2017 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Laura Siegemund and Mate Pavić were the defending champions, but Siegemund was unable to compete due to injury. Pavić played alongside Andreja Klepač, but lost to Alicja Rosolska and Santiago González in the first round.


2017 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray won their second consecutive Grand Slam mixed doubles title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus in the final, 6–1, 4–6, [10–8].


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Gordon Reid were the defending champions from 2015, when the event was last held, but chose not to participate together. Reid successfully defended the title alongside Alfie Hewett, defeating Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda was the two-time defending champion from 2015, when the event was last held, but lost in the quarterfinals to Alfie Hewett.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Stéphane Houdet won the title, defeating Hewett in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor and David Wagner were the three-time defending champions from 2015, when the event was last held, but Taylor did not participate this year. Wagner successfully defended the title alongside Andrew Lapthorne, defeating Dylan Alcott and Bryan Barten in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott was the defending champion from 2015, when the event was last held, but was eliminated in the round robin competition.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
David Wagner won the title, defeating Andrew Lapthorne in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot were the defending champions from 2015, when the event was last held, but Griffioen did not participate this year. Van Koot played alongside Dana Mathewson, but lost in the final to Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot, 4–6, 3–6.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Jordanne Whiley was the defending champion from 2015, when the event was last held, but did not participate this year as she was pregnant.


2017 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Yui Kamiji won the title, defeating Diede de Groot in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2017 US Open – Women's Champions Invitational
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Kim Clijsters and Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 2–6, [4–10].


2017 US Open – Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands was unable to compete due to injury. Šafářová played alongside Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the semifinals to Lucie Hradecká and Kateřina Siniaková.


2017 US Open – Women's Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Hradecká and Siniaková in the final, 6–3, 6–2. It was their first Grand Slam title together, and their seventh title overall, all in 2017.


2017 US Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 US Open – Women's Singles
Sloane Stephens defeated Madison Keys in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open. It was her first major title. Stephens became the second unseeded woman in the Open Era to win the US Open, after Kim Clijsters in 2009. Stephens and Keys became the first Americans to reach the final other than the Williams sisters since Lindsay Davenport in 2000, and to reach any major final since Davenport at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships. It was the first all-American women's final at the US Open since 2002 and the second time in three years that the final featured two maiden major singles finalists from the same country.


2017 US Open – Women's Singles
Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the first round by Naomi Osaka, who would win the title the following year. Kerber became the second US Open defending champion to lose in the first round, after Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2005.


2017 US Open – Women's Singles
For the first time since the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, all four semifinalists at a major were American, and all from the same country overall. Kaia Kanepi became the first qualifier to reach the US Open quarterfinals since Barbara Gerken in 1981.


2017 US Open – Women's Singles
This was Maria Sharapova's first major since the 2016 Australian Open, following a suspension for violating anti-doping rules. Sharapova was unseeded in a major for the first time since the 2009 French Open, was awarded a wildcard into the main draw, and advanced to the fourth round where she lost to Anastasija Sevastova.


2017 US Open – Women's Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza became the new world No. 1 at the end of the tournament despite losing in the fourth round, after Karolína Plíšková failed to defend her finalist points. Eight of the top nine seeds (with the exception of Kerber) were in contention for the No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament.


2017 US Open – Women's Singles
Venus Williams became the first player in history to reach the semifinals of the US Open 10 years apart and then do so another 10 years apart (1997, 2007, and 2017).


2017 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place from March 3 to March 5 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. All marks in the competition are considered at altitude.


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2017 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships were held at Hornet Stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place June 22–25 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The event was held in conjunction with the USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships.


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 50 kilometers race walk was held January 28 at Santee, California. While no men were able to make the 4:06 qualifying standard, two women were able to achieve their 4:30 qualifying time, with Katie Burnett walking faster than the second place man. The other qualifier was former world record holder Erin Taylor-Talcott. 2017 is the first year the women will be allowed to race that distance at the world championships.


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Men's results
Key:≠ Not yet selected in respective event because the athlete has not achieved the required qualifying standard. However, athletes can still pursue standards following this meet and still make the team provided they attain it before the July 23 cutoff date..


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Women's results
Key:≠ Not yet selected in respective event because the athlete has not achieved the required qualifying standard. However, athletes can still pursue standards following this meet and still make the team provided they attain it before the July 25 cutoff date..


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
The 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships serve as the qualification meet for United States representatives in international competitions, including the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. In order to be entered, athletes need to achieve a qualifying standard mark and place in the top 3 in their event. The United States team, as managed by USATF, can also bring a qualified back up athlete in case one of the team members is unable to perform. Area champions (meaning, for North American athletes, gold medalists at the 2015 NACAC Championships) did not need to meet the qualifying standard; NACAC conducted its championships three weeks before the World Championships, thus providing one additional opportunity for qualification.


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Additionally, defending World Champions and 2016 Diamond League Champions received byes into the World Championships. The athletes eligible for a bye are:


2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification, Diamond League Champions
Both qualified by winning their respective events in the championships.


2017 USA Sevens
The 2017 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2017 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fourteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3–5 March 2017 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2017 USA Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays all the others in their pool once. 3, 2 or 1 points for a win, draw or loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets. The bottom two teams go into the Challenge trophy brackets.


2017 USA Sevens, Teams
The main tournament will consist of the fifteen core teams plus Chile, who qualified by finishing as the best ranked non-core team of the 2017 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens


2017 USA Swimming Championships
The 2017 Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships were held from June 27 to July 1, 2017, at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.


2017 USA Women's Sevens
The 2017 USA Women's Sevens was the third tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, held from March 3–5, 2017 at the Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, a community in the Las Vegas area. This was the first edition of the Women's Sevens held alongside the USA Sevens men's tournament.


2017 USA Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams also competed for the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.


2017 USAC National Midget Series
The 2017 USAC National Midget Series is the 62nd season of the USAC National Midget Series. The series began with the Shamrock Classic at Southern Illinois Center on March 18, and will end with the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway on November 23. Tanner Thorson came into the season as the defending champion. Spencer Bayston won the series championship driving for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports in the #97 Bullet by Spike Chassis / Speedway Toyota.


2017 USAC National Midget Series, Schedule
The entire season will be broadcast on-demand by . Select races were broadcast live by Speed Shift TV.


2017 USAC Silver Crown Series
The 2017 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series presented by Traxxas season is the 46th season of the USAC Silver Crown Series. The series began with the Sumar Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track on April 2, and will end with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 23. Chris Windom entered the 2017 season as the defending champion. Kody Swanson won the 2017 season championship driving for DePalma Motorsports in the #63 Maxim / Hampshire Chevrolet.


2017 USAC Silver Crown Series, Schedule
The 2017 schedule features 6 dirt ovals and 5 pavement ovals including a historic return to Phoenix International Raceway after an 8-year absence. The entire season will be broadcast on-demand by Loudpedal.TV. Select races were broadcast live by Speed Shift TV. BCSN2 broadcast the Toledo race on tape delay.


2017 USAFL National Championships
The 2017 USAFL National Championships were the 21st installment of the premier United States annual Australian rules football club tournament. The tournament as held at the Surf Cup Sports Park in San Diego, California on October 20–22.


2017 USARL season
The 2017 USA Rugby League season is the seventh season of the USA Rugby League National Premiership competition, and its third as the undisputed top-level rugby league competition in the United States. Twelve teams compete for the USARL Championship. The season began on Saturday, June 3, and concluded with the Championship Final on Saturday, August 26.


2017 USARL season, Team changes
The Bucks County Sharks and the DC Slayers folded after the 2016 season bringing the number of teams down to 12.


2017 USARL season, Regular season
Teams in the North Conference play in an eight-round regular season with semi-finals on August 5 and final on August 12. South Conference teams play a six-round regular season with semi-finals on July 29 and final on August 12


2017 USARL season, Final
The Atlanta Rhinos defeated the New York Knights 32-18 in the grand final to become the 2017 USARL National Champions.


2017 USC Trojans football team
The 2017 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Clay Helton. They finished the season 11–3, 8–1 in Pac-12 play to be champions of the South Division. They represented the South Division in the Pac-12 Championship Game where they defeated Stanford to become Pac-12 Champions. They were invited to play in the Cotton Bowl where they were soundly defeated at the hands of Ohio State, 24–7.


2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
USC returns 26 starters in 2017, including 12 on offense, 11 on defense, and 3 on special teams.


2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
Key departures include Justin Davis (TB – 6 games), JuJu Smith-Schuster (WR – 13 games), Darreus Rogers (WR – 13 games), De'Quan Hampton (WR), Isaac Whitney (WR), Taylor McNamara (TE – 11 games), Zach Banner (OT – 11 games), Chad Wheeler (OT – 11 games), Damien Mama (OL – 12 games), Jordan Simmons (OL – 2 games), Stevie Tu'ikolovatu (DT – 12 games), Quinton Powell (LB), Michael Hutchings (ILB – 13 games), Adoree' Jackson (CB – 13 games), Leon McQuay III (S – 12 games), Zach Smith (LS – 13 games).


2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Transfers
The Trojans lost 5 players due to transfer. One transfer during the 2017 season.


2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
redshirt year used / redshirt year eligible / * : Former walk-on


2017 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
- USC can sign 15-20 players in the class of 2018 count contingent on 9 graduating SRs (Lockett and Tucker burned redshirt in 2017), NFL early entries and transfers.


2017 USC Trojans football team, 2017 NFL Draft, NFL Combine
The official list of participants for the 2017 NFL Combine was released on Wednesday (February 15), featuring USC football players OT Zach Banner, TB Justin Davis, CB Adoree’ Jackson, OG Damien Mama, WR Darreus Rogers, WR JuJu Smith-Schuster, NT Stevie Tu’ikolovatu and OT Chad Wheeler.


2017 USC Trojans football team, 2017 NFL Draft, NFL Combine
The eight Trojans were tested at the Combine in Indianapolis beginning on February 28 through March 6.


2017 USC Trojans football team, 2017 NFL Draft, NFL Combine
Trojans who didn't nab an invite include S Leon McQuay III, TE Taylor McNamara, LB Michael Hutchings, LB Quinton Powell, OG Jordan Simmons, WR De'Quan Hampton, WR Isaac Whitney & LS Zach Smith. They waited until USC's Pro Day to get in front of NFL scouts


2017 USC Trojans football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown


2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, AP Pre-Season All-Americans
Cameron Smith - ILB - SophomoreIman Marshall - CB - Sophomore


2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team
Sam Darnold - QB -  SophomoreRonald Jones II - TB - JuniorRasheem Green - DT - JuniorUchenna Nwosu - OLB - SeniorCameron Smith - ILB - JuniorMarvell Tell - S - JuniorMichael Pittman Jr. - ST - Sophomore


2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team
Deontay Burnett - WR - JuniorToa Lobendahn - OT - SeniorChristian Rector - DT -  SophomoreMatt Lopes - ST - Senior


2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, PAC-12 All-Conference Team
Stephen Carr - TB - FreshmanSteven Mitchell - WR -  SeniorTyler Vaughns - WR -  FreshmanTyler Petite - TE - JuniorChris Brown - OG -  JuniorJosh Fatu - DT - SeniorBrandon Pili - DT - FreshmanIman Marshall - CB - JuniorChris Hawkins - S -  Senior


2017 USC Trojans football team, Awards and honors, Sporting News 2017 college football preseason All-Americans
Sam Darnold - QB -  SophomoreCameron Smith - LB - Junior


2017 USL Playoffs
The 2017 USL Cup Playoffs is a  postseason tournament following the 2017 United Soccer League regular season, the third since the league rebranded for the 2015 season, and first as a USSF Division II league. Including USL Pro history, it is the sixth postseason tournament. The tournament will begin on the weekend of October 20 and end on the weekend of November 10.


2017 USL Playoffs
Sixteen teams (top 8 per conference) will compete in the single elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded one through eight in each conference. The conference semifinal winners will play against each other in the Conference Championship, which will serve as the overall semifinals for the playoff. The winners of the Eastern and Western Conference Championship will play for the USL Cup. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned league champion.


2017 USL Playoffs, USL Conference standings
The top 8 teams from each conference advance to the USL playoffs.


2017 USL season
The 2017 USL season was the seventh season of the United Soccer League. The league was granted provisional Division II status by the USSF. It is organized by the United Soccer League.


2017 USL season
New York Red Bulls II are the defending champions of both the USL Cup and Regular Season.


2017 USL season, Rule changes
Teams are now permitted only three substitutions a match. Previously, teams were allowed five substitutions a match.


2017 USL season, Teams
† Capacity for venue is 25,500; Team moved from Melbourne, Florida to Orlando in April 2017 to allow direct player transfers with MLS parent club Orlando City SC.


2017 USL season, Competition Format
The season started on March 25 and ended October 15. The top eight finishers in each conference qualified for the playoffs.


2017 USL season, League Awards, All-League Teams
F: Chandler Hoffman (SLC), Dane Kelly (RNO), Enzo Martinez (CLT)M: Marcel Schäfer (TBR), Sebastian Velasquez (SLC),  Chris Wehan (RNO)D: Paco Craig (LOU), Harrison Delbridge (CIN),  Sebastien Ibeagha (SAN), Forrest Lasso (CHS)G: Diego Restrepo (SAN)


2017 USL season, League Awards, All-League Teams
F: Juan Pablo Caffa (TUL), Corey Hertzog (PIT), Romario Williams (CHS)M: Vincent Bezecourt (NYRB), Billy Forbes (SAN), Justin Portillo (CHS)D: Ryan Felix (ROC), James Kiffe (SAC),  Taylor Mueller (CHS), Jimmy Ockford (RNO)G: Earl Edwards Jr. (ORL)


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 80th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2017-18 began on September 9, 2017 and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers finished eighth and last at the end of the double-round eliminations for the second straight year. The team went on a 17-game losing streak that dated back from Season 79, winning only their last assignment to save themselves from having a winless season.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
They had a final record of 1 win against 13 losses, the worst for the team in the last 28 years. This is also a new team low in the final four era, beating the previous year's record of 3 wins against 11 losses.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
They had an average losing margin of 13.9 points against a single 3 point win for the entire season.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Like the previous year, UST suffered three blowout losses, against the FEU Tamaraws by 26 points in the second round, and twice against the De La Salle Green Archers by 29 and 35 points in the first and second rounds respectively.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Cameroonian center Steve Akomo led the league in rebounds with a 13.2 per game average.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
The Growling Tigers' three starting seniors, Louie Vigil, Jon Sheriff and Kent Lao have already graduated, while Mario Bonleon and Renzo Subido have taken time off from college basketball to participate in the PBA D-League.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
UST has eight new players in their roster, composed of four rookies and four transferees.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Former UST Tiger Cubs' team captain Jorem Soriano, who last played in the UAAP Season 75 Juniors basketball tournament, was expected to join the Growling Tigers' roster the following year, but personal and family matters kept him away from basketball. He returned to the team last year and was included in the Tigers' Team B training pool.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
After Season 79's last place finish in the standings, sports analysts have again downplayed UST's chances of making it to the final four.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Boy Sablan went into his second year as the head coach of the Growling Tigers after signing a one-year contract extension in June 2017.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Former PBA players Gerry Esplana and Bobby Jose replaced Patrick Fran and Rabbi Tomacruz as assistant coaches going into Season 80.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Esplana, who was a former FEU Tamaraw, was the head coach of the Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals from 2011 until 2014, while the former Glowing Goldie Bobby Jose is an aspiring public servant in his hometown of Bocaue, Bulacan. Both of them have children who also play basketball for the varsity teams of their respective schools.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
Steve Akomo became the subject of an eligibility probe in September 2017. In the days leading to the opening of the Season 80 men's basketball tournament, the UAAP board had insisted that Akomo needed two years for his transfer residency. He had transferred from the University of Visayas and did his residency last season.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
They had cited the case of Ben Mbala, a Cameroonian who underwent two years of residency when he transferred to De La Salle from Southwestern University in 2013. Sablan countered that former Growling Tiger and fellow Cameroonian Karim Abdul only did one year of residency before he was allowed to play for the team in 2011.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
In spite of the Republic Act 10676, or the Student-Athletes Protection Act of 2015, a law that put an end to the Jerie Pingoy Rule (the 2013 UAAP rule which required two years of residency for all incoming collegiate athletes who wished to transfer from another UAAP member university), there appears to be another existing UAAP rule specifically made for foreign student-athletes. If the foreign student has attended high school in the Philippines for at least one school year, then he only has to do one year of residency. If he studied for two years, he could play already in college. Otherwise, the two-year residency requirement remains.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
The UAAP Board of Managing Directors then recommended Akomo, together with UP Fighting Maroon and fellow foreign student-athlete Ibrahim Ouattara to be ruled ineligible for the coming men's basketball tournament.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Ineligibility issues
On September 7, 2017, the UAAP Board of Trustees, the official policy-making body made up of the presidents of all-member schools, had a meeting in Far Eastern University and later arrived at a decision on the foreign student-athletes' eligibility case. They have decided against the Board of Managing Directors' recommendation regarding the two-year residency for foreign student-athletes "in the interest of justice and fairness," thereby declaring Akomo and Ouattara eligible to play in the coming UAAP season with finality.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls
The Growling Tigers on numerous occasions had chances to steal wins from their higher-ranked opponents, but either turnovers, poor free throws, or simply, bad breaks almost always did them in.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls
Against the UP Fighting Maroons in the first round, UST lost by a single point, on a game-winning three point shot by Paul Desiderio during the last 5 seconds of the game. This was when the iconic "Atin 'to, papasok ito" quote was first mentioned by the Fighting Maroons' captain.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls
They lost again to UP in the second round, with a similar disappointing outcome. UST came to within 2 points with 9 seconds left in the game, but team captain Marvin Lee missed a last-second heave, causing the team to lose for the eighth straight time.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls
Against the Adamson Falcons in the second round, the Tigers came to within 2 with 14 seconds left in the game, but fouls got the better of them. Fil-American guard Jerrick Ahanmisi converted his free throws for the final score, 70-75.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls
In their only win of the season against UE on their last scheduled game, the Tigers had to rely on perfect free throw shooting by rookie point guard Oli de Guzman to bail them to the final score, 88-85.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Close calls
In a game against Adamson in the first round of eliminations, UST made 41 turnovers, the most by any team in a single game since 2003, when record-keeping of UAAP statistics first became official.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 80 games results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Following the infamous 1-13 win-loss record of Season 80, UST head coach Boy Sablan tendered his resignation on November 20, 2017. UST Rector Fr. Herminio Dagohoy made the announcement of the entire coaching staff's end of tenure on November 30, but they will continue receiving compensations until May of the following year due to existing live contracts.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Tigresses assistant coach Arsenio Dysangco Jr. was tasked to facilitate team practices while management was finalizing the process for determining the Growling Tigers' next head coach.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
Former head coach Pido Jarencio once again expressed interest in coming back to lead the team, but there was someone else who was being considered for the position.


2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Aftermath
On January 5, 2018, Aldin Ayo, resigned head coach of the De La Salle Green Archers, announced his transfer to the University of Santo Tomas where he will coach the men's basketball team for the next six years. Ayo's appointment was made formal by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Jannel Abogado on January 11.


2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team
The 2017 Texas–Arlington Mavericks baseball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mavericks played their home games at Clay Gould Ballpark.


2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team, Schedule and results
Texas–Arlington Mavericks announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 4, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 26 home and 29 away games in the regular season. The Mavericks hosted Sun Belts foes Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Little Rock, Louisiana, and Troy and will travel to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State.


2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team, Schedule and results
The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and was hosted by Georgia Southern.


2017 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team, Schedule and results
Texas-Arlington finished 1st in the west division of the conference which qualified the Mavericks to compete in the tournament as the 2nd seed  seeking for the team's 1st Sun Belt Conference tournament title.


2017 UT Martin Skyhawks football team
The 2017 UT Martin Skyhawks football team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Jason Simpson and played their home games at Graham Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.


2017 UTEP Miners football team
The 2017 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach Sean Kugler until his resignation on October 2 and then by interim head coach Mike Price, who had previously served at UTEP's head coach from 2004 to 2012. The Miners finished the season with a record 0–12, 0–8 in conference play to finish in last place in the Conference USA (7th in West Division) and winless for the first time since the 1973 season. UTEP averaged 19,548 fans per game.


2017 UTEP Miners football team, Schedule
UTEP announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Miners will host CUSA foes Louisiana Tech, Rice, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, and UAB.


2017 UTEP Miners football team, Schedule
The Miners hosted one of the four non-conference opponents, Arizona from the Pac-12 Conference and travelled to Army who is independent from a conference, New Mexico State from the Sun Belt Conference, and Oklahoma from the Big 12 Conference.


2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team
The 2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach Frank Wilson. They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. Despite being bowl eligible for the second consecutive season, the Roadrunners did not receive a bowl bid.


2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule
UTSA announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Roadrunners hosted CUSA foes Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, and UAB, and traveled to FIU, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, and UTEP.


2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule
The Roadrunners hosted one of the three non-conference opponents, Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and traveled to Baylor from the Big 12 Conference and Texas State from the Sun Belt Conference. The Roadrunners were to also host the season opener against Houston from the American Athletic Conference but the game was canceled due to Hurricane Harvey.


2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule
The Roadrunners ended the season with their first winning record since 2013, with one of their six wins being a 17–10 victory against Baylor, giving the school its first ever win against a Power Five team.


2017 UV43
2017 UV43 is a centaur from the outer Solar System, approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) in diameter. It was first observed by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 13 March 2005. The unusual minor planet follows an orbit similar to those of the fragments of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. This minor planet has neither been numbered nor named.


2017 UV43, Description
2017 UV43 is classified as an unusual object and centaur. It was first observed by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 13 March 2005. Previously, before the identification with 2005 EE207 was made, the first observation was made on 27 October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS program at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States.


2017 UV43, Description
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 5.0–8.5 AU once every 17 years and 6 months (6,387 days; semi-major axis of 6.74 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observation by the Mount Lemmon Survey in March 2005.


2017 UV43, Description, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
As of December 2017, 2017 UV43 has an orbit similar to the average one of the fragments of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (semi-major axis: 6.81±0.04 AU , eccentricity: 0.210±0.004, inclination: 5.87°±0.08°, longitude of the ascending node: 220.8°±0.2° and argument of perihelion: 354.98°±0.05°).


2017 UWLX season
The 2017 United Women's Lacrosse League season, the second in the history of the UWLX, starts on May 27, 2017 and ends with the league championship game on August 2, 2017.


2017 Uganda Cup
Uganda Cup 2017-18 was the 43rd edition of the main Ugandan football Cup.


2017 Uganda Cup, Format
The competition had 64 teams, of which the teams in the Uganda Premier League and FUFA Big League qualified automatically for the first round. The other teams were filled out through a series of regional competitions. The competition ran between January 20 and June 15.


2017 Uganda Cup, Overview
The competition was won by KCCA FC who defeated Paidha Black Angels 2-0 in the final, held in Arua.


2017 Uganda Cup, Awards
Paidha Black Angels' Emmanuel Rubangakene won the best goalkeeper award.


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak
The 2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak was confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 20 October 2017 after there had been an initial fatality due to the virus.


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak
The Ugandan Ministry of Health indicated that an individual had died of the virus on 19 October; the following day, 20 October, WHO released a press statement regarding the matter. The eastern part of the country is the affected area where the cases have occurred. On 22 October, it was reported that 55 individuals were under surveillance for the virus. On 25 October, the number of individuals rose to 155 in terms of contact tracing


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Marburg virus was first recognised in 1967. In terms of diagnosis the presentation is similar to malaria or typhoid fever and therefore not easy to identify (diagnose).


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology
The Marburg virus is considered a filovirus, which is the same as the Ebola virus in terms of viral classification. According to Mehedi, et al macrophages, monocytes, and dendritic cells, are what the virus attacks due to their importance in the human bodies normal mechanism


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology
According to the World Health Organization there is currently no treatment for the disease. As of 11 November 2017, according to the Ministry of Health no new cases have been reported to this point the report originates from Kampala.


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology
On 8 December the World Health Organization declared the end to the outbreak in the country of Uganda due to two 21-day quarantine periods


2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak, Virology and epidemiology, Other outbreaks
The table lists a subset of the Marburg virus disease outbreaks, which have occurred specifically in Uganda:


2017 Ukrainian Cup Final
The 2017 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on May 17, 2017 in Kharkiv. This was the fourth time the cup final was held in Kharkiv. The match was the 26th Ukrainian Cup Final since fall of the Soviet Union.


2017 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kharkiv
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2017 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters
The game between Shakhtar and Dynamo has become the main fixture of every season and received a nickname of Klasychne which means Classic. Before this game both teams met in a final of Ukrainian Cup eight times, the first being back in 2002. Before this final out of the previous eight Shakhtar won 3 games and Dynamo won 4, one more game Dynamo won on penalty kicks. Games between the two clubs are known to be very intense and out of the eight previous meetings in the final, only one in 2003 did not have red cards shown to players.


2017 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships
The 2017 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат України з фігурного катання на ковзанах 2017) were held from 20 to 23 December 2016 in Kyiv. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were among the criteria used to select Ukrainian teams to the 2017 World Championships, 2017 European Championships, and 2017 Winter Universiade.


2017 Ukrainian Super Cup
The 2017 Ukrainian Super Cup became the 14th edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual season opener football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.


2017 Ukrainian Super Cup
The match was played at the Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa, on 15 July 2017, and contested by league winner Shakhtar Donetsk and league runner-up Dynamo Kyiv.


2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
On 13 July 2017 Volodymyr Heninson pointed out to the fact that since 1998 UEFA Super Cup takes place in Monaco which is also a port city and, thus, the "Ukrainian Premier League moves in the stream of the European traditions". As an additional argument why Odessa was chosen as the Ukrainian Super Cup place, the President of UPL stated that football was brought to the Russian Empire through Odessa by the British sailors.


2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
For the first time there will be used the 360-degree video technology for broadcasting of game by channels "Futbol 1" / "Futbol 2" with help of "Limelight, 360discoVR". The game will be broadcast on the "Ukrayina" television channel as well. The game will be commented by Andriy Malynovskyi, while among the studio guests there will be Oleksandr Holovko and Vyacheslav Shevchuk. At the mid-game show will feature cheerleaders competition and concert of Ukrainian singer Yarmak. On 14–15 July 2017 there are planned number of mass events by Ukrainian Premier League among which will be a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) running race "Probih UPL" that will take place in the morning of the game day.


2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
Originally appointed referee Anatoliy Zhabchenko was replaced by Kostiantyn Trukhanov on a personal request.


2017 Ukrainian Super Cup, Previous encounters
Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup nine times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous nine Shakhtar won 2 games and Dynamo won 2, five more games were tied and led to penalty shootout three of which were won by Dynamo and two were won by Shakhtar.


2017 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The 2017 AIB GAA Football Ulster Senior Club Championship was the 50th instalment of the annual competition organised by the Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 AIB GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Club Championship.


2017 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Slaughtneil (Derry) were the reigning champions following their victory in the 2016 final over Kilcoo (Down).


2017 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, Teams
The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.


2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 129th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by the Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners receive The Anglo-Celt Cup.


2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Tyrone are the defending champions. The draw for the Championship was made on 13 October 2016. Tyrone beat Down in the final with a score of 2-17 to 0-15.


2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Ulster championship is contested by the nine counties in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.


2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
The 2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the Ulster hurling championship since its establishment by the Ulster Council in 1901.


2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
The tournament was moved to April, instead of the usual June/July dates, in order to accommodate the various tiers of the All-Ireland championship. Antrim won a sixteenth consecutive title.


2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
In the first tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Antrim, Armagh, Donegal and Down compete in a knock-out format. The winners receive the Liam Harvey cup. The two teams beaten in the semi-finals of the Championship play-off with the losing team relegated to the Shield for 2018.


2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship, Format
In the second tier, the Ulster Senior Hurling Shield, Derry, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone compete in a knock-out format, with the winner gaining promotion to the top tier for 2018.


2017 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
An election for the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was held on 8 April 2017 at the party's Annual General Meeting. Elections are held each year, with the incumbent usually reelected unopposed. The 2017 contested election was triggered after incumbent Leader Mike Nesbitt, elected in 2012, announced following the 2017 Assembly election his intention to step down as party leader. While initially, Robin Swann and Steve Aiken were expected to run against each other (with candidacies by Doug Beattie, Robbie Butler and Roy Beggs Jr. also considered possible), in the end only Swann ran and was elected unopposed.


2017 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships
The 2017 Women's Under 18 Australian Championships was a field hockey tournament held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart from 19–29 April 2017.


2017 Under 18 Women's Australian Championships
QLD 1 won the gold medal, defeating NSW State 2–0 in the final. WA won the bronze medal by defeating VIC 4–1 in the third place playoff.


2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships
The 2017 Men's Under 21 Australian Championships was a men's field Hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Wollongong between 7–14 July 2017.


2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Competition Format
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.


2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Competition Format
The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.


2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Competition Format
The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth place match.


2017 Under 21 Men's Australian Hockey Championships, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 130 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.


2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships
The 2017 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships was a Field Hockey tournament held in the New South Wales city of Wollongong between 7–14 July 2017.


2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships
New South Wales won the tournament by defeating Western Australia 2–1 in the final. Queensland won the bronze medal by defeating South Australia 3–0 in the third and fourth playoff.


2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition Format
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. Teams then progress into either Pool C, the medal round, or Pool D, the classification round. Teams carry over points from their previous match ups, and contest teams they are yet to play.


2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition Format
The top two teams in each of pools A and B then progress to Pool C. The top two teams in Pool C continue to contest the Final, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Third and Fourth place match.


2017 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition Format
The remaining bottom placing teams make up Pool D. The top two teams in Pool D play in the Fifth and Sixth place match, while the bottom two teams of Pool C play in the Seventh and Eighth place match.


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship
The 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship was the 2017 edition of the Under-20 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-20 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 3 June to 20 October 2017.


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship
The competition was won by  Griffons U20, who beat  Limpopo Blue Bulls U20 29–22 in the final played on 20 October 2017.


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
There were eight participating teams in the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship. They played each other twice during the pool stage, once at home and once away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Teams
The teams that played in the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship were:


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings
Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Honours
The honour roll for the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship was as follows:


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Players
The following squads were named for the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship:


2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2017 Under-20 Provincial Championship:


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship
The 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship was the 2017 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-21 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 25 August to 28 October 2017.


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship
The competition was won by  Western Province U21, after they beat  Blue Bulls U21 48–41 in the final in Durban. Western Province U21 fly-half Tiaan Swanepoel was the top scorer in the competition with 123 points, while Blue Bulls U21 wing Xolisa Guma was the top try scorer with 11 tries.


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
There were seven participating teams in the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship. They played each other once during the pool stage, either at home or away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semifinals, which were followed by a final.


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Teams
The teams that played in the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship were:


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings
The final standings of the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship Pool Stage were:


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Pool stage, Standings
The top four teams qualified for the semifinals. Points breakdown:* 4 points for a win* 2 points for a draw* 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less* 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Honours
The honour roll for the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship was as follows:


2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Players
The following squads were named for the 2017 Under-21 Provincial Championship:


2017 UniCredit Czech Open
The 2017 UniCredit Czech Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Prostějov, Czech Republic between 5–10 June 2017.


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


2017 UniCredit Czech Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2017 UniCredit Czech Open – Doubles
Aliaksandr Bury and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but chose to defend their title with different partners. Bury partnered Ariel Behar but lost in the quarterfinals to Guillermo Durán and Andrés Molteni. Zelenay partnered Julian Knowle but lost in the first round to David Marrero and Leander Paes.


2017 UniCredit Czech Open – Doubles
Durán and Molteni win the title after defeating Roman Jebavý and Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [10–6] in the final.


2017 UniCredit Czech Open – Singles
Mikhail Kukushkin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Nicolás Jarry.


2017 UniCredit Czech Open – Singles
Jiří Veselý won the title after defeating Federico Delbonis 5–7, 6–1, 7–5 in the final.


2017 Union budget of India
It was presented before the parliament on 1 February 2017 by the Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitley with 21.47 lakh crore rupees (US$336.39 billion) budget size.


2017 Union budget of India
The Finance Minister of India started speech by quoting "Madam Speaker, On this auspicious day of Vasant Panchami, I rise to present the Budget for 2017-18. Spring is a season of optimism. I extend my warm greetings to everyone on this occasion."


2017 Union budget of India
In his speech the Finance Minister of India, Arun Jaitley has quoted that the Agenda for 2017-18 is "Transform, Energise and Clean India" – TEC India. He further went to explain that TEC India means to


2017 Union budget of India
The printing of the budget documents began with a traditional Halwa ceremony in January 2017.32


2017 Union budget of India
It's the first budget after major changes in the economy like Goods and Services Tax (India) and 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation.


2017 Union budget of India, Railway budget
Railway budget will be merged with the Union budget and classification of plan and non-plan expenditure has been done away with starting from the year 2017 by Narendra Modi led Government of India.


2017 Union budget of India, Finance Bill
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented Finance Bill on 21 March 2017. He has suggested major overhaul in the bill. 40 changes have been suggested by him in the existing legislations. Some of the major changes are


2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash
On 11 August 2017, a Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter operated by the United Arab Emirates Air Force crashed while on a Saudi-led mission in Shabwa, Yemen, killing four of the soldiers on board. Emirates News Agency reported that the crash was due to a "technical malfunction".


2017 United Arab Emirates Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk crash
One of the soldiers who survived the crash was a member of the royal Al Nahyan family, causing the Emiratis to ask for help rescuing the survivors from the United States, which responded "[i]n a matter of hours". The Wall Street Journal reported that the incident helped instill trust between the UAE and the US, laying groundwork for the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement, which happened three years later in 2020.


2017 United Bowl
The 2017 United Bowl was the championship game of the 2017 Indoor Football League season. It was played between the Intense Conference Champion Arizona Rattlers and the United Conference Champion Sioux Falls Storm. The game was played at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Rattlers won the game by a score of 50–41.


2017 United Bowl
This was the Sioux Falls Storm's seventh consecutive United Bowl appearance and first loss, snapping a 6-game championship streak. It was the Arizona Rattlers' first United Bowl appearance in their first season in the IFL after joining from the Arena Football League.


2017 United Bowl, Venue
The game was played at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as the Sioux Falls Storm had the home field advantage by cause of having a better regular season record.


2017 United Bowl, Background, Arizona Rattlers
On October 17, 2016, the Arizona Rattlers announced their move to the IFL from the Arena Football League. They started on a 2-game losing streak heading into their first bye week before defeating the Colorado Crush at home 71–29. The Rattlers finished the season with a conference best 12–4, including a season-ending 8 game win streak, earning the first seed in the Intense Conference. In the Intense Conference championship, they defeated the Nebraska Danger at home by a score of 62–36.


2017 United Bowl, Background, Sioux Falls Storm
In 2017, the Storm began the regular season with 8 straight wins, including a 40–29 victory over the Arizona Rattlers in week 1, before a 44–36 loss to the Wichita Falls Nighthawks. They finished the season with a 14–2 record, earning the top seed in the United Conference and the best record in the league, which they secured with a 45–24 victory over the Iowa Barnstormers in week 18. In the United Conference championship, they were victorious in their rematch against the Barnstormers by a score of 66–32.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election
A United Conservative Party leadership election was held in Alberta on October 28, 2017 following votes on July 22, 2017 by memberships of both the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta to merge and form the United Conservative Party. The Unity Agreement between the parties states that the leadership election will be held on a One Member One Vote basis.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election
Both Jason Kenney, leader of the PC Party, and Wildrose leader Brian Jean were expected to stand for leader of the new party, with Jean saying at the press conference that announced the merger agreement: "Clearly we're both running for the leadership of this new party." Former Conservative Party of Canada interim leader Rona Ambrose ruled herself out of consideration.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, "Kamikaze campaign" scandal
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Alberta Election Commissioner are investigating allegations that Jason Kenney and his team were involved in orchestrating Jeff Callaway's campaign for the leadership of the United Conservative Party in an attempt to harm Kenney's biggest rival, Brian Jean. Documents obtained by The Toronto Star confirm that Kenney's campaign controlled major aspects of Callaway's campaign, including the providing of strategic plans, attack ads, speeches, and talking points intended to discredit Jean. These documents have since been handed over the election commissioner, according to Callaway's former campaign manager, Cameron Davies. Davies also said that Kenney had attended a meeting at Callaway's house in July 2017 where the "kamikaze campaign" was discussed and that Kenney had first-hand knowledge of this strategy.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, "Kamikaze campaign" scandal
A leaked document alleged that Jason Kenney's team first approached Derek Fildebrandt in July 2017 about running a  "dark-horse" campaign but ultimately decided against working with him. Fildebrandt confirmed this account but stated that it was he who rejected the idea.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, "Kamikaze campaign" scandal
An emergency injunction was sought to halt the probe into the financing of Callaway's UCP leadership campaign for the duration of the 2019 Alberta general election, but was denied by Court of Queen's Bench Justice Anne Kirker who ruled it was in the public interest for the investigation to continue.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, "Kamikaze campaign" scandal
Callaway, who declared his candidacy on August 10, 2017, only to withdraw on October 4, after the debates but prior to voting, was issued 24 fines totalling $70,000 by the Alberta Election Commissioner on July 18, 2019, during an investigation into allegations that Kenney's leadership team orchestrated Callaway's candidacy in order to attack to attack Jean and that Callaway's campaign was funded by illegal donations. While, Alberta elections commissioner Lorne Gibson has led to fines against 15 people totalling $207,223.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Brian Jean
Brian Jean, 54, was the final Leader of the Wildrose Party (2015–2017). Jean is currently the MLA for Fort McMurray-Conklin (2015–present). He served as MP for Athabasca (2004–2006) and Fort McMurray—Athabasca (2006–2014), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2006–2011), and Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta (2015–2017). Jean was elected Wildrose leader after previous leader Danielle Smith and eight other Wildrose MLAs crossed the floor to join the PC government of then-Premier Jim Prentice.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Jason Kenney
Jason Kenney, 49, was the final Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (2017). He served as MP for Calgary Southeast (1997–2015) and Calgary Midnapore (2015–2016), and was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2008–2013), Minister of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015), Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (2013–2015), and Minister of National Defence (2015) under the Harper government. Kenney was elected PC leader on a promise to merge the PC and Wildrose parties.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Doug Schweitzer
Doug Schweitzer, 38, is a Calgary lawyer and longtime PC party member. He served as CEO of the Manitoba PC Party (2008–2009) and campaign manager of Jim Prentice's successful PC leadership campaign in 2014.


2017 United Conservative Party leadership election, Withdrawn candidates, Jeff Callaway
Jeff Callaway, 40, was formerly President of the Wildrose Party (2008–2010; 2014–2017) and 2015 Wildrose candidate for Calgary-North West. He is currently a Calgary-based senior investment advisor.


2017 United Kingdom elections
Several elections were held in the United Kingdom in 2017:


2017 United Kingdom general election
The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015 and was the first to be held on a day which did not coincide with any local elections since 1992. The governing Conservative Party remained the largest single party in the House of Commons but lost its small overall majority, resulting in the formation of a Conservative-led minority government with a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland.


2017 United Kingdom general election
The Conservative Party, which had governed as a senior coalition partner from 2010 and as a single-party majority government from 2015, was defending a working majority of 17 seats against the Labour Party, the official opposition led by Jeremy Corbyn. It was the first general election to be contested by either May or Corbyn; May had succeeded David Cameron following his resignation as prime minister the previous summer, Corbyn had succeeded Ed Miliband who resigned following Labour's failure to win the general election two years earlier.


2017 United Kingdom general election
Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 an election had not been due until May 2020, but Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap election was ratified by the necessary two-thirds vote in the House of Commons on 19 April 2017. May said that she hoped to secure a larger majority to "strengthen [her] hand" in the forthcoming Brexit negotiations.


2017 United Kingdom general election
Opinion polls had consistently shown strong leads for the Conservatives over Labour. From a 21-point lead, the Conservatives' lead began to diminish in the final weeks of the campaign. In a surprising result, the Conservative Party made a net loss of 13 seats despite winning 42.4% of the vote (its highest share of the vote since 1983), whereas Labour made a net gain of 30 seats with 40.0% (its highest vote share since 2001). It was the first election in which the Tories had a net loss of seats or Labour had a net gain of seats since 1997.


2017 United Kingdom general election
This was the closest result between the two major parties since February 1974 and their highest combined vote share since 1970. The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Liberal Democrats, the third- and fourth-largest parties, both lost vote share; media coverage characterised the result as a return to two-party politics. The SNP, which had won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats at the previous general election in 2015, lost 21. The Liberal Democrats made a net gain of four seats. UKIP, the third-largest party in 2015 by number of votes, saw its share of the vote reduced from 12.6% to 1.8% and lost its only seat.


2017 United Kingdom general election
In Wales, Plaid Cymru gained one seat, giving it a total of four seats. The Green Party retained its sole seat, but saw its share of the vote reduced. In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) won 10 seats, Sinn Féin won seven, and Independent Unionist Sylvia Hermon retained her seat. The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) lost all their seats.


2017 United Kingdom general election
Negotiation positions following the UK's invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union in March 2017 to leave the EU were expected to feature significantly in the campaign, but did not. The campaign was interrupted by two major terrorist attacks: Manchester and London Bridge; thus national security became a prominent issue in its final weeks.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system
Each parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom elects one MP to the House of Commons using the "first past the post" system. If one party obtains a majority of seats, then that party is entitled to form the Government, with its leader as Prime Minister. If the election results in no single party having a majority, there is a hung parliament. In this case, the options for forming the Government are either a minority government or a coalition.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system
The Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies was not due to report until 2018, and therefore this general election took place under existing boundaries, enabling direct comparisons with the results by constituency in 2015.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system, Voting eligibility
To vote in the general election, one had to be:


2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system, Voting eligibility
Individuals had to be registered to vote by midnight twelve working days before polling day (22 May). Anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 31 May to register. A person who has two homes (such as a university student with a term-time address but lives at home during holidays) may be registered to vote at both addresses, as long as they are not in the same electoral area, but can vote in only one constituency at the general election.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Electoral system, Voting eligibility
On 18 May, The Independent reported that more than 1.1 million people between 18 and 35 had registered to vote since the election was announced on 18 April. Of those, 591,730 were under the age of 25.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 introduced fixed-term Parliaments to the United Kingdom, with elections scheduled every five years since the general election on 7 May 2015. This removed the power of the Prime Minister, using the royal prerogative, to dissolve Parliament before its five-year maximum length. The Act permits early dissolution if the House of Commons votes by a supermajority of two-thirds of the entire membership of the House.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election
On 18 April 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May announced she would seek an election on 8 June, despite previously ruling out an early election. A House of Commons motion to allow this was passed on 19 April, with 522 votes for and 13 against, a majority of 509. The motion was supported by the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens, while the SNP abstained. Nine Labour MPs, one SDLP MP and three independents (Sylvia Hermon and two former SNP MPs, Natalie McGarry and Michelle Thomson) voted against the motion.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn supported the early election, as did Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and the Green Party. The SNP stated that it was in favour of fixed-term parliaments, and would abstain in the House of Commons vote. UKIP leader Paul Nuttall and First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones criticised May for being opportunistic in the timing of the election, motivated by the then strong position of the Conservative Party in the opinion polls.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election
On 25 April, the election date was confirmed as 8 June, with dissolution on 3 May. The government announced that it intended for the next parliament to assemble on 13 June, with the state opening on 19 June.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election, Timetable
The key dates are listed below (all times are BST):


2017 United Kingdom general election, Date and cost of the election, Cost
The cost of organising the election was around £140 million – slightly less than the EU referendum, of which £98 million was spent on administrative costs, and £42.5 million was spent on campaign costs.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates
Most candidates were representatives of a political party registered with the Electoral Commission. Candidates not belonging to a registered party could use an "independent" label, or no label at all.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates
The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Commons is the person who is called on by the monarch to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest party not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition. Other parties also form shadow ministerial teams. The leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the DUP are not MPs; hence, they appoint separate leaders in the House of Commons.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain
The Conservative Party and the Labour Party have been the two biggest parties since 1922, and have supplied all Prime Ministers since 1935. Both parties changed their leader after the 2015 election. David Cameron, who had been the leader of the Conservative Party since 2005 and Prime Minister since 2010, was replaced in July 2016 by Theresa May following the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union. Jeremy Corbyn replaced Ed Miliband as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition in September 2015, and was re-elected leader in September 2016.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain
While the Liberal Democrats and their predecessors had long been the third-largest party in British politics, they returned only 8 MPs in 2015 (having been part of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition from 2010 until 2015)—49 fewer than at the previous election and the fewest in their modern history. Tim Farron became the Liberal Democrat leader in July 2015, following the resignation of Nick Clegg. Led by First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP stands only in Scotland; it won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats in 2015.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain
UKIP, then led by Nigel Farage, who was later replaced by Diane James and then by Paul Nuttall in 2016, won 12.7% of the vote in 2015 but gained only one MP, Douglas Carswell, who left the party in March 2017 to sit as an independent. After securing 3.8% of the vote and one MP in the previous general election, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett was succeeded by joint leaders Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley in September 2016.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Great Britain
Smaller parties that contested the 2015 election and chose not to put forward candidates in 2017 included Mebyon Kernow, the Communist Party of Britain, the Scottish Socialist Party, and the National Front. The Respect Party, which had previously held seats, was dissolved in 2016; its former MP George Galloway stood and lost in the 2017 election as an independent in Manchester Gorton.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Sinn Féin, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), the Green Party of Northern Ireland and the Alliance Party contested the 2017 election. Sinn Féin maintained its abstentionist policy. The DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP, UUP and APNI were all led by new party leaders, changed since the 2015 election. The Conservatives, Greens, and four other minor parties also stood. Despite contesting 10 seats last time, UKIP did not stand in Northern Ireland.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates
3,304 candidates stood for election, down from 3,631 in the previous general election. The Conservatives stood in 637 seats, Labour in 631 (including jointly with the Co-operative Party in 50) and the Liberal Democrats in 629. UKIP stood in 377 constituencies, down from 624 in 2015, while the Greens stood in 468, down from 573. The SNP contested all 59 Scottish seats and Plaid Cymru stood in all 40 Welsh seats.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates
In Great Britain, 183 candidates stood as independents; minor parties included the Christian Peoples Alliance which contested 31 seats, the Yorkshire Party which stood in 21, the Official Monster Raving Loony Party in 12, the British National Party in 10, the Pirate Party in 10, the English Democrats in 7, the Women's Equality Party in 7, the Social Democratic Party in 6, the National Health Action Party in 5 and the Workers Revolutionary Party in 5, while an additional 79 candidates stood for 46 other registered political parties.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates
In Wales, 213 candidates stood for election. Labour, Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, and Liberal Democrats contested all forty seats and there were 32 UKIP and 10 Green candidates. In Scotland, the SNP, the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats stood in all 59 seats while UKIP contested 10 seats and the Greens only 3.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates
Of the 109 candidates in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the Alliance contested all 18 seats; the DUP stood in 17, the UUP in 14 and the Conservatives and Greens stood in 7 each. People Before Profit and the Workers' Party contested two seats while Traditional Unionist Voice and the new Citizens Independent Social Thought Alliance stood in one each; four independents including incumbent Sylvia Hermon also stood.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes
Unlike in previous elections, the timetable of the snap election required parties to select candidates in just under three weeks, to meet the 11 May deadline.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes
For the Conservatives, local associations in target seats were offered a choice of three candidates by the party's headquarters from an existing list of candidates, without inviting applications; candidates in non-target seats were to be appointed directly by central party offices; and successful MPs were to be confirmed by a meeting of their local parties. This was controversial with local associations. The Labour Party required sitting MPs to express their intention to stand, automatically re-selecting those who did; and it advertised for applications from party members for all remaining seats by 23 April.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes
Having devolved selections to its Scottish and Welsh parties, Labour's National Executive Committee endorsed all parliamentary candidates on 3 May except for Rochdale, the seat of suspended MP Simon Danczuk. On 7 May, Steve Rotheram announced he was standing down as MP for Liverpool Walton following his election as Liverpool City Region mayor, leaving five days to appoint a candidate by close of nominations.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, Party selection processes
The SNP confirmed on 22 April that its 54 sitting MPs would be re-selected and that its suspended members Natalie McGarry and Michelle Thomson would not be nominated as SNP candidates; the party subsequently selected candidates for McGarry's and Thomson's former seats, as well as for the three Scottish constituencies it did not win in 2015. The Liberal Democrats had already selected 326 candidates in 2016 and over 70 in 2017 before the election was called. Meetings of local party members from UKIP, the Greens and Plaid Cymru selected their candidates. Parties in Northern Ireland were not believed to have already selected candidates due to the Assembly elections in March.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates
Former employment minister Esther McVey was selected to contest Tatton. Zac Goldsmith was adopted as the candidate for Richmond Park, having lost the 2016 by-election as an independent in protest against the form of the Government's chosen expert's recommended Heathrow expansion. He had served as the seat's Conservative MP between 2010 and 2016. Kenneth Clarke, the Father of the House of Commons, had said he would retire in 2020 and so stood again in the 2017 election, leaving it open for him to retire possibly in 2022 (he eventually retired in 2019 when that year's national election was called).


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates
Tony Lloyd, a former Labour MP for Manchester Central who served as Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 and interim Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2015 stood in Rochdale.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates
Eli Aldridge was just 18 years old when he challenged then Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron in his Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency. News coverage showed Aldridge balancing campaigning with revision for his A-level examinations, even missing the start of his end-of-year ball to speak at a hustings in Kendal.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates
Those ministers defeated in 2015 who stood for election in their former seats included Vince Cable in Twickenham, Ed Davey in Kingston and Surbiton, Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire, and Simon Hughes in Bermondsey and Old Southwark.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates
After coming second in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election earlier in 2017, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall contested Boston and Skegness.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Candidates, High-profile candidates
Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk stood as an independent candidate, after being rejected from standing with that party and then withdrawing his party membership. After the Liberal Democrats rejected David Ward, the former MP for Bradford East, for anti-semitism, he contested that seat as an independent.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements
Ahead of the general election, crowdfunding groups such as More United and Open Britain were formed to promote candidates of similar views standing for election, and a "progressive alliance" was proposed. Former UKIP donor Arron Banks suggested a "patriotic alliance" movement. A Tactical voting spreadsheet to keep the Conservatives out of government went viral on social media. Gina Miller, who took the government to court over Article 50, set out plans to tour marginal constituencies in support of pro-EU candidates.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements
Within a few days of the election being announced, the Green Party of England and Wales and the SNP each proposed to collaborate with Labour and the Liberal Democrats to prevent a Conservative majority government. Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron quickly reaffirmed his party's opposition to an electoral pact or coalition with Labour, citing "electorally toxic" Corbyn and concerns over Labour's position on Brexit. On 22 April the Liberal Democrats also ruled out a coalition deal with the Conservatives and SNP. Labour ruled out an electoral pact with the SNP, Liberal Democrats and Greens.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements
Notwithstanding national arrangements, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, and UKIP indicated they might not stand in every constituency. The Green Party of England and Wales chose not to contest 22 seats explicitly "to increase the chance of a progressive candidate beating the Conservatives", including South West Surrey, the seat of Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in favour of the National Health Action Party candidate. The Scottish Green Party contested just three constituencies. The Liberal Democrats agreed to stand down in Brighton Pavilion. After indicating it might not nominate candidates in seats held by strongly pro-Brexit Conservative MPs, UKIP nominated 377 candidates; it was suggested this would help the Conservatives in marginal seats.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Parties and candidates, Electoral alliances and arrangements
In Northern Ireland, there were talks between the DUP and UUP. Rather than engaging in a formal pact, the DUP agreed not to contest Fermanagh and South Tyrone, while the UUP chose not to stand in four constituencies. Talks took place between Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the Green Party in Northern Ireland about an anti-Brexit agreement (the Alliance Party were approached but declined to be involved) but no agreement was reached; the Greens said there was "too much distance" between the parties, Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy was criticised, and the SDLP admitted an agreement was unlikely. On 8 May, the SDLP rejected Sinn Féin's call for them to stand aside in some seats.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background
Prior to the calling of the general election, the Liberal Democrats gained Richmond Park from the Conservatives in a by-election, a seat characterised by its high Remain vote in the 2016 EU referendum. The Conservatives held the safe seat of Sleaford and North Hykeham in December 2016. In by-elections on 23 February 2017, Labour held Stoke-on-Trent Central but lost Copeland to the Conservatives, the first time a governing party had gained a seat in a by-election since the Tories took Mitcham and Morden in 1982.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background
The general election came soon after the Northern Ireland Assembly election on 2 March. Talks on power-sharing between the DUP and Sinn Féin had failed to reach a conclusion, with Northern Ireland thus facing either another Assembly election, or the imposition of direct rule. The deadline was subsequently extended to 29 June.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background
Local elections in England, Scotland and Wales took place on 4 May. These saw large gains by the Conservatives, and large losses by Labour and UKIP. Notably, the Conservatives won metro mayor elections in Tees Valley and the West Midlands, areas traditionally seen as Labour heartlands. Initially scheduled for 4 May, a by-election in Manchester Gorton was cancelled; the seat was contested on 8 June along with all the other seats.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background
On 6 May, a letter from Church of England Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu stressed the importance of education, housing, communities and health.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background
All parties suspended campaigning for a time in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing on 22 May. The SNP had been scheduled to release their manifesto for the election but this was delayed. Campaigning resumed on 25 May.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Background
Major political parties also suspended campaigning for a second time on 4 June, following the London Bridge attack. UKIP chose to continue campaigning. There were unsuccessful calls for polling day to be postponed.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Brexit
The UK's withdrawal from the European Union was expected to be a key issue in the campaign, but featured less than expected. May said she called the snap election to secure a majority for her Brexit negotiations. UKIP supported a "clean, quick and efficient Brexit" and, launching his party's election campaign, Nuttall stated that Brexit was a "job half done" and UKIP MPs were needed to "see this through to the end".


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Brexit
Labour had supported Brexit in the previous parliament - Corbyn did not vote against the triggering of Article 50. Corbyn's actions in the previous parliament therefore dispelled the doubts of Labour voters who had voted to leave the EU. However, his vision for Brexit prioritised different plans for the UK outside the EU. He wanted to Britain to still maintain the benefits of the single market and the custom union. The Liberal Democrats and Greens called for a deal to keep the UK in the single market and a second referendum on any deal proposed between the EU and the UK.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Brexit
The Conservative manifesto committed the party to leaving the single market and customs union, but sought a "deep and special partnership" through a comprehensive free trade and customs agreement. It proposed seeking to remain part of some EU programmes where it would "be reasonable that we make a contribution", staying as a signatory of the European Convention on Human Rights over the next parliament, and maintaining the Human Rights Act during Brexit negotiations. Parliament would be able to amend or repeal EU legislation once converted into UK law, and have a vote on the final agreement.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security
Two major terrorist attacks took place during the election campaign, with parties arguing about the best way to prevent such events. May, after the second attack, focused on global co-operation to tackle Islamist ideology and tackling the use of the internet by terrorist groups. After the first attack, Labour criticised cuts in police numbers under the Conservative government. Corbyn also linked the Manchester attack to British foreign policy. The Conservatives stated that spending on counter-terrorism for both the police and other agencies had risen.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security
Former Conservative strategist Steve Hilton said Theresa May should be "resigning not seeking re-election", because her police cuts and security failures had led to the attacks. Corbyn backed calls for May to resign, but said she should be removed by voters. May said that police budgets for counter-terrorism had been maintained and that Corbyn had voted against counter-terrorism legislation.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security
The Conservative manifesto proposed more government control and regulation of the Internet, including forcing Internet companies to restrict access to extremist and adult content. After the London attack, Theresa May called for international agreements to regulate the internet. The Conservative stance on regulation of the internet and social media was criticised by Farron and the Open Rights Group.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security
On 6 June, May promised longer prison sentences for people convicted of terrorism and restrictions on the freedom of movement or deportation of militant suspects when it is thought they present a threat but there is not enough evidence to prosecute them, stating that she would change human rights laws to do so if necessary.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Security
The UK's nuclear weapons, including the renewal of the Trident system, also featured in the campaign. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats favoured Trident renewal. Labour's manifesto committed to Trident renewal; Corbyn confirmed renewal would take place under Labour, but declined to explicitly speak in favour. He also declined to answer whether as prime minister he would use nuclear weapons if the UK was under imminent nuclear threat.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Social care
Social care became a major election issue after the Conservative Party's manifesto included new proposals, which were subsequently altered after criticism. The previous coalition government had commissioned a review by Andrew Dilnot into how to fund social care. Measures that were seen to disadvantage pensioners were also in the Conservative manifesto: eliminating the pension triple lock and Winter Fuel Payments for all pensioners.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Scottish independence and the future of the UK
The question of a proposed Scottish independence referendum was also thought likely to influence the campaign in Scotland. On 28 March 2017, the Scottish Parliament approved a motion requesting that Westminster pass a Section 30 order giving the Parliament the authority to hold a second independence referendum, suggesting that there had been a "material change of circumstances" since the independence referendum in 2014 as a result of Britain's vote to leave the EU and Scotland's vote to remain.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Scottish independence and the future of the UK
The SNP hoped to hold a second independence referendum once the Brexit terms awere clear but before Britain left the EU; May said her government would not approve an independence referendum before Brexit negotiations had finished. After the final results were announced the SNP had lost 13% of the Scottish vote and one third of their seats - leading Sturgeon to conclude that, “Undoubtedly the issue of an independence referendum was a factor in this election result, but I think there were other factors as well”.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, University tuition fees
Labour was thought to have attracted a significant number of student voters with its pledge to abolish tuition fees, which stands at £9,250 a year in England, and bring back student grants.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Issues, Possible coalitions
Although Labour and the Liberal Democrats both rejected election pacts with each other and with the Greens and the SNP, and although the Liberal Democrats ruled out a coalition deal with the Conservatives, the Conservatives campaigned on the proposition that such deals might nevertheless occur, using the phrase "coalition of chaos". Similar messages against a potential Lib–Lab pact were credited with securing a Conservative win in the 1992 and 2015 elections. On 19 April, May warned against a Labour–SNP–Lib Dem pact that would "divide our country". After the hung result led the Conservatives to seek DUP support for a minority government, this rhetoric was mocked by opponents.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
May launched the Conservative campaign with a focus on Brexit, lower domestic taxes and avoiding a Labour–SNP-Lib Dem "coalition of chaos", but she refused to commit not to raise taxes. On 30 April, May stated that it was her intention to lower taxes if the Conservatives won the general election, but only explicitly ruled out raising VAT. May reiterated her commitment to spending 0.7% of GNI on foreign aid.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
May hired Lynton Crosby, the campaign manager for the Conservatives in the 2015 general election, as well as former President of the United States Barack Obama's 2012 campaign manager, Jim Messina. The Conservative campaign was noted for the use of targeted adverts on social media, in particular attacking Corbyn. The repeated use of the phrase "strong and stable" in the Conservatives' campaigning attracted attention and criticism. Some expressed concern that the party may have restricted media access to the prime minister. While some speculated that an investigation into campaign spending by the Conservatives in the 2015 general election was a factor behind the snap election, on 10 May the Crown Prosecution Service said that despite evidence of inaccurate spending returns, no further action was required.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
On 7 May the Conservatives promised to replace the 1983 Mental Health Act, to employ an additional 10,000 NHS mental health workers by 2020 and to tackle discrimination against those with mental health problems. May indicated that the Conservatives would maintain their net immigration target, and promised to implement a cap on "rip-off energy prices", a policy that appeared in Labour's 2015 manifesto. May indicated she would permit a free vote among Conservative MPs on repealing the ban on fox hunting in England and Wales. On 11 May the Conservatives promised above-inflation increases in defence spending alongside its NATO commitment to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
In a speech in Tynemouth the next day, May said Labour had "deserted" working-class voters, criticised Labour's policy proposals and said Britain's future depended on making a success of Brexit. On 14 May the Conservatives proposed a "new generation" of social housing, paid from the existing capital budget, offering funding to local authorities and changing compulsory purchase rules.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
The following day May promised "a new deal for workers" that would maintain workers' rights currently protected by the EU after Brexit, put worker representation on company boards, introduce a statutory right to unpaid leave to care for a relative and increase the National Living Wage in line with average earnings until 2022. The proposals were characterised as an "unabashed pitch for Labour voters"; however Labour and the GMB trade union criticised the government's past record on workers' rights.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
Unveiling the Conservative manifesto in Halifax on 18 May, May promised a "mainstream government that would deliver for mainstream Britain". It proposed to balance the budget by 2025, raise spending on the NHS by £8bn per year and on schools by £4bn per year by 2022, remove the ban on grammar schools, means-test the winter fuel allowance, replace the state pension "triple lock" with a "double lock" and require executive pay to be approved by a vote of shareholders. It dropped the 2015 pledge to not raise income tax or national insurance contributions but maintained a commitment to freeze VAT.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
New sovereign wealth funds for infrastructure, rules to prevent foreign takeovers of "critical national infrastructure" and institutes of technology were also proposed. The manifesto was noted for its intervention in industry, lack of tax cuts and increased spending commitments on public services. On Brexit it committed to leaving the single market and customs union while seeking a "deep and special partnership" and promised a vote in parliament on the final agreement. The manifesto was noted for containing similar policies to those found in Labour's 2015 general election manifesto.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
The manifesto also proposed reforms to social care in England that would raise the threshold for free care from £23,250 to £100,000, while including property in the means test and permitting deferred payment after death. After attracting substantial media attention, four days after the manifesto launch, May stated that the proposed social care reforms would now include an "absolute limit" on costs in contrast to the rejection of a cap in the manifesto. She criticised the "fake" portrayal of the policy in recent days by Labour and other critics, who had termed it a "dementia tax". Evening Standard editor and former Conservative Chancellor George Osborne called the policy change a "U-turn".


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Conservatives
The Conservative Party manifesto at the 2017 general election proposed repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour
Corbyn launched the Labour campaign focusing on public spending, and argued that services were being underfunded, particularly education. Labour's shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, stated that the party would replace the existing Brexit white paper with new negotiating priorities that emphasise the benefits of the single market and customs union, that the residence rights of EU nationals would be guaranteed and that the principle of free movement would have to end. Corbyn emphasised Labour's support for a "jobs-first Brexit" that "safeguards the future of Britain's vital industries".


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour
Labour proposed the creation of four new bank holidays, marking the feast days of the patron saints of the United Kingdom's constituent nations. On 27 April the party pledged to build 1 million new homes over five years. Labour's proposal to employ 10,000 new police officers was overshadowed when Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott cited incorrect figures in a widely publicised gaffe in an LBC interview on 2 May on how it would be funded. Labour later stated that the £300 million cost would be funded by reversing cuts to capital gains taxes, although it was noted that the party had also pledged some of those savings towards other expenditure plans.


2017 United Kingdom general election, Campaign, Party campaigns, Labour
On 7 May, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell ruled out rises in VAT and in income tax and employee national insurance contributions for those with earnings below £80,000 per year. The following day Labour outlined plans to ban junk food TV adverts and parking charges at NHS hospitals. Labour promised an additional £4.8 billion for education, funded by raising corporation tax from 19% to 26%.