2017 Machakos County gubernatorial election, Nomination of Candidates, Legal suits and Withdrawal by Candidates
A week before the general elections, Bernard Kiala and his running mate withdrew from the contest as what he claimed as a gesture to strengthen outcomes for the NASA coalition. Bernard Kiala claimed to be supporting the NASA coalition and did not wish for Alfred Mutua to take advantage of NASA's divided candidature. In doing so, Kiala however declined to explicitly endorse Wavinya Ndeti's candidature.


2017 Machakos County gubernatorial election, General Elections and Petitions
The general election was finally held on August 8, 2017 with four candidates cleared to vie namely:- Alfred Mutua (MCC Party), Wavinya Ndeti (Wiper Party), Bernard Kiala (Independent) - in spite of belatedly withdrawing from the race, and Lemi Muia (Jubilee Party).


2017 Machakos County gubernatorial election, General Elections and Petitions
The incumbent Governor Alfred Mutua went ahead to be announced as the winner of the Gubernatorial elections. This led to a protracted election petition which saw Mutua's election initially overturned at the Court of Appeal. The petition was ultimately decided at the Supreme Court in favor of Governor Mutua.


2017 Mackay Cutters season
The 2017 Mackay Cutters season was the tenth in the club's history. Coached by Steve Sheppard and captained by Andrew Davey and Setaimata Sa, they competed in the QRL's Intrust Super Cup. The club missed the finals for the fourth consecutive season, finishing eighth.


2017 Mackay Cutters season, Season summary
Following a wooden spoon season in 2016, the Cutters underwent a major roster overhaul, led by new head coach Steve Sheppard. The club's key signings included former Samoa and New Zealand international Setaimata Sa and former NRL player Jayden Hodges. Sa was awarded the co-captaincy of the team, alongside second-rower Andrew Davey. Hodges first season with Mackay was short lived after he tore his ACL in the team's first trial in February, ruling him out for the season.


2017 Mackay Cutters season, Season summary
The Cutters did not find much success in the first half of the season, winning just four of their first 12 games. Six wins, and two draws, from their final 11 games saw them fight for a finals spot but they finished short, four points outside of the Top 6 in eighth spot. Co -captain Andrew Davey was named the club's Player of the Year at the end of the season. In 2017, the Cutters used just two North Queensland Cowboys-contracted players, the least in club history.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks
The 2017 Macron e-mail leaks were leaks of more than 20,000 e-mails related to the campaign of Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 French presidential elections, two days before the final vote. The leaks garnered an abundance of media attention due to how quickly news of the leak spread throughout the Internet, aided in large part by bots and spammers and drew accusations that the government of Russia under Vladimir Putin was responsible. The e-mails were shared by WikiLeaks and several American alt-right activists through social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and 4chan.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks
Originally posted on a filesharing site called PasteBin, the e-mails had little to no effect on the final vote as they were dumped just hours before a 44-hour media blackout that is legally required by French electoral law.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks
The campaign said the e-mails had been "fraudulently obtained" and that false documents were mingled with genuine ones in order "to create confusion and misinformation." Numerama, an online publication focusing on digital life, described the leaked material as "utterly mundane", consisting of "the contents of a hard drive and several emails of co-workers and En Marche political officials." United States Senator from Virginia, Mark Warner cited the e-mail leak as a reinforcement of the cause behind the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Nonetheless, the Russian government denied all allegations of foreign electoral intervention.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Background
After the first round of the 2017 French presidential election produced no majority winner, the top two candidates proceeded to a runoff election to be held on 7 May of that year. Emmanuel Macron of the En Marche! party and Marine Le Pen of the National Front both began campaigning across France on their competing points of view. The election was characterized by widespread dissatisfaction with the administration of President François Hollande and the French governmental establishment as a whole.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Background
The election was widely regarded as a referendum between the internationalist centrism of Macron and the populist far-right ideology of Le Pen. After a slew of events considered to be detrimental to globalization and a triumph of nationalism and isolationism, such as the Brexit referendum, and the election of Donald Trump, many international observers viewed the French election as another possible trendsetting event for Western politics.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Background
Le Pen's anti-immigration, anti-NATO, and anti-European Union stances attracted her the widespread support of far-right politicians and activists as far as the United States, like Donald Trump, and raised questions about possible appeasement of Russia. Russia-funded media outlets such as Russia Today and Sputnik News consistently portrayed Le Pen in a positive light, and her campaign had even secured millions of Euros from a Russian lender in 2014.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Background
In the United States, Le Pen was praised by President Donald Trump on several occasions, and she saw widespread support and praise by large numbers of online conservative trolls and Internet alt-right activists on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and 4chan, who simultaneously attacked Macron. These trolls used spamming of Internet memes and misinformation as tactics to assail Macron; accusing him of being a "globalist puppet" and a supporter of Islamic immigration. This was not a new strategy, it had been executed to much success during the 2016 United States presidential election.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Background
Legions of pro-Trump Internet users and bots had spammed social media and rapidly spread anti-Clinton news releases and leaks across the web as was the case with the Democratic National Committee leaks and the John Podesta e-mail leaks, allegedly with aid from the Kremlin. Prior to the election, American national security officials warned the French government of the high probability of Russian digital meddling in the election, according to the Director of the National Security Agency, Mike Rogers.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks
On Friday 5 May 2017, two days before the scheduled vote in the presidential election, the campaign of Emmanuel Macron claimed that it had been the target of a "massive hack". At the same time at least 9 gigabytes of data were dumped on an anonymous file sharing site called Pastebin using a profile called 'EMLEAKS'.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks
The drop was made just hours before an election media blackout was due to take place in advance of Sunday's elections, as legally mandated under French electoral law which prevented Macron from issuing an effective response but also limited media coverage of the hack and subsequent leak. The e-mails, totaling 21,075, along with other data was quickly posted to the anonymous message board, 4chan, where it was shared by alt-right activists, notably Jack Posobiec, on Twitter  who had them translated by the Québécois wing of right-wing outlet The Rebel media. It has been remarked that at that time, Rebel Media's Québécois wing consisted solely of radio personality Éric Duhaime.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks
The e-mail leak spread swiftly under the hashtag #MacronLeaks on Twitter and Facebook. Within three and a half hours of first being used, #MacronLeaks had reached 47,000 tweets. On Jack Posobiec's Twitter, the hashtag was retweeted 87 times within five minutes, likely pointing to the use of bots. WikiLeaks mentioned the leaks in subsequent tweets 15 times, contributing the most to the news' spread. Within a short period of time, #MacronLeaks was trending in France and was on a banner on the Drudge Report homepage.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks
In another sign of bot use the ten most active accounts using the #MacronLeaks hashtag posted over 1,300 tweets in just over three hours. One particular account, posted 294 tweets in a span of two hours. Analysis shows that the hashtag was mentioned more times by American accounts than French ones, but posts concerning them were, by a slim margin, written more often in French than English.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks
The leaked e-mails were claimed to show evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Macron and his campaign including the committing of tax evasion and election fraud. A less suggestive examination of the e-mails by Numerama, a French online publication focusing on technological news, described the leaked emails as "utterly mundane", consisting of "the contents of a hard drive and several emails of co-workers and En Marche political officials." Leaked documents included "memos, bills, loans for amounts that are hardly over-the-top, recommendations and other reservations, amidst, of course, exchanges that are strictly personal and private — personal notes on the rain and sunshine, a confirmation email for the publishing of a book, reservation of a table for friends, etc."


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks, Reaction
In response to the attack, Emmanuel Macron said it was "democratic destabilisation, like that seen during the last presidential campaign in the United States" and said the hackers had mixed falsified documents with genuine ones, "in order to sow doubt and disinformation." Vice President of the National Front Florian Philippot and Le Pen adviser said in a tweet, "Will #MacronLeaks teach us something that investigative journalism has deliberately killed?"


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks, Reaction
The French election commission warned media in the country that publishing the e-mails or discussing them so close to the election would be a violation of the law and issued a statement that in part read, "On the eve of the most important election for our institutions, the commission calls on everyone present on internet sites and social networks, primarily the media, but also all citizens, to show responsibility and not to pass on this content, so as not to distort the sincerity of the ballot." The leak did not appear to have any impact on the French presidential election which continued as scheduled and ended with a Macron victory by a margin of 32%. Despite this, French security officials commenced an investigation into the hacking shortly after the election.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, E-mail leaks, Reaction
In the United States, U.S. Senator from Virginia and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner said the hacking and subsequent leak only emboldened his committee's investigation, and former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a tweet, "Victory for Macron, for France, the EU, & the world. Defeat to those interfering w/democracy. (But the media says I can't talk about that)."


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Perpetrators
An assessment by Flashpoint, an American cybersecurity firm, stated that they determined with "moderate confidence" that the group behind the hacking and leak was APT28, better known as 'Fancy Bear', a hacking group with ties to Russian military intelligence. Metadata pulled from the dump revealed the name 'Georgy Petrovich Roshka', likely an alias, which has ties to a Moscow-based intelligence contractor. Many similarities, including the use of social media bots in an attempt to scrub metadata, also pointed to Fancy Bear.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Perpetrators
However, on 1 June 2017, Guillaume Poupard, the head of France's premier cybersecurity agency said in an interview with the Associated Press the hack, "was so generic and simple that it could have been practically anyone". On 9 May, two days after the election, Mike Rogers, head of the NSA, said in sworn testimony with the United States Senate he had been made aware of Russian attempts to hack French election infrastructure, though he did not mention anything related to the identities of those behind the Macron email hacking. This followed a French announcement that electronic voting for France's overseas citizens would be discontinued in light of cybersecurity threats.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Perpetrators
According to the Le Monde newspaper and with the work based on non-public rapport of Google and FireEye, the GRU is responsible.


2017 Macron e-mail leaks, Perpetrators
Vladimir Putin has denied claims of election interference, claiming Russia itself has also been a target of meddling.


2017 Madura United F.C. season
The 2017 season was Madura United's 2nd competitive season and 1st season in the top flight of Indonesia football (2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A was not counted as an official league) and Liga 1.


2017 Madura United F.C. season, Competitions, Liga 1, Matches
The fixtures for the 2017 season were announced on 16 April 2017.


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


2017 Madura United F.C. season, Statistics, Top assists
The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.


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


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


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's basketball)
The 2017 Tibor Zsíros Férfi Magyar Kupa was the 51st season of the Hungarian Basketball Cup. Alba Fehérvár won its 4th national Cup championship. Péter Lóránt was named Most Valuable Player.


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's basketball), Qualification
Eight highest ranked teams after the first half of the 2016–17 NB I/A regular season qualified to the tournament.


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo)
The 2017 Magyar Kupa (known as the BENU Férfi Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons), was the 91st edition of the tournament.


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Schedule
The rounds of the 2017 competition are scheduled as follows:


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Preliminary round
The first round ties are scheduled for 23 and 24 September 2017.


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Preliminary round, Group B
Tournament will be played at Tiszaligeti uszoda (Vizilabda Aréna), Szolnok.


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Quarter-finals
Quarter-final matches were played on 25 and 26 November 2017.


2017 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo), Final four
The final four was held on 2 and 3 December 2017 at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Stadium in Budapest, II. ker.


2017 Magyar Kupa (women's basketball)
The 2017 Tippmix László Killik Nőii Magyar Kupa was the 51st season of the Hungarian Basketball Cup.


2017 Magyar Kupa (women's water polo)
The 2017 Magyar Kupa was the 18th edition of the tournament.


2017 Magyar Kupa (women's water polo), Schedule
The rounds of the 2017 competition are scheduled as follows:


2017 Magyar Kupa (women's water polo), Final four
The final four will be held on 9 and 10 December 2017 at the Császár-Komjádi Swimming Stadium in Budapest, II. ker.


2017 Magyar Kupa Final
The 2017 Magyar Kupa Final was the final match of the 2016–17 Magyar Kupa, played between Vasas SC and Ferencváros on 31 May 2017 at the Groupama Aréna in Budapest, Hungary.


2017 Magyar Kupa Final
On 29 May 2017, Péter Solymosi was appointed as the referee of the 2017 Magyar Kupa Final.


2017 Magyar Kupa Final
In the 80th minute Gergő Lovrencsics, Hungary international, suffered a horrible injury when he jumped up to head the ball against Vasas SC player Benedek Murka. Lovrencsics collapsed and lost his consciousness for a minute. He was transferred to Uzsoki utcai Kórház, located in Zugló, immediately after the accident.


2017 Maine Black Bears football team
The 2017 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Joe Harasymiak and played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. Maine initially had a game scheduled on September 30 against Central Florida but that game was canceled on September 14 in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. They finished the season 4–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.


2017 Maine Question 1
Maine Question 1, formally An Act To Allow Slot Machines or a Casino in York County, was a citizen-initiated referendum question that appeared on the November 7, 2017, statewide ballot in Maine. It sought to award a license for the construction and operation of a casino in York County, Maine by a qualified entity as spelled out in the proposed law, with tax revenue generated by the casino to go to specific programs. The wording of the proposed law effectively permitted only one company, Capital 7, to be awarded the license. The ballot measure was defeated, with 83% of voters opposing it.


2017 Maine Question 1
The effort to put the question on the ballot generated controversy due to how the petition drive and campaign for the casino were funded and conducted, as well as the fact that the casino would have effectively not been given out by a competitive process. The campaign committees supporting the question had record fines levied against them from authorities related to violations of Maine campaign finance law.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
An initial effort to place a referendum for a York County casino on the ballot for November 2016 failed after Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced on March 2, 2016 that only 36,000 of the 91,000 signatures turned in were valid, when roughly 61,000 were required. 36,000 signatures were rejected because the signature of the petition circulators on the petitions did not match the signature on file. 19,000 more were invalidated because they did not belong to registered voters. Horseracing Jobs Fairness, the group supporting the proposal, sued Dunlap to get the signatures reinstated, but the suit was rejected.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
The signature gathering effort was criticized by several state and local officials for alleged misleading claims by signature gatherers, such as one in Bangor telling potential signers that it would "help uplift the spirits of the people of Bangor" when York County is over 120 miles from Bangor. Dunlap's office received several complaints about false claims by petition gatherers, but said there was nothing they could do as false claims are constitutionally protected free speech, and that it was the responsibility of the signer to ask about the proposal.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
Those collecting signatures in the 2016 effort were offered $10 a signature, compared to a 2014 effort to ban bear baiting while hunting, which offered $2 a signature.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
Horseracing Jobs Fairness then resumed gathering signatures and submitted 65,000 more in December 2016, with Dunlap validating 53,000 of them on January 23, 2017, which when combined with previously validated signatures was enough to place the question on the November 2017 ballot.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
Dunlap announced the final wording of the question that will appear on the ballot on September 7, 2017. It will read, "Do you want to allow a certain company to operate table games and/or slot machines in York County, subject to state and local approval, with part of the profits going to the specific programs described in the initiative? ".


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
The proposal was criticized for limiting applicants for the license to "an entity that owned in 2003 at least 51 percent of an entity licensed to operate a commercial track in Penobscot County". The only entity that meets that criterion is Capital 7, which is largely owned by developer Shawn Scott. Though the company must be given the license, it can be sold after it is obtained. Shawn Scott did this in 2003 after convincing Maine voters to authorize the opening of the Hollywood Casino Bangor, selling it to Penn National Gaming.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background
Until April 2017, Shawn's sister Lisa Scott appeared as the sole funder of the campaign. After the Maine Ethics Commission began an investigation of the campaign, Lisa revealed that most of the money comes from both domestic and offshore investment firms connected to Shawn. The investigation revealed that $4 million was spent just to get the question on the ballot. Lisa stepped down from the campaign at the end of August 2017, stating that she did not want to be a distraction from the campaign.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background, Ethics commission fines
On November 3, 2017, the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices voted in a series of 4-1 votes to levy fines totaling $500,000 against the four ballot question committees involved in the campaign for Question 1. The fines were related to violations of Maine's campaign finance disclosure laws from those committees and Lisa Scott, being what the commission called a pattern of evasion in disclosing who was funding the campaign. One commissioner said that there seemed to have been an effort to conceal the involvement of Shawn Scott in the funding of the campaign.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background, Ethics commission fines
The amount of the fines was a record for the commission, being almost 10 times that of the previous record, though it was not the maximum permitted by law. Members of the commission who voted for the high fines said that believed a law passed by voters in 2015 required the steeper fines, and they wished to send a message that the public has a right to know where money for campaigns comes from.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background, Ethics commission fines
The one commissioner who voted against the fines, Bradford Pattenshall, stated that the felt the high fines were "grossly disproportionate" to the offenses and did not see the violations as nefarious. Lawyers representing Lisa Scott and the campaign committees have said the fines were excessive and that the Commission had "put its thumb on the scale" for the upcoming vote. They pledged to appeal the fines in court.


2017 Maine Question 1, Background, Ethics commission fines
The Commission also voted 5-0 that a campaign committee led by Shawn Scott was only a donor to the other committees, and as such did not need to register as a political action committee. A spokesperson for Shawn, former Maine Attorney General Andrew Ketterer, said that Shawn had been "vindicated" and that the ruling was proof he had complied with the spirit and letter of the law.


2017 Maine Question 1, Campaign
By September 15, 2017, no formal opposition to the proposal had emerged, and no television advertising had been purchased in Maine's media markets regarding the question. Supporters released a TV ad on September 27. Opponents, organizing under the name A Bad Deal for Maine PAC, launched a website the week of October 7. Supporters have spent $1.55 million on their campaign, as well as incurring $1 million in debt, according to their October 5 campaign finance report. The only contribution listed on the October 5th finance report of opponents was $30,000 on a poll funded by Churchill Downs Incorporated, which owns the Oxford Casino in Oxford County.


2017 Maine Question 1, Campaign
Shawn Scott began to take a higher profile as the election approached, appearing in advertisements, holding news conferences, and representing the campaign at debates.


2017 Maine Question 1, Result
The Associated Press called the referendum at about 9 P.M. on election night for the no side. With 70 percent of precincts reporting, the no side had about 84% of the vote.


2017 Maine Question 2
Maine Question 2, formally entitled "An Act To Enhance Access to Affordable Health Care", was a citizen-initiated ballot measure that appeared on the November 7, 2017 statewide ballot in the State of Maine. Maine Question 2 sought to expand Medicaid eligibility under the terms of the Affordable Care Act. The measure passed.


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
Expanded eligibility for the Medicaid program, called MaineCare in Maine, was a provision of the Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The expansion was originally required of states as a condition of all federal Medicaid funding, but the United States Supreme Court ruled in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that such expansion was optional for states.


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage criticized the eligibility requirements for MaineCare, feeling that it was too easy to qualify for as it existed when he took office in 2010. He was a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act, believing that it violated the Constitution and took freedoms from citizens. LePage vetoed six efforts to expand MaineCare eligibility. On one occasion, LePage described efforts by the Maine Legislature to write an expansion bill that would garner bipartisan support as having "no compassion".


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
Supporters of expansion, led by Maine Equal Justice Partners, announced on October 12, 2016 that they intended to launch a petition drive to put the issue to the voters. LePage's spokesperson criticized the effort as "another attempt by liberals to pass welfare expansion".


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap announced on February 21, 2017 that supporters of the measure had submitted over 66,000 verified signatures, far above the 61,123 required to place a measure on the ballot.


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
The question that appeared on petition forms was: "Do you want Maine to provide health insurance through Medicaid for qualified adults under the age of 65 with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty line?" During the comment period before the question's wording was finalized, several Republican legislators disputed the inclusion of the word "insurance" in the question, arguing that MaineCare benefits are not insurance, but welfare benefits. Those legislators opined that the question did not meet the Maine Constitution's requirement that referendum questions be "simple, clear, concise, and direct".


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
They further noted that the word "insurance" did not appear in the proposed referendum itself. Supporters defended the use of the word "insurance" on the grounds that MaineCare does not provide cash to recipients, but directly pays providers of medical services. At the end of the comment period, Secretary Dunlap announced that the final wording of the question would replace the word "insurance" with "coverage". Representatives of both sides of the issue announced their support of the decision.


2017 Maine Question 2, Background
The ballot question read as follows: "Do you want Maine to expand Medicaid to provide healthcare coverage for qualified adults under age 65 with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level, which in 2017 means $16,643 for a single person and $22,412 for a family of two?"


2017 Maine Question 2, Results and aftermath
On November 7, 2017, Maine Question 2 passed, 203,080 to 141,436.


2017 Maine Question 2, Results and aftermath
Gov. LePage stated that he would not implement the Medicaid expansion required by Maine Question 2 unless the Legislature funded it without a tax increase and without using money from the state Rainy Day Fund. Medicaid expansion became an issue in the 2018 elections. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills stated she would implement the law, and Republican Shawn Moody stated he would continue LePage's refusal to do so.


2017 Maine Question 2, Results and aftermath
Supporters of expansion sued the LePage administration on April 30, 2018 to force the expansion to be implemented. On June 4, 2018, Judge Michaela Murphy ruled that Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Ricker Hamilton must submit a plan for expansion by June 11 to allow MaineCare to start accepting newly eligible applicants on July 2, 2018. LePage said that he would rather go to jail than implement the expansion without a funding mechanism that met his criteria.


2017 Maine Question 2, Results and aftermath
LePage's successor, Democrat Janet Mills, signed an order implementing the referendum as one of her first acts, enabling signups to begin immediately.


2017 Maine referendum
Two referendums were held in Maine, United States on November 7, 2017 alongside state and national elections. All were citizen-initiated proposals, which cover:


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 88th edition of the Major League Baseball All Star Game. The game was hosted by the Miami Marlins and was played at Marlins Park on July 11, 2017. It was televised nationally by Fox. The game was the first since 2002 whose outcome did not determine home-field advantage for the World Series; instead, the team with the better regular-season record will have home-field advantage. The Marlins were announced as the hosts on February 10, 2015, by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred; the game was the Marlins' first time hosting, leaving the Tampa Bay Rays as the only MLB franchise not to have hosted an All-Star game.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The Marlins initially were slated to host the 2000 All-Star Game, prior to having it revoked by then-National League president Len Coleman due to the concerns of both the franchise's long-term viability in the South Florida market, along with the habitually low attendance figures at Pro Player Stadium. That game was eventually moved to Turner Field in Atlanta. The Houston Astros led all of baseball in sending a record six All-Stars to the game.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The American League won, 2–1, in 10 innings. Robinson Canó, second baseman for the Seattle Mariners, hit the game winning home run for the American League and was named the 2017 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Starters
Balloting for the 2017 All-Star Game starters began online May 1 and ended on June 29. The top vote-getters at each position (including the designated hitter for the American League) and the top three among outfielders, would be starters for their respective leagues. The results were announced on July 2. Bryce Harper was the leading vote-getter with 4,630,306 votes.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fan balloting, Final roster spot
After the rosters were finalized, a second ballot of five players per league was created for the All-Star Final Vote to determine the 33rd and final player of each roster. The online balloting was conducted from July 2 through July 6. The winners of the All-Star Final Vote were Mike Moustakas of the American League's Kansas City Royals and Justin Turner of the National League's Los Angeles Dodgers.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary
The game was mostly pitching-dominated through the first four innings. After a two-out double by Jonathan Schoop, Miguel Sanó finally got the AL on the board with his fifth inning RBI bloop single. In the bottom of the sixth, Yadier Molina became the oldest catcher to hit a home run in an All-Star game, when he hit one off Ervin Santana in the sixth inning, tying the game at one. Reggie Smith was the last Cardinal to hit an All-Star Game home run in the 1974 game.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary
Robinson Canó hit the game-winning home run in the tenth inning off Wade Davis, and was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. He is the first second baseman since 1998 who was named All-Star Game MVP. Andrew Miller struck out Cody Bellinger swinging to end the night and earned his first career All-Star save.


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game summary, Line score
Umpires: Home Plate – Joe West (crew chief); First Base – Angel Hernandez; Second Base – Mark Carlson; Third Base – Chris Conroy; Left Field – Manny Gonzalez; Right Field – Mike Estabrook; Replay Official – Doug EddingsWeather: 73 °F (23 °C), roof closed. First pitch: 8:22pm EDTTime of Game: 3:16Attendance: 37,188


2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Ratings
The viewership ratings for the game on FOX were up slightly following the previous year's all-time low, with a 5.5 national rating, an 11 share, and an estimated 9.28 million viewers.


2017 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby
The 2017 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby was a home run hitting contest between eight batters from Major League Baseball (MLB). The derby was held on July 10, 2017, at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, the site of the 2017 MLB All-Star Game. On July 5, the participants were announced. Aaron Judge won, becoming the first rookie to win the event outright.


2017 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
Eight players participated in the derby in a bracket-style, single-elimination timed event. Each player had four minutes to hit as many home runs as possible. Hitters were awarded an additional 30 seconds if they hit two home runs over 440 feet (130 m). Hitters were also allowed one 45 second timeout to stop the clock (two in the finals). Homers hit off a T-Mobile Ball during the final minute resulted in a $10,000 donation to charity by T-Mobile & MLB, to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.


2017 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby, Rules
The eight competing players were seeded 1-8 based on their home run totals. The higher seed hit second in any round, and the round ended if the higher seed surpassed the total of the first hitter. In the event of a tie, three sets of tiebreakers are employed: first, a 90-second swing-off (with no timeouts nor bonus time awarded); second, each player got three swings; whoever hit more home runs in the three swings would be declared the winner; thereafter, sudden death swings would occur until the tie was broken.


2017 Major League Baseball draft
The 2017 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on June 12, 2017. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The first 36 picks, including the first round and compensatory picks, were broadcast on MLB Network on June 12, while the remainder of the draft was live streamed on MLB.com on June 13 and 14.


2017 Major League Baseball draft
With the worst record in the 2016 MLB season, the Minnesota Twins received the first overall pick. Compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 2016 MLB Draft. Also, fourteen small-market teams competed in a lottery for additional competitive balance picks, with six teams receiving an additional pick after the first round, and eight teams receiving an additional pick after the second round. The Twins selected Royce Lewis with the first overall selection.


2017 Major League Baseball season
The 2017 Major League Baseball season began on April 2 with three games, including the 2016 World Series champions Chicago Cubs facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals, the regular season ended in late September. The postseason began on October 3. The World Series began October 24 and Game 7 was played on November 1, in which the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, to capture their first World Series championship in franchise history.


2017 Major League Baseball season
The 88th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held on July 11 at Marlins Park, the home of the Miami Marlins. For the first time since 2002 when the game ended in a tie, the All Star Game did not determine home field advantage for the World Series. Instead, home field advantage was awarded to the team with the better regular season record. The American League won 2–1 in 10 innings.


2017 Major League Baseball season
After the 2019 season, Mike Fiers alleged that the 2017 Astros used technology to illicitly steal their opponents' signs and relay it to their hitters. The Astros used this method throughout the 2017 season, and part of the 2018 season. MLB and the Astros opened an investigation into this sign stealing allegation. MLB found the Astros used technology to cheat during their 2017 season and suspended Hinch and Astros' general manager Jeff Luhnow for one year; the Astros fired Luhnow and Hinch the same day. Alex Cora, who was the Astros bench coach in 2017 and the Red Sox manager from 2018–19, parted ways with the Red Sox after the scandal broke.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
As has been the case since 2013, all teams played their four division opponents 19 times each for a total of 76 games. They played six or seven games against each of the other ten same-league opponents for a total of 66 games, and 20 inter-league games. The primary inter-league match-ups were AL East vs. NL Central, AL Central vs. NL West, and AL West vs. NL East. Teams also played four games against a designated interleague rival.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Schedule
On March 9, it was announced that the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals would play a game at the minor league BB&T Ballpark in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 20. The game coincided with the Little League World Series, held annually in nearby South Williamsport, and was exclusively attended by Little League players and their families.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Schedule, Effect of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
As a consequence of Hurricane Harvey damaging the Houston area, the three-game Lone Star Series between the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros from August 29 to 31 was moved from Minute Maid Park to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Although the Astros were the designated home team, they wore their away uniforms during the series while the Rangers wore their home uniforms. The Astros returned to Minute Maid Park for a three-game series with the New York Mets, beginning with a split doubleheader on September 2.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Schedule, Effect of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
The Tampa Bay Rays' three-game set with the New York Yankees from September 11 to 13 was moved from Tropicana Field to Queens' Citi Field due to Hurricane Irma's impending landfall on the Tampa Bay Area.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Schedule, Effect of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Irma's damage to South Florida also forced the Miami Marlins' three-game set with the Milwaukee Brewers from September 15 to 17 to move from Marlins Park to the Brewers' home field at Miller Park, with the Marlins as the designated home team. Similar to the Rangers–Astros series in Tampa Bay, the Marlins wore their away uniforms as the 'home' team, while the Brewers wore their home uniforms as the 'away' team.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Rule changes
In March 2017, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed to seven rule changes.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Technology changes
For the 2017 season, the TrackMan component of Major League Baseball's Statcast platform has replaced the previous PITCHf/x system for official measurements of pitch speed. The new system uses a doppler radar to calculate pitch speed based on maximum velocity (typically from the release of the pitch), rather than the speed measured 55 feet (17 m) from home plate. The change in data source has led to discrepancies in pitch speed reports between those reported in 2016 and 2017, with some pitches registering slightly higher speeds than with the previous system.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Wholesale changes
The Arizona Diamondbacks tweaked their uniform set that was unveiled last season. The pant stripes now reach to the hip, while the gradient below was removed. The road uniform lettering is also changed to improve visibility.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Wholesale changes
The San Diego Padres unveiled new home and road uniforms, with noticeable changes such as the team name and the removal of yellow on the home uniforms, the bowtie-shaped lettering in the city name on the road uniforms, and the interlocking "SD" on both uniforms.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Kansas City Royals unveiled an updated version of their gold-trimmed white uniform, featuring gold numbers and blue lettering. It was paired with a blue cap featuring the gold 'KC' lettering, and was worn on Friday home games.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Washington Nationals unveiled a white alternate uniform featuring the 'curly W' logo in a Stars and Stripes design. It was paired with two caps featuring the 'curly W' Stars and Stripes design: a navy cap with red brim, and a red cap with navy brim. The uniforms were worn during patriotic-themed and weekend day games.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
Coinciding with Canada's 150th anniversary, the Toronto Blue Jays unveiled a red alternate uniform featuring a monochrome red rendition of the team's logo, complete with red belts, socks and cleats, and a red cap featuring the maple leaf logo. It was worn on Sunday home games and select other games in the month of July. They also promoted their white-paneled home caps to alternate status after wearing them once the past two seasons.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Cleveland Indians retired their cream alternate uniforms. The red caps that were formerly paired with the cream uniforms will now be worn with the navy alternates at select home games.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Cincinnati Reds changed their caps on Military Appreciation nights from camo to olive, with a white horseshoe "C".


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The Pittsburgh Pirates changed their caps on Thursday home games to mustard, while still wearing their camo jerseys.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Alternate changes
The New York Mets changed the brim of their home alternate caps from orange to blue, while the Mr. Met patch on both alternate uniforms were replaced with the primary Mets logo.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Spring Training changes
All Spring Training uniforms in 2017 featured a pattern on the names and numbers. The pattern was the same for all 30 teams. In addition, seven teams unveiled new caps to be worn for Spring Training. The New York Yankees introduced a home cap with a pinstripe visor and a road cap with a grey crown and a navy visor. The Seattle Mariners replaced their compass logo with their original 'M'-shaped trident updated in current team colors. The Chicago Cubs added an alternate cap featuring an "angry cub" logo. The Atlanta Braves added a solid navy cap with a tomahawk. Tampa Bay Rays added a powder blue cap with a white front panel, featuring their starburst logo. Cleveland Indians changed the front panel of their cap from white to red. The New York Mets replaced the "Mr. Met" logo with their "NY" logo.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Cubs wore gold-trimmed numbers and letters on the backs of their shirts April 10 and 12 to mark their winning the 2016 World Series title.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Players, managers, coaches and umpires wore #42 on April 15, the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut in the majors.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
On April 17 (Patriots' Day), the Boston Red Sox wore home white jerseys with "BOSTON" written on the front to mark the four-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. The uniform also sported the 2013 navy-blue circular patch with a white border on the left shoulder saying "B Strong" (with the red B in the classic font featured on the Red Sox's caps).


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Padres wore camouflage uniforms on April 23, Air Force Appreciation Day. They wore them again on June 25, Naval Appreciation Day.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds and Giants wore Spanish language "Los Rojos" and "Gigantes" uniforms May 5, Cinco de Mayo. The Reds wore them again on September 22. The Reds' "Los Rojos" uniforms have "Los Rojos" in the style of the Reds' script wordmark, and do not have the player's number or the "C" on them.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
All 30 teams wore pink-colored caps and jerseys, undershirts and socks May 13 and 14, Mother's Day.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds wore camo uniforms May 20, June 6 (the 73rd anniversary of D-Day), August 4 and September 19. The uniforms had the "Reds" script wordmark on their front, instead of the player's number and their "C" logo.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Orioles wore a uniform with the Flag of Maryland May 20. Their caps featured the Maryland flag, as well.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Teams wore green-colored caps and jerseys, undershirts and socks May 27, May 28 and 29, Memorial Day in the United States. The Blue Jays didn't wear them on May 27 and 28, but did May 29, even though Memorial Day is not a holiday in Toronto, the province of Ontario, or anywhere in Canada. The Rockies wore them again on July 9, which was Military Appreciation Day.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Rays wore blue "fauxback" uniforms for the first game of a doubleheader against the Athletics June 10.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
All teams wore blue-colored caps and jerseys, undershirts and socks June 17 and 18, Father's Day. The Dodgers and Reds wore the uniforms on June 18 only.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
All teams wore patriotic jerseys, undershirts and socks July 1–4. The Brewers did not wear them July 1. The Blue Jays wore red caps July 3–4, and their jerseys included a flipped US flag on one sleeve and a Canadian flag on the other during that time.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Tigers wore their Spanish-language "Tigres" uniforms August 12. The uniforms were based on the uniforms that the Tigers only wore during the 1960 season.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
Teams wore caps with an American flag design September 11, the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The Blue Jays wore caps with both Canadian and American flags.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms
The Reds wore green uniforms September 23. The uniforms have a shamrock on the right sleeve and the Reds script wordmark on the front, instead of the player's number and the "C" logo.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Other uniforms, Players Weekend
The weekend of August 25–27 was the inaugural Players Weekend, organized jointly by MLB and the MLB Players Association, during which all 30 teams wore special uniforms. The first use of the special uniforms was on August 20 by the Cardinals and Pirates for the MLB Little League Classic, played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania during the 2017 Little League World Series in nearby South Williamsport. Players Weekend also coincided with the final days of the LLWS. The uniforms dramatically differed from regular uniforms in several respects:


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Indians and Royals wore Negro leagues throwbacks May 7. The Indians wore the uniforms of the Cleveland Buckeyes, and the Royals wore the uniforms of the Kansas City Monarchs.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Red Sox and Cardinals wore 1967 throwbacks May 16 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cardinals' 1967 World Series title.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Padres wore 1990s throwbacks June 14 and August 2.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Cubs and Pirates wore Negro leagues throwbacks June 16. The Cubs wore the uniforms of the Leland Giants, while the Pirates wore the uniforms of the Homestead Grays.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Indians and Tigers wore Negro leagues throwbacks July 1. The Indians wore the uniforms of the Cleveland Buckeyes, and the Tigers wore the uniforms of the Detroit Stars.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Padres and Phillies wore 1983 throwbacks July 7 and 9.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Angels and Rangers wore 1977 throwbacks July 8. The Rangers wore their away throwbacks, even though they were the home team.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Phillies and Brewers wore 1982 throwbacks July 14–16 as part of a weekend where members of the Brewers' 1982 AL champion team reunited.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Indians and White Sox wore 1917 throwbacks July 29 to mark the 100th anniversary of the White Sox winning the 1917 World Series title.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Indians wore red 1970s throwbacks August 12. Their opponents, the Rays, wore their "fauxbacks".


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Reds and Brewers wore Negro leagues throwbacks August 12. The Reds wore the uniforms of the Cincinnati Tigers (which were hand-me-downs from the Reds in the 1930s), and the Brewers wore the uniforms of the Milwaukee Bears.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Rangers and Astros wore 1999 throwbacks August 12 as part of the Rangers retiring the #7 of 1999 AL MVP Ivan Rodriguez, who played for the 1999 AL West-winning Rangers (the Astros were in the NL Central in 1999, which they won).


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Astros wore 1997 Major League Baseball season throwbacks August 19. The uniforms appeared with the Jackie Robinson 50th anniversary patch, which all teams wore that season.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Uniforms, Throwback uniforms
The Orioles wore 1992 Major League Baseball season throwbacks on August 19. The uniforms were preceded to honor the first season at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Venues
This was the Atlanta Braves' first season at SunTrust Park in Cumberland, Georgia. It succeeds Turner Field as the Braves' home ballpark. The first regular season game at SunTrust Park was on April 14, 2017, against the San Diego Padres.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Venues
There were plans to host some games at Olympic Stadium in London, England during the season but the plans were dropped after a lack of time for negotiations. There was a series played in London in 2019, between the Yankees and the Red Sox.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, United States
This was the fourth year of the current eight-year deals with Fox Sports, ESPN and TBS. Fox aired eight weeks of baseball on Saturday Night leading up to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game which also aired on Fox. Fox then televised Saturday afternoon games for the last four weeks of the regular season. Fox Sports 1 televised games on Tuesday nights and on Saturdays both during the afternoon and night. ESPN televised games on its flagship telecast Sunday Night Baseball, as well as Monday and Wednesday nights.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, United States
TBS televised Sunday afternoon games for the last 13 weeks of the regular season. Fox and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts will be exclusive; all other national telecasts will be subject to local blackout. ESPN also had national exclusivity for the Cubs home opener and World Series/NLCS pennant raising ceremony on April 10.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Television, National, United States
TBS televised the National League Wild Card Game, Division Series, and Championship Series. ESPN televised the American League Wild Card, Fox Sports 1 and MLB Network televised the American League Division Series, and Fox and Fox Sports 1 televised the American League Championship Series. The World Series aired exclusively on Fox for the 18th consecutive year.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Radio, Local
CBS Radio's WIP-FM renewed its contract with for Philadelphia Phillies play-by-play for the 2017 season.


2017 Major League Baseball season, Radio, National
ESPN Radio aired its 20th season of national coverage, including Sunday Night Baseball, Saturday games, Opening Day and holiday games, the All-Star Game, and Home Run Derby, and the entire Major League Baseball postseason.


2017 Major League Lacrosse season
The 2017 Major League Lacrosse season was the 17th season of Major League Lacrosse. Featuring the same nine teams as 2016, the season began on April 22. All four games played on opening weekend were won by the road team and decided by one goal, two in overtime. The season culminated in the championship game on August 19 in Frisco, Texas at The Ford Center at The Star. In a rematch of the 2016 championship game, the Ohio Machine defeated the Denver Outlaws 17–12, capturing their first Steinfeld Cup in franchise history.


2017 Major League Lacrosse season
The 2017 season was the last one headed by commissioner David Gross. It was announced on December 23, 2016 that the league's commissioner since 2004 would be stepping down after the season.


2017 Major League Lacrosse season, Attendance
League attendance reached a record low in 2017, driven by one-third and one-fourth drops for Boston and Chesapeake, respectively. However, for the first time since the 2013 season, only one team, Charlotte, finished with an average of under 2,000 a game.


2017 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs
On February 15, the league announced the Steinfeld Cup would be held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. After being held at neutral locations in 2016, the two semifinal games were held at the home stadiums of the two top-seeded teams, Denver and Ohio. Both teams cruised to home playoff wins over Rochester and Florida, respectively.


2017 Major League Lacrosse season, Playoffs
On August 19, the Outlaws and Machine played a rematch of the 2016 championship. This time, however, the Machine were victorious. Ohio came back from a four-goal third quarter deficit to win 17-12. Ohio scored the last seven goals of the game; Marcus Holman had three straight within four minutes in the fourth quarter and 6 points overall to earn the MVP award. 7,543 fans attended the game.


2017 Major League Soccer season
The 2017 Major League Soccer season was the 22nd season of Major League Soccer, top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. The regular season began on March 3, 2017 and concluded on October 22, 2017. The MLS Cup Playoffs began on October 25, 2017 and concluded with MLS Cup 2017 on December 9, 2017.


2017 Major League Soccer season
Two new clubs joined the league as expansion franchises: Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC. The two franchises were the 21st and 22nd teams in the league.


2017 Major League Soccer season
Seattle Sounders FC were the defending MLS Cup champions, while FC Dallas were the defending Supporters' Shield champions. Toronto FC became the first Canadian team to win the Cup and Shield. Toronto's win of the Canadian Championship in the same year earned them the first domestic treble by an MLS side.


2017 Major League Soccer season, Regular season, Format
Current teams: Each team in the league (except for expansion teams Atlanta United FC and Minnesota United FC) played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) using the following format:


2017 Major League Soccer season, Regular season, Format
Expansion teams: As expansion teams to the league in 2017, Atlanta United and Minnesota United played 17 home and 17 away games (for a total of 34 games) in a secondary format:


2017 Major League Soccer season, Player contracts, Allocation ranking
The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a player who is in the MLS allocation list. The MLS allocation list contains select U.S. National Team players and players transferred outside of MLS garnering a transfer fee of at least $500,000. The allocations will be ranked in reverse order of finish for the 2016 season, taking playoff performance into account. Two expansion teams will take the top spots.


2017 Major League Soccer season, Player contracts, Allocation ranking
Once the club uses its allocation ranking to acquire a player, it drops to the bottom of the list. A ranking can be traded provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking. At all times each club is assigned one ranking. The rankings reset at the end of each MLS season.


2017 Malawat poisoning
In the 2017 Malawat poisoning, seventeen Pakistanis in the village of Malawat died from poisoning allegedly stemming from a botched attempt to escape a forced marriage.


2017 Malawat poisoning, Incident
Around October 2017 police accused 21-year-old Aasia (alt. Asiya) Bibi, her alleged boyfriend Muhammad Shahid, and her aunt of conspiring to mix rat poison into Aasia's husband's milk. According to the police, her husband refused the glass of milk, whereupon Aasia's mother-in-law innocently added the poisoned milk to a family vat, and used the milk in the vat the next day to make lassi (a yogurt drink) and butter. The lassi was then served during a family gathering. The poisoned family members were first treated by a hakim (a local traditional doctor) but were subsequently hospitalized in the city of Multan. Of 27 participants who were hospitalized, 17 people died, including the 23-year-old husband, Muhammad Amjad.


2017 Malawat poisoning, Incident
Initially, it was claimed that a lizard had fallen into the milk and poisoned it. According to Jam Abdul Razzaq Klasra, a local police official, Ms. Bibi was the only person at the family gathering who did not drink the milk. During interrogation, Aasia allegedly confessed to poisoning the milk, and implicated her aunt and Shahid in the plot. Police have detained Aasia under antiterrorism laws.


2017 Malawat poisoning, Incident, Alleged motive
The couple had been married six months prior to the incident. Aasia has stated that she had begged her parents not to force her to marry, but her pleas were ignored. Police believe Aasia poisoned her husband to escape this forced marriage. Arranged marriages are common in rural Pakistan; offspring who attempt to defy an arranged marriage and instead "marry for love" are, in rare occasions, killed by family members.


2017 Malawat poisoning, Incident, Alleged motive
Salman Sufi, an aide in the Punjab provincial government, stated that conflicts centered on forced marriage often lead to "a severely fractured relationship between spouses or catastrophic aftereffects, like we witnessed in this case". There is little legal remedy for women who reject a partner chosen for them by their family.


2017 Malawat poisoning, Incident, Alleged motive
According to The Telegraph, cases of poisoning are common in Punjab; as recently as September 2017, a newlywed couple were poisoned by the bride's family for unknown reasons.


2017 Malawat poisoning, Incident, Legal proceedings
Bibi was convicted of the poisoning in November 2018 and sentenced to serve 15 life terms. Her boyfriend was also convicted and given multiple life sentences.


2017 Malaysia Cup
The 2017 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2017) was the 91th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia.


2017 Malaysia Cup
The 2017 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.


2017 Malaysia Cup
The final was played at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam on 4 November 2017. It was the eleventh time that final has been held in Shah Alam, Selangor. The final was contested by the defending champions, Kedah, and Johor Darul Ta'zim. Johor Darul Ta'zim won the match 2–0, with goals from Aidil Zafuan and Gonzalo Cabrera. With that win, Johor Darul Ta'zim secured their second trophy of the 2017 season after successfully retaining the Super League title.


2017 Malaysia Cup, Format
In the competition, the top eleven teams from the First Round of 2017 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the First Round of 2017 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.


2017 Malaysia Cup, Round and draw dates
The draw for the 2017 Malaysia Cup was held on 22 May 2017 at Sri Pentas, Persiaran Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya on live telecast Scoreboard Extra Time with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.


2017 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2017 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 15 & 16 September 2017, and the second legs were played on 24 September 2017.


2017 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 15 October 2017, and the second legs were played on 21 October 2017.


2017 Malaysia Cup, Knockout stage, Final
The final were played on 4 November 2017 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia.


2017 Malaysia Cup Final
The 2017 Malaysia Cup Final was a football match which were played on 4 November 2017, to determine the champion of the 2017 Malaysia Cup. It was the final of the 91th edition of the Malaysia Cup, competition organised by the Football Association of Malaysia.


2017 Malaysia Cup Final
It was played at the Shah Alam Stadium, in Shah Alam, Selangor, between Kedah and Johor Darul Ta'zim. Johor Darul Ta'zim won the match 2–0 to secure their first title in this competition. The defending champions Kedah, have successfully reach the final for the third time in a row (2015, 2016, 2017). However, Kedah lost this year, for eight time in thirteen finals reached.


2017 Malaysia Cup Final, Venue
Shah Alam Stadium was announced as the final venue on 4 November 2017, following the decision of the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) on 12 September 2017, after the Bukit Jalil National Stadium had already been booked for another event.


2017 Malaysia Cup Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2017 Malaysia Cup group stage
The 2017 Malaysia Cup group stage featured 16 teams. The teams were drawn into four groups of four, and played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the 2017 Malaysia Cup quarter finals.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage
The 2017 Malaysia Cup knockout phase began on 15 September 2017 and concluded on 4 November 2017 with the final at Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia to decide the champions of the 2017 Malaysia Cup. A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Round and draw dates
The draw for the 2017 Malaysia Cup was held on at the 22 May 2017 with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 15 & 16 September 2017, and the second legs were played on 24 September 2017.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 15 October 2017, and the second legs were played on 21 October 2017.


2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage, Final
The final will be played on 4 November 2017 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup
The 2017 Malaysia FA Cup was the 28th season of the Malaysia FA Cup a knockout competition for Malaysia's state football association and clubs. The final was played between Pahang and Kedah at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor. Kedah beat Pahang 2–3 to win the cup for the fourth time.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup
37 teams entered the competition. Kedah, the winners of the competition, did not obtain a licence for the 2018 AFC Cup.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup, Matches
Key: (1) = Super League; (2) = Premier League; (3) = FAM League


2017 Malaysia FA Cup, Matches, Final
The final was played on 20 May 2017 at Shah Alam Stadium.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup Final
The 2017 Malaysia FA Cup Final was the 28th final of the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia football cup competition. Kedah won the cup after defeating Pahang 3–2 and were assured a place for the 2018 AFC Cup group stage.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Background
The final was played on 20 May 2017 at Shah Alam Stadium.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Ticket allocation
Each club received an allocation of 72,000 tickets; 32,750 tickets for Pahang, 32,750 tickets for Kedah and 6,500 tickets for purchase online.


2017 Malaysia FA Cup Final, Rules
The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.


2017 Malaysia FAM League
The 2017 Malaysia FAM Cup (referred to as the FAM Cup or FAM League) is the 66th season of the Malaysia FAM League since its establishment in 1952. The league is currently the third level football league in Malaysia. MISC-MIFA are the previous champion and currently play in the second level of Malaysian football, Malaysia Premier League.


2017 Malaysia FAM League
The season started on 19 February 2017 and concluded on 22 October 2017.


2017 Malaysia FAM League, Teams
For 2017 season, there are 16 teams currently will compete in the league where 13 teams are from last season while new teams will know from FAM.


2017 Malaysia FAM League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold was the first grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the Sibu Indoor Stadium in Sarawak, Malaysia from 17–22 January 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2017 Malaysia Premier League
The 2017 Liga Premier (English: 2017 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur were crowned the champions and were promoted to Liga Super since relegated in 2012 season.


2017 Malaysia Premier League
The season started on 20 January and concluded on 27 October 2017.


2017 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Teams
A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Liga Super and two promoted from the 2016 Liga FAM.


2017 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Coaching changes
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Premier League, Teams, stadiums, and personnel, Half-Malaysian players
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Premier League, Statistics, Hat-tricks
Notes:4 Player scored 4 goals; 6 Player scored 6 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1
The Malaysia Rugby League Division 1 2017 was the inaugural season of Malaysia Rugby League Division 1, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. Previously known as National Inter Club Championship (NICC), this season embarks the newly, organized league structure for more clubs to participate.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1, Teams
A total of 12 teams will compete in the 2017 season.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1, Season
In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 4 groups of three teams, and a single round-robin tournament was held by all groups.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 1, Season, Standings, Group D
Four points for a win, three for a draw, one for a loss, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring four or more tries (BP1), one bonus point for losing by seven or less by their opponent (BP2). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: •  Difference between points for and against •  Total number of points for •  Number of matches won •  Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 2
The Malaysia Rugby League Division 1 2017 was the inaugural season of Malaysia Rugby League Division 2, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. Previously known as National Inter Club Championship (NICC), this season embarks the newly, organized league structure for more clubs to participate.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 2, Teams
A total of 10 teams will compete in the 2017 season.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 2, Season
In preliminary stage, all 10 teams were divided into two groups of three teams, and two groups of two teams, and a single round-robin tournament was held by all groups.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Division 2, Season, Standings, Group D
Four points for a win, three for a draw, one for a loss, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring four or more tries (BP1), one bonus point for losing by seven or less by their opponent (BP2). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: •  Difference between points for and against •  Total number of points for •  Number of matches won •  Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier
The Malaysia Rugby League Premier 2017 was the 17th season of Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Malaysia's domestic rugby union competition. The kick off will begin on 4 February 2017. This season embarks the newly, organized league structure, with more involvement of clubs from entire Malaysia to develop the excitement of rugby scene in Malaysia.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Teams
A total of 12 teams will compete in the 2017 season.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Season
In preliminary stage, all 12 teams were divided into 2 groups, and a single round-robin tournament was held by both groups.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Season, Standings
• Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the final stage. • The lowest-placed teams (Red background) were relegated.


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Season, Standings
Four points for a win, three for a draw, one for a loss, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring four or more tries (BP1), one bonus point for losing by four or less by their opponent (BP2). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: •  Difference between points for and against •  Total number of points for •  Number of matches won •  Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams


2017 Malaysia Rugby League Premier, Season, Final round
In the final round, ASAS RC played against Keris Conlay and Keris Conlay won with 24 points, the ASAS RC having 17.


2017 Malaysia Super League
The 2017 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2017) was the 14th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.


2017 Malaysia Super League
The season began on 20 January and concluded on 28 October 2017.


2017 Malaysia Super League
The defending champions were Johor Darul Ta'zim and retained the title from the previous season.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Teams
PDRM and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Malaysia Super League. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Malaysia Premier League.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Personnel and sponsoring
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Coaching changes
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Teams, Naturalised players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Malaysia Super League, Statistics, Hat-tricks
Notes:4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away


2017 Malaysia Super League, Attendances, Highest and lowest
Updated to games played on 28 October 2017Source: Notes:1: Team played last season in Liga Premier.


2017 Malaysia Super Series Premier
The 2017 Malaysia Super Series Premier was the third super series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Kuching, Malaysia from April 4 – 9, 2017 and had a total purse of $600,000.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 1 October 2017 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. The race marked the 37th running of the Malaysian Grand Prix, and the 19th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the championship's inception in 1950, all World Championship events having been held at the Sepang International Circuit. This was also the last Malaysian Grand Prix, as the race had not been contracted for the 2018 season and beyond.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 28-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was third, a further 23 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 102 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 143 points behind in third place.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Background, Driver changes
Reigning GP2 Series champion Pierre Gasly made his Formula One debut, replacing Daniil Kvyat at Toro Rosso. The first free practice session saw several substitute drivers take part, including Sergey Sirotkin filling in for Nico Hülkenberg at Renault, Charles Leclerc replacing Marcus Ericsson at Sauber, Antonio Giovinazzi replacing Kevin Magnussen at Haas, and Sean Gelael taking the place of Carlos Sainz, Jr. at Toro Rosso.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
The second free practice was red-flagged after Romain Grosjean crashed heavily at Turn 14. Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen dislodged a drain cover embedded in the apex of Turn 13. Grosjean, the next driver through, struck the cover which sliced into his rear wheel. This caused the rear tyre to immediately deflate as Grosjean put load onto the steering wheel, causing him to spin into the barrier on the outside of Turn 14. The third practice session was concluded with Kimi Räikkönen fastest but his teammate Sebastian Vettel had an engine problem that required a replacement.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Sebastian Vettel failed to set a time in Q1 as his replacement engine did not run properly meaning that he would start last on the grid. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1:30.076, ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Max Verstappen.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Kimi Räikkönen pulled off the grid due to a power unit issue. Hamilton got off well and Ricciardo, Bottas and Verstappen behind. Verstappen overtook Hamilton for the lead on lap 4, and led until lap 28 when he pitted, leaving Ricciardo in the lead. Ricciardo then also pitted and Verstappen retook the lead. Coming into the last laps, Hamilton tried fighting back but Verstappen won comfortably to take his second win in his career, a year after his previous at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.


2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Meanwhile, Vettel came back from last to 4th through the field, almost overtaking Ricciardo in third. He later collided with Lance Stroll on the cooldown lap, wrapping his left-rear tyre over the right side of the car. Pascal Wehrlein gave him a ride back to the paddock after the crash.


2017 Malaysian Open
The 2017 Alya Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Malaysian Open and an International tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 27 February to 5 March 2017 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC).


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


2017 Malaysian Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2017 Malaysian Open – Doubles
Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Yang Zhaoxuan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Wongteanchai played alongside Nao Hibino, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua. Yang teamed up with Shuko Aoyama, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Mertens and İpek Soylu.


2017 Malaysian Open – Doubles
Barty and Dellacqua went on to win the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.


2017 Malaysian Open – Singles
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion but withdrew before her second round match.


2017 Malaysian Open – Singles
Ashleigh Barty won her first WTA title, defeating Nao Hibino in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on October 29, 2017.


2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Classification, Moto2
Franco Morbidelli sealed the Moto2 title before the race started on Sunday after Thomas Lüthi was declared unfit and unable to start the race following a qualifying crash that left him with a broken ankle.


2017 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race, MotoGP
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.


2017 Maldives FA Cup
The 2017 Maldives FA Cup is the 29th edition of the Maldives FA Cup.


2017 Maldives FA Cup Final
The 2017 Maldives FA Cup Final is the 29th Final of the Maldives FA Cup.


2017 Maldivian FA Charity Shield
The 2017 Maldivian FA Charity Shield, (commonly known as the 2017 Milo Charity Shield due to sponsorship reasons) was the 9th Maldivian FA Charity Shield, an annual Maldivian football match played between the winners of the previous season's Dhivehi Premier League and FA Cup. The game was played between Maziya, champions of the 2016 Dhivehi Premier League, and Valencia, champions of 2016 Maldives FA Cup.


2017 Maldivian FA Charity Shield
This was the fifth appearance of in the Maldivian FA Charity Shield Maziya, and second appearance for Valencia. Valencia won its first edition in the year 2009, defeating VB Sports Club. Maziya made their first appearance in 2013 and has been making back to back appearances since then, winning twice; in 2015 and 2016 defeating New Radiant on both occasions.


2017 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament
Statistics of Second Division Football Tournament in the 2017 season.


2017 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament, Group stage
From each group, the top two teams will be advanced for the Semi-finals.


2017 Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament
Statistics of Third Division Football Tournament in the 2017 season. Tournament started on November 1.


2017 Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament, Teams
49 teams are competition in the 2017 Third Division Football Tournament, and these teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams, and 1 group with 3 teams, making up a total of 10 groups.


2017 Malian Première Division
The 2017 Malian Première Division is the 52nd edition of the highest club level football competition in Mali. It started on 4 February 2017.


2017 Malian Première Division
The championship was abandoned in December. No title was awarded and no clubs were relegated.


2017 Mallorca Open
The 2017 Mallorca Open was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Mallorca Open, and part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at Santa Ponsa Tennis Club in Majorca, Spain, from June 19 through June 25, 2017.


2017 Mallorca Open, WTA doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 Mallorca Open – Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, but Dabrowski chose to compete in Birmingham instead. Martínez Sánchez played alongside Andreja Klepač, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jelena Janković and Anastasija Sevastova.


2017 Mallorca Open – Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis won the title by walkover when Janković and Sevastova withdrew from the final.


2017 Mallorca Open – Singles
Caroline Garcia was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Anastasija Sevastova in a rematch of the previous year's final.


2017 Mallorca Open – Singles
Sevastova went on to win the title, defeating Julia Görges in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.


2017 Mallorca Open – Singles
The tournament marked the return of Victoria Azarenka from maternity leave. She lost in the second round to Ana Konjuh.


2017 Malmö FF season
The 2017 season was Malmö FF's 106th in existence, their 82nd season in Allsvenskan and their 17th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished first, and the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League where they were knocked out in the second qualifying round. Malmö FF also participated in one competition in which the club continued playing in for the 2018 season, the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen. The season began with the first Allsvenskan match on 1 April and the season concluded with the last league match on 5 November.


2017 Malmö FF season
For the second time in recent years, Malmö FF won back to back league titles, claiming their 20th Swedish championship. The club had previously won back to back titles in 2013 and 2014. Magnus Pehrsson was appointed new head coach after the departure of Allan Kuhn at the end of last season. The club failed to repeat the UEFA Champions League group stage success of previous years, exiting the competition at the first hurdle in the second qualifying round against Macedonian club FK Vardar.


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


2017 Maltese Super Cup
The 2017 Maltese Super Cup was the 33rd Maltese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the title holders of the Maltese Premier League and the Maltese FA Trophy. It was contested by Hibernians, winners of the 2016–17 Maltese Premier League, and Floriana, the winners of the 2016–17 Maltese FA Trophy, at Ta' Qali National Stadium on 13 December 2017. Floriana won 1–0 to win their second Maltese Super Cup.


2017 Maltese general election
General elections were held in Malta on Saturday, 3 June 2017. The elections were contested by the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, the Nationalist Party, led by opposition leader Simon Busuttil, and four other parties; making it the elections with most parties participating since 1962. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, with 55% of the popular vote. Voter turnout reached 92% (down 1% from 2013).


2017 Maltese general election, Background
The previous general elections were held on Saturday, 9 March 2013. The Labour Party, led by Muscat, defeated the incumbent Nationalist Party of Lawrence Gonzi in a landslide victory, taking 39 seats in the House of Representatives, against 30 for the Nationalist Party. However, on 5 February 2015 the Constitutional Court ordered two additional seats to be given to the Nationalist Party, increasing the total number of seats to 71. The Labour Party then lost a seat when Marlene Farrugia resigned from the Labour parliamentary group, to later form the Democratic Party.


2017 Maltese general election, Background
Following the defeat, Gonzi stepped down as leader of the Nationalists, with Simon Busuttil taking his place on 13 May.


2017 Maltese general election, Background
Muscat was sworn in as the new Prime Minister on 11 March. The cabinet of 15 ministers was the largest cabinet in Maltese history. This record was again surpassed when Muscat announced a cabinet reshuffle following the appearance of Minister Konrad Mizzi's name in the Panama Papers; the new cabinet featured 16 ministers as well as the Prime Minister. Mizzi was included in the new cabinet as Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister. Prior to the 2013 elections, Muscat had pledged that the size of his Cabinet would never exceed the size of the largest Cabinet of the Fenech Adami administrations, the largest of which consisted of 13 ministers.


2017 Maltese general election, Background
Further to the outbreak of the Panama Papers, where the already mentioned Mizzi and Keith Schembri, the Chief of Staff within the Office of the Prime Minister were included as owners of a Panama company, together with an unnamed owner of a third company, the Maltese government was receiving copious amounts of pressure by civil society, spearheaded by blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, but also by the Nationalist Party, especially Leader of the Opposition Simon Busuttil. Nexia BT, a Maltese audit firm, claimed ownership of Egrant.


2017 Maltese general election, Background
On 20 April 2017, Caruana Galizia, published a series of articles linking Joseph Muscat, Konrad Mizzi, Brian Tonna (managing partner at Nexia BT, owner of BT International, which is the sole shareholder in the Maltese Mossack Fonseca franchise). Muscat called a press conference stating that he asked for an inquiry into Caruana Galizia's claims, categorically denying any wrongdoing and labelling the allegations as "the biggest lie in Malta's political history".


2017 Maltese general election, Background
Around two hours later, Pilatus Bank Chairman Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, an Iranian with a St. Kitts and Nevis passport, was spotted exiting the bank with a colleague, each carrying a piece of luggage. Hasheminejad declined to give further information. Police raided Pilatus Bank on April 21, however this was deemed as being too late by the PN media since that night a "mysterious" ferry flight operated by VistaJet was en route to Baku, Azerbaijan.


2017 Maltese general election, Background
Further to this, PN leader Busuttil called for Muscat's resignation and announced a national demonstration against corruption, also deeming inappropriate the Police's "inaction" since the Police Commissioner was enjoying dinner in a restaurant. Michael Briguglio, an Alternattiva Demokratika politician, agreed that the Prime Minister should resign and tweeted that he would be joining the protest.


2017 Maltese general election, Background
On 1 May 2017 Muscat announced a snap election to take place on 3 June 2017. The announcement was made during a May Day rally organised by the Labour Party in Valletta. The reason cited was to safeguard economic stability from the power hungry.


2017 Maltese general election, Electoral system
The Maltese voting system is a variant of proportional representation, achieved through the use of the single transferable vote, with five MPs to be returned from each of thirteen districts. The five seat electoral district system is maintained by the parties represented in the House of representatives but is not a constitutional requirement.


2017 Maltese general election, Electoral system
Overall, there are 65 constituency seats, with a variable number of at-large seats (up to four) added in some cases, to ensure that the overall first-preference vote is reflected in the composition of the House of Representatives, that is, that the party with the most votes has a majority of seats.


2017 Maltese general election, Participating parties
The Maltese political landscape is regarded as one of the most pure two-party systems of the 21st century, and has been dominated by moderate centre-left and centre-right groups for decades; no third parties had elected MPs since the 1962 election. Six parties fielded candidates in the 2017 election, the first time since 1962 that Maltese voters had that many parties on the ballot:


2017 Maltese general election, Opinion polls
Prior to the announcement of the election, opinion polls showed the Labour Party with a consistent lead over the Nationalist Party of around 5 percentage points. Opinion polls conducted during the campaign continued to show similar results.


2017 Maltese general election, Candidates and returned MPs
Below is a list of the candidates who ran in the 2017 general election; they are listed in the order used by the Maltese Electoral Commission. Party leaders are marked with an asterisk, while all candidates that successfully obtained a seat in the election, as reported by the electoral commission, are marked in bold. Individual candidates may contest more than one constituency, meaning the some names appear in multiple cells. It is possible for a candidate to be elected in two districts, in which case they resign from one and that seat is assigned to a person of the same party.


2017 Maltese general election, Candidates and returned MPs
The names of the 65 MPs returned for the districts are in bold in the list above. In addition to these, two Nationalist candidates (Carm Mifsud Bonnici and Frederick Azzopardi) were awarded at-large seats in accordance with the proportional representation system.


2017 Maltese general election, Reactions
Once preliminary results were known, Muscat claimed victory and Busuttil conceded defeat. Muscat declared the result to be an endorsement of his government's programme, stating that "It is clear that the people have chosen to stay the course."


2017 Maltese general election, Reactions
Busuttil tendered his resignation as Nationalist Party leader, along with that of the entire administration of the Nationalist Party, following the defeat. The party began the process of selecting a new leader, which was expected to be complete by September. Despite this, leading Nationalist Robert Arrigo wrote an open letter to Busuttil imploring him to rescind his resignation.


2017 Maltese general election, Reactions
The Democratic Party celebrated the election of its leader Marlene Farrugia as their first-ever elected MP as a 'historic result'.


2017 Malé League
The 2017 Malé League is the seventh season of the Malé League, the top division of Maldivian football under the latest update of the Maldivian football league system. The league was made up of the 8 clubs.


2017 Malé League, Format
All eight teams play against each other in Two Round Format. Team with most total points at the end of the season will be crowned as Malé League champion and qualified to the AFC Cup. Top four teams qualify for the Dhivehi Premier League and the President's Cup. Bottom four teams play the Malé League qualification with the champion and the runner-up of Second Division.


2017 Malé League, Format
Top four teams of Malé League qualification after one round will play in the next year's Malé League. Bottom two will be relegated to Second Division.


2017 Malé League, Teams
A total of 8 teams will be contesting in the league.


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


2017 Malé League, Foreign players
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2017 Malé League, Season summary, Round One & Two
Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the 2017 Malé League is moot as all games are played at National Football Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.


2017 Malé League, Season summary, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.


2017 Malé League, Season summary, Matches, First Round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.


2017 Malé League, Season summary, Matches, Second Round
A total of 28 matches will be played in this round.


2017 Malé League, 2018 Malé League qualification, Qualification league table
Note! Zefrol & Kudahenveiru decided to withdrew before starting of the qualification. Therefore other teams automatically qualified to 2018 Malé League without playing the qualification Round.


2017 Man Booker Prize
The 2017 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 17 October 2017. The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September. George Saunders was awarded the 2017 Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo, receiving £50,000 (~$65,000), and becoming the second American author in a row to be awarded the prize.


2017 Manchester City W.F.C. season
The 2017 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 29th season of competitive football and its fourth season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League before the 2014 season.


2017 Manchester City W.F.C. season
Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, with the league season only running to nine games total, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.


2017 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2017 Manchester City W.F.C. season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2017 Manchester Gorton by-election
The Manchester Gorton by-election was a by-election scheduled for 4 May 2017 to elect a Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Manchester Gorton. It was cancelled on 20 April following the announcement of the 2017 general election in June 2017, which meant that the by-election would have taken place after Parliament had been dissolved. This was the first time a by-election in the UK had been cancelled since 1924.


2017 Manchester Gorton by-election
The by-election was called after the death of Sir Gerald Kaufman on 26 February 2017. Kaufman had represented the seat since 1983, and had represented Manchester Ardwick from 1970 until the Ardwick seat was abolished in 1983. He was the Father of the House of Commons from 2015 until his death.


2017 Manchester Gorton by-election, Background
Gorton has, with various boundary alterations, been held by Labour since the 1935 general election, and by Gerald Kaufman from 1983 until his death. The Green Party came second in the 2015 general election, whilst the Liberal Democrats came second in every general election before that since 1997. Labour hold every council seat in the constituency.