted Portland police in the investigation. Renn Cannon, of the Portland FBI field office, said at the time, "It's too early to say whether last night's violence was an act of domestic terrorism or a federal hate crime."


2017 Portland train attack, Theft from a victim
In the early morning of June 2, 2017, police arrested 51-year-old George Elwood Tschaggeny, who lived in a small homeless camp near the platform where the train stopped after the attack. According to police and prosecutors, Tschaggeny removed the wedding band from Best's finger and stole Best's backpack and wallet. He was arrested after police viewed surveillance video showing the theft and obtained a community tip on the thief's identity. According to police, he was wearing Best's ring when he was arrested and had the backpack and contents of Best's wallet. Tschaggeny was a heroin addict. He was arraigned on charges of identity theft, second-degree abuse of a corpse, first-degree theft and tampering with physical evidence. After a guilty plea on November 14, 2017, he was sentenced to 13 months in jail followed by five years of probation and court-supervised drug treatment.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Indictment and pretrial proceedings
Christian was charged with two counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder, as well as three misdemeanors: two counts of second-degree intimidation and one count of being a felon possessing a restricted weapon. At his arraignment on May 30, 2017, Christian began yelling a variety of slogans as soon as he entered the courtroom, shouting: "Get out if you don't like free speech. You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism. You hear me? Die." He also yelled: "Leave this country if you hate our freedom—death to antifa!"


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Indictment and pretrial proceedings
On June 6 the Multnomah County grand jury indicted Christian on 15 counts. Of these, 11 related to the May 26 stabbings (two counts of aggravated murder, one count of attempted aggravated  murder, one count of first-degree assault, one count of second-degree assault, five counts of unlawful use of a weapon, three counts of second-degree intimidation and two counts of menacing) and four related to conduct the day before the stabbing, when Christian threw a plastic bottle at a black woman at the Interstate/Rose Quarter MAX Station. Another outburst occurred at a brief, 85-second court appearance on June 7. Christian shouted that he was not guilty and that he acted in self-defense against the "violent aggression by Micah Fletcher". Christian pleaded not guilty to all charges.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Indictment and pretrial proceedings
A Portland television station sought the release of warrants and affidavits related to the investigation; in October 2017, a federal judge denied the motion due to concerns that the release could prejudice potential jurors. In November 2017, a bail hearing was held; Christian was denied bail.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Indictment and pretrial proceedings
On November 1, 2019, pursuant to a new state law, Christian's aggravated murder charges were downgraded to first-degree murder, eliminating the possibility of the death penalty.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Trial, conviction, and sentencing
The trial was initially scheduled to begin in June 2019 but was delayed for an additional six months to allow time for further pretrial proceedings. The judge denied Christian's request for a change of venue. Opening arguments for Christian's trial began January 28, 2020. In February 2019, Christian's attorneys filed a notice indicating that, at trial, the defense planned to raise mental health defenses.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Trial, conviction, and sentencing
The defense team indicated that it might argue three such defenses: a "guilty except for insanity" defense, asserting that Christian was so mentally disturbed as to be incapable of forming criminal intent; a defense that Christian's mental illness made him only "partially responsible" for the offenses; and a defense that Christian was acting under extreme emotional disturbance.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Trial, conviction, and sentencing
At trial, prosecutors presented the testimony of 40 witnesses against Christian, including Micah Fletcher, who was wounded in the stabbing. A Portland homicide detective who interviewed Fletcher also testified and showed the jury the folding knife that was used. Cell phone videos and TriMet surveillance videos showing Christian stabbing the victims were introduced into evidence. Extensive video and audiorecordings of Christian's post-arrest rantings were also played to the jury. Christian did not testify in his own defense.


2017 Portland train attack, Prosecution of Jeremy Joseph Christian, Trial, conviction, and sentencing
The attorneys made their closing arguments on February 19; after 11 hours of deliberation over two days, on February 21 the jury announced they unanimously found Christian  guilty on all counts. On June 24, 2020, Christian was sentenced to two consecutive life terms—one for each count of first-degree murder—with no possibility of parole. Christian was given an additional 51.5 years for related charges. During the sentencing hearing, Christian was removed from the courtroom after an angry outburst directed at one of his surviving victims.


2017 Portland train attack, Perpetrator's prior history
Jeremy Joseph Christian had been convicted previously of kidnapping and the robbery of a convenience store in May 2002, and he was sentenced to 90 months in prison for that offense. During the robbery, he wore a ski mask, wielded a .38-caliber revolver, and handcuffed the store owner to a pole in the store; he was apprehended several blocks away from the store. Christian was also arrested in 2010 on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft, but those charges were later dropped.


2017 Portland train attack, Perpetrator's prior history
Christian "told officials he is a transient and doesn’t know the last time he had a permanent address." He held extremist views, posting neo-Nazi, antisemitic, and far-right material on social media, as well as material indicating an affinity for political violence. Christian described himself as a white nationalist. The Oregonian noted that Christian made many contradictory Facebook posts, but that such contradictions are typical of extremists. It said his posts "reveal a comic book collector with nebulous political affiliations who above all else seemed to hate circumcision and Hillary Clinton". At times he expressed support for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, although he wrote that he did not vote. According to friends and acquaintances, Christian's actions were becoming increasingly unstable, and he was in need of mental help, but he had not been given a formal diagnosis.


2017 Portland train attack, Perpetrator's prior history
In April 2017, Christian wrote, "I just Challenged Ben Ferencz (Last Living Nuremberg Persecutor [ sic]) to a Debate in the Hague with Putin as our judge. I will defend the Nazis and he will defend the AshkeNAZIs [a reference to European Jews]." He praised Timothy McVeigh in an online posting on April 19, the anniversary of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He also "posted conspiracy theory memes from the right-wing Alex Jones Channel".


2017 Portland train attack, Perpetrator's prior history
According to The Portland Mercury, Christian was a "known right-wing extremist and white supremacist". He had participated in various alt-right rallies in Portland. One month before the stabbing, Christian appeared at the right-wing March for Free Speech in Portland's Montavilla Park. He wore a Revolutionary War-era flag of the United States and carried a baseball bat, which police confiscated. He gave Nazi salutes and used a racial slur at least once. At the event, Christian was videotaped shouting "Die, Muslims!"


2017 Portland train attack, Perpetrator's prior history
The day before the killings, Christian had made racial threats on another train, threatened a conductor, and hurled a bottle at a black woman who then maced him, as seen on cell phone videos. Christian told police that he had dropped out of high school but later earned his high school equivalency and took classes at Portland Community College for a year. He identified himself to police as a transient who did "not know the last time he had a permanent address" and lived with friends and family.


2017 Portland train attack, Victims
Ricky John Best, 53, of Happy Valley, died at the scene. He was a technician for the City of Portland's Bureau of Development Services, a U.S. Army veteran, and a father of four children. In 2012, he retired from the Army after more than twenty years of service.


2017 Portland train attack, Victims
Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23, of Ashland, died at a hospital shortly after the attack. He had recently graduated from Reed College with a degree in economics and worked for the Cadmus Group consulting firm. A passenger who helped him reported his last words: "Tell everyone on this train I love them."


2017 Portland train attack, Victims
Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, survived and was treated at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center for serious but not life-threatening wounds, specifically a knife injury to his throat. The attacker severed Micah's left jugular vein, while narrowly missing his carotid artery by one millimetre (0.039 in). Fletcher was released from the hospital in time to attend Christian's arraignment on May 30, 2017. Fletcher, a student at Portland State University, won a poetry contest in 2013 while he was a junior in high school with a poem about Islamophobia in the United States.


2017 Portland train attack, Victims
Christian and Fletcher had both attended a "free speech" rally in Montavilla about a month prior to the attack. Christian was with a right-wing group, while Fletcher was a counter-protester.


2017 Portland train attack, Victims
Destinee Mangum, one of the two girls harassed by the assailant, expressed her gratitude to the three men who stepped in to help her.


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Community
Hundreds of people gathered near the Hollywood Transit Center on the evening of May 27 for a candlelight vigil to honor the victims. Three crowdfunding campaigns set up to help the victims' families raised $1 million by May 29. Muslims in Portland said they were thankful for the support of the community after the attack. Wadji Said of the Interfaith Council of Portland compared the attack to the 1988 murder of Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant who was slain by a group of racist skinheads in Portland.


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Politicians and officials
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler called the victims of the attack "heroes" in a statement released on May 27. He continued saying, "Their actions were brave and selfless, and should serve as an example and inspiration to us all." Governor of Oregon Kate Brown echoed this sentiment, calling on all Oregonians to come together: "Let's not let hate and fear divide us. Instead let's take the example of the good Samaritans who sacrificed their lives for the safety of others and unite for a kinder, gentler Oregon."


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Politicians and officials
In the wake of the stabbings, the mayor called on the federal government to withhold a permit for a "Trump Free Speech Rally" at Terry Schrunk Plaza, a federal enclave adjacent to city hall. The mayor said on Twitter that the rally "can only exacerbate an already difficult situation" in the city. He also called for withholding a permit for an ACT! for America rally at the same location. The ACLU of Oregon criticized the mayor's remarks. ACT! for America subsequently cancelled its planned anti-Muslim march in Portland, moving it to Seattle.


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Politicians and officials
Former candidate for the 2016 presidential election Hillary Clinton called the incident "heartbreaking" and said that "No one should have to endure this racist abuse. No one should have to give their life to stop it." Oregon's U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, expressed their grief and condolences for the victims. Merkley urged President Trump to "speak out personally against the rising tide of Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry and racism in our nation that he has provoked through his numerous statements, policies and appointments".


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Politicians and officials
U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and other officials also gave their condolences. U.S. Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, the first Muslim elected to Congress, said that the three men "exhibited the best qualities of American heroes". President Trump delayed commenting on the stabbing attack, leading to public pressure on him to do so. Later, a message was posted on Trump's presidential Twitter account, stating "The violent attacks in Portland on Friday are unacceptable. The victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. Our prayers are w/ them." The Portland police contacted the Muslim community to discuss increased patrolling during Ramadan. The bureau's spokesperson said, "Our thoughts are with the Muslim community. As something like this happens, this only instills fear in that community."


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Organizations
The Anti- Defamation League, in a statement by its CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, offered its condolences to the victims, praised the heroism of bystanders who intervened, and said: "The deadly attack in Portland is not a rare or isolated event. Rather, this is the latest in a long string of violent incidents connected to right-wing extremists in the United States... This consistent threat requires consistent resources and we call on our leaders to condemn this brutal act of terror and craft policy to counter all forms of violent extremism, including white supremacy."


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Organizations
The Council on American–Islamic Relations asked President Trump to denounce "rising bigotry" and violence against Muslims. The organization's executive director said, "President Trump must speak out personally against the rising tide of Islamophobia and other forms of bigotry and racism in our nation that he has provoked through his numerous statements, policies and appointments that have negatively impacted minority communities." Imtiaz Khan, who serves as president of the Islamic Center of Portland, said: "We are very sad. Ramadan started just a couple of hours ago. We are very sorry for the two men who tried to do the right thing.... Of course people from the Muslim community are concerned. And, unfortunately, the easy targets are women because of the headscarf." Khan also praised the two men who were slain, saying they "really sacrificed everything. They really stood up for the values of the Constitution."


2017 Portland train attack, Reactions, Organizations
Harris Zafar with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Portland said the actions of the men who stepped in to defend the Muslim women inspired him. The Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon expressed grief for the tragedy and hoped it would "draw Muslim communities together".


2017 Portugal Open
The 2017 Dynamic Portugal Open, was the second Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Netherlands' Nick van den Berg who defeated Spain's David Alcaide 9–5 in the final. In winning the event, van den Berg won his tenth Euro Tour event.


2017 Portugal Open
The event was the last tournament in the European qualification for the 2017 World Games. David Alcaide and Joshua Filler qualified as first and second place of the one-year ranking of the Euro Tour, and competed at the 9-Ball men's event. The Games were won by Carlo Biado, with Filler losing in the last 16, and Alcaide in the quarter-finals.


2017 Portugal Open, Tournament format
The event saw a total of 194 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.


2017 Portuguese local elections
The Portuguese local elections of 2017 were held on October 1, 2017. The elections consisted of three separate elections in the 308 Portuguese municipalities, the election for the Municipal Chambers, whose winner was elected mayor, another election for the Municipal Assembly, as well an election for the lower-level Parish Assembly, whose winner was elected parish president. This last election was held in the more than 3,000 parishes around the country.


2017 Portuguese local elections
The Socialist Party (PS) was the big winner of the elections consolidating their position as the largest local party in Portugal. The PS won 160 mayors, 10 more than in 2013, and more than 38% of the votes. The Socialists maintained control in cities like Lisbon, although here they lost their majority, Funchal and Coimbra, at the same time they gained some strong PSD bastions like Chaves or Mirandela. Nonetheless, the PS lost one of their bastions, Vila do Conde, to an independent. The strong nationwide results for the PS helped to legitimize António Costa's position as Prime Minister after his loss in the 2015 general elections. It was also the first time since 1985, that the party in government clearly won a nationwide local election.


2017 Portuguese local elections
The Social Democrats (PSD), aside from CDU, were one of the big losers of the elections. They lost 8 cities in comparison to 2013, although, in term of votes won, they got basically the same number compared to 2013. The PSD achieved very bad results in Lisbon and Porto, polling third and below 15% of the votes. The worse than expected results led Pedro Passos Coelho to question, on election night, if he had the political ground to continue as leader of the party. Two days later, on October 3, Passos Coelho announced he would not stand for another term as PSD leader.


2017 Portuguese local elections
The CDU was also one of the big losers of the election. The Communist-Green alliance achieved their worst results in history losing 10 cities, 9 to the PS and 1 to an independent, and polling below 10% of the votes. The CDU lost strong bastions in Setúbal district like Almada and Barreiro and wasn't able to hold on to Beja.


2017 Portuguese local elections
The CDS-People's Party achieved very surprising results, especially in Lisbon. Assunção Cristas, CDS leader and candidate for Lisbon mayor, polled 2nd place and won 21% of the votes, 10 points ahead of the PSD. In the country as a whole, the CDS was able to gain one municipality from the PSD, Oliveira do Bairro, and was able to maintain the other 5 cities they won in 2013.


2017 Portuguese local elections
Independent Movements also increased their scores compared to 2013. A total 17 independent candidates gained or maintained control in their respective cities, especially Rui Moreira, mayor of Porto, as he was able to win re-election with a majority. Smaller parties also made gains: Livre, in coalition with the PS, gained Felgueiras from the PSD, We, the Citizens! won Oliveira de Frades from a PSD/CDS coalition and JPP maintained control of Santa Cruz in the Madeira islands.


2017 Portuguese local elections
Turnout in these elections increased compared with four years ago, with 55.0% of voters casting a ballot.


2017 Portuguese local elections, Electoral system
All 308 municipalities are allocated a certain number of councilors to elect corresponding to the number of registered voters in a given municipality. Each party or coalition must present a list of candidates. The lists are closed and the seats in each municipality are apportioned according to the D'Hondt method. Unlike in national legislative elections, independent lists are allowed to run.


2017 Portuguese local elections, Electoral system
Council seats and Parish assembly seats are distributed as follows:


2017 Portuguese local elections, Parties
The main political forces that will be involved in the election are:


2017 Portuguese local elections, Parties
1 The PSD and the CDS–PP also form coalitions in several municipalities with the Earth Party (MPT) and the People's Monarchist Party (PPM).


2017 Portuguese local elections, Results, Municipal Councils, City control
The following table lists party control in all district capitals, as well as in municipalities above 100,000 inhabitants. Population estimates from 2017.


2017 Powys County Council election
The fifth election to the Powys County Council since local government reorganization in Wales in 1995 was held on 4 May 2017, along with other local government elections. It was preceded by the 2012 election and will be followed by the 2022 election.


2017 Powys County Council election, Results overview
Sixteen seats were uncontested and, in another seat, Yscir, no one initially stood at all for the seat (the only ward in Wales where this happened). Nine Independent seats, out of the thirty won, were due to only one candidate standing for election. Five of the seven Labour seats and one each of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat seats were also uncontested.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Brecknockshire), Hay
The sitting member had previously stood as a Conservative. His change is shown from when he stood as a Conservative in 2012.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Brecknockshire), Yscir
The postponed poll took place on 22 June 2017 and was won by the Conservative Iain McIntosh.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Montgomeryshire), Llanidloes
The sitting member had previously stood as an independent. His change is shown from his performance as an Independent in 2012.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Montgomeryshire), Newtown East
The sitting member had previously stood as a Liberal Democrat. Her change is shown from her performance as a Liberal Democrat in 2012.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Radnorshire), Knighton
The sitting member had previously stood as an independent. His changes are shown from his performance as an independent in 2012.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Radnorshire), Llandrindod North
The sitting member had previously stood as an independent. His changes are shown from when he stood as an independent in 2012.


2017 Powys County Council election, Ward results (Radnorshire), Presteigne
The sitting member had previously stood as a Liberal Democrat, but was elected as an independent in 2012.


2017 Poznań Open
The 2017 Poznań Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the fourteenth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It takes place at the Park Tenisowy Olimpia in Poznań, Poland from 15 to 23 July 2017, including the qualifying competition in the first two days.


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


2017 Poznań Open – Doubles
Aleksandre Metreveli and Peng Hsien-yin were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2017 Poznań Open – Doubles
Guido Andreozzi and Jaume Munar won the title after defeating Tomasz Bednarek and Gonçalo Oliveira 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–4] in the final.


2017 Poznań Open – Singles
Radu Albot was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2017 Poznań Open – Singles
Alexey Vatutin won the title after defeating Guido Andreozzi 2–6, 7–6(12–10), 6–3 in the final.


2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
The 2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team represented Prairie View A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Panthers were led by third-year head coach Willie Simmons and played their home games at Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field in Prairie View, Texas as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Panthers finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in SWAC play to finish in third place in the West Division.


2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team
On December 9, head coach Willie Simmons resigned to become the head coach at Florida A&M He finished at PVA&M with a three-year record of 21–11.


2017 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team, Preseason
The Panthers were picked to finish in third place in the West Division.


2017 Pratapgarh lynching
The 2017 Pratapgarh lynching refers to death of  Zafar Khan, a political activist and member of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) based in the Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan on 16 June 2017 when he tried to stop 5 employees of the Pratapgarh municipality from taking pictures of women defecating in public. This is the second lynching case in Rajasthan after the killing of a Muslim dairy farmer by cow protection vigilantes in April 2017.


2017 Pratapgarh lynching, Incident
On Friday morning municipal employees were allegedly on a tour to photograph people defecating in the open. The event occurred near Bagwasa Kachi basti when 55 year old Zafar Khan allegedly objected and tried to stop the municipal staff from taking photographs and videos of women defecating in the open. According to the municipality including by way of a video released by it, Khan abused the workers, threatened to kill them and assaulted one of them. A fight ensued in which as mentioned in the police complaint by Khan's brother Noor Mohammad, Khan was beaten up including with a stick.


2017 Pratapgarh lynching, Incident
He was declared dead when rushed to the nearest hospital. Khan it is reported had petitioned for private toilets. According to one woman, civic employees, over a period of four days, urged those indulging in open defecation to use public toilets. Pratapgarh municipal commissioner Ashok Jain denied attacking Khan and his team taking photographs to shame people. According to some eyewitnesses, the municipal staff yelled kill him referring to Zafar Khan.


2017 Pratapgarh lynching, Aftermath
After this incident, local people along with the family members of the deceased gathered at the mortuary where Khan's body was kept and blocked NH 113 for several hours. They demanded compensation & arrest of the municipal employees. Some Muslim organisations alleged that the administration was trying to conceal the matter.


2017 Pratapgarh lynching, Aftermath
Pratapagarh police has registered a FIR against Kamal Harijan, Ritesh Harijan, Manish Harijan, municipal commissioner Ashok Jain and others following a police complaint by the relatives of Khan.


2017 Preakness Stakes
The 2017 Preakness Stakes was the 142nd running of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the American Triple Crown. It is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 3⁄16 miles (1.9 km) and was held on May 20, 2017, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race went off at 6:51 pm ET and was broadcast by NBC. The race was won by Cloud Computing, upsetting Always Dreaming's chances of a Triple Crown. Classic Empire was second, and Senior Investment finished third. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a track record total attendance of 140,327, the second highest attendance for American thoroughbred racing events in North America during 2017.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Field
The field for the race included ten horses, led by Always Dreaming, the winner of the 2017 Kentucky Derby. Always Dreaming arrived at Pimlico on May 9 and was put in Stall 40 of the Preakness Stakes Barn, which is traditionally reserved for the Derby winner. His main challenger was expected to be Classic Empire, who finished fourth in the Derby despite being heavily bumped at the start. Other leading entries include Lookin at Lee (2nd in the Derby), Gunnevera (7th) and Hence (11th). Cloud Computing had qualified for the Derby in the 2017 Road to the Kentucky Derby point system, but his connections decided to bypass that race to focus on the Preakness.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Field
The field also included several horses who did not qualify for the Derby, including Conquest Mo Money, who had to be supplemented to the Preakness at a cost of $150,000 as he had not been nominated to the Triple Crown series earlier in the year. Royal Mo was originally scheduled to enter the Preakness but injured himself during a workout and was retired.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Field
The draw for post positions was held on May 17. Rivals Always Dreaming and Classic Empire drew posts 4 and 5, setting up a head-to-head matchup of the two morning line favorites.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Race description
Despite rain the night before the race, the track dried out over the course of the day and was listed as fast for the Preakness. The race drew a record crowd of 140,327 beating the previous year's record of 135,256. The pari-mutuel take of $97,168,658 for the entire day's races also broke the previous record of $94,127,424 from 2016.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Race description
Always Dreaming and Classic Empire went to the early lead and set a solid pace while Cloud Computing rated a few lengths behind in third. Around the final turn, Classic Empire surged to the lead, but Always Dreaming tired and dropped back. In mid-stretch, Classic Empire had a three-length lead and looked the likely winner before Cloud Computing angled out from traffic and started closing ground rapidly. Classic Empire tried to rally but could not hold off Cloud Computing, who won by a head.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Race description
Cloud Computing became just the fourth horse in the last 34 years to win the Preakness after not having raced in the Derby. The last horse to do so was the filly Rachel Alexandra in 2009. It was the first win of a Triple Crown race for his trainer Chad Brown and the second for jockey Javier Castellano, who was riding the colt for the first time. It was also the first Preakness win for owners Seth Klarman of Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Race description
Having grown up in Baltimore just a few blocks away from Pimlico, Klarman called the win incredibly special. "I think possibly some of the reason we won today was because we were patient and didn't throw an inexperienced horse against a 20-horse field in the Derby on a very difficult track", he said.


2017 Preakness Stakes, Race description
"I'm not going to dispute the fact that I brought in a fresh horse as part of our strategy", said Brown. "Classic Empire and Always Dreaming are two outstanding horses and our strategy was, if we were going to ever beat them, let's take them on two weeks' rest when we have six, and it worked."


2017 Preakness Stakes, Result
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 0:23.16;  1⁄2 mile – 0:46.81; 3⁄4 mile – 1:11.00; mile – 1:36.63;  final – 1:55.98. Splits for each quarter-mile: (:23.16) (:23.65) (:24.19) (:25.63) (:19.35 for final 3⁄16)


2017 Premier Badminton League
2017 Premier Badminton League (also known as Vodafone PBL 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of Premier Badminton League. It started on 1 January 2017 and concluded on 14 January 2017. It consisted of 15 league ties (each tie consisting of 5 matches) and the top four teams progressed to the knock out stages. Sachin Tendulkar became a co-owner of Bengaluru Topguns before the season and they were renamed as Bengaluru Blasters. Awadhe Warriors, Mumbai Rockets, Chennai Smashers and Hyderabad Hunters entered the semi-finals after topping the league table. Chennai Smashers beat Awadhe Warriors 4-1 and Mumbai Rockets beat Hyderabad Hunters 3-(-1) to proceed to the final. Chennai Smashers won the tournament after beating Mumbai Rockets 4-3.


2017 Premier Badminton League, Squads
The complete list of players of all the six participating teams


2017 Premier Badminton League, Fixtures
The fixtures for the 2017 Premier Badminton League are as follows


2017 Premier Futsal
The 2017 Premier Futsal was the second edition of Premier Futsal, which debuted in July 2016. Semi-finals were played in bilateral format where Mumbai Warriors beat Telugu Tigers and Delhi Dragons beat Bengaluru Royals. Mumbai Warriors won against Delhi Dragons 3–2 and won its second consecutive title.


2017 Premier League Asia Trophy
The 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy was the eighth edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy. Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion competed for the Premier League Asia Trophy. It was held in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Stadium from 19–22 July 2017. It was the first edition with four Premier League teams to compete and therefore not feature a side from the host country.


2017 Premier League Asia Trophy
Liverpool won their first title following their 2–1 victory over Leicester City in the final.


2017 Premier League Darts
The 2017 Betway Premier League Darts was a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation – the thirteenth edition of the tournament. The event began on Thursday 2 February at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and ended with the Play-offs at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday 18 May. This is the fourth year that the tournament is sponsored by Betway.


2017 Premier League Darts
Michael van Gerwen, the 2016 champion, retained his title by winning the last-leg decider against Peter Wright in the final, after Wright missed six darts to win 11-9. Kim Huybrechts became the first player in Premier League Darts history to fail to win a match in the tournament.


2017 Premier League Darts, Format
The tournament format is identical to that since 2013. During the first nine weeks (Phase 1) each player plays the other nine players once. The bottom two players are then eliminated from the competition. In the next six weeks (phase 2) each player plays the other seven players once. Phase 2 consists of four weeks where five matches are played followed by two weeks where four matches are played. At the end of phase 2 the top four players contest the two semi-finals and the final in the play-off week.


2017 Premier League Darts, Venues
In the only change from 2016, Brighton returned to the calendar, replacing Bournemouth.


2017 Premier League Darts, Players
The players in this year's tournament were announced following the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship final on 2 January 2017, with the top four of the PDC Order of Merit joined by six Wildcards – two chosen by Sky Sports and four by the PDC.


2017 Premier League Darts, Players
Previous PDC wildcards Robert Thornton and Michael Smith were dropped in favour of Jelle Klaasen and Kim Huybrechts. The 2017 edition marks the first time in which the six-time champion Phil Taylor appears as a wildcard entry, having finished outside the Order of Merit places. It is also the first Premier League without a player making his debut in the competition.


2017 Premier League Darts, Prize money
The prize-money was increased to £825,000 from £725,000 in 2016.


2017 Premier League Darts, League stage, 2 March – Week 5 (Phase 1)
*Michael van Gerwen was originally scheduled to play against James Wade, but withdrew due to a back injury, Dave Chisnall played twice in Round 5. Van Gerwen played Wade on 23 March (Round 8), giving Chisnall the night off.


2017 Premier League Darts, League stage, 30 March – Week 9 (Phase 1) – Judgement Night
*Kim Huybrechts was unable to travel to Cardiff due to family reasons. Because he was already eliminated in week 8, Peter Wright was awarded the win by default and the game will not be rescheduled, giving Wright the night off.


2017 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
After the first nine weeks (phase 1), the bottom two in the table are eliminated. In the next six weeks (phase 2) the eight remaining players each play a further seven matches. The top four players then compete in the playoffs.


2017 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. When players are tied on points, leg difference is used first as a tie-breaker, after that legs won against throw and then tournament average.


2017 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Last updated: 12 May 2017Source: Match reports from the results section.


2017 Premier League Darts, Table and streaks, Table
Top four qualified for the Play-offs after Week 15. NB: LWAT = Legs Won Against Throw. A = AverageC% = Checkout PercentageHC = High Checkout. C = Champion


2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
The Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference was the first conference of the Premier Volleyball League (28th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). Conference started on April 30, 2017 and concluded on June 13, 2017. All elimination round games were played at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan while the semifinals and Finals games were held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.


2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
The women's tournament was supposed to feature the use of foreign reinforcements, however, they were initially unable to play due to difficulty in securing their international transfer certificates (ITC) from the FIVB. On May 17, 2017, Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI) confirmed that the FIVB has approved the ITC requests for the imports. The imports began to play on May 18, 2017.


2017 Premier Volleyball League season
The 2017 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the first season of the Premier Volleyball League (14th season of the former Shakey's V-League). There were three indoor conferences for this season.


2017 Premier Volleyball League season, Women's division, PVL on Tour
The Premier Volleyball League's “PVL on Tour” staged by Sports Vision and Grid Athletic Sports, organizer of the immensely successful Beach Volleyball Republic, the October tour of the PVL marks the first time ever in its storied history that Sports Vision is bringing its games to the countryside. Matches were held in the People's Gym in Tuguegarao City, Batangas City Sports Complex, Iloilo Sports Complex and La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod.


2017 Premier Volleyball League season, Women's division, PVL on Tour
The Premier Volleyball League goes to Laguna on Sunday (December 17, 2017) for its “PVL on Tour” with three matches set to be held at the Sta. Rosa Sports Complex. Participating teams in this 5th leg of the PVL on Tour are Pocari Sweat, Philippine Air Force, Adamson University, San Sebastian College, Far Eastern University and BanKo-Perlas. Match results


2017 Premier Volleyball League season, All-Star
The PVL All-Star is an exhibition match put up by the Premier Volleyball League for a successful year-long staging of the country's premier league.


2017 Premier Volleyball League season, All-Star
Event was held October 29, 2017 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City. The Women's Division is split into two teams, with BaliPure Water Defenders head coach Roger Gorayeb taking the coaching duties for Red Team while Rico De Guzman of Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors will serve as White Team's coach. On the men's side, the players are split between Coach Oliver Almadro's Blue Team and Vhyl Verayo's Yellow Team. Post-season special event set to raise funds for the benefit of Help Educate and Rear Orphans (HERO) Foundation.


2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
The 2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series was the eighth rugby union 7-a-side competition for the twelve 2017–18 Aviva Premiership clubs, and the first to exclude the four Welsh Regions which compete in the Pro14, since 2013. It was also the first to feature a new format with all twelve teams together in one venue over two days.


2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
The competition was held at Franklin's Gardens on 28 and 29 July 2017.


2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Format
The twelve teams were split into four groups – A, B, C & D. Each team in the group played each other once, to World Rugby Laws of the Game – 7s Variations. Based on the result, teams received:


2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Format
Following all matches in each group, the winner and runner-up in each group progressed to the quarter-finals and the third-placed team progressed to the bowl semi-final. The winners of each quarter-final qualified for the cup semi-finals, with the losers moving into a new plate tournament. Thereafter, competition was a simple knockout bracket, with the winner of the cup final being declared the series winner.


2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Finals stage
Finals day was played at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday, 29 July 2017.


2017 Premiership Rugby Sevens Series, Finals stage
The four pool winners played a quarter-final against a runner-up from another or the same pool. The winner of these quarter-finals competed in the cup competition, while the losers competed in the plate competition. The remaining four teams competed in the bowl competition.


2017 Premios Juventud
The 14th Annual Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) were broadcast by Univision on July 6, 2017.


2017 Premios Juventud
The theme for this edition was "Betting on the Future" and focused more on music, removing categories awarding actors, telenovelas, and pop culture. It was hosted by Alejandra Espinoza and Danilo Carrera.


2017 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 14th Premios Juventud were announced on May 19, 2017.


2017 Premios Juventud, Winners and nominees, Agentes de Cambio
"Agentes de Cambio" are a group of young people who were recognized for their contributions to society through their different causes around the benefit of their community.


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
The 2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season is the sixth season of play for the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2016
For the third season running, the league will feature a total of seven teams. Dynamo de Québec & CS St-Hubert will begin their first season in the league, while Lakeshore SC & Ottawa Fury FC Academy departed after the 2016 season.


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Changes from 2016
Starting this year, the league champion was granted a place in the next year's Canadian Championship. As a result, the Inter-Provincial Cup was discontinued.


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Teams
The following seven teams will take part in the 2017 season:


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Standings
Each team played 18 matches as part of the season; three against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season and qualifies for the 2018 Canadian Championship.


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Statistics, Top goalkeepers
Updated to matches played on October 22, 2017. Minimum 450 minutes played. Source:


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Cup
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all seven teams from the league take part, and is unrelated to the season standings. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season (similar to the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup), albeit only for PLSQ teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.


2017 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season, Cup
The 2017 PLSQ Cup maintained the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final. As defending champion, AS Blainville were granted a bye for the first round.


2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
The 2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team represented Presbyterian College in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tommy Spangler, who was in his second stint as PC head coach, as he coached the Blue Hose from 2001–06. The Blue Hose played their home games at Bailey Memorial Stadium and as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 1–4 in Big South play to finish in fifth place.


2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Previous season
The Blue Hose kicked off the 2016 season with three away games: they fell to Central Michigan and No. 6 Chattanooga to open 0–2, but rebounded with a 31–14 win against Campbell. The Blue Hose's first home game ended with a shock upset as Presbyterian fell 7–28 to No. 19 (Division II) Florida Tech. They traveled to Gardner–Webb next, losing by 21. Their second win of the season came at home against Monmouth, as a late goal line stand helped them win 17–13.


2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team, Previous season
That game proved to be Presbyterian's last win, however, as the Blue Hose dropped five straight against Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Kennesaw State, and South Alabama. On December 20, just over a month after the Blue Hose concluded a 2–9 season, head coach Harold Nichols resigned, and several days later Tommy Spangler was promoted for his second stint as PC head coach.


2017 President of Ireland's Cup
The 2017 President's Cup was the fourth President's Cup contested for. The match was played between 2016 League of Ireland Premier Division champions Dundalk and 2016 FAI Cup winners Cork City on 17 February 2017, at Turners Cross. Cork City won the game 3-0, with goals from Seán Maguire, Kevin O'Connor and Karl Sheppard, making Cork City the first team to retain the trophy. This was the second successive match between the sides, and Dundalk's third successive appearance in the competition.


2017 President of Ireland's Cup, Match, Summary
Sean Maguire opened the scoring for Cork City in the 15th minute when Garry Buckley hit a long pass over the top which Maguire received and ran at Paddy Barrett before running to the left and firing low left footed thru the legs of Dundalk goalkeeper Gabriel Sava from a tight angle. Kevin O’Connor got the second goal of the game in the 68th minute when he curled left footed into the left corner of the net from a free-kick on the left just outside the penalty box. Sheppard got the third goal for Cork City in injury time when he cut in from the right and hit a low right footed shot from inside the six yard box into the corner of the net.


2017 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election
The 2017 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election took place on 2 February 2017, following the opening of the 3rd session of the 55th Legislature of the National Congress. Incumbent President Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ) received 293 votes, way over the majority of the chamber, to become its President. PTB leader Jovair Arantes (PTB-GO) garnered 105 votes, with 106 more going to other candidates (59 to André Figueiredo, 28 to Júlio Delgado, 10 to Luiza Erundina, 4 to Jair Bolsonaro, and 5 blank votes). As only 504 deputies in the 513-member Chamber cast a vote (due to absentees or members present but not voting), 253 votes were necessary in order to win.


2017 President's Cup (Maldives)
The 2017 President's Cup is the 67th season of the President's Cup. Club Eagles are the defending champions, having beaten TC Sports Club in last season's final, winning their first President's Cup gold.


2017 President's Cup (Maldives), Broadcasting rights
The broadcasting rights for all the matches of 2017 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Public Service Media.


2017 President's Cup (Maldives), Qualifier
Top 4 teams after the end of 2017 Dhivehi Premier League will be qualified for the President's Cup.


2017 President's Cup (Maldives) Final
The 2017 President's Cup (Maldives) Final was the 67th Final of the Maldives President's Cup.


2017 President's Cup (tennis)
The 2017 President's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth (men) and ninth (women) editions of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 17–23 July 2017.


2017 President's Cup (tennis), Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 President's Cup (tennis), Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2017 President's Cup (tennis), Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Doubles
Yaraslav Shyla and Andrei Vasilevski were the defending champions but only Shyla chose to defend his title, partnering Vladyslav Manafov. Shyla lost in the quarterfinals to Evgeny Karlovskiy and Evgeny Tyurnev.


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Doubles
Toshihide Matsui and Vishnu Vardhan won the title after defeating Karlovskiy and Tyurnev 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–7] in the final.


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Singles
Evgeny Donskoy was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Egor Gerasimov.


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's Singles
Gerasimov won the title after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Doubles
Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova were the defending champions and they were able to successfully defend their title, defeating Ysaline Bonaventure and Naomi Broady in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Singles
Alyona Sotnikova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2017 President's Cup (tennis) – Women's Singles
Zhang Shuai won the title, defeating Ysaline Bonaventure in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey
The 2017 Presidential Tour of Turkey was a road cycling stage race that took place in Turkey between 10 and 15 October 2017. It was the 53rd edition of the Presidential Tour of Turkey and was part of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was the first time that the race was included in the UCI World Tour calendar. Originally, the race was scheduled to take place between 18–23 April, but was postponed in February. At the end of March, the race was confirmed to be held over 10–15 October.


2017 Presidents Cup
The 2017 Presidents Cup was the 12th edition of the Presidents Cup golf competition, played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, from September 28 to October 1, 2017. Steve Stricker and Nick Price were the captains of the U.S. and the International teams, respectively.


2017 Presidents Cup
The United States were the defending champions and retained the trophy.


2017 Presidents Cup
President Trump presented U.S. Captain Steve Stricker with the trophy. He became the first Incumbent U.S President to do so.


2017 Presidents Cup, Course layout
For this Presidents Cup only, the matches begin on what is normally the 5th hole at Liberty National. The order of the holes remain the same, culminating on what is normally the 4th hole.


2017 Presidents Cup, Format
The first two days consist of five matches of foursomes and five matches of fourball. The third day consists of four matches of foursomes and four matches of fourball. The host team captain decides the order, fourball vs. foursomes, on the first three days. On the fourth and final day, twelve singles matches will be played. Thirty matches will be played in all. All matches that are all-square after 18 holes will score 1⁄2 point for each team.


2017 Presidents Cup, Team qualification and selection, United States team
The United States team features the 10 players who earned the most official FedExCup points from the 2015 BMW Championship through to the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship, with points earned in the calendar year 2017 counting double, and two captain's picks. Points for events in the FedEx Cup Playoffs are weighted the same as WGC events. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.


2017 Presidents Cup, Team qualification and selection, International team
The International team features the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking at the conclusion of the 2017 Dell Technologies Championship and two captain's picks. The captain's picks were announced on September 6, 2017.


2017 Presidents Cup, Teams, Captains
Steve Stricker is captain of the U.S. team, and Nick Price is captain of the International team.


2017 Presidents Cup, Teams, Captains
Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk are captain's assistants for the U.S. team, and Ernie Els, Tony Johnstone, Geoff Ogilvy and Mike Weir are captain's assistants for the International team.


2017 Presidents Cup, Notables
Jhonattan Vegas became the first Venezuelan to play in the Presidents Cup. Phil Mickelson has played in all twelve Presidents Cups.


2017 Presidents Cup, Thursday's foursomes matches
Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas won the first point of the day in convincing fashion, winning 8 out of the 14 holes they played. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth continued their dominating play as teammates, winning 5 & 4. Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson followed up by winning their match 1 up, the first to reach the full 18 holes and the third American point of the day, guaranteeing a United States lead after day one.


2017 Presidents Cup, Thursday's foursomes matches
The International team gained their first point of the day with the South African duo of Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen beating Americans Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, 3 & 1. The final match, between Americans Kevin Kisner and Phil Mickelson and Australians Jason Day and Marc Leishman, was halved, giving the Americans a 31⁄2 to 11⁄2 lead heading into the second day of competition.


2017 Presidents Cup, Friday's fourball matches
The Americans started the day leading 31⁄2 to 11⁄2. Both the American and International squads kept three of the same groupings from Thursday foursomes: Oosthuizen/Grace, Day/Leishman, Scott/Vegas, Spieth/Reed, Fowler/Thomas, and Mickelson/Kisner with one match being a rematch of Day/Leishman versus Mickelson/Kisner from day 1. All four players who sat out Thursday played on Friday. Kevin Chappell and Charley Hoffman were paired together, while the International squad put Adam Hadwin with Matsuyama and Anirban Lahiri with Schwartzel.


2017 Presidents Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2017 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic
The 2017 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic was held from September 29 to October 2 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, British Columbia as part of the 2017-18 World Curling Tour. The men's event was a triple knockout format, while the women's event was held in a round robin format.


2017 Prime Minister Cup
The 2017 Prime Minister Cup was the first edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup featuring eight teams. Nepal Police Club and Tribhuwan Army Club were announced as joint winners as the final went to no result due to rain.


2017 Primeira Liga
The 2017 Primeira Liga is the second edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring sixteen clubs, the Santa Catarina league provides five entrants, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul leagues provide three entrants, the Rio de Janeiro and Paraná leagues provide two and the Ceará league provides one.


2017 Primeira Liga, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings:


2017 Primera B de Chile
The 2017 Primera B de Chile, known as the 2017 Campeonato de Transición Loto for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of Chile's second-tier football league. The competition began on 29 July 2017.


2017 Primera B de Chile, Teams, Stadia and locations
a: Deportes Copiapó temporarily plays its home games at Estadio La Caldera in Caldera due to remodeling works at Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla. b: Unión La Calera temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in Quillota due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar.


2017 Primera B de Chile, Promotion playoff
The promotion playoff was played by three teams: Santiago Wanderers, as the last-placed in the Primera División relegation table, 2016–17 Primera B runners-up San Marcos de Arica, and 2017 Primera B champions Unión La Calera. The two Primera B teams played each other with the winner qualifying to the final against the Primera División team for promotion to the top flight for the 2018 season.


2017 Primera B de Chile, Relegation
Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the two most recent seasons: 2016–17 and 2017. The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.


2017 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2017 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Prince Edward Island, was held from January 18 to 22 at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Community Complex in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. The winning Robyn MacPhee rink represented Prince Edward Island at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in St. Catharines, Ontario.


2017 Prince Edward Island Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The MacPhee team came from behind to win in the championship final over Veronica Smith by a score of 7–5. The event was held in conjunction with the 2017 PEI Tankard (the men's provincial championship) as part of a "pilot project" by Curl P.E.I., the island's provincial curling association. The Silver Fox club was specifically chosen as the venue because has the most sheets (six) in the province.


2017 Princeton Tigers football team
The 2017 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Bob Surace and played their home games at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Princeton is a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh.


2017 Princeton Tigers football team, Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Tigers hosted Ivy League foes Columbia, Cornell, and Yale, and traveled to Brown, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth.


2017 Princeton Tigers football team, Schedule
Princeton's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League and Lafayette and Georgetown of the Patriot League.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Chantilly on Sunday 1 October 2017. The race could not take place at its usual venue at Longchamp Racecourse as that course was closed in 2016 for major redevelopment. It was the 96th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The race was won by Khalid Abdullah's three-year-old filly Enable, trained in England by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori. It was a record-breaking fifth win in the race for Dettori after wins on Lammtarra, Sakhee, Marienbard and Golden Horn. Gosden was winning the race for the second time, while Khalid Abdulla was recording his fifth win in the race. Enable became the first British-trained filly to win the Arc and the sixth female winner in the last seven runnings of the race.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
The three-year-old British-trained filly Enable was regarded as the most likely winner after six consecutive wins including the Epsom Oaks, Irish Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks. The only other British runner was the four-year-old Ulysses who had finished second to Enable in the King George and won both the Eclipse Stakes and the International Stakes.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
Japan was represented by Satono Diamond, a four-year-old colt who had won the Kikuka Sho and the Arima Kinen in Japan but had run poorly in the Prix Foy on his most recent start. He was accompanied by his less-regarded stablemate Satono Noblesse. Germany sent two horses, both of whom were established Group 1 performers: Dschingis Secret had won the Grosser Preis von Berlin before taking the Prix Foy, while Iquitos had recorded victories in the Grosser Preis von Baden and the Bayerisches Zuchtrennen.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
The Irish contingent consisted of five runners from the Aidan O'Brien stable. The stable jockey Ryan Moore opted to ride the filly Winter (1000 Guineas, Irish 1000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes, Nassau Stakes) but the betting market preferred the outstanding stayer Order of St George who had finished third in the race in 2016. The other three O'Brien runners were Capri (Irish Derby, St Leger), Seventh Heaven and Idaho.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
None of the seven French-trained horses was particularly well-fancied: the best of the "home team" appeared to be Brametot, who had won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey Club earlier in the year and the four-year-old Cloth of Stars (Prix Ganay). The only other French horse to start at odds of less than 80/1 was the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Zarak.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
Enable was made the 10/11 favourite ahead of Order of St George on 8/1 with Ulysses and Winter both on 9/1. The best fancied of the other runners was Dschingis Secret on 14/1, with Brametot, Capri and Cloth of Stars next in the betting on 20/1.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The race
Enable and Ulysses broke quickly from the inside but Idaho soon went to the front while Order of St George quickly moved up into second. Enable briefly looked likely to be trapped on the rail by the two O'Brien horses but Dettori pulled the filly back and then settled in third. Brametot also raced well along the inside while Winter, Dschingis Secret and Cloth of Stars were restrained in mid-division.


2017 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The race
Idaho led the field into the straight from Order of St George but Enable switched left and moved up to dispute the lead 400 metres from the finish and then accelerated clear of the field. Idaho soon dropped away but Order of St George maintained his gallop without being able to quicken. Ulysses, who had tracked Enable for most of the race stayed on well but the best finish came from Cloth of Stars, who produced a powerful late run on the outside. Enable, however, never looked in any danger an won by two and a half lengths. Cloth of Stars took second ahead of Ulysses with Order of St George, Brametot and Dschingis Secret filling the next three places.


2017 Pro A Leaders Cup
The 2017 LNB Pro A Leaders Cup season was the 21st edition of this tournament, the fourth since it was renamed as Leaders Cup. The event included the eight top teams from the first half of the 2016–17 Pro A regular season and was played in Disneyland Paris. AS Monaco Basket won its second consecutive title after beating ASVEL in the Final.


2017 Pro Bowl
The 2017 Pro Bowl (branded as the 2017 Pro Bowl presented by Aquafina for sponsorship reasons) was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2016 season, which was played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, on January 29, 2017. The game was the first in a three-year deal to host the Pro Bowl in Orlando, which also included cross-promotional events (such as a newly established skills competition) held at the Walt Disney World Resort (which is owned by the primary parent company of the game's broadcaster, ESPN).


2017 Pro Bowl
After three years of using a draft format, the 2017 Pro Bowl returned to the previous conference-based format, played between all-star teams representing the American Football Conference and National Football Conference. The AFC all-stars were coached by Andy Reid, and the NFC all-stars were coached by Jason Garrett.


2017 Pro Bowl, Background, Host selection process
At least five locations were in contention to host the 2017 Pro Bowl, with four submitting formal bids.


2017 Pro Bowl, Background, Host selection process
On June 1, 2016, the NFL announced that it had awarded the next three Pro Bowl games to Orlando.


2017 Pro Bowl, Background, Side events
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the 2017 Pro Bowl would be a "week-long celebration for football and our fans"; a number of family-oriented side events was held at the Walt Disney World Resort and its ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, including practices, a 5K run, youth events, and player appearances.


2017 Pro Bowl, Background, Side events
On December 12, 2016, the NFL announced that it would hold a series of skills competitions during Pro Bowl week at the Wide World of Sports Complex, known as the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown.


2017 Pro Bowl, Game format
On June 1, 2016, the NFL confirmed that the Pro Bowl would return to its previous, conference-based format for 2017, after three years of using a draft-based format with players selected by designated captains. The captains were former NFL players Jerome Bettis, Tony Gonzalez, Ray Lewis, and Charles Woodson.


2017 Pro Bowl, Game format, Rule changes
The game format was nearly the same for 2017 as it had been in 2016, with some exceptions:


2017 Pro Bowl, Broadcasting
The game was televised nationally by ESPN and broadcast via radio by Westwood One.


2017 Pro Golf Tour
The 2017 Pro Golf Tour is the 21st season of the Pro Golf Tour, one of four third-tier tours recognised by the European Tour. Events take place in Central Europe and North Africa. Events carry Official World Golf Ranking points.


2017 Pro Golf Tour, Schedule
The season consisted of 21 events in six countries. All tournaments have prize funds of €30,000 except the Castanea Resort Championship, which has a prize fund of €50,000.


2017 Pro Golf Tour, Order of Merit
The top five players (not otherwise exempt) on the Order of Merit earned Challenge Tour cards for 2018. Since the first- and fifth-place finishers earned Challenge Tour status in higher categories by respectively finishing 40th in the Challenge Tour rankings and making the cut in the final stage of Q School, the sixth- and seventh-place finishers received the last two cards.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season
The 2017 Vivo Pro Kabaddi League season was the fifth season of Pro Kabaddi League, a professional kabaddi league in India since 2014. It is organised by Mashal Sports and Star India. This season includes 12 teams after the inclusion of four new teams: UP Yoddha, Tamil Thalaivas, Haryana Steelers and Gujarat Fortunegiants.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Auction
Auctions for the new season were held in May, before which the existing teams were allowed to retain one player each. The auction saw over 400 players go under the hammer and a total of Rs 46.99 crore spent by the 12 teams.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Auction
The most expensive pick of the auction was raider Nitin Tomar, who was bought by the new UP franchise for a sum of Rs 93 lakh. Following in second place was Rohit Kumar after the Bengaluru Bulls picked him for a Rs 81 lakh price. The most expensive foreign player was South Korea's Jang Kun Lee after he was retained by the Bengal Warriors for Rs 80.3 lakhs.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony is held on the first match of every leg in each stadium. This is similar to that of IPL 2017. It is done so to highlight the importance of the tradition and culture all over the country.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Rules and regulations
The 12 teams are divided into two zones of six each. Each team plays a total of 22 matches in the league stage:


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Rules and regulations
1. Teams from the same zone play each other thrice, totalling 15 matches in the zone.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Rules and regulations
2. Then, a team will play an additional of 6 matches with the teams from the other zone. (Each team plays other team from the other zone once). These 6 inter-zone matches for each team will  be held on three different weeks. These weeks are known as inter-zone challenge weeks and the respective weeks are:


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Rules and regulations
3. Then, each team plays one wild card match which is an additional inter-zone match in the penultimate week, selected by a random mid-season draw, totalling 22 matches in the league stage.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Rules and regulations
The top three teams from each zone qualify for the super playoffs and compete for the title.


2017 Pro Kabaddi League season, Points Table
The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches. Zone A


2017 Pro Mazda Championship
The 2017 Pro Mazda Championship was the 19th season in series history. A 12-race schedule was announced in September 2016.


2017 Pro Mazda Championship
This was the final season using the Star chassis and Mazda rotary engine combination. In 2018, the Tatuus-designed PM18 chassis will be the specified car, mated to a Mazda MZR piston engine.


2017 Pro Mazda Championship
Brazilian Victor Franzoni, who secured his ride in Pro Mazda with Juncos Racing the week before the season started, prevailed in a season-long back-and-forth championship battle with 2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship winner Anthony Martin. Franzoni held a small lead heading into the series' final double-header at Watkins Glen International. Franzoni won both races to clinch the championship. Franzoni finished first or second in every race and finished with seven wins from six poles. Martin won five races from six poles.


2017 Pro Mazda Championship
Carlos Cunha captured podium finishes in the last five races (for six total) to capture third in the championship ahead of TJ Fischer who finished on the podium in the first four races but faded down the stretch. Every race was won by either Franzoni or Martin and every pole but one was captured by them, with Cunha sitting on the pole for the first race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.


2017 Pro Mazda Championship
The less-expensive National Class was more hotly contested than usual on an individual race basis, with some races seeing as many as five entries. However, only one driver Brendan Puderbach contested all twelve rounds of the championship and by virtue of that captured the National Class title. Bob Kaminsky captured a class-best five class wins and finished second in the championship.


2017 Pro12 Grand Final
The 2017 Pro12 Grand Final was the final match of the 2016–17 Pro12 season. The 2016–17 season was the third with Guinness as the title sponsor and the eighth ever League Grand Final. The final was played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The game was contested by Scarlets and Munster with Scarlets winning 46-22.


2017 Pro12 Grand Final, Route to the final, 2017 Playoffs
The semi-finals followed a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system with the games being played at the home ground of the higher placed teams.


2017 Pro12 Grand Final, Pre-match
The match was shown live on Sky Sports in Ireland and the UK, and on TG4 in Ireland, and on BBC Cymru Wales in Wales. Munster wore navy for the final with the Scarlets in red following a coin toss that took place in advance of the semi finals. On 23 May it was announced that referee Nigel Owens would take charge of the final. It was the fifth final that he has refereed.


2017 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Summary
Scarlets were dominant in the first half and had a 29–10 lead at the break after scoring four tries. They went on to add another two in the second half with Munster adding two late consolation tries.


2017 Pro12 Grand Final, Match, Details
Touch judges:David Wilkinson (Ireland)Ian Davies (Wales)Television match official:Neil Paterson (Scotland)


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election
The 2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election was held on March 18, 2017 in Calgary. It chose Jason Kenney as the successor toformer Alberta Premier and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leader Jim Prentice. He resigned after the party was defeated in the May 5, 2015 general election. The party had governed the province for 44 consecutive years. Prentice had been elected leader eight months prior to his defeat.


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election
On May 11, 2015, the remaining nine members of the party's caucus elected Ric McIver as interim leader.


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election
According to the party's constitution, a leadership election was to be held within six months of a vacancy occurring; in this case within six months of May 5, 2015 when Prentice announced his resignation. However, the party's board of directors decided to delay the convention and, at its 2016 AGM, decided to hold the next leadership election between August 2016 and May 2017. The party's board of directors later decided to hold the election in the spring of 2017.


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, Campaign spending
Kenney spent $1.46 million on his leadership campaign, nearly nine times the $162,603 spent by his closet rival, Richard Starke. Stephen Khan spent $24,919 on the campaign, while Byron Nelson spent $15,579.


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, Rules
For the first time since 1985, the leader will be chosen by a delegated leadership convention rather than a One Member One Vote system in which all party members vote. Each of the 87 riding associations will elect 15 delegates to the convention. Five of those 15 spots are reserved for those serving as directors of the boards at those riding associations as of October 1, 2016, and three of the 15 delegates must be youth delegates (under age 26). All provincial board members of the party and former PC MLAs are automatic delegates. To win, a candidate must gain 50% +1 of votes cast. If no candidate wins a majority on the first ballot, the candidate with the lowest vote total is dropped from the next ballot. Balloting continues until one candidate wins a majority (or all other candidates have withdrawn).


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, Rules
Candidates must make financial disclosures of all pre and post-writ campaign activity, retroactive to June 30, 2016. Candidates must “avoid causing harm or disrepute to the PCAA and its brand through any detrimental action or conduct, whether intentional or unintentional”. All candidates will have to post a $20,000 performance bond — refundable if they comply with all the rules — in addition to the $30,000 non-refundable entrance fee. To be nominated, candidates are required to obtain signatures from 500 party members, 100 from each region (North, Central, South, Calgary, Edmonton).


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, Rules
The party has imposed no spending, donation, or fundraising limits, however, in the fall of 2016 provincial legislature is expected to consider a proposal to legislate a $300,000 spending limit on all leadership campaigns, regardless of party. It is unclear whether such a law would be made retroactive and apply to the current PC leadership election.


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, Rules
To be eligible to vote one must be a current party member at least 14 days prior to the Delegate Selection Meeting for the member's constituency.


2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, Declared candidates, Jason Kenney
Former Conservative Party of Canada MP for Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (2015–2016) and Calgary Southeast, Alberta (1997–2015), federal Minister of National Defence (2015), federal Minister for Multiculturalism (2013–2015), federal Minister of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015), Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2008–2013). Previously a Reform Party and then Canadian Alliance MP. Kenney announced his leadership bid in a speech at a supporters' rally in a Calgary hotel on July 6, 2016, in the middle of the Calgary Stampede. The following day he held a media availability in which he announced further details of his campaign plan and took media questions.